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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1973
Page
10
The High Point College board reports reaching halfway to an $800,000 target in the Golden Decade Campaign, part of a $2,150,000 effort to improve academics and facilities. Campus donors, led by Dr. Murphy Osborne, have raised nearly $60,000 of a $50,000 goal, with further solicitation planned and a campaign end set for May 31, 1974.
Ragsdale High boys win big over Central Cabarrus by 38 on Nov 23 and prepare for Tuscola Mountaineers, despite Harold Odum’s injury. Chorus groups performed Nov 19 and plan a Christmas concert Dec 18. Student Congress aims to raise 1000 to buy a tiger for the NC Zoo. girls’ basketball beat Bishop McGinnis 70 25 on Nov 20.
Charles Vickers of Henrietta North Carolina and James Cleveland of Alexander City Alabama top the field in the national Super Doffer Tournament. Vickers beat Bob Lawrence in warp division at Haynes plant Henrietta while Cleveland defeated Randy Teal in filling division at Alexander City. Final rounds at rival plants next week determine the winner based on combined times and bobbins per minute with $1600 going to champions and $800 to runners up.
Wednesday features Sausage Biscuit Pineapple and Cheese Salad with school beans banana pudding and meringue. Thursday offers Lasagna Tossed Salad French Bread fruit and Cobbler.
In Charlotte, a steel drum reconditioner reports a surge in demand for 50 gallon drums as buyers seek containers to store gasoline or kerosene, noting mounting calls and stock strains.
RANDLEMAN The board fired Mrs. Tom Wall, secretary to the housing director, after earlier delays. Her dismissal followed debates on budget cuts and duties, with director Wall receiving a raise to 9000 annually. The action comes amid tensions between Wall and Chairman Sibbett and moves to abolish the housing authority itself.
Two people were injured in separate crashes Friday night and early today. Janice Ward, with no address listed, sustained minor injuries in a single vehicle collision on Westchester Drive as a passenger in a car driven by Dennise James Byrd of Thomasville who faced charges of driving without an operator's license. John E. Smith of Pine Valley Road was charged with stop sign violation and excessive speed after an accident at Cook and Dayton Streets. Richard M. Eddinger, 22, a Cedrow Avenue resident and passenger in the Cowan vehicle, suffered minor injuries.
Police logged two Thursday break-ins in Thomasville. An apartment on James Avenue was entered, 65 tapes valued at 300 dollars were stolen, and a broken vent window and truck fender mirror damage totaled about 25 dollars. The Brethren Church on Hinkle Street reported four windows smashed.
Guilford County Commissioners meet Monday to elect a chairman for the coming year with Richard Maxwell as current chair indicating willingness to serve again if asked. The agenda also includes electing a vice chairman to replace Percy Sears and a public hearing on Mt Hope Church Road rezoning for a motel.
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