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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1977
Page
12
Commissioners approve two new sheriff's department posts to enforce dog control laws. Phillips cites rising complaints about discarded dogs and urges a method for control. The county will also purchase indirectly from the...
county weighs using foster homes and trained staff to keep juveniles at home and in school with local funding possible by year end to access federal funds. A dog warden truck and a state highway bond issue of 300 million dollars are also expected to be endorsed for ballot passage this fall.
A shotgun wielding intruder threatened Randy Lewis and was thwarted when Lewis’s wife struck him with a bottle. A second intruder tried a window at Carol Steed’s home and fled after a scream. Police issued a warrant for the first attacker. The report lists numerous thefts across High Point including vehicles, coin sets, a bike, car parts, and a beer case, with several arrests.
Champion Landscaping and Excavating of Kings Mountain North Carolina secured a 1.3 million federal contract for site improvements at Cowpens National Battlefield South Carolina. The project includes relocating roads and water mains and removing vacated buildings. Senator Strom Thurmond announced the award.
In Asheboro the two day festival drew between 10 000 and 15 000 daily with estimates total 20 000 to 25 000. A wagon train parade at 1 30 pm highlighted Sunday along with concerts by Asheboro High and Southwestern High bands and performances by cloggers square dancers a black dancing troupe and a small banjo fiddle band. Over 240 craft booths and eateries lined Worth Fayetteville Streets and Sunset Avenue with local and coastal artists displaying pottery woodworks rock polishing and paintings. Saturday featured a 40 unit parade and live acts while Randolph County Livestock Assn hosted a pig picking serving four barbecued hogs over the event.
Upcoming events include an unrated chess tournament October 8 at Oakview Recreation Center with an exhibition by a chess expert and NC State champion, All Western Night October 7 at Astor Dowdy Towers open to ages 55 and up, plus multiple club meetings and workshops across High Point and Lexington.
The notice lists several local youths and their military progress. Herman G. Hine and Harold J. Barnhardt Jr. completed Marine recruit training at Parris Island after high school graduations in 1977. Jonathan D. Lawson earned a meritorious promotion upon recruit completion. Donald C. Chavers Jr. is also noted. Robert Wayne Isaacs received a promotion as a drill instructor at Ft. Leonard Wood after enlisting in 1967. Darell R. Sadler was selected for aircraft maintenance training at Sheppard AFB after basic at Lackland and a 1977 Andrews High School graduate.
Calvin Irving Plummer, an 81 year old Greensboro postal worker, was killed Sunday night after walking onto U S 220 near the Guilford County line and being struck by a northbound car driven by James Calvin Adams of Browns Summit. The accident was deemed unavoidable with no charges filed. Plummer lived alone and had a trailer near the area.
Piedmont Airlines asks the Civil Aeronautics Board to modify two stop limits in seven Chicago markets to allow one stop operations. The routes include Greensboro High Point Winston Salem and cities Atlanta New York Raleigh Durham Charlotte Baltimore and Washington. Piedmont says the change would improve aircraft routing flexibility and boost operating efficiency.
AP review notes CBS new sitcom Weve Got Each Other stars Beverly Archer and Oliver Clark as a married couple. Tom Poston guest stars with a frantic fashion shoot and a fired assistant. Script by Patchett and Tarses lacks momentum. actors deliver but jokes stall.
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