Stout Faults City Agencies for Urban Renewal Delays
Carson Stout the High Point Redevelopment Commission chair blamed both the City Council and the Model Cities Commission for delaying urban renewal. He cited court actions Amendment 7 and uncertain funding as reasons East Central and other projects lag behind, while councilmen pressed for tighter controls and faster progress.
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High Point
Henry Price
East Central
Price
Stout
Commission
Southside
Council Monday
Redevelopment Commission
Knox Walker
Furniture Award Winners in Virginia Carolinas Association Dinner
Cecil Morris and four others won Furniture South Awards of Merit for outstanding retailers. Howard Bullard Al Johnson Sidney Lipsey and Jerry Byrd received honors. Byrd won the Ed Vesburg Sr. Award for top salesman in the three-state area. W Robert Branam won the Ab Fanjoy Award for service to VCHFRA.
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Cecil Morris
Sidney Lipsey
Howard Bullard
al Johnson
Jerry Byrd
Virginia Carolinas Home Furniture
Assn. Morris
Richmond
Lipsey
Ashland
Bullard
Fayetteville
Johnson
Greenville
S. C
Furniture South
Byrd
High Point
Ed Vesburg Sr
W. Robert Branam
Hampton
Ab Fanjoy
Vchfra
Branam
Sonny Hedgecock
Teachers Stir Over Phillips NCAE Role In North Carolina
The North Carolina public instruction head Dr Craig Phillips sparked teacher concern by defining the NCAE role as broader than salaries. Local educators defend the group as focused on total education and child welfare, not just pay. AFT organizers loom as a charter winds toward this week.
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Craig Phillips
North Carolina Assn. of Educators
NCAE
Phillips
Raleigh
Associated Press
Dean Dull
Parkview Village
Dull
American Federation of Teachers
AFT
Piedmont
WCAE
Jackie Garner
Kirkman Park School
Hilda Neill
Jim Holshouser
North Carolina
Bennett Law Office Opens in Greensboro
Hugh C. Bennett Jr announces the opening of Bennett Law Office for general practice. A former associate at Hunt Rhodes Mills he has degrees from N C State UNC and a J D from UNC School of Law. He resides at 1302 B Eaton Place with Harriet Smithdeal and their child. Bennett’s office is in the North Carolina National Bank Building.
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Hugh C. Bennett Jr
Hunt, Rhodes & Mills
Greensboro
Bennett
High Point
Raleigh
N. C. State University
School of Law
University of North Carolina
Curtis Smithdeal
Burlington Industries
Blue Bell, Inc
Harriet Smithdeal
B. Eaton Place
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Conservationist Of Year Named In North Carolina
Edgecombe County farmer Thigpen named NC Conservation Farmer of the Year for reducing erosion and water pollution on his 400 acre pasture and tobacco farm. State officials Jim Graham and Victor Barfield will address the Association during its Charlotte convention today.
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Charlotte
Edgecombe County
Hassell Thigpen
North Carolina
Thigpen
State Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Jim Graham
Victor Barfield
Department of Natural and Economic Resources
Association
Shepherd Named City Finance Chief in High Point
Ralph L. Shepherd, 45, named finance director of High Point, starting Feb 21 to replace Lake Crowe who retired after 35 years. Shepherd comes from Winston-Salem as assistant controller at Bowan Gray School of Medicine and has 10 years in municipal finance. He holds a BCS degree from Strayer and studied municipal administration in North Carolina.
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High Point
Ralph L. Shepherd
Lake Crowe
Harold Cheek
Shepherd
Crowe
Winston - Salem
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
City of
Winston-Salem
Cheek
Municipal Electrical Dis
Lansing High School
Lansing
Strayer College of Finance
Washington, D. C
N. C. Institute of Government
Miss High Point Contestants Named
Peggy Moorer an 18 year old freshman at High Point College. Jackie Meyers a 17 year old senior at Central High School. Debbie Landrum a 20 year old junior at High Point College.
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Peggy Moorer
High Point College
Jackie Meyers
Central High School
Debbie Landrum
Zoning Hearing Tonight On Beauty Shop Permit
Guilford County Board of Adjustment will hear a request by Charles Atkins at 8:00 p.m. in Greensboro for a special exception to allow a beauty shop in an agriculture zone along State Road 2127. The hearing is in the Guilford County Administration Building.
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Greensboro
Bruce Township
Guilford County Board of Adjustment
Charles Atkins
Guilford
Winter Market Looking Solid at High Point Exposition
The winter furniture market in High Point opened with buyers from North and South Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, New Hampshire and other southeast states placing steady orders. The week featured awards for notable retailers and salesmen including Howard Bullard, Al Johnson, Sidney Lipsey, Cecil Morris, Jerry Byrd, and W Robert Branam, with Royall recognized for 51 years of market attendance.
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High Point
Ohio
New Hampshire
Southeast
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Shaw and Maxwell Seek 2nd Term on Guilford County Board
Guilford County Commissioners Robert G. Shaw and Richard Maxwell filed for re election to four year terms beginning 1973. They face the May 6 primary and Nov 7 general election. Both cited experience and a shared interest in environmental policy and county growth.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Robert G. Shaw
Richard Maxwell
Guilford County Board of Elections
Shaw
Maxwell
Dale C. Montgomery
Percy Sears
F. P. Bodenheimer Jr
Commission
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Graeme Keith
North Carolina Presbyterian Synod
Davidson
Queens Colleges
Model Cities
Council
U. S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Harrison Center
Furniture Award
High Point Enterprise
General Assembly
State Board
Ruth Jones
Rocky Mount
H. L. Thompson
Lakecrest Avenue
Fremen
Hobson Street
Johnson St
Bennett's
North Carolina National Bank Building
Strayer
The
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Carolinas
Virginia Carolinas
Assa
Morris
Ed Vosburgh Sr
Wimbledon Pl
W. A
Bill) Royall
Goldsboro
N. C
Royall
Robert Shaw
Shaw. Maxwell
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