Openings For Jobs Take Dip
The High Point ESC reports job openings and applicants show a seasonal dip in January. Miller notes increased services for the disadvantaged and junior registration boosted January figures, with total new applications up 64 percent from January 1966. Active files rose 23 percent, while openings in January totaled 385, down from December and last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Ralph E. Miller
High Point Pee Security Office
Miller
High Point Esc
ESC
Janary
Woman Found Stomped to Death in Davidson County Home
The nude body of 62 year old Lillie Bessie Carlton Wall was found at her Culbreth Avenue home in Thomasville with extensive head and chest injuries and signs she was stomped. A 61 year old man was jailed for investigation but not charged. The coroner said she died about 11 a.m. Saturday. Her son Delbert Carter discovered the body around 6 a.m. Survivors include two daughters and other relatives. The incident follows another murder in the area last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Burchette
Enterprise
Thomasville
Culbreth Avenue
Lillie Bessie Carlton Wall
Joel Leonard
Davidson County
Delbert Carter
H. L
Bertha) Phillips
Rt. 2
Lexington
George
Margaret) Shinn
Salisbury
Johnny Fine
High Point
J. C. Green and Son Funeral Home
William Henry Hogan
King Row
Davidson Street
Hattie Louise Davis
Money Market Easing To Aid Construction
A further easing in the money market may bring good news for home builders and buyers in the coming months. Parker, at Perpetual Savings and Loan Assn. of High Point, predicted a 10 to 20 percent rise in 1967 home loans over last year to support expanded construction. Assets grew to a record 26,269,799 with a net savings gain of 488,286. dividends may top 1,000,000 in 1967. Directors and officers were re-elected or promoted, including R. E. Clement to Vice-President and S. H. George to Branch Manager and Loan Officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Ayene pSer Jr
Perpetual Savings and Loan Assn
Parker
Perpetual
Association
Ed Mendenhall
J. Henry Dowdy
Thomas W. Sprinkle
John W. Clinard Jr
C. C. Edwards Jr
J. Roger Edwards
T. R. English Jr
Fred A. Thomas Jr
Murray M. White
Mendenhall
Clinard
Barbara M. Carroll
R. E. Clement
J. H. Oglesby
S. H. George
City Housing Measure Tightens Rules on Substandard Homes
City Council committee weighs a proposal to empower the building inspector to shut off water to properties failing to meet housing codes. Mayor Stout’s absence after surgery delays action while Democrats fear it could become an election issue with May city elections looming and Republicans eyeing a gain. Councilman Davis warns tenants would suffer as the sole GOP pushback centers on this method. A GOP chairman race in High Point Township also unfolds this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson Stout
Con
Stout
Robert Davis
Davis
GOP
High Point Township
Republican Executive Committee
John Eshelman Jr
Forecast Predicts Warmer Weather With Partly Cloudy Skies
The Friendship area weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies through Tuesday. Tonight will drop to the low to mid 30s, with Tuesday expected near 60 and Wednesday continuing partly cloudy and warmer. Last night's low was 32 degrees and today's high was in the low to mid 50s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Weatherman
Mantovani to Headline 1967 68 Concert Season
High Point Community Concert Association reveals four concert lineup led by Mantovani and his Orchestra for 1967 68. Other artists include Gianna d Angulo Alicia de Larrocha and the Academy Chorus from Austria. Edward Hardin praises the season as high quality and in strong demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mantovani
High Point
Assa
Edward Hardin
Gianna d’Angelo
Coloratura
la Scala
Metropolitan Opera
Alicia de Larrocha
Nist
Ademy
Austria
Hardin
Mantovani Orchestra
Map Reveals Proposed I-85 and Highway 311 Routes
A map at the City County Building outlines proposed relocation routes for I-85 south of High Point and for Highway 311 through the city. State highway officials announced a public hearing on the plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
High Point Class of 66 Sees College Entry Rate Fall Short
The 1966 follow up shows 48.1 percent of High Point's 635 graduates entered college or trade nursing programs, below the 1965 rate but above the statewide average. A statewide drop in overall formal education ended with 42.55 percent not in college or military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hubbard
High Point
North Carolina
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Raleigh
Thomasville
Davidson County
Lexington
Asheboro
Fayetteville
Army
Air Force
Ft. Bragg
Pope Afb
Guilford
High Point Oexredesesece
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Davidson Cote Eee Eeeeeerere
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Thomasville Eee
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Etna
Second Fatality Of Year A Six-Year-Old Boy Struck By Auto
A six year old boy, Kenneth Reed Nettles of Birch Wood Drive, was killed instantly on Oakview Road in High Point. Lonnie Gray Slate, 63, of Pinevalley Drive, said he heard a thump and saw a shadow. No witnesses. police filed no charges. Nettles was a Northwood School first grader and Emerywood Baptist Church member. Funeral at Sechrest Chapel Tuesday at 11 am, burial in Rowan Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Kenneth Reed Nettles
Birchwood Drive
Oakview Road
Lonnie Gray Slate
Pinevalley
Slate
W. C. Hartley
Kenneth Nettles
Northwood School
Emerywood Baptist Church
Sechrest Funeral Home
Lexington Avenue
Winston-Salem
Johnny Eugene
Anne Reed Nettles
High Point Chemical Company
Johnny E. Nettles
Johnny E. Nettles Jr
Laurie Anne Nettles
Grandnas
W. C
Norlina
John H. Nettles
Salisbury
Sechrest Chapel
W. Eugene Spears Jr
Rowan Memorial Park
Lexington Ave
Boy Smoking Causes Fire
A boy smoking in a tree house sparked a small fire at C. R. Swaim’s Blair Street property with no major damage. At Faith Baptist Church on Mendenhall Street firefighters found smoke from an electrical panel powering a baptismal pool after an 8:54 p.m. call. A separate blaze at Lewis Ballard’s Tremont Street home started from an overheated stove, damaging four rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
C. R. Swaim
Blair Street
Faith Baptist Church
Mendenhall Street
Lewis Ballard
Tremont Street
Woman Shot In Face Leads to Arrests in Thomasville
Rosa Lee Davis was shot in the face with a .22 pistol late Saturday but not critically injured and admitted for observation. Robert Willis, 51, of Doak Street, charged with shooting with intent to kill. Also charged: Flossie Kearns abandoning her child, Samuel Washington Dodson with drunken driving and hit and run, Douglas Rozier with assault, and Luther Bullins with an assault on a female.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Rosa Lee Davis
Doak Street
Robert Willis
Flossie Kearns
South Street
Harris Kearns
Samuel Washington Dodson
Route 4
Dodson
Allen Clayton Smith
Guilford Street
Smith
Douglas Rozier
Dalton Avenue
Shirley Rozier
Luther Bullins
Three Men Charged In Armed Robbery At Wayneville Poker Game
In Waynesville North Carolina police charged three men with armed robbery after a weekend poker game yielded over 5000 dollars. Two other men face conspiracy charges while all five players are charged with gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesville, N. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul M. Shore
Thal
Demos
High Point Enterprise
Jerry Parrish
Burlington
Asheville
Durham
Greensboro
Charlotte
Goldsboro
Forsyth
Mecklenburg
Greenville
Chapel Hill
East Carolina College
University of North Carolina
English Road
Atte Aoey
Carolyn Sheets
Harrison and Brooks Streets
James Wilson
Forsyth Road
Wilson
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