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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1967
Page
11
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn. shows April sales down 9.1 percent from a year earlier, shipments down 2.1 percent, and unfilled orders down 12.9 percent. For January–April, sales fall 9.7 percent while shipments rise 1.5 percent as a six-week backlog persists.
After a drizzly chilly spell, June’s first weekend drew crowds to City Lake Park. Warmth was lacking for swimming but visitors enjoyed the breeze on the lake, rides on the miniature train, and casual recreation with cotton candy, a slide, and friends on the grassy slope.
Enterprise reports planners note a surge in subdivision applications as 251 residential lots await Planning and Zoning review. Developers include Craven-Johnson-Pollock and Mendenhall Realty with 50 to 100 lots proposed. most homes target middle to upper price ranges, leaving low cost housing unmet.
Charles Davidson of Lexington learned his son Langford Davidson a 22 year old Marine lance corporal in Vietnam was missing in action by a hoax call. Police and authorities traced the message to be a prank after contacting Marine officials in Greensboro and Washington.
In Thomasville four weeks remain to raise 1 million dollars for a new 150 bed hospital in Pilot. A 50000 gift from Amazon Cotton Mills brings total contributions to 794006 dollars. Amazon’s donation funds a dining area and follows a 100 per employee formula used by other firms. Trustees seek federal and other funds to finish the 3 million project.
The Friendship weather forecast predicts warmer conditions tomorrow with mild nights and increasing clouds. Tonight has a 30 percent chance of scattered showers or thunderstorms with a low near 60, and Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies with a 20 percent shower chance.
Guilford County Commissioners praised County Manager Carl Johnson for four years of service after accepting his resignation letter. Johnson will leave June 30 for Fulton County Georgia to become county manager there, with plans to assist Guilford on unfinished business.
A long list of over twenty expiring terms on city boards and commissions may challenge the split High Point City Council. With terms expiring July 1, posts include school, planning, board of adjustment and civil service seats. The Democratic majority and Republican minority have rarely clashed, aside from a Civil Defense appointment and a few abstentions.
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