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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1962
Page
37
Land shortages and financing concerns hinder home building in High Point as March total commercial contracts reach 2.2 million while residential work falls from February. Builders cite land prices from 3 000 to 5 000 per acre and fear of public housing dampening redevelopment plans. Housing demand remains strongest in the 7 500 to 12 000 range.
Paul Duffey will begin in the High Point College alumni office May 1 and succeed Ron Wachs as alumni secretary for the college. He becomes executive secretary for the Alumni Assn on June 1 and will coordinate activities with the alumni committee and college administration. Wachs resigns to pursue post graduate studies at UNC. Paul, a 1956 HPC graduate in business administration, has been church business manager in Raleigh and later Lowe’s Wholesale Hardware office manager. He is married to Catherine Ward and they have a son, Gregory.
Area forecasts show partly cloudy skies with highs near 80. Scattered showers and thunderstorms expected this afternoon and again tomorrow. Yesterday’s high reached 82 and tonight’s low near 60.
The Better Housing Association, formed mainly by real estate and construction interests, mailed letters to homeowners listing eight city council members and the mayor and urging opposition to a proposed federal 600 unit public housing project. Council votes show a 6 to 3 split in favor of applying for a federal survey, with a showdown set for Thursday. The group argues private enterprise can meet demand for low rent and notes tax implications of federal units. It cites existing 450 federal units in local projects Clara Cox and Daniel Brooks.
Redevelopment planners last week outlined residential clearance areas for the east central urban renewal project. The plan sets lot size rules for single family, duplex, and multi dwelling units and notes exceptions for lots of record after adoption.
In Vall Street quarrel between Isabelle Ingram Effie Kirby and others, testimony recounts taunts threats and a street fight along the 700 block with witnesses describing multiple blows a knife and a mop handle used in the brawl. The case returns as a recurring dispute with judge and crowd watching.
The report recalls a local matron picked up Easter Sunday and booked on drunkenness after she toppled while retrieving her new Easter hat blown off by wind. She explained the fall by gravity, not intoxication, as she stood barely sober at police headquarters.
A writer notes rare times of youth showing respect with sir or ma’am. He recalls a child in the office calling him yes sir and then yes ma’am. The piece laments declining elder respect and satirically counters that military rank does not guarantee advancement or victory.
The High Point Bar Association plans Law Day USA on May 1. President Robert Bencini named James B. Lovelace and Charles W. McAnally to organize observances. The event promotes respect for law, individual freedom under fair courts, and contrasts law with force and fear of communism.
Local physicians stage a public screening of Where Is Medicine Going Monday at 8 p m in the nurses dormitory classroom on Boulevard The film argues the medical profession's stance against the Anderson Bill a health insurance plan under Social Security It is endorsed by the North Carolina Medical Society and High Point Memorial Hospital staff and organized by the hospital audio visual committee led by Dr Marvin Slate
The Dave Endy Cavalcade of Rides comes to College Village Shopping Center this week in the center's parking area with twelve major rides including the ferris wheel and roller coaster. Umbrella ride from Germany operates as an added attraction. Miss Betsy Jane Wall of High Point will be crowned by Miss Sue Anne Wrenn of Greensboro, with the coronation moved from earlier weather delays.
Christ the King School Hall hosts a Spring Festival on May 4 from 4 to 10 p.m. and May 5 from 3 to 10 p.m. The event promises community activities, food stalls, and entertainment for residents.
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