North Carolina to Provisional Register Illiterates in Court Case
A federal judge ordered provisional voter registration for illiterates in 61 NC counties as part of a Voting Rights Act challenge. Elections official Brock said compliance will proceed while the Supreme Court prepares to hear the case this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Alex Brock
Board of Elections
U.S. Supreme Court
Brock
Algernon Butler
State Board
Justice Department
Butler
Supreme Court
High Point Page 2A Saturday Afternoon Sept 19 1970
Local page 2A features brief items from High Point for Saturday afternoon with notices, scores, and community notes. It includes community events, town briefs, and items of local interest spanning schools and organizations.
Restraining Order Halts Guilford Rock Festival
Guilford County Health Department secured a temporary restraining order against farmer Lindsey Troxler to close a controversial rock festival for health reasons. Sheriff deputies blocked entrances and ordered about 100 attendees to leave after Troxler failed to provide drinking water toilets medical aid or waste facilities. Judge Kuykendall approved the order as fans deserted the site and no major acts appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browns Summit
Guilford County
Lindsey Troxler
Paul Gibson
Troxler
Troxier
Sarah Morrow
Traxler
Kuykendall
Tampa
Fla
The
Wax
Dr. Morrow
Health Department
Drop-In Fest Sponsored by High Point Youth Council
The third annual Drop-In at City Lake Park Sunday runs 1 to 7 p m sponsored by the High Point Youth Council. The event aims to welcome youth after summer and launch the council program with music games and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Youth Council
City Lake Park
Youth Council
Velvet Fog
Thorne
The Little Things That Make Scouts Matter in Youth
An editorial urges community support for Cub Scouts and Brownies highlighting Den Mothers Brownie Leaders and volunteers guiding children. It emphasizes recruiting training and inspiration as vital to provide God and Country lessons and the joy of scouting as a public appeal gift.
Florida State Professor to Speak at High Point College
Dr. Robert N. Singer, expert in psychology of coaching and motor learning, will lecture at Hayworth Hall on Wednesday at 10 am. The talk titled Psyco Motor Domain Movement Behaviors is open to students faculty and the public. Singer earned degrees from Brooklyn College Penn State and Ohio State and has taught at Michigan State Ohio State and Illinois State. He is a Florida State University full professor and appears as part of the 1970 71 visiting scholars program by the Piedmont University Center in Winston Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert N. Singer
Hayworth Hall
High Point College
Singer
High Point
Brooklyn
N.Y
Penn State
Ohio State
Michigan State
Illinois State
University of Iowa
Florida State University
Piedmont University Center
Winston- Salem
Population Flux Defines Upper Hickory Nut Gorge
Gerton in Gerton North Carolina experiences seasonal swings as 80 to 250 residents inhabit the area, with many summer residents from Florida, Washington DC, South Carolina, Louisiana and Texas. The community celebrates leadership in local programs, roadside beautification and family living while summer life centers on the Post Office, Hubert Miller produce stand, and the Upper Hickory Nut Gorge Community Center hosting suppers and films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerton
N.C
Hickory Nut Gorge
Upper
Florida
Washington, D.C
South Carolina
Louisiana
Texas
P.O
Chimney Rock
Mrs. Huntley
Hubert Miller
Miller
Aline
Chester Rhodes
Chester
Women's Home Demonstration Club
de Soto
Man on probation for theft of tools in Davidson County
Thomasville records show T J Sanders Jr 25 of Jasper Street pled guilty to larceny of goods under 200 dollars and received probation after admitting he took a drill and a law valued at 115 dollars from King Hunter Construction Co at the new City Hospital site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
T. J. Sanders Jr
Jasper Street
Recorder’s Court
Sanders
New City Hospital
King- Hunter Construction Co
Guilford County Considers Street Rules With Greensboro Jamestown
Guilford County officials will hold a public hearing on proposed changes to the subdivision code. The plan requires paved streets with curbs and gutters in rural areas served by Greensboro or Jamestown water and sewer, shifting from 20 foot gravel roads to 3 to 6 inch gravel with hard surface pavements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Perttu Virtanen
Guilford County
Jamestown
Virtanen
Virtanan
High Point
Wreck injures five. several charged in city crashes
Five people injured in a collision between a city police car and another vehicle on E Green Drive. W D Hill and Ester Porter suffered leg injuries. Leroy Porter faces charges for driving with revocation and failing to yield. Multiple other accidents Friday left two more injured and several drivers cited for traffic violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Green Drive
Park Street
Johnny H. Gill
Blain Court
W. D. Hill
Carolina Avenue
Leroy Porter
Windley Street
Porter
Ester Porter
Linda Glasgow
David Glasgow
Clara Cox
Valentine Chandler
Cliffside Avenue
S. Elm Street
W. Green Drive
Chandler
Willie Mae Henderson
N. Centennial Avenue
Fourth Street
Willow Place
Susan Leigh Caskey
Main Street
Irbywood Drive
Phillip Charles Hunt
Abbie Avenue
Hunt
Cynthia D. Morgan
Brendan Joyce Morgan
Peach Street
Greenwood Drive
Parris Avenue
Pamela Iues Pollock
Edgedale
Richard Arlington Montgomery Jr
Impala
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congress
Heberlein
Bethel Dr
Wounced
Art Richardson
Guilford
Council
United Appeal Campaign
Mike Boyd
Asheville Time
Cuba
Tar Heel Mountains
Gorton’s
Varina R. Huntley
Huntley
Davidson County Superior Court
Frank Carringer
Rt. 5
Rayford Jesse Hall
Costonia Sturdivant Bolder
Larry Wayne Curry
Lake Road
Jimmy W. Hoskins
Rt. 3
Ernest Ray Brewer
Rt. 2
Lexington
Sellers L. Love
Jennings Street
Larry Gray Burton
Melvin Lindsay Pate
Rt. 9
Winston-Salem
Lillie Wray Watford
William Ernest Ammons Jr
Kincemac Drive
William Berge Wagner
Pineywood Road
Ammons
Wagner
Watford
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!