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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1976
Page
3
A satirical piece on gender roles and domestic chores traces humanity from cave fires to modern tech, mocking the belief that “Daddy should do the coal” while urging clever schemes to embarrass a wife about cooking. It playfully suggests misusing grills, misdirections, and bold claims to challenge tradition.
Democrat Lynwood Smith of High Point becomes finance chair for Lt. Gov Jim Hunt and will not seek another Senate term. Guilford has 10 General Assembly seats, all Democrats, with three County Commissioner seats up. Filing runs until May 28 and primary is August 17. New candidate Jim Van Heoke of Greensboro enters the State House race. Incumbent commissioners Bert Hall, Richard Maxwell, and Robert Shaw have uncertain plans. No High Point representation yet on the delegation or board.
High Point faces a candidate scramble as Rep. Smith retires. Frank Wyatt says party must find replacements while speculation links Henry Frye, O. H. Leak, Tom Gilmore, Leo Heer, and Mark McDaniel Jr. to Senate or House runs. The board and local Democrats discuss possible contenders and timing.
State writer Pennington cites bureaucratic rigidity delaying bus deliveries in Washington. Pennington says city hopes to receive vehicles by late summer if the Mass Transit Administration approves the city’s equipment requests. updates depend on wider city requests and approvals.
High Point officials consider purchasing 14 of 42 passenger buses from General Motors at 82 000 each to replace older fleet and meet rising demand. GM may supply at the same price if a $1 million grant funds the plan but production may drop due to model changes. Pennington and Holt push for approval, noting delivery possible by August if included in current requests. delays could push delivery to November or later.
Gov. Jim Holshouser told the North Carolina Association of Educators there will likely be a salary increase for teachers and state employees in the next fiscal year but he did not specify the amount. Delegates debated a 16 percent cost of living raise while considering a sick-in provision.
A patron recounts a scene in a local High Point pizza place where a loudly demanding woman, claiming to be 27, tried to intimidate staff over beer ID rules. The waitress calmly refused without ID, reinforcing the law, and the woman eventually left without service or incident.
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