Snake steals scene in The Apple Tree at Showboat Dinner Theatre
Hank Roberts shines as the Snake in The Apple Tree at Showboat Dinner Theatre, drawing laughs with a lean, dance driven portrayal and a green leotard. A Texas native and North Texas State alum making his first North Carolina visit, he enjoys musical comedy and shares his offstage sewing skill and interest in Edgar Cayce as audiences respond to his playful, tongue flicking performance.
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Hank Roberts
Hank
Eve
Texas
Austin
Dallas
Laurence O'Dwyer
Dracula
O’dwyer
O'Dwyer
Theatre Three
North Texas State University
North Carolina
Edgar Cayce
Cayce
Auditions Open For Battle Of The Bands
Auditions are today at High Point Municipal Park for the Battle of the Bands with slots for the final during Youth Week in April 2026. The week includes a religious youth service at City Lake Government Day basketball tournaments a carnival and a Mardi Gras dance with a king crowned by penny votes. A parade featuring clubs cheerleaders and participants is planned for Thursday of Youth Week.
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High Point Municipal Park
Daniels Named VP of Sales for House Craft Furniture
Jerry R. Daniels has been named vice president in charge of sales and merchandising at House Craft Furniture Co. A High Point native and Allen Jay High School graduate, he studied at Campbell College and brings nine years in the furniture industry. He previously worked with James W. McAfee and Associates and Golding Brothers Fabrics as an account executive. He will assume the role April 1 and represent the firm in the Carolinas.
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Jerry R. Daniels
House Craft Furniture Co
Daniels
High Point
Allen Jay High School
Campbell College
House Craft Furniture
James W. McAfee and Associates
Golding Brothers Fabrics
Carolinas
New View On Atheism Opened By Vatican Symposium
The Vatican hosted a five day symposium on The Culture of Unbelief co sponsored by the Vatican Secretariat for Nonbelievers and UC Berkeley. Participants included 29 priests theologians and sociologists and Pope Paul VI praised the work while avoiding the term atheism signaling a shift toward dialogue over polemic.
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Patrick O'Keefe
Associated Press
Vatican City
Vatican Secretariat For
Sociology
University of California At Berkeley
Paul VI
Paul
Msgr
Antonio Grumelli
Secretariat For
Secretariat
Vatican
Martin Marty
U. S
Christian Century
J. Robert Nelson
Boston University Divinity School
Charles Y. Glock
Berkeley
Girls Observe FHA Week and Arts Events at Andrews
Andrews girls join national Future Homemaker of America Week with activities promoting responsibility and social learning. National Foreign Language Week featured essays on Spanish and French, a 70 minute film Los Tres Caballeros, and a wall model of life in France. North Carolina School of the Arts drama offered Spoon River. Red Raiders beat East Forsyth 44 to ? Cheerleader tryouts begin for 1969 70 with softball and track teams meeting twice weekly.
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Andrews
United States
France
RED Raiders
Eagles
East Forsyth
Permits Suspended by High Point Fire Department
High Point fire officials suspend all burning permits due to a rash of grass and trash fires. Fire Prevention Bureau chief T. G. Shelton said Saturday that strong winds and dry earth create hazardous conditions, and permits will remain canceled until weather improves.
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High Point
T. G. Shelton
Fire Prevention Bureau
Shelton
Osborne named salesman for Portland Cement in Piedmont area
Giant Portland Cement Co of Columbia South Carolina announces Thomas W Osborne Jr as salesman serving the Greensboro High Point Winston Salem area. native of High Point now based in Greensboro he will cover ready mixed concrete building supply masonry and construction sectors in the Piedmont region. Osborne has previous experience in Greensboro construction after attending the University of North Carolina and High Point College.
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Portland Cement Co
Columbia
S. C
Thomas W. Osborne Jr
Tricity
North Carolina
High Point
Greensboro
Piedmont
Osborne
University of
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