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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1961
Page
11
The city county building project becomes a record setter for delay and novelty as construction drags beyond a year and a half past the planned July occupancy. Delays stem from painting color schemes and furnished orders while the jail area on the basement level features a modern isolation complex for 83 inmates and high security.
Searchers sought a break in rain and fog to resume locating Prof E Sigurd Johnson head of furniture manufacturing at N C State College. He disappeared Friday after leaving Asheville in a red and white Cessna bound for Charlotte and was believed seen near Lake Lure.
Eternal God and Father of us all forgive us for our narrow views of life. Enlarge our vision to act in the present moment and fill our hearts with anticipation for all that thou hast in store. In the name of Christ we ask it. W F Primrose minister First Congregational Church St Joseph Mo.
High Point Township precints showed moderate to light turnout for a $6112 million state bond issue covering capital improvements at state institutions. Voters faced 10 separate expenditures, with early results sparse as polls opened at 6 30 am and machine tallies awaited for county totals.
In Thomasville the annual Thanksgiving banquet of the local Masonic lodge will be held Friday at 7 p.m. with 175 Masons and wives expected. Rev Troy Robbins will speak, marking the start of the fundraising drive for the Eastern Star Home in Greensboro and Oxford Orphanage.
A trace of precipitation was recorded at the Kivett Street filter plant in High Point, wetting only the end of the measuring stick. A distant shower occurred six miles away. Skies are expected to clear tomorrow with a slight temperature drop. possible cloudiness and scattered showers Thursday. Highs around 68, lows near 45.
The North Carolina Recreation Society annual meeting will be in High Point November 12 15 drawing 300 officials from across the state. Gov Terry Sanford will speak November 13 and Har grove Bowles Jr will address November 15.
High Point N C. The board of education bought Kirkman Park for 26000 dollars in an auction to build a 14 classroom elementary school by next fall. Plans include administration, library, and a cafeteria auditorium with 420 pupil capacity to replace Ray Street School which burned last May.
John A. Tompkins reported that a car driven by Carol Woodring crashed into a post rather than a tree on Bethel Avenue early Sunday. Tompkins, a rider, was charged with public drunkenness while Woodring faced a charge of failing to reduce speed to avoid the accident.
Local businessmen and teachers prepare for the BIE event with a November 14 city tour of white schools, a noon lunch at Ferndale High, and afternoon firm tours. A second day on November 16 features a 5:30 p.m. buffet at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building and a building tour.
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