Last Minute Appeal to Council Over Ridgecrest Annexation
Willard Moore urged City Council to reject annexation of about 300 acres known as Ridgecrest, calling it the gateway to the east and arguing local services and costs. He cited 600 residents’ destiny, two years to vote, and higher costs, while planning department supported annexation under state law. Council was to decide at the next regular meeting.
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Ridgecrest
High Point
Willard Moore
Moore
Health Department
Pinecreft
Sedgefield
Billard
Imperial Development Corp
Surratt Drive
Hickory Heights
Hickory Lane
Davidson Man Facing Charges in High Speed Stop
Tommy A. Tuttle of Route 9 Winston-Salem was charged after speeding 100 mph in a 55 zone and facing counts of no operator's license reckless driving and failure to heed a blue light. He posted a 409 bond and his Recorder's Court hearing is set for April 28 after being stopped on Highway 109 by a highway patrolman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Rt. 9
Winston-Salem
Tommy A. Tuttle
Tuttle
Mayor's Race Is Assured in Mayo Town Contest
Incumbent mayor Bull Wright and councilman June Beane will contest Mayo's mayoral race, first such challenge in years. Beane, a Democrat, joins a field that includes Kermit Pell seeking re-election. Beane's candidacy opens Wright's commissioner seat. Franklinville meanwhile sees two candidates for five commissioner seats and mayor, with incumbents Wilbur Frazier and Irvin Craven filing for re-election.
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Ramseur
Bull Wright
June Beane
Mayo
Beane
Kermit Pell
Wright
Cor Beane
Franklinville
Town Hall
Wilbur Frazier
Irvin Craven
End Of First Year Pluses and Minuses For High Point Group
Ray Hubbard reports on the first annual record of the Concerned Citizens of High Point Inc. The main failure is failure to meet goals for emergency low cost housing in the southwest ghetto while successes include guidance to residents and community awareness. The group formed after a local evictions story and held initial meetings in churches. They planned mobile homes as temporary housing with federal support for up to 50 units but site costs and feasibility proved prohibitive. About 12,000 dollars were invested in three occupied units. The report predicts a shift toward permanent housing and notes 3000 substandard dwellings in the city with only 1,277 public housing units projected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hubbard
Enterprise
Concerned Citizens of
High Point, Inc
High Point
Concerned Citizens
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
Temple Memorial Baptist Church
Wesley Memorial
Ghetto
Fairview Street School
High Point Housing Authority
George Rottman
Jamestown
Greensboro
Guilford County
Bodenheimer
Richard Maxwell
Dale Mongomery
Davidson Man 71 Dies in Parking Lot Accident
John F Sink 71 of 216 Hempstead St. Lexington died after his car rolled 25 30 feet and pinned him at a pond near Pittsburgh Plate Glass plant in Linwood. Coroner Dr. Joel Leonard ruled accidental suffocation. He was manager of the Army and Navy Store and member of Second Unified Church of Christ. Funeral at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel. survivors include wife, daughter, stepson, two brothers, a half brother, sister and half sister.
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Lexington
John F. Sink
Hempstead St
Joel Leonard
Davidson County
Sink
Pittsburgh
Linwood
Friends
Leonard
Link
Army and Navy
Second Unified Church of Christ
Mattie Nance Sink
Clarence Frazier
Elmer P. Nance
W. Frank
R. Paul Sink
Woodrow Sink
Welcome
E. E. Morris
Willie Frazier
Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel
Voice Recital by Margaret Brookbank Leary at High Point
Soprano Margaret Brookbank Leary a High Point College voice major presents a graduation recital tonight in Memorial Auditorium at . pm accompanied by Douglas Rayle piano. She will perform selections by Schubert Brahms Puccini Faure Verdi Duke Quilter and Vaughan Williams.
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Margaret Brookbank Leary
High Point
High Point College
Memorial Auditorium
Douglas Rayle
Westchester rezoning for bank and theater advances
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved rezoning on Westchester Drive from residential to Business US to allow a North Wrenn Corp bank branch and a theater near Westchester Plaza. Wachovia signaled no objection, despite residents opposing more businesses near homes. The panel also eyed 400 apartments on 60 acres north of Emerywood Estates and discussed a possible Planned Mobile Home Park on Triangle Road as a future project.
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Forrest Cates
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Westchester Drive
Westchester
Carey and
Whittier
North Wrenn Corp
High Point Bank and Trust Co
Westchester Plaza
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
Carey
City Hall
Davidson County
Rain Remains In Forecast For Local Area
The Friendship weather forecast shows rain continuing tonight with a 70 percent chance and a low in the low 50s. Wed expects clearing with a 30 percent shower chance and a high in the low 70s. Thu should bring fair skies and warmth. today’s high was forecast in the mid-60s.
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Friendship Weatherman
Triad Park Task Force Plans Meet
A Guilford Forsyth joint bond campaign task force will host an orientation at 6 45 p m Wednesday at Albert Pick Motel to rally support for a 4 8 million Guilford bond and a 3 7 million Forsyth bond for a 4000 acre Piedmont Triad Regional Park on Deep River headwaters. Moso Kiser will preside, Gard ner Gidley will present the park concept, and Cox will outline financing plans.
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Piedmont Triad Regional Park
Albert Pick
Lindsay Cox
Guilford County
Chamber of Commerce
Greensboro
High Point
Winston Salem
Piedmont Triad
Cox
Guilford
Forsyth
Moso Kiser
Piedmont Triad Committee
Gardner Gidley
Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
Paul Ingle
Mead Willis
Kiser
Small Valuable Pooch Stolen in Thomasville
Police asked to find a small valuable dog a chihuahua valued at 200 dollars taken from Mrs Ethlene Mullies 600 Bunnymeade St while she was at work Monday The theft was reported by neighbors or household associates as the dog disappeared from the home
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Thomasville
Ethlene Mullies
Bunnymeade St
Court Resolves Housing Cases
THOMASVILLE occupancy and public nuisance cases tied up in Recorder's Court. Willie Mac Thomas and Alex Young admitted solo contest and prayer for judgment continued. Young had repaired the condemned rental, while Thomas faced alleged occupancy of a condemned dwelling at 508 Carlton St. Charges against Wright involved larceny of two 1966 trucks from Theo Bowers. he bound over to Davidson County Superior Court and convicted of two assaults, appealing all. Three men convicted of drunken driving, fined $100, three nights in jail, and a year’s driving ban. Coffey speeding 80 mph also appealed. Robbins Jr Rudisill and Coffey plus Kenner and Horne assessed fines for assaults with deadly weapons. Coffey fined for speeding.
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Thomasville
Recorder’s Court
Willie Mac ‘Thomas
Carlton St
Alex Young
Murphy Street
Young
Thomas
Kenneth Reece Wright
W. Green Street
Davidson County Superior Court
Lexington
Theo Bowers
Bowers Lumber Co
Wright
Chester
Kopley
Claude Rich
Rt. 3
Superior Court
Carl Ray Robbins Jr
Rt. 7
Jessie Hurley Rudisill
High Point
Donald Maxwell Coffey Jr
Clay Street
Coffey
John Kenner
Eddie Junior Horne
Randolph School Sets Open House
Randolph Technical Institute in Asheboro will hold its annual open house on Friday April 25. The event theme is Growing to Serve and Serving to Help You Grow with visitors able to tour all departments and observe students at work while normal classes run.
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Asheboro
Randolph Technical Institute
Citizens City Candidates Invited To Meet
All 25 city candidates have at least one exposure chance before the Tuesday primary elections. The first anniversary meeting of Concerned Citizens of High Point will be Thursday at 8 o clock at Fairview Street Elementary School. Incumbent Mayor Robert Davis faces A. G. Whitener, with Adam Thomason the sole Republican in Ward 4. The group, focusing on rehabilitation of the southwest slums, invites candidates to hear issues on housing, health, education, recreation, and spiritual needs without forcing commitments.
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Fairview Street
High Point
Tne
Fairview
Robert Davis
A. G
Pete) Whitener
American Independent Party
Adam ‘Thomason
Concerned ‘Citizens
Model Cities Commission
Eagle Scout Stephen Ray Plummer Earns Rank at Archdale Church
Stephen Ray Plummer 16 son of Mr and Mrs Craig Plummer of 1610 Baker Rd received his Eagle Scout Badge Sunday at Archdale United Methodist Church He is an 11th grader at Allen Jay High School and a member of Troop 19 sponsored by the church Scout master W W White led the ceremony.
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Stephen Ray Plummer
Craig’ Plummer
Baker Rd
Archdale United Methodist Church
Allen Jay High School
Plummer
W. W. White
Voters set June 3 bond votes on 9.8 million debt rise
Guilford County voters will decide June 3 on two bond programs totaling 9.8 million dollars to back a 4.8 million park subsidy and a 5 million water and sewer effort. The measures, approved by commissioners, would expand overall county bonding to 19.8 million and fund sewer fixes, water lines, park maintenance, and a joint 4,000 acre park with Forsyth.
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J3m
Hawkins Enterprise
Greensboro
Guilford County
Piedmont Triad
F. P. Bodenheimer Jr
Dale Montgomery
Richard Maxwell
Robert Shaw
Percy Sears
Hugh Ross
Guilford
Reading
Forsyth County
Owen Braughter
Guilford County Health Department
High Point
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Davidson
High Point Enterprise
Bank For Westchester
Emerywood Estates
Herbert Staley
Srack
Triangle Road
Staley
Union Hill School
Triad Park
Randolph School
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