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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1974
Page
1
Forrest Dates muses on quirky city ordinances that oddly permit alligators to guard homes and barracuda in pools while policing leash use and shade trees. The piece riffs on pigs, lions, and tigers, noting inconsistent rules and recalling past horse-hitching allowances with wry humor.
Dr. Mark R. Sills named director of High Point Urban Ministries outlines a shift to self-help, root-cause solutions and expanded community reach. The agency relies on about 130 volunteers across programs including Contact, Pitcher and Cup, Beddington Street Mission, Cheer Call and Parents in Crisis to assist residents with crises, budgeting, counseling, and daily welfare checks.
Archdale sees county services now centralized in the county building with Beck Davis a social worker and Joe Pinkston counseling drinkers joining Health Department offerings and 24 hour ambulance service. Archdale residents pay city water tap fees with a rising schedule and many opting for monthly payments. Randolph County roadways show safer travel with 12 traffic fatalities year to date versus 18 last year, attributed to lower speeds during the gas shortage.
Salvation Army opens Walter Johnson Camp near Denton offering weeklong sessions through mid August. Camp hosts music, Sunbeam girls, Girl Guard, and coed ages 12 to 16 with 152 campers so far from 54 cities. Johnson financed land gifts totaling about 3,000 acres with about $1 million spent on Phase One as plans for Phase Two seek another $1 million.
Mrs. Kathryn Leach, former executive director of the Red Cross chapter, urged a Monday bloodmobile visit at Westchester Mall. She warned of a constant emergency for all blood types, especially negative types and AB positive, as the drive aims for 400 pints this summer.
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