Today’s child balanced between work and play
Lisa Pearson and Tommy Corns illustrate today’s organized, tech‑age children. Both are active in scouts and music, attend church, and excel in school while cherishing family, home, and simple pleasures. Lisa, 10, and Tommy, 9, enjoy camps, vacations, and creative hobbies.
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Lisa Pearson
Tommy Corns
Lisa
Alan Pearson
Hillside Dr
Oakview School
Girl Scouts
First Presbyterian Church
Betsy
Eric
Daddy
Ed Kemp
Kenneth Geddie
Roy Watts
High Point
A. L. Pearson
Montheu Ave
E. J. Pearson
Colonial Dr
E. L. Honeycutt
Westdale
Tommy
Exchange Club Convention Held in Wrightsville Beach
The 33rd annual North Carolina District Exchange Clubs convention met June 22 to 24 at the Blockade Runner Motel Wrightsville Beach. Delegates included Lloyd Underwood and Harold Ritch with other High Point attendees. The Wilmington club hosted with Dr Porter L Fortune Jr of Toledo as principal speaker.
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Wilmington
Exchange Club of
High Point
North Carolina
Ohio
National Exchange Club
Leon Brogden
New Hanover Schools
A. E. Sherron
State Exchange News
Hospital Fund Campaign Passes $1 Million Mark
Pledges total $1,105,244 with a final report due next week for High Point Memorial Hospital Building Fund Campaign. Co chairmen say progress is strong and many prospect cards remain. The drive aims for 1.25 million to fund a 110 bed, 4 million expansion and attract 2 million in federal aid. Additional funds could expand facilities such as a larger Physical Therapy Department beyond the current expansion plan.
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High Point Memorial Hospital Building Fund
R. T. Amos Jr
W. A. Horney, Jr
High Point
Amos
Police arrest trio in assault on Patrolman Baker
Police arrested Bobby Price 31 of New Road on assaulting Patrolman W D Baker and obstructing an officer with a 700 bond. Albert Smith of Washington DC and Brenda R Barmer were also charged. Baker was not seriously hurt after being attacked during the arrest.
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Baker
Bobby Price
New Road
Price
Albert Smith
Washington, D. C
Brenda R. Barmer
Heat wave continues with scattered storms likely
A hot day ahead with 20 percent chance of afternoon showers and partly cloudy skies. Highs near 90 to 95 after a morning dip to the low 60s, following a 96 degree Saturday. No rain reported. Continued heat and possible late afternoon thunderstorms expected Monday.
Organ Recital Set at Wesley Memorial Church
Joseph E. Walker of High Point will give an organ recital in the Wesley Memorial Methodist Church chapel at 5 p.m. today. A former School of the Arts student in Winston-Salem, he is a member of the American Guild of Organists and has previously served as organist at First Methodist and Mount Vernon Methodist churches.
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Joseph E. Walker
H. P. Walker Sr
High Point
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Walker
School of the Arts
Winston-Salem
American Guild of Organists
First Methodist Church
Mount Vernon Methodist Church
Was Andrew Jackson Born At Sea Claims Stir South Carolina Skeptics
Charlotte executive vice president Sidney J. Croft questions Allen Eckert's sea birth theory for Andrew Jackson, noting federal records and local historians dismiss the claim as baseless. South Carolina defenders insist Jackson was born in the state, amid century old debates and a 200th birthday tribute along the border.
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Charlotte
Sidney J. Croft
Andrew Jackson Associates
Allen W. Eckert
Old Hickory
North Carolina
South Carolina
Ireland
Eckert
Jackson
Croft
Tennessee
Joe Croxton
Lancaster
S. C
Andrew Jackson
South Carolina — By Golly
Croxton
The
Lancaster County Historical
Ohio
Don Herd
Lander College
Greenwood
Herd
Lancaster County Clerk of Court
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Ibme
Mother
Thomas B. Corns
Guyer St
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
Indian Guides
Pioneer
Montheu
Pat
Nancy Hiatt
Ocean Isle
Fort Caswell
Greensboro
Jerry Parrish
By Faye Marks
Art Richardson
Exchange Club
W. D. Baker
Graham
Nathan Green
Joseph Powe
Evans
Commerce Streets
Wilson McCallum
Commerce Street
HPN and I
Lou Bertha Brown
N. Main St
Forrest Dates
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