Elm Towers project delayed as authority mulls architect choice
High Point Housing Authority delays decision on architectural services for the Elm Towers 150 unit high rise at Elm and Vail, amid the suicide of Leon Schute. Haworth says the Schute firm may designate a successor by next week, with a new architect ready by Monday.
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Ray Hubbard
Enterprise
High Point Housing Authority Today
Elm Towers
Elm and
Vail Streets
John Haworth
Leon Schute
Housing Authority
Ken Martin
The
Schute
Haworth
Martin
Ed Post
George Connor
Astor Dowdy Towers
Carson Stout
The Ups And Downs At Hanging Rock
Bruce Shunkwiler, 22 months old, enjoys a ride at Hanging Rock State Park as a seat cover slips. Tommy Bowman, 11, of Mt. Airy peers from beneath an inner tube burden. Teresa Mounts seeks shade as heat presses on the Piedmont and Coastal Plains. Photos by Cris Pet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Shunkwiler
Bruce
Hanging Rock State Park
Tommy Bowman
Mt. Airy
Piedmont
Teresa Mounts
Cris Pet
Oak Hollow Lake Backups High Point Water Supply
Oak Hollow Lake provides a backup water supply for High Point meeting summer demand. On Monday the city drew 13.7 million gallons while the Rivett Cove filtration plant handles up to 15 million. Water from Oak Hollow feeds City Lake through a 24 inch gate valve to keep Jamestown supplied. An aeration system at the dam is to prevent stratification after turnover.
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise
Oak Hollow Lake
High Point
Ralph Meyers
City Water and Sewer Department
Oak Hollow
Meyers
City Lake
Jamestown
Myers
Old Lake
Rivett Cove
Thomasville Man Drowns During Family Picnic
Nelson Ervin Parker a 36 year old of 150 Kennedy Road drowned at a Cedar Lodge Estates pond during a family picnic with a friend and brother racing across the lake. Rescue squad recovered the body at about 5 pm in 18 to 20 feet of water. Surviving are his wife three sons two daughters and several siblings. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the body at Siler Funeral Home.
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Thomasville
Nelson Ervin Parker
Kennedy Road
Cedar Lodge Estates
Mr. Parker
James
Jimmy Scott
Scott
James Parker
Community General Hospital
Siler Funeral Home
Numerous break ins and larcenies reported in High Point
ANN SJOERDSMA reports High Point police logged many weekend thefts including cash from purses on Granville Street and N Hamilton Street, a shotgun, a telescope, and other items from homes and vehicles. Juveniles were caught breaking into Davis Furniture, two boys aged 13 and 10 arrested. hearing set. Multiple car radio thefts, CB radios, and other goods stolen from residences and vehicles across area locations.
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High Point
Dorothy Blake
Route 2
Granville Street
Roy H. Butler
N. Hamilton Street
Elizabeth Robertson
Cross Street
English Road
N. Main Street
Phillip Taylor
Cavalier
Robert David Moore
Hampton Drive
Moore
John T. Davis Jr
Croydon Street
Davis Furniture Co., Inc
Linden Street
Randall Wayne Spencer
Shadowvalley Road
Alan Edward Hart
Northfield Avenue
Jerry T. Rich
Woodview Street
Robert Holton Garrett
Parliament Street
Billy 5
Curlee
Peder John Gisleson II
Belk
High Point College
Keene Kennedy
Tanglewood Avenue
Arnold Luther
Thomasville
Peppi
Larry Walker
Gatewood Avenue
Hugh Shepherd Evans Jr
N. Centennial Street
Steven G. Dillon
Route 1
Theft Report and Arrests Update
Daily theft reports show 32 new incidents with 4 151 in losses. Weekly totals include 3 thefts and 4 152 in losses. Monthly figures record 452 thefts and 113 856 in losses. arrests noted.
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Stout
Shute
Hanging Rock
High Point Enterprise
Daniel Clayton Parker
Greenville
S.C
Wanda Pearl
Kimberly Diane Parker
D.C
Betty Lou Scott
Gibsonville
Mary Alice Ammons
Reidsville
James L. Parker
U.S. Army
Germany
James H. Parker
Clarence Parker
Elon College
Stanley Parker
Dalton Avenue
Crime Watch
Ann Sjoerdsma
Towne Theatre
Randy Lewis Briley
Westfield Street
Carey Johnson
Park Street
Harold Reed
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