Pleasant Garden Leads Guilford County Summer Recreation Push
Pleasant Garden secures $1,000 local funds plus a $1,000 county match to run a day recreation program at the Pleasant Garden Community Center. Six rural Guilford communities are pursuing similar matches, while the county halted a federal funds bid for economically disadvantaged programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Garden
Guilford
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County
Margaret Register
Pleasant Garden Community Center
Board of Commissioners
Register
Board of County Commissioners
Oak Ridge
Western Guilford High School
Special Olympics Begin With Swim in High Point Weekend
Tim Clark wins Junior Flight 25 yard backstroke as part of the 1977 North Carolina Special Olympics held in High Point. Over 1,000 mentally disabled youths participate with 83 degree sun and a carnival of eight booths nearby. The weekend includes a track meet at Albion Millis Stadium and a closing worship service with Honorary Head Coach Dr. Leroy Walker among other area figures and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Enterprise
Tim Clark
Tim
N. C
High Point
McDonald's
Civitan Club
City Lake
High Point College
Albion Millis Stadium
Leonard Street Recreation Center
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation
Julie Hopkins Named DCCC Student Government Head
Julie Annette Hopkins from Denton will lead the Davidson County Community College Student Government Association. She becomes the second woman to hold the post as the college serves nearly 2,000 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie Hopkins
DCCC
Lexington
Rt. 3
Denton
Davidson County Community College
Julie Annette Hopkins
Reading Lab Aide Grace Beck Loves School Volunteering
Grace Beck has donated over 235 hours in Johnson Street School's reading lab, mentoring children one on one under Regina Misiaveg. She relocated from New Jersey, continued volunteering after her husband’s death, and finds immense reward in the hugs and "I love yous" from students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Frye
Grace Beck
Johnson Street
Philosphy
Ms. Beck
Regina Misiaveg
Ms. Misiaveg
Guyer Street
High Point Enterprise publisher and pricing note
The High Point Enterprise announces its afternoon and Sunday morning publication as an independent newspaper. It details mailing and carrier subscription rates, and notes AP news usage and post office classifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Enterprise
High Joe Enterprise
Church Avenuue
High Point
N.C
Associated Press
AP News
ALC
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Therm
London Associates
Legislators See Local Jail Reforms Easing Prison Crowding
North Carolina corrections leaders say amendments to the local jail plan resolve sheriff and county commission concerns. Prisons will cut inflow by 3000 to 4000 inmates yearly as counties gain control over space and compensation. Local sheriffs may refuse prisoners if space or segregation is inadequate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Noblitt
Raleigh
General Assembly
Assembly Committee
Aaron W. Plyler
D-Union
McNeill Smith
Dguilford
State Dept. of Corrections
Dept. of Transportation
North Carolina
Warner Named Chairman of Bond Drive
Leonard L. Warner of High Point is named general chair for the 1977 Triad Israel Bond Drive. Area chairmen are Dr. Carl M. Hoffman High Point Michael A. Berkelhammer Greensboro and Arnold B. Sidman Winston-Salem. The drive funds Israel’s industries agriculture and exports and ends with a tribute dinner June 7 at the Holiday Inn Four Seasons Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Bond Drive
Leonard L. Warner
High Point
Carl M. Hoffman
Michael A. Berkelhammer
Greensboro
Arnold B. Sidman
Winston-Salem
Holiday Inn Four Seasons
Greensboro Couple Die In Collision
Elbert Kearns 84 and Dorothy Kearns 79 of Greensboro died Friday afternoon when their car collided head on with a tractor trailer on U.S. 311 six miles west of Randleman. Truck driver Marty Medlin 30 said the Kearns car swerved into his lane. he and the couple had been traveling in proper lanes. The Kearns were pronounced dead at Randolph Hospital. Medlin had minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randleman
Carter Elbert Kearns
Dorothy Hubbard Kearns
Hillside Dr
Greensboro
B.G. Wray
U.S
Wray
Brown Transportation Corp
Atlanta
Kearns
Marty Lee Medlin
Oberlin Heights
Highway Patrol
Medlin
Randolph Hospital
Sparks Trigger Two Early Morning Fires In High Point
A High Point Fire Dept spokesman says two fires occurred since Friday morning. At 6:12 a.m. firefighters battled a lint ignition fire in the carding room at Highland Cotton Mill on Mill Street, damaging cotton and two machines. Earlier at 10:09 a.m. Friday sawdust in Marsh Furniture Co. dust system on E Kearns Avenue ignited, spreading to nearby combustibles around a blower machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Highland Cotton Mill
Mill Street
Marsh Furniture Co
E. Kearns Avenue
Court Won't Let Them Say I Do in Interracial Marriage Case
Forsyth County two magistrates face a federal lawsuit after refusing to marry an interracial couple. Thomas Roger Person and Carol Ann Figueroa, who have a 2 year old daughter, allege Equal Protection violations. The suit seeks to require the magistrates to perform civil marriages for bi racial couples with licenses and seeks damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
N.C
Forsyth County
Thomas Roger Person
Carol Ann Figueroa
U.S. District Court
Greensboro
Person
Miss Figueroa
J.C. Lewter
Lewter
Harold W. Thomerson
Thomerson
Bertram E. Brown
Legal Aid
North Carolina
Thomersn
Residences Drive April Building Permits in County
April building activity rose driven by new residences in the county Inspections Dept report by James Prillaman. Permits totaled 4 969 420 with 75 single family dwellings valued at 2 729 250 and a 64 unit multi family project worth 1 200 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
James Prillaman
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Bloodmobile
Thomasville
Thomasville Senior
East Davidson
Ledford
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