Greensboro county to build new agricultural center next to farm property
Guilford County Commissioners reviewed preliminary plans for a one story masonry agricultural center to house all county farm agencies. The building will include offices for farm units an auditorium and a home economics lab on county farm property near Oeee. Bids total 867,795 but will be studied before awarding contracts with other projects planned in Guilford County.
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Greensboro
Guilford
George Rottman
Board of Commissioners
de Rottman
Farm Agency
Oeee
Guilford County
Health Department
High Point
Welfare Department
Gibsonville Farm
AG Center
Dr Goodson to Lecture on The Church in the Twentieth Century
Dr W Kenneth Goodson of Birmingham Alabama will discuss The Church in the Twentieth Century at High Point Colleges Finch Lecture tomorrow. He will lead a 3 pm seminar at the Student Center and deliver the Finch Lecture at 8 pm in Memorial Auditorium. He formerly led First Methodist Church Winston Salem and served as district superintendent and minister in Charlotte.
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W. Kenneth Goodson
Methodist Church
Birmingham
Ala
High Point College
Finch
Goodson
Memorial Auditorium
First Methodist Church
Winston- Salem
Charlotte
City Council Seeks Survey as Water Loss Hits High Point
City leaders revealed High Point loses nearly a million gallons daily due to aging southwest mains. Losses average 20 to 23 percent of about nine million gallons filtered, up from a normal ten percent. Council approved an $8,500 survey to locate trouble spots and plans for future water system construction.
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High Point
Harold Cheek
Cheek
Huber urges action to cover downtown railroad ditch
City Councilman Walter Huber compared the covered tracks project to breaking the Berlin Wall and urged funding to provide up to one thousand parking spaces. He said the project, opposed by Southern Railway officials, should be done regardless of cost. Council moved to fund an updated parking study, aiming to address downtown space and preserve the furniture market area.
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Redevelopment Commission
East Central
Henry Price
Price
Jerry Parrish
Forrest Cates
Walter Huber
Berlin Wall
Huber
Southern Railway Co
Supreme Court
oDare
Sesetien
Harold Cheek
Wilbur Smith and Associates
Harold Craven
Bie
Randolph Democrats Alarmed Over Schools and Roads
Randolph County Democrats vow action on education roads and crime after a Trinity High School rally led by County Chair W Clyde Lucas and Lt Governor Robert Scott. Scott urged youth recruitment and a progressive state program.
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Randolph
Trinity
Democratic Party
W. Clyde Lucas
Trinity High School
Robert Scott
Haw River
Union Vote Slated For Local Bakery
Winston-Salem AP The NLRB said four North Carolina elections will be supervised next week with vote to determine union representation at American Bakeries in High Point and additional filings for SKF Industries Glasson Motor Lines and others. The unions named include the Teamsters and United Steelworkers among others.
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Winston-Salem
National Labor Relations Board
American Bakeries
High Point
Teamsters Union
NLRB
North Carolina
Harrington Manufacturing Co
Lewiston
N. C
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Anderson Truck Lines
Lenoir
SKF Industries
Asheville
United Steelworkers of America
Glasson Motor Lines
Lexington
the Furniture Corp
Newton
Continental Smoky Mountain Stages
Charlotte
Amalgamated Transit Union
Duke Power Co
Spray
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Rain Likely Around Friendship Area Tonight Through Wednesday
The weatherman at Friendship reports a 70 percent chance of rain tonight and 50 percent for Wednesday. Expect mostly cloudy, mild weather with a low near 55 tonight and around 70 Wednesday. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies, wind, a chance of showers, and cooler temperatures. Today's high reached the upper 60s with a 45 degree low.
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Friendship
New Hospital Possible in Thomasville Over $2 Million
City Memorial Hospital trustees weigh building a new facility costing more than two million dollars to replace the Pine Street site. Eric Sellers says no firm decision exists though land options and a 25 to 50 acre site are under committee review for relocation consideration.
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Bob Burchette
Enterprise
Thomasville
City Memorial Hospital
Eric Sellers
City Memorial
Sellers
Pine Street
Trustees Board
Hos
Dr Rogers Honored by YMCA Directors
Guy Kinney became president of the Oc tober YMCA board succeeding Dr Max Rogers who resigned to become chief surgeon of the Southern Railway System in Washington. Rogers received a past guest pin and expressed pride in his service and plans to stay connected to High Point. Robert Gayle presented a plaque and a display read DR ROGERS on page 8A.
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Guy Kinney
YMCA
Max Rogers
Southern Railway System
Washington
Rogers
Kinney
High Point
Robert Gayle
DR. Rogers
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Jim Hawkins
Dr. Goodson
Cassell Street
Scientific Street
Crestline
Carson Tout
Councilman
Don Wrenn
Scott
Lucas
Randolph County
Henry Jordan
Sidney Underwood
Johns Manville Products Corp
Marshville
International Chemical Workers Union
Billings Transfer Corp
Lexington, Teamsters Union
Chair City
Bloodmobile
Red Cross
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