Alderman Studios Plans Expansion With New Plant
Alderman Studios announced a new building to house its expanding operations will begin around August 1 on a 1.18 acre site behind the State Highway Patrol office. The project, a $750000 capital investment, will consolidate facilities to form the nation’s largest photography complex with more than 130000 square feet on two levels and about 170 current staff. Occupancy is set for summer 1962.
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Alderman Studios
Sidney A. Gayle Jr
Alderman’s
State Highway Patrol
Springfield Avenue
Model Farm Road
Lloyd Street
Gayle
Salisbury
John Erwin Ramsay and Associates
Wachs Named HPC Alumni Secretary
W. Ronald Wachs of Pittsboro a 1960 High Point College graduate in religion and history is named executive secretary of the Alumni Association and director of the College News Bureau. He will coordinate alumni activities edit alumni issues and lead the news bureau.
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W. Ronald Wachs
Pittsboro
High Point College
Alumni Assny
Wachs
High Point College Bulletin
Order of the Lighted Lamp
Judiciary Council
Assn
Hi-Po
Interfraternity Council
Sigma Phi Epsilon
F. J. Wachs
Boston University
Twenty Area Students On Dean's List
Nearly 300 Wake Forest College students made the dean's list for the semester ending in June. Included are Phyllis Ann Toney Kernersville Marvin L Slate Jr High Point David J Snider Denton Duke B Weeks Asheboro Fred H Rush Lexington Jerry C Wilson Asheboro James L Biesacker Lexington Brenda May Gray High Point Patricia Lottie Harris Thomasville Ruth Josephine Pancoast High Point Richard L Wilson Thomasville Curtis W Wood Jr Charles H Woodell Richard D Carmichael Katherine Bernhardt Lexington Nancy Evelyn Culler Mary Lynda Eagle Mildred Joyce Groome Larry S Kilby High Point Joe W Lomoe Lexington.
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Wake Forest College
Phyllis Ann Toney
Kernersville
Marvin L. Slate Jr
High Point
David J. Snider
Denton
Duke B. Weeks
Asheboro
Fred H. Rush
Lexington
Jerry C. Wilson
James L. Biesecker
Brenda May Gray
Patricia Lottie Harris
Thomasville
Ruth Josephine Pancoast
Richard L. Wilson
Curtis W. Wood Jr
Charles H. Woodell
Richard D. Carmichael
Katherine Bernhardt
Nancy Evelyn Culler
Mary Lynda Eagle
Mildred Joyce Groome
Larry S. Kilby
Joe W. Lomoe
Cheerio Plans August Coed Camp Session
Camp Cheerio announces a one week coed session for ages 8 to 14 from August 20 to 26. Norman Weisbecker chairs the camp committee and says the shift to coed follows local interest and YMCA practice. Max Cooke will direct with Murphy Osborne as program director.
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Camp Cheerio
Norman Weisbecker
Weisbecker
Max Cooke
Murphy Osborne
Warm, humid Piedmont forecast with scattered storms
A warm humid pattern continues for the Piedmont area with little change expected through the week. Today calls for scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms with a high near 90 and a low around 70 after yesterday’s 90. A duplicate forecast from Friendship notes no major shift in conditions anticipated for the next several days.
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Piedmont
Friendship
Urban renewal takes root in High Point area
The High Point Redevelopment Commission led by chairman P. Hunter Dalton Jr. advances urban renewal as a three fold program. It aims to prevent decay in city areas, rehabilitate neighborhoods with poor housing, and conserve desirable regions for modern living and industry.
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Redevelopment Commission of
High Point
P. Hunter Dalton Jr
Dalton
Snow Lumber Co
Fred Alexander
High Point Savings and Trust Co
James H. Millis
Adams-Millis Corp
Dale Montgomery
Hedgecock Lumber Co
C. E. Yokely
Unlikely misstep at pool room stirs city gossip
A man wandered into a ladies dressing room at City Lake pool and, amid lighthearted chatter, faced public embarrassment with humor. In High Point, council prayers are a daily prelude to budget debates while a furniture market exchange prompts witty downtown banter and retail banter.
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City Lake Pool
Old Tanglefoot
Daniel Boone
High Point
Windfall from ABC sales boosts city profits in 1960 61
Greensboro ABC system tops eight million in gross sales with a 1.17 million net profit. High Point gains 144 038 57 from Greensboro profits but Jamestown Guilford County Gibsonville and Guilford College also receive shares. A referendum in Jamestown may shift profits and affect High Point revenues.
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Greensboro
High Point
ABC
Jamestown
Guilford County
Gibsonville
Guilford College
Toastmasters Boost Hylton As Candidate
Bill Hylton a High Point realtor travels to Seattle for the Toastmasters International Convention. His three years as a district board director will end and leaders push him for second vice president amid efforts by Southern states and others.
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Bill Hylton
High Point
Toastmasters International
Seattle
Wash
Hylton
High Point Club
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
High Pointer Candidate For Peace Corps
Wade E. Marlette Jr. 26 of 419 Edgedale Dr. will train at Harvard as a Peace Corps candidate. One of 45 selected for potential secondary school assignments in Nigeria after passing Atlanta exam in March. He is a Erskine College and Duke University alumnus with a math teaching father at Senior High. Marlette departs High Point last Wednesday for Harvard for six weeks of training before assignment.
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Wade E. Marlette Jr
Edgedale Dr
Harvard University
Peace Corps
Wade E. Marlette
High Point
Marlette
Nigeria
Harvard
Atlanta
Erskine College
Due West
S. C
Duke University
Duke
Brandon Hall
Dunwoody
Truck Slams Rail Gate After Stop Sign Crash
In Thomasville a two-ton truck owned by Spencer Steel Supply and operated by Lattie A. Graham ran a stop sign at Randolph Street and struck the railroad crossing gate, twisting it. Police said the extent of damage is unknown.
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Thomasville
Randolph Street
Spencer Steel Supply
Lattie A. Graham
Convention Will Exhibit Rare Coins at Furniture City
The 2nd annual Furniture City Coin Club convention runs next weekend at the Senior High School Cafeteria with 40 to 50 dealers and local collectors displaying coins and currency. Highlights include Dr. C. A. Bolt’s Bechtler mint collection with coins minted around 1831 and a Confederate bills display. Door prizes entice attendees. hours are Saturday 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 6 p.m.
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Furniture City
Coin Club
J. M. Hoots
North Carolina
C. A. Bolt
Bechtler
Rutherfordton
Bolt
Charlotte
Lewis Williams
Wesley Place
Building Fund Reaches Over $2,500 for 10 A Fire Dept
Canvassing teams report a total of 2544.75 collected to date for the 10 A Fire Department building fund. Chairs urge sections to call pledges and attend a report meeting August 10 at 7 30 p m at the present 104 Fire Station. Estimated cost of the new building is about 8000 at the corner of Joe Moore Road and Burton Street Ext.
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10-A Fire Department
Joe Moore Road
Burton Street
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HPC
Cheerio
Pete Gibson
America
High Point City
High Pont
Furniture Market
Shaddup
Hic Ensemble
Toastmasters
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Actidnats
Stretneesic
Ain Epi
Wesley Memorial
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