Pioneers in Furniture Memorialized in High Point Museum
The High Point Museum honors Thomas Franklin Wrenn with a lecture room memorial. Wrenn and John H. Tate founded High Point Furniture Co in 1888, forming a lasting local industry. Wrenn’s life spanned Greensboro birth, brick making, clothing, real estate, and philanthropy including schooling for children. Memorial gifted by Mrs. W. G. Ragsdale Jr.
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High Point
Thomas Franklin Wrenn
John H. Tate
Mr. Wrenn
Greensboro
Merrit C
Nancy Jarrell Wrenn
Thomas
M. J
Bud
J. B. Best
Wrenn Brothers
Main Street
Alexander’s
Thomas Wrenn
High Point Furniture Co
Marion
Catawba Furniture Co
Wrenn Columbia Furniture Co
North Carolina
Washington, D.C
Wrenn
Wrenn Hosiery Mill
Thomasville
W. G. Ragsdale Jr
Swim Classes Begin Monday at City Lake Pool
Swimming and life saving classes start Monday at City Lake Pool. The program runs Monday to Friday for three weeks with Advanced 10 to 10 45 a.m. Beginners 11 a.m. to noon and Senior Life Saving 10 a.m. to noon. Water safety instructors meet Tuesday 10 to 12. Week of July 4 schedules suspended. Beginners session is full. an August session will be announced.
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City Lake Pool
Governor's School Begins with 21 Local Students
Twenty one area students join 394 North Carolina juniors and seniors at Salem College for the 10th Governor's School session sponsored by the Department of Public Instruction. Seven weeks focus on linking arts and academics while expanding knowledge across fields. Notable attendees include Dana Holton and Mary Barber of High Point, Carl Black of Thomasville, and Gregory Cox of Asheboro.
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North Carolina High School
Salem College
Governor’s School F
North Carolina
Department of Public Instruction
Dana Holton
Mary Barber
Susie Callahan
Nathan Eagle
Greg Mays
High Point
Brian Sartori
Peggy Tucker
Mary Routh
Julianne Jackson
David Blakey
William Woodall
Virginia Stout
Guilford County
Carl Black
Thomasville
Randy Snider
Teresa Black
Jeanette Smalley
Davidson County
Stephen Coles
Lexington
Martha Talley
Randolph County
Gregory Cox
James Gibson
Lowell Whatley
Asheboro
Top Lion ties of the High Point Lions Club award night
Lions President Dr. Edwin Allman presents the top Lion ties award during the High Point Lions Club ceremony. Crawford's wife Lucille watches the event as awards are handed out.
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High Point Lions Club
Lions
Edwin Allman
Crawford
Lucille
Male birth control pill predicted within three to five years
UNC Chapel Hill hosted Dr. M R N Prasad from India who said a male anti fertility pill could be available in three to five years. He described a sperm targeted drug that avoids testicle function and noted future oral and implant forms with multi year protection. Clinical human studies are planned worldwide next year.
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University of Delhi
India
Prasad
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Bill Porter
C. Henry
Mary Jarrell Perry
Seborn Perry
Perry Farm
Jarrell Hotel
Manliff Jarrell
Main
High Streets
Rutherford
Major Lynch
Ernest Snow
M. J. Wrenn
Sarah Weedon
Pearl Pitts Perry
Seborn Perry Jr
Pearl Pitts Perry Wrenn
Letitia Lowe Chadwick
Elihu
Emory Pitts
Abbott’s Creek
Washington Street
Methodist
Winston-Salem
FILIC
Anel
Piedmont
Photo Jcube
Daily Mirror
Cman A
SALT
Siak
Eamless
Governor's School
Herman E. Crawford
Walter E. Stumpf
New Delhi
Calhoun Drug Store
Monthieu Ave
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