Longtime High Point city hall secretary to retire after 42 years
Mrs. Lucy Harper, longtime secretary to High Point city managers, will retire in April after 42 years at City Hall. Her service spans six city managers and the city’s growth, with scrapbooks chronicling years of government, debt refinancings, and civic memory.
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Lucy Harper
City Hall
High Point
Harper
Ben Saunders
Lake Crowe
A. R. McMullan
Saunders
Crowe
McMullan
R. L Pickett
P. P. Pilcher
E. M. Knox
Mr. Knox
Roy Braden
T. E. Hinson
Harold Cheek
Nhow
Mrs. Harper
Davidson County
Yadkin College
High Point College
The Groovy Groups And The Generation Gap
An editor notes his attempts to bridge the generation gap through buying books on rock groups. He cites super and groovy groups, names several bands and personalities, quotes youth figures like Judy Collins and Mick Jagger, and reflects on youths’ ideas of honesty, revolt, and leaving mainstream life.
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Miami
Flip
Bill Albaugh
Bill Bartlett
Steve Walmsley
Tom Richards
The
Royal Guardsmen
Beatles
Peter, Paul and
Mary
Steve Walksley
Judy Collins
Mick Jagger
Rolling Stones
Vietnam
Terry Kirkman
Association
U. S. of A
Eric Burdon
Animals
Peter ‘Townshend
Who
Jim Morrison
Doors
Big Sur
Reveille
Canada
Up & Square
Springtime misbehavior prompts Bahamas student crackdown
In Nassau an influx of American college students sparks joint efforts by Prime Minister L. C. Pindling and U. S. Consular General Turner Shelton to curb rowdiness. Six arrests for marijuana and stiff $700 fines show tougher measures, including hotel proof and return tickets for entry. Police increase supervision on beaches and streets to deter incidents as officials balance hospitality with safety.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Bay Street
Fort Lauderdale
Nascax
L. C. Pindling
U. S
Turner Shelton
Shelton
Bahama
Prisons Reform Push Faces Old Attitudes in N C
North Carolina prisons director Lee Bounds urges shift from punishment to rehabilitation to break the cycle of recidivism. He seeks a $30 million biennial budget, two 500 cell units for hard core prisoners, a youth unit, and broader treatment staff, but faces limited support and funds.
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North Carolina
Lee Bounds
Bounds
High Point Kiwanis Club
Davidson County Sheriff speculation as U.S. marshal pick looms
Davidson County debates potential replacement for Sheriff Fred C. Sink as he appears poised for a U.S. marshal post in the Middle District of North Carolina with a mid April appointment likely. Thomasville figures in GOP maneuvering over regional balance and possible successors.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Fred C. Sink
U.S
U.S. Middle District
North Carolina
Thomasville
County Register of Deeds
Link
Sheriff's Department
Ronald Cecil
Jesse Cecil
Leon Rickard
Baren Craven
Sink
GOP
J. C. Glossom
Wilmer Mizell
Midway
Wayne Whicker
Whicker
State House
Winston-Salem
Thomasville Area
Guilford
Forsyth
Randolph
Mizell
Congress
Roaming the Piedmont: odd exploits and garden tips
The column blends personal quips about a late night dog chase and a slipped trip to the garage with a light humor about misunderstandings in a store. It shifts to a weather and planting note citing cucumber timing, robin signs of spring, and a Greensboro climate guide predicting planting readiness around late April.
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Greensboro
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Robert Marks
Enterprise
Art Richardson
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Jefferson Airplane
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Grateful Dead
Electric Prunes
Randy California
Spirit
the Capital
By Robert Marks
Davidson
Dwight Eisenhower
Pilot Lions
Yeu
By Braxton Younts
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