City Manager Hunt Accelerated By Special Group
A special committee of city councilmen is speeding up the search for a new city manager in High Point. Joe Patterson says names may reach the full council next month. 120 to 130 applicants have been whittled to more than five and possibly seven candidates, with interviews reserved for the council. Harold Cheek’s May 31 retirement prompts budget and utility rate studies. Patterson notes the finance panel will await Cheek’s budget details before setting water and sewer rate changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
Enterprise City
High Point
Joe Patterson
Patterson
Harold Cheek
Cheek
Council
Heavy Pewter Business Grows From Hobby in 18th Century Style
Quincy Scarborough turns a hobby into a full time Pewter business at the Southern Furniture Market Center in Fayetteville. He creates early American pewter from original molds using bronze casts and historical tools, offering heavier, hand cast pieces with no polish. Scarborough works with an apprentice in a home shop and notes the Bicentennial emphasis boosts demand for his traditional pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommye Morrison
Quincy
Scarborough
Fayetteville
Commerce
Southern Furniture Market Center
Fieldstone Subdivision Faces Real Estate Blockbusting Claims
In High Point an upper middle class northeast neighborhood faces alleged real estate blockbusting as salesmen steer buyers by race. Fieldstone residents claim whites are avoided for sale while blacks are steered in, depressing values though some black families live there. Local Realtors president admits some substance to the concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hubbard
High Point
Fieldstone
Bolingbroke Road
Waywick Drive
Stoneybrook Drive
Briarcliff Drive
Andrews-Northeast
Ervin Co
Charlotte
Emerywood
Edward Ashworth
Stoneybrook
Ashworth
Herndon
Don Schliff
High Point Board of Realtors
David Flaherty Campaigning Actively For GOP Nomination
David T. Flaherty campaigned at the Western Electric plant in Greensboro, shaking hands with 500 people and aiming for 800 that day. He described daily objectives to pace the campaign and measure progress as he travels to High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Flaherty
GOP
Robert Marks
David T. Flaherty
Western Electric Co
Greensboro
High Point
Flaherty
Guilford County
Grimsley High School
Ford
Ronald Reagan
North Carolina
Jacob Alexander
Coy Privette
August Delivery Of City's Buses Is Now Likely
High Point prepares to receive 14 42 passenger buses from GM by August 1 under an UMTA plan bypassing standard bidding. Assoc city manager Pennington and Transit Manager Holt say the move saves about 150000 and adds value for less money, funded partly by a 1.15 million federal grant and 20 percent local share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Mortimer
High Point
Jim Pennington
Urban Mass Transit Administration
Pennington
Jack Holt
UMTA
General Motors Corp
Cooperative Education Programs Offer Summer Jobs Hope
Cooperative Education Programs in area high schools are expected to provide summer work for most students. Kenneth Nance reports 237 of 269 students at Central and Andrews high schools have part time jobs, nine unemployed temporarily, and 28 unemployed without current work. About 300 students can be supported instructorwise and jobwise. many participants stay with local firms after graduation. Industry weakness may still reduce overall summer hiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hubbard
Kenneth Nance
High Point
Nance
Central and Andrews
Industry Week
Balloon launch marks Allen Jay Bicentennial celebration
Allen Jay Primary School pupils celebrated the Bicentennial on Monday by releasing hundreds of colored balloons carrying the students names and addresses. The idea urged finders to write back about where the balloons travel, though James Vestal struggled to launch his balloon as it stayed near his side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Jay Primary School
James Vestal
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Hunt
Fred Vogel
Jennie Herndon
UM Bolingbroke Dr
Reagan
Broyhill Furniture Industries
Menoir
Department of Human Resources
Cris Portree
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