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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1969
Page
19
City planners estimate High Point’s population at about 70,000 based on a summer survey of dwelling units and group quarters with an assumed 3.5 person average family. Officials caution the figure until the 1970 census, noting possible variations and ongoing refinements to projection methods.
The article notes the end of summer and describes Coed students at High Point College dressing for cooler weather. It mentions Dun Sarees and slacks becoming common, while mini-skirts persist in a longer form and heavier materials arrive.
Wallburg Water, Inc. will accept bids from contractors next Tuesday for a 250000 gallon steel elevated tank as part of a proposed rural water system in northeastern Davidson County. Bids due at 2 p.m. at Wallburg School with Campbell Wallace Co. of Knoxville assisting in the bid opening. Bidders include Propst Construction Co., Connell Construction Co., Kahn & Jackson, A Loving Co., and others. tank suppliers include Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Co., Caldwell Tanks, and Chicago Bridge & Iron. Water will be purchased from North Davidson Water, Inc., which operates a filter plant.
Guilford County commissioners meet with the High Point Guilford County and Greensboro school boards and GTI trustees on the Guilford Technical Institute campus to review five year expansion plans. Officials note past bonds and taxes funded building, with city requests possibly pushing tax increases if new funding is unavailable. The rural system asks about 11 million, Greensboro’s request is expected to be much larger.
New Trindale Elementary School student council officers have been inducted. Stephen Spencer serves as president, Addie Sue Royals as first vice president, Tammy Hawks as secretary, Lynn Chambers as second vice president, and Joey Crutchfield as assistant secretary.
The High Point forecast notes fall arrives at 12 07 a m Tuesday but today feels more like spring with partly cloudy skies and a rise in temperatures. Rain chances are around 10 percent through Tuesday with Wednesday warmer and could see evening showers. Daytime highs were expected 65 to 70 today and near 60 at night with last night at 59. Saturday's high projected 70 to 75.
Stephen E. Lawing today announced his resignation from the post as High Point district solicitor, effective Oct. 1, citing demands of his private practice. Chief solicitor Douglas Albright of Greensboro is expected to announce Lawing's successor before Oct. 1.
Rain slicked city streets over the weekend triggered multiple accidents with injuries and significant vehicle damage. Notable crashes included Frank Williams and Rudy LeJoy Jones at Ferndale and Locke with Williams cited for a stop sign violation, and James McDermott colliding with Dave Cheek on W Green causing $700 in damage and an unsafe movement charge. Betty Atkins struck Pamela Sechrist on KE Green, both cars about $200 damage, with Atkins cited for failing to yield. A minor collision between Michael Graham and David Zenns caused $500 rear-end damage as Zenns stopped to turn onto Guyer.
The High Point Community Theater sponsors two plays to be staged at Stone Henge on English Road and Elm Street Thursday. The Last Retreat directed by Dr and Mrs C Eugene Mounts stars the pair, while Tennessee Williams Property is Condemned features two high school stars under directors Roger Bednarick Peggy Davis a Ferndale ninth grader and G A Atkinson a Central High School tenth grader. Curtain is 8 30 pm with no charge. Police report minor injuries from multiple traffic crashes on Brentwood and Prospect streets. PMID
Wake County officials, after postponing a $29 million school bond, weigh a pay as you go approach urged by State Senator Jules J. Coggins. A merger of county and Raleigh city schools looms as a key factor, with public hearings revealing demand for a clear merger plan before any bond vote.
Greensboro reports that when the Governmental Center is finished in about two years the current Guilford County courthouse will shed space as many offices relocate. Register of Deeds Mark Stewart moves to larger space in the new courts building. Clerk of Superior Court Joseph Shore shifts to floors west of the present structure. Sheriff Paul Gibson retains courthouse HQ for rural police and court services, with the fourth floor jail continuing. Plans include moving Board of Elections offices to the courthouse, storing voting machines there, and perhaps housing some court offices and magistrates. Civil Defense may relocate from Church Street, while other county offices relocate from the Administration building to the new center, possibly leasing the vacated Wachovia space to businesses.
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