Easter Egg Hunt Slated for Citywide Event
The 194 citywide Easter Egg Hunt will be held at Har vell Park and Washington Terrace Park March 28 at 18 am. A total of 12 000 individually wrapped candy eggs will be used in the annual hunt. Prizes will be awarded for Gold Silver and Bronze eggs at each location.
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Harvell Park
Washington Terrace Park
Junior League of
High Point
Whfe Radio
Kiwanis Club of
High Point Parks and Recreation Department
Barn Fire Destroys Two Story Structure in High Point
High Point firefighters fought a quiet Saturday that turned busy at 1 23 p.m. when an inferno destroyed a frame two story barn at 2804 N Centennial St owned by Lytle N Davis. The structure and lawn items were a total loss. Four trucks responded and two pumpers got stuck in a field requiring a tow. Additional calls included trash fires at Marlboro St and Chesnut Drive leaves on Parkway Blain, a false alarm on Vail Street, a backfire on Main Street, and a gasoline container fire on Monilieu Avenue.
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High Point City
Centennial St
Lytle N. Davis
Marlboro St
Chesnut Drive
Parkway
Blain Streets
Vail Street
S. Main Street
Monilieu Ave
Proctologists to Meet in Piedmont Area March
Proctologists from five Southern states will gather in March 2021 for a Piedmont Proctologic Society meeting at Sedgefield. Dr. Glenn Perry, former president and conversion chairman, announced the program featuring papers and a banquet. Speakers include Dr. George Vaughn of the Medical College of Virginia, Dr. John Chaledon of Daytona Beach, and Dr. Dean Hart of St. Petersburg. Dr. Lees McCarthy of Charlotte will preside.
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Piedmont Proctologic Society
Glenn Perry
Sedgefield
George Vaughn
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
John Chaledon
Daytona Beach
Fla
Lees McCarthy
Charlotte
Dean Hart
St. Petersburg
Perry
Hotel Opens Doors After Picketing in Bluefield
About 75 Negro college students were served lunch in the West Virginian Hotel dining room after a sit-in that lasted a little over an hour. Another 25 demonstrators picketed outside with anti segregation placards and singing. The protest remained orderly and the pickets left after the hotel began serving the students. John Nettles, president of Bluefield State College NAACP, said all demonstrators were chapter members and called the sit-in a success.
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Bluefield
W. Va
West Virginian
John Nettles
Bluefield State College
National Association For the Advance of Colored People
Mild Weather Through Afternoon in High Point Area
Officials at Friendship Airport say mild temperatures prevail today in the High Point area with partly cloudy skies. A chance of scattered showers exists later, and the forecast calls for a high near 67 degrees.
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High Point
U. S. Weather Bureau
Friendship Airport
Clinton Woman Crowned Mrs North Carolina in Surprising Win
Lou Ann Reynolds, 29, of Clinton, surprised to reach the Mrs. North Carolina final, won the title over nine contestants and earns a trip to St. Petersburg for Mrs. America 2012. First runner-up is Grace Hobbs. second runner-up Norma Rhodenhiser. Reynolds, married 10 years to William Preston, said she never expected to win and highlighted her talents in sewing, baking, and event planning. Her comment on her Clinton roots and her only past pageant being a May Queen title at Peace College in 1954 is noted.
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Norma Rodenheimer
High Point
Winston - Salem
N. C
Lou Ann Reynolds
Clinton
North Carolina
St. Petersburg
Fla
Grace Hobbs
Wilmington
Norma Rhodenhiser
William Preston
Vicki Wray Celebrates 3rd Birthday
Vicki Wray, a nationwide child figure from Christmas coverage, marks her third birthday with a backyard party in Bowling Green Ohio. She will have her remaining eye removed Monday at Duke University Hospital in Durham North Carolina to treat cancer. About 50 children and several adults attend, along with her eight siblings and a clown.
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Bowling Green
Vicki Wray
Duke University Hospital
Durham
N.C
Vicki
Wray
Choral Contest Held Here At High Point
More than 1,000 junior and senior high singers gathered in Northeast Junior High auditorium for the High Point District Choral contest. North Carolina Music Educators Conference sponsorship covered this event, with judges from Page High School Greensboro Greensboro State College. Ratings ranged from superior to poor for groups including Ferndale Hill Wiley Jamestown Reynolds East Forsyth High Point Central and Southeast Guilford.
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High Point
North Carolina Music Educators Conference
Guilford
Randolph
Rockingham
Forsyth
Stokes
Montgomery
Surry
Yadkin
Northeast Junior High School
Florence Greene
Central High School
Philo
Jamestown Junior High
Fair
Dalton Junior High
Superior
Northeast Junior High
East Forsyth High
High Point Central High
Reynolds High
East Forsyth
Northwest Guilford High
Southeast Guilford High
Camp Cheerio Plans Expanded 1964 Season at High Point YMCA
Camp Cheerio opens Friday at 7 30 p m with the fourth annual reunion at the High Point YMCA. The 1964 season adds two new programs Bike Hiking with extended bicycle trips and golf on the High Meadows course under construction. Camp leaders boast an experienced staff including Max H Cooke Fred Tumbleston and Don Reber with multiple camping sessions for girls and boys and priority enrollment for local 8 to 14 year olds until April 15.
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Cheerio
High Poinh Ymca
Camp Cheerio
High Meadows Golf and Country Club
High Point
Max H. Cooke
Fred Tumbleston
YMCA
Charlotte
Don Reber
Escapee Sought By Police In Greensboro Area
Local authorities pursued escapee Jack Lamar Kincaid a 35 year old white male 5 8 in blue prison clothes 160 pounds whose listed home is 705 Glider St Greensboro. Police feared he might contact relatives as he headed toward the High Point region.
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High Point
Jack Lamar Kincaid
Greensboro
Kincaid
Glider St
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Tim Cooke
Michael Heath
Tim
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Tampa
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