Old Arrowhead Found at City Lake Sparks Debate
Archeologists at High Point City Lake unearthed an Indian arrowhead beneath the Quaker Meeting House floor. Director John Bauckman estimates it dates to 2,000 years (Savannah River) or 8,000 years (Kirk), based on shape and size. Salvage work continues two weeks into digging before renovations begin in roughly three weeks.
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High Point City Lake
Catawba
City Lake
John Bauckman
High Point Museum
Kirk
Bauckman
Meeting House
Duncan Fick
Duke University
Schools To Have 17 Coordinators
High Point schools will employ 17 home school coordinators when school opens August 30. Allocation spreads coordinators across five high schools and eight elementary schools based on need, with CETA funding covering salaries through January and likely extending after a congressional vote. The board also outlined expanded physical education and arts programs, shifted gifted and talented placement, and awarded the Dean B. Pruette Scholarship to Mrs Rebecca Beale for reading improvement efforts.
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Ray Hubbard
Enterprise
High Point
CETA
Rebecca Beale
Fairview Street
Booster Club Policy Debated at Thursday school board session
Booster clubs at two high schools faced scrutiny as the Board of Education debated a policy governing booster clubs. After more than an hour, objections led to the policy being adopted with objectionable provisions temporarily removed. The policy aims to comply with 1975 fiscal control legislation requiring gate receipts go to central accounting and to standardize athletic programs and revenue distribution. The board heard from Dr. Edwin L West Jr and a booster club committee after about a year of work.
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Edwin L. West Jr
Board of Education
Fairview Street
Oak Hill
Tomlinson
Leonard Street
Oy Ray Hubband Enterprise Sunday
Edgar Dyer
Schoal
West
General Assembly
Central Accounting Office
High Point Area News Briefs Friday Update
Local brief summarizes Friday developments in High Point and surrounding area. Includes notable events, planned meetings, and community happenings affecting residents and businesses. Names and places reflect current reports from city and neighboring towns.
High Pointers Help Elderly In Trouble
A group of 23 Durham senior citizens traveling by bus were stranded in the heat when a wheel failed, but High Pointers aided them, keeping them from a worse ordeal as they waited for assistance in Durham. Clyde Baird praised the town for its readiness to help.
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Tve
High Point
Clyde Baird
Whittier Avenue
Durham
Carowinds
Firemen Remodel Old Trucks Into County Emergency Fleet
Airport Fire Station crews convert discarded Army surplus vehicles into a countywide rescue fleet. Porter's unit salvages chassis at Raleigh sales and reshapes them with carpenters and welders among the crew. The $50,000 new vehicle cost drops to about $2,000 for conversion, with similar savings on a lighting truck at $1,500 versus $3,000 new.
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Gulford
Charles Porter
Raleigh
Porter
N.R. Cook
Airport Fire Dept
Cook
Guilford County
Home Energy Saver promises big cuts in energy use
Electrical engineer Dave Brown unveils the Home Energy Saver device to cut household electricity use by 25 to 50 percent with a $550 installed cost for 80 percent of North Carolina homes. The system routes major loads through a control box beside the fuse panel, leaving interior lights unchanged, and will be tested in Archdale and monitored with a Duke Power input. Brown aims to prove potential before wide advertising, with a consumer group aiding in monitoring and a city council presentation planned.
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Lee Mortimer
Dave Brown
Brown
Home Energy Saver
North Carolina
High Point
Greenville
S.C
HES
Jerry Tucker
Balfour Road
Archdale
Home Energy Saver of North Carolina Inc
Southgate Shopping Center
Duke Power
High Point City
Public Utilities Committee
Tucker
Len Campbell
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Sonny Hes
Congress
Dean B. Pruette
Pruette
Emerson Heatherly
Northeast Junior High School
Lonnie Lee Hollifield
Coltrane Avenue
Hollifield
High Point Enterprise City & Area
Seuilion B
Art Richardson
W L. Buckner
Portier
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