A Party For Mama Lou Sings At 104 In High Point
Lula Robbins known as Mama Lou celebrated her 104th birthday with family in High Point. Survivors include 10 children 123 grandchildren and over 100 great grandchildren. She gardens bakes cooks sings and attends church faithfully, attributing longevity to trusting in the Lord.
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Carol Wilson Utley
Lula Robbins
Mama Lou
South Carolina
High Point
Mrs. Robbins
Barbara Simmons
Mrs. Simmons
Mrs. Shaw
Older Workers Hirable Says ESC Specialist
Marie Cumby of the High Point Employment Security Commission notes National Older Worker Week starting March 13. She says skilled older workers have good employ ment chances in furniture, mechanics, plumbing, guards, and grounds keeping in the High Point area. From Oct 1976 to Feb this year 918 applications were filed by 45+ workers with 105 jobs gained. February saw 95 applications and 17 placements. The ESC and a local American Legion post will honor employers showing interest in older workers. Nationally older workers constitute about 40 percent of the workforce with fewer work days lost and greater stability than younger workers.
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Guilford County
Marie Cumby
High Point Employment Security Commission
National
Trinity Couple Awaits News From Zaire
Mrs Frances Pierce awaits word on daughter Gay Pierce Radford a missionary in Kapanga Zaire Kapanga has been captured by Angolan mercenaries while her husband Richard a pilot on medical missions is missing The family relies on Dr Duvan Corbitt and Dr Jule Nordby of the United Methodist Church African Affairs group for reassurance The Pierce family previously visited last May and plans to return in November Trust in God remains central to their anxious wait.
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Don Wrenn
Archdale
Frances Pierce
Gay Pierce Radford
Kapanga
Zaire
Richard
Kai
Duvan Corbitt
Jule Nordby
Board of Global Ministry
The
United Methodist Church
Pierce
Asbury College
Wilmore
Aviation Fellowship
Singing Ambassadors
Asbury
Pierces
Radford
Mrs. Pierce
Guilford Tech Board May Set Bid Date for Classroom Building
Guilford Technical Institute trustees plan to meet at 8 am at Medlin Campus Center Jamestown to consider opening bids for a new classroom building. The project will include space for child care education and a day care facility along with the cosmetology and continuing education programs. The agenda also covers five year capital improvement planning and student awards recognition.
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Jamestown
Guilford Technical Institute Board of Trustees
Medlin
High Point Enterprise Classifieds and Circulation Notice
The High Point Enterprise lists subscription rates and terms for mail and carrier delivery, notes AP news use rights, and identifies Independent carriers and distributors as independent contractors. Payment details include monthly and yearly options with 4 percent North Carolina sales tax.
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High Point Enterprise
High Point
N.C
Associated Press
AP News
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Landen Associates
National Advertising
Arts Bill urged at convention for state funding boost
North Carolina arts officials pressed lawmakers to back a grassroots arts bill to provide 1.5 million dollars distributed per county for arts programs. The bill aims to expand reach across the state with local, state, and federal funds, highlighting economic value and community impact.
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Carol Wilson Utley
15 Year Old Victim Accuses 20 Year Old Atkins
A 15 year old girl reported being assaulted at a trailer in Archdale and later told police a man forced himself on her. Donald Lee Atkins 20 of Archdale was charged and served a warrant at 10 a.m. Saturday.
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High Point
Archdale
N. Main Street
Randolph
Donald Lee Atkins
Frazier Street
Atkins
Jackson
Concord
Saint Mary's Arch
Stanly
County workers save man with CPR at courthouse
Guilford County employees Jean Pendleton and Charles Whedbee used volunteer first aid training to revive a nonbreathing, pulseless man inside the courthouse. Helpers from Emergency Transportation Service and Mobile Intensive Care Technicians joined, delivering electric shocks and IV drugs until the patient regained heart activity and was taken to Cone Memorial Hospital. He improved to eating Jello by Friday morning.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
Guilford County Systems and Programming Dept
James Rickards
Jean Pendleton
Charles Whedbee
Rickards
James Finison
Emergency Transportation Service
Register of Deeds
Finison
Don Kimrey
Malcolm Moore
Wesley Long Hospital
Cone Memorial Hospital
Guilford Technical Institute
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Lula
Robbins
Trinity
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Trinity High School
John Wesley High
Arts Council
Joan Mondale
County
Brentwood
David Keith Sawyers
Circle Drive
Cedrow Avenue
Sawyers
Betty Thomas Witherspoon
Columbia Food Market
Main Street
Comrome Busey
Clinard Milling Co
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