Planners Deny Zoning Change for Church Housing Project
City planners refused to rezone the Cedron Drive site to Residential A-2 for a 120 unit low to moderate income housing project sponsored by High Point Church Housing Associates. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended keeping A-1 zoning and the adjacent tract, which would cut about 30 homes, prompting the sponsors to consider abandoning or downsizing the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Planning and Zoning Commission
George Freeman
High Point Church Housing Associates
Cedron Drive
Planning Commission
Freeman
St. Mary’s Episcopal
First Baptist
E. Washington Street
Otis Tillman
Cedron
Church
Designer Showroom Emphasis Shapes Overman Display
Rich Thompson, showroom designer for Overman U S A, travels from Knoxville to High Point and abroad to showcase furniture focused on the product itself. He directs lighting to highlight lines and color, rejects homey dealer settings, and has redesigned the South Furniture Exposition Building showroom to emphasize modern pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Marks
Enterprise
Rich Thompson
High Pointer
Knoxville
Tenn
High Point
New York City
Europe
Scandinavia
Overman
U.S.A
Bonnier Group
Sweden
West Germany
Southern Furniture Exposition
Thompson
New York
Macy's
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Cologne
United States
Retailers Told Control Expenses at Winter Furniture Market
George Tate of the Southern Retail Furniture Assn urges higher profit through cost control during the 25 Ways to Make More Profit session. William M. Gips outlines cost saving methods including detailed cost records, markup tweaks, and credit improvements. SRFA and related groups highlight PR efforts and awards mark a busy second day in High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
George Tate
Southern Retail Furniture Assn
William M. Gips
New York City
Tate
Mart
Southern Furniture Exposition
SRFA
Douglas Kerr
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
High Point
Virginia- Carolinas Home Furnishings Representatives Assn
Exposition Building
Ab Fanjoy
H. Ross Armsworthy
Ed Vosberg
Virginia
T. W. Moore
Richmond
Contempt Bid in Carport Dispute Between Neighbors
In a Wynnewood Avenue case, N Calhoun Anderson seeks contempt against neighbor Williard over a belated New Year postcard and alleged deed Covenant violations. A contempt hearing is set for February 16 as the civil suit over the carport continues, with trial dates pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wynnewood Avenue
N. Calhoun Anderson
Vay Williard
Anderson
Williard
City Board of Adjustments
HEW Expected To Review Guilford County Integration Plan
HEW will review charges of racial discrimination against Guilford County Schools before potential suspension of federal funds. Superintendent E P Pearce reports the plan submitted last July aimed at unifying the system but HEW notes five formerly all Negro schools still operate within a dual structure. If desegregation deadlines are not met elimination of about $1 million in rural grants could occur. the agency has not clarified its objectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Guilford County
E. P. Pearce
HEW
Pearce
Guilford Rural Schools
John Hardy
Guilford School System
Washington
Walter Heser retires after forty three years at The High Point Enterprise
Walters Heser marks forty three years of service with The High Point Enterprise ending this month at a luncheon. He came from Hendersonville and worked in the advertising department, helped organize and later ran Radio Station WHPE before its sale in the early 1950s. C W Patterson Jr. presents his retirement gift, a portable color TV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Enterprise
Walter Heser
Murday
Enterprise
Hendersonville
Tenaner
WHPE
C. W. Patterson Jr
Foster
Chair City Seeks County Help for Industrial Development
Thomasville City Council plans to urge Davidson County Commissioners in Lexington on February 2 to aid industrial growth in the Thomasville area. They seek water and sewer lines for a 115 acre tract on Randolph Street Ext. Commissioners denied financial assistance citing exhausted development funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Davidson County
Lexington
Dewey Crouse
Harold
Snow to End and Colder Weather Forecast
The weatherman at Friendship predicted about one inch of snow from a snow and rain mix that began today. Tonight and Wednesday will stay cold with little precipitation. highs near 30 today and about 40 on Wednesday. Last night’s low was 28, falling to 27 after 7 am today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship
Queens College Freshman Named to Dean's List
Miss Brenda Gail Weant of Rockford Road and daughter of Mr and Mrs Gilbert H Weant is a freshman at Queens College in Charlotte and has been named to the dean's list for the fall semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Gail Weant
Gilbert H. Weant
Rockford Road
Queens College
Charlotte
Well Water Tests Offered in Thomasville Hepatitis Outbreak
Dr. Dermont Lohr notes an outbreak in Thomasville with five new cases in two weeks and over 60 since fall. Davidson County Health Dept will test area wells for residents who suspect contamination and aid with findings.
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Thomasville
Dermont Lohr
Lohr
Davidson County
County official warns on wells and hepatitis exposure
Lohr cautions about building wells with three foot cement slabs and not capping underground. He cites no county survey planned, notes potential growth in subdivisions, and endorses rural water systems. Hepatitis exposure linked to a school prompted vaccinations for several hundred by health workers and doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lohr
Archdale-Trinity
Randolph County
Davidson County
Thomasville
Health Department
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L R
Ross Armsworthy
T. W. Moore Jr
N. C. Jones
W. B. Childress
Wm. Timmons
Jim Stratford
C. B. Atkins Company
F. L. Hodgin
Cooke St
Pan American Airways
Alderman’s
BBS Studios
New York School of Design
Williard House
Washington, D.C
Sonny Hedgecock
Chair City
Bob Burchette
Queens
Health Dept
Lohn
Davidson Citizens
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