Two Red Suits In Parade Santa In One Of Them
In Thomasville Piedmont Festival parade two men wore red suits with Santa drawing the crowd. Children favored Santa over the other red man, the devil perched on a church float. Weather was sunny. parade ran under an hour with thousands on Main and Salem streets. Miss Joy Wray crowned queen of the pageant. eighty five units participated.
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Bob Burchette
Enterprise
Thomasville
Santa Claus
Devil
Santa
Main Street
Salem Street
Joy Wray
Chair City
Model Cities elections name 18 representatives in High Point
In Saturday balloting for High Point Model Cities Commission 873 votes were cast about 20 percent of eligible voters. Macedonia winners include John Leach Nellie Robinson and others. Southside winners include Howard Brockman Walter Moore and more. Spring Valley top vote getter Benjamin Brockman with 263 votes. Incumbents winning seats include Couser Brockman Poke Robinson Moore and Haizlip. Arthur M Utley Jr named to Meredith College Estate Planning Advisory Council to boost major gifts.
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Model Cities Program
High Point
Model Cities Commission
Model Cities
Commission
Macedonia
John Leach
Nellie Robinson
Jessie Lee Bain
Archie Mae Poke
William Blue
Southside
Connie Allen
Howard Brockman
Walter Moore
L. B. Haizlip
James Belton
James Couser
Benjamin Brockman
Robert Carwright
Spring Valley
L. D. Haizlip
Arthur M. Utley Jr
Meredith College
Liberty Bell Crack Picket Aims at Whitechapel Foundry
About 40 irate consumers plan a London trip during Thanksgiving to protest the Liberty Bell crack. They accuse Whitechapel Bell Foundry of mishandling the 1752 delivery and carry signs reading We Got a Lemon. The misfit group, the Pro crastinators' Club of America, claims Lag is 218 years.
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Philadelphia
London
Whitechapel Bell Foundry, Ltd
Whitechapel
Procrastinators' Club of America
I Should Have Known Not To Buy A Shotgun
In a humorous memory the narrator recounts buying a $40 single barrel shotgun, facing odd questions on an order form and a long personal inquiry for federal rules. He hesitates about a pistol and jokes about not needing or wanting to shoot people. He notes the clerk and a waiterish salesman guiding the purchase.
A Thanksgiving Day Journey to Grandmother’s House
The narrator imagines a vivid Thanksgiving with a horse drawn sleigh through snow to grandmother’s home. Grandfather’s stories, a warm fire, and a feast set a peaceful day of thanks, despite real plans for a modern family gathering by car.
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Grandmother
Grandfather
School Board wrestles with salaries tied to Model Cities kindergarten plan
High Point faces a $200000 yearly pay gap as 250 plus school staff seek higher wages beyond poverty levels. The board approved a Model Cities kindergarten project for 350 children while delaying broad pay raises citing budget limits and lunch-fund constraints.
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High Point Board of Education
Model Cities
John Bridgers
School Board
Model Cities Agency
Mayflower Replica Displays at High Point Library Exhibit
A Mayflower replica and two pilgrim statuettes are on display at High Point Public Library through Thanksgiving. The items were loaned by Mrs. W. T. Powell, governor of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in North Carolina, and include a copy of the Mayflower Compact. Powell notes the Compact as a cornerstone of American democracy and Bradford’s leadership by consent.
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High Point Public Library
Plymouth Rock
W. T. Powell
Society of Mayflower
North Carolina
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Cathy Ferguson
Debbie
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Shamrock Rd
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Centennial
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W. R. Shar
Rock
Hamlin Ct
Jamestown
Cathy
H. E. Ferguson
Lexington Ave
The
Jaycees
Sonny Hedgecock
High Point Enterprise
Jim Stratford
Gary Tate
Brockett Street
Jacqueline Cobb
Larry Barr
Ida Covington
Willie Lee Rice
Harrison Street
Liberty Bell
Volkswagen
By Faye Marks
Ray Hubbard
Bridgers
Ths
Mary Dillard
Dean B. Pruette
General Assembly
Guilford Technical Institute
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Don Forney
William Bradford
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