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Dr. David Lipschitz discusses the ongping mamtnogratn debate. Tuesday, October 19,2010 ri 1THOMASVILLE llMES DCCC men's basketball coach offers an outlook for the upcoming season. 120th Year-No. 8 50 Cents WWW.tvilletimes.com Council THOMASVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 'lA RANDOLPH STREET I history lesson BY ERINWILTGEN Staff Writer Thomasville City Council took a jaunt back in time Monday night as Jim Little recounted Thomasville’s impact on World War I. Little, dressed in a World War 1 uniform, presented Mayor Joe Bennett with a copy of his book “Fathers of the Greatest Generation: The ThomasviUe Blues,” a historical account of the Chair City’s N.C, Nation al Guard unit. “It is not on my behalf, it is to the City of Thom asville,” Bennett said of accepting the book. “Jim is an extreme historian of the military and what has taken place, particu larly here in Davidson County. The parade chairman for the Memorial Com mittee, Little’s involve ment with Memorial Day 'What I found out has community implications, county implications, state implications.’ — Jim Little Historian inspired him to further research his grandfather, 1st Lt. Robert 0. Little, who died in 1947 when his grandson was only two years old. “I thought I would like to find out something about him,” Little said. “What I found out has community implications, county implications. state implications.” Robert Little was a part of a N.C. National Guard unit, called the Thomasville Blues, that existed 100 years ago, from 1909 to 1919. Robert first served on the border with Mexico before being shipped overseas to fight in the world war. That unit - which included soldiers from Lexington, AsheSoro and Thomas- vUle - became part of the 120th Infantry, 30th Divi sion, which was placed under British command. And that unit broke the Hindenburg Line, the last line of defenses the Ger mans built in northeast ern France. “It was the last defense they had,” Little said. “There was nothing else the Germans could do. In a sense, our folks from the Thomasville area are the ones who broke the See HISTORY, Page 3 Book signing to feature local author BY ERINWILTGEN Staff Writer Phyllis Stump, award winning author and playwright, will have a book signing of her most recent novel “The Story of a Mountain Midwife’ at Monkeez Brew, 32 E. Main St., on Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. Signed copies cost $14, and $5 from each book sold will be donated to Communi ties in Schools of Thom asville. In her novel. Stump, who taught at four differ ent high schools in Da vidson County — Thom asville, East Davidson, Lexington and Westches ter Academy — reveals the life of Orlene Puck ett, a midwife who helped birth 1,000 chOdren in CarroU, Patrick and Floyd counties. When Stump, a Thom asville native and Lexing ton resident, stumbled See AUTHOR, Page 3 INDEX Weather Health Opinion Obituaries Sports Comics Classifieds Today's Weather 2 4 5 6 7 9 10 Sunny, 79/55 D .3 UU £ 3 =■ COURTESY PHOTO Trip Back in Time Piedmont Crossing residents, friends and family were entertained with a 'Rock & Roll Favorites' concert per formed by the Senior Class Choral Group on Friday. There was a 'Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On' as everyone took a nostalgic stroll back to the '50s and '60s — bobby socks, saddle shoes, rolled jeans and vintage circle skirts — while enjoying the boogie woogie favorites from the Rock & Roll era. Organized in 2007, the Senior Class is composed of 21 members, which includes co-directors, Dennis and Anne Eaton, pianist, Mark Kirk- man, a drummer and a guitarist. Evans has new ideas for sheriff’s office BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer Democrat Tommy Evans is hoping he can be a fresh new face for a sheriff’s office that is coming off a decade some would like to forget. Evans, a life time Thomasville resident, wiU challenge Repub lican incumbent David Grice on Nov. 2 for the right to lead the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office over the next four years. With a storied career in law enforce ment behind him, Evans feels he is in the right place at the right time in his life to reinstate pub lic trust in a department some feel remains tarnished by the Gerald Hege scandal of 2004. 'I feel I can bring resources back to the county from my expe riences that can thrust the sheriff's office forward.' -Tommy Evans Evans “I have no disrespect towards [Sheriff Grice],” Evans said. “I feel I can bring resources back to the county from my experiences that can thrust the sheriff’s of fice forward and to a higher lev el. That’s my main goal. I realize there were complications in the sheriff’s office and a lot of seri ous things happened. I would love to be the new face that eras es the gray It’s going to be a dif ficult thing to do and given the opportunity, I wiU work as dUi- gently as anyone in that arena.” Starting his carper at Thomas- vUle Police Department in 1978, Evans steadUy climbed the law enforcement ladder over the next 30 years, earning recognition from the US. Attorneys Office and receiving the Order of the Long Leaf Pine award form the Governor’s Office. From his ex periences, Evans wants to bring citizens of Davidson County a feeling that they are not alone foUowing a crime. One of Evans’ goals should he become sheriff would be to appoint a coordina tor for victim relief, giving citi zens someone they can turn to in See EVANS, Page 6 Watford Watford brings business experience to the table BY ERINWILTGEN StaffWriter Sam Watford, Repub lican Incumbent from ThomasviUe, wUl com pete for one of four spots for Davidson County Commis sioner in the No- V e m b e r election. C u r - rently the vice-chair man of the board, Wat ford is serv ing his second term, He owns and operates Wat ford Construction Com pany, and is a licensed plumbing contractor and a private pUot. “As an incumbent, I feel like we just kind of run on what we have done,” he said. “I try to serve my county to the best of my abUities. I try to bring a little common sense to the board, and a little business sense.” Watford already has put that business sense to use. Though the board previously had a system in place to grant incen tives to companies look ing to Invest $1 mUlion or more in the county, Wat ford introduced a plan about a year go to widen that grant program to in clude smaUer businesses. “I’m a smaU business man myself,” he said. “There’s no question about whether we are the backbone of the economy in this country.” Watford’s plan changes the standards of incen tive grants to include 'companies proposing less than a $1 mUlion in vestment. “As far as government goes, that’s about aU See WATFORD, Page 6 I AM A BUSY MOM, STYLIST, PET LOVER, SPORTS FAN. I AM A SURVIVOR Thomasville) medical center Remarkable People. Remarkable Medicine. Hear more stories & learn how you can customize your cancer care www.thomasvillemedicalcenter.org/SurvivorStories • 336-476-2572 Thomasville, North Carolina • Your Town. Your Times.
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