Memorial in High Point Museum honors Jamestown couple
The High Point Museum honors William Gannaway Ragsdale Sr. and Lucy Cook Coffin Ragsdale, prominent Jamestown figures. Ragsdale, born 1874, was a Guilford College alumnus, county commissioner, school board member, and business leader who died in 1929. Coffin Ragsdale, born 1879, helped on the Jamestown School Board and had a high school named for her. she died in 1964.
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High Point
Jamestown
New High Point Museum
William Gannaway Ragsdale
Lucy Cook Coffin Ragsdale
William Gannaway Ragsdale Sr
Joseph Sinclair
Emily Jane Idol Ragsdale
Jamestown School
Guilford College
Lucy Cook Coffin
Mary Ragsdale
Sam Strickland
Lucy
L. B. Heilig
Virginia
Commercial Club
Emerywood Country Club
Ragsdale
Jamestown Methodist Church
Mr. Ragsdale
Deep River
Thomas Coffin Ragsdale
Greensboro
William Edwin
Lucy Jane Cook Coffin
Normal School For Women
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
W. G. Ragsdale
Shubal Coffin
North Carolina
Oakdale
Lucy Coffin Ragsdale
Deep River Cemetery
Three Students Named To Fill Posts At UNC-G
Three High Point students were named to UNC Greensboro student government posts. Kevin Moore will be secretary for communications in the president's cabinet, Louella Jane Weston becomes student government business manager, and Jerttie Daughtridge is designated a marshal for commencement and other events.
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Greensboro
High Point
University of North Carolina Greensboro
Steve Underwood
Unc-G’s
Kevin Moore
Robert B. Moore
E. Farriss Ave
Louella Jane Weston
W. M. Weston
Rt. 1
Box 351
Jerttie
Candy) Daughtridge
Charles W. Billie
Brockett Ave
Moore
Underwood
UNCG
Weston
Oh "Mis Idge
Unc-G
Concert for Bangladesh the greatest onstage gathering yet
A glowing review lauds George Harrison and Ravi Shankar for organizing a star studded benefit concert. It highlights performances by Leon Russell Billy Preston Bob Dylan Ringo Starr Eric Clapton and shows the impressive eye contact between Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan. The piece praises the music and notes the charitable cause with strong emphasis on Preston and Harrison as central figures.
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Greensboro
White Lake
N.Y
George Harrison
Bangladesh
Harrison
Ravi Shankar
Leon Russell
Ringo Starr
Eric Clapton
Billy Preston
Bob Dylan
Shankar
All Music
Gimmie Sheiter
Ali Akbar Khan
Dylan
Asylum
Rolling Stone
Jack Flash
Three Car Wreck Injures One in Thomasville
Early Friday a three car collision in Thomasville left one injured and $1,450 in damages. Mary Magee Murphy of Trinity was treated at Community General Hospital for minor injuries after her car collided with Kyle Delano Poteat of Salisbury. Poteat then hit an auto driven by Thomas Alexander Watkins of No charges were filed pending further investigation in Thomasville.
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Thomasville
Mary Magee Murphy
Trinity
Community General Hospital
Kyle Delano Poteat
Salisbury
Thomas Alexander Watkins
Sniders To Hold Annual Reunion
Descendants of Solomon and Mary Ann Garner Snider meet Sunday at the Lions Den in Churchland for their annual reunion. The Lions Den on a dirt road south of Churchland Elementary School will open at 10 a.m. Lunch is planned for 12:30 p.m.
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Solomon
Mary Ann Garner Snider
Lions den
Churchland
Churchland Elementary School
Highway 150
Polar Differences in Poles
The South Pole Station sits atop an ice covered plateau over 9000 feet high in Antarctica. The North Pole lies on a few feet of ice floating on water over 10000 feet deep in the Arctic Ocean.
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South Pole
U.S. Navy
North Pole
Guilford GOP delegates picked for district and state conventions
Guilford County Republicans selected about 125 delegates from 53 of 80 precincts to attend the Sixth District and State Republican Conventions. They also heard four prospective delegates to the Republican National Convention in Miami indicate support for President Nixon and his vice presidential pick.
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Greensboro
High Point
Guilford County
Miami
Fla
Richard Nixon
Morris Adams
John Hawkins
Rockingham
Alamance
Guilford
John Hall
Spiro Agnew
William Lonnie Revels
Ruby Collins
Odell Payne
Lee Rodgers
State House
Hall
William Simpson
Reidsville
Morris
Oaths Taken By New Citizens In Greensboro
Sixty one foreign born residents were sworn in as United States citizens Friday at the U S Middle District Court in Greensboro. Chief Judge Eugene A Gordon administered the oath as Jose Maria Alvarez formerly of Cuba and Robert Wohlgemuth of Switzerland joined other new citizens including Peter Mueller of Rt 1 Randleman Germany Edda Hall of Rt 5 Asheboro Korea and Meka June Cecil of Rt 10 Lexington Korea.
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High Point Area
United States
U.S. Middle District
Greensboro
Eugene A. Gordon
Jose Maria Alvarez
Cuba
Robert Wohlgemuth
Switzerland
Peter Mueller
Rt. 1
Randleman
Germany
Edda Hall
Rt. 5
Asheboro
Meka June Cecil
Rt. 10
Lexington
Korea
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The
Jamestown School Board
Movie Review
First Church OF God
S. Main St
Sniders
Nash
Nash Jewelry & Loan
GOP
Jim Hawkins
Enterprise
Russell Stover
Calhoun Drug Store
Monthey Ave
Butler Aviation
N.C
Board of Trustees
Westchester Academy
Pine Tree Lane
Your
North State Telephone Company
Archdale
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