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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1967
Page
11
Guilford County faces a 105 million rise in estimated 1967 tax valuation led by C. R. Brooks. Real estate value totals 1.365 billion, boosting potential revenue and school district funds with higher assessments guiding the 1967-1968 county budget planning.
The final campaign week for city officers features Democratic and Republican events and pledges. Democrats promise progress with plans for recreation, roads, a new reservoir, and open government while Republicans field candidates for mayor and council.
Police pursue two African American men after an armed robbery at Direct Oil Co on South Main and Ward. Night manager Mike Flanagan reports $50 in cash taken by two suspects, one with a pistol, one outside guarding. Also details theft at Roger Johnson home on Cedrow Avenue. Traffic accidents injure several. no serious injuries. Charges include assault and larceny for multiple suspects.
Mrs. Mary Kearns sixth grade from Oak Hill School visited Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill on Wednesday. They viewed the program All About Planets and saw a Solar System model on the ceiling. They learned to distinguish planets from stars.
Friendship forecasts call for fair to partly cloudy skies and cooler tonight with a low around 40. Tuesday should bring sunny spells and a high near 70, while Wednesday looks partly cloudy and mild with scattered showers possible. Today's high was in the low 70s and last night's low was 54.
Greensboro Guilford County tax papers will reach residents in July 1967 marking the earliest delivery of tax bills. Tax Supervisor C R Brooks says the move aims to let taxpayers use the discount period, noting last year’s delays left two rural townships with bills in September.
High Point valuation rose to an estimated 326 million in 1966, the largest yearly gain in recent history. At the current 1.04 tax rate, the extra value could yield about 269 568 in revenue at 96 percent collections, helping fund a larger bond payment in 1967 68 and offset a planned tax rate increase. City Finance Director Lake Crowe called the jump significant and noted debt service will rise nearly 400 000 next year due to bond sales.
Munsey Elbert Crigger Sr. 47 died of suffocation in a two room mobile home near Thomasville after an early morning fire and explosion. Firefighters contained the blaze, found Crigger on a bed, and ruled the charred body severely burned. He lived in Route 2 and worked at Thomasville Furniture Industries Plant B. He is survived by a wife, three sons, five daughters, his mother, and four brothers. The incident remains under coroner inquiry.
The Most Rev. Vincent S. Waters presided over confirmation in Raleigh. About forty children and adults were confirmed during Sunday rites at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, with staff photographer Art Richardson documenting the ceremony.
A 57 year old Davidson County woman died when her 1964 car struck a light pole in the Southgate Shopping Center lot. Dr. Joel Leonard, county coroner, ruled the death a death by own action. Mrs. Lucy Mathis Childers of Thom asville was identified by sheriff's deputies. She resided near Cedar Lodge and was wife of Forrest Childers, operator of Childers Certified Concrete Co. in High Point. Deputies said brakes apparently were not applied before the crash shortly after 8 am. She died from a crushed chest with head and neck injuries. The car hit a steel pole and concrete base. she was pronounced dead at City Memorial Hospital.
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