Mrs. Ruby Byers A Pioneering High Point Social Worker
The High Point redevelopment official Mrs. Ruby Moore Byers, director of relocation and family service since 1963, guided 752 families from dilapidated East Central shacks to new homes. She emphasizes education and job training, notes resistance from older residents, and urges a full time executive secretary for the Human Relations Commission. Married to James H. Byers, she lives at 601 Ashburn St with one child and three relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hubbard
Ted Presen
Ruby Moore Byers
High Point Redevelopment Commission
Byers
East Central
High Point
Neighborhood House
Neighborhood House Council
East Central Area
Downtown High Point shoppers call for affordable lunch options
Shoppers urge downtown High Point merchants to speed up better priced, quicker lunch spots and improved service as K and W leaves the area. They note rude servers and high prices push customers to outer shopping centers, risking the downtown decline.
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Hi Point
High Point
Thee K & W
Gardner speaks at Exchange Club as NC governor contender
James Gardner, in a Winston-Salem Journal noted contrast, spoke to the High Point Exchange Club while running for the Republican nomination for North Carolina governor. He defended federal fiscal policy and Vietnam strategy, while opponents debate constitutional reform and state issues. Gardner's supporters praise his active Congress role, as rivals plot campaign themes. He received strong audience support with a standing ovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gardner
High Point Exchange Club
Gardner
North Carolina
House of Representatives
Congress of the United States
Rep. Gardner
Winston-Salem Journal
Carolina
John L. Stickley
Robert Scott
Melville Broughton
Reginald Hawkins
Congress
Exchange Club
Vietnam
North
Raleigh
Stickley
Scott
Broughton
Hawkins
Peraps
Editor's Notebook on Nothingness and Theatre Critics
An editor notes a trend toward nihilism in modern drama citing Life magazine on Genet Beckett and Ionesco and quotes critics from the Wall Street Journal and a 250 year old British historian. The piece argues the sewers of society are as unreal as the front porch and urges realism over despair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Fuller
Wall Street Journal
Jeremy Colliers
Letter to Editor Seeks Zoning to Preserve Quiet Rural Character
Odell M Craver of 108 Windsor Drive urges Guilford and Davidson County officials to enact durable legal rules controlling industrial encroachment. He warns factories and rail traffic threaten open spaces, dust and noise, calling for measures to preserve health, safety, and residential quality.
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Guilford
Davidson
High Point
Main
Washington
Odell M
Craver
Windsor Drive
Sweet Princess Watermelon Hopes Take Seed in 1966
Raleigh extension service promotes the new Sweet Princess watermelon variety released in 1966 with strong commercial interest and seed fresh supply. The Garden Manual revised by North Carolina State University offers up to date gardening guidance including a 42 vegetable chart with planting dates and harvests. Also noted is a rare ewe birth case in Watauga County producing a normal lamb and twins two weeks later, with bottle feeding for the third lamb.
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Raleigh
Department of Agricultural Information
North Carolina State University
George Hughes
NCSU
Watauga County
Bynum Anderson
Rt. 1
Vilas
W. C. Richardson
Anderson
Davidson Tax Listings Crackdown Targeted in Davidson County
Davidson County pursues strict tax collection on motor vehicles. Tax supervisor Leon Rickard will push actions against non listing, with potential fines and jail. He will compare state returns with county records in Raleigh and inspect businesses for proper listing. A Travelers warning and zoning tensions in Rich Fork Acres warn of future conflicts over development and planning.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Leon Rickard
Thomasville
Rickard
Raleigh
Rich Fork Acres
Davidson
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Mrs
Ruby Byers
Granville
Shaw University
Ee Carolina College
Duram
Granville County
By Robert Marks
the Highway Commission
Rep
Europe
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Aa Tr Sreben i Abiaren
Magasig G1
Pirate x Genevens
Deat Cave
Chas
Ionesco
the Sons of Spring
By Braxton Younts
By Bob Burchette
Chair City
Guilford County
Better Business Bureau
BBB
South Carolina
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