High Point unveils city entrance markers project
The Beautification and City Improvement Committee of the High Point Chamber of Commerce reports completion of two brick welcome markers at S Main Street and Greensboro Road with two more planned on N Main Street and Westchester Drive. Local firms and individuals donated materials and labor. lighting is supplied by Piedmont Natural Gas Co. and maintained at no charge.
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High Point
City
S. Main Street
Greensboro Road
N. Main Street
Westchester Drive
City of
Blair Park
Main Street
Maryfield
Gibson
Marsh
Chamber
Bennie Harden
Danville
Harden
Greensboro
High Point Chamber of Commerce
J. C. Reynolds
Year of the Lion and the Bosom Scare In High Point
High Point's 1966 council year featured a lion controversy, moves to regulate indecent motion pictures, a $9.8 million bond plan for city improvements, and progress on street widening and a $300 million state road bond. The year also saw ambulance service shifts, population questions, racial tensions, zoning debates for apartments, and a citizens panel proposal for buffer zones.
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Forrest Cates
High Point
N. Main Street
Eensboro
Special Citizens Committee
Ministers Meet With Legislators In Guilford County
The High Point Minister's Alliance will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday inviting Guilford County State Senators and Representatives to discuss key 1967 legislative issues. A question and answer period will follow the talks.
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High Point Minister's Alliance
Guilford County
YWCA
New Architectural Firm Organized In High Point Area
The Organization of Connor Alfred and Mercer Architects announced to succeed Voorhees Everhart and Connor Architects. Members George C. Connor Jr Samuel Aaron Allred and Willard Ray Mercer bring combined experience from Voor Architects and local projects.
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High Point
Connor, Alfred, and Mercer
Voorhees, Everhart and Connor
George C. Connor, Jr
Rockspring Road
Samuel Aaron Allred
E. College Drive
Willard Ray Mercer
Sweetbriar Road
Voorhees
Voorhees, Everhart and Connor, Architects
Connor
High Point College
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
Wilmington
Charlotte
Voorhees, Everhart
Voorhees, Everhart and
First Methodist Church
Stewards
High Point Furnitures and Kiwanis Club
Allred
American Institute of Architects
Mercer
Wilson
Auburn University
Voorhees Everhart and Connor Firm
Florence
S. C
George C. Connor Jr
Aaron Allred
W. Ray Mercer
Post to Direct 1967 March of Dimes Campaign in High Point
Edward N. Post, a local attorney, will direct the January 1967 March of Dimes drive in High Point to fund birth defect research and treatment. The Guilford County chapter and National Foundation will benefit. Mothers March will climax the campaign. Post has led community efforts including the All-American City program and received multiple honors.
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Edward N. Post
High Point
National Foundation
Guilford County
Post
Morgan, Byerly, Post and Keziah
Bryan Haislip
Guilford
Haislip
United States
Guilford College
University of North Carolina Law School
Year 1966 Reflections and Odd Misadventures
A humorous look back at 1966 with asides on New Year’s plans and mishaps. The narrator recalls police chief Laurie Pritchett’s burned pants incident at the Y and jokes about resolutions and party misbehavior.
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Laurie Pritchett
Golden Shows Improvement After Gall Bladder Surgery
Charlotte, AP Harry L. Golden, 64, author editor and lecturer, showed slight signs of improvement Saturday but remains in critical condition. He underwent gall bladder surgery Tuesday night and had respiratory difficulties. Dr. Raymond Wheeler said a mechanical respirator is no longer needed.
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Charlotte
N.C
Harry L. Golden
Golden
Raymond Wheeler
McPherson Heads SNPA Committee Reappointed
McPherson, editor of The Enterprise, will chair the SNPA Schools of Journalism Committee again. Bert Struby announced the reappointment, with George W. Healy Jr. as vice chairman. McPherson has long chaired the Journalism Foundation of North Carolina and led SNPA's committee for 25 years.
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Holt McPherson
The
Enterprise
Schools of Journalism
Southern Newspaper Publishers Assn
Bert Struby
George W. Healy Jr
New Orleans Times-Pivatine
McPherson
Journalism Foundation of North Carolina
SNPA
American Council For Education In Journalism
Christmas gifts reach Vietnam servicemen via Red Cross bag
A High Point NC Red Cross chapter sent 703 gift bags to Vietnam for Christmas. A serviceman identified as Robert Bilodeau of the 35th Air Police Squadron in San Francisco expresses thanks in a Dec 25 letter, noting warmth and appreciation from those serving abroad.
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Vietnam
High Point Chapter
American Red Cross
High Point
Red Cross
High Point Red Cross
Robert Bilodeau
35Th Air Police Sq
Box
San Francisco
Calif
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Sloan D. Gibson
Snow Studio
IN Review
State Supreme Court
Council
Randolph
Davidson
Valor
New Architectural Firm
First Presbyterian Church
American Business Club
High Point Building Code of Appeals
Alfred
Post Will
Phil
Lexington
Westchester
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