Moving Facilities On Agenda For Guilford County
Guilford County commissioners will hear plans to relocate welfare and health offices to the county building on S Main Street. The joint building near city hall is nearing completion, with occupancy expected by late summer and a budget request for 1961-62 to be presented.
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S. Main Street
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
High Point Branch
Montlieu Avenue
City Hall
Old County
Freeman Engineers
Welfare Branch
W. Green Street
Montlieu Health Center
High Point College
Health Board
High Point
Officials Discuss Fund Claim in High Point Hydro Case
U S government and High Point officials met in Washington to discuss ownership of about 100000 in grant funds remaining from a 1930s hydroelectric project on the Yadkin River. The city held the money with accumulated interest after wartime abandonment and later attempts to revive the plant failed leading to a lawsuit filed by GSA via the Justice Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
High Point
Washington, D.C
Yadkin
General Service Administration
U.S. Department of Justice
Harold Cheek
Knox Walker
GSA
Realty Transfers In High Point and Jamestown Townships
Real estate transfers include John G. Gravice Jr. and wife to M. N. Trepke a Park Place lot Grace Pierce Sorrell to E. J. Oglesby and wife Shirley Avenue lot Dallas M. Culler to J. Robert Connor and wife Northwood Acres tract Bennett Gleason Pilcher to J. K. Cole two lots in T. G. Stimpson place Thomas W. Wilson Jr. and wife to Harvey L. Pettit and wife Elsiewood Subdivision lot
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
John G. Gravice Jr
M. N. Trepke
Park Place
Grace Pierce Sorrell
E. J. Oglesby
Shirley Avenue
Dallas M. Culler
J. Robert Connor
Northwood Acres
Bennett Gleason Pilcher
J. K. Cole
T. G. Stimpson
Jamestown
Thomas W. Wilson Jr
Cross Is Burned By Trinity Mob
Mobs in Trinity attacked a Negro family and burned a cross while trying to set fire to an abandoned school. Police arrested Roger Hedrick, 18, for indecent language and Buddy Smith, 17, for driving without a permit. Hundreds gathered, roadblocks were set, and riot guns were used to control the scene as officers confiscated shotguns from several individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Warren
Trinity
Roger Dale Hedrick
Rt. 1
Buddy Lee Smith
Kernersville
Spencer
Randolph County
Wayne Wilson
Cal Bayles
County zoning hearing draws 100 residents on Jamestown site concerns
More than 100 people attended a public hearing in Guilford County urging a county-wide zoning plan. The focus centered on consolidated school sites including a Jamestown high school project. Residents from Allen Jay and Oak Ridge supported zoning for their areas as advisory groups prepare zone regulations with final approval by the commissioners.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
E. Bowman Stafford
Jamestown
Ragsdale High School
Jamestown Area
Allen Jay
Oak Ridge
Planning Board
Forrest Campbell
George Rottman
Prayer for TH YDAY Words of faith from Erna Hoefs in Portland
A prayer praising open church doors and seeking salvation comfort for those who hear but do not act. Erna E Hoefs of St Paul Lutheran Church Portland Ore signs the devotion asking God to reach seekers with power and keep doors of the church open.
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Father
Jesus
Erna E. Hoefs
Portland
Ore
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Silver Installed as President of B N A I Israel Synagogue
Edward Silver was installed as president of B N A I Israel Synagogue, succeeding Louis Ershler. He is the first son to follow his father as president in the congregation’s history. The ceremony drew about 100 attendees at the synagogue on N Hamilton Street with remarks on plans for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Silver
B'Nai Israel Synagogue
Louis Ershler
Silver
Milton Silver
Jacob Raboniwitz
Julian Josephson
Lewis Kress
Danny Sectin
Lois Harris
B’nai Brith
Ronnie Taylor
AZA
Dick Swartzberg
B'Nai Brith
Danny Ballow
Norman Silver
National Council of Jewish Women
Mickey Schwartz
Leonard Kaplan
Ershler
Herbert Silberman
N. Hamilton Street
City budget to boost streets utilities over parks and pools
High Point plans a lean 1961 62 budget focusing on streets and utilities with no new pools or parks. City Manager Harold Cheek reviews department requests and aims to keep the tax rate at 1.20 per 100 valuation, while bond revenues lend cushion for water sewer and electrical expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
Tiaucd
Harold Cheek
High Point
Carson Stout
Cheek
Eastern seeks single Greensboro High Point Winston-Salem airport
Eastern Air lines proposes consolidating all area air service at Friendship Airport and asks the Civil Aeronautics Board to reject Piedmont’s unrestricted rights between Winston-Salem and Washington as a condition for trunkline consolidation. The move followed CAB oral arguments with charges between Eastern and Winston-Salem interests over schedules and regional control.
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Washington
Eastern Airlines Today
Greensboro High Point
Winston-Salem
Piedmont Airlines
Friendship Airport
Civil Aeronautics Board
Piedmont
Winston- Salem
Eastern
H. Gardner Hudson
Greensboro
High Point
Caesar Cone
Hudson
Cone
Soap Box Derby Hopefuls Headline Local Juniors
Beverley Pratt 11 son of Beverley and Mrs Pratt of Rockspring Road will race in July at the Jaycee Soap Box Derby. Tommy Welch 13 son of Robert A Welch of Thissell Street is among 50 racers at High Point Derby. Lonzell McKiver 12 son of Zeke McKiver of Windley Street competes in July at the city derby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverley Pratt
Beverley C. Pratt
Rockspring Rd
Beverley
Northwood
Tommy J. Welch
Robert A. Welch
Thissell St
Tommy
Ferndale
Lonzell McKiver
Zeke McKiver
Windley St
Lighting expert urges better shop illumination in High Point
Robert Dorsett of Nela Park Cleveland spoke to 50 plus High Point Greensboro merchants on the benefits of improved lighting. He urged planning design and display use, discussed warm and cold fluorescent colors, and warned lighting alone cannot suffice without proper mix of lamps. The talk kicked off a series of clinics by Downtown Development Corp. and local chambers.
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Robert Dorsett
Nela Park Lighting Research Center
Cleveland
Ohio
High Point
Greensboro
Dorsett
Downtown Development Corp
High Point Merchants Assn
Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Temple
Ozone-Filled Days Forecast With Thundershowers
The U S Weather Bureau at Friendship predicts warm humid weather with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers through Friday to ease ozone levels. Highs near 84 to 88, lows around 65, and only a half inch rain recorded at the airport yesterday.
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U. S
Friendship
Voceeden
Brown Reunion Set for Sunday at 815 Mangum Ave
The Brown reunion is scheduled for Sunday at the homeplace located at 815 Mangum Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Mangum Ave
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Cross
Highway Patrol
Robert Parris
Parris
Davidson
Randolph
Weston
Ron Weston
Spencer's Station
William Thomas
Perry Aycock
Art Richardson
B'nai Israel Congregation
High Point Enterprise
Piedmont Dispute Air Service
Soapbox Derby
Lonzell
Boundary Street
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