Thomasville opens new tennis courts with weekend festival
Thomasville will celebrate the opening of its new Main Street tennis courts with a Friday Saturday and Sunday festival sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department and a local bank. The schedule includes exhibitions clinics and a fashion show with events at Imerywood Country Club Herb Bolick headlines singles and doubles matches.
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Homasville
Masville
Et Fermis
Wnday
the Parks and Recreationartment
Roval Bank
Thomasville
Charles Ibeth
Imerywood Country Club
Herb Bolick
Dave Ashcraft
High Point College
Hector Villaroel
Omy Bolick
Comiton
Ashcraft
Bolick
Joel
Nday
Culler Lamenting Over City Budget
High Point Mayor Roy Culler discusses a tense city budget balancing act. He cites using federal CETA funds to hire while trimming regular staff and warns of a likely property tax increase. City officials expect revenue declines and new expenses, with hiring restrictions likely tightened until budget adoption.
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Culler
Belt Tightening Rule Scoffs At City Council Pay Hikes
City Manager Harold Cheek and staff plan a 1976 77 budget with deflated revenues and inflated costs. No across the board pay raises for the new fiscal year. Mayor Roy Culler notes taxpayers would be hit and questions justify self raises while taxes rise to keep city government solvent. FORREST CATES
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High Point
City Hall
Harold Cheek
Roy Culler
Forrest Cates
Kindergarten surge in Guilford County expands plan
Major expansion of state supported kindergarten will shift space in Guilford County schools. Enrollment is expected to rise from 1,127 to about 1,820 for 1978 77 as all five year olds become eligible. Jamestown and Florence districts see largest increases with multiple elementary schools expanding classes and moves to Millis Read Elementary to accommodate growth.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County
Jamestown
E_ P_ Pearce
Board of Education
General Assembly
Union Hill
Selgefield
Millis Read
Mills Road
Florence
Millis Road
Melvin Stahl
Pearce
State Dept. of Public Instruction
High Point
Allen Jay
Colfax
Elm Towers Bids Total $4.3 Million
High Point Housing Authority received nine bids for the Elm Towers senior residence project. Total bids for construction reached 4,971,486 with Kirkpatrick & Assoc. of Greensboro submitting the low general construction bid at 3,381,200 and the high at 3,686,000. Director Xen Martin noted bids were higher than expected.
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Lee Mortimer
High Point Housing Authority
Elm Towers
Housing Authority
Xen Martin
Martin
Kirkpatrick & Assoc
Greensboro
Florence Founders Day and Quaker School Legacy Highlight Local History
Florence's Founders Day honors early schools tied to the Quakers of Deep River Friends Meeting House. The Florence Female Academy is noted as a forerunner, with schools serving white and black children. The Florence School PTA sponsored the event as bids for a housing project are reviewed, including electrical, plumbing, mechanical, fire protection, and landscaping work from Canter Electric Co. Condor Mechanical Contractors and Purcell Supply Co. submitted low bids. HUD review must precede financing, with further action at the next meeting and a possible third elderly complex.
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Deep River Friends Meeting House
Florence Female Academy
Florence School
PTA
Canter Electric Co
Greensboro
Condor Mechanical Contractors
Stirlington
Purcell Supply Co
High Point
High Point Sprinkler Co
Barnet Nurseries Inc
Duncan
D.C
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Federal
Wich
Elm Towers
S. Elm, Vail
W. Willis Streets
History
Woman Dies From Apparent Drug Overdose In North Carolina
ARCHDALE A Route 3 High Point woman, Connie Wynn Hagerman, 37, was found dead in her bedroom early this morning from an apparent drug overdose. The Randolph County Sheriff's Department said a note was left for her family and no further investigation was expected.
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Archdale
High Point
Connie Wynn Hagerman
Randolph County
Prime Watch Plumping Fixtures Stolen From Houses
A large quantity of mining fixtures were reported stolen Thursday from four houses on Fairview Street. Several households reported items stolen or damaged, including bathtubs and radios, with some recovered. Police noted multiple thefts and vandalism across several locations, with arrests including Mattie Quick.
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Don Personett
Fairview Street
Welch Harris
Oxford Road
Ose Finch
Johnson Eet
Urray Johnson
Cattlet
Gymnasium Central High School
Ann Tilley
English Road
E. Wilson
Haberliet
Issie Thompson
Lor Avenue
The Losses Today: 51,806 This Weeks $12,208
The report lists daily losses at fifty one thousand eight hundred six, weekly losses at twelve thousand two hundred eight, and monthly losses at six thousand two hundred forty six. Figures are presented as monetary values for tracking trends.
Preliminary Hearing Set for Motel Operator and Two Others
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 2 in Lexington for Dermont J. Conrad operator of the Shangri La Motel and Cynthia Louie Anderson alias Cindy Hurt both charged with kidnapping. Jerry Wayne Murphy faces aiding and abetting prostitution charges. Sheriff Paul McCrary reports arrests tied to a case involving an out of state teen traveling through North Carolina toward Florigs.
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Lexington
API
Dermont J. Conrad
Shangri- la
Cynthia Louie Anderson
Cindy Hurt
Pelham
Jerry Wayne Murphy
Danville
Davidson County
Paul McCrary
North Carolina
Florigs
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Clude
Enterprise City
Eployes
Uuson Hill
Sedgefield
JoAnn Delaune
Florence Allen
Alice Jackson
Annice Smith
Savannah Williamson
Penny Road
Wendover Road
Prime Watch
Gregory Lee Bowers
Carey Avenue
Alexander's
Nancy Pendry
Edgedale Drive
Donna C. Parker
Lexington Avene
High Point Memorial Hospital
Catherine McManus
W. Green Drive
Mattie Quick
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