Classroom Crowding Continues In Jamestown Schools
Jamestown area schools will face continued overcrowding as 26 000 students start the 1977 78 year in 42 schools with a half day orientation on Aug 29 and full day activity Aug 30 The county plans cafeterias to open and meal prices rise by five cents with kindergarten through six charging 50 cents and seven through 12 55 cents Ragsdale High School is noted as especially crowded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Jamestown
E.P. Pearce
Pearce
Ragsdale High School
Union, Hill, Sedgefield
Florence
Millis Road
Burglary hits Westchester Mall three stores
Police reported three break ins Friday at Westchester Mall with Lerner Shop and Orange Julius entered after burglars forced a roof entry. An attempted entry at Brittain's caused about 10 in damage to a lock. Also a home window entry on Juanita Street was reported with 835 in losses.
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High Point
Westchester Mall
Brittain’s
Lerner Shop
Orange Julius
Robin Alexander
Juanita Street
Jimmy E. Bodenhamer
Johnson Street
First Baptist Church
N. Main Street
Joseph Easter
Palmer Street
Kivett Co
Adam Quick
Oneka Street
Washington Drive
Daphne Sechrest
New Voting Machines Take Up Less Space In North Carolina
Greensboro reports 700 electronic voting devices stored in the old courthouse with space spared for more. Elections supervisor Carolyn Hurley notes 162 demonstrators and 83 electronic counters arriving, while old machines are picked up as the county adopts the new system. Plans include a High Point display and a workshop in Winston-Salem to train staff. Voters in Jamestown Gibsonville Greensboro and High Point will use the new equipment in upcoming city elections and state issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Carolyn Hurley
Board of Elections
Board of Commissioners
High Point
Hurley
Thomasville Opens New City Hall Fire Station on Main Street
The Thomasville fire department began relocating communications gear to the new station on E Main Street Friday. Chief Howard Matthews said crews would spend their first night in the building and expect to finish moving by Wednesday or Thursday after moving from the 40 year old City Hall station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Thomasville
E. Main Street
Howard Matthews
Slaying Suspect Dickey In Jail Awaiting Trial
Dickey, accompanied by Sheriff Paul McCrary and Deputy Albert Kinney, arrives at Lexington courthouse facing two first degree murder counts in the February killings of Myrtis Miller and her 3 year old granddaughter Crystal Dawn Miller. Also tied to related Georgia murders and extradition developments are Dampier and Batten with trials slated in September and August.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Paul McCrary
Albert Kinney
Dickey
Savannah
Chatham County Superior Court
Garden City
Michael Wayne Hilton
Myrtis Miller
Crystal Dawn Miller
Kenneth Darnell Dampier
Karen Lynn Batten
Port Wentworth
North Carolina
Miss Batten
Georgia
Chatham County
Dampier
Hilton
Miller
Furniture Sales Up In June Across the South
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn reports a five percent rise in June furniture sales from a year earlier with shipments up 9.9 percent from June 1976 and 4.8 percent above May levels. First six months sales and production also rose, while backlogs edged higher year over year. Payrolls increased by 11.1 percent, and June production advanced 12.8 percent from June 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
SFMA
Environmental concerns fade as NC Growth shifts with industry
North Carolina officials say environmental standards are widely accepted and no longer a major conflict with growth. Governor Hunt notes low wage jobs offer progress in welfare-heavy counties as plants train workers, while high skill firms seek educated communities to upgrade local labor pools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Noblitt
Raleigh
North Carolina
Barfield
Gove
James B. Hunt Jr
Hunt
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High Point City Lake
Oak Hollow Lake
Richland Creek
Ralph Meyers
City Water and Sewer
Meyers
Eastside
Igent Enterprise
High Point Enterprise
Couchs Avenue
N.C
Associated Press
H Point
al Corviana
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Landon Associates
National Advertising
Northgate Apts
Thomasville Fiber Co
Brevard Street
Robert B. Anderson
Overbrook Drive
Donna Murray
Rockspring Road
Starlette Elizabeth James
E. Commerce Avenue
Larry Cornell Green
E. Washington Drive
Lloyd
Quinton Moore
Amhurst Drive
Wallace Michael Hampton
Moffitt Drive
Mark Scott Sherrill
Duke Street
Clyde Brower Case III
Cloniger Drive
Arthur Marion White
Fern Street
Barbara Jo Dunlap
W. Kearns Avenue
Ronnie Billy Hubbard
Hood Place
New Thomasville
Cris Petree
Victor W. Barfield
Dept. of Commerce
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