Plans To Create Satellite Communities In Guilford County
Guilford County plans a new satellite community concept with areas near Pleasant Garden near US 421 and NC 22, plus sites near Northeast Guilford High School and Oak Ridge. If approved, each 15,000 population district would have its own sewer and water, shopping centers, parks, schools, libraries and community centers, with industry and mixed housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Pleasant Garden
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Guilford County
Lindsay Cox
Guilford High School
Oak Ridge
Cox
Pleasant Gardens
N.C. 22
U.S. 421
Hagan Stone Park
Planning Department
Skeen's Mill Covered Bridge Faces Vandals Threat
Randolph County Sheriff reports vandals tearing planks from the Skeen's Mill covered bridge off Hoover Hill Road. Signs posted as trespassing concerns rise. Property owners favor removal if restoration does not occur despite historical groups’ pledges to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsville
Randolph County
Skeen’s Mill
Hoover Hill Road
Lloyd Brown
Brown
Man Charged 900 For Burning Clothing In Thomasville
In Recorder's Court Friday William Byerly 26 of Thomasville was found guilty of malicious damage to personal property for burning his wife's clothing and other items valued at 1200. He was fined 25 and court costs and appealed to Davidson County Superior Court. Other defendants faced charges including breaking and entering larceny and receiving, auto larceny, and drunken driving with fines and bond set as listed.
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Thomasville
Recorder's Court
Davidson County Superior Court
William Byerly
Byerly
Jeanette Byerly
Clifford
Baby Boy) Johnson
High Point
Chapman
National Highway
Johnson
Tex Junior Ashley
Winston Street
Virginia H. Owens
Iaac N
Laymen Leave To Build Church In Puerto Rico
Twenty one laymen from the Western North Carolina United Methodist Conference depart Charlotte for Bayamon Gardens Puerto Rico to build a church for a 125 member congregation. The project includes a fellowship hall and six classrooms and runs until Feb 8 when a second team will take over to complete the work.
Man Held For Trial In Forgery
William Kelly King was bound over for trial under a $300 bond on a forgery count at the district court after a hearing Friday. John Batten of Jamestown received 30 days active for violating the employment security law. Hobart Pennington of Long Street was convicted of public drunkenness and sentenced to 20 days in county jail. Thurley Smith of Fairview Street drew eight months on the roads for assault on a female and forcible trespass. Jerry Dean Fickey was fined 100 dollars and costs for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Judge Ed Washington acquitted Tommie Graham Jr. of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kelly King
John Batten
Jamestown
Hobart Pennington
Long Street
Thurley Smith
Fairview Street
Jerry Dean Fickey
Ed Washington
Tommie Graham Jr
Weekend Sky Outlook From Friendship Weatherman
Cloudy weather will continue with gusty winds and cold temperatures over the weekend. Temperatures today will reach the upper 30s, dropping to the lower 20s tonight. Skies clear tonight and through Sunday, with Monday turning fair to partly cloudy and slightly warmer. Chance of precipitation near zero.
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Friendship Weatherman
Piedmont Natural Gas Posts Higher 1968 Earnings
Piedmont Natural Gas Co reports 1968 net income of 3,293,371 dollars, up 9 percent from 1967. Operating revenues total 41,650,763 dollars, up 15 percent, with gas sales of 54.8 billion cubic feet, a 17 percent rise.
Byrd Receives 25 Year Sentence for Break-ins and Larceny
James Ronald Byrd of True Lane was found guilty of three counts of breaking and entering and two counts of larceny and sentenced by Judge Fate J. Beal to 25 years in prison to run consecutively. He also received a 10 year term for conspiracy to commit armed robbery and faces upcoming trials on armed robbery and other felonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ronald Byrd
True Lane
Fate J. Beal
Lenoir
Byrd
Jude
Alamance County
Beal
High Point Police
Asheboro
Hades Etheridge
Roy Chester Little
Aaron Taylor
John Hamilton Spencer
Shirley Frye
Larlie Small
Charles Small
Truck Damaged In Gas Fire in Thomasville
Fire crews fought a gas fueled blaze late at night at 505 Willow Dr causing extensive damage to a 1969 pickup and camper body with a possible leak from the camper gas system. Earlier, at 705 Trotter St, a short circuit in wiring near an electric stove caused wiring damage only.
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Thomasville
Willow Dr
Denton Force Is Updated By Police Chief Burchette
In Denton the police department remains a major concern for Mayor Jerry Calton after a briefing from Police Chief Burchette. The update outlines steps to address crime, staffing, and community safety measures in the city.
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Jerry Calton
North Carolina PTA leaders to gather for education conference
Three state educators will speak at a Wednesday conference in Davidson County to lead the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers legislative meeting. The session, part of five statewide forums, aims to explain United Forces for Education to PTA leaders and interested citizens, with discussion open to the floor from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Top of the Mart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Congress of Parents and Teachers
PTA Council
PTA Unit
United Forces For Education
Jeff Dr
A. C. Dawson Jr
The
North Carolina Education Assn
Carlton (. Watkins
N. C. Congress of Parents and Teachers
Claude H. Farrell
NCEA
Sidewalk Plans Appear Doomed in High Point
High Point PTA seeks sidewalks near 18 city schools but City Attorney Knox Walker says council power is limited. The charter allows sidewalks in blocks with 30 percent frontage or via property owner petitions, with costs tied to liens on parcels. PTA's five block plan faces likely obstacles. gravel paths laid by the city may continue in some areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
High Point Pta
Knox Walker
PTA
Venders Hit Theft Of $2000 In Thomasville Charged
Lexington man taken into custody by Thomasville police on larceny and receiving charges linked to vending machine thefts. Charles Rayvon Leonard, 32, of Hames Street, found with keys to vending machines, believed tied to about $2000 in nickels dimes and quarters stolen over months from Boyles Vending Co. Leonard held for further investigation with possible additional charges. Also yesterday and last night two men arrested for drunken driving and one for liquor transporting. Johnny Marvin Lane charged with 84 pints of tax-paid liquor. bond posted. Recorder's Court Feb 10.
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Braxton Younts
Boyles Vending Co
Leonard
Mack Banes
Clark Street
Winston-Salem
Curby Dean Garner
Unity Street
Banes
Garner
Jordanian Will Speak To Local Church Group
Nico R. Qubein, former Jordanian television and radio star, will speak at St. Mary's Episcopal Church during the monthly supper on Monday at 8:30 p.m. The visitor has held roles as youth director in Jerusalem and as a drama actor and producer. He came to the United States in 1966 seeking education and has since written for newspapers and spoken to many groups in North Carolina. He now studies at High Point College and serves as youth director at Emmanuel Lutheran Church and assistant program director at Camp Cheerio.
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St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Nico R. Qubein
Jordan
Qubein
Episcopal Church of
University of London
United States
North Carolina
High Point College
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Camp Cheerio
Welfare Schedule Announced Archdale Office Opens
ARCHDALE Marion Smith director of Randolph County Welfare Dept released the operations schedule for the new Archdale Welfare office. Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8:30 to noon applications will be taken for public assistance and service programs. Wednesday mornings from 8:30 to noon the blind case worker will interview applicants for blind and eye care services. Adoptions and foster home openings by appointment with Asheboro office contact.
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Archdale
Marion Smith
Randolph County Welfare Dept
Archdale Welfare Office
Case Worker
Smith
Crippled Children
Asheboro
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Skeen’s Mill Bridge
Denton
Bob Burchette
Enterprise
Carlton
Davidson
Sea Force
High Point Enterprise
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