Homecoming at Andrews Highlights Float and Queen Crown
The Interact Club float won top honors at Andrews High School homecoming celebration. Club president Mike Grissett and vice president Steve Chilton rode the float. Miss Valda Boyd, crowned Homecoming Queen, stood with escort Lee Foy during halftime of the Andrews versus Parkland game Friday night.
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Interact Club
Andrews High School
Mike Grissett
Steve Chilton
Valda Boyd
Lee Foy
Andrews- Parkland High
Mythic Night of the Saigon Vote Ends With Thieu Victory
The author recalls watching the 1971 South Vietnam presidential election as Thieu leads in Bu Chang Bien and other towns. Reports from ABC CBS NBC show heavy support for Thieu, with some ballot mutilation noted. Despite the late-night certainty, morning reveals Thieu won.
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NBC
Thieu
CBS
ABC
Wife charged with murder after Barbee Street shooting
Barbee Street resident Mable Louise Turner is jailed without bond on a murder charge for fatally shooting her husband Prentice Turner, 39, after an argument in a car near Dartmouth Street. Police report the pair argued with another couple before the fatal shot fired from a .22 pistol.
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Barbee Street
Mable
Louise Turner
Oe Point
Prentice
Turners
Dartmouth Street
Turner
Mrs. Turner
Schoonbeck Pledges Its Fair Share
Eighty percent employee participation at Schoonbeck Furniture Company qualifies it as a fair share giver in this year s Greater High Point United Fund Campaign. The per capita gift was 12 dollars and the firm also made a fair share corporate pledge. ay serves as a section chairman in the Pilot Division of this year s drive. cels that he was on a service call and left an employee in the rear of the store. The employee told police that he looked up and saw a young boy run from the store with a tape player and speakers. The merchandise was valued at 54.90. Frank Williams of the Flash Market on English Road reported to police that a soft drink vending machine at the store had been broken into. About 6 dollars in change was missing. The machine was not damaged. In other action, police arrested Darrell Lee Young, 20, of George Place on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Bond was set at 100 dollars. Jimmy Burns, 27, of E. Kearns Avenue was arrested on charges of inadequate suit, assault and battery on female, forcible trespassing and a parking warrant. Bond was put at 700 dollars. Police also arrested Frazier Vernton Richardson, 48, on a charge of driving under the influence. The Rev. Lester Ferguson, pastor of English Road Baptist Church, has been elected president of the Baptist Ministers Conference for the year beginning Oct. 1.
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Schoonbeck
High Point United Fund
Jack Campbell
Cels
Frank Williams
English Road
Darrell Lee Young
George Place
Jimmy Burns
E. Kearns Avenue
Bond
Frazier Vernton Richardson
North Carolina would grant near absolute control of higher education
The Joint Higher Education Committee voted 19 to 13 to send a bill to the Oct. 26 General Assembly session. The proposal would place almost absolute power over the state’s higher education system in a single board of governors, a measure born from Gov. Bob Scott and years of opposition.
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North Carolina
Bob Scott
Rainy Night Crashes Injure Five in High Point
Slippery streets after midnight sparked several accidents across High Point. Kenneth Gowers and James Harvey Brown were among drivers involved. Caldwell and Bailey also faced charges after rear collision and DUI. Multiple minor injuries reported. damage estimated around $2,000 in one cab collision.
High Point Museum Sets Visiting Hours in New Building
The High Point Museum on E Lexington Ave opens this week with Sunday hours 2 to 5 pm. Regular hours are Monday to Friday 9 am to 4 30 pm. Haley House next to the museum offers Monday and Wednesday 9 am to 12 noon and Saturday 2 to 5 pm.
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High Point
E. Lexington Avenue
Permits Totals Reach $254,839 For Week
Building division issued permits totaling 254 839 dollars in recent days Chief inspector Freeman Hill oversaw three new houses worth 62700 and twelve business projects at 170 224 dollars. Roofing permits 10 5260 12 home improvements 11298 16 fencing 5337 and one permit for a dwelling repair. Additional projects include additions and repairs for American Furniture High Point Harold and Betty Johnson Alma Desk Company C Ed Smith and others with various square footage figures. New houses include Wellington Corp Sturbridge Road Warren Godwin Waynick Street and The Ervin Company with values listed.
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Freeman Hill
Hill
American Furniture of
High Point
Shore Drive
Harold
Betty Johnson
Bedford Street
Alma Desk Company
West Broad Street
C. Ed. Smith
Liberty Street
A Manufacturing Company
Bethel Drive
Dewey Greer Jr
N. Main Street
G. W. Underwood Paving Co
Boyer Street
Connors Auto Service
Myrtle Desk Co
Taylor Street
High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad
West Green Drive
Mobile Chemical Co
City of
Ervin Company
Waynick St
Unemployment Drops in Davidson County September Report
Davidson County unemployment shows a slight fall for September with 321 new claims in August and 237 in September. Knight cites fewer weeks claimed 2,097 in August and 1,828 in September, plus rising textile employment and better overall job openings, excluding Thomasville.
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Employment Bureau
Knight
Nixon
Davidson Tine Ueda
Crise Wit
Economist to speak at High Point Coffee Club meeting
Irvin R. Black, chairman of the High Point Chamber of Commerce Coffee Club, announced that Dr. Albert G. Matamoros, vice president and chief economist for Armstrong Cork Company, will be the principal speaker at the October meeting.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce Coffee Club
Irvin R. Black
Black
Albert G. Matamoros
Armstrong Cork Company
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Ronald McCall
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Rickey A. Caldwell
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Cable Street
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Messinger Street
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Bailey
Thelma Kendle
Fern Street
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E. Green Drive
High Point Memorial Hospital
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Tabor Street
Harrison
Boundary Street
Roy Thomas
Ingram
Fourth Street
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Vickie
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Hoskins Street
Vickie Walker
Asheboro Street
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Westchester Drive
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Ridgecrest Drive
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Brookwood Drive
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Fernwood Drive
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Circle Drive
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Church Avenue
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