Bone-Chilling Cold Eases With Warmer Forecast
The gripping cold in High Point should ease as forecasts call for warmer temperatures after several days of discomfort. Officials urge residents to take precautions while temperatures rise.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1970
Page
2
Ridgecrest Annexation Stirs City Officials and Tax Office
Greensboro report explains Guilford County Tax Department actions tied to High Point annexation plans for Ridgecrest area. Officials say listing forms reflect city action, not legal status, and court rulings will decide 1970 tax boundaries. Also details cold weather response and several fire incidents as temperatures drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford County
High Point
Ridgecrest
C. R. Brooks
Brooks
Tax Department
City records over 28 million in 1969 construction boom
Enterprise staff writer Jim Hawkins reports that the city saw a record year in 1969 with more than 28 million dollars in construction activity. The surge reflects widespread development across multiple sectors and signals a strong economic upturn for the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Enterprise
Three Davidson County officials resign from sheriff’s office
Sheriff Joe H Hege Jr confirms that detectives Bobby Beck and Mark Stabler and Lexington chief deputy Ross Michael have submitted resignations and today is their final day. Hege delayed stating the news hoping they reconsider while praising their service. No reasons given for leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Joe H. Hege Jr
Davidson County
Sheriff's Dept
Hege
Bobby Beck
Mark Stabler
Ross Michael
Sheriff's Department
Beck
Stabler
Michael
Fred C. Sink
Fireman Saves Woman and Baby in Town House Blaze
Thomasville firefighters respond to a 12 19 p m alarm at 702 702 1 Fisher Ferry Street locating heavy smoke. Fireman Robert Moser ignores gear to rescue a woman and infant, both safe as they exit with others. cause linked to thawing pipes. Damages force two families to relocate. Raines Barber Shop on Guilford Street damaged by an earlier heat lamp fire. minor blaze at Lloyd Hardee home due to chimney failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise Avenue
Grant Street
Bob Burchette
Enterprise
Thomasville
Fisher Ferry Street
Robert Moser
Lloyd Hardee
Walker Street
Drug Alert talk urges action to fight illegal drugs
Dunn told Kiwanis Club that no child can avoid deciding to use drugs and that success requires action at home church school and community. He warned money drives drug abuse and cited profits from pills sold locally and the growing role of the SBI in marijuana heroin and hallucinogenics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bureau of Investigation
Charles Dunn
Med Point Kiwanis Club
Funay
Dunn
SBI
Driver Charged After City Crash Injures Two
A nine ten p m Friday crash at Chestnut Drive and Florham Avenue injured two passengers in a car driven by 16 year old Michael Dean Godwin of Pine Ridge Drive. John David Brewer and James Michael Windham were treated and released at High Point Memorial Hospital. Godwin faced a charge for failing to reduce speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut Drive
Florham Avenue
High Point Memorial Hospital
John David Brewer
W. Fairfield Road
James Michael Windham
Pickett Street
Michael Dean Godwin
Pine Ridge Drive
Godwin
J. Maynard Kennedy Jr
English Road
Charles Dewey Trollinger
Greensboro
Oakwood Street
Rt. 3
High Point
Hamilton Street
Montlieu Avenue
Sandra Bisher York
S. Elm Street
Lexington Avenue-Westchester Drive
Roger Steven Delappe
Circle Drive
Thomasville
Adele Barber Thomas
Windsor Road
Delappe
Ward Avenue
Ridgeway
Larry Anderson Massey
Statesville
Kay Franklin Green
Rt. 2
Massey
Washington Drive-Hobson Street
Howard C. Wallace
Elwood Street
Marvin E. Lockhart
Friendly Avenue
Wallace
High Point to name new fire chief as Ellington stands in
City Manager Harold Cheek said he will move to appoint a new fire chief from Civil Service Commission lists. Chief Talmadge Ellington is named as the candidate, replacing retired Claude Canady who left January 1. The Civil Service Commission handles eligibility lists while the city manager makes the final choice. The board is screening about six applicants, with one outside applicant on record. Joe Snider retires January 1 but stays on until a replacement is hired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Cheek
High Point
Talmadge Ellington
Cheek
Claude Canady
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Civil Service Board
Joe Snider
Bicycle Theft Baffles Police
Thomasville police are investigating a theft of a $200 bicycle from Crawford's Firestone Store on Salem Street during business hours. A coat was also reported stolen from Larry Wayne Pullin on Brown Street while he attended a dance at the armory. The department is being headed by Deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Crawford
Firestone
Salem Street
Larry Wayne Pullin
Brown Street
Pullin
Youth Guilty Of Trespassing In Davidson County Case
In Thomasville a Davidson County youth James C. Holbrook 17 of Rt 3 Thomasville pleaded guilty to trespassing after a charge of breaking and entering was amended in Recorder's court Friday He remains on probation from another case and had been charged by city police with entering the home of J L Jarrett Jr on Overbrook Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Davidson County
Recorder’s Court
James C. Holbrook
Rt. 3
J. L. Jarrett Jr
Overbrook Drive
Meeting Slated On Handicapped Employment Panel
The High Point Mayor's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped will meet next week as announced by president Robert I. Smith. The program includes a film shown by Rev. Delbert Byrum of Wesle Memorial United Methodist Church. The meeting starts at noon January 14 at the YWCA on Gatewood Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Robert I. Smith
Smith
Delbert Byrum
Wesle Memorial United Methodist Church
YWCA
Gatewood Avenue
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High Point City Lake
Sonny Hedgecock
Braxton Younts Enterprise
Myrtle Desk Co
Taylor and
Millis Streets
Phillips St
Pinecroft-Sedgefield
Junior and
Bowers Street
Freeman Hill
Hill
High Point National Furniture Mart
Northgate
Westchester Mall
Employment Security Commission
Chair City Fire
Fireman
Woman
Moser
Baby
Williams
Dan Williams
George Williams
New York
Kenneth Eugene Fields
Apex Street
Trollinger
Louise Peel Proctor
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