Hazardous crossing at Thomasville rail crossing with lights
Capt. Jack Walker says the Thomasville crossing is blind and dangerous. A driver was killed there as late as 1974 when motorists cannot see the tracks until they are right up on it.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1977
Page
13
Confrontation Over City Engineering Hiring Practices
Freshman City Council member Jack Dillard pushes to hire local engineers for High Point projects, urging a state-first policy and challenging the traditional city manager prerogative. City Manager Cy Brooks opposes political involvement in staff selection, warning of pitfalls while planning to present steps for a new water treatment plant project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
Enterprise City
High Point City
Jack Dillard
Dillard
Black & Veatch
Kansas City
Dallas
Tex
Cy Brooks
High Point
Freeman Engineers
Harold Cheek
Freeman
Raleigh
City Hall
Brooks
Guilford County Eyes Salary Hike For Board Members
Guilford County plans a budget proposal to double Board of County Commissioners salaries from 200 to 400 dollars per month, with a yearly total of 4 800 dollars plus 1 200 dollars travel allowance and a 20 dollar meeting fee. The chairman would receive an extra 100 dollars monthly. If approved, five commissioners would meet about four times monthly, earning roughly 960 dollars yearly in meeting pay. The county also weighs buying new computer card voting machines for city elections and notes tallies from the Register of Deeds showing 105 422 instruments filed since 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Greensboro
John Witherspoon
Jamestown
Register of Deeds
Mark Stewart
Stewart
Lawmaker Mulls Amendment to Allow Cafeteria Use by Elderly Programs
Guilford Rep. Tom Gilmore backs a new amendment to clarify state rules on letting local school boards authorize cafeteria use for elder and handicapped feeding programs. The change could speed passage and avoid harming local efforts like Mobile Meals and Congregate Meals while leaving decisions to local districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Wilson
Utley Enterprise
Raleigh
Guilford
Tom Gilmore
Gilmore
High Point
House of Representatives
North Carolina Restaurant Assn
Senate Appropriations Committee
Community Forum Explores Equity In Justice System
Community members gathered for the final High Point sponsored forum to probe how fairly the legal system delivers justice. Lee Mortimer reports on questions raised by participants about bias, access, and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Forum
Lee Mortimer
Ticipants
The
High Point
Alexander
Gordon
Darwell
U.S
Senate
Guilford County to Review 1977 78 Budget for Schools
Guilford County Board of Education plans 10.7 million in current expenses to operate 42 schools next year. Assistant Superintendent Dr. Johnny Presson outlined funding gaps and sources including per capita funds, tax rate, and state matching, with a 3.7 million capital outlay for a new elementary school in the northwest. May meeting at 10 a.m. at Greensboro offices will review both current and capital programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford
Presson
Board of Education
Officials Plan Tour Of Zoo In Asheboro
North Carolina Zoological Park officials plan a Tuesday visit for 400 lawmakers and guests to tour the zoo, hear funding pitches for a $5 million grant, and view the African veldt expansion now under construction costing $1.8 million on 300 acres. The program will include Gov. Hunt and Lt. Gov. Green with a barbecue hosted by local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Wrenn
Enterprise
Asheboro
North Carolina
Zoological Park
Purgatory Mountain
Asheboro-Randolph
Randolph County
Russell Walker
Harold Brubaker
Jack Pugh
Raleigh
Zoo
Dixie Drive
Cox Road
Africa
Clyde Pearson Dies At Age 64
Clyde William Pearson 64 of 1137 Gatehouse Road died today at 1 3 a m in Point Memorial Hospital after a heart attack Monday. Born December 8 1912 in Thomasville he moved to High Point in 1929 from Statesville and founded Central Upholstery Co in 1941 which became Clyde Pearson Inc now a Lane Co division. At death he was president of Clyde Pearson Inc and a Lane Co director. He was a Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde William Pearson
Gatehouse Road
Point Memorial Hospital
Mr. Pearson
Thomasville
Arthur L
Mabel Cline Pearson
High Point
Statesville
Central Upholstery Co
Clyde Pearson Inc
Pearson
Melrose Hosiery Mill
West End
Progress Avenue
The
Lane Co. Inc
Clyde Pearson
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