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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1966
Page
2
Forrest Dates reports on High Point City Council in its first year. A citizen named Gee praised the council but noted inaction and grievances. The piece highlights limited public praise and criticism, focusing on the council’s liberal tendencies and minority engagement.
Monarch Furniture Inc and Frames Inc unveiled plans for a new million-dollar plus facility on a 44 acre site off Scientific Street near High Point to double production and workforce within a year. The all brick plant will cover 160000 square feet, be air conditioned and automated where possible, and include offices showroom and a kiln to handle processes from green lumber to finished furniture. The project aims to move in by year end with existing employment around 200 and plans for future expansion and improved shipping via truck platforms and a railroad siding.
Bob Parrish and Jesse Campbell are named co chairmen of the High Point Red Cross blood program for the coming year. They will coordinate the bloodmobile, aim to collect about 3,000 units, and organize 25 colonels to head industrial and service divisions for donor recruitment. Campbell brings experience as a captain in the blood program and leadership roles in local business and church activities. Parrish is a graduate of Point College, active in alumni work, and serves in several community and church leadership roles.
Dr Harold Conrad director of High Point College summer school announced that registration starts 8 p m tomorrow in the College Student Center. The first term begins Tuesday and ends July 13 with re t there after. Second term runs until August 20.
A coffee clinic to teach better brewing will be held at High Point College Student Union Building at 10 am and 3 pm Wednesday. Retired naval expert Ken Hayes will lead, with support from The Enterprise and the Pan American Coffee Bureau. The sessions are free and open to anyone, with office brewers planning to attend during coffee breaks.
Saran Eller a 17 year old senior at Ragsdale High is chosen by the High Point Youth Council as Youth of the Month. She carries a 97 grade average and is valedictorian while earning NHS and French Honor Society honors. She participates in Math Beta and Literary Clubs and is Ragsdale’s only girl bus driver. She works on the school paper, sings in the church choir and serves as Sunday school secretary. Eller designs clothes and pursues drawing and painting as hobbies.
Historians note nine pins arrived with Dutch settlers in the 17th century. To dodge a blue law banning the game, players added a tenth pin, giving birth to modern bowling.
The High Point Industrial Management Club begins a spring series of five two hour sessions at the YMCA, Mondays and Thursdays, ending June 20. Courses include job instruction training with supervisor focus, medical self help for disaster readiness, rapid reading to boost comprehension, and problem solving and communication for on and off the job. Instructors are Bill Snotherly, George Spinnett, Charles Matthews, Bill Harris, Estelle Litaker, and Dan Hackney. YMCA office provides schedules and details.
The Reddick Millis reunion will be held next Sunday at High Point City Lake Park. A luncheon will be served at the park's No 3 shelter starting at 1 p m.
A numbered mail solicitation invites readers to request a free colorful folder with no obligation. It provides a mailing address at Pine Knoll Shores HP-66B Box 736 Morehead City North Carolina 28557 and offers contact by call or mail.
RANDLEMAN The Randleman Town Board of Aldermen will meet Tuesday to name a public housing authority as the town moves toward a federal low income housing development. The board meets the first Tuesday after the first Monday each month.
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