Hall Is To Run Again For Jamestown Council
Harold E. Hall of Forestdale Drive seeks re election to Jamestown Town Council. Fellow candidate Thomas C. Ragsdale also seeks re election. Other contenders include Charles Hughes Jr W G Ragsdale Robert H Crouch and Millard Firesheets. Prospective filing ends April 8 with potential May 2 election and possible April 18 primary.
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Jamestown
Harold E. Hall
Forestdale Drive
Hall
Thomas C. Ragsdale
Main Street
Jamestown Council
Hall Oil Company
Jamestown High School
Jamestown Methodist Church
Jamestown Rotary Club
Martha Rae Spencer
Charles C. Hughes Jr
W. G. Ragsdale
Robert H. Crouch
Potter Drive
Millard M. Firesheets
Knollwood Drive
High Point
Joe Blair
Carl Smith
J. Roy Sullivan
GOP field grows as city election nears with full council slate
Local Republicans announce a full eight member council ticket led by Robert Davis for mayor as David A. Rawley Jr. files for candidacy before the Tuesday 6 p.m. deadline. Democrats meanwhile scramble to add two more candidates to avoid weak showing with three Negro contenders, including Mortician Louis Haizlip in the third ward.
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Forrest Cates
Louis Haizlip
Robert Davis
Bill Cain
Arnold Koonce
Dorothy Burnley
Coolidge Murrow
William Bencini
James Shelton
J. C. Reynolds
Rawley
Roy Culler
Harold Craven
Coy Putman
Haizlip
Walter Huber
Fletcher Waden
Fred Swartzberg
Car
Finches Estate Inventory Shows 4.62 Million Value
The Doak Finch estate in Davidson County lists an estimated total of 4.62 million dollars with 4.52 million in personal property and 100 thousand in real estate. Stocks and bonds total 4.5 million and NCNB of Greensboro is named executor and trustee. The Doak Finch Foundation receives 10 percent of gross estate for taxes, the remainder goes to the executor for residuary trusts for his wife and two children Richard Finch and Jane Finch. The final inventory is due within 90 days.
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Lexington
Doak Finch
Davidson Superior Court Clerk’s
North Carolina National Bank of Greensboro
Finch
Agnes Finch
NCNB
Ary
W. Holly Hill Road
Richard Finch
High Point
Jane Finch
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Area Job Outlook Is Static in High Point Jamestown Region
Labor market in the High Point Jamestown area shows a leveled off pace in March according to Ralph Miller of the ESC. New job seekers declined to 525 from February 717 while openings fell to 392 from 439. Unfilled openings end of March were 220, with 321 placements that month.
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High Point - Jamestown
Ralph Miller
Local
Employment Security Commission
High Point Esc
Miller
ESC
Rawley Jr. Files Republican City Council Candidacy
David A. Rawley Jr. announces as a Republican candidate for the High Point City Council. A High Point native and Wake Forest graduate, he has long pursued local government and holds roles with The High Point Enterprise and North Carolina media interests. He chairs North Carolina Partners of the American Alliance, has Bolivia and Brazil travel in alliance programs, and is active in Rotary and First Baptist Church. He is married to Shirley Yakley with two children.
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David A. Rawley Jr
High Point
Rawley
Wake Forest College
University of North Carolina Graduate School of Journalism
North Carolina Partners of the American Alliance
First Baptist Church
Shirley Yakley
Williams Named Junior Of Year by Trophy Council
Burdette E. Williams was honored as Junior of the Year by Trophy Council No. 29 of the Junior Order United American Mechanics. Judge Walter E. Crissman presented the award at a dinner meeting at the Junior Order Building with entertainment by the Marlboro Chorus.
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Burdette E. Williams
Trophy Council
Junior Order
United American Mechanics
Walter E. Crissman
Marlboro Chorus
Two Major Projects Push High Point Permit Totals Over Million
Construction activity in High Point drives a weekly permit total to 1 288 192 with the Science Building at High Point College on Montlieu Avenue and an Alderman's Studio Building addition on Francis Street leading the surge. The three story Science Building near the Guilford County Health Department is valued at 775 850 with a delayed permit due to property lines. The Alderman's Studio addition is valued at 397 171 and the week also includes new houses and multiple repairs and improvements across the city.
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High Point
High Point College
Montlieu Avenue
Francis Street
Guilford County Health Department
Alderman
A. R. Strange
Strange
E. Washington Street
L. R. Cashion
FR. Willard
Avery Street
Charles Brown
Crestview St
Police Seek Lone Bandit After Grocery Store Hold Up
An armed bandit escaped with $200 after pistol pointing at Sanitary Grocery on Park Street. Police describe the white male suspect 35 to 40, 140 to 150 pounds, wearing a checked shirt and dark pants, fled on foot. no injuries reported.
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Don Follmer
Sanitary
Park Street
Frances Grubb
Weekend Forecast Promises Mild Sunny Weather
The Friendship weatherman predicts no rain this weekend with temperatures near 70. Tonight will be fair and cool with a low in the mid to upper 40s. Saturday should be fair and warm with a high in the mid to upper 70s. Sunday looks partly cloudy and a bit warmer. Yesterday's high was around 70 and last night's low near 37.
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Friendship
Campbell Alumni to Meet in Thomasville for Spring Gathering
Campbell College alumni from the High Point Thomasville Lexington area plan a spring meeting Tuesday at 6 30 p m at the Coach House Restaurant 518 National Highway Thomasville Speakers include James Cole Campbell soccer coach and Jerry Jackson assistant to the dean and political science professor Parents of present students invited to attend.
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Campbell College
High Point
Thomasville
Lexington
Coach House
National Highway
Campbell
James Cole
Jerry Jackson
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High Point Enterprise
GOP
Stout
Fred Allen
Fletcher
Allen
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Alderman Studios
Brentwood Street
Georgia
Chip Faircloth
D. A. Rawley Jr
Williams
ABC
Ron Weston
Eldridge Tuggle
Ennis Street
Margaret and Luther Little
Montsinger Street
Gilbert Wallace
Redding Street
Theodore Brower
Ward Street
Tuggle
Brower
New South Motor Inn
Asheboro Road
Crawford Legrande
Ward and
Green
Garland Welborn
George B. Wood
Greensboro
John Lingold
Marshall
Texas
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