Personality Profile Change Needed To Keep Up With Students
Evan Dean, first woman chairman of Guilford County Board of Education, promotes student excellence in reading writing and arithmetic. She emphasizes disciplined students, happy teachers, broader cultural arts exposure, and active volunteer involvement while planning long range school site and curriculum improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Evan Dean
Guilford County
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Dean
Board of Education
Northwest Guilford High School
Colfax
Northwest Guilford School
Wade Payne
Nancy Jo Smith
Ing
Howard Carr
Vance Pegram
PTA
Eli and
Lena Welch
Colfax High School
Uncompromising Nader Faces Influence Shift in FHLBB Pick
The piece traces Ralph Nader's purist stance amid a maturing consumer coalition. It notes a clash over President Carter's Federal Home Loan Bank Board chair selection, with Nader opposing John Heimann and backing S Michael Elliott, while Robert H. McKinney emerges as a pro industry alternative.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
Nader
Carter
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
FHLBB
White House
Consumer Federation of America
John Heimann
New York State
Albany
Heimann
New York
Public Interest Research Group
Cpdier
S. Michael Elliott
Cas
California Housing Finance Agency
Robert H. McKinney
Naval Academy
McKinney
First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Indianapolis
Indianapolis
John Brown
Humiliation Complete On Golf Course
Davidson dateline Helen Ross and Jim Pettit invited a writer to golf at Blair Park. The round ends with the writer posting 125, finishing one stroke behind Ross while Pettit dominates with a disastrous performance and a drive range fiasco.
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Thomasville
Helen Ross
Jim Pettit
Ms. Ross
Thomasville Times
Pettit
The
Enterprise
Blair Park
Phil
Senator Soaper Sugary cereals mix organic and junk foods
A quirky note highlights a cereal claim mixing organic and junk foods in one serving. The piece also hints at overblown future world cinema and critiques lawmakers promising action they do not follow through on.
Editor's Outlook on Golden Trashery of Youth Classics
The piece critiques 1850s to 1920s boys' books like Oliver Optic and Horatio Alger for moral didacticism while noting modern films and schooling shift toward edgier content. It contrasts past heroic virtue with today’s tougher themes and worries about brainwashing through patriotism and media.
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Palgrave
Oliver Optic
Sedley
Hester Paine
Robert
Hester
Tom Swift
Stars and Stripes
Tom
Rover
Dan Baxter
Dora Stanhope
Baxter
Dick Rover
United States
Dora
Minnesota
U.S
America
Pluto
Roaming the Piedmont and Model T Reminiscences
A reminiscence blends memories of the Model T era with a 1970s road trip near Doughton Park. The writer recalls cold start rituals, rural routes in northern South Carolina, and occasional help from farmers' mules. A mountain excursion ends with an extraordinary Sunday deluge reducing visibility.
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South Carolina
Doughton Park
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Evon Dean
Colfax Pta
Guilford County Pta Council
Family Life Council
Davidson
Ross
Senator Soaper
Lizzie
NEA
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