High Point gets new post office in spring 1975
King Hunter Inc of Greensboro won the bid to build a 50 800 square foot High Point post office north of East Green Drive and west of Mangum Street with 365 days to complete after notice to proceed. The bid was 1.95 million dollars, the low bid, and construction should begin within about 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hubbard
High Point
U. S. Postal Service
Carl C. Ulsaker
Memphis, Tenn
King-Hunter, Inc
Greensboro
E. Green Drive
Mangum Street
Ulsaker
King- Hunter
Memphis
Washington, D. C
Washington
King Hunter
Knife Wielding Thieves Rob Taxi In High Point Area
High Point police report two taxi robberies and a spate of home burglaries across Thomasville and Guilford County. Victims include taxi driver Patrick Wayne O Neil with $52 in loot and two arrested or missing suspects. multiple residents report cash, weapons, and valuables stolen from homes and a substation building.
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Thomasville
High Point
Patrick Wayne O'Neil
Paradise Motel
Hegler Taxi Co
Loflin Street
O'Neil
Danny Charles Bundy
Walnut Street
Community meetings and courses near High Point area
The High Point PTA Council meets Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. at the School Administration Building on English Road with speakers Cornelia Tongue and Wayne Dillon of the State Dept of Public Instruction. Guilford Technical Institute offers Civil Service Exam Preparation classes on Tuesday evenings at Jamestown campus. A National Geographic film at High Point Public Library screens The Brigantine Yankee at 12 15 p.m. and 5 15 p.m. Also in Jamestown a Furniture Cost Analysis course at Davidson County Community College begins Wednesday evening for 10 sessions. An evening course on national electrical codes is offered by GTI in Jamestown, meeting Tuesday evenings.
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High Point Pta
English Road
Cornelia Tongue
Wayne Dillon
State Dept. of Public Instruction
Raleigh
PTA
Jamestown
Guilford County
Guilford Technical Institute
GTI
National Geographic Society
Cinema Cafe
High Point Public Library
Irving ‘Johnson
Davidson Chief Lands Council Vote on Sewer Planning
High Point City Council tentatively divides sewerage planning into two regions with Davidson County and the cities of Thomasville and Lexington in one Facilities Planning Area. Commissioner Joe Berrier says the split should aid access to federal financing and benefit the broader regional plan. Lead agency selection will follow at the next regular council session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Davidson Commission
Joe Berrier
High Point
Davidson County
Lexington
Berrier
Williams
Councilmen Take Regional Route for Sewage Plans
High Point councilmen propose two regional facilities planning areas to upgrade east and west side sewage plants with Jamestown Archdale Davidson County Randolph Forsyth Lexington and Thomasville. The move aims to qualify for 201 grants and speed renovations while seeking broad government cooperation.
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Forrest Cates
High Point
Jamestown
Archdale
Guilford County
Davidson County
Randolph
Forsyth
Thomasville
Lexington
Eastside
Westside
L. C. Williams
Williams
Sedgefield
Senate Hopeful To Walk State
Bill Hare of High Point, a pet shop owner and Christian Church minister, announced he will walk across North Carolina to Raleigh to seek the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate seat held by Sam Ervin. He plans stops in Wilmington, Asheville, Lexington and other cities, aiming to tell workers he has a candidate they can vote for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Bill Hare
Raleigh
Mark Austin
Vencarver Enterprise
High Point
U.S
Sam Ervin
Hare
Christian Church
Lincolnton
Wilmington
Asheville
Lexington
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P.O
High Point Redevelopment Commission
Postal Service
High Point Enterprise
Amstrong Park
Kirkman Park School
Kenneth M
Furr
State House of Representatives
Farr
IBM Corp
E. Green
Bundy
Tessie Archie
O'Neil Street
Howard Herman Miller
Blain Street
Miller
Millers
Vivian Harris Goins
Gordon Road
Charlie Williams
Vall Street
Larry Wayne Craven
Louise Avenue
Deep River Road
Gordon’ Road
PTA Council
Davidson Chief Lands Council
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