Ribbon paving could cut home costs in High Point
Land developer Dick Wright urged the City Planning and Zoning Commission to allow ribbon streets to lower costs. He proposed acquiring land, installing ribbon streets and utilities, and selling lots to builders for about 1500 each. This could enable modest homes selling for 12000 or less, easing blue collar housing needs.
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High Point
Dick Wright
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Wright
Point
Randolph
Davidson
Youths Transform Old Lavender Inn into Clubhouse
Youths from the Harrison Center and East Central Urban Renewal areas convert the former Lavender Inn at 1109 Kivett Dr into a youth club. With support from Neighborhood House Council and East Side Opportunity Center, the Young American Club raised 100 dollars to repair the building and will use parking-revenue funds for materials.
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Lavender Inn
Kivett Dr
Harrison Center
East Central Urban Renewal Areas
Neighborhood House Council
East Side
Redevelopment Commission
Gary Foster
Hamilton Street
Sears, Roebuck
Lee Hill
American Youth Club
Doris Lindsay
High Point Garden Club Council
Hill
Nathaniel Burris
Ruth Foster
O. E. Tillman
Robert J. Brown
Benjamin Brockman
Ruby Byers
Alfred L. Hinson
Sammie Chess Jr
Perry Little
Edward Wallace
Man Bound Over On Arson Charge In Haley Warehouse Fire
Floyd Mitchell Robbins 25 bound over for Superior Court after a High Point Municipal Court hearing on an April 8 fire at Haley Transfer and Storage Inc. warehouse. Robbins testified that police statements were made out of fear after alleged rough treatment by officers. The fire destroyed a warehouse ten tractor trailers and six box cars packed with furniture with losses over 100000.
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Floyd Mitchell Robbins
Haley Transfer and Storage, Inc
High Point
Robbins
Rt. 1
Trinity
Claude Reitzel
Jerry Streetman
Haley
Mangum Street
Streetman
O. H. Leak
J. C. Penney
Main Street
Martin Luther King
Dr. King
Memphis
Tenn
Awaiting Word Slum Plan Advances in High Point
The Model Cities Planning and Coordinating Committee reconfirmed focus on slum clearance in High Point while awaiting word on Model City status. They outlined three goals and formed a planning commission with O. F. Hudson as chair, Ralph Shepard as vice chair, and Duncan McIntyre as secretary.
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Model Cities Planning and Coordinating Committee
High Point
O. F. Hudson
City School System
Ralph Shepard
Guilford County Welfare Dept
Duncan McIntyre
City Planning Department
Four Area Men Given Long Terms in Davidson County Court
Four High Point area men pleaded guilty to lesser charges after being charged with first degree burglary. C Eugene Strader and Charles F. Rice both of High Point and Wilson L. Davis of Trinity received 55 years total for second degree burglary and armed robbery. Jackie Wayne Cross of High Point drew 20 to 25 years for second degree burglary after turning state’s evidence. Cross testified to the crime and said he was threatened, sobbing on the stand. A fourth man, G D Conrad near Thomasville, was not tried and faces accessory before the fact charges.
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Lexington
High Point
Davidson County Superior Court
C. Eugene Strader
Charles F. Rice
Wilson Lee Davis
Trinity
Jackie Wayne Cross
Cross
R. Bruce Smith
Thomasville
Conrad
Wiltshire Subdivision Receives Planning Commission Approval
The City Planning and Zoning Commission approved a 125‑lot 43 acre Wiltshire Subdivision on Carolina Street north of Woodruff Avenue. Independent Construction Company plans the development and recommended an Oakview area extension to Woodcrest Park Subdivision.
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City Planning and Zoning Commission
Independent Construction Company
Carolina Street
Woodruff Avenue
Wiltshire
Woodcrest Park
Lakecrest Avenue
Oakview
Dog Owner Receives Suspended Sentence in Pet Attack Case
High Point man C. W. Priddy was convicted in municipal court of allowing a dog to run loose and given 30 days suspended on condition he deliver the dog to the dogcatcher within three days for disposal under North Carolina law on vicious animals. An appeal is planned.
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C. W. Priddy
Denny Street
Claude Reitzel
Priddy
North Carolina
G. L. Bryant
Forrest Street
Kirkman Park
Bryant
Rietzel
Gavin to Attend Republican Barbecue Rally at Ragsdale HS
John Stickley will be guest of honor at a barbecue rally at Ragsdale High School on Saturday afternoon. GOP Rep. Charles Jonas and former gubernatorial candidate Robert Gavin are expected, along with other area and state office candidates. The event runs from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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John Stickley
Ragsdale High School
GOP
Charles Jonas
Robert Gavin
Local Forecast Keeps Showers On Tap At Friendship
Spring showers continue in the local forecast from the weatherman at Friendship. Tonight's outlook calls for variable clouds with a 50 percent chance of showers or thundershowers.
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Friendship
High Point College Chaplain to Speak at Commencement
Col Hoyt H Wood an alum and staff chaplain at Richards Gebaur Air Force Base Mo will deliver the commencement address to 185 graduates at High Point College May 19 The program includes a 3 30 p m ceremony in Alumni Gym and a 11 a m baccalaureate sermon at Wesley Memorial Church delivered by Rev Ernest A Fitzgerald Wood’s background includes Duke University Harvard Chaplains School and service at bases in Virginia England Texas Louisiana and the Philippines Reserved honors include diplomas for the class of 1968 and honorary degrees
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Hoyt H. Wood
High Point College
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Alumni Gymnasium
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Ernest A. Fitzgerald
Centenary Methodist Church
Winston-- Salem
Wood Is
Denton
Duke University School of Religion
Chaplain’s School
Harvard University
Air Force
Virginia
England
Texas
Louisiana
Philippines
Williford Court residents feel hemmed in by zoning clash
Twenty of twenty one Williford Court homeowners pressed the City Planning and Zoning Commission over longstanding zoning friction tied to adjacent 30 acre land plans. The panel recommended rezoning a 150 foot deep strip along the English property to Business A to allow dealership signs while preserving Williford Court from broader encroachment.
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Williford Court
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Old Winston Road
K-mart
English Motor Co
Williford
Ford Motor Co
Planning Commission
Rez
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