Rerouting Clash Between Cheek and Planning Board
City Manager Harold Cheek backs extending English Road to connect N Main and E Washington forming the east west artery through downtown. Planning commission questions the plan citing prime property and suggests routing north of English. staff asked to study alternatives. Right of way negotiations already underway with English Motor Co and Beeson Hardware as part of the extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
City Planning Board
Harold Cheek
English Road
City Planning and
Zo Commission
N. Main
E. Washington
Centennial
Washington and Broad
Planning Department
Cheek
Washington
English Motor Co
Motor Company
K-mart
Beeson Hardware Co
Covington named chairman of UCS committee
Covington, a High Point industrial and civic leader, will chair the Corporation Relations Committee of United Community Services. Wray Amos praised his experience and dedication. The report notes his past roles with the United Appeal and campaign leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriss Covington
High Point
United Community Services of
Wray Amos
UCS
Covington
Harriss
Thomasville council votes for public housing authority
Thomasville City Council reversed a prior vote and approved a public housing authority by a 3 to 2 margin. A public hearing drew about 125 residents split in support and opposition as Realtors argued private building should lead housing, while officials noted public housing is only one option. The meeting also covered broader housing needs and potential projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
City Hall
Thomasville Board of Realtors
Willys Hooper
Tom Johnson
Hooper
Greensboro
Johnson
Lee Thomasville
Study Plan Okayed By Commission
Guilford County Commission backs a seven county study of water and natural resources in the Piedmont region. The plan to inventory resources and plan conservation includes potential multipurpose dams for flood control city water irrigation and recreation with Randolph County possible to join. The project will be federally funded and conducted by federal specialists at no local cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Piedmont
North Carolina
Guilford County
Henry Theil Jr
Alamance County
Guilford
Rockingham
Caswell
Alamance
Chatham
Orange Counties
Theil
Randolph County
Pinecroft - Sedgefield
High Point
Pinecroft- Sedgefield
Guil-Rand
Jamestown - Guilford College Road
Clifton Road
Mackey Road
Simon Bryant
Weather Delays Superior Court Criminal Session
Weather halted the second day of Superior Court criminal session with plans to reconvene Wednesday at 10 a.m. Earlier Municipal Court imposed a 30 day active sentence on Thomas C. Cheek for disorderly conduct. Preliminary hearing for Johnny Lee Rhymer on breaking and entering and larceny was delayed. he remains held on a $1,000 bond for alleged Villa Restaurant entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Thomas C. Cheek
Rt. 1
Johnny Lee Rhymer
English Road
Rhymer
Villa
Wintry Blast Closes Schools Across Piedmont Area
A fast moving wintry blast iced streets from the mountains to Raleigh causing school closures in High Point Guilford Davidson Thomasville Lexington Randolph Asheboro and Greensboro. Police logged fender bending wrecks but no injuries. Forecasters warned of continued cold with possible precipitation. schools plan to resume with adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hubbard
Piedmont
High Point
Guilford County
Davidson County
Thomasville
Lexington
Randolph County
Asheboro
Greensboro
Friendship Weatherman
Raleigh
Blowing Rock
Laurel Springs
High Point Enterprise Section B Briefs
Local newspaper page from February 7 1967 presents Section B items including brief notices and community updates. No readable names events or details are evident in the fragment provided.
Nine City Posts Open With Five Dollar Fee
Nine seats on the High Point City Council and the mayor’s chair are up for election with a five dollar filing fee. The two year council terms pay 85 dollars monthly and the mayor 150 dollars monthly. Filing ends April 4 with primary on April 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
High Point
Elva Small
Chavis Y Honors 8 Citizens At 23rd YMCA Dinner
Eight citizens receive awards at the Carl Chavis YMCA 23rd annual dinner in High Point. Notables include Eugene Littles for basketball team spirit and Officer of the Year Robert Roseboro. Dr I H Miller Jr of Bennett College spoke. event hosted by O F Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
Carl Chavis Ymca
Chavis Ymca
Fourth Street
I. H. Miller Jr
Bennett College
Greensboro
S. E. Burford
William Penn High School
O. F. Hudson
C. E. Yokely
Eugene Littles
Robert Roseboro
Isaac Watson
John R. McClain
J. W. Ballenger
Pat Brown
Holt McPherson
Henry Price
Littles
Bobby Vaughn
Roseboro
High Point
Watson
McClain
YMCA
Ballenger
Brown
McPherson
Enterprise
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Mgr
Don Follmer
Ruth Ann
Honey) Jensen
Trenton Avenue
Ebb Jenkins
Meredith Street
Jenkins
Honey
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Delbert Byrum
Main Street Methodist Church
Plymouth Hosiery Mills
Harold Jensen
Scott N. Jensen
C. S. McKenzie
Monroe St
Gustav Jensen
Monthey Ave
C. Dewey Smith
R. Delbert Byrum
Floral Garden Park
Sechrest Funeral Home
Lexington Avenue
Trenton St
Thomasville Council
Okays Public Housing Authority
Lindsay Street
Dorothy Cline
Meadow Street
Fred Edwards
Phillips Street
Green
Hamilton
Hart
Edna Masson
Mangum Avenue
Theodore Whitley
Richview Street
Will Davis
Furlough Street
Westchester Drive
Ward Street
Joyce Luck
Royal Oak Drive
Mary Myers Hunt
Carey Street
John Frazier
Trinity
W. Green Drive
Taylor
J. L. Cagle
Cape Hatteras
High Point City
C. F. Hudson
Jerry Parrish
High Point Enterprise
Council
Chavis Y
Price
Europe
Laurie Pritchett
T. H. Prather
United Community Services
George Covington
Chamber of Commerce
Guy T. Kinney
High Point Ymca
Max Cooke
L. H. Williams
Guilford Technical Institute
W. P. Cole
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