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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1972
Page
10
The retailer has attended every summer and winter market at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building in Norfolk since its 1921 opening, earning a lifetime pass for continued participation.
Guilford County advances a solid waste disposal plan with final draft agreements for three grinding and landfill units to be built in High Point rural western Guilford and eastern Greensboro. Bids for grinding units are expected in about 45 days with a $2 to $2.25 per ton fee and county bonds of 1.2 million backing the project.
City officials considered a daylight hours closure for the municipal cemetery while approving a planning board recommendation to rezone 11 acres on Turner Street Ext near National Highway from Residential 3 to Commercial 4 for a Lowe’s Food Stores shopping center. Lowe’s plans a 24,000 square foot grocery with about 500 parking spaces. The council also approved two other rezoning actions, denied one, and deferred another in line with planning board guidance.
Pfeiffer College announces fall semester Academic Dean's Honor List recipients from High Point including Cheryl Collins a senior elementary education major, Robbie Moore Jr a December religion major, Debbie McSwain a religion freshman, and also Diane Batten of Thomasville and Brenda Davis of Sophia among listed students.
Guilford County commissioners authorize about 303000 for the Henry Wiseman Kendall Center as deficit looms for its first year. Dayton Greene reports a 180000 shortfall despite state funding expected to cover operation costs. grants may bridge the gap and other sources are explored.
Andy answers two questions from young readers. First a Michigan girl asks why a green tomato reddens and how chlorophyll fades as pigments reveal red. A Montreal teen seeks Stonehenge meaning as a prehistoric astronomical computer in England’s sacred stone circle.
A late night argument over cleaning duties at Kmart on N Main Street left James L. Bitting wounded by a .22 pistol fired by George Patrick Dobbins. Dobbins posted $1,000 bond. trial set February 18. A separate incident at 802 B Cliffside Ave left Harold Wesley Caldwell with a self-inflicted stab wound after a knife confrontation with his mother. Caldwell admitted the self-harm and was treated. both victims were listed in satisfactory condition. Additionally Howard Little, 18, of White Oak Street, was charged with breaking and entering, larceny, and receiving for taking office equipment valued at $549 from a school office. held on $2,000 bond with trial January 28.
Joe R. Brown of Greensboro a former firefighter and Southern Mechanical Products manager declares as a Wallace Democrat seeking the U S Senate seat held by B Everett Jordan. He denounces federal busing policy and criticizes communist ties and economic controls while stressing neighborhood schools freedom of choice and opposition to aid and trade. He grew up in Union Grove and studied at Guilford College and attends Calvary Baptist Church.
Jamestown Town Council will study election procedures under a 1971 state law and decide by Jan. 31 whether to keep town elections or shift to county administration. They will also review extra territorial zoning control, a county planning department role, and whether Piedmont Triad Council of Governments should be the regional lead. Other items include sewer service for Camelot Acres and progress on a new Jamestown Park.
Five High Point students at Furman University were named to the full term Dean's List for earning a 3.2 or better GPA on Furman's four point scale. Named are Thomas Ray Fowler David Lee Hauser Frances Ann Lamar Susan S. Price and Janice E. Thompson.
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