High Point official scrutinizes ten year slush fund use
Parks and recreation director Marvin Keith confronted questions over a general fund used to cover a Furniture Club membership and department meals. City manager Harold Cheek vows review of the fund’s existence and expenditures including a $205 total outlay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furniture Club
Marvin O. Keith
High Point Parks and Recreation Department
Parks and Recreation Commission
Keith
Enterprise
Parks and Recreation Department
Brooks Rietzel
Recreation Commission
High Point
Harold Cheek
Cheek
Uncommon Panama Parrot Polly Lays Egg in Captivity
Polly the Panama parrot, living with Mrs. C Hoover on Wickliff Drive for 35 years, laid an egg in captivity. Ornithologist Dr Herbert Hendrickson from UNCG notes the act is rare but possible. the egg is infertile, so no second Polly soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Herbert
Red Cross Blood Shortage Alarms High Point
High Point faces a blood shortage as 3 382 pints were collected in 1970 71 but 4 252 were used. Dr Clarence Velat cites rising surgical demand and hospital expansion, noting only 15 of 121 companies hit quotas and 3 percent of people donate regularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt Lamb
High Point
Red Cross
International Red Cross
Red Cross Blood Bank
Charlotte
Clarence Velat
High Point Memorial Hospital
Duke
Chapel Hill
Velat
Fort Bragg
Carolina Container
Carson's
Custom Processing
Davis
Duke Power
Hatteras Yacht
High
City Duke Power talks ease as confrontation wanes
City officials drift away from a clash with Duke Power over industrial customers in High Point. The Leddy Franchise ended in 1969, with Duke serving about 250 local industries. Council members debate takeover timing, while Crown Hosiery’s case looms as a potential court risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Duke Power Co
Power Company
Duke
Robert Davis
Crown Hosiery
Duke's
Davis
Bill Bendai
Frank Wood
Fred Swartzberg
Swartzberg
Duke’s
Crown
Guilford School Board urges county funds for improvement projects
Guilford County Board of Education urged the County Commissioners to approve more capital improvement funds after Superintendent E P Pearce said only 16 percent of requested money, $725000, had been released. The board stressed need for land purchase and new schools, with plans for a Jamestown elementary site and eastern Guilford high school, plus expansions at Florence Elementary and Allen Jay Primary.
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Greensboro
Guilford
Jesse Wharton
Howard Carr
Board of Education
Jamestown
Guilford County
Pearce
Florence
Allen Jay
High Point
Atlow
Guilford Technical Institute
GTI
Enrollment decline hits area and nation as colleges face pinch
National and Piedmont colleges report not meeting enrollment quotas with declines in fresh man applications. High Point College notes fewer overall apps but expects to fill vacancies while Guilford College sees stable private enrollment. Community colleges and GTI report rising enrollments, UNC Greensboro notes fewer freshmen as transfers rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont Triad
Robert A. Wells Jr
High Point College
Wells
HPC
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Davidson County Community College
Richard Loester
Loester
University of North Corona
Guilford Technical Institute
G.T.I
Magic Fishburne
Dc.c.c
Norman Mills
Guilford College
Bruce Stewart
Guilford
Stewart
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
UNC
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Robert Marks
Recreation Deartment
Nathan Hunt Drive
Department
Camp Anne
Reitzel
Commission
Jim Stratford
High Point Enterprise
Lexington
Albert Holder
Bruce Cardwell
By Education Board
Hamilton Street
Green Street
Commerce Avenue
North Carolina
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