Junior Miss Contestants for High Point Pageant
Fifteen girls compete for High Point Junior Miss honors in a Dec. 5 pageant at Northeast Junior High School auditorium. Contestants Bernice Holland Kathie Corn Connie Martin and Kathy Butz are pictured with parents and sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Northeast Junior High School
Bernice Holland
Kathie Corn
Connie Martin
Kathy Butz
Bernice
Floyd Holland
Charles St. Kathie
Alice K. Corn
Guyer St
Connie
Peggy M. Martin
Circle Dr
Kathy
J. L. Butz
Rt. 7
Greensboro
Committee To Decide Fate Of Old City Hall
A citizens committee, appointed by Mayor Robert Davis, will decide whether to demolish or renovate the old City Hall at Wrenn and Commerce and its vacated Paramount Theater portion. Co chairmen Dean Rich and Jake Froelich lead a group weighing options including converting the theater into a civic or convention center with possible federal funds.
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Old City Hall
Wrenn and
Commerce Streets
Citizens’ Committee
Robert Davis
Dean Rich
Jake Froelich
James Spence
Robert Rankin
Earl Congdon
Harold Johnson
Robert Hutchens
Paramount Theater
Westchester Drive
Majestic
Furniture Market
Uniform Law Revamp of City Elections Okayed
The North Carolina Local Government Study Commission tentatively approved a draft uniform municipal election law. It would place oversight with the State Board of Elections, allow one voter registration for all elections, and require November odd year municipal voting. Smaller towns would use county boards. larger towns could run elections under state supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina Local Government Study Commission
State Board of Elections
High Point
Roanoke Rapids
County Boards of Elections
Municipal Board of Elections
Tax listing preparations under way in Guilford County
Guilford County Tax Department prepares for the annual 31 day listing period for real estate and personal property. County tax supervisor C. R. Brooks says listing forms are ready and list taker names will be submitted to the Board of County Commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford County Tax Department
C. R. Brooks
Board of County Commissioners
Brooks
Tax Department
Club To Hear Guest Speaker at Mt Olive Baptist
The Willing Workers Club of Mt. Olive Baptist Church will host Mrs. Retha Monroe as guest speaker at 3 p.m. Sunday at Daniel Brooks Center. Tempe Memorial Spiritual will provide music and the meeting is open to the public.
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Willing Workers Club
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Retha Monroe
Daniel Brooks
Tempe Memorial
Church Plans Singing Event
A fifth Sunday singspiration will be held Sunday at Providence Wesleyan Church on E Fairfield Road. The Russell Tony Singers of Burlington and the Austin Family of High Point will sing starting at 7 p.m.
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Providence Wesleyan Church
E. Fairfield Road
Russell Tony Singers
Burlington
Austin
High Point
Employer Ordered to Reinstate Unionizing Employee at Southern Seating
The NLRB ordered Southern Seating Co. Nu Products Division in High Point to rehire Guy David McDaniel, pay back wages since April 13, 1970, and adhere to the order. McDaniel allegedly became union member in Greensboro on April 6, 1970, while the employer argued he was an assistant foreman. Nu Products has 20 days to respond and may file a brief. failure to do so enforces the directive.
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Southern Seating Co
Nu Products Division
High Point
Nu Products
NLRB
Winston- Salem
National Labor Relations Board
McDaniel
Lowell Goerlich
Greensboro
North Carolina Laborers’ District Council
Afl-Cio
Four Charged in RacN Cue Lottery Bust
Four arrested Friday night on charges of dealing in lotteries tied to bingo at the Rac N Cue Club on N Main Street. Owner Perry Hatcher and three others were held on cash bonds as officers seized bingo cards a drawing machine a large electronic board cash a table a PA system poker chips dice and cards. Police noted the club operated for years and held licenses for bridge and canasta while local zoning efforts to rezone for a private club failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rac ‘N’ Cue Club, Inc
N. Main Street
Perry Hatcher
Landsdown Street
Hatcher
Evelyn Q. Hatcher
James Worshing
Edgedale Street
Reed Charles Langoon
Whiteoak Street
Hatcher’s
Rac ‘N’ Cue
High Point
City Planning and Zoning Commission
State Attorney General’s
Raleigh
Rapid Growth Seen For Guilford Technical Institute
Jamestown GTI trustees heard a study predicting rapid expansion over ten years with basic courses rising from 1,375 to about 4,000 students. The report notes a need for more than triple current space, especially for the library which now has 7,909 square feet and seating for 112 but will require about 40,000 square feet for library use plus room for growth and expanded adult education programs.
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Jamestown
Guilford Technical Institute
Research Triangle
States Community Colleges
GTI
Southern Assn. of
U.S. 299A
Guilford County
Percy Sears
U.S. 9A
Southern Railroad
Stafford Road
Hearing Held In Kidnap Theft Case Four Bound Over
Four of five persons charged in a November kidnapping and robbery case were bound over to superior court. Eddie Mullis was bound on a kidnapping charge with a $500 bond and received a 30 day suspended sentence on an assault with a deadly weapon charge. Others bound over included Jimmy Osborne and Danny and Eddie Wilbanks on kidnapping and robbery charges with bonds of 1500, 1000, and 1000 dollars respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Eddie Mullis
S. Main Street
Jimmy Osborne
Clara Cox Apts
Danny Wilbanks
Eddie Wilbanks
Grace Street
Osborne
Danny
Thomas Lee Osborne
GTI Seeks Major Expansion To Meet Student Services Needs
Trustees approve schematic plans for a student services center and classroom building totaling about 100000 square feet to support guidance admissions and student union spaces. A 10 year plan envisions 286000 additional square feet at a cost around 7.4 million with a proposed college transfer program and space growth in vocational and technical courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Medlin
GTI
Guilford County
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Jaycees
Sonny Hedgecock
Enterprise
Citizen’s Committee
Ugly Duckling
Guy David McDaniel
General Assembly
North Carolina
Mecklenburg
Guilford
Edgecombe
Pitt
Nash
Fontana Village
Graham County
Laurie Pritchett
Pritchett
David Carter
Rt. 1
Carter
Everett Theodore Brower
Ward Street
George Calvin Wilson
Randleman
Paul Akins
Lane Drive
John Christian
Tryon Street
Marvin Andrew Sexton
Uwharrie Road
Lester Darrell Diggs
Reginald Darrel Lendon
Willow Place
Earnestine Davis
Fern Street
Board of Juvenile Direction
Art Richardson
High Point Enterprise
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