Reopened Tax Debate Tests Personal Property Shift
North Carolina lawmakers consider ending the local personal property tax and replacing it with an auto excise tax. The plan would rebate revenues to cities and counties, with mobile homes and real estate tax questions prompting further study. A tied auto registration proposal faced opposition, but support remains for separate action later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
Buncombe County
Herschel Harkins
North Carolina
Harkins
Revenue Dept
General Assembly
Manufactured Homes Association
State Dept. of Motor Vehicles
Rutherford County
Bob Jones
Jim Long
Liston Ramsey
Bumgardner
Motor Vehicles Department
Weaths and Funerals Mixed Middlesex Notices
Multiple obituaries detail Annie Garrett Luquer age 83 of Jamestown and Annie Belle Buck 74 of The Wesleyan Arms with services at Sechrest and Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Church. Ida Dalton 73 of Asheboro, Thelma Darr 74 of Lexington, Arthur Alphus Kessler 82 of Greensboro area, with burial sites at Guilford Memorial Park and Mount Shepherd Cemetery and service details across several towns.
Government uses new CCTV system to protect county buildings
Greensboro Guilford County unveils a security program with closed circuit cameras monitoring the plaza area under the government center and the parking garages. New intrusion alarms are being installed at Health and Social Services Building 9 on Eugene Street and at the courthouse to alert monitors of precise break locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford County Health and Social Services
Eugene
Guilford County
George Seay
John Witherspoon
High Point
Seay
City of Greensboro
Two Injuries in Wrecks on City Roads
Harold Hinson Sasser 32 of High Point slight injured in a two car crash on Kivett Drive near New Street. Linda Willard of Greensboro was the other driver. Waver Doster Jr 18 of Mint Street, driving, caused a wreck on W Green Drive near Redding Street injuring Amos Cade 22 of Amos Street. Doster charged with failure to reduce speed. Kemp Locklear 21 of E Ward Avenue escaped injury when his car hit a utility pole on Adams Street near Kennedy Avenue. He charged with failure to reduce speed. Damages estimated at 900 to the 1966 car and 200 to the pole.
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Harold Hinson Sasser
High Point
Kivett Drive
New Street
Linda Tittsler Willard
Rt. 7
Greensboro
Sasser
Amos Cade
Amos Street
Waver Doster Jr
Mint Street
W. Green Drive
Redding Street
Doster
Kemp Locklear
E. Ward Avenue
Adams Street
Kennedy Avenue
High Pointer Dies At 50 in High Point Memorial
Odell Gordon Car michael Bud Car michael, 50, of 930 Kingston St., died at 6 10 am today in High Point Memorial Hospital after a 12 hour stay. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body is at Sechrest Funeral Home. Mrs Alice Louise Blakeney Williams 78 died Thursday in Community General Hospital funeral services Sunday 2 pm at J C Green & Sons Chapel with Rev H Claude Young Jr and Dr Joseph P Hester. Burial in Holly Hills cemetery. Family at home of son Dr J H Williams Jr 207 Lynella Lane and at the funeral home 7 9 tonight. Memorials to donor's choice.
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Annie Garrett Luquer
West Main St
Jamestown
High Point Memorial Hospital
Luquer
Joseph Daniel
Mary Bates Garrett
Herbert Luquer
Sechrest Chapel
John Barnes
Guilford Memorial Park
Sechrest Funeral Home
Annie Belle Branch Buck
Wesleyan Arms
Wesleyan Church
Hickory Chapel
Joe Branch
Miamia
Fla
Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Church
Paul Allred
Cumby
Ida Dalton
Asheboro
Railroad St
Forsyth County
Maleada Grove Baptist Church
Womens Missionary Society
Beatrice Wall
Adell Smith
Madison
Mount Shepherd Cemetery
Haizlip Funeral Home
High Point
John Darr
Lexington
Thelma J. Darr
Holly Grove Rd
Golden Age
Billy Joe Leonard
A. Odell Leonard
Piedmont Funeral Home
Odell Gordon
Bud) Carmichael
Kingston St
Alice Williams Thomasville
Alice Louise Blakeney Williams
Community General Hospital
J. C. Green & Sons
H. Claude Young Jr
Joseph P. Hester
Holly Hills
J. H. Williams Jr
Lynella Lane
Rezoning Hearings Planned On I-85 Area Near Greensboro
Guilford County Commissioners will hear multiple zoning requests starting Monday at the new courthouse. Walter L. Hannah seeks to rezone land on I-85 near Mt Hope Church Road from agricultural to planned business to permit a motel, with sewer plans approved by state agencies. Additional motions include John M. Stott’s request on West Rockingham Road Jamestown Township to residential, NC Monroe Construction on Sapp Road Guilford College Road to light industrial, Patrick D. Williams on Fleming Road in Friendship Township to planned unit development, a NC 68 Meadows Road rezoning to agricultural, and other related notices involving Cecil C. Bennett and local church lands.
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Greensboro
I-85
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Walter L. Hannah
I- 85
Mt. Hope Church Road
State Water and Air Resources Dept
Percy Sears
School For the Deaf
John M. Stott
W. H. Stott
West Rockingham Road
Jamestown Township
N.C. Monroe Construction Co
Sapp Road
Guilford College ‘Road
Raleigh
Woman Arrested After Alledged Bank Larceny
In Greensboro a woman named Claudette Bass Cogdell allegedly helped herself to funds after bank staff refused the withdrawal due to insufficient balance. Police stopped her behind the Elm Street branch of North Carolina National Bank. She faced larceny charges.
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Greensboro
Elm Street
North Carolina National Bank
Claudette Bass Cogdell
Students To Evaluate HPC Faculty
Students at High Point college will evaluate faculty December 10 to 12 after a college decision. Each department will administer the evaluation, using a five point scale from A to D to rate instructors from most to least effective.
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High Point College
Lawmen urged reforms for pursuits and patrol structure
Northwestern officials proposed breaking patrols into departments and two zones with majors in charge, updating manuals, expanding training, and tightening supervision. Jones warned against fixed pursuit limits and urged better training and time-limited engine kill devices to curb high speed chases.
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Jones
Northwestern
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Canadian Mounted Police
Law Enforcement Department
Odd Fact About Ear of Corn Rows
An odd fact notes that an ear of corn typically carries an even number of kernel rows, commonly eight ten or twelve or more rows plus variations.
City School Menus for Week Ending November 23
School meals listed for the week ending Nov 23 include Sloppy Joes with buttered peas orange juice and chocolate pudding on Monday Vienna sausage with rice buttered corn hot rolls and apple crisp on Tuesday Turkey supreme mashed potatoes green beans cranberry gelatin and Barbecue on Bun with stewed potatoes and chocolate cake on Wednesday Disney Dog Chili beans cole slaw pudding and a fruit cup. Thursday and Friday are Thanksgiving holidays.
Guilford Jail to Close and Prisoners Housed Elsewhere
Guilford County will close the jail area in the old Greensboro City Hall by December 31 and move prisoners to Forsyth County Jail in January. Up to 30 prisoners per day will be housed there at $3.50 per day per person. Guilford will use remaining spaces in the old courthouse and High Point facilities until its new jail, designed for 280, is completed.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Forsyth County
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co
City Hall
Paul Gibson
Winston-Salem
Forsyth
Guilford
High Point City-County
High Point
Governor May Close Forests Over Drought Threat
Governor Jim Holfhouser warned North Carolina forests could close to hunters fishermen and campers if rain does not come soon. Fire outbreaks were reported in Tyrell Robeson Cumberland Hoke Richmond Montgomery Wilson Edgecombe and Halifax counties as quail and rabbit seasons begin with all open burning permits canceled by the Forest Service.
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Raleigh
Jim Holfhouser
North Carolina
State Forest Service
Tyrell
Robeson
Cumberland
Hoke
Richmond
Montgomery
Wilson
Edgecombe
Halifax
Holfhouser
The
Forest Service
Deep in Sleep Haleakala Volcano Measures Maui Size
A slumbering Haleakala volcano on Maui is described as 20 miles in circumference and capable of containing nearly all of Manhattan. The text notes that even the tallest skyscrapers would not extend above its edge.
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Haleakala
Hawaii
Maui
Manhattan
Fire Calls Are Minor in Friday Alarms
High Point firefighters responded to multiple calls Friday and Friday night with minimal damage. A mechanical false alarm sent trucks to Prelude Corp on Shore Drive at 9:35 a.m. Another false alarm at 11:05 a.m. followed a naptha spill cleanup at the Fii-Back Co building on W Green Drive. At 2:33 p.m. grease on a cook stove ignited at 807 E Commerce Ave causing stove damage. A malicious false alarm at 9:43 p.m. from Ingram and Elder Roads and an oil circulator flood at 508-B Crofts were neutralized by the crew. The final alert at 11:32 p.m. was an accidental false alarm at Industrial Containers when a fork lift hit a sprinkler pipe.
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High Point
Prelude Corp
Shore Drive
Fii-Back Co
W. Green Drive
E. Commerce Ave
Ingram and
Elder Roads
Crofts
Motsinger
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Gaston County
David W. Bumgardner Jr
Bill
Noblitt
Mrs. Luquer
Buck
A. A. Kessler
Arthur Alphus Kessler
James Stutts
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mr. Kessler
Bridges St
Chestnut Dr
Annie Branch
Sticrary Chapel
Hattie Mae
Sechrest Service
East Leer Iiaraes
Gertrude Farlow
Marlboro Friends
Arthur Alphus Kestler Wam
Sechreat
Odell
Bud” Carmichael
Health and Social Service
Williams’ Flowers
Thomasville
Commerce
Brad Hazzard
Frank Hazzard
English Road
Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church
HPC
Ine
Carpet Seren
Del
Johnson St
Sandy Ridge Rd
Tyner Loop
Ibu
Sartin’s
Custeam
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