Clapp Skeptical Of Indoor Pool Plan Before City Council
Mayor Paul Clapp questions the proposed 2 million indoor pool as part of a broader recreation bond project. He will not include the pool in his bond recommendations and calls for a survey on per capita recreation spending while noting upcoming council input and a vote on spring bonds for buses water sewer and streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
Paul Clapp
Clapp
Parks and Recreation Commission
Marvin Keith
High Point
Parks Commission
High Point Swim Assn
Keith
Raleigh
Jim Johnson
Thomasville
Johnson
Public Works
Social Services Dept
Lawrence Cogdill
Social Services Unit
Social Security Administration
Cogdill
James Rickards
Horsepen Creek
Night School Program to Aid Dropouts in High Point
An optional state program starts February 11 at Central High School in High Point for 16 to 21 year olds. It offers flexible after school centers in math, home economics, and English with on the job supervised study aimed at helping dropouts balance work and education and gain job skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy Packer
High Point
Lloyd Thayer
Thayer
High Point Board of Education
Central High School
Central
Jerry Shaver
Shaver
Dean B. Pruette
Greensboro
Thomasville
Winston- Salem
Mary Dillard
Washington
Dillard
New Toastmasters Installed in High Point Club
New officers were installed at the High Point Toastmasters meeting led by outgoing president Al Hayes. The slate includes Duncan McClean as president and W T Amaker educational vice president among others as the club nears double membership through speechcraft sessions.
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High Point
al Hayes
Duncan McClean
W.T. Amaker
Paul Hinkle
Virgil Allen
Melvin Garner
Steve McNair
Hayes
Brown Named New President of AP Club
CHAPEL HILL AP Joe Brown editor of the High Point Enterprise is the new president of the North Carolina AP club elected at the 41st annual luncheon to succeed Eugene Price editor of the Goldsboro News Argus. J D Fritz publisher Morganton News Herald was elected vice president with directors Carl Worsley Rocky Mount Telegram and Ramon Yarborough Fayetteville Observer and Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Joe Brown
High Point Enterprise
North Carolina
AP Club
Eugene Price
Goldsboro News-Argus
Associated Press Cooperative News Service
J. D. Fritz
Morganton News-Herald
Carl Worsley
General Manger
Rocky Mount Telegram
Ramon Yarborough
Fayetteville Observer and Times
Reroute Plan For Highway 109 Top-Rated In Thomasville
A state report rates the Highway 109 relocation via the George Handley Underpass highly. Thomasville officials plan to seek funding through staged construction totaling 2.7 million dollars, with council action upcoming and future state priority considerations.
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VEN Carver Enterprise
Thomasville
George Handley
State Dept. of Transportation
Julian Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
Hal Mobley
Guilford Street
Trinity Street
Colonial Drive
Salem
Randolph Streets
Revival Hinted for Guilford County Ghost Town Project
Guilford County commissioners expect revival of the Trails apartment project off Jamestown Guilford College Road near I 40 after a Virginia firm proposed spending 2.1 million to finish 200 units on 17 acres and later sell them as condominiums. Builders must meet current standards as work resumes after a lengthy halt since March 1973.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County
Dale Montgomery
Trails
Jamestown
Guilford College Road
I-40
Virginia
Montgomery
Charles Melvin
Brogan Corp
Richmond
Phillips Wins Writing Honors
Benny Phillips associate sports editor of The Enterprise won first in feature writing from the National Motorsports Press Assn and second in the NC Press Assn sportswriting contest. He also marks his fifth national auto racing honor and sixth state award, with the top national feature titled Stock Car Racing Now Is The Time For A Portrait. Awards were given at the NC Press Institute banquet in Chapel Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Phillips
The
Enterprise
Phillips
National Motorsports Press Assn
North Carolina Press Assn
State Press Association
Motor Trend Magazine
Southern Motorsports Journal
Association
Sea Island
N.C. Press Assn
Talladega
Ala
Bruce Phillips
Raleigh Times
Ed Dupree
Salisbury Post
N.C. Press Institute
Chapel Hill
High Point College
Boonville
Thomasville Times
Farmland Tax Shift Likely Won’t Hurt Guilford County
Guilford County Tax Supervisor C. R. Brooks says taxing farmland by use rather than potential value won’t significantly affect the tax base. He notes revaluation under zoning and an $300 to $500 acre price for farm use, with applications for assessment allowed during annual tax listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County
C. R. Brooks
Brooks
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Kirkman Park
Dark
Austin
Richard D. Meisky
High Point Heart Assn
Amos Kearns Jr
Voluntary Health Group
Heart Association
Meisky
Central Savings Bank
North Carolina Heart Assn
High Point Association
Deaf Lions Club
Davidson
Guilford
Forsyth
Midway Lions
Lions
High Point Public Library
High Point Jaycees
High Point Police
Longhairs
Albion Millis
N.C. Burn Center
Commission
Board of County Commissioners
Commissioners
Howard Lee
St. Steven's A.M.E. Zion Church
Leonard Street
Citizens Involved
High Point Voluntary Action Center
VAC
Gatewood Ave
Brown
N.C
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