High Point Lodging House Drives North Carolina Mobility Plan
The North Carolina Fund Mobility Division moves about 126 unemployed workers to High Point, using a lodging house on S. Hamilton Street to screen housing and arrange job interviews. The program aims to relocate 2,000 workers, with coordinators in 12 eastern counties and several western areas, creating tri racial staffing and expanding to Lexington and Statesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
High Point
North Carolina
Industrial
Piedmont Crescent
North Carolina Fund
Mobility Division
U. S. Department of Labor
Charles E. Davis
High Point Area
S. Hamilton Street
High Point Lodging House
Charles McManus
Elton Cox
Carol Ann Bryden
David Stillman
Davis
Durham
Furniture Capital Area
Charlotte
Statesville
Salisbury
Lexington
Reading Clubs End at High Point Public Library
The High Point Public Library reports 761 local children joined this summer reading program. The Mighty Dragon Club drew 414 first and second graders, the Mary Club 260 third graders, and the Book-Fun Club 87 fifth and sixth graders. Winners included Ann Ha user for naming the dragon Hap py The Reading Dragon and Holly Bolton for Mary Poppins illustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Area
High Point Public Library
Neal Austin
Austin
Mighty Dragon Club
Mary Club
Happy
Ann Hauser
Westridge Drive
Johnson Street School
Holly Bolton
Spaniel Is Best Of Show At All Breed Dog Show
Symbolme's Beach Boy an Ascot Cocker Spaniel owned by J Robert Smith of Amherst Massachusetts was named Best Dog in Show at the 15th annual All Breed Dog Show in High Point Saturday. 538 dogs from most states competed at the one day event by the Furniture City Kennel Club with 75 to 80 breeds entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Robert Smith
Amhurst
Mass
High Point
United States
Furniture City
English Road
Furniture City Kennel Club
Armory
Skye Terrier
Bill Stogner
Summerville
S. C
Jamestown Plan Outlines Town Facility Needs by 1985
Guilford County Planning Department shapes a community facilities plan for Jamestown to match the land plan and zoning regs. It catalogs needs for police and fire protection water and sewer lines electrical and gas service garbage collection hospitals schools libraries cultural services parks and recreational options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Jamestown
Guilford County Planning Department
Charles Forbis
Forbis
High Point
Labor Day Weekend Weather Forecast For High Point
The U S Weather Bureau at Friendship Airport forecasts partly cloudy skies over High Point with 90 degree highs today and 86 tomorrow. Rain chances are 10 percent today and 20 percent tomorrow as temperatures dip from the weekend heat. Sunday remains warm with a high near 90 and weekend lows around 64 to 65 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
U.S
Friendship Airpo
Air Pollution Control Talks Scheduled in Greensboro
Owen Braughler of Guilford County Health announces a week long course in air pollution control by the Taft Sanitary Engineering Center Cincinnati. The program covers fuel types particle control and gas emission management at the Greensboro health center while a county ordinance on air pollution regulation takes effect January 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Owen Braughler
Guilford County
Department of Health
Braughler
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Ohio
Northwood Street
Taft Center
Quiet Labor Day Observed with Minor Incidents
On Labor Day weekend police reported a light night shift with typical holiday behavior. One drunken driving charge was filed against Otis Marcus Wood, 56, from 7a. 3, and a 9:45 p.m. incident on E Commerce was under investigation. A 9:30 a.m. wreck led to a failing to report accident charge against William Allred, 54, whose car ended in a culvert. Allred was slightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Marcus Wood
E. Commerce
William Allred
Burge Street
Allred
Also Mentioned on This Page
High Point Mobility Project Center
Guilford Technical Institute
Anne Hauser
Art Richardson
W. Burton Street
Northwood School
New York
Connecticut
American Kennel Club
English Street Armory
Sloopy
Dane
Darlene Younts
L. S. Potts
Cinga
Chipper Skinner
Elmer Horton
Cal and Gas Service
Lee Institute
YWCA
Davie Street
American Motors
Rambler
N. Main St
High Point, N. C
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