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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1967
Page
16
Guilford County farmers expect more field work as steady rain arrives. Willard Kimrey, extension chairman, says rain covers the county, comes slowly, and will not pack the ground. Pastures and small grains benefited while corn planting is likely to resume.
Firefighters responded to five alarms in the last 24 hours all listed as routine. A pot of food unattended on a stove at Loflin Street caused smoke in a residence. A field fire on Fairfield Road was put out at 6 30 p m. An oil circulator on Alimina Place flooded and was controlled at 7 30 p m. A similar issue on Ward Street was handled at the same time. A trash fire on Reed Street was extinguished at 1 a m today.
Two firemen aboard a fireboat swam under the pier at the Colonial yacht anchorage to lay hoses and battle flames in a warehouse drydock and workroom. The operation helped prevent major damage to the pier area.
The High Point Board of Adjustments will hear several requests Thursday at 4 p.m. in the City-County Building. David N. Watkins seeks to re establish a vacant retail business. Lewis C. Feretti asks for a 40 foot front yard variance to extend a parking area. Other requests include Robert Lamet for a three foot side yard variance for a carport, James S. Moffitt Jr. for a four foot side yard variance for a rear addition, and Frank M. Autry for a three foot side yard variance to erect a carport.
Emmanuel Baptist Church will host tonight's services at 7 30 p m at True Standard Holiness Church 400 Harrison Street Rev Sister Mason will be the speaker Rev E A Gaines is pastor of True Standard Church
Five High Point Chamber of Commerce leaders will represent the city at the National Chamber of Commerce of the United States annual meeting in Washington DC. The delegation is headed by President Robert B. Rankin and will attend April 30 through May 3. Other participants are Alvin Stanford, Frank H. Wood, Robert M. Martin, and Calvin T. Rice.
Firefighters were called yesterday to the home of E. B. Hughes on White Oak Street where a couch burned. They said the fire stayed confined to the couch and was blamed on careless smoking.
The High Point Kiwanis Club heard Roger Sebaldo from the Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem Airport Authority discuss growth in aviation. He forecast passenger and cargo growth doubling by 1971, noted 80 percent of Americans have not yet flown, and cited 500 jet planes on order for private firms.
Oak View Baptist Church announces the purchase of six acres at the corner of Oak View Road and Johnson Street Throughway for a new building. The move was announced during Sunday worship with plans to begin construction at the earliest possible time.
William B. Lee, secretary and assistant manager of Sechrest Funeral Home, was elected president of the North Carolina Funeral Directors Assn at its 80th annual convention in Charlotte. He succeeds Winston E. Montgomery. Lee has long held leadership roles and is a High Point native.
The line argues that lasting achievement comes from prioritizing steady effort over trying to balance two weekends. It cautions against split focus and promotes consistent progress as the key to real success.
Three defendants drew active terms to close Monday's session and one man was bound over to Superior Court on a felony count. Michael Jenkins 21 Broad Street and Kenneth Stone Greensboro received three months. John Edward Williams 41 Savannah Ga got 30 days for public drunkenness. Albert Booker 28 Leonard Street drew 30 days for discharging firearms in the city.
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