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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1976
Page
4
AT&T declares a 10 cent per share dividend rise payable April 1, lifting the annual per share payout to 40 cents and signaling management confidence in the economy and business prospects. Shares climbed 75 cents to $56.70 as markets rose on optimism.
A House committee heard Rep James Burke push a bicentennial seed bill to distribute free seeds and plants for home gardens. USDA opposes the plan citing cost and free enterprise concerns. A Gallup poll for Gardens for All, Inc. finds 51 percent of households plan a garden in 1976, with 35 million households gardening last year. The department notes USDA pamphlets like Growing Vegetables in the Home Garden aid beginners. Meanwhile a canning jar lid shortage from 1975 may extend into 1976.
The National Association of Accountants grants a charter for the Piedmont High Point Chapter. Led by Art Lindley, the group organized for months. The charter will be presented by Donald Kern with John Freeman supervising officer elections. Nearby chapters include Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
High Point City employees Warren Simmons of Public Works and Phillip Wylie of traffic engineering have earned the title of Professional Engineer after completing the North Carolina requirements including engineering training, exams, and practical experience. Nelle Bailey joins Smithdeal Realtors Gallery of Homes as residential sales associate, with UNC Greensboro education and Guilford County teaching experience. Larry Nichols of High Point Datsun earns Datsun’s Quality Dealer Award, earning an all-expense trip to Hawaii and Japan among 32 of 32 top dealers. The Piedmont Triad Advertising Federation meets February at Royal Villa Motel with Kenyon & Eckhardt’s Stanley Tanniebaum on Creativity in Advertising. Piedmont Aviation reports Q4 1975 profit of 1,197,635 and 48 cents per share, with revenues of 42,045,752. Darrell Sumner promoted to project scientist at Ciba Geigy Corp in Greensboro, focusing on pesticidal metabolite research.
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