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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 18, 1971

Page

2

High Point Enterprise Seeks Readers on September 18 1971 Page

The Saturday edition highlights Page 2 A content and local notices for September 18 1971. Readers are invited to view sports, society, and community updates in the High Point Enterprise.

County Debate Over Sunday Alcohol Sales Continues

Guilford County commissioners face a tangled issue over whether to lift the Sunday beer and wine ban. Enterprise staff writer Jim Hawkins frames the dispute as a long-running local sticking point with no immediate resolution in sight.

Jim Hawkins Greensboro Guilford County Allen Jay High Point Ralph Walker Allen Jay School Oak Ridge Military School Walker Archie Hill

Assistant Principals Appointed at Ragsdale High

Three teachers at Ragsdale High School in Jamestown were named as part time assistant principals. Robert Mills will handle transportation and driving training, A Payne Jr. will oversee attendance, and Michael Raybon will manage student activities and coaching duties. All will remain part time teachers.

Jamestown Ragsdale High Se Here T. G. Madison Madison Robert Mills S A. Payne Jr Michael Raybon Mills Ragsdale High School Northeast Guilford High School Ragsdale Payne Raybon Jaycee

High Point police probe two burglaries and thefts

Officers investigated two first degree burglaries reported around 7 a.m. at the Doug Goins residence on Montlieu Avenue and a home on Pershing Street. Items stolen included $460 cash and a watch. A license plate was taken from Mattie Mae Bostick's car. Arrests included Horace Bowman Jr. for theft and multiple traffic and weapon charges, Lucilla Wiley for a car battery theft, and several other arrests for disturbances and drunkenness.

High Point Doug Goins Montlieu Avenue Goins Pershing St Mattie Mae Bostick Meredith Street Horace Bowman Jr Furlough Street Bowman Lucilla Wiley Clara Cox Apartments Joe J. Alley Prospect Street Kenneth Rudolph Jones W. Lexington Avenue Ayers Randle Meadows Rt. 1 Hurley Larry Eugene Batten Greensboro

Jamestown Finances Highlight Strong Year Funds Ready

Jamestown closed 1970-71 with bonded debt of 6000 and reserves of 680497. Revenue totaled 564491, with expenses at 278817, yielding a 285674 surplus and 65481 in property taxes plus prior-year collections. Auditors noted 467724 unencumbered funds and 212773 un appropriated surplus, with 660000 invested in CDs and plans for a new storage tank and shared street improvements.

Jim Hawkins Jamestown Alcoholic Beverage Control Board ABC

Five sentenced in District Court including 17 month total for one defendant

Five persons received active terms in District Court on Friday. John Wesley Wright Jr. 31 Greensboro was found guilty on driving during permanent revocation improper registration no liability insurance trespassing and no driver license. Others received 20 days each for public drunkenness. Charles James Bizzell 55 Welborn Street got 40 days for public drunkenness. Mark Strain Hay Street drawn 90 day suspended sentence with 100 dollar fine for DUI. Susan C. Compton 22 Welborn Trailer Park placed on probation for forgery and uttering a forged check. Several charges were nol prossed or continued with leave, and other defendants faced varied outcomes.

John Wesley Wright Jr Greensboro Mark Strain Hay Street Jimmie C. Fulp Susan C. Compton Welborn Trailer Park Ruben Evans High Point Bobby Carver Clara Cox Susan Reece S. Elm Street Richard Green Richland Avenue William Delmas Armstrong Magnolia Street

Niven Named New Lexington School Superintendent

The Lexington City School Board appointed William E. Niven as superintendent to replace resigned R. J. Davis. Niven, former Caswell County associate superintendent, will take over within 30 days. Theodore Leonard will revert to associate superintendent. Davis led a controversial junior high reform that was abandoned after its adoption.

Lexington Lexington City School Board William E. Niven R. J. Davis Niven Davis Theodore Leonard Leonard Caswell County School System Lacy Caple Caswell County Lexington Middle School

Guilford County Plans $3 Million Jail Project

Commissioners order final jail plans for a new nine level facility in Greensboro at Eugene and West Streets. The tower will house 260 to 275 prisoners with two unfinished levels for about 128 inmates, plus a parking level and sheriff offices and a heliport on the roof. A tunnel will link to the Guilford County Courts Building as part of the governmental center. Financing comes mainly from an approved bond issue with additional tax funds.

Greensboro Guilford County Eugene and Eats Streets Sheriff's Department Iow Guilford County Courts Lbc&w Associates North Carolina Thomas Shumate John Everette Guilford County Agricultural Domestic Relations Court Robert Earhart North Carolina Department of Social Services

Seven divorces granted in district court session

Seven divorces were granted this week during civil session of District Court. Cases include Dorothy G Cruthis versus Bobby Lee Cruthis Rebecca J Schwab versus Harold Milton Schwab Wilson Horace Gulledge versus Opal Echols Gulledge Gerald Michael Black versus Diane Irish Black Karl Thompson versus Martha Thompson Barbara H Austin versus Paul C Austin and Mary Church versus Chester Church.

Dorothy G. Cruthis Bobby Lee Cruthis Rebecca J. Schwab Harold Melton Schwab Wilson Horace Gulledge Opal Echols Gulledge Gerald Michael Black Diane Irish Black Karl Thompson Martha Thompson Barbara H. Austin Paul C. Austin Mary Church Chester Church

Wreck Causes Minor Injury in City Traffic

One person sustained a slight injury in a Friday collision on English Road at Chestnut Street. Mildred Moore Leonard of W Main Street was hurt when her car collided with a vehicle driven by 22 year old Jerry Wayne Peebles of Lindsay Street. Peebles was charged with a safe movement violation.

Mildred Moore Leonard W. Main Street Jerry Wayne Peebles Lindsay Street English Road Chestnut Street

Youth Charged In Malicious Damage Case

Thomasville report states 17 year old Ludell Todd of Ward Street was charged with malicious damage to personal property after allegedly tossing a lit cigarette onto Roy Pittman’s auto front seat on September 16. Bond set at 100 dollars pending District Court trial September 30.

Thomasville Ward Street Ludell Todd Roy Pittman

Also Mentioned on This Page

Silver Prince Orren Johnson Jim Stratford High Point Enterprise Board of Commissioners Robert Shaw Richard Maxwell F. P. Bodenheimer Dale Montgomery Percy Sears Jamestown Council Dixon, Hauser and Odom Water Department General Fund John Porter Jr Julius Hamm House of Prayer William Ernest Metcalfe Johnson City Tenn Charles James Bizzell Welborn Street Lexington Schools Wilmington Peebles High Point Enterprise, Inc Church Avenue N.C Associated Press Okly AP News Ward-Griffith Company National Advertising Representatives
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