From The Randolph Guide – May 11, 1960

Asheboro and Randolph County school board members said at a press conference that if the May 28 school bond election passes all their projects will begin immediately.

“Everything on the list is guaranteed if the bond election passes,” said county Superintendent W.J. Boger Jr. “We want to maintain and update our present schools at their present locations.”

Those officials, along with Ira L. McDowell, chairman of the county commissioners, said no tax increase is anticipated to finance the $3.5 million bond issue. It was explained that money will be available in the next two fiscal years to retire the school bond indebtedness.

The press conference was held last Friday to detail aspects of the bond proposal. Spokesmen included McDowell; Boger; Guy B. Teachey, superintendent of Asheboro City Schools; W.F. Redding Jr., chairman of the city Board of Education; Leslie Morgan, city  School Board member; and Ernest Routh, vice chairman of the county Board of Education.

Of the bond money, the first $350,000 would be used to construct a building for a Randolph County Industrial Education Center. The remainder would be divided between the  two public school systems.

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Representatives from eight civic groups voted Monday to form a committee to explore the possibility of developing an Asheboro Civic Club Center.

The  committee will report on their clubs’ needs on May 23 at City Hall. They’ll hear a report by the Kiwanis Club on the expenses involved in maintaining the present Kiwanis Club Teen-Age Building.

John W. Birkhead, chairman of the Kiwanis building committee, presided at the Monday meeting and presented the proposal that calls for joint ownership of the Teen-Age Building by interested clubs. Each would share in maintenance and upkeep and would use the facility for their meetings and other functions.

Clubs represented in addition to the Kiwanis were the Asheboro Woman’s Club, Asheboro Junior Woman’s Club, Jaycees, Asheboro Lions, Asheboro Rotary, Business and Professional Woman’s Club and Civitan Club.

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Contestants for the Queen of Randolph pageant were honored Sunday at a tea given by the Asheboro Junior Chamber of Commerce in the conference room of Randolph Electric Membership Corp.

The five contestants are Martha Hodgin of Ramseur, Linda Hill of Seagrove, Sylvia Williams of Asheboro, Nancy Everall of North Asheboro and Reba Upchurch of Asheboro.

Judi Klipfel of Asheboro, reigning Miss North Carolina, narrated a film on the Miss North Carolina pageant and spoke of her experiences as a contestant in three pageants — Queen of Randolph, Miss North Carolina and Miss America.

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The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Sunday, May 15, with a series of special events.

Youth Sunday will be held at the 11 a.m. service. The 25th anniversary service is scheduled for 4 p.m., followed by a buffet supper in the parish house.

Thomas A. Fetner, bishop co-adjutor, will preach the sermon and the following former ministers will take part: William P. Price, Carl F. Herman and Boston M. Lackey.

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Commander Dwight Morgan, USNR, son of Mrs. J.A. Morgan of Rt. 2, Denton, has been named executive officer of the Washington, D.C., Naval Air Reserve Training Unit.

Morgan is a Farmer High School graduate and was attending the University of North Carolina School of Law when he was called up for flight training in 1941.

– Compiled by Larry Penkava from archives of The Randolph Guide