North State Tele phone Co success in United Appeal drive
William T. Hilton of North State outlines how enthusiasm and organized effort boosted UA giving. Despite similar staff numbers, expected contributions rise from 300 to about 1200 as key department leaders recruit peers, show a film, and distribute pledge cards. Four departments already reach 100 percent giving.
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United Appeal
North State Telephone Co
High Point United Appeal
William T. Hilton
North State
Hilton
Collec
W. C. Koontz Jr
Jean Harrison
Willie Abbott
Brentwood intersection light urged by City Council
City Hall notes show Councilman James Shelton and ally Carson Stout pushing for a traffic light at the Brentwood E Green intersection citing danger. Other aldermen back a light but lack enthusiasm. A light remains absent.
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James Shelton
Brentwood E. Green
Carson Stout
Shelton
Brentwood
Stout
City Hall
Regional push urged for air pollution controls
Guilford County leaders call for a multi county effort to curb air pollution. Dale Montgomery chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners says regional cooperation is essential and he will help organize a broader program. Lindsay Cox planning director notes Piedmont Triad Committee goals include wide area control and cites Guilford’s ordinance launched Jan 1 1967 as a potential prototype. The Forsyth proposal includes Guilford Davie Surry Stokes Davidson Yadkin counties.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Dale Montgomery
Guilford County
Piedmont Triad Committee
Montgomery
Cox
Forsyth County
Forsyth
Guilford
Davie
Surry
Stokes
Davidson
Yadkin
Piedmont Crescent
Oak Ridge
Health Department
Tobacco Market Complaints Cited By Local Grower
A longtime tobacco grower voices dissatisfaction with 1967 market prospects as Old Belt markets open. He notes government purchases at about 90 percent of parity and says buyers favor lower stalk leaf while upper leaves go unsold. He links cigarette cancer fears to nicotine labeling and notes Abbotts Creek area growers mostly sold but lament prices. He recalls a local suicide note about the market being in a helluva shape.
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Braxton Younts
Carthage
High Point
Abbotts Creek
Middle Belts
Showroom Opening Sparks SRFA Debate in Furniture Trade
The Southern Retail Furniture Assn urges cooperation with exhibition buildings to set fair terms for public showroom access. Retailers, led by SRFA EVP Robert Deale, fear price tags, direct consumer sales by manufacturers, and losing control. a rules set will be crafted if showrooms open widely.
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Southern Retail Furniture Assn
SRFA
Robert Deale
High Point
Deale
Manufacturers and Markets Committee
The
Center Use Is Topic For Meet On Senior Centers
Raleigh reports 16 North Carolina cities will join a conference on senior citizen service centers at High Point on Sept 27. Dr J Harold Lampe, former NC State engineering dean and council consultant, will direct the event at Top of the Mart starting 10 a.m. The conference will study housing project centers and methods to expand centers into the community to aid elderly welfare, social, health, and recreation.
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Raleigh
Governor’s Coordinating Council On Aging
North Carolina
High Point
J. Harold Lampe
N. C. State University
The
Council On Aging
Top of the Mart
Lampe
Church seeks zoning variance in residential district meeting
High Point Board of Adjustment will hear a variance request from St Stephens AME Zion Church to build in a residential zone with a 12 percent rear setback on Leonard Street between Walnut and Thissell Streets. The panel will also consider Hoy C Ingram’s bid for a freestanding sign in a front yard along North Main Street.
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High Point Board of Adjustment
Russell B. Cushman
St. Stephens A
United Appeal Report Meeting for Campaign Progress
United Appeal campaign workers will meet Wednesday at 12 noon at Top of the Mart for a progress report. Chairman Bill McGuinn Jr. says the luncheon will be paid by eight local firms and that the industrial and commercial division aims to complete this drive by the meeting.
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High Point
United Appeal
The
Mart
United Appeal Campaign
Bill McGuinn Jr
McGuinn
Probable Cause Found in Greensboro Break In Case
Harold Edward Teets, 26, Greensboro, was bound over to Superior Court on breaking and entering and larceny charges after probable cause was found in Municipal Court. He allegedly broke into the Southern Converting Co. plant on High Point Road and stole brass and copper valued at $165, sheriff's department said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Edward Teets
Greensboro
Sheriff's Department
Southern Converting Co
High Point Road
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Art Richardson
Alderman Studios
Publc
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U.S. Forest Services
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Norfolk
Caribbean
VA. Cruise Corp
Maritime
Norfolk, Virginia
Mike Morgan
Son of
Mr. and
Mrs
Roger Morgan
Thomasville, N. C
Mighty
Mike
Farmers Dairy
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