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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1971
Page
13
Mayor and city council candidates closed campaigns as officials forecast a light turnout of about 6 500 of 20 587 eligible voters. Voters will choose a mayor for two years and eight council members with ward and at large seats. Polls open 6 30 a m to 6 30 p m.
Richard S. Ray of the Learning Institute of North Carolina will address Developmental Day Care Inc. of High Point at its annual meeting. The group, started in 1968, now operates 5 centers serving about 130 children with 23 full-time staff and plans a June training program. The luncheon will be at Top of the Mart at 12 15 p.m. Wednesday. Ray is a UNC education graduate with a long NC teaching and admin career.
In a brief 9 a.m. gathering the council cleared a routine agenda before bids open for over a dozen items, including more than 1 million dollars in street improvements to be done over the next year. Thompson-Arthur Paving Co. of Greensboro appears the low bidder on multiple projects. The council approved park concessionaires and many business licenses, set hearings on street work, and announced its last meeting before new leadership takes office May 11.
Thomasville resident Barney Keiffer Batten 64 of College Street died when his car failed to yield at Mendenhall Street crossing the superhighway. Clyde E. Scott of Atlanta collided with Batten’s vehicle causing total losses. Scott survived and was hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Funeral plans set for J. C. Green and Sons Chapel with burial at Holly Hills Cemetery.
Archdale-Trinity Jaycees held an installation and awards banquet with State vice president Ben Maree presenting the 1971-1972 officers led by President Sherman Staten. Awards honored Ron Hoover, Roy Allen, Larry Boyles, Phil Hunsucker, and Jim Stone among others. dinner/dance followed at the Colonial Motor Inn with 44 in attendance.
Greensboro area rural grocery operators urge a public hearing on Sunday beer sales for stores outside city limits. Archie Hill leads the group seeking off premise sales to match Greensboro hours. The board will decide at its next meeting after considering legislative action and public input.
Police logged several thefts including an auto theft on Chase Street and a break in at E Green Billiards. Other incidents involved a shoplifting from Mann Drug and two juveniles stealing mouth wash and hair dressing. Six people faced DUI charges and multiple arrests for weapon and traffic offenses.
A fire destroyed the front half of a mobile home off Pineywood Road Saturday night in Thomasville. Owner Robert W. Stevenson estimated damage at about $4,000. Investigators found matches at the scene suggesting unlawful burning.
Brent M. Fletcher of Greensboro formerly of High Point is critically wounded in Vietnam on a combat patrol. He has lost part of both legs and suffered multiple injuries after stepping on a booby trap in April. Fletcher, a two year and eight month Army veteran, attended High Point schools and earned a bravery medal on his first tour. He is hospitalized in Okinawa, Japan.
Eleven people were hurt in weekend crashes including five in a single car accident on N Main Street near Hillcrest Place. One person required hospitalization. Nunn, 21, of Thomasville, listed in satisfactory condition, drove the car that overturned after hitting a pole on wet pavement. He faces charges for exceeding safe speed and improper equipment.
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