Tax Rate Decision This Week For Guilford County
Guilford County commissioners may meet Monday or Tuesday to discuss trimming the proposed 79 cent per 100 valuation tax rate. Chairman Dale Montgomery says talks may consider Percy Sears suggestion to shave another cent by cutting about $100,000 from the $15.7 million budget presented by Carl Johnson and Hugh Ross.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Commission
Dale Montgomery
High Point
Percy Sears
Montgomery
Sears
Carl Johnson
Hugh Ross
Federal funds hinge on Civil Rights plan at High Point schools
High Point city schools face a possible delay in federal funds this fall as Superintendent Dr. Dean B. Pruette notes funds will not be cut but may not be available on opening day. Availability depends on the school board's Civil Rights Act compliance plan and Office of Education approval. A Washington spokesman says no funds will be withheld while approval is pending.
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High Point City
Dean B. Pruette
High Point
Office of Education
Washington
Dr. Carroll Tew
John Clinard
Two Injured In City Street Collision Near Church
Two people received injuries about 7 30 p m when a late model car struck in front of First Wesleyan Church on Hinkle Street in Thomasville. Walter Baker of Concord Street and Jack H Dimery of Lexington Avenue suffered facial lacerations and shock respectively. Ambulance attendants reported limited details of the mishap.
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Thomasville
City Memorial Hospital
Walter Baker
Concord Street
Jack H. Dimery
Clodfelter Apartments
Lexington Avenue
Siler
Hinkle Street
First Wesleyan Methodist Church
Doak Finch Retires as Furniture Industry Leader in Thomasville
Doak Finch, longtime chairman of the board of Thomasville Furniture Industries, retired effective July 1 after 40 years of service. He helped steer the company through the 1930s and wartime shortages, contributed to civic life as mayor pro-tem and Rotary leader, and his era ends as the Finch family role wraps with 1907 founding origins.
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Thomasville
Doak Finch
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Finch
Tom A. Finch
T. Austin Finch
George Finch
Brown Finch
Thomasville Chair Co
G. A
Thomas J. Finch
The
Charles F. Finch
B. F. Huntley
Winston-Salem
Thomas Chair Company
Finch-owned
Finch-operated
Uwharrie Boy Scout Council
Rotary Club
Thomasville United Fund
Thomasville Community Foundation
City Memorial Hospital
G. E
Ike) Whitten
Stewards
Memorial Methodist
Koontz retires after 62 years at North State Telephone
W C Koontz leaves North State Telephone Co after 62 years of service dating to 1903. He helped grow the company to 40 000 customers, did every job from install to billing, and even slept at the office. His son William, 22, is now a line splicer.
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W. C. Koontz
North State
J. F. Hayden
Koontz
Manag
William
Wesleyan Conference At Colfax Opens Annual Session
The eighty sixth annual North Carolina Wesleyan Conference meets in Colfax with Rev. C. A. Phaup presiding and Dr. Virgil A. Mitchell as guest speaker. The program includes communion, ordinations of Marlin Mull and Herman Lawing, and the denominational address by Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Wesleyan Methodist Church of America
Colfax
C. A. Phaup
Virgil A. Mitchell
Dewey C. Miller
High Point
Watson C. Black
J. W. Phillips
Marlin Mull
Herman Lawing
Mitchell
Womans’ Missionary Society
Marion Birch
Africa
Ana
Farewell to High Point Francois Giroud
Francois Giroud a 19 year old resident of Grenoble France bidding farewell after a year in High Point as part of the American Friends Service Committee school exchange. He lived with the Parker family on Woodbrook Court studied at High Point Central High School and spoke at civic events before leaving for Cape Cod Massachusetts and the New York World's Fair then Philadelphia to rejoin his group.
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Grenoble
France
Giroud
American Friends Service Committee
High Point
David R. Parker Jr
Woodbrook Court
Parker
Washington
New York
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
America
Parkers
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Accident Box Score Reveals Injuries and Property Loss
Reported accident box score lists two persons injured and property loss totaling 11,070.00 dollars. A separate entry notes 42 injuries and property loss of 291,158.00 dollars.
Harold R. Cheek Named Head Of UF Public Employees Division
Harold R. Cheek High Point city manager has been appointed to head the Public Employees Division in fall United Appeal. Campaign chairman W D Lee says Cheek has led the division to exceed its goals for three years. Cheek will oversee federal state county schools city employees and non profit groups. He came to High Point in 1960 after United Community Services and First Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold R. Cheek
High Point
United Appeal
Harold Cheek
W. D. Lee
Cheek
Welfare Needs Are Growing in Guilford County
Guilford County faces a growing welfare program driven by expanding federal and state efforts. The budget for the department is 5.43 million dollars this year with 3.92 million from state or federal funds and 1.35 million from the county, supporting programs for dependent children the disabled and the blind. The department expands staff and space while planning new projects under the Medicare and Economic Opportunity acts and Kerr Mills Medical Aid for the aged.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
L. M. Thompson
Sihine
Thompson
Frances W. Corbett
High Point
APTD
OAA
AFDC
Chapel Hill
Pson
Jjob Corps
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Washingong
Dr. Pruette
Furniture
Doak
Art Richardson
the Telephone Co
DOW Sheppard Enterprise
Koontzes
North State Telephone Co
Ford
Wesleyan
Francois Giroud
High Point Central High School
Francois
United Community Services
First Presbyterian Church
Mexico
Advertising Council
USA
Consejo Nacional de la Publicidad
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
J. J. Bowman
Ralph Walker
Ralph Sheppard
Joseph Hudgins
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