Groundbreaking Set for Sears Store in High Point Magic Block
A 1:30 p.m. Wednesday groundbreaking at E Commerce and S Wrenn marks the start of a Sears store in High Point's Magic Block. The project ends years of urban renewal, with Redevelopment Commission funds, court actions, and eminent domain shaping a 7.3 acre site once valued at $700k and now projected to boost area valuations to about $4 million.
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Sears
Magic Block
E. Commerce
S. Wrenn
High Point
Redevelopment Commission
Henry Price
Commission
Chase- Manhattan Bank of New York
Quai de
Anjou
Paris
France
North Carolina
High Point College
THIS n THAT Joys of Bachelorhood and the Bachelor Blues
A humorous essay on bachelor life. The writer recounts two chaotic days of batch ing with his wife away and their son helping. He debunks the myth of carefree bachelor living and describes mornings and duties of running a home.
High Point Youth Heads MYF Council
George C. Estes of High Point is elected president of the Western North Carolina Methodist Youth Fellowship Council. The group, including several dozen junior and senior high leaders, will meet August 7 to 9 at Pfeiffer College to plan leadership for more than 44,000 youths the coming year. Estes is a High Point Central senior, active in Hi Y, Civitan, FCA, basketball and band, and son of Mr and Mrs George C Estes Jr. He attends Rankin Memorial Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C
Butch) Estes
High Point
Pfeiffer College
Misenheimer
Western North Carolina Methodist Conference
Estes
MYF
Lake Junaluska
High Point Central High School
George C. Estes Jr
Hi-Y
Junior Civitans
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Rankin Memorial Methodist Church
Moody Objects to Federal Civil Rights Bill
Deputy State Atty. Gen. Ralph Moody denounces the Johnson administration civil rights bill as infringing on state and private property rights. He criticizes provisions banning jury discrimination in state courts and housing sales and rentals as central overreach by Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Ralph Moody
States
Moody
Wade Bruton
Department of Justice
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Ray Hubbard
Sears, Roebuck & Store
Atlanta
L. E. Oliver
Territorial
East High Avenue
S. Hamilton Street
S. Wrenn Street
E. Commerce Avenue
High Point Youth
MYF Council
Kendall
Lommel. Me
Ube
Ohearn Hotel
JCE & Beverage
Coffee Maker
Leon Walte, Jr
American Express Credit Carde
Oe Eder
High Point Dry Cleaners & Hatters
Washington
English Motors
Courtesy
North State
C/D’s
Wachovia
Southeast
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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