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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1976
Page
6
A photo by Sonny Hedgdrock shows a tangle of wires around an electrical substation symbolizing rising utility rates. The caption notes the irony that freedoms once deemed free feel costly amid public disagreement over price hikes.
High Point officials consider two council items that could raise bills for water sewer and electric power. City Manager Harold Cheek urged utilities committee review of water sewer rate study and to align city electric rates with Duke Power Co. retail rates. Cheek noted current city rates lag Duke's by about 1 percent and emphasized budget impacts before June 30.
The Evergreens Inc asks the Piedmont Triad Health Council Project Review Committee to convert 66 of 120 beds planned for a High Point facility from rest home to nursing home care and to convert 120 beds in a new Greensboro facility to intermediate care leaving no rest beds there. The requests aim to meet new regulations while keeping patient needs. The meeting is set for 4 pm at 2120 Pinecroft Rd. Also on the agenda a Randolph County Nursing Home project and a Lexington CenterClair expansion seek approval, along with a Piedmont Triad Council of Governments request for federal EMS funds across 11 counties to coordinate services.
The Guilford County school system sets April 9 as the final day for parents of five year olds to apply for fall kindergarten classes. About 1,300 names have been collected for 38 state funded classes and eight federal program classes in High Point area schools. If state expansion proceeds, 10 to 12 more classes could open to serve 250 to 300 additional children.
Randolph deputies recovered nearly $2,000 in merchandise taken from Archdale Trinity area stores and arrested Edward Craig Johnson and Joseph Wayne Thomas of High Point. A third suspect, David Allen Wilson, is being sought for questioning. The trio are charged with breaking into Meadowbrook Grocery in Trinity on March 9 and J and R Trading Post in Hillsville on March 26. About $3,500 stolen from both firms was recovered, with J and R reporting $3,021.43 in losses. The merchandise was found in Johnson and Thomas's Cedar Square trailer. Both suspects posted $1,000 bonds and were released pending a preliminary hearing.
A city council committee heard residents protest the Bobby Glover 26 acre rezoning from Residential A-1 to Industrial 6 on Scientific Street. The council gave an unfavorable recommendation, signaling likely defeat at the Thursday formal session. Residents also opposed rezoning Westchester Drive block for business, with church leader Rev. Bob Polk voicing impact concerns on Fisher Street parcel. The council postponed a solution on a street right of way on S Main despite Ms Reba Cox’s plea, and sent parking removal near the former post office to committee for study.
City Manager Narold Cheek announces early retirement effective May 1 after today’s council session. Mayor Roy Culler stated the budget must be ready by June 20, and a five member committee was formed to find a successor, with nationwide تبلی search ongoing.
The Chamber of Commerce drive set a dollar record and mobilized volunteers to raise 22185, beating last year’s 21200 and the 19000 goal. Nine volunteers exceeded 1000 in new or increased memberships, with John Womack selling 2837 and his team totaling 7177. Don Edwards won a weekend getaway as grand prize, while four volunteers surpassed 2000 in sales earning gold telephones.
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