Public housing loan approved for High Point expansion
FRANK WARREN reports the Public Housing Administration approved a $4,358,958 loan to the High Point Housing Authority for 330 low rent homes, including 130 for the elderly. An immediate $485,600 will fund site purchase, architectural work and preliminary construction.
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Frank Warren
High Point
Horace Kornegay
High Point Enterprise
Public Hous
Ing Administration
High Point Housing Authority
Public Housing Administration
Housing Authority of
City of
Gordon
Edwards
Steele Street
Housing Authority
John T. Ellis Co Opens New Store On Main Street
John T. Ellis Co unveils a new Main Street store with eight dressing rooms a bridal room and a 20-car parking lot ahead of a July grand opening. The event features patriotic decor, window displays, door prizes and souvenir pencils for attendees as officials discuss housing loan approvals and site choices for a related project.
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The
John T. Ellis Co
Main St
David Chain
United States
Chaun
Celebrations For Fourth Of July Planned By Parks
The parks and recreation department will host a family Fourth of July program with 32 events the largest yet. Activities start at City Lake Park and Washington Terrace Park at 1 pm with the Elks Club co sponsoring. Prizes will be awarded and playgrounds closed that day.
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Parks and Recreation Department
City Lake Park
Washington Terrace Park
Elks Club
Weather Turns Warm And Humid At Friendship Airport
The Friendship Airport weather station forecasts warm humid conditions with variable cloudiness today. Scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers are possible. Highs near 86F, low tonight around 68F. Yesterday’s high was 83F, last night’s low 66F. Monday expects partly cloudy skies and continued warmth with widely scattered showers.
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Friendship Airport
Firemen Put Out Smoke From Washing Machine at Ogden Street
Fire crews rushed to a residence at 1306 Ogden Street on Saturday to extinguish a smoking washing machine motor. No fire was found, and the machine and its contents sustained no damage.
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Ogden Street
Accident Box Score Last Week
A compact recap reports an incident affecting local games with brief box score details from last week. It notes team names and scores, along with key player points, rebounds, and assists where readable, framing the event as a short sports note.
Clean Up Workshop Fire Safety Tips
Home workshops can become fire hazards if kept dirty. Oily rags should be burned or stored in a tightly sealed metal container. Flammable liquids must be in labeled sealed non breakable containers and stored in a cool place. Every amateur workshop should have water or a fire extinguisher ready available.
Storm Fire Destroys High Point Family Home
A thunderstorm Friday night burned nearly the Craven home at Rt. 5 High Point. Mr and Mrs Colon Craven and four children were away at Springhill Methodist Church when lightning struck, destroying all possessions and leaving the family homeless. The church plans a relief campaign to assist rebuild and support the daughter entering High Point College in the fall.
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High Point
Colon Craven
Rt. 5
Cherch
Cravens
Springhill Methodist Church
W. Lexington Avenue
W. A. Jarrett
Craven
Springhill
High Point College
Jarrett
Auto Crash at Drive-In Injures Six in Greensboro Road Collision
Six people were injured when a compact car carrying two teens, Julia Stamey and Judy Christensen, collided with a car heading east on Greensboro Road near the Pointer Drive in Greensboro at midnight. Four teenage boys, Phillip Moore, Eddie Johnson, Robert Surratt, and Steve Roult, were in the second vehicle. None sustained serious injuries, all had facial and head lacerations. drivers undetermined as police continued investigations at High Point Memorial Hospital.
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Pointer Drive
Greensboro
Julia Stamey
Emerywood Court Apartments
Judy Christensen
Desk Drive
Phillip Moore
Kivett Drive
Eddie Johnson
Archdale
Robert Surratt
Jamestown
Steve Roult
Charles Avenue
High Point Memorial Hospital
Moore
Johnson
Furniture Market Prep Signals Strong Show in High Point
Preparations underway for the forty second Southern Furniture Market set for July 12 at the 14 story Southern Furniture Exposition Building in High Point. Nearly 400 lines fill almost a million square feet across downtown venues and factory showrooms as buyers from the Southeast converge for a wide design mix and new machinery investments.
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High Point
Leo J. Heer
U.S. A
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East Central
F. Curtis Morehead
Floyd D. Mehan
Paul Clapp
Morehead
Monroe St
Rose
Radio-Tv
Wrenn
Gat
Rexair Sales & Service
N. Main St
Furniture
Outlook
Ray
Washington
National
North Carolina
Wena
National Mortgage & Security
Nissen
E. Washington
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America
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Paramount Theater
E. Commerce ST. Bldg
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