Blair Park Golf Course vandalism damages greens and carts
Blair Park Golf Course suffered vandalism with several golf carts wrecked on hole number four and near the clubhouse. Police estimate considerable damage and suspect youths on a rampage. Separate reports include a malicious damage case at New Service Pool Room and Loflin Street and a burglary at Acclaim Hosiery Mill with about 220 dollars in goods taken. Traffic officers investigated five crashes with no injuries.
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Blair Park
Blair Park Golf Course
Nathan Hunt Drive
Number Four Hole
David Glasco
Hoover Street
New Service Pool Room
Loflin Street
Glasco
Acclaim Hosiery
Beddington Road
S. Main
Grimes
Lexington and Forrest
Lexington and Main
Green
Amhurst
Guilford County Education Board Considers 1966 67 Budgets
Guilford County Board of Education will meet at 10 a.m. to discuss the 1966 67 budgets including capital outlay funds for new construction and equipment and the special tax district budget. The current expense budget totals 943 522, up about 58 000 from last year, and the capital outlay program may exceed 5 million dollars for the year ending June 30 1967.
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Greensboro
Guilford
Pearce
Western Guilford
Jamestown
Western Guilford High School
Tax Return Filer Forgets His Own Tax Returns
Memory Smith of Myrtle Beach was sentenced to four years in federal prison for failing to file income tax returns from 1960 through 1963. A judge suspended the remainder of the sentence after three months, after finding he had filed returns for others but not for himself.
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Columbia
S.C
Charles Simons
Memory Smith
Myrtle Beach
Smith
Pamela Fletcher Graduates Cum Laude From High Point College
Pamela Sue Fletcher daughter of Mr and Mrs Boydil Fletcher of Kannapolis earned a bachelor of arts cum laude at High Point College. She was valedictorian in high school and earned dean list honors as a college student, with multiple campus leadership roles and Who's Who recognition. Also noted are four other graduates named with honors.
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Pamela Sue Fletcher
Ter
Boydilson Fletcher
Kannapolis
High Point College
Pamela Sue
High Point
Student National Education Assn
Alpha Delta Theta Sorority
Miss Fletcher
Mary Elizabeth Neese
William Neese
Fayetteville
Dorothy Don Hevener
E. R. Hevener
Waynesboro Va
Myra Morris
C. P. Morris
Raleigh
Kenneth R. Craven
Edith Craven
Rt. 5
City to overhaul pay scales as July budget debate looms
A city salary study committee led by Mayor Carson Stout recommends substantial raises for most employees beyond standard annual increments. Police and fire departments face the most significant changes as turnover concerns grow. The plan hinges on future revenue and Council approval, with an interim budget to bridge to the 1966-67 budget adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson Stout
Stout
Indi
Exposition Building Expansion Tops Four Million Dollar Contract
The Southern Furniture Exposition Building awarded a 4,039,050 contract to H. L. Coble Construction Company of Greensboro for an 11 story East Green Drive wing. The addition brings total space to about 1,250,000 square feet and is slated for use by the April 1967 Furniture Market.
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Southern Furniture Exposition
East Green Drive
Henry A. Foscue
H. L. Coble Construction Company
Greensboro
Southern Furniture Market
Wrenn Street
Furniture Club
H. L. Cobl Construction Company
Exposition Building
Robb Plumbing and Heating
High Point
Air - Conditioning Corp
Bryant’ Electric Company
Viking Sprinkler Company
Bed Rock
Southern furniture shipments and orders rise in 1966 survey
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association reports April 1966 shipments up 8.1 percent from April 1965 across 14 states. First four months show a 8.1 percent gain. April orders rose 15.5 percent year over year, with four month orders up 14.4 percent. Unfilled April orders exceed 1965 by 16.8 percent, about 8 to 10 weeks of production. Production in April 1966 rose 7.3 percent from April 1965, with four month production 7.6 percent above 1965.
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Assahere
SFMA
Pfeiffer College Names Graduate Henry H Courtney
Pfeiffer College honors 159 graduates led by Henry H Courtney son of Mr and Mrs Danny M Courtney of 1824 Chestnut Dr He majored in English with a sociology minor and was active in the Concert Choir Young Democrats Club and student government roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfeiffer College
Henry H. Courtney
Danny M. Courtney
Chestnut
Gamewell High School
Courtney
Pfeiffer
Young Democrats Club
City Delays Action as Ambulance Service Faces Abandonment
City officials adopt a wait and see stance after funeral directors threaten to drop ambulance service by September. Council weighs franchising to private firm or city takeover, with budget deadlines looming and no final plan.
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Sera
Carson Stout
Piedmont
Roy Culler
Charlotte
Lexington Funeral Homes
Local Man Charged in High Point Store Cutting
A 25 year old High Pointer, Jerry W. Kincaid of Richland Avenue, was charged with felonious assault and damage to property after the May 29 cutting of Major Wood at Leonard's Store on Highway 8. Wood suffered serious injuries from a pocket knife attack.
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Lexington
High Pointer
Davidson County Sheriff's Department
Jerry W. Kincaid
Richland Avenue
Major Wood
High Point
Kincaid
Leonard’s
Highway 8
Leonard's
Five Back Gibson In Sheriff's Race
Five losing Democratic candidates in Guilford County throw support to Paul Gibson in a June 25 run off. Gibson second in a 10 candidate primary, plans to challenge Thurman Jones for the nomination by majority vote.
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Guilford County
Paul Gibson
Gibson
Thurman Jones
Tommy Haithcock
Ralph Hobbs
Lee
Austin Tuttle
C. H. Bray
Jones
Clayton Jones
Demolition Finishes of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Building
A workman applies final touches as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass building in the Magic Block is demolished, marking the completion of the project.
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Pittsburgh
Fair Weekend Forecast For Area Residents
The forecast calls for fair skies and pleasant temperatures this weekend with some cloudiness at times. Tonight a low around 55 and Saturday highs near 83 are expected, with Sunday showing variable cloudiness and warmth. Today's high near 80 and last night's low around 47.
Guilford County Health Board Sets Budget Meeting Tonight
The Guilford County Board of Health will meet at 7 30 p m in the Mental Health Conference Room to discuss a 1966 1967 budget covering general health and mental health divisions. The routine request includes Medicare planning funds and potential staffing from a grant, replacing the current 1 026 102 spending plan and awaiting county commissioner review.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Health
Health Department
Howard Gailey
Gailey
Health Board
Board of County Commissioners
Oxford bans mini skirts during exams
Officials at Oxford University order no thigh-high mini-skirts during exam time to reduce distractions. The temporary ban will be lifted when exam pressure eases.
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Oxford
England
Oxford University
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Don Follmer
Enterprise
HPC
Forrest Cates
Harold Cheek
Cheek
High Point Enterprise
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Steff
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