Sheriff’s Office Modernizes Role in Guilford County
The High Point branch of the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department, under Lt. Frank Smith, employs 25 people and coordinates with Greensboro. The two-office system serves High Point, Greensboro, and surrounding communities, sharing radio and telephone links to ensure swift collaboration with the High Point police.
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Frank Smith
High Point
Guilford County
Lt. Smith
Davidson County
Sheriff's Department
Thomasville
Denton
Lexington
Randolph County
Archdale
Smith
Greensboro
North Carolina
Winston-Salem Choir Celebrates 29th Anniversary
The Camp Meeting Choir of Winston-Salem marks its 29th anniversary with a 2:30 p.m. program at Oak Grove Christian Church on Furlough Street. The event features several other singing groups and is open to the public.
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Camp Meeting Choir
Winston-Salem
Oak Grove Christian Church
Cooling Trend Moves Into Area
A generally fair day is forecast for the High Point area with a cooler trend and an evening thunder shower. Temperatures will fall into the 60s tonight after a daytime high in the 80s and a 20 percent precipitation chance. Monday looks mild and fair with coastal skies partly cloudy and occasional showers in the mountains bring cooler temperatures and high humidity.
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High Point
Tornado and hail strike Randolph area injuring family
A tornado of near twister force struck Randolph Friday at about 5 pm, overturning a mobile home in Suggs Trailer Court, injuring Roger Pruitt and his children as neighbors helped them out. Baseball sized hail damaged crops in Level Cross and Cedar Square, with power outages reported up and down Highway 220.
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Roger Pruitt
Suggs Trailer Court
Highway 220
Level Cross
Cedar Square
Hilliard
Randleman
Old Fashioned Fourth Celebrations Across High Point and North Carolina
The Fourth of July weekend in High Point featured hot weather and old fashioned festivities at City Lake and Washington Terrace Park with games and fishing. Fort Bragg hosted Independence Day events led by Gen. Westmoreland and a 50 gun salute. Mecklenberg County Jail freed some inmates for holiday compliance. Traffic deaths totaled six in NC as nationwide deaths exceeded 300, while Honor America Day included Billy Graham preaching Pat Boone singing and youth protests over war and marijuana legalization.
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High Point
High Point City Lake
Washington Terrace
Elk’s Lodge No
High Point Parks
City Lake
Washington Terrace Park
Main Street
Ft. Bragg
William C. Westmoreland
Mecklenburg County Jail
Donald W. Stahl
North Carolina
America
Washington
Billy Graham
Pat Boone
Furniture Market Opening Monday in High Point Hopes for Boost
The High Point furniture market opens Monday amid low attendance compared with April and October shows. Economists forecast a pickup in the second half of the year as consumer spending rises and housing permits improve, with buyers from within 300 miles expected to attend and the market ending Thursday.
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Robert Marks
High Point
Economic and Financial Research Department
Carolina National
NCNB
Farewell to the old newsroom at Main and English
A longtime staffer recalls 35 years in the Main and English building, from a paper-wrapped start in circulation to a crowded newsroom. He humorously laments leaving behind the leaky, well-worn digs and calls for a small ceremony to mark the move to the new Enterprise building.
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Newsroom
John
Main and
English
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Jim Stratford
High Point Enterprise
Sheriffs Office
Enterprise
Sheriff's Office
North Carolina Department of Correction
Sheriff’s Office
Art Richardson
Randolph
Wayne
Debby
Harvey and
Lacy Adams
Vicki Nelson
Pressroom
Oakie Mitchell
Oakie
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