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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1966
Page
2
Inspectors checked cars across stations with few reactions from motorists. The program began February 16 with license tag rules guiding inspection deadlines and times ranging from 10 to 45 minutes. Inspectors expect further corrections as stricter safety checks, including bulbs, are emphasized.
Lacy won a decisive re-election as county GOP chairman amid factional tensions at the convention. Holloway faced a strong challenge, with High Point precincts backing the challenger, while the official party lineup supported Lacy. The vote reflected ongoing shifts since the High Point power struggle two years earlier.
About 300 Republicans gathered at the County Courthouse for the Guilford convention. Delegates debated the make up of the executive committee and nominated eleven vacant delegate posts. Myrtle Mehan and Janice Wooster vied for county vice chair. Wooster won on a voice vote. Doris Conely and Al Sinclair were elected secretary and treasurer. The floor criticized the spoil system and urged a two party system. Lacy urged closer Guilford government planning and partisan Greensboro rule. Delegates numbered 213 of 375 potential voters.
James C. Cox was installed as president of the Oriental Shrine Club, the first High Pointer to hold the post since its 17 formation. Oasis Temple Potentate Edward Austin of Charlotte performed the installation during the club’s ladies night on Greensboro Road, with Oasis Divan members present.
Kenneth Coble a 13 year old of Man gum Avenue reports being abducted on Friday by a man claiming police authority. He was forced into a car and beaten with a wooden paddle before being released north of High Point near Union Cross. He described bruising on his back legs and was found hysterical by a passing motorist. Police search for a blue 1963 Rambler driven by a small man as they investigate possible serial assault.
Emerywood Baptist Church hosts a Victory Dinner on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall to celebrate paying off the church plant debt. Randy Brown of Chicago, the ball king of the world, will entertain. A team led by J. E. Gibson Sr. Walter Jones and Frank Wyatt organized the drive, which quickly reached its 1966 goal.
The U S Weather Bureau at Friendship Airport reports continued clear skies for Clear Calder and nearby areas today and tomorrow with a cold front bringing cooler temperatures.
High Point College alumni begin a $10 million Golden Decade development drive spread over at least 10 cities in the next two months. The Alamance County kickoff dinner named Vernon Lisk and Occo Gibbs as co-chairs with multiple campaigns planned for Raleigh Charlotte Greensboro High Point and more. Additional dates pending include Durham Orange Counties Winston Salem Thomasville Richmond and Washington DC with Dale Brown and W Lawson Allen leading the effort.
Lyles Kearns, vice president, secretary and treasurer of Young's Furniture Co. High Point, appointed town chairman of the Alumni Phase of the Golden Decade Fund Raising Campaign for High Point College. He is a 1990 High Point College graduate and a former U S Army master sergeant. He serves with Main Street Methodist Church and is married to Dorothy Kendall of Hing. Dinner for area alumni set for 16. The campaign aims to raise 10 million dollars for the college anniversary celebration.
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