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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1972
Page
2
A humorous meditation on idiosyncrasies as modern status symbols. The writer recalls a friend who tries to light cigarettes with matches, and a man who avoids cracks on sidewalks, then shifts to a clash with police after a domestic dispute. A final note suggests kicking drink machines as a ludicrous idiosyncrasy.
A Guilford County board hearing Monday will review a 500 acre rezoning near the regional Friendship airport from heavy industry or farming to light industrial or planned industrial, with the Richardson Corporation among owners. Also on the agenda are two Jamestown Township rezoning requests east of High Point for single family residential development and a Kirkwood Acres tract to single family business zoning.
The 1972 furniture market in High Point and North Carolina eyes a record year with shipments near six billion dollars, up 20 percent from 1971. Buyers from across the U S and abroad descend on market centers as residential construction, income growth, and consumer optimism drive the outlook.
The furniture sector reports rising orders and backlogs with a 22 percent gain in retail furniture and appliance sales over four weeks ending in March. Case goods orders up nine percent while upholstered pieces rise 25 percent. Deliveries vary from six to eight weeks, with some May or June shipping for late orders.
World Of Books posters by High Point children promote reading for National Library Week April 16 22 displayed at the High Point Public Library and Westchester Mall. Winners David Ring and Henry Martin receive free tickets to Land of Oz. Indirect notes on films etchings and a student reading poll augment the events.
Siler City attorney and former eight year state representative Ike Andrews announced Randolph County campaign manager Dean Bell Andrews and listed early future committee members Leo Hughes Trinity Baron Tysinger Worthville J C Dawkins Randleman Frances Tarlton Archdale. Andrews returns to Randolph Wednesday for a 7 p m meeting at the Sir Robert Banquet Room with supporters.
High Point Circle K Club plans a 25 mile charity walk on April 29 to raise 25000 for four local agencies Kindergarten for Handicapped Children Drug Action Council Mobile Meals for the Elderly and Guilford County Health Department The event will start and end at the college with a police supervised route and refreshment stations each mile Members from Junior Woman's Club will handle meals and check stations Pledge cards offer per mile sponsorship and funds will be divided among the four groups
A family celebrates their 70th birthday with a handmade crocheted hat gift. A young grandson writes a poem and wraps the bright green floppy hat as a keepsake, posing Grandma among her garden flowers as family photos capture the moment.
The Chamber of Commerce bond directors will hear committee recommendations on the 150 million Clean Water Bond Act of 1971. A State and Local Legislation Committee vote is expected ahead of a May ballot. Hunter Dalton Jr. leads the committee meeting with City Council members at the Sheraton Hotel. attendees include State Senator Coolidge Murrow and Dale C. Monry.
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