Local leaders push concurrent vocational education plan
High Point Chamber education chairman Jack Rochelle urged Monday that vocational training run alongside regular high school classes to equip students for better livelihoods. Dr Dean Pruette cited high costs and funding limits, calling for a balanced program and an extra 230000 over two years to support locally paid teachers.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
Jack Rochelle
Rochelle
Education Committee
Southern Furniture Exposition
Pruette
High Point
Washington
Harvey Tilles
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Education
Tilles
Jerry Shaver
High Point Central High School
Cold Weather Forecast Persists In Local Outlook
The Friendship weatherman reports continued cold conditions with fair, cold tonight and lows in the low 20s. Wednesday offers mostly sunny skies and near zero precipitation, followed by cloudy, cold conditions Thursday. Today's high was in the lower 40s, while Wednesday's high is expected in the mid 40s.
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Friendship Weatherman
Andrews Central Career Day Programs Set For Wednesday And Thursday
Dr Loren Young southeast director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes will speak at Career Day programs in High Point high schools on Wednesday at Andrews High and on Thursday at Central High. Rotary Club sponsors discuss 75 career fields with students. local business leaders will participate. Young, a Duke and Emory graduate, has coaching and athletic administration background and serves in church and education roles in Georgia.
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Loren Young
Southeast
The
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
High Point High
Andrews High School
Central High School
Rotary Club
High Point Business
Dr. Young
Oak Hill
W. Va
Duke University
Emory University
Duke
Emory
Westminster Schools
Atlanta
Bill McGuinn
James Randle
Fred Swartzberg
Central High
George Clark
Andrews High
Janet McCurry
Herb Hipps
Bob Bowman
Four District Court defendants held for Superior Court
Four defendants waived preliminary hearings and were bound over to Superior Court by Judge Byron Haworth. Marion Hughes James Mc Crackin William C Stevenson and Hazel Vanstory face felonious assault breaking and entering and felonious prison escape charges. Carl Blackman larceny case and related charges were dismissed. Henderson McCoy guilty of illegal whisky possession with $25 fine and suspended sentence. Richard Kearns whisky transportation charge not pressed. Ira Hutchins reckless driving prayer for judgment continued.
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District Court
Superior Court
Byron Haworth
Marion Hughes
James McCrackin
Barker Street
William C. Stevenson
Hazel Vanstory
Hughes
McCrackin and Stevenson
Vanstory
Carl Blackman
Grand Avenue
Charles
Agnes Beard
Archdale
Roger Wilson
East Street
Henderson McCoy
Loflin Street
Richard ‘Kearns
Thomasville
Haworth
Ira Hutchins
Spring Garden Street
Finnison Named to Lead Guilford Ambulance Service Post
Greensboro area officials said James B. Finnison of Greensboro will be recommended for a $10,200 annual Ambulance Director post by County Manager John Witherspoon. Finnison, an 11 year Greensboro Fire Department veteran and former Guilford Airport Fire Rescue chief, would start April 1 and oversee a transition from Ambulance Service of Guilford Inc. planned by Sept 1.
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Greensboro
John Witherspoon
James B. Finnison
Witherspoon
Finnison
Board of Commissioners
Guilford County
State Department of Insurance
Ambulance Service of
Guilford
Apartments Versus Park Stirs Harrison Renewal Debate
Winter city officials clash over whether Sanders Dallas Jr should give 2% acres of his land bounded by Boundary and Graves for a neighborhood park adjacent to the Daniel Brooks federal housing project. Dallas proposes eight single family homes and 56 apartments. The Planning Commission favors the park, the Redevelopment Commission vetoes it, and a land swap may be explored.
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Forrest Cates Enterprise
Winter City
Harrison Center
City Planning and Zoning Commission
The
Redevelopment Commission
Sanders Dallas Jr
Dallas
Arch Schoch Jr
Planning Commission
Boundary
Graves
Daniel Brooks
City Parks and Recreation Commission
Schoch
Ray Kisiah
Kisiah
Harrison Street
Harrison
Washington Terrace Park
Carpenter Candidate For Mayor
THOMASVILLE Mayoral race begins with Harvey A. Carpenter Jr announcing plans to seek a second term. Filing for council candidates closes April 15 as two wards and a council-at-large seat are on the ballot alongside the mayor. Carpenter previously became mayor after J Glenn Pennington died in June 1968. Wilson, a former mayor, was appointed to finish Carpenter s unexpired term.
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Thomasville
Harvey A. Carpenter Jr
Joe Wheliss
Charlie Eanes
Carl C. Wilson
Bob Holladay
George Poole
Carpenter
J. Glenn Pennington
Wilson
Sink Seeks U S Marshal Post in North Carolina
Davidson County Sheriff Fred C. Sink expressed definite interest in becoming U S marshal for the Middle District of North Carolina. He, Jim Somers of Wilkes County and Ellis Almond of Stanly County were nominated by the Republican committee. Attorney General John N. Mitchell expected to decide within two weeks. Sink, popular in Davidson and long sheriff since 1966, noted he had come too far not to be interested, despite reports of shifting consideration and prior warnings from Link.
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Lexington
Fred C. Sink
Davidson County
U. S
U. S. Middle District
North Carolina
Sink
Jim Somers
Wilkes County
Ellis Almond
Stanly County
Republican Committee
Bnttique
Link
Davidson
Correction: Pennington Memorial Fund aids Thomasville officials' children
The J. Glenn Pennington Memorial Fund is dedicated to funding education for the children of City of Thomasville employees. Five thousand dollars already exists and a five member committee will review applications to award the funds.
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J. Glenn Pennington
Thomasville
City of
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Planning Board defers action on Lloyd Manns trailer park expansion
Thomasville planners postponed a second request by Lloyd Manns to extend his trailer park on Fisher Ferry Street. Residents opposed the expansion, saying it would degrade the neighborhood. The board sent Manns’ rezoning request to consultant Mark Sullivan of Salisbury.
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Thomasville
City Planning Board
Lloyd Manns
Fisher Ferry Street
Manns
Mark Sullivan
Salisbury
Florida Market
Fisher Ferry
Rezoning Plan in High Point Wins City Panel Endorsement
City Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of a broad rezoning proposal for downtown High Point after a public hearing. The plan shifts land between N Main and surrounding streets toward less restrictive residential uses and some industrial to business classifications. The panel also backed moves to rezone positions near E Springfield Ave and Kivett Drive, with steps to modify animal hospital allowances and address displacements tied to urban renewal.
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G. E. Carter
Aycock
Carrier Drive
Cloniger Drive
W. Green Street
Pineywood Head
High Point
City Planning and Zoning Commission
N. Main
Parkway
Lindsay
Locke
Chestnut
English Streets
Planning Board
Sink
J. C. Morgan
Sceuthes
Sceuthes Strorner of Kivett Drive and Oneka Street
Morgan
Trinity Area Pre School Conferences Planned for March 12
The Archdale Trindale and Trinity elementary schools announce annual pre-school conferences on Wednesday March 12. Registration starts 630 p.m. at Trinity and 7 p.m. at Archdale and Trindale. Parents must bring health records personal records and birth certificates. Records forms available at each school. Health record due first day of fall term. Children six or older on Oct 15 1969 are eligible to enroll.
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Trinity
Archdale
Trindale
Man Is Freed In Forgery Case
THOMASVILLE A forgery charge against a Davidson County man was not pressed in Recorder's Court here Monday. Robert Jarrett Jr., 42, of Rt. 2, Thomasville, was accused of forging a $25.69 check. Nearby, James Sanders, 29, of Douglas Drive, had an assault with a deadly weapon charge reduced to simple assault and fined court costs for assaulting William Sanders with a knife.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Recorder’s Court
Robert Jarrett Jr
Rt. 2
James Sanders
Douglas Drive
William Sanders
Young Boy Injured After Running Into Passing Car
A 6 year old boy, Michael Bugg of Woodbine Street, was bruised and had abrasions after running from behind a parked car into a moving vehicle on Albertson Street. James L. Barnett of Beddington Street drove the car. no charges will be filed. Police also charged Florence B. Carroll for failure to reduce speed after her car hit James Winfrey’s vehicle on N Main Street. Damage totaled about 250 dollars. Investigations include a stereo tape player theft from Clyde Martin’s vehicle and an $18 vending machine theft at West End Gulf Station. Jackie S. Carroll of Cable Street was charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
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Michael Bugg
Woodbine Street
Albertson Street
James L. Barnett
Beddington Street
Florence B. Carroll
Nutbush Drive
Jamestown
N. Main Street
James ©. Winfrey
Green Hill Drive
Clyde Martin
Neill Pontiac Co
West End Gulf Station
English Road
Jackie S. Carroll
Cable Street
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Andrews
Central
North Georgia Methodist Conference
North Georgia Conference Board of Education
National Council of Churches’ Board of Evangelism
U.S. Marshal
Forrest Cates
Enterprise
Kivett Drive
Clarence Albertson
Sinclair and
van Buren
Trinity Area
Young Boy
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