Rotary Auction Succeeds Big Fundraiser in High Point
High Point Rotary Club liquidated 150 items including a 2.5 ton truck and a 1924 record player to raise funds for Salvation Army projects. The 14th annual Barbecue and Auction drew 2,700 to 3,000 residents at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building. Gross from the 3 hour event surpassed 2500 with total year proceeds around 5000 for charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Rotary Club
Salvation Army Building Fund
Wrenn Street
Southern Furniture Exposition
High Point Area
Rotary Club
Interact
Andrews
Central
Douglas Kerr
Kerr
Bobby
Forrest Mendenhall
Robert Davis
Camp Cheerio
High Point Ymca
Salvation Army
Richard E. J
Randleman
Rotary
Davis
Final push set to hit United Appeal goal in High Point
Leaders target the $518,083 goal after reporting $501,141 raised, 96.7 percent, with about $20,000 in sight. Campaign chiefs Fred Swartzberg Holt McPherson and Hardy Prather back a Monday effort, aided by challenge gifts to close the final gap. divisions show varied progress including pilot 92.6 percent and service at 115.5 percent. Special gifts totaling $16,000 helped reach the current total.
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High Point
United Appeal
Fred Swartzberg
Holt McPherson
Hardy Prather
McPherson
Robert Davis
Ed Pleasants
Gene Marsh
Metro
Bill Green
Alton Stanford
S. E. Burford
Murder and Rape Cases Set for Superior Court Week
The first week of a two week criminal Superior Court session opens with Judge John D. McConnell presiding. William Paul Poole 19 Brentwood Street faces murder charges in the death of Thomas Quick of Vail Street. Eugene Wood 46 Furlough Street is charged with rape. Ricky James Chambers 18 Rt 1 Jamestown faces arson and related counts. Curtis E Oxendine 22 Ward Street to be tried for manslaughter. Four defendants from a pay roll check plot await Monday docket.
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Criminal Superior Court
John D. McConnell
Southern Pines
William Paul Poole
Brentwood Street
Ricky James Chambers
Rt. 1
Jamestown
Curtis E. Oxendine
Ward Street
English Road
Edward Oxendine
Area Forecast Mixed with Legal Conspiracy Mentions
Cloudy and mild conditions persist in the northern Piedmont through Monday with a similar pattern into Thursday. Temperatures reach low to mid 70s with highs today and Monday. Legal notes include charges and prior sentences for conspiracy to commit false pretenses and a list of others to be tried for various offenses in the Superior Court.
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Piedmont
Burlap bags and regional names stir office din
A personal reminiscence about office chatter on burlap bags called croaker sacks in Virginia and tow sacks in the Carolinas. The speaker recalls debates over green beans as snap beans and string beans, ending with a self aware, humorous confession.
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South Carolina
Virginia
Heck
Andrews Student Wins Dramatic Interpretation Tourney
An Andrews High School student, Lillie Clinton, won the dramatic interpretation phase of the Furniture City Invitational Debating and Speech Events Tournament held at Central High School. The event drew about 350 students and 33 schools from an eight state area, hosted by the Central National Forensic League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews High School
Lillie Clinton
Furniture City
Central High School
Central National Forensic League
Record total attendance at High Point parks in 1971 report
More than a million visits to High Point parks and recreation centers were recorded through October 1971. The breakdown lists 1,028,932 total attendance, 54,460 in October, with 410,713 playgrounds usage and 344,677 spectator figures for athletic events.
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Marvin Keith
High Point Parks and Recreation
Keith
City Lake
Blair Park
Islands of the Sea at Cinema Cafe Tuesday Noon
Walt Disney's Islands of the Sea will be shown Tuesday at 12 15 p m in the audio visual room of the High Point Public Library Cinema Cafe invites viewers to enjoy coffee and soft drinks with lunch as the film tours diverse global islands and their wildlife
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Walt Disney
Cinema Cafe
High Point Public Library
Scouting Leaders Are Given Awards at High Point Banquet
About 200 attendees at the annual High Point District Uwharrie Council Boy Scouts of America banquet at Green Street Baptist Church recognized leaders in camping training cub scouting and the SOAR project. Six training awards were presented to Harold Monroe Kenneth Elliott Leo Hunt Hardin Osborne Lewis Brandon and Darrell Blair with John Andrews W W White earning Scouter's Keys and Jim Ridgeway receiving a leadership training advancement. Cub Scout den leader Elaine Carter earned a den leader training award and den leaders Eva Nifong Linda Campbell Sara Coats Henry Coats Elsie Jones J R Hurgleyn and Stan Krieger received recognition certificates.
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High Point
Uwharrie Council
Boy Scouts of America
Green Street Baptist Church
Save Our American Resources
United States
Harold Monroe
Kenneth Elliott
Leo Hunt
Hardin Osborne
Lewis Brandon
Darrell Blair
John Andrews
W. W. White
Jim Ridgeway
Elaine Carter
Eva Nifong
Linda Campbell
Sara Coats
Henry Coats
Elsie Jones
J. R. Hurgleyn
Stan Krieger
Investment Methods Topic For Lecture At Public Library
A basic investing lecture third in a four part series will be held at High Point Public Library Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Stanley E Dawson Smith of R S Dickson Powell Kistler Crawford will outline buying and selling procedures investment types and plans. Free and open to the public the series is co sponsored by the library and New York Stock Exchange member firms. Stock exchange materials will be displayed along with library volumes and investor services. Coffee will be provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Public Library
Stanley E. Dawson-Smith
R.S. Dickson, Powell, Kistler & Crawford
New York Stock Exchange
The
Stock Exchange
Board Set To Hear Plan For Sheltered Workshop Expansion
Greensboro report states Guilford County Commissioners will consider a contract plan to expand the High Point Sheltered Workshop. Using about 78000 dollars from the Model Cities Project the plan would fund more client training including service station and automobile mechanics training and raise staff salaries.
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Greensboro
High Point
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Ralph Walker
Model Cities Project
Walker
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Jimmy Jones
Bobby Mendenhall
Jim Stratford
Chester Haworth
High Point Enterprise
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Thomas Quick
Vail Street
Quick
Loflin Street
High Point Memorial Hospital
Eugene Wood
E. Green Drive
Derwood Cartwright
Atlanta, Ga
Doyle Alexander Bridges Jr
Chalmetta
Julius Carroll Robertson
Lumberton
Miss
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Charleston
Ark
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Mangum Avenue
Phillip Wade Moore
Futrelle Street
Melvin Butler
Sharon Street
Sherman Tyrone James
North Carolina
Miss Clinton
Rebecca Ross Peralta
Springfield
Jan Pegram
Allen Jay High School
Bob Dominy
Myers Park
Charlotte
Arlene Denny
Person Senior High
Roxboro
Sally Sommers
Lexington
N. C
John Kilpatrick
Orangeburg
S. C
Tom McRae
N. Charleston
Tommy Jarvis
Allen Jay
Sanford Berlin
Kevin Smith
Shrub Oak
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Phil Lipton
Orlando
Fla
Susan Burnette
Columbia
Sandy Gilchrest
Susie Clapp
Jean Williamson
Asheville
Lynn Parsely
Reynolds
Winston- Salem
Candice Hoke
Sue Schoenheit
Enka
Norman Hoffman
Linda Craven
Merry Bateman
Joan Gorman
Susan Rinehardt
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
N.C
Associated Press
Okly
Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
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