Central High NFL team earns sweepstakes at district tournament
High Point Central High School's National Forensic League speakers won the sweepstakes award at the NFL District Tournament held at Green Street Baptist Church. About 160 students from Carolinas Georgia Tennessee and West Virginia competed. Local students Roger Carrick and Margaret Marshall qualified for the national NFL Tournament in June at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. The local winners list was released today by coaches Mrs. Bruce Roberts and Michael Pierce.
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High Point Central High School
Green Street Baptist Church
Carolinas
Georgia
Tennessee
West Virginia
Roger Carrick
Margaret Marshall
Air Force Academy
Colorado Spring
Colo
Bruce Roberts
Michael Pierce
Missing Archdale man widens mystery after week
Archdale officer Harold Kapps reports Joe Williams a 50s laundry route man has not been seen since Saturday March 9. Williams left his trailer on Plummer Drive to attend wrestling matches in Lexington but no one saw him there or since. His car and most clothes remain at the trailer and his employer H. M. Taylor Jr of Dutch Laundry expresses concern while seeking any witnesses or information.
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Archdale
Joe Williams
Randolph County Sheriff’s Department
Harold Kapps
Williams Suply
Lexington
Plummer Drive
Kapps
Williams
H. M. Taylor Jr
Dutch Laundry
Taylor
E. H. Wilmer
Tabor Street
Salvation Army
Younger offenders in Chair City draw police attention
In Thomasville police report a string of juvenile incidents with an age range from 5 to 13. Three younger children aged 5 6 and 7 admitted breaking into a vacant Sherman Street house and removing curtains causing minor damage. Two youths aged 10 and 11 face multiple larceny and breaking and entering charges tied to recent shop break ins. A 13 year old girl was arrested for stealing a 10 cent toy watch from Rose s Store and released to parents. Police also investigate a handbag theft from a car and unlawful entry at Thomasville Furniture Industries building. In a separate case Lewis Newsome 29 of Greenville S C remained jailed after an assault with a deadly weapon charge relating to a car collision near Florence Hill Byerly.
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Thomasville
Sherman Street
Welfare Department
B. F. Goodrich
Duffy’s Shell Service
Carolina Tire Co
Rose
Davidson Street
Thomasville Furniture Industries
TFI
Lewis Lawrence Newsome
Greenville
S. C
Newsome
Florence Hill Byerly
Trotter Street
Broughton Chooses Randolph Leader for Campaign Post
ASHEBORO An Asheboro man will head J Melvin Broughton s campaign in Randolph County Raeford Gaddis Asheboro businessman is expected to be named county chairman for Broughton this week Gaddis operates a local auction house and sits on the Randolph Technical Institute Board of Trustees.
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Asheboro
J. Melvin Broughton
Randolph County
Raeford Gaddis
Broughton
Gaddis
Randolph Technical Institute Board of Trustees
Bowles Seeks Senate Seat and Webb Files for House Race
State Rep. Hargrove Bowles seeks the Guilford County Senate seat as Democrats field a full ticket. Greensboro businessman Charles Webb announces Democrat bid for the Guilford County House race, boosting party strength ahead of the filing deadline. Republicans foresee primary battles as candidates wait to officially file and pay fees by Friday noon. Bowles, a moderate veteran, outlines priorities of race relations, taxes, education, and wages, pledging hard work and accountability. Webb, new to politics, files his candidacy as the GOP lags in several districts.
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Hargrove
Bowles
State Senate
Greensboro
Charles Webb
Guilford County
Guilford
GOP
Aries
W. J. Kiser
High Point Township
Phil Lacy
Randolph County
Ralph Ferree
L. N. Linville
House
Senate
State Board of Conservation and Development
Guilford House
Lucks, Inc
First Union National Bank
Jewel Box Stores
American Hog Co
Denver
Colo
Unc-Chapel Hill
West Market Street Methodist Church
Webb
Fair Fancy Outlook Upbeat Skies Local Forecast
The forecast calls for fair skies and cool nights with a low around 40. Tuesday should be warmer with a high in the upper sixties and no precipitation. Wednesday indicates partly cloudy skies with a slight chance of showers. Today's high was in the low to mid sixties and last night's low reached 44.
Headquarters Canady Honored at New Fire Station Dedication
The Fire Department Headquarters on Elm Street and Grimes Avenue was dedicated in a Sunday ceremony with city officials and guardsmen attending. Mayor Robert Davis praised Chief Claude Canady for 41 years of service. Rep Horace Kornegay spoke as City Manager Harold Cheek accepted the building for the city. The Central High School band and a NC National Guard detachment performed as colors were raised. An open house ran from 2 30 to 8 p m for the public.
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Fire Department
Elm Street
Grimes Avenue
Gpa
Robert Davis
Claude Canady
Horace Kornegay
Harold Cheek
Central High School
Headquarters Co
4Th Bn
113Th Artillery
North Carolina National Guard
Shaw Proposes Joint Study on Public Ambulance Service
Robert G. Shaw Republican candidate for Guilford County calls for a city county study to assess a publicly owned ambulance system using city fire department personnel. A joint subsidy plan based on six months of call data would determine funding shares. He favors meeting city councils and county officials to explore shared operations.
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Robert G. Shaw
Guilford
Guilford College
Shaw
Greensboro
High Point
Seagrove Man Files Randolph County School Board Candidacy
Dr Clinton Comer 32 of Seagrove announced his bid for the Randolph County Board of Education. He works for a local Sea Grove food firm and grows beef and swine. Comer chairs church groups, leads a choir, teaches Sunday school, and serves in Lions Club leadership. He is married to Martha Luck with two daughters.
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Asheboro
Clinton Comer
Seagrove
Randolph County
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Floral Garden Park
George
Robert Deese
Dick Swaim
Central
Enterprise
Carrick
Miss Marshall
Gail McGee
Glenda Jelle
Elmore Alexander
Rick Schultz
Joe Loveland
Tom Wright
Dentsville
Columbia
Debbie Bennet
Alice Price
Debbie Bennett
Robert Carrick
Jerry Parrish
Chair City
Randolph
Hargrove Bowles
High Point Enterprise
Canady
Comer
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