Program To Feed Elderly Launched Here Officially
The High Point initiative creates a daily meal program for 50 elderly residents served in school cafeterias. Jointly run by the Council of Jewish Women and Church Women United, with initial funding from Guilford County OEO, CJW, and Plank Road Civitan Club, the project aims to expand citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Astor Dowdy Towers
Council of Jewish Women
Church Women United
Guilford County
Housing Authority
Department of Social Services
OEO
State Department of Public Instruction
Mary Dillard
High Point City
Lemmons Dies At Age 64 In North Carolina
William Raymond Lemmons Sr. 64 of Pine Forest Heights died on arrival at Community General Hospital after a home heart attack. Born Aug. 27, 1907 in Stokesdale, he lived 33 years in the Pilot School community and taught and led as principal at Pilot Elementary for 34 years. He held degrees from Jamestown High School Catawba College UNC and earned a master’s degree. He served in Stokesdale Walnut Cove Pine Hall Randolph and Davidson counties and was active in Grace Lutheran Church Pilot School Board and local civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
William Raymond Lemmons Sr
Pine Forest Heights
Community General Hospital
Stokesdale
David Penn
Martha Pegram Lemmons
Pilot School
Jamestown High School
High Point College
Grace Lutheran Church
Men’s Bible Club
Pilot Grange
NCAB
Pilot School Board
Moose Lodge
SFMA cancels High Point meeting on one market proposal
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn cancels its High Point session after a wide divergence of opinion on scheduling one major market per year. William E. Stevens Jr. says the proposal will be carried to the May 18-19 board meeting for further consideration. National shows currently occur in High Point in April and October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer
High Point
William E. Stevens Jr
The
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
SFMA
Stevens
Furniture Factories Marketing Assn. of the
South
FFMAS
Board of Directors
Plea for City Burial Space Faces Council Delays
High Point officials consider adding cemetery space as Green Hill Cemetery nears capacity. Councilman Sam Burford urged action to avoid Black residents being buried in Thomasville, while City Manager Harold Cheek prepares a report for the next session. Debate also centers on Armory转land transfers and a new fire station site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Sam Burford
Thomasville
Pakistan
Green Hill
Bill Bencini
National Guard
Hamilton
Cheek
Eric Scott
S. Main Street
Charles McAnally
John Haworth
S. Main
Paul Clapp
Finance Committee
State Highway Commission
City set to start offstreet parking lot project in High Point
City Manager Harold Cheek said final plans are needed before work begins on a long planned offstreet parking lot in downtown High Point. He noted an updated study favors both the ground level lot and a Plaza Block parking garage and that private contractors may handle grading and paving. Construction could start within four months, with garage contracting awaiting financing and revenue bond plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
High Point
Harold Cheek
Washington, Hamilton, Wrenn and
High Streets
City
Redevelopment Commission
Cheek
Bencini
Hunter Dalton
Sessons
Councilmen Urge Bond Plan to Fund City Electric Upgrades
High Point leaders pressed for a $5.6 million bond proposal to finance electrical system improvements fearing tax hikes if the measure fails. City officials cited cost burdens and potential growth limits while detailing prior borrowing and streetlight installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Chamber of Commerce
Roy Culler
Paul Clapp
Bill Bencini
Thomas Succumbs Suddenly in High Point
John Willard Thomas Sr. 71 of 1504 Crestline Dr died suddenly of a heart attack at home. He was born October 17, 1900 in London Ontario and moved to High Point in 1910. He was president of P. A. Thomas Car Works and served on multiple boards. Surviving are his wife Mavis, two sons John W. Thomas Jr. and P. A. Thomas, eight grandchildren, two sisters and a brother. Funeral at 3 PM with details on THOMAS on 2-B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Willard Thomas Sr
Crestline Dr
Mr. Thomas
London
Ontario
Canada
Perley Albert
Margaret Milne Thomas
Mavis Burdhette
High Point
Elon College
P. A. Thomas Car Works, Inc
Forest Hill Presbyterian Church
Kiwanis Club
High Point Memorial Hospital
North Carolina National Bank
YMCA
Mavis Burchette Thomas
John W. Thomas Jr
Emerywood Dr
P. A. Thomas
Lancaster Place
Melba T. Price
Mary E. Thomas
Pine Ridge Drive
J. Norman Thomas
W. Lexingtne Extension
Armed Robberies Under Investigation In High Point
High Point police investigate two robberies first at Ed & Gene's Red Dot on S Elm St where a man with a pocketed weapon took a bag containing over $1,000 from Ed Smith. In a separate incident at Tom's Chicken Villa a youth with a .380 pistol demanded cash, scuffling with employee Larry Ellison who sustained a minor gunshot wound while the robber fled with about $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed & Gene
S. Elm Street
Ed Smith
Ellison
Also Mentioned on This Page
High Point Enterprise
First Presbyterian Church
Bob Weant
Urban Ministry
Greensboro
Harry Jacobs
Sanders Dallas JR
Paula Arnold
Mark Austin
W. R. Lemmons
Lemmons
Burford
Broyhill Furniture Industries
Lenoir
Rich
Culler
Clapp
Willard Thomas
Thomas
Larry Ellison
Dayton Street
Tom’s Chicken Villa
English Road
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