Guilford County Tightens Lot Rules in Water Shed Areas
Guilford County Commissioners vote to require 40 000 square foot lots in Randleman High Point and Greensboro watersheds aligning with State Health Dept standards. New RA-40 zoning shifts from R-208 and R-20, affects one third of county land, and limits subdivision growth. Also set Oct 20 public hearing on mobile home park development rules and amended Board of Adjustments authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County
State Health Dept
Randleman
High Point
Planning Department
Board of Adjustments
N.C. Supreme Court
T. E. Everhart
Montgomery Drive
High Point Group Wins Third Public Service Award
The High Point Association of Life Underwriters earned the Louis I. Dublin Public Service Award for a third year for the Medic Alert program. A silver plaque was presented at the National Association of Life Underwriters meeting in Houston Texas for efforts to provide bracelets or necklaces warning medical personnel of conditions like drug allergies anemia or diabetes to prevent dangerous emergency treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Assn. of Life Underwriters
Focal
Houston
Tex
National Association of Life Underwriters
Louis I. Dublin
High Point Association
Meeting Slated By PTA Council
A school of instruction for PTA Council members will be held Tuesday evening at 7 30 at Kirkman Park School. The session aims to advise all committee heads of PTA groups in the city on their duties for the current school year. All PTA officers in the city are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA Council
Kirkman Park
PTA
Warm trend continues in High Point area forecast
A warm trend remains in the High Point vicinity per a Friendship meteorologist. Generally fair skies are expected and temperatures rise to the low to mid 80s through Tuesday with near zero rain. Winds turn southeasterly on Tuesday, with Wednesday's outlook partly cloudy and warm. Tonight's low around 50s, last night was 55.
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High Point
Friendship
Dust Mistaken for Smoke Triggers Thomasville Fire Alarm
In Thomasville, a blaze on a truck at a Julian Avenue Thomasville Furniture Industries warehouse produced heavy dust mistaken for smoke. Firefighters arrived around 12:15 p.m. and found no active fire to extinguish, leaving the alarm sounding but no flames to address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Julian Avenue
Constitution Week Slated In High Point
Mayor Robert Davis proclaims seven days starting Wednesday as Constitution Week in High Point. Wednesday marks the 183rd anniversary of the U S constitution adoption by the Constitutional Convention.
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Robert Davis
High Point
U.S
Weekend Accidents Plague City With Multiple Crashes
A string of weekend crashes left drivers injured and vehicles damaged. Annie Quick Martin and Jack Dailey collided on Greensboro Road, with $650 in damage. Barbara Odham and Donald Campbell were involved at Park Street and E Russell Avenue. Odham was charged with failure to yield. Sunday incidents included a $700 rear-end damage at Highway 185 and Brentwood, injury to Kautz, and a collision on E Lexington near Parkside Drive where Jerry Watson fell asleep and damaged a utility pole. Early Monday a Meredith Street crash damaged property and vehicle while Leroy Ingram caused playground damage. charges included speeding. Another crash on E Lexington and Waverly led to Logan’s hospital transfer after failing to reduce speed.
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Viekend
Greensboro Road
Crestwood Circle
Annie Quick Martin
Odham
Park
Campbell
Russell
Danny Bland
Thomasville
Highway 185
Brentwood
Charles Thompson
Jamaica
N. Y
William Henry Kauiz
Rt. 3
Anniston
Ala
Kautz
Howard William Dennis
Rt. 4
High Point
Dennis
Kutz
High Point Memorial Hospital
Beddington Road
Albertson Road
Tony Jennings
Route 5
E. Lexington Ave
Parkside Drive
Lexington
Jerry Wesley Watson
Forrest Ave
Leroy Ingram
Furlough St
Meredith Street
Furlough
Ingram
Meredith
E. Lexington
Waverly
Tommy Charlie Logan
Hilton
Logan
High Point Hospital
Revival Under Way At Miracle Temple Holiness Church
A revival meeting runs nightly from September 15 to 19 at Miracle Temple Holiness Church on Taylor Avenue. Each evening features a different speaker led by Pastor Rev James Mack.
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Miracle Temple Holiness Church
Taylor Avenue
James Mack
Thief Steals From Davidson County Home Near Thomasville
A thief broke a sliding glass door at Murray White’s Joe Moore Road house and took items valued at 988.96, with damages around 200. The missing goods include an adding machine, record player, 200 dollars worth of records, shotgun, suit, canned foods, blankets, quilts, linens, towels, and cookingware. Investigators pursue leads as other local thefts and drunken driving arrests are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Murray White
Joe Moore
Davidson County Sheriff's
Sheriff's Department
George Hayes
Lee Road
Council Reopens Green Drive One Way Plan Debate
City council plans a second look at the Green Drive and Russell Avenue one way proposal and reviews parking removals on Green Drive and English Road. Council members admit hasty action and consider eight condemned residences for demolition as building officials say owner outreach failed.
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Forrest Cates
Green Drive
Russell Avenue
English Road
A. Kirkman
Kirkman
E. Green Drive
Russell West
W. Green
Council
Roy Black
Westchester
Jewel Wood
Lawndale Ave
Fannie Gray
Wendell St
J. G. Scruggs
English Rd
C. M. Therton
Wanda T. Iderton
Lindsay Sr
Marie Strickland
Loflin St
W. Ray Fowler
Blair St
County Development Corp
Baker Rd
James Franklin Morgan Joins D. P. Whitley Jr. Law Firm
James Franklin Morgan has joined D. P. Whitley Jr. in legal practice, taking the new post on September 2 after passing the North Carolina bar. A High Point native, he is a Central High School and Guilford College graduate, and earned his law degree from Cumberland School of Law, Samford University. He attends Main Street Methodist Church, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Morgan, and resides with his wife Ann Tinsley and daughter Lea Evans at 1024 Cantering Rd.
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James Franklin Morgan
D. P. Whitley, Jr
North Carolina
Morgan
High Point
Central High School
Guilford College
Cumberland School of Law
Samford University
Birmingham
Ala
Main Street Methodist Church
J.V. Morgan
Ann Tinsley
Lea Evans
Cantering Rd
Mayor Tells High Point of Post Office Chance
Mayor Robert D. Davis announced to the city council that High Point still has a good chance for a new main post office. He cited a Washington briefing that about 25 percent of frozen post office projects may be approved and urged a reasonable extension on the E Green Drive site.
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High Point
Robert D. Davis
Washington
Norfolk
Nixon
E. Green Drive
Redevelopment Commission
Reunion Slated for Beatty Beattie Beaty Family
Members of the Beatty Beattie and Beaty families will hold a reunion Sunday at Rock Springs Camp Ground in Denver North Carolina. The meeting will feature a picnic lunch beginning at p.m. A short business session also is planned.
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Beatty
Beattie
Beaty
Rock Springs
Denver
N. C
Break-In Artists Busy On Weekend In High Point
Police investigated multiple break ins over the weekend at Rose's Department Store in Southgate Shopping Center Big Bear Supermarket beside Rose's K Mart on N Main Street Rental Tools and Hardware at 1700 W Green Dr and Wholesale Tire Co at 1005 E Green Dr No estimated losses reported at noon Saturday A total of 695 dollars in other thefts were logged including an 85 dollar tape recorder and three reels from Norton Discount Center and 240 dollars worth of golf equipment from Phillip Fulton’s residence 64 Hillcrest Dr A adding machine and typewriter were stolen from Clarence Bulla’s home 102 Sunset Also a bolt of tape cartridges valued at 240 dollars was taken from Albert Shore’s locked car at the High Point Fair The entry method was unknown
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K-mart
N. Main Street
Rental Tools and Hardware Co
W. Green Dr
Wholesale
Tire Co
E. Green Dr
J. K. Stephens
Norton Discount Center
W. Green St
Phillip Fulton
Hillcrest Dr
Clarence Bulla
High Point Fair
Albert Shore
Rt. 2
Boonesville
Stove
Thomasville to get first run movies via McGuire chain
Davidson Properties will build and lease a Chris McGuire Cinemas in Southgate Shopping Center Thomasville. The theater with 600 seats and 3,500 square feet plans construction soon after a 15 year rent guarantee lease and building permit were signed. McGuire chain, named after one of the McGuire Sisters, already operates 25 theaters in Florida and Georgia with more planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Chris McGuire Cinema
Southgate
Thomasvile
Kermit Cloniger
Cloniger
Davidson Properties, Inc
Cloniger Drive
McGuire
Chris McGuire Cinemas
Singing McGuire Sisters
Cochairman
McGuire Sisters
Arthur Godfrey
McGuire Chain
National Shopping Center Theaters, Inc
Florida
Georgia
Cat surveys door as tempting scent lures cautious escape
A cautious cat eyes a doorway while a strong food odor wafts from the near side. The frame captures a wary moment as she weighs entry, her instinct to seek nourishment challenging her restraint. The photo hints at a deeper hunger beyond mere appetite.
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High Point College
Guilford Technical Institute
Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Shaver
William T. Barnett
W. D. Lee
Sratt Phe
Guilford
Health Dept
Insurance Group
Davidson
Reed Street
Ray Wilson Godfrey
Ernest Lee Curry
Moore Street
Bland Junior Haywood
Church Street
Donald Ray Snead
Lexington Avenue
Paul Clapp
Clapp
Harold Cheek
Hones
High Point Enterprise
Rose’s Department Store
Southgate Shopping Center
Big Bear
Rose's
Thomasville Theater
Dirk Swatmn
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