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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1968
Page
2
Photo credit Dick Sweim notes a new city clean-up drive begins Monday amid a week of historic civic effort. Willis Leprone Headquarters states the city’s Saturday curb inspections highlighted areas needing attention.
Leo Palmer canvassed downtown suggesting strong support for A Pat Brown bid of 75125 to purchase the old Elwood Hotel plot. Brown proposes a meat store cafeteria and several shops on the site with demolition and redevelopment planned.
The Harrison Street Planning Council and East Side centers lead a two week cleanup and beautification push in the East Central city area. A citywide urban renewal project is tied to the effort with eleven local households joining a cleanup bee as part of ongoing Redevelopment Office programs.
A humorous anecdote recalls a worker receiving a bizarre employment questionnaire from a phantom “Personnel” office. The form asked about draft status, army past, arrest history, and hobbies, prompting a jokey defense and the reveal that the mix up caused the overprinting of blanks.
High Point Council and the merchants of the shopping center plan a May Day art show open to all local artists. Four categories oils water colors polymers and mixed media with ribbons and cash prizes for first and second in Best of Show. jurors provided by the Arts Council. artists may sell their paintings during the event.
In Greensboro and Guilford County the primary election on May 4 will offer absentee ballots to voters for primary candidates and county bond issues. Applications must be filed by the Wednesday before the Saturday primary.
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