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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1977
Page
2
High Point mail carrier Charlie Willyard received a birthday cake letter from residents along W Green Drive Trinity Avenue area. Peggy Johnson of Carl's Coffee Shop baked the cake, shown with Willyard in the photo.
Several people were injured in separate Friday crashes in High Point. Earl Paul McCracken 21 of Dayton Avenue Deborah McCracken and a Wallace were slightly hurt at 4 27 p m on W Lexington Avenue near Tabor Street. Walker 34 of Roaring River was charged with improper backing.
The High Point Enterprise announces its status as an independent newspaper and outlines home delivery and mail subscription rates including various terms and taxes. It also states AP copyright and carrier independence, with instructions to contact local carriers or Landon Associates for advertising and delivery details.
A High Point woman, Ila Jones, reported a purse snatching in her yard with a purse containing only scissors and 25 cents. Police arrested three youths, including 16 year old Jackie Hammonds on larceny and vehicle tampering, after finding an antenna from a Loy car. Separate patrols led to charges for a 19 year old man found hiding after larceny and a burglary alarm at Arthur's Pharmacy prompted a response.
Chief John A. Faircloth described a people oriented approach to policing at the Kiwanis Club. He cited high visibility car colors, a revised officer evaluation plan, and a reorganized platoon system that boosted patrols during crime peaks. Early March data show residency crimes down 20 percent and non residency crimes down 45 percent since the change. The neighborhood watch program was praised as vital for citizen involvement.
High Point Memorial Hospital plans to buy a computerized tomographic scanner costing 564000 to improve head and body diagnostics. The unit, nine components with a rotating x ray and computer, could cut patient travel and ambulance costs, with 1600 procedures projected in year one.
North Carolina faces a winter fuel shortage pushing the General Assembly to advance statewide building inspections and insulation rules. A study group chaired by Senator Harold W. Hardison backs long term conservation including insulation requirements and inspector training. Local compliance remains weak with half the counties lacking full inspection programs and many small towns seeing no dedicated inspectors or salaries.
The Class of 1942 from High Point High School now Central High will hold a reunion on June 18 starting at 11 a.m. in the school cafeteria, with a dinner dance at Top of the Mart to follow. Invites go to 1943 graduates and a search is on for several missing members including Gerald Acks and Ruth Brown among others.
A reader notes a sign showing milk at 1.45 rather than 1.4 an error that revises the apparent price. The observation highlights how a missing decimal point can mislead shoppers.
The Employment Security Commission will host a free two hour unemployment insurance seminar at 2 p m on April 7 at Howard Johnson s Motel I 85 Brentwood Street High Point. ESC officials Manfred Emmrich and Warren Whittmer will speak along with Dick Mendenhall and local staff. Attendees may ask questions and should contact the High Point ESC by April 5.
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