Brooks Proposes Reforms in City Consultant Hiring
High Point City Manager Cyrus Brooks urges changes to the city consultant selection process with added engineer briefings and committee notification. Council members express support, while Councilman Jack Dillard backs opening the procedure to local and state firms and greater transparency. The plan accompanies a water plant design contract and a city energy cost saving measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Perry
High Point
Cyrus Brooks
Jack Dillard
Dillard
Brooks
Freeman Engineers
Students ride E and O Special to Monroe Va
About 700 kindergarten and primary students from High Point and nearby Piedmont towns boarded a Southern Railway E and O Special at the local depot for a short trip north to Monroe Virginia. Most riders were first timers and expect to return late this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Area
Southern Railway
E&o
Monroe
Piedmont
High Point Competes for 68 Public Housing Units
Housing Authority Director Ken Martin tells council the city could gain 68 public housing units with 50 of them in Greensboro’s competition for HUD funding. An additional 18 units come from the Springfield Townhouse conversion. The plan favors Southside site, with action due next council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Mortimer
Enterprise Sunday
High Point
Greensboro
Housing Authority
Ken Martin
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Springfield
Martin
HUD
Guilford County
Housing “Authority
Oak Hollow
Council
Washington Terrace Park Pool
Dixon & Odom
Fire Department
Public Works Committee
Thieves Take Money From Grady Combs Freezer
Grady Combs of Model Farm Road reported about 225 dollars in cash stolen from his freezer months ago. He kept quiet about the loss until filing an insurance claim and police noted no reason was given for storing cash in the freezer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Combs
Model Farm Road
Combs
Laetrile Activist's Father Passes After Cancer Battle
Ray mond Frank Yarborough 62 of Trinity died at home after a cancer illness. His daughter Opal DeHart informed President Carter of her father's Laetrile plea on a March 5 radio show. FDA officials later stated Laetrile has not proven effective. Yarborough, born Feb 16 1915 in Richmond County, worked 42 years at Highland Cotton Mill. He is survived by Hazel Cox Yarborough, two daughters, three sisters, two brothers, and five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity
Jimmy Carter
Opal DeHart
Raymond Frank Yarborough
Young St
Carter
DeHart
William C
Kathryn) Griffin
Route 5
John R
Opal) DeHart
Rt. 3
Virginia Davis
E. Lexington Avenue
Robert
Olgia) Parker
1511
Centennial Ave
Chester
Rachel) Miller
London
Ohio
John P. Yarborough
Asheboro
James R. Yarborough
Lakeview
Oreg
School Board Addresses Thomasville Football Coaching Shortage
Thomasville City Schools Superintendent Derwood Honeycutt and the school board plan to discuss a coaching shortage at Thomasville Senior High at the upcoming regular meeting. Athletic Director George Cushwa cited a need for 11 football staffers, noting six currently are in place and two coaches will resign to become teachers. The board may consider adding contract clauses to require coaches to continue in coaching roles or resign, with decisions pending state teacher allotments and city budget actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Speaks
Enterprise
Thomasville
Derwood Honeycutt
Thomasville Senior High
George Cushwa
Cushwa
Cushway
Honeycutt
Lexington
Judge Alexander urges graduates to dare to be themselves
Elreta M. Alexander warned High Point College’s 53rd commencement that graduates face a world of politics and greed. She urged students to act as authors of their life while noting the economy’s shakiness and the duty to help the least advantaged. The event honored Epperson with a teaching service award and Vickie Lynn Parks received her BA amid applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lowe
District Court
Elreta M. Alexander
High Point College
Alexander
18Th Judicial District
HPC
Wendell M. Patton
Darling
Patton
John C. and
Kathleen Y. Foy
E. Roy Epperson
I-40 Rezoning Approved Near Greensboro Hotel Site
Guilford County commissioners approved rezoning a tract north of I-40 east of NC 68 from planned to conditional use business. The site next to a Holiday Inn will host a truck and tractor sales facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
N.C
Een
High Point
Also Mentioned on This Page
Laetrile Carter
Florida
Indiana
Alaska
Stan Styers
Phil Kanoy
Styers
Kanoy
United States
Epperson
Vickie Lynn Parks
Vickery Chapel Road
Jamestown
Ms. Parks
Jamestown Park
Ogden Deal
Advisory Board On Environmental Quality
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!