County Eyes Health Facility Move Tied to Long Range Plans
Greensboro High Point discussions center on relocating the county health department from Montlieu Avenue to be closer to a planned central health administration building. Officials favor satellite clinics, hospital partnerships, and prevention focus while prioritizing jail and schools in the near term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Health Department
High Point
Commission
Dale Montgomery
Montgomery
Montlieu Avenue
High Point College
Health Administration
Mongtomery
High Point City
Board of Commissioners
Central Health Administration Unit
Percy Sears
Red Road
I-40
Social Services Department
Sears
High Point Memorial Hospital
Cone Hospital
Shool
Guilford County
Guilford Technical Institute
Employment Security Commission
North Wrenn Street
Trailer Park Owner Plans For Appeal
Greensboro NC area news reports that M. Trexler owner of the Sedgefield Motel and Trailer Park will appeal a cease pollution order. The case concerns dumping sewage into Bull Run Creek drainage and a Guilford District Court hearing will be set. Trexler admits two of ten septic tanks fail though he blames lack of a city sewer line for delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Trexler
Sedgefield
Bull Run
US 2A
Jamestown
Guilford District Court
Morgan Pledges Statewide Support for Disturbed Children
North Carolina Attorney General Robert Morgan pledged support for a proposal to coordinate all state programs for emotionally disturbed children. He told the Study Commission that treatment is a state responsibility and that the state must provide as much training as children can absorb. The commission proposed creating a state coordinating council to oversee such programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Attv
Robert Morgan
Morgan
State Study Commission For
Study Commission
Two High Point Students Win $500 Scholarships
The Business and Professional Men's Club of High Point awards $500 scholarships for the upcoming college year. An toinette Weaver of High Point Central High School will attend North Carolina A and T State University in Greensboro, and Warren J. Thompson, a T. Wingate Andrews graduate, will attend North Carolina Central University in Durham. The grants are need and scholarship based and part of a continuing club project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Antoinette Weaver
High Point Central High School
A & T State University
Greensboro
Warren J. Thompson
N. C. Central University
Durham
T. Wingate Andrews
High Point Enterprise Highlights September 12 1970 Page 2A
Page 2A of the September 12 1970 High Point Enterprise features brief items and notices from the local area. It includes community announcements and short news briefs reflecting the day's happenings.
New Life Homes Opens Chapel For Alcoholics
The New Life Homes chapel at 106 W. Washington St opens Sunday at 10 a.m. under Rev. Owen Mills with a 9 a.m. Sunday school and 7:30 p.m. worship. The facility will host AA meetings Wednesdays and Fridays and plans future chapels in High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Washington Street
Oren Mills
New Life Homes
John Eastridge
Eastridge
W. Washington St
Mills
High Point
Alcoholics Anonymous
High Point Eastridge
Wayne Currie
Aereenvires
Shaughnessy Named Drexel Enterprises President
Shaughnessy former High Point civic leader is named president of Drexel Enterprises a division of U S Plywood Champion Paper Inc He succeeds G Maurice Hill who remains a vice president and director Shaughnessy retired in 1952 from Macy s in New York and later led Heritage Furniture in High Point before joining Drexel two years ago as vice president in charge of the corporate marketing office He retired from active management earlier this year prior to his new appointment this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles §. Shaughnessy
High Point
Drexel Enterprises
U.S. Plywood
Champion Paper, Inc
G. Maurice Hill
U.S. Plywood Champion Paper Organization
Shaughnessy
Macy’s
New York City
New York
Furniture Col
Heritage Furniture Co
Heritage
Drexel
Two Vehicle Collisions Reported in Thomasville
Police logs show two separate late week accidents in Thomasville. At Memorial Park Drive and Leonard Street, Ronald York Stroud and Charles Anderson Dunbar caused about 800 in damages with no injuries or charges. A second wreck on Mendenhall Street involved Lula D Batten and Jerry Wayne Fisher with 300 in damages and Fisher charged with a safe movement violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Memorial Park Drive-Leonard Street
Ronald York Stroud
Knollwood Drive
Charles Anderson Dunbar
Trinity Street
Stroud
Mendenhall Street
Brookdale Street
Lula D. Batten
Jerry Wayne Fisher
Rt. 6
Fisher
Mrs Mitzi Alexander Named Director of Guilford Family Planning
Greensboro health officials announce Mrs Mitzi Alexander as director of the Guilford County family planning program. She has served in the health department since 1964 and will lead a six member staff under a mult agency program funded by federal and state funds benefiting aid to families with dependent children recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Mitzi Alexander
Guilford County
Sarah T. Morrow
Remember to buckle up for safe driving
A concise safety reminder urges motorists to fasten seat belts at all times to reduce injuries and save lives.
Divorce Insurance for Women Planned by British
Art Buchwald humor piece satirizes a plan to offer divorce insurance to women. A Niagara Falls Life firm agent pitches policies citing one in three marriages likely to dissolve within seven years while peppering the encounter with pop culture references and mock dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha's Vineyard
Mass
United States
Niagara Falls Marriage Casualty and Life Insurance Co
Nate Bienstock
The
Miss Philpott
Seymour
Mr. Bienstock
Joe Namath
Niagara Falls Casualty
Miss Philnott
Los Angeles Times
Trinity High Holds Club Induction
Trinity Senior High inducted new Beta Club members in a candlelight ceremony held in the lecture theater. Jack Sim of Fuquay Varina led as state Beta Club president. New Betas span sophomores juniors and seniors with a reception for members and parents afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity
Trinity Senior High
Jack Sim
Fuquay- Varina
Randall Bowman
Debbie Chester
Susan Foster
Ricky Gibbons
Dirk Gurley
Delbert Hines
Valerie Keck
Mike Key
Karen King
Gladys Lundy
Mike Rhyne
Marsha Spencer
Susan Voncannon
Donna Yow
Marquita Ashburn
Sheila Bullard
Carson Ewings
Gary Farlow
Ann Grant
Kay Hoover
Gene Hutchens
Dale Ingold
Pam Lester
Cindy Lewallen
Marsha Lohr
Cindy Lowe
Max Nance
Steve Reddeck
Penn Riddick
Judy Riggs
Janice Sheets
Brooks Spencer
Deborah Spencer
Synthia Spencer
Sandra Spencer
Betty Stone
Sylvia Hill
Vickie Key
Pam Mason
Marie Robbins
Man 60 Faces 3 Charges in Local Incident
Lonnie Harris age 60 of Ridge Crest Drive was arrested Friday on resisting arrest discharging a firearm in the city and public drunkenness. He struggled with officers over a .38 pistol, which was fired into the ground during the confrontation. A separate report notes a break in at S Main Esso with a missing money bag containing $75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie Harris
Ridgecrest Drive
G. L. Whitaker
J. A. Bowers
Harris
Larry Thomas
S. Main Esso
North Carolina Urban Legislative Conference slated for Raleigh
The High Point Chamber of Commerce joins seven other North Carolina chambers to sponsor a one day Urban Legislative Conference on November 10 at Memorial Auditorium Raleigh. Leaders plan morning talks on streets revenues housing and utilities with afternoon action forums. Invitations go to legislators and local officials statewide to discuss regional urbanization issues and possible state level solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
North Carolina
Raleigh
Wep A
Pancoast
Memorial Auditorium
Asheville
Charlotte
Durham
Fayetteville
Wilmington
Winston
Salem
High Point
Emer
Department of Local Affairs
Unemployment Declines Slightly in Guilford County Area
The High Point area shows a modest drop in unemployment with July to August improvements. The August active file rose 2.2 percent from July, new applications rose, and ESC placed 161 workers while referrals reached 746. However August 1970 placements lagged behind August 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hollar
High Point Employment Security Commission Office
Hollar
Guilford County
ESC
High Point
Thomasville
Greensboro
Eden
Reidsville
Burlington
Potentia
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Disturbed
High Point Enterprise
Black Rock
Wis
Eden Faith Baptist Church
George
Department of Corrections
Contact Church
Steele Street
C. 8
Art Buchwald
Trinity High
By Jim Hawkins
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