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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1965
Page
2
Area residents anticipate a wet Labor Day weekend as Hurricane Bet, about 450 miles off the Atlantic coast, tracks offshore or toward the sea. Weather Bureau forecasters say rainfall depends on Bet’s movement, with potentially more rain if it nears land and less if it veers away.
The High Point Board of Adjustment will hear a request by Mrs. Geraldyn representing the Pointer Drive-In Theater for a nine foot fence on Greensboro Road to hide the projection screen from view on Highway 294. The hearing is set for 4 p.m. Thursday at the City Hall in High Point.
Dr. Wendell M. Patton Jr outlines a $10 million High Golden Decade Development Program with a new science building among minimum 10 year capital needs. The six lecture rooms and multiple labs would total 42 052 square feet and aim for completion by fall 1967, funded by donations and endowment support.
A one day session at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building features James B Dunlop of the National Association of Manufacturers addressing the committee. The program opens at 10 with a panel on the mayor's role and closes at noon with speeches by Moore and Dunlop.
A North Carolina council faced legal scrutiny over bid opening procedures for fuel pumping equipment. An envelope arriving after the cutoff and misrouted could have excluded a bid, prompting careful reading of the late submission and a tense vote.
Forty seven major High Point firms subscribed to the United Appeal five point Pledge of Cooperation campaign chair W D Lee Jr announced. Firms commit to fair share payroll action plan employer solicitation one hour United Appeal Time and use of firm names as advocates. Industry ranges set at ten dollars per employee for manufacturers and sixteen fifty per employee for wholesalers, with a ten percent increase eyed for this year’s goal.
The Hassell and Jones families from the James town area will hold their annual reunion on September 12 at Hickory Grove Methodist Church on the Guilford Jamestown Road near Greensboro. Participating organizations include Kroger Co Savidge Davis Newman Inc W. E. Linth Station WMFR Southern Fore Ward Inc Woodcoe Inc and E. E. Younts Inc.
William Timothy Brown, 19, of Trinity faces three charges in Municipal Court next week for assault with a deadly weapon breach of the peace and affray. His bond set at 125 dollars. Clarence Whitaker 49 Rt 4 charged with assault bond 50 dollars. Marvin Little 26 Meadowbrook held on 100 bond for language use over the telephone. Cecil Smith 49 Friddle Street charged with driving while intoxicated bond 300 dollars. Police investigated two wrecks Saturday with personal injury. One occurred at 2:20 p.m. action 3 of Rt 1 and a railroad crossing incident. No report filed on the second wreck.
Dr. Marco announces 700 pupils expected as GTI begins term with day and evening classes. Orientation on the slope near the administration building precedes a boxed supper on the circle. Programs include associate degree tracks and vocational options in electrical, mechanical, drafting, health and more.
The Enterprise staff reviews The Dirty Girls showing at Pointer Drive-In Friday night. Critics Follmer Brown and Marks discuss scenes involving a Paris and Munich prostitute and note the editor cut to reduce nudity. The piece mentions a Board of Adjustments variance request related to the theater.
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