Eleven Candidates Seek Council Seats In High Point Race
High Point voters face an eight of eleven council seats contest with Roy Culler and incumbents secured. Ward races include H C Williams Judy Mendenhall Jack Dillard Mary Jarrell Arethla Myatt A Scott Parker Becky Smothers Mick Chiofalo and Sam Burford. At large posts decided by plurality as Republicans fail to field full slate.
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise City Editor
High Point
Roy Culler
Paul Fine
Joe Patterson
H. C
Sam Burford
Republicans Outline Brief Biographies of City Candidates
The Republicans present short bios of mayoral and council contenders. Roy Culler seeks a second term as mayor after a career as a fur furniture manufacturing executive. Sam Burford, a retired school principal and current mayor pro tem, runs for a fourth council term and chairs the law and public safety committee. Mick Chiofald, a first time candidate, is a pressroom supervisor at Alderman Co and a recent High Point resident. Jack Dillard, appointed after Rachel Gray's resignation, seeks election to a full council term as an engineer by trade.
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Roy Culler
Sam Burford
Law and Public Safety Committee
Mick Chiofald
Alderman Co
High Point
Jack Dillard
Rachel Gray
Local candidates seek council seats in 1950s race
Democratic hopefuls include Paul Fine a furniture display owner seeking a second term and J. Archie Myatt a utilities committee chair seeking reelection. Republicans feature Judy Mendenhall and H O Williams along with other contenders from Mary Jarrell to Becky Smothers and Joe Patterson in a broad field.
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Paul Fine
Mary Jarrell
YWCA
High Point board of education race tests council appointees
Voters will elect three members to the High Point Board of Education Tuesday in only the second post switch election since 1975. Incumbents Chestnut Trotman Welborn seek re election against Hart Wright with Gripper on ballot though not a candidate.
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High Point Board of Education
James Chestnut
John Trotman
Laurin Welborn
Board of Education
Chestnut
High Point Housing Authority
Stoneybrook
Harold Hart
Hart
Guilford County
Wiltshire
Calvary Baptist Church
Trotman
Biltmore Ave
Albertson Road
Marietta Wright
The Decline Of The Allure Of Youthful Ambition
A reflective piece laments aging and unfulfilled dreams. It traces lost opportunities from youth to middle age, noting failed plans for wealth, fashion, travel, and parenting. The narrative voice, rooted in nostalgia, critiques social expectations and the lure of consumer goods as time winds down.
Maryfield Construction to start on 23 homes project
Maryfield Acres 23 dwelling units on a 60 acre site near Greensboro Road will begin soon. Hodgin Construction Co. of Greensboro is the low bidder and 320 days is the construction time frame. Some residents may move in by late fall 1978. William F. Freeman Associates planned the development.
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Maryfield Acres
Maryfield, Inc
Greensboro Road
Martha Morey
Maryfield
Mary Coughlan
Hodgin Construction Company
Greensboro
Low
Leo Heer
William F. Freeman Associates
Executive Committee
Long Range Planning Committee
Cat Tales From A Family's Love And Loss In Alabama
A High Point NC newspaper fragment recounts a family bond with a much loved cat. The child mourns when the elderly pet is put to sleep after many accidents and illness. The narrative ties the cat’s longevity and misadventures to family life and empathy in school.
Gubernatorial Succession Debate Divides North Carolina
North Carolina voters express anger support or apathy on gubernatorial succession with Elections Director Brack estimating under 700000 voters, about 28 percent, will vote yes or no along with four constitutional amendments and two state bond issues. The anti succession campaign led by Carolinians Opposed to Succession draws continued attention.
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Carol Wilson
Utley Enterprise
Jim Hunt
North Carolina
Alex Brack
Brock
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Mendenhall
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J. Archie Myatt
A. Scott Parker
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Savings and Loan Association
Becky Smothers
Citizens Advisory Committee
H.O
Bill) Williams
Indiana
Burford
Parker
Race
Welborn
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Humane Society
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