Competition Heats Up For High Point Mayor Seat
The High Point mayor’s job opens in four months with no declared candidates. Council members Harold Craven and Frank Smith weigh runs, while Roy Culler hints at a possible bid. GOP names Arnold Koonce Jr and John Hutchens show interest, James Shelton seeks council term, and business concerns loom. The eight council seats and mayoral post face April primaries and a May 6 election.
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Robert Davis
Harold Craven
Frank Smith
Roy Culler
Davis
GOP
Arnold Koonce Jr
Tise
Koonce
John Hutchens
James Gardner
James Shelton
Council
Break-In Wave Probed Across City Facilities
City police investigate multiple break-ins with minor losses and damages. Thieves targeted Farmers Dairy offices but failed to enter safes, pennies vanished at Westchester Mobile Service Station, and Thaden Molding Corp suffered a damaged coin machine. Other reports include clothing missing from a Villa Motel car and meat and cheese recovered at Austin's Food Store after an attempted entry. One arrest concerns Charles Arrowood of Greensboro charged with DUI and leaving the scene.
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Farmers Dairy
Westchester
Thaden Molding Corp
Ward Street
McMillan B. Caldwell
Atlanta
Villa Motel
I-85
English Street
Gulf Service Station
Austin
Mangum Avenue
Crown
Kraft Converters
Charles €. Arrowood
Greensboro
High Point Enterprise Section B headline brief
January 7 1969 edition of High Point Enterprise Section B presents local brief items and notices. The readable text lists community updates and short notices from High Point area.
Sites For 200 Housing Units In Thomasville Studied
Thomasville Housing Authority chair Thomas Jennings says location and type of 200 low rent units not set until after February meeting. Study includes job training plans using unskilled labor, with multiple contractors possible. At least 60 units reserved for elderly occupants. project operated by private enterprise with federally financed support.
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Thomasville
Thomas Jennings
City Housing Authority
Jennings
Housing Authority
Housing Group
Accidents Dotted High Point After Snowstorm
A brief snowstorm left ice on city streets causing many minor accidents yesterday evening as drivers rushed home. Police reported open streets this morning with traffic moving. One crash near Southern Railway and Hoskins Street involved Joseph Craycraft and engineer C G Plant, totaling about 1000 dollars in damage. One person, W L Rogers, sustained only a light shake after a Hollingsworth vehicle skidded on ice.
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High Point
Southern Railway
Hoskins Street
Joseph L. Craycraft
Valley Drive
Hoskins
C. G. Plant
Salisbury
W. L. Rogers
Pickett Street
Jeannette Hollingsworth
Rogers
Hollingsworth
Chestnut
Brief Snowfall Disrupts High Point Traffic and Schools
A light storm swept through High Point, delivering about three tenths of an inch of snow that snarled traffic and caused minor accidents. Many schools closed or delayed though officials expect only modest absenteeism from flu and respiratory illnesses. Temperatures top in the low 40s with improving conditions into midweek.
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Friendship
Randolph weather slows county activities and records fatal fire
Ice and freezing temperatures disrupted Randolph County operations. Two nighttime traffic accidents yielded only minor property damage while most highways remained passable with icy patches. A trailer fire in Cli max killed 84 year old Mrs Jennie Buckner Shaw. A Johnston County infant died in a separate highway crash not tied to weather.
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Jennie Buckner Shaw
Rt. 1
Climax
James
Dwight Carter
James Edward Carter
RL 1
Trinceton
Johnston County
County Moves Ambulance Service to County Operation
Guilford County will take over ambulance service by Sept 1 after a 5-0 vote. County manager Witherspoon outlined a plan to hire a manager and clerk, form an advisory board, and transition from private to public operation with an annual subsidy under one cent of tax rate and about 200000 in annual budget. A short term subsidy increase to 4 1 percent of unpaid calls to 4000 monthly was approved, with other budget and overtime requests to be considered at a future meeting.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
John Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Roddy
Guilford
Robert Shaw
Ambulance Service
Saie
Superior County
Joseph Shore
Dale Montgomery
Shore
Board of Commissioners
High Point Council
Greensboro Council
Itis
Man Given Prison Term For Assault
A District Court docket on Monday issued several sentences and dispositions. Robert Blake received six months active time for assault. Jasper Allison drew six months for a shoplifting with a deadly weapon. Floyd Barbee got four months for six counts of public drunkenness. William Henry Redfearn was convicted of one public drunkenness count and jailed 20 days. Herbert Jones bound over for Superior Court on larceny by breaking and entering with $750 bond. William Bruce Deal, arraigned on five traffic offenses, convicted on two for reckless driving and ignoring a blue light. Stop sign violations dismissed. Prayer for judgment continued on speeding and siren offenses. Deal received a suspended sentence in reckless driving, license revoked a year, and $100 fine plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Blake Drew
Jasper Allison Drew
Floyd Barbee
William Henry Redfearn
Herbert Jones
Superior Court
William Bruce Deal
Centennial Street
Deal
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Gail Cadick
High Point Central
D. E. Cadlick
Westwood
Stalf
High Point Enterprise
Enterprise
Dean B. Pruette
High Point Schools
Pruette
Randolph
Asheboro
Randolph County
Randleman Board of Alderman
Hazel Lee
John McGlohen
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