Covington Enters Guilford County Commission Race
George Covington former High Point mayor joins six Democrats seeking three Guilford County Board of Commissioners nominations. He joins Horace Ilderton and others in a field including Carson Bain Sidney Allen and Charles Hunt with a April filing deadline. Covington emphasizes principled service and county experience and still operates a Guilford County farm while praising current leadership.
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George Covington
High Point
Guilford County
Pleasant Garden
John Homewood
Oak Ridge
Covington
Guilford
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Jamestown High School
University of North Carolina
Covering of Tracks Urged by High Point Official
Henry E. Price of the redevelopment commission urged High Point merchants to back railroad track covering to revitalize downtown. He warned the city could face higher taxes if the economic base declines and noted leases in boom years are ending, asking how many merchants will stay.
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Henry E. Price
Redevelopment Commission
High Point Merchants Assn
High Point
Price
Greensboro and Lexington Democrats enter primary races
In Greensboro James Perrin a 38 year old food company executive announced as a Democratic candidate for the Guilford County delegation to the House of Representatives. In Lexington Robert Grubb announced for the Twelfth District Superior Court solicitor post opposing John Comer. Grubb’s entry guarantees a primary for the solicitor’s race and Perrin’s entry lines up four Democrats for the four House seats with Rep. Stedman Hines yet to declare. Grubb shares Lexington roots and UNC Law education and has held local party roles. Perrin serves on the Greensboro School Board and is a key local business figure.
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Greensboro
James Perrin
Guilford County
House of Representatives
Lexington
Robert L. Grubb
John Comer
Twelfth District Superior Court
Grubb
Court
Perrin
Guilford House
Stedman Hines
Hines
Ed Kemp
High Point
William Hunter
Elton Edwards
Comer
Guilford
Davidson
Denton Recorders Court
Davidson County
Young Democrats Club
First Evangelical and Reformed Church of
Kiwanis Club
Planners Propose Easing Downtown Apartment Rules
City planners and the zoning commission propose easing square foot requirements for high rise downtown apartments and reclassifying N Main Street block from Business A to Residential C to spur close in living. They also approve a furniture exhibit ban and back downtown revitalization plans including a potential 80 acre tract in the urban renewal project.
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High Point
City and Zoning Commission
N. Main Street
N. Main
Parkway
Guilford Street
Ior High Point
Mass Meeting Of Merchants Urges Tracks Coverage Plan
The Downtown Development Corporation of High Point calls a mass meeting of city merchants in the City-County Building at 7:30 p.m. Thursday to gain support for covering railroad tracks. Dick Culler reports invitations sent. President Mendenhall urges quick action and a redevelop ment commission review to extend the east central urban renewal project to Washington Street for federal support.
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Downtown Development Corporation
DDC
High Point
Dick Culler
Ed Mendenhall
Mendenhall
East Central
Washington Street
One More Day For Fair Skies
Forecasts from the Friendship weather station predict another day of generally fair skies with a slight drop in temperatures. Tonight and Wednesday will be cooler, with increasing cloudiness and no major temperature changes by Thursday. Last night’s low 34, today’s high 61, tonight’s low 33, and tomorrow’s high about 55.
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Friendship Weather Station
City approves discount house on S Main Street
City planning changes reverse earlier denial and allow a discount house in interim residential area on S Main Street opposite Fraley Road. Eldridge rezoning requests for a kindergarten and other properties are denied. Protesters and drivers raise traffic concerns as several rezoning bids are rejected or approved at the City County Building meeting.
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S. Main Street
Planning and Zoning Commission
S. Main
Fraley Road
Mendenhall- Moore Realtors
Main Street
W. Lexington Avenue
Long Street
J. W. Eldridge
Eldridges
W. Willis Avenue
W. Green Drive
English Street
Flaherty Street
Aid To Purchase Reservoir Sought
City officials won permission to apply for a federal grant to help buy land for a new reservoir. The aid could cover up to 30 percent of land costs, with the area already owning over 400 acres and more land being acquired. The project aims to provide a recreational open space and future water supply, with approvals to follow in a formal session.
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Harold Cheek
High Point
Cheek
Cheeks
Jamestown
Penny Road
iThursday
Image of North Carolina as a Tourist Attraction
Attorney J W Morgan reports a European tour with 40 North Carolinians to sell North Carolina as a tourist destination. They highlighted private home lodging in High Point and the state’s low budget travel plan. European interest grew after press conferences and travel-agent briefings in five cities.
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Europe
North Carolina
J. W. Morgan
High Pointer
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Miami
America
Morgan
High Point
Chamber of Commerce
Cherokee
London
Amsterdam
Frankfort
Zurich
Paris
U. S
Charles Wade
Miriam Rabb
Posse
British Overseas Airway Corp
BOAC
Man Sentenced for Worthless Checks and Court Actions
A High Point man with addresses listed as Archdale, Thomasville, or S Main Street received 10 months on the roads for issuing worthless checks totaling 527. Other cases include Ross Jackson given a 12 month prayer for judgment, Noah Jack Rice jailed over auto theft, and Johnny Mack Medley appealing a larceny conviction while facing possible Superior Court trial.
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Archdale
Thomasville
S. Main Street
High Point
Carl Blair
Ross Jackson
W. Green Street
Perley Boone
Jackson
Gum Ave
Noah Jack Rice
Rt. 5
Holiday Motors
South Carolina
Johnny Mack Medley
Hoover Street
Medley
Phillip E. Taylor
Byron Haworth
Taylor
Grace E. Sheets
Worth Avenue
Sheets
William Donald Howell
Roy N. Frye
Tank Street
Robert Foster
General Finance
Elvin A. Fulton
Greensboro
James Phifer Hill
Brentwood
Gaines Tolbert
William E. Kincaid
Hudson Street
ABC Sales Show Increase Across North Carolina Stores
The North Carolina ABC board reports February sales totals with Jamestown at 159,318.35 dollars and Greensboro at 525,129.90 dollars a drop from 1961 levels in Winston-Salem and Greensboro while the state overall rises 10.59 percent to 6,387,542.25. January and February combined reach 13,063,946.10 dollars, up 11.62 percent from last year.
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Jamestown
ABC
North Carolina
ABC Board
Winston - Salem
Greensboro
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Old Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Fred Alexander
Bank
Thad McInnis
L. R. Stewart
H. N. Williard
Nan Garland
Alexander
Sloan Gibson
George Stewart
Art Richardson
Commissioner
Greensboro, Lexington
New York University
Lexington Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rochelle Thomason
W. I. Anderson & Co
Robert L, Grubb
Discount House
Cation
City County
Ridgecrest Drive
N. Ward
N. C
Lowe
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