Miss Sally Stedman Crowned Miss North Carolina 1968
The new Miss North Carolina Sally Stedman returned to Asheboro in triumph after being crowned the titleholder Saturday night. locals greeted her with cheers and signs Our Gal Sal as she appeared atop the high school stairs.
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Asheboro
Sarah Elizabeth
Sally) Stedman
North Carolina
Asheboro High School
Charlotte
Miss Stedman
Robert Reese
Gal Sal
Cut In Electric Rate Oblique Hope Of City Council
Mayor Robert Davis signals possible electric rate cuts after election momentum. A study against Duke Power was delayed by the city manager's illness but is back underway with council support. any reduction must fit the 1967-68 budget while keeping the $1.04 tax rate.
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Robert Davis
Duke Power Company
Harold Cheek
Duke
Duke’s
Davis
GOP
Area’s Methodist Assignments Listed In Western North Carolina
Eighteen new Methodist ministers will move this week after appointments were read by Bishop Earl G Hunt Jr at the Western North Carolina Conference closing session at Lake Junaluska. New ministers in Asheboro High Point and surrounding districts are named with assigned churches and districts. Additional appointments cover Thomasville Lexington and other districts with numerous changes across the region.
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High Point
Earl G. Hunt Jr
Western North Carolina
Lake Junaluska
Calvary
A. J. Cox
First Methodist
G. R. Barringer
Edwin Needham
College Village
T. G. Madison
Highland
G. W. Bumgardner
Lebanon
J. B. Davis
Northwood
C. C. Murray
Rankin Memorial
Rudy Smith
Supply
Saint Timothy
Jack B. Yarbrough
Welch Memorial
R. E. Kaylor
Ward Street
George C. Starr Jr
Archdale Methodist
Wil
Liam C. Crummett
Bunker Hill
Sandy Ridge
Dewey Bailey
Cedar Falls
Central Falls
Manuel Wortman
Julian
R. Marsden Kitley
Mount Vernon
William C. Anderson
Vickery Methodist
Thomasville
Methodist Church
Frank H. Edwards
Fair Grove
R. G. Russell Jr
Trinity
Robert L. Witty
Hopewell
C. Milton Young
Canaan
Stephen Harrison
Mount Pleasant
Roy H. Lockridge Jr
Shady
Thomasville 19-Year-Old Drowns at High Rock Lake
Howard Wayne Small 19 of Randolph Street Thomasville drowns at High Rock Lake near Holloway's Church area. Davidson County Sheriff says he went into deep water and could not swim. Body recovered 7:10 p.m. by Rescue Squad. coroner rules accidental death. Funeral planned at Lake Swamp Baptist Church Loris South Carolina with burial at church cemetery. Small born June 14 1947 in Horry County survived by parents three sisters three brothers and maternal grandmother.
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Don Follmer
High Point Hospital
Otis Eugene Peele
Gordon Street
Oakwood Court Apts
Ralph Johnson
Johnson
Otis Peele
Bob Burchette
Enterprise
Southmont
High Rock Lake
Here
Thomasville
Davidson County
Fred Sink
Howard Wayne Small
Randolph Street
Sink
Small
Holloway’s Church
N. C
Joel Leonard
Lexington
Lake Swamp Baptist Church
Loris
S. C
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
Mr. Small
Horry County
Sam Albert
Gladys Fowler Small
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Junior
Mildred) McDowell
Eddie
Joann) Coggins
Kay Small
Jimmy
Bobby
Tony Small
Ruby Allen
Whiteville
Junk Yard Owner Pleads Guilty in Colfax Violation
Charles Farrington pleaded guilty in Colfax to violating a Guilford County ordinance limiting storage of nonoperative vehicles on A-1 agricultural property. He paid court costs and a small fine, with orders to remove junked cars and comply by month end. Curtis Kennedy said it’s the first case of this kind in the county and warned of more trials to come.
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Colfax
Man
Guilford County
Charles Farrington
Sandy Ridge Road
Curtis Kennedy
Kennedy
Farrington
Local forecast calls for limited rain chance this week
Weather outlook shows a ten percent chance of rain with fair warm conditions. Tonight temperatures near mid 60s and highs in the upper 80s with Tuesday and Wednesday mostly sunny and warm.
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Friendship Weatherman
Quickie Meeting Expected
City Council meets as a committee for a quick session with items including bids for electric transformers and water sewer installations. They will consider adding an assistant to the police training director with lieutenant rank and an identification officer position, both approved by the Civil Service Commission. A public hearing on Gordon Road water and sewer work and a Peachtree Street subdivision proposal by Ray Willard are on the agenda.
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Civil Service Commission
Gordon Road
Ray Willard
Peachtree Street
Senator Urges Court Test Of Electric Bill Involving Cities
High Point Senator Ed Kemp says the 1965 act broadening service areas for private and cooperative power firms possibly requires court ruling. Cities seek to curb rights granted to firms within 300 feet of existing lines, potentially blocking annexed areas. Kemp notes constitutional uncertainty and hints at a Supreme Court appeal. He also foresees the defeat of a school bus transportation bill and warns districts may sue over unequal bus service.
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Forrest Cates
Ed Kemp
High Point
Kemp
General Assembly
Assembly
Electric Cities
Whispering Pines
State Supreme Court
Raleigh
Senate
Legisla
Tion
Othe
Appropriations Committee
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Don Wrenn
Sarah Stedman
Peele
W. Green
Lawrence Gulf Service Station
Jamestown
Wayne Road
Sedgefield
Walter Goodman
Cedrow Avenue
George
N.C
High Point Enterprise
Council
High Rock
The
Davidson
County Rescue
Hardwick
Senator
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