Published: September 12, 2008 02:08 pm            

50 Years Ago – Sept. 10, 1958

From The Randolph Guide

Efforts to build a permanent football stadium for Asheboro High School will be revived this week as members of the Asheboro Jaycees join the drive to raise an additional $20,000 for the project.

The funds will be added to the $30,000 already contributed in hopes that the stadium will be completed in time for the opening of the 1959 season.

The Jaycees voted to take on the project at the recommendation of the board of directors. Tyler Lisk was named general chairman. The proposed stadium would include permanent concrete stands on the north side of the playing field with a seating capacity of some 2,500. Wooden bleachers would continue to be used on the south side.

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Incomplete reports show a slight increase in total enrollment of Randolph County Schools. Superintendent W.J. Boger Jr. reported today that 9,293 students were recorded. Of the total, 7,019 are in elementary schools and 2,274 are in high schools. There were 8,545 pupils in white schools and 748 in Negro schools. Boger said the second week of classes should show a slight increase in enrollment.

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Through competitive bidding, B.B. Walker Shoe Company has been awarded a contract for 45,024 pairs of men’s black combat boots with leather capped toe at $7.07 per pair. The award was made by the Military Clothing & Textile Supply Agency of the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot. Delivery is scheduled for November and December with production to start at an early date.

Company officials said production is currently averaging more than 12,000 pairs per week and the factory has been working overtime every week since last February. Employment has increased to 250.

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The first signs of the political season blossomed in Randolph this week with the opening of campaign headquarters by both Democrats and Republicans.

The Republican Headquarters will be at 118 Sunset Ave., Asheboro, above Cato’s Dress Shop. T. Worth Coltrane, party chairman, said Maybelle Hicks will serve as secretary.

Democratic Headquarters is at the Ashlyn Hotel on North Fayetteville Street, Asheboro. Myrtle Coward of Ramseur is office manager.

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J. Frank McCrary has been appointed general chairman of the fund to raise $280,000 to build an addition to the educational building and to remodel the current edifice of First Methodist Church of Asheboro. Other members of the committee are T. Henry Redding, Paul Smith and Rose Bladgett.

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The American Automobile Association awarded Asheboro a plaque as the city with the second-best pedestrian safety record in the nation among cities of less than 10,000 population. Robert T. Elliott Jr. of the Carolina Motor Club made the presentation to Chief Clarence J. Lovett of the Asheboro Police Department.

– Compiled by Larry Penkava, The Randolph Guide

        

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