Phillips Appointed To Ports Authority
Local businessman Earl N. Phillips was named to the State Ports Authority by Governor Luther Hodges along with five others. The appointment aims to ease eastern North Carolina port rivalries as the region seeks to boost the economy and port importance.
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Phillips
Ports Authority
Earl N. Phillips
State Ports Authority
Luther Hodges
Robert L. Eichelberger
Biltmore Forest
Kirkwood F. Adams
Roanoke Rapids
William G. Clark Jr
Tarboro
Collier Cobb Jr
Chapel Hill
John Mercer Reeves
Pinehurst
Charles D. Gray
Gastonia
Morehead City
Wilmington
Eastern Seaboard
North Carolina
Crewe
William and Mary College
Washington and Lee University
High Point
Taxicab Request Renewed Faces City Council Clash
Red Bird Cab Co seeks five more taxis raising total permits from 63 to 68 but council members anticipate rejection citing already limited cab licenses. A committee hearing was set for this afternoon to hear the petition and a prior vote kept the city’s cab cap in place.
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Red Bird Cab Co
High Point
Red Bird
Ymcaywca
Washington Street
Value Hike Boosts Guilford County Tax Revenues
County tax officials report 1957 valuation at $664,048,487, up $43,308,331 from 1956, increasing the budget by about $95,000. High Point Levan accounts for roughly a quarter of the rise, with its valuation at $176,202,225 and city totals at $146,581,593.
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Guilford
W. F. Hester
Hester
High Point Levan
High Point
Mercury Plunges Toward Record Low This Week
A frost is expected Thursday morning with clouds increasing and cold conditions. Friday turns cooler with a chance of light rain. The thermometer hit 32 early today with a high near 58. Tonight could sink to 30, with tomorrow around 56. The five day outlook shows 4 to 6 degrees below the 60 degree average and no major temperature changes over the weekend.
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North Carolina
Senior Citizens Plan Supper at Civic Center
Senior Citizens meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Civic Center to finalize plans for a chicken pie and ham supper. The event runs 5 to 8 30 p.m. Saturday at the Civic Center.
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Thomasville
Civic Center
Three Cities Developments Eye NC Highway Route
A Greensboro meeting November 19 will discuss routing a federal highway from Canton Ohio to Charlotte through Winston-Salem Greensboro and High Point. The Three Cities Development Committee leads the drive with city and county officials present. They also review costs of the Seven Cities Water Commission plan and elected new officers.
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Piedmont
Greensboro
North Carolina
Three Cities Development Committee
Canton
Ohio
Charlotte
Three Cities
Winston-Salem
Winston - Salem
High Point
Federal Bureau On Public Roads
Mount Airy
Salisbury
Chamber of Commerce of Win
ston-Salem
Jess Washburn
Lloyd Amos
Guilford County
Board of Commissioners
James R. Townsend
Seven Cities Water Commission
Teens honored by High Point Optimist Club
The High Point Optimist Club celebrated Youth Appreciation Week with a meeting at the Rainbow Supper Club. Teen representatives from YMCA YWCA Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts received certificates as Arnold J. Koonce Sr. praised the club’s community work and character-building projects.
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Optimist Club
High Point Optimist Club
Rainbow Supper Club
Ed Grimsley
John Sherrill
YMCA
June Davis
Dawn Austin
The
YWCA
Kay New
Sigh Pont
Civic Sign Board
Koonce
High Point
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J.R. Maners
Louis Bissett
Bob Zimmerman
Tommy Marley
Bill Okey
Jimmy Morgan
Judy Culp
Scotty Parker
Dickie Dickens
Jean Murrow
Richard Hester
Kay Newton
Edward Hester
Bill Kester
Evelyn Hallman
Johnny Sherrill
Barry Schultheiss
High Point Enterprise
North Carolina League of Municipalities
Red Cross Fund
Rotary Club
Emerywood Country Club
Sedgefield
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
Phillips- Davis Inc
National Springs Corporation
Emerywood Housing Corporation
Guilford Memorial Park
Electric Supply Inc
Highland Container Corp
Jamestown Mills Inc
Jamestown
Earl Phillips
Girding
Ton and
Jeannie Murrow
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Ricky and
Edward Ee Ae Oeee
High Point Senior High School
Hunter
Pcison
Peter Holmes
Moira Davidson
Dwight Towers
Nevil Shute
Towers
Moira
NEA Service
Ihe
Wiliam Morrow
Chrysler Corporation
Plymouth
Angels
Betty White
Lawrence Welk
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