Five Industries Pay Six Percent Of City Tax bill
Five large local industries with values near or above $2 million will pay about 6 percent of the city’s total taxes. Adams-Millis Corp leads in tax evaluation with $4,288,242-valued holdings and a $44,597.72 next-year city tax at the $1.04 rate. The five industries together contribute about $165,401 to city taxes, with individual bills ranging from roughly $12,000 to $16,000. The city’s overall tax take is projected near $2.723 million for the year amid a 273 million total property valuation citywide under the 70 percent true value method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
Hoint
Adams-Millis Corp
Telephone Co
de Sevelee
Wald Center
Fire department investigates double blaze after mattress fire
Firefighters charged with handling two fires on Sunday after a mattress fire in a home on Grand Avenue and a burning leaves incident at a building on Brentwood Street. Cause of the blazes is not yet determined.
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T. G
Cheese Ee Clai
Grand Avenue
Brentwood Street
Cooler Weather Forecast From Friend Ship Weather Man
The Friend ship weather man predicts cooler weather arriving soon after today’s summer like 76 degree high. Tonight and Wednesday will be cooler with a low around 43 and 63 respectively. Thursday looks mostly fair with continued cooler conditions.
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Friendship Weather
County Considers Loan From High Point Schools
Guilford County Commissioners discussed borrowing 600000 from High Point City Schools to provide immediate classroom space for Greensboro and rural Guilford systems. The plan would return the funds next year and not affect High Point’s future capital funds. High Point officials expect board review by Nov 19 as architects work on the new northeast area high school.
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High Point City
Greensboro
Guilford
High Point
Dean Pruette
Board of Education
Northeast
Pruette
Accreditation Teams Begin Visits At Local High Schools
A visiting committee from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools begins re accreditation reviews at Central High School with a banquet and faculty meetings. A similar visit starts at William Penn High School tonight as both campuses pursue renewed accreditation after prior approvals in 1952.
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Dow Sheppard
Central High School
Southern Assn. of Colleges and Schools
Central High
William Penn High School
High Point High
W. J. Scott
Dean Pruette
John Clinard
Central
Joseph M
Creeal
Asia
William Penn
Sacrament of Confirmation to Use English at Immaculate Heart
On Tuesday at 7 30 p m Bishop Charles B McLaughlin will Confirmation 72 boys and girls and 16 adults at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Montlieu Avenue The ceremony led by Rev Frederick A Koch will present the class The rite completes baptism confers seven gifts of the Holy Spirit and makes one a witness of Jesus Christ The Right Rev James E McSweeney will assist with the Mass in English for the Liturgy of the Eucharist
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Charles B. McLaughlin
Winston-Salem
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholc Church
Montlieu Avenue
Frederick A. Koch
James E. McSweeney
Raleigh
Final Guilford County tax bills mailed by November
County Tax Supervisor H A Wood says the last 1964 Guilford County tax bills will be mailed by November 30. The project uses IBM equipment to punch cards produce tape tax scroll and print individual bills affecting about 135 000 to 140 000 parcels including High Point Greensboro Morehead and Gilmer Townships and Deep River Fire Districts.
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Greensboro
H. A. Wood
Guilford County
IBM
Wood
High Point Township
Morehead
Gilmer
Guilford
Deep River
Apoe
Ptts
Local Students Honored At Speech Event
Students from High Point Central High School were honored at a speech tournament on Friday at Enka. Debates centered on the national topic Resolved That Nuclear War Should Be Controlled by a Global Organization with Affirmative teams David Argo Richard Bullard Janet McAllister Dennis Cole and Negative teams Jamie Burnley Ken Bridgers Sam Bridgers John Young. Awards included top ratings for David Mitchell Barbara Stone in Dramatic Interpretation and Betty King Doug Buck in Extemporaneous Speaking.
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eStaert
Enka
High Point Central High School
David Argo
Richard Bullard
Janet McAllister
Dennis Cole
Jamie Burnley
Ken
Sam Bridgers
John Young
David Mitchell
Barbara ‘Stone
Betty King
Doug Buck
Grand Jury Indicts Two High Pointers in Davidson Case
True bills were returned by the Davidson County Grand Jury in a rape case involving High Pointers. Underwood and Maners were ordered bound over to the November term of Davidson County Superior Court after a preliminary hearing in Thomasville Recorder's Court on November 19.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Underwood
Maners
Davidson County Superior Court
Thomasvile Recorder's Court
Escaped Convict Hannah Still At Large
High Point police say escaped convict Charles Robert Hannah remains at large as investigations seek information on his whereabouts. Hannah escaped from a prison truck near Asheboro on November 11 and is linked to multiple crimes in North Carolina with accomplice Jim Gary Hicks of Tennessee.
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High Point
Charles Robert Hannah
Hannah
Asheboro
Jimmy Gary Hicks
Tennessee
Duggins G Monsminoe
Dapautar
Hicks
Enterprise
Thomas Hicks
Civic Center Auditorium Plan Draws Council Attention
City councilmen show tentative interest in a Greater High Point Civic Center Auditorium Corp proposal for a downtown convention and entertainment complex. The plan envisions a large auditorium for plays and events, a museum of local relics, and space for clubs and organizations, with site emphasis downtown.
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Bill Bencini
Audi- Museum
Aethick
Greater High Point Civic Center
Auditorium Corp
Ation
Ee Corporation
Bencini
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Jon
Eastchester Drive
Eastchester
Jim Hawkins
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Pavin
Emerywood Drive
Kington Avenue
Rockspring Road
Art Richardson
High Point Enterprise
Sheraton Hotel
Jake Froelich Jr
L. P. McLendon Jr
D. P. Whitley Jr
Byron Haworth
Ed Kemp
Art R
Medical Arts Center
Medical Arts
Quaker Lane
Angee 1065
Charles Hannah
Civic Center
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