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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1972
Page
17
Freeman Hill, chief building inspector, reports March permits total 2,662,059, far above year earlier and February figures. Housing led with 1,071,905, the strongest month since November, while non residential permits reached 1,460,000. The unit issued 65 new dwellings in March and through July has issued 140 new dwellings this year.
Ronald L. Payne, 20, of Saunders Place, faces assault charges after allegedly shooting Napolen Gyant in the neck with a .38 pistol near Edmondson and Harrison Streets. Gyant reports threats as they approached his car. no serious injuries reported.
Laura Beth Osborne of Kernersville and Grayson Bennett Smith Jr. collide on N Main Street at Peach Tree Street injuring Osborne. Grayson Smith Jr. charged with failure to reduce speed. A second three car crash at Rotary and Ridgecrest Drives injures Peggy Suggs and Sidney Childress, Opal Shipwash cited for stop sign violation. Rescue squad transports Osborne due to ambulance delays.
Dr. C. A. Hoffman of Huntington proposes no fault auto insurance style plan to curb rising medical costs tied to professional liability insurance. He notes malpractice suits have risen since 1970 and some specialists pay as much as 12000 dollars annually for liability coverage at an Atlanta medical conference.
A local conference on drug abuse was held at Allen Jay High School with participation from local students and UNC School of Pharmacy Student-to-Student Drug Abuse Project representatives. The event featured a direct discussion format aimed at engaging teens through peer group conversations.
The final PTA gathering of the year will be held in the auditorium on Tuesday April 11 at 730 PM. The school orchestra directed by Barry Ruth the band under David Duncan and the chorus led by Edith Mauney will perform. No board meeting. At Shadybrook School Mrs Betty Bowman Burling ton will speak at the Tuesday PTA meeting with a 730 PM start and a nominating slate for next year to be presented.
Kickoff meetings of a series on plant pest control will be held Tuesday at the Agricultural Center on Road in Greens- morning session at 10 and afternoon at 2. Homeowners may bring specimens for expert review by Dr. H. E. Scott and Dr. R. K. Jones from N C State University. Slides will aid identification and follow up clinics run each Monday through June from 3 to 5 p.m.
Peggy Eason, a Lexington woman, died after her car crossed the median and collided head on with a truck driven by 35 year old Jimmy Lanier Moon of Kannapolis two miles south of Lexington on I-85 Sunday afternoon. Moon was uninjured and Eason died en route to Lexington Memorial Hospital.
The Greenbrier Military School in Virginia will close at term end after 160 years of operation. Officials cite financial strain from relying on tuition without an endowment, forecasting the last graduating class by late May and noting a reduced enrollment among seniors.
Congressman Nick Galifianakis visits Asheboro for a Night With Nick event at St. Robert Banquet Hall on U S 220 South. He will cut the ribbon Thursday morning at 8:30 am to open his headquarters in the Ingram Brinson Building on S Fayetteville Street.
Four persons injured in Sunday crashes in High Point. Incidents include a three car collision on Hamilton Street at Green Drive with Barbara Flowe Kelly and Everett Crotts among the injured. Other drivers cited include Thomas Wilson, Rosa Leach, Reuben Jeter Jr., and Joey Idol. Damages listed at $800 for a 1964 car and $250 for a utility pole.
Four area men were arrested and charged with second degree burglary in the Route 1 Trinity area. William Annis Cabe 23 William Henry Hunt 17 Donald Lee 20 and Illiam Keyns Turner face charges for break ins at homes on Rt 1 Trinity between January and February this year. Turner and Hunt are tied to the Roger C Hedrick home burglary on January 24. Cabe is linked to the February 2 break in at William L Smiths residence. Spoon faces two counts for break ins at Lee Barnes and Wilbur Moore homes on Rt 1 Trinity during January.
Town Manager Charles Turner said a contract from the State Department of Administration will be presented to town council on April 19 as part of securing a federal grant for a new Jamestown Park. The project aims to convert 159 acres near Bundy Road by Hi Point City Lake into an 18 hole golf course, three sports fields, tennis courts, picnic areas and multi purpose facilities. The park would be built in two 12 month stages with a total federal grant of 325271 and 6690 from the state plus local funds and other sources.
A narrative explains mold as a fungus plant not using chlorophyll. Spores drift through air, land on bread, and multiply in moist warm spots. Molds outdoors help soil, but indoor mold ruins bread and should be discarded.
Public notice in Guilford County North Carolina announces Betty Jo Pickenpack Emerson through plaintiff seeks absolute divorce on grounds of one year continuous separation from Johnny Frank Emerson. Defendant must answer by May 22, 1972. Court contact provided for Haworth Riggs firm.
City of High Point outlines preliminary resolution for a public hearing on paving and curb and gutter for Roqar Street from Abbie Avenue to dead end. Local improvements will be financed by special assessments based on frontage, with rates for residential and nonresidential zones and credits for prior curb and gutter work. Payment terms to be set.
Co-Executors John W Thomas Jr and Perley A Thomas notify all claimants to file by September 27, 1972 and all debtors to pay promptly. Attorneys Morgan Byerly Post & Hearing, High Point NC 3-27 4/3 10 17. City Council hearing on Lawn Dale Avenue improvements with special assessments and payment terms set for May 1, 1972.
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