Triad development talks spotlight furniture market and medical center
Rawley hosts a dinner session at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building where Leo Heer of High Point links the furniture market to regional growth and Dr. W K McGee outlines a developing area medical center in the Baptist Hospital Bowman Gray complex. City leaders and fire chiefs from High Point Kernersville Jamestown attend as Triad Committee actions pursue broader regional press reach.
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Triad
Piedmont
McGee
Winston-Salem
Winston - Salem
Claude Canady
High Point
M. K. Wyrick
Triad Committee
Roger Swisher
Kernersville
Tom Ragsdale
Jamestown
Looting Charged To Brothers
Thomasville sheriff deputies charged Jack Starkey, 26, of Rt. 70, with looting a junk yard near the Toy Chest on U.S. Highway 29 70. A chair city resident implicated in the incident.
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Thomasville
Chair City
Jack Starkey
Rt. of Automobile
City Council Approves $1 Million in Street and Utility Contracts
The City Council authorized spending over 1 million on streets and utilities in the new fiscal year. Thompson-Arthur Paving Co. secured a 604,022.25 contract for street work, plus purchases include a backhoe, street roller, two dump trucks, and a street sweeper. An additional 211,000 was added to Lambeth Construction Co. water-sewer work.
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Forrest Cates
Thompson - Arthur Paving Co
Lambeth Construction Co
Harold Cheek
WNOS
High Point Housing Authority
Smith Street
Marlboro
Central
Manning
Bak Road
City Lake
City Slows Pace for Labor Day Holiday
City officials announce a limited Labor Day schedule with some downtown merchants opening 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Schools in city and Guilford, Randolph and Davidson counties close for the holiday and pools at Washington Terrace and City Lake run 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Buses operate 5:45 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. with hourly uptown service. Postal service notes no full holiday, and High Point College notes no holiday.
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Guilford
Randolph
Davidson County
Parks and Recreation Department
Washington Terrace
City Lake
Ules
Consolidated Bus Lines
High Point College
Master Barbers Assn
Prayer for Today
Prayer for TODAY by Lyndon B. Phifer of Tallahassee Florida, retired Methodist editor, thanks God today. The brief note appears as a religious reflection in the column.
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Lyndon B. Phifer
Tallahassee, Fla
Center of North Carolina Fair Opens in Asheboro
The 43rd Center of North Carolina Fair starts Monday at the Randolph fairgrounds on U S 220 with twelve rides and six shows. School children gain free admission until 6 PM Friday and Saturday. Special exhibits feature clubs from bert culture home economics and vocational groups with top prizes of 80 dollars for first, 40 for second, and 20 for third. The North Asheboro Lions Club sponsors the event.
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Asheboro
North Asheboro
Gavin Launches Campaign With Tax Reform Call
Republican Robert L. Gavin opened his campaign at Central High School promising a Personal Program for North Carolina. The 14 point plan includes tax review, elected local school boards, expansion of two year colleges, highway bonds, civil service study, and a state administrative reorganization. Gavin drew 400 to 500 supporters amid banners, roving photographs, and a mid-evening entrance after a delay.
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Robert L. Gavin
Sanford
Central High School
Republi
Robert Marks
Gavin
North Carolina
Franklin D. Roosevelt
David Carter
Central High Band
South
Wisconsin
Carolina
Guilford
William L. Osteen
Greensboro
GOP
General Assembly
Republican Party
Herman Saxon
Charlotte
Council of
Central Hi School
Hearing Set In Williard Land Fight
Legal battle over contested park land in Williard aims for a civil term trial beginning on the scheduled date. Case centers on occupancy claims by a major park occupant seeking control of the site.
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Williard
Se Ae
Mills Home Meet Attended by 500 Leaders
Mills Home Visitation Day drew more than 500 church leaders including pastors and Sunday school superintendents. The event showcased community engagement at the Mills Home campus in Thomasville with attendees from local congregations.
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Thomasville
Mills
Gavin reveals 14 point program for North Carolina governor bid
Sanford candidate Robert L. Gavin outlines a 14 point platform covering two party system education transportation jobs conservation agriculture and state rights. He advocates locally elected school boards vocational high schools two universities from East Carolina and Western Carolina colleges expanded highways and stricter driver's license rules while promoting farm recreation and tobacco research.
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East Carolina College
Western Carolina College
Gavin
Robert L.gavin
Sanford
North Carolina
Iever
Onehety Ona
Luther Hodges
North Caro
Eest
Night school curriculum at High Point College expands offerings
High Point College will offer 30 courses in art biology business economics English geography history library science mathematics physical education political science psychology and speech in the evening program. The goal is to serve young people and adults seeking part time college training and to extend courses to areas with sufficient demand. The faculty comprises qualified college teachers.
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High Point College
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