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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1970
Page
2
At the Chamber annual gathering, Bill Horney and Phillip R. Dixon are noted among prize checkers. Luther H. Hodges Jr. will address attendees as guest speaker at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Top of the Mart, with Sonny Hedgecock credited for the staff photo.
A month long loan exhibition at the High Point Public Library features 30 colorful decorator prints and 1972 Olympic themed pieces from Barcalo Manufacturing Co. The display, arranged by Leo J. Heer and Bernard Horowitz, runs daily 9 am to 5 pm in the audio visual room through December and includes film programs for school groups and public visitors.
The Christmas Cheer Fund has surpassed the halfway goal with $936.45 added since the last report, bringing total receipts to $4,251.45 toward a $7,000 goal. If continued at this rate, Christmas aid for needy families will improve. Contributions may be mailed to The Enterprise or P.O. Box 5467. Here is today's list.
Bobby Wright and Ronnie Thompson win the first Jaycee of the Quarter Award from the High Point Jaycees for three months of service. Wright earns the first quarter award and Thompson the second, honored for work with the High Point Agricultural Fair Soap Box Derby junior baseball program Junior Miss pageant and toy pickup program.
A non-narrative family film about a ragamuffin and his devotion to a white merry-go-round horse will screen Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. in the High Point Public Library audio-visual room. The horse is replaced by a car, sold to a child who harms it, and the boy's affection is blessed by a miracle. Coffee and soft drinks served.
Luther French Cowan Jr., 28, of Burlington, was killed on I-85 south of Lexington when his car crashed into a bridge, ricocheted between two pilings, and he was thrown out. State Highway Patrol reported excessive speed was a factor.
A humorous reflection on decorating a Christmas tree with family, noting the chores of getting, standing, and lighting it. The narrator jokes about icicle placement, holiday stress, and preferring to avoid the tree’s blinking display over television during the Christmas season.
Billy Rexford Flannery 21 of Wise Street Thomasville bound over to Superior Court after a preliminary hearing. Woodrow Dawkins 43 of Whiteoak Street sentenced to two 20 day terms for public drunkenness. Jeff C. Wilson 16 of Maple Place given six month suspended sentence and $10 costs for breaking and entering. Howard Jackson Park Street ordered to pay costs for assault with a deadly weapon. Forrest Monroe Fritts Beddington Road charged with larceny. Ernest Charles 50 Camden Avenue six month suspended sentence and $100 costs for driving under the influence and $15 costs for speeding 85 in a 60 zone. Jerry Elmo Bowman Idol Drive ordered to pay two bills of cost for public drunkenness and resisting an officer.
Stan Perry, center director at Astor Dowdy Towers Recreation Center, is named recreation supervisor in the High Point parks and recreation department. The appointment, announced by director Marvin Keith, emphasizes supervising centers and playgrounds and expanding music, dance, and dramatic programs. Perry, UNC Chapel Hill 1968 recreation administration graduate, is pursuing a master’s degree. He previously worked with Durham and Chapel Hill recreation departments and is married to Barbara White. they have one child, Shawn Kristina.
High Point merchants report a tougher stance on shoplifting with plans to prosecute all offenders and seek full restitution where possible. Christmas shopping increases losses and crowds, while managers debate efficacy of store posted offender photos and suspended sentences versus active penalties. In 1969 High Point saw 130 cases, rising to 201 this year with sixteen in December and two so far in December.
Guilford County spent 52 584 45 on Medicaid in December. The county has 146 355 left for six months of payments with a total annual budget of 460 242. Cashwell notes expenditures have exceeded the planned monthly average of 38 300, with payer shares of 13.02 percent each from county and state and the rest from federal funds.
A fire at Li'l General Store No. 15 on 1602 N Main St Saturday afternoon caused minor damage to a back partition. Smoke reached an adjoining storage building at House of Sound, which reported no damage. Firemen said a faulty light fixture overheated, and four trucks responded to the 1 17 p.m. alarm.
The Parent-Teacher-Student Association of Trindale Elementary will meet Tuesday evening in the school auditorium. A special Christmas music program will be presented by the newly organized Glee Club of Trindale School.
The Home Builders Assn of Greensboro announced five builder members as Awards of Merit recipients for homes shown in the 1970 Parade of Homes. Winners include The Ervin Co in Fieldstone High Point, Kirkman & Koury in British Woods Greensboro, Pemberton Realty in Rotherwood Greensboro, Don Setliff Jamestown, and Westminster Co Fisher Park Circle Greensboro.
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