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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1977
Page
12
Long obituary list notes Eugene Earl Wilson 80 of 811 Baker Road and Hope Hubbard 83 of Asheboro among numerous services. Other deaths include Edgar A. Bean 68 Diana Mechel Cole three months old Julia Acevedo Dills 58 Carolyn Loflin 20 Grace Frazier and local figures Kenneth Stafford and Hattie Stack with services and burial plans.
Randolph Cromartie says he will listen before acting and accepts that budgets are outside his control while emphasizing responsibility for his actions. He notes priorities may favor county schools where needed, reflecting his long service from Randleman principal to associate superintendent. He is married to Adelaide Bozer.
High Point man Tony Gardner 24 died after a motorcycle wreck on Montlieu Avenue at 1 18 a m He failed to merge into the left lane struck a curb and was thrown from the 1970 Honda traveling at a high rate of speed He traveled 48 feet eight inches before hitting a guywire Funeral will be Wednesday at Fairmont Park Baptist Church with burial at Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
Firefighters responded to a 3 02 p m alarm at Astor Dowdy Towers on E Green Drive eighth floor where a pot left unattended on a stove started a fire. No injuries or structural damage reported but smoke was cleared from the building.
A reflective note on how ambition brings repeated failures on the way to achievement. It suggests perseverance through setbacks as part of climbing higher in life.
High Point Police Dept plans to seek 99,600 in federal funds to sustain the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program. The program, entering its second year, aims to reduce serious injury and fatal crashes by targeted patrols and citations. Last week officers issued 20 speeding citations and 14 warnings, plus other traffic notices.
Davidson Water Co. Inc serving Davidson County and parts of Randolph and Forsyth faces a demand overload amid drought and plant upgrades. Commissioner Jap Younts says daily output will rise from four to eight million gallons after a September upgrade, urging conservation as Winston-Salem ties offer little relief. About 60,000 to 70,000 residents affected, with Lexington Thomasville and Denton reportedly unaffected.
Osberg notes 95 percent of sub committee recommendations approved this year as state and federal interest in mental health expands. He recalls Kennedy era bold approach in 1963 and warns sustained public backing keeps funding alive. County officials Hedrick Evans Erickson and Forbis attend groundbreaking ceremony.
Mrs. Rohrer noted the committee aimed for wide female participation and worked with homemaker extension services to bring rural women to the meeting. She added conferences are investigated not for misconduct but because tax money funds the effort.
The report describes the program as having poor attendance and calls for staff to avoid outside full-time jobs. It suggests centralizing the program location, collecting comprehensive data, and notes key administrators see a need for an extended day program in High Point due to a 40 percent dropout rate from grades 9 through 12.
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