Kemp Seeks ABC Profits Revision For High Point
Senator Ed Kemp plans to introduce a bill next week to revise how profits from High Point ABC stores are distributed. The measure faces little opposition in the Guilford delegation and could be voted on after a rules committee review.
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Forrest Cates
ABC
Highoint
Ed Kemp
High Point
Igh Point
Genera
Kemp
Greensboro
Jamestown
General Fund
Randolph
Kemp says Randolph County election settled for 1968
Senator Ed Kemp voiced supreme confidence that Randolph County voters favor a 1968 school board election, despite the Democratic Executive Committee wishes to delay. He, with L. P. McLendon and John Osteen, says delaying to 1970 costs students and schools and reflects local consensus.
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Ed Kemp
Randolph County
Democratic Executive Committee
Kemp
General Assembly
L. P. McLendon
John Osteen
Randolph Democratic Executive Committee
Executive Committee
Randolph Republican Executive Committee
Randolph
Democratic Committee
McLendon
Osteen
Old Soldier Statue Misidentified War Honor
The Broad Street and Hayden Place statue honors World War I doughboy, not a Confederate veteran as previously reported by the Enterprise. The long-standing pedestal figure has caused confusion among locals who overlooked its true World War I homage.
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Broad Street
Hayden Place
Enterprise
Bassett Showroom To Open For July Market
Bassett Furniture Industries Inc will open its High Point showroom for the July market, reversing an April October-only plan. Officials say the July presence serves Southern dealers who attend January and July markets, with the showroom open July 10-14 across four days.
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Robert Marks
Bassett Furniture Industries Inc
High Point
Bassett
Thomasville
Southeast
High Point Furniture Club
Basset
Southern Furniture Exposition
Lee Cude Jr
Cude
Warm Days and Cool Nights Forewarn Weekend Weather
The Friendship weatherman forecasts warm days and cool nights with fair to partly cloudy skies through Saturday. Tonight’s low in the low 60s, Saturday’s high mid 80s, and Sunday looks similar. Beach area outlook is fair to partly cloudy and warm. Last night’s low was 59.
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Friendship Weatherman
Parks Get 140000 In Federal Grants For City Improvements
Recreation officials announced federal grants totaling 140000 to fund park projects. City Lake Park lighting and facilities receive 47777. seven smaller parks gain 68964 for toilets, courts, playgrounds, and landscaping. Oakview Park gets 23951 for tennis courts and more. Work aimed to complete by September 1968 with half by summer.
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Ray Kisiah
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Kisiah
City Lake Park
Penny Road
Armstrong
Council Street
Hedgecock
Mohawk
McCain
Five Points
Parkside
Oakview Park
New Methodist posts revealed for eight area churches
The Western North Carolina Conference will name eight new pastors at its annual meeting in Lake Junaluska. Bishop Earl Hunt Jr. will read appointments as Calvary Methodist taps Grady W. Barringer, Highland gains T. G. Madison, and Lebanon receives G. W. Bumgardner. Rankin Memorial adds C. C. Murray, Northwood welcomes J. E. Davis, Ward Street to Calvary Ga Greensboro, Welch Memorial picks Jack Yarbrough.
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Lake Junaluska
High Point
Methodist
Earl Hunt Jr
Charlotte
Calvary Methodist
Grady W. Barringer
New Hope
G. W. Bumgardner
Boger City
Lincolnton
Lebanon
Rankin Memorial
I. P. Rutledge
Mount Olivet
Salisbury
Ray Hahn
Ward Street Methodist
Greensboro
R. E. Kayler
Cokesbury Methodist
Welch Memorial Methodist
Jack Yarbrough
Francis Asbury Methodist
Asheville
O. Ray Moss
Pair Of Foreign Visitors In High Point View Furniture Industry Operations
High Point hosted two visitors from abroad. Neil S. Currie official from Canberra discussed trade association work with SFMA officials. Jean Philippe Deschamps, France, eyed specialized buildings to showcase home furnishings for buyers from the United States and Europe. Currie travels on an Eisenhower Fellowship to study US manufacturing and trade groups.
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Jean Philippe Deschamps
Neil S. Currie
Furniture City
Chip Faircloth
High Point
Department of Trades and Industry
Canberra
Australia
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
New York
N.Y
Currie
United States
SFMA
Robert Spelman
Exposition
U. S. Department of Commerce
New Orleans
Miss Asheville and Miss Randolph County Qualify for NC Pageant Final
Miss Asheville Sandra Shoemaker 19 from Gulf Park Junior College won the Group B swimsuit and preliminary talent. Miss Randolph County Sarah Stedman 22 from Guilford College won Group C talent with Chopin Fantasie Impromptu. Final gown results await Saturday night judging. 85 entrants in four groups compete in swimsuit talent and evening gown.
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Charlotte
N.C
Asheville
Randolph County
Sandra Jean Shoemaker
Gulf Park Junior College
Sarah Elizabeth Stedman
Chopin
Guilford College
Asheboro
David M. Stedman
North Carolina
Nanett Minor
Several Get Terms On Roads
This week's Superior Court term in criminal session ended late Thursday. Judge Chester Morris of Coitack sentenced several defendants to active prison terms. Henry Miller had a writ denied for a new trial while serving 18 to 24 years for second degree murder in the 1960 death of Jamie Mae Miller. Joseph Daniel Cox, 20, received 18 to 24 months for assault with a deadly weapon after knifing Carroll Douglas Holden. Samuel Harris was convicted of breaking entering and larceny. Edward Davis, 40, drew 18 months for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and 12 months for assault with a deadly weapon, to run concurrently. Fred Quick Jr. faced assault charges.
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Superior Court
Chester Morris
Coitack
Henry Miller
Miller
Jamie Mae Miller
Joseph Daniel Cox
Carroll Douglas Holden
Samuel Harris
Harris
State Supreme Court
Edward Davis
Fairview Street
Fred Quick Jr
Pearson Place
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Hopper
Miss Randolph
Sarah Stedman
Sandra Shoemaker
Bassett Showroom
Abbotts Creek Missionary
New Methodist
Highland Methodist
T. G. Madison
William Spake
Jim Hawkins
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