First Exhibits Set Museum Ready To Open
The High Point Museum on E Lexington Avenue opens this week after more than two years of construction. Haley House at E Lexington and McGuinn is also reopening on a regular schedule. Both projects are by the High Point Historical Society which envisions developing about three acres of the site.
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High Point Museum
E. Lexington Avenue
E. Lexington and
McGuinn
Haley House
High Point
Seum
The
Historical Society
H. G. Jones
State Department of Archives and History
Old Salem
Society For the Restoration
North Carolina
Jamestown
Ragsdale
John Hamilton
Little Red
High Point Junior League
Richardson Foundation
Bill Guy
R. K. Hoke
Barry Ruth
James H. Burnley
H. H. McKarem
Phil Warner Sr
Harrison Alexander Memorialized in High Point Museum
Harrison Alexander, early High Point developer and founder of Alexanders mercantile, is memorialized in the new High Point Museum. The exhibit highlights his Civil War service, family, and impact on local industry and education.
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Harrison Alexander
High Point
Alexander
Pleasant Garden
George
Mary Garrett Alexander
Alexanders
James Alexander
Lord
Caledon
Ireland
Joseph Alexander
Alamance County
Manassas
Gettysog
North Carolina
Sallie Jarrell
Alonzo Franklin
Allanon Eugene
Ida Mae
Minnie
Mary Ellen
Robert Harrison
Mina
Paul Allen
Two Pass Exams For Pharmacists
Chapel Hill board announces results of pharmacist registration exams. Everette Monroe Grayson Jr. and Donald Ervin Royster of Northgate Apartments, High Point, are among the 61 North Carolina residents who passed to become registered pharmacists.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina Board of Pharmacy
H. C. McAllister
Everette Monroe Grayson Jr
Donald Ervin Royster
Northgate Apts
High Point
North Carolina
Building Permits Top $1 Million for Guilford County
Guilford County Inspections Department issued September permits totaling $1,868,428. New houses valued at $1,594,077 dominate, including 70 single family units and one $30,000 duplex. Non residential permits total $107,481 with two fire stations, a picnic shelter, a restaurant, and a workshop. Additions and repairs add $154,470 across 40 permits.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Permi
Junior Miss Event Reached By Jaycees
Jaycees will stage High Point's Junior Miss Pageant in High Point College Memorial Auditorium on December 4. The winner earns a 500 dollar scholarship and advances to the North Carolina Junior Miss Pageant in Durham next February. Contestants must be high school seniors not graduating before May and aged 16 to 19. Entry deadline is November 4 with forms from area high schools or the Jaycee office on North Hamilton Street. Judging focuses on speech poise talent and coordination with no swimwear segment.
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Jaycees
High Point
High Point College Memorial Auditorium
North Carolina
Durham
Allen Jay High School
Central High School
Ragsdale High School
Andrews High School
Westchester Academy
Jaycee
N. Hamilton Street
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Robert Marks
Enterprise
Micah Church
Helen Long Casey
Mary Elizabeth Long
Sandra Casey Taylor
Haley
Gule Ridlge
Gallen
Wrenn Tel
ABC
Sune
Ltcer
Winston-Salem
North Main
Piedmont Lodge
AF. & AM
J. Ralph Odom
Woodroe
F. Haywood
Sec’y
Lester's Jewelers
Central
GTI
Hiram Lodge
Shady Grove Methodist Church
Masonic Temple
Gary Snipes
R. Russ Blackburn
Jarrett’s Stationery Company
Wienn
Elie
Tele
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