Housing Group Buys 42 Acres For Low Income Homes
High Point Church Housing Inc announces 42 acres on Cedron Drive purchased with tentative zoning approval. Development plans include 100 single family homes with 50 to start selling for 15 000 to 20 000 financed via federal programs offering low interest and down payments of 250. Construction could begin in fall and finish within a year.
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High Point Church Housing, Inc
George Freeman
Cedron Drive
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Freeman
Otis Tillman
Church Group
Church Housing Corp
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Farriss Avenue
First Baptist Church
E. Washington Drive
Halliburton Named Delegate to White House Conference
Thomasville executive Jim Halliburton of the Chamber of Commerce and Jaycees was named to North Carolina’s delegation to the 1970 White House Conference on Children and Youth. Governor Robert W. Scott announced the appointment.
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Thomasville
Jim Halliburton
The
North Carolina
Census figures set High Point population at 60919
The city’s official count for 1970 shows High Point with 60 919 residents, a decline from 63 736 in a preliminary report and from 62 063 in 1960. Mayor Davis questions the figures while planners expect final data in the fall.
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High Point
Leo Schilling
Regional Census Bureau
Charlotte
Schilling
City Planning Department
Robert Davis
Census Bureau
Citizens Group For Justice Ends Court Action Bid
High Point group Citizens for Justice admits lack of funds to sue the city school board. Chairman Harry Mitchell says about 143 dollars was raised of a 5 thousand dollar goal, forcing the plan to be shelved unless funding improves. The group will press a petition drive to seek a referendum on school board selection and hold a September meeting to decide next steps.
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High Point Citizens For Justice, Inc
City Board of Education
Harry Mitchell
Citizens For Justice
Central High School
Mitchell
High Point
Oak View
Fatal Shooting On Street Still Under Investigation
High Point police investigate the Sunday night death of James Traynham 40 of Springfield Mass. He lay on a sidewalk beside Dr J E Slate’s office after three shots fired from a small caliber gun as a car with two men and a woman passed by shouting an insult. The body is at Hairlip Funeral Home with services planned in Springfield Mass.
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Anthony DiFoggio
Mike
Lynn DiFoggio
Druid Dr
Dad
High Point
James Traynham
Springfield
Mass
J. E. Slate
Traynham
High Point Memorial Hospital
Guilford County
T. Eugene Terrell
Terrell
Raymond Lindsay
Rt. 9
Winston-Salem
Lindsay
Davidson County
James
Maude Hamlin Traynham
Westover Air Force Base
Bettie Traynham
James C.traynham
Dorothy Charles
Washington, D.C
Clorian Lindsay
Kerners
Tomorrow School Registration Set in High Point
Registration will be held in High Point schools Wednesday from 9 00 to 11 30 a m and 2 00 to 4 30 p m Principals will register first grade newcomers moved into the district and returning students with reports from prior schools Transfer pupils must present a certified record from their previous school Accredited schools transfers accepted without question non accredited ones are subject to grade placement after testing and observation First graders from non accredited schools will remain in first grade until evaluation shows readiness for second grade
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High Point
United Appeal names eight section chairmen for 1970 drive
Two UA divisions announce eight section leaders to raise 508 060 for United Appeal agencies next year. Bill Gray and Bob Brooks head commercial and mercantile sections with leaders from Wachovia Bank Sears and others. An industrial division led by Nathan Slack and Ralph Gurley will organize four section chairmen. A luncheon at the YWCA kicks off the campaign.
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High Point United Appeal
United Appeal
Bob Brooks
Sears, Roebuck & C
Mercantile
Chet Gwyer
Wachovia Bank
Ed Knox
The
Merchants Association
Trades
Gray
Heritage Furniture Co
Nathan Slack
Ralph Gurley
Slack
Gurley
Leon Safrit
Highland Cotton
Leo Heer
Southern Furniture Exposition
Les Flippo
Globe Furniture
Charles Oakes
Adams-Millis
Commercia
Caemea
YWCA
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Housing Group
Ray Hubbard
Enterprise
Low Cost Housing Corp. of
Durham
Durham Organization
Federal Housing Administration
Tillman
F. L. Andrews
First Baptist
William Price
St. Mary’s
Roy Armstrong
Armstrong
Halliburton
High Point Enterprise
Citizens Group
Tered
Mom
Sonny Hedgecock
Bill Gray
High Point Hardware
Herman Hunter
Hunter Oil Co
van Reddick
Terry Supply
Cochairmen
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