County to Review 15 Years of School Building Funds
Guilford County has allocated 63.78 million dollars over 15 years for new buildings and improvements across three school systems and Guilford Technical Institute, according to an annual county report by Jim Hawkins.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County
Guilford Technical Institute
County Ac
Hugh Ross
High Point
Guilford
GTI
GTT
Board of County Commissioners
Ross
Amblyopia Clinics Screen 282 Children in Three Schools
High Point Jaycees conducted eye screenings for amblyopia on Saturday at Johnson Street School Montlieu Avenue School and Fairview Street School. The effort tested 282 children to detect the condition where one eye underperforms compared to the other.
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High Point Jaycees
Johnson Street School
Montlieu Avenue School
Fairview Street
Jaycees
Dermatologist Opens Practice In High Point Center
Dr. K Arnold Gill Jr with Dr. Royal G Jennings opens a dermatology practice at High Point Medical Center on Quaker Lane. Gill, a Virginia and Pennsylvania trained dermatologist, served as a Navy commander heading dermatology at Camp Lejeune. He is a native of South Hill and lives at 1313 Westminster. A program by High Point Jaycees and optometrists tested eye health, finding 31 cases of eye trouble including one blind eye in a girl, with plans for annual clinics before school starts.
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K. Arnold Gill Jr
Royal G. Jennings
High Point Medical Center
Quaker Lane
Gill
University of Virginia
Medical College of Virginia
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Philadelphia
Graduate School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Naval Medical Corps
Camp Lejeune
American Medical Assn
Archives of
Dermatology
Naval Field Medical Research Laboratory
South Hill
Janice Page Wells
Westminister
High Point Jaycees
United States Jaycees
Better Vision Institute
Jaycees
High Point
Jaycee
James Cumby
Merchants Executive Leo Palmer Jr. Dies On Fishing Trip
Leo Palmer Jr., executive vice president of the High Point Merchants Association, died Saturday at 3 30 p.m. during a fishing trip at Cape Hatteras. He was 53. A native of Maryville Tennessee, Palmer had led the association since 1960 and was named Man of the Year in 1966. He served in the Navy in the Pacific in World War II and later worked in newspapers in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. He is survived by his wife Hazel Rhody Palmer, two sons Leo R. Palmer III and Phillip R. Palmer, his parents and two sisters. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Leo Palmer Jr
High Point Merchants Assn
Cape Hatteras
Mr. Palmer
The
Merchants Assn
American Society of Assn
American Retail Executives Assn
Maryville
Tenn
Pinecroft
Guilford County
Jamestown High School
High Point College
Pacific
Navy
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Charlote Oserver
Marathon
Fla
High Point
Palmer
Hazel Rhody Palmer
W. College Dr
Leo R. Palmer III
Phillip R. Palmer
Leo Palmer
Greensboro
Barbara Blackwood
Pauline Lovelace
Denver
Colorado
Sechrest Funeral Home
Elkins Joins High Point Law Firm
Don Howard Elkins, 30, has joined Sprinke Coffield and Stackhouse at 645 N Main St High Point. A Lexington High School Catawba College and Wake Forest Law graduate, he passed the North Carolina Bar in August and served in the U S Air Force as a first lieutenant. He is married to Zona J Miller of Bedford PA and will move from Winston Salem to High Point when a residence is arranged.
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Don Howard Elkins
Sprinke, Coffield and Stackhouse
N. Main St
High Point
Elkins
Lexington High School
Catawba College
Wake Forest University School of Law
Ph. Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
North Carolina
U. S.air Force
Elkin
Zona J. Miller
Bedford
Winston- Salem
Rain May May Not Stop Today in High Point
Approximately two and a half inches of rain have fallen in the High Point area since Friday afternoon. A 50 percent chance of rain today is forecast by the Friendship Airport weatherman. Cloudy skies and mild temperatures prevail with a slight shower chance into tonight and similar conditions expected Monday with possible showers and highs in the 70s.
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High Point
Friendship Airport
Guilford County
Arts Craft Workshop Set at Ferndale Junior High
An arts and crafts workshop begins at 7 p.m. Thursday at Ferndale Junior High School for 10 weeks. Sponsored by the parks and recreation department, the public program offers woodworking, enameling, metal work, Christmas decorations, knitting, piping, sewing and decoupage each Thursday.
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Ferndale Junior High School
Parks and Recreation Department
Democracy and leadership in life’s opportunities and credit
In a democracy the majority rules but a minority often governs the majority. Well-adjusted men delegate worries to others. In life opportunity often wins while ability receives the credit.
Man Surrenders in High Point Murder Case
Police charged Willie James Townsend Jr. 23 of Kivett Drive with the murder of Lewis LeGrand of High Point after a Saturday morning shooting. LeGrand died at High Point Memorial Hospital. Townsend, wounded in the thigh, surrendered to Detective Lawrence Graves Saturday night and is jailed without bond. Other Saturday arrests included Johnnie Lewis Carter 35 for DUI and public drunkenness, and Gaston Franklin Joyce 52 for carrying a concealed weapon.
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Willie James Townsend Jr
Kivett, Drive
Lewis LeGrand
High Point
LeGrand
High Point Memorial Hospital
Kivett Drive
Townsend
Lawrence Graves
Johnnie Lewis Carter
Short Street
Gaston Frankin Joyce
Rt. 5
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Clyde Wood
Sanny
Dgecock
Amblyopia
DR. Gill
John Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Don Elkins
High Point Law Firm
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Americard
Oleg
Ewes
High Point Enterprise
Enterprise
N.C
Mamie
Lusal
P.O
High Point, N.C
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