High Point Seeks Foreign Labor to Fill Local Openings
Workers imported under a North Carolina Fund program to ease a local labor shortage arrive with aims to fill jobs in High Point. The plan targets housing by using large residences as boarding homes run by mature couples from eastern North Carolina until newcomers settle. The initiative, led by the Chamber of Commerce and executive VP George Covington, marks early progress toward stabilizing workers from Richmond Robeson and other counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
High Point
North Carolina Fund
North Carolina
Set Ees
Togass Oh
Richmond
Robeson Ae
Sance
Unmaraia
Hi Point
Chamber of Commerce
George Covington
Mac Wrington
Carlisle Nance
F . James
Covington
Northwest Carolina
Ford Foundation
N. C. Fund
Thomasville
Salisbury
Hickory
Martinsville
Clearing Weather After Heavy Rain At Friendship Airport
The U S Weather Bureau at Friendship Airport reports 3.17 inches of rain from Friday to Saturday, including a 1.05 inch hour burst. Forecasts call for partly cloudy skies with thundershowers today and cloudy conditions with cooler temperatures around 80 degrees Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Friendship Airport
Friendship
Guilford
County Budget Focuses on Salaries as Top Priority
Guilford County faces a 1965-1966 budget with county commissioners to meet with the three school systems and health welfare officials. The discussion centers on salary increases, anticipated federal funds for a health building expansion, and plans to move prisoners from Greensboro to Gibsonville. The budget projects a 24.5 cent tax rate with new bonds and school spending, including a $1.6 million high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford County
Health Department
Welfare Board
Carl Johnson
Peat
Johnson
Serge Paren
High Point
Gibsonville
Guilford
Reds Indicate Moon Surface May Be Fuzzy
MOSCOW AP Soviet lunar researcher Evgenia Ruskol says earth-based studies show the moon’s surface is a disarray of fibers and appears as hardened fuzz. The Tass report notes no water has existed on the moon, but details of how this conclusion was reached are not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Evgenia Ruskol
Tass
Lions Clubs Elect High Point Leaders In North Carolina
Lions Clubs in North Carolina will enjoy a High Point focused leadership for the coming year. Three district governors hail from High Point, including Ray Bottoms of District 31 D, a High Point resident and attorney. He is the son of C. Stoker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Lions
High Point
Ray Bottoms
C. ©. Stoker
North Carolina Woman Killed In Virginia
Mrs. Emma Hancock Vaughan 58 of Rich Square North Carolina died after a two car crash at the U S 13 and 58 intersection two miles east of Suffolk Virginia. She was a passenger in the car driven by her husband James Russell Vaughan Sr. The other driver was Harry Haines of Belvedere North Carolina. Vaughan died on arrival at a Suffolk hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Emma Hancock Vaughan
Rich Square
N.C
U.S. 13
Here
Paper drives by High Point and Jamestown juniors
High Point and Jamestown Junior Chambers of Commerce will conduct paper drives today with pickups starting at 1 p.m. Residents are asked to have papers ready for collection and drives may be held at a later date if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Jamestown
Jamestown Junior Chambers of Commerce
Planning and Zoning to Review Four Development Items
The Planning and Zoning Commission will meet at 7 30 p m in City Council Chamber to consider four Community Development items including property changes for L R McMahan on English Road and Ernest L Koury Fairfield Plaza, Z M Silman Lincoln Drive, and Ney De See W Lexington Avenue plus preliminary subdivisions for Blair Reeceland Mathews Wildwood and Mendenhall properties, a subdivision variance for James Road, a High Point Plaza sign, and a group development for Samuel Shavitz. A code amendment to limit vehicle sizes in residential districts is also on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning and Zoning Commission
L. R. McMahan
English Road
South Road
Ernest L. Koury
Fairfield Plaza
S. Main Street
Fairfield Road
Z. M. Silman
Lincoln Drive
van Buren Street
Ney de See
W . Lexington Avenue
J. Robert Blair
Reeceland
Old Mill Road
Lawndale Drive
Toute Ot Dulles
Mathews Et al
Hickory Lane
Spencer Avenue
Westland Place
Charles M. Mendenhall
Ed E. Mendenhall
E. T. Byerly
James Road
Hazel B. Buchanan
M. R
H. B. Buchanan
Woodlowheed
Rolling Road
High Point Plaza
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Enterprise Photog
Elmer Horton
Allen
Janice Rasnic
High Point Realtors
Virginia
Cadillac
America
Highland Motors, Inc
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
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