High Point Top Stories of 1973 Highlight School Board Win
The Enterprise lists the year’s top 10 High Point stories. Topping the list is the 1973 battle over electing a school board, won by refer endum, setting the stage for the 1975 first election. Other major items include city government struggles, a contentious police department study, and local crime cases. The year also saw housing code updates, a new hospital outpatient clinic, and the completion of Juanita Hills Homes public housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Marks
Bill Bencini
High Point
Old City Hall
Paramount Theatre
Southern Furniture Market Center
Darrell Lee Young
Bonnie Lynn Gallimore
International Assn. of Chiefs of Police
William
Cedrow Avenue
Manor Drive
Juanita Hills
Guilford County
PTA
June Stackhouse
Jennie Herndon
General Assembly
Paul Clapp
Council
Clapp
Carson Stout
Board of Realtors
Model Cities Commission
Bonnie Lynn
Christmas memories and New Year wishes from Forrest Dates
In a humorous reminiscence the narrator recalls a subdued Christmas without gifts of alcohol, boasts three new trousers including tight blue jeans, a green plaid shirt, and a better tree, while lampooning holiday excess. He riffs on energy saving lighting, food repeats from Thanksgiving, and returning to work with a sleeveless sweater as a jab at poverty. He prefers New Year to Christmas, hoping Easter lies four months ahead.
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John Wayne
Gabby Hayes
Santa
Fatty
PTA Council Votes to Survey Parents on School Board Selection
At a March 27 meeting the High Point PTA Council approved a 23 to 22 vote to survey schools about parental views on how school board members should be chosen. The move reversed a prior decision that had halted the issue and momentum grew despite later limits on the council's authority.
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High Point Pta Council
PTA
Income Tax Training Slated at Library and GTI
High Point Public Library and Guilford Technical Institute Adult Education will co sponsor a 12 week course on Monday nights starting Jan 7 from 6 30 to 9 00 p m in the library community room The class taught by Hugh C Bennett Jr covers income tax preparation including taxable and nontaxable income capital asset transactions and depreciation Materials are provided free and GTI invites adults 18 plus to register by calling the GTI adult education office.
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High Point Public Library
Guilford Technical Institute
Education Department
Hugh C. Bennett Jr
High Point
GTI Adult Education Department
GTI
Daylight Saving Time Drives High Point School Schedules
Ray Hubbard reports that High Point public schools plan to shift to DST aligned calendars starting Jan 7 if NC adopts DST. Buses shift to 8 45 each morning, elementary start at 9 16, and juniors and seniors at 9 30. Changes arise from a three day loss from a snowstorm and may push the last day to June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hubbard
High Point
Dean B. Pruette
Board of Education
High Point Board of Education
High Point Businesses Close for New Year Holiday
Most of High Point's workforce will stay at home Tuesday as the city observes the New Year holiday. City and county offices, courts, Employment Security Commission, and banks will be closed. Post Office home deliveries halt except for special items, and window service ends with box mail pickup possible. Garbage pickup will occur from backyards only once next week, and Consolidated Bus Line reports no Tuesday service. Some furniture factories and hosiery mills close, while a few stores stay open and many discount centers operate.
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High Point
Public Works
U.S. Postal Service
Generational Reactions To American Graffiti Echo 70s Youth
A reader reflects on audience response to American Graffiti and how 1962 high school life and 50s style resonate with 1970s viewers. She notes costumes, slang, and drive-in culture spark laughter while contrasting past decades with current trends.
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Pritchett
Leverett
Civil Service Commission
Police Department
City Council
TACP
Department
Forrest
Turkey
Pruette
Thomasville
Jerry Bledsoe
Greensboro Daily News
Dick Clark
Bette Midler
Ol’ Andrews Sisters
By Faye Marks
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
N.C
Associated Press
Degters
Word-Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
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