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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1976
Page
16
The Flentrop organ rises 40 feet above the gallery in Duke University Chapel and will be dedicated December 12. It is a five keyboard 5,000 pipe instrument costing about 528000 dollars with a mahogany case and ornate scrollwork matching the chapel stained glass.
The High Point Occupational Education Advisory Council reviewed student patterns including employment intentions rising to 30.4 percent from 26.2 percent in 1974 and a dropout rate drop to 36.3 percent from 42.5 percent. Enrollment in grades seven through twelve is projected to fall to 4122 by 1979-80 while occupational education enrollment grew from 3556 in 1975 to 3707 in 1976. John W. Snotherly was named chairman, Jim Tanner joined, Nathanael Morehead resigned, and new committees for distributive education home economics office and business education trade and industrial arts were proposed.
Ray Freeman an 18 year old UNC Chapel Hill pre law student received a year suspended sentence for larceny in High Point Superior Court He pleaded guilty to stealing robes ceremonial swords and sound system from the Masonic Temple last April Freeman claimed he intended only to borrow the items and was arrested before returning them The sentence runs three years with no further law violations He must pay court costs and 750 to the Masonic order within 90 days Freeman a former High Point Central High honor roll student presented achievements to explain his background His mother arrived with many certificates and Freeman had prior ties to the Masonic affiliated Order of DeMolay The stolen items were to be used at an event in South Carolina Freeman stated he planned to return everything and ensure items were not soiled
Phase 1 of the North Carolina Rural Renaissance Project aims to expand rural education and health care training across the state. Guilford Technical Institute joins 9 other schools in creating 60 thirty minute sound slide modules guided by Central Piedmont Community College with Ken Frazier directing GTI activities and faculty members contributing to writing and production.
Randolph County elections officials move to remove names of voters who have not cast ballots in six years from the registration books. About 2 000 names expected to be purged from 42 369 total. Betty Oakley explains the process and the 20 day window to appeal. letters will be sent after purge completion.
Frankie Delores Dunbar, charged with murdering her husband Frank Dunbar, had a continuance approved in Greensboro Superior Court. A trial is now set for December 13 after a true bill was returned on August 9. Dunbar, 42, a former ABC officer and High Point Enterprise employee, was shot June 30.
Judge Byron Haworth was named acting chief district judge effective Wednesday to temporarily replace Judge Edward K. Washington who fell ill with a bleeding ulcer and is expected to have surgery. Washington had just been selected to succeed the retiring chief judge E. D. Kuykendall and is reported in satisfactory condition. Haworth will serve as chief judge until Washington recovers.
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