Betsy Davis First Miss High Point Pageant Entrant
Betsy Ross Davis of High Point High School is the first entrant in the 1957 Miss High Point Pageant. The 18 year old student, 34-23-34, 110 pounds, with a talent background in music and performance, will compete June 15 at High Point College Memorial Auditorium.
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Betsy Ross Davis
High Point High School
Miss Davis
Ross Davis
Ferndale Dr
Duke University
High Point College
Memorial Auditorium
Bur- See Deeeecost Point
Miss High Point
Paul Sprinkle Dies After Long Illness
Paul Sprinkle 62 a Lexington Avenue merchant of Sprinkle Maddox Clothing Co died yesterday in Durham Veterans Hospital after a period of declining health He was born December 11 1894 in Marshall and married Mary Ethel Hanley in 1922 A resident of this city since 1946 he was a World War II veteran Surviving are his widow a daughter a grandson two brothers and three sisters Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 3 pm with Reverend Woodrow Robbins officiating burial will be in a local cemetery at Sechrest Funeral Home the body to arrive today
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Paul McKinley
Sprinkle-Maddox
Veterans Hospital
Durham
Marshall
Lewis and
Mary Catherine Sprinkle
Mary Ethel Hanley
Sprinkle
Raleigh
Sprinkle- Maddox Clothing Co
N. Main St
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
Mary H. Sprinkle
Terrell Dr
Frank Upchurch Jr
Glendale Ave
Conley T. Sprinkle
Asheville
Porter F. Sprinkle
Olney
Texas
W. E. Roberts
William McQuire
Robbie Sprinkle
Atlanta
Woodrow W. Robbins
Sechrest Funeral Home
Cadillac
Why Not Sets Homecoming Next Sunday
The Why Not Memorial Association holds its annual homecoming Sunday May 19 at the old Fair Grove Church near Sea Grove. Morning services begin at 11 o clock.
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Why Not Memorial Association
Old Fair Grove
Seagrove
Play Day Brings 502 Youths to Adams Millis Stadium
About 502 elementary students from eight white city schools joined a mass Play Day at Adams-Millis stadium. The event capped a month of school training benefiting roughly 2,000 children while highlighting broad participation over individual records.
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Adams-Millis Stadium
Recreation Department
Mike Branson
Johnson Street
David Osborne
Tomlinson
Jim Carrick
Brentwood
Tomlinson School
Sheph
Brandor. James
Ray Street
Terry Shankle
Darrell James
Ada Blair
Crawford
Glenn
Britcher
Fountain
Emerywood Baptist plans 364-seat chapel and 407-seat education building
Members of Emerywood Baptist Church approved a 225000 project to construct a six acre campus at Club Drive Extension. The plan includes a 364 seat chapel and a 407 seat education building with extensive facilities including choir space baptismal pool offices kitchens and ample parking with a porte cochere. Architects Clayton Mays and Robert Ky were chosen and fundraising targets include 40000 by next Sunday.
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Emerywood Baptist Church
Club Drive
First Baptist Church
Emerywood
Tomlinson School
Clayton Mays
Robert Ky
S. D. Gibson Jr
Ralph Slate
Free Concert in High Point by Fourth Annual Band Program
The High Point Festival Band presents its fourth annual free concert at 4 p.m. today in the Junior High School Auditorium. Guest conductor Robert Barnes of North Carolina State College directs selections including Air For Band, Light Cavalry, Proud Heritage, Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen, American Folk Rhapsody, Laura, and Them Basses.
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High Point
Robert Barnes
North Carolina State College
Barnes
Air
Erickson
Light Cavalry
von Suppe
Latham
Ployhar
Grundman
Laura
Johnny Mercer
Basses
Huffine
Handshaking Habits Stir Office Politico Crowd
Forrest Dates riffs on handshakes as a power source and a political nuisance. He recalls two outings with officials and reporters where constant greetings thwarted work, plus a dog liquor raid ending in a court verdict and a taunting owner.
Association Opens Meet in Asheville Three-State Retail Group
The 45th annual Southern Retail Furniture Association convention opens in Asheville with over 200 members expected. Topics include the federal minimum wage and hour law for retailers. Speakers include James G. Michaux and Leo J. Heer with regional executives attending from High Point Winston-Salem and Charlotte.
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Southern Retail Furniture Association
Asheville
James G. Michaux
American Retail Federation
Washington, D. C
Leo J. Heer
High Point
Charles G. Dudley
Charlotte Retail Merchants Association
John Watlington
Winston-Salem
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
James Best
Best
Dorothy Harris
Senior Play Slated At Jamestown
Jamestown High School to stage The Red House Mystery by A A Milne in the school auditorium Thursday and Friday night. The plot unfolds at the Red House during a summer party with a ghostly warning of death that leads to a murder and an amateur detective who pieces together clues to reveal the killer before the curtain.
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Jamestown
Jamestown High School
Red House
A. A. Milne
London
Mark
Angela Norbury
Joyce Neal
John Norbury
Anne Talton
Matthew Cayler
Ronda Beeson
Betty Calladine
Becky Shaver
John Calladine
Gayle Willard
Major Rumbold
Randy Salmon
Bill Beryerly
Erenes
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Covington, Pruette
Betsy Davis
Jaycee
Jim Greenway
Buzz Lowe
Bob Latta
Fred Lambeth
Bill Spaugh
Charles Jarrell
Paul Sprinkle
High Point Enterprise
Young Peoples
Forrest
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