High Point City Elections Board to be Abolished in 1972
As of December 31 1972 the High Point city elections board will be dissolved under a revised state law. After year end the city must hold elections under the county board. Chairman Frank Wyatt resigns to avoid conflicts as he plans to campaign for Governor Bowles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Municipal Board of Elections
County Board of Elections
Frank Wyatt
Wyatt
Bowles
North Carolina
Alton Stanford
James Hayworth
City Elections Board
Elva Small
Stanford
County Board
Richard Tate
General Assembly
Narcotics Case Falters Over Inconclusive Evidence
Police describe two attempted junior high school narcotics cases that collapsed when the items involved proved not to be drugs. In the first, a supposed drug sale yielded a hypodermic needle, lacking proof of narcotic use. In the second, pills sold days earlier had been consumed, leaving no evidence of illegal quantities. Acme Lodge No. 2, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons, will meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. at 109 Centennial St.
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Acme Lodge No
Centennial St
Whynot Named State Population Center Despite Nearby Claims
Census plotters place North Carolina’s population center near Whynot in Randolph County, 4.55 miles E N E of the town. Director Thomas Steahr notes the point balances the 5.5 million residents, with contest possible from Erect, but Whynot is deemed most appropriate. Whynot has under a dozen homes and a new church.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Randolph County
Whynot
Thomas E. Steahr
Carolina
Steahr
Erect
FHA funding halted for Low-Cost housing in High Point
Federal review blocks several planned Low and Moderate income apartment projects in High Point. FHA refuses new applications amid a questioned market and updated survey. 650 units may be affected, including Farmington phase two and a 320 unit Kivett Drive development. Credit barriers also hit the London Woods houses, with 85 percent of buyers denied by FHA, despite 17k to 21k prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hubbard
Federal Housing
High Point
Federal Housing Authority
Jim Pennington
Model Cities
FHA
Farmington
Meredith
Brentwood Streets
Westminster Co
Greensboro
Kivett Drive
Union Hill School
Pennington
London Woods
High Point Church Housing Assn., Inc
Don Kiel
High Point Housing Development Corp
Enterprise
Cedron Avenues
Old Guard Supports Holshouser in Guilford County Primary
Republican gubernatorial hopeful James Holshouser announces Guilford County leaders Dale Montgomery and Coolidge Murrow as top aides and co chairman for High Point and Greensboro efforts. He cites county party strength centered in High Point and adds Bob Shaw backing on his statewide steering committee. Gardner lags as his Guilford aides are unnamed and a planned March visit to High Point is canceled after a family death.
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Robert Marks
Greensboro
James Holshouser
Old Guard
Guilford County
James Gardner
Holfhouser
Dale Montgomery
High Point
County Board of Commissioners
Coolidge Murrow
Clyde Kiker
Bob Vaughn
Kiker
Vaughn
Republican Party
Guilford
Holshouser
Montgomery
Bob Shaw
Percy Sears
John Stickley
Charlotte
Stickley
Gardner
Murrow
Jim Gardner
General Assembly
William Ostee
Teens Missing From HRC Rec Meeting Prompt Plan
High Point commission to have Model Cities and Parks rework teen recreation needs after youths skipped a Thursday session. City facilities for teen dances and soda shops are lacking, with three new facilities planned on Leonard Street Oakview Park and the Southside but not for about two years.
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High Point Human Relations Commission
Model Cities
Parks and Recreation Department
Model Cities Commission
Frankie Staton
Igh Point Youth Council
Human Relations Commission
Keith
Commission
Model Cities Task Force On Recreation
Blood Bank Restrictions Considered for High Point Chapter
High Point may join a strict credit plan for blood from the Red Cross. Local donors must supply 90 percent of used blood by July or else blood will be allocated only after donors repay. The chapter forecasts a 5 500 pint need next year and notes 96 pints collected at the March 6 Bloodmobile visit.
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High Point
Red Cross Blood Bank
Marie Sawyer
Charlotte
Sawyer
Bloodmobile
Jack Byerly
Thomasville
Aldermans’ Studios
Paper Drive Slated by Jamestown Jaycees Sunday
Jamestown Jaycees plan a Sunday paper drive led by president Jimmy Young. Residents may set paper at curbside or bring it to Jamestown Town Hall with proceeds funding community projects.
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Jamestown
Jamestown Jaycees
Jimmy Young
Young
Jamestown Town Hall
Area Bands Earn Superior Marks
Two High Point area junior high bands earned superior ratings at a band contest March 4 at A. L. Brown High School. Griffin Junior High School of High Point led by David Carter earned superior in Group 2, James town Junior High School led by Paul Rainey earned superior in Group 4. Ferndale Junior High led by Mrs. Mary Welborn and Northeast Junior High Eighth Grade Band led by David Duncan each earned excellent in Group 3, with the Ninth Grade Band also earning excellent in Group 4.
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Kannapolis
High Point
A. L. Brown
Griffin
David Carter
Jamestown
Paul Rainey
Ferndale
Mary Welborn
Northeast
David Duncan
Mrs Fox Heads Easter Seals Campaign In High Point
Mrs. James R. Fox will lead the annual Easter Seal appeal in High Point from March 1 to April 2. The drive funds direct services for crippled children and adults through state and local Easter Seal Societies. The program offers equipment loans like wheelchairs braces and walkers and Camp Easter In The Pines hosted over 300 participants. A planned seminar on Mental Retardation at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church was canceled due to scheduling conflicts.
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James R. Fox
High Point
National
Easter Seal Society
United States
North Carolina
Easter-In- The-Pines
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
W.N. C. Conference of the Church
Holshouser lists reforms in state government and education
North Carolina Republican candidate for governor Jim Holshouser prioritizes state government reorganization and education improvement. He calls public schools near crisis and supports teacher pay raises of 10 and 5 percent over the coming biennium, possibly limited by Nixon Phase 2 wage controls. He also highlights mental hospital conditions as a major scandal and credits GOP effort for raising the issue with SBI and FBI involvement.
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Robert Marks
Greensboro
Jim Holshouser
North Carolina
Holshourer
North Carolina Assn
Holfhouser
Nixon
Cherry Hospital
Goldsboro
Cherry
O’berry Center
Broughton
Holshouser
Republican Party
State Department of Mental Health
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State
High Point Enterprise
Eugene Terrell
Craig Parks
High Point Museum
E. Lexington Avenue
High Point Medical Auxiliary
Mark Austin
GOP ‘Old Guard
HRC
Marvin
Charles Lee Amos Jr
Red Cross
Presbyterian Home
Salisbury VA
Hospital
Fred Lambeth
West Virginia
English Road
Mrs. Fox
Holshouser’s
Washington
John Mitchell
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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