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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1976
Page
2
City leaders weigh spending nine hundred dollars for Bicentennial signs and consider how to observe the event. A July 4 park event and various farcical ideas surface, from viewing Pilot Mountain to wandering Main Street at midnight, while officials urge individual efforts and caution against impractical stunts.
After weeks of uncertainty many High Point social agencies face possible CD funding cuts after July 1. The Citizens Advisory Council CAC detailed four eligible groups Guilford County Head Start Kindergarten for the Handicapped Developmental Day Care Guilford County Social Services Outreach and seven additional as worthy, plus six more proposed projects with totals near 3.8 million. HUD will decide by June with funds to be spent starting July.
A fragment hints at a seasonal theme with a robin and early spring indicators. The text suggests that the robin alone does not signal spring and references a broader yearlong perspective, noting recent observations as part of the season’s cycle.
Guilford County Democrats approved resolutions urging passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and decriminalization of simple marijuana possession at their Saturday county convention. Jane Patterson was re elected Democratic chairman for 1977, with Doug Copeland losing the third vice chairman race to Chrisie Myatt. The party reported 78 of 20 precincts organized, the strongest county reach in memory.
Davidson County Democrats gathered at the courthouse for their county convention. Speakers attacked Raleigh and Washington Republicans while Ted Royster Jr was elected chairman and 43 delegates named. Congressman Steve Neal spoke on Ford policies, and Lane Brown assailed the Holshouser administration amid partisan critique.
A dense local schedule lists events across Lexington Davidson County and Kernersville. Sessions on money management led by Tom Kester at the YWCA, a hydraulics and pneumatics course at Davidson County Community College taught by Doug Gant, and various PTA meetings at Griffin Junior High Ledford Senior High Parkview Elementary and Kirkman Park. The High Point Mineral Club hosts a meeting with Joe Edwards focusing on micro mounting rocks. The High Point Traffic Club meets at Kepleys Barn with Carson Parker presenting. Kernersville Branch Library screens High Society.
Archdale City Council plans a special session Tuesday at 7 30 p m in City Hall to address complaints about Tar Heel Drive In Theater lights and noise. The meeting will also consider a part time dog catcher and a foot bail establishment near Trinity Junior High School, plus a sewer study contract with Freeman Engineers for the second phase.
A reader skewers fad diets and weight loss claims, noting how families across borders chase results. The piece critiques the endless diet fads, the lure of celebrity plans, and the belief that reducing eating time or calories guarantees weight loss, while confessing personal trial and error.
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