Board approves site for Greensboro sewer plant near McLeansville
Guilford County commissioners reaffirmed a $30 million sewer treatment plant location at the confluence of North and South Buffalo Creeks near McLeansville. A 4 1 vote approved, with Commissioner Bodenheimer opposing, while plans for a toll free courthouse line were also authorized. The board extended Greensboro sewer service south and east via a large lift station along I 85, serving Forest Oaks.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Buffalo
McLeansville
Tom Osborne
Horseper Creek
Gibsonville
High Point
F. P. Bodenheimer
Bodenheimer
Ogden Deal
Osborne
Environmental Protection Agency
Western Electric Company
Forest Oaks
Horsepen Creek
Old House And Clouds In Archdale Area Photo
Enterprise photographer Mark Austin captured a picturesque abandoned country manse on Balfour Drive in Archdale, its walls a target for vandals and revelers as a striking sky forms a backdrop.
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Cruising Enterprise
Mark Austin
Balfour Drive
Archdale
Police League Chooses Leader and backs attorney
Sgt. J C Finch was named president of the board of directors of the League of Professional Police of High Point after the resignation of George Robbins. The board promoted officers to fill vacancies and backed attorney W B Jack Byerly Jr in filing a motion to intervene in a civil action involving six black officers. Comments on the move will be heard in Superior Court in Greensboro Monday.
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Sgt
J.C. Finch Friday
League of Professional Police of
High Point
W. B
Jack) Byerly Jr
George Robbins
Finch
Byer
Byerly
Pendry Promoted to Captain by Police Chief Pritchett
Police Chief Laurie Pritchett promoted Lt. Larry Pendry to captain as Capt J L Fagan retires. Pendry, now in Administrative Services under Maj. Stewart Hartley, joined May 21 1957 and rose from detective in 1960 to sergeant in 1961 and lieutenant in 1966. Detective B W Rich was also promoted to sergeant in the Criminal Investigation Division. Both promotions take effect Sunday.
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J. L. Fagan
Pendry
Stewart Hartley
Department
Pritchett
B. W. Rich
Rich
Blackwell Named Postmaster in Thomasville
Rudolph Blackwell, a Thomasville postal employee for 22 years, was named postmaster on Friday by Southern Regional Postmaster General Frank Sommerkamp. The announcement also noted William C. Smith as postmaster at the Lexington office. Blackwell previously served as substitute clerk carrier, regular carrier, superintendent of mails, assistant postmaster, and officer in charge of the office after Lovelace’s departure.
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Thomasville
Rudolph Blackwell
Friday
Blackwell
Bill Lovelace
U.S. Postal Service
Greensboro
Lovelace
High Point Enterprise Advertising Rates
The High Point Enterprise lists subscription and delivery rates including daily and Sunday, Sunday only, and carrier options. It notes taxes, carrier as independent contractors, and advertising representation by Ward-Griffith Company.
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High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
High Point
N.C
Associated Press
T.r
Whig
Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
Auto Lands In Lake At Party
Guil Rand Rescue Squad responded around 2:30 a m when an unoccupied car ended up in Oak Hollow Lake during a lakefront party. Deputies said a disturbance on Old Mill Road led to discovery of people and car lights underwater. diver from the fire department retrieved the vehicle about a century. Owner listed as William Wasserman and driver as David Wasserman from Carolina Avenue.
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Guil Rand
Oak Hollow Lake
New Reservoir
Guilford County Sheriff's Dept
Old Mill Road
Johnson Street
William Wasserman
Carolina Avenue
David Wasserman
Bill Faver Named Ecology Center Coordinator in High Point
Marvin O Keith announces Bill Faver as coordinator for the Environmental Education and Recreation Center on Penny Road. Faver, Clemson graduate with a master's in agricultural economics, will lead the center inspired by Trails Committee work and a Junior League grant, aiming to model environmental interpretation and volunteer collaboration.
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Marvin O.keith
City Parks and Recreation Dept
Bill Faver
Penny Road
Keith
Faver
Trails Committee
Junior League of
High Point
Environmental Education, Recreation and Research Center Board of Directors
Clemson University
The
RTI Officials Seek Renovation of Old Randolph High School
Officials from Asheboro Randolph Technical Institute push county commissioners to convert the idle Randolph High School into a combined classroom courthouse for Liberty Staley. The building could be renovated for 250000, with space in Liberty and rest of the facility serving county services. RTI reports the current year’s enrollment at 2499, up 30 percent from last year, and new hires include instructors Joe Trent and staffers Stephanie Wallace Mamie Maness Merrill Smith Elizabeth Hughes and Ron Hammond. The board also to appoint Mrs Foggy Hinshaw as Branson's personal secretary.
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Asheboro
Randolph Technical Institute
Randolph County
Randolph High School
Liberty- Staley
RTI
Charman J. W. Plummer
Archdale
Liberty
M M. Branson
Eddie Allen
Branson
Joe Trent
Stephanie Wallace
Mamie Maness
Merrill Smith
Elizabeth Hughes
Ron Hammond
Humans Relations Dept
Foggy Hinshaw
Richard Clark Elected President Of North Carolina Consumers Council
Monroe attorney and former legislator Richard S. Clark was elected president of the North Carolina Consumers Council in Raleigh on Friday AP report notes his background in law and prior legislative work as part of the leadership change in the consumer advocacy group.
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Raleigh
Monroe
Richard S. Clark Friday
North Carolina Consumers Council
Man Shot Four Times In Chest
Stanley Howard Smith of New Street is listed in satisfactory condition in the ICU at High Point Memorial after suffering four gunshot wounds to the chest. Police say Smith inflicted all four wounds himself, per his wife Gladys Smith who fled the home after hearing a second shot. She and her husband had returned from shopping at about 5 15 p m Friday. Officers report Smith told them he shot himself. Police later questioned Melvin Wesley Stoneman who arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound to his right thigh claiming he was firing a pistol at a home on Rt 7 Greensboro when it discharged accidentally. Burglary reports include Gracie Coleman reporting a stolen .22 pistol and tape player valued at $100 and about $54 in cash, with entry through a storm door. Kate Russell reported $139 in cash missing after a break-in at Grayson Street. Gladys Bowman said burglars unlocked a back door and took $40 in stereo tapes. Mondlew Avenue School was entered through an unlocked window and an operator vending machine was forced open with no money taken.
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Stanley Howard Smith
New Street
High Point Memorial
Smith
Gladys Smith
Gracie Coleman
Winslow Street
Kate Russell
Grayson Street
Russell
Gladys Bowman
Neal Street
Mondlew Avenue
Public Ownership Law Urged For Governor Papers
North Carolina should adopt a national policy of public ownership for governor papers and tapes. State Sen. McNeill Smith argues materials created on state time belong to the public and urges formal resolutions and potential lawsuits to secure access and prevent private loss.
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Bill Noblitt
Raleigh
Richard Nixon
North Carolina
George Washington
Gregg Cherry
Kerr Scott
Robert Scott
Dan Moore
Terry Sanford
Duke University
Luther Hodges
Chapel Hill
McNeill Smith
D-Guilford
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Police
Laurie Pritchett
Larry €. Pendry
Larry Pendry
M.C
Lake At
Ecology
Richard Clark
Consumers
Melvin Wesley Stoneman
Kersey Road
Stoneman
Rt. 7
General Assembly
Tri-State
Convention of American Business Clubs
Assembly
Citidzens
Supreme Court
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