Halloween parties draw crowd of 5000 at centers
About 5000 people attended Halloween events at College Village Shopping Center and Washington Terrace Park sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department and the Civitan Club. Prizes were awarded in multiple age group contests, while vandalism reports included eggs and window damage but no major incidents by midnight.
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College Village
Washington Terrace Park
Parks and Recreation Department
Civitan Club
Emerywood
Daniel Brooks Recreation Center
Washington Terrace Recreation Center
Central High Future Teachers of America Club
William Fenn
Linda Williams
W. Ray &J
High Point Names First Junior Miss Cathy Gross
Seventeen year old Cathy Gross was named High Point Junior Miss, the first in the city. She will go to the state pageant in Charlotte on December 3 and, if she wins, advance to the national pageant in Mobile, Alabama next March. Cathy is a Central High senior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Gross, and a National Merit Scholar finalist active in Beta Club, Masque and Gavel, and the French Club.
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Cathy Gross
Central High School
Wil
High Point
Charlotte
Mobile
Ala
Cathy
Robert A. Gross
Woodrow Ave
Ope
Chamber of Commerce
Sharon Shackelford
Betty King
Dana Scotten
Dixi
Chiles
Judy de Hert
Connie Deyo
First Presbyterian Church
Nurse Hears Tiny Voice Through Intercom Ward
In Salt Lake City at Latter-day Saints Hospital a floor nurse attempted to speak to a child in the children's ward by intercom. After calling out Jimmy, she heard a small quivering reply asking what she wanted, revealing a rare moment of contact in the quiet ward.
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Salt Lake City
Fleor
Latter-day Saints Hospital
Jimmy
Wall
Sen Everett Jordan To Speak At Randleman Dinner
Senator Everett Jordan will headline the 23rd annual Farmers Night dinner hosted by the Randleman Rotary Club on November 8 in the Randleman High School cafeteria. About 60 area farmers are expected to attend. co chairmen Richard BE Johnson Harvey Adams and James W Pickard lead the organizing team.
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Randleman
Everett Jordan
Randleman Rotary Club
Randleman High School
Randleman Rotary
Richard BE
Johnson
Harvey Adams
James W. Pickard
Yule Parade Deadline Set for 1985 Entries
Clarence Wagner, chairman of the High Point Merchants Association Christmas parade committee, announced that no new entries will be accepted after November. Eligible floats must be 73 percent decorated with a Christmas or religious theme and may display only block letters for firm names. No individual ponies, horses, or unmounted units. only organized riding clubs. About 73 units have entered. 25 are floats with total entries around 106 expected. Parade is Thanksgiving Thursday November 25 at 4 pm, lasting about one hour.
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Clarence Wagner
High Point Merchants Assu
Wagner
Officers Named For 4 H Club Cedar Square
New officers were elected last week for the Cedar Square 4 H Club. Carson Davis is president Terry Davis is vice president Diane Davis is secretary Deborah Hahn is reporter Steve Davis is historian Gary Faylow is treasurer and Billy Davis is project chairman.
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Cedar Square
Carson Davis
Terry Davis
Diane Davis
Deborah Hahn
Steve Davis
Gary Faylow
Billy Davis
50 States Represented At Market
The Southern Furniture Exposition Building reported Saturday that buyers from all 50 states attended the market. Foreign buyers were registered from the Bahamas England France Canada Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Registration books showed 253 news and style reporters covered the market.
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Southern Furniture Exposition
Bahamas
England
France
Canada
Puerto Rico
The
Virgin Islands
Exposition Building
News Ant
High Point Boy Wins in PP and Kick District Title
Nine year old Johnny Evans won the district Punt Pass and Kick title in Charlotte yesterday. The Matthew Avenue School student will compete in the area round during halftime of the Baltimore Colts Dallas Cowboys game in Baltimore on November 21. Other High Point entrants were Danny Link and Mickey Clark. Steve Bunting, 10, from Asheboro also won his age group. Ford Motor Co sponsors the national event.
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Johnny Evans
Charlotte
Baltimore Colts
Dallas Cowboys
Baltimore
Dallas
Tex
Johnny
Matthew Avenue School
John A. Evans
Carolina St
High Point
Danny Link
Mickey Clark
Steve Bunting
Asheboro
Ford Motor Co
60th Wedding Anniversary Observed for Sain Couple
A High Point couple was honored for 60 years of marriage with a reception at Ward Street Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Mr and Mrs Arthur Eugene Sain, long-time Ward Street members residing at 201 Prospect Street, celebrated their 60th anniversary last Friday and have three children, ten grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren.
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Arthur Eugene Sain
Ward Street Methodist Church
Prospect St
High-Speed Chase Ends In Accident
Barnes Junior Hughes, 46, operator of a Jamestown service station, fled a Highway Patrol pursuit in a 1965 car and was treated for minor injuries after losing control near his home. The vehicle was a total loss while several other Halloween weekend wrecks were reported in the High Point area. A six year old boy, Jeffrey Cooke, was nearly struck at College Village Shopping Center by George Frazier’s 1959 car. Arrests included Jerry Sexton 17 on pyrotechnic charges Eddie Haskins 19 on pyrotechnics James Terry 22 for assault and Raymond Phillips 16 for reckless driving.
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Clinard Read
High Point Memorial Hospital
Barnes Junior Hughes
Jamestown
Clay Fox
Hughes
Deen River
High Point
College Village
Jeffrey Cooke
Rt. 2
High Paint
Norma Jean Cooke
George Frazier
Skeet Club
Jerry Lewis Sexton
Hill Street
Eddie Haskins
Lincolnton
James Terry
Hobson Street
Brenda Marks
Raymond Dendel Phillips
Jones Road
Biographical Films Added to High Point Library Collection
Six new 16 mm biographical titles arrive through the North Carolina Adult Film Project at the High Point Public Library. The lineup includes a half hour on Jackie Robinson and four half hour TV interviews with Margaret Mead Pablo Casals Pearl S Buck and W Somerset Maugham plus a one hour PBS style interview with former President Herbert Hoover. Library director Neal Austin urges patrons to request films at least two weeks prior to use and notes these titles are not for school use.
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High Point
Neal Austin
Bible Study Group Seeks Friendly Discussion Partners
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Sheraton Hotel
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Sen. Jordan
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