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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE HIGH POINT MODEL CITY COMMISSION
December 8,1972
High Point College Club
Circle K Shows Community Concern
Eleven active members of High
Point College’s Circle K Club intend
to make an impact on their com
munity before they graduate.
The way they see it, they are full
time citizens now, and haven’t any
time to waste to make changes where
they see the need for them.
Spokesmen for the group, an af
filiate of the Kiwanis Club, in a recent
interview were Reece Beane of Ashe-
boro, a senior and governor of the
Carolinas District of Circle K; and
Rick Eldridge of High Point, a soph
omore and vice president of the local
chapter.
Their group is involved not only in
collegiate activities, such as a campus
beautification project, but primarily
in programs to benefit the community
as a whole. Moreover, some of their
projects are geared specifically to res
idents of the Model Neighborhood.
Although not connected with Model
Cities, the Circle K Club reflects many
of its same ideals and goals.
MOTIVATE PEOPLE
“We don’t have the answers,” says
Reece. “We know we don’t have the
answers. But the idea is to try to
motivate as many people as possible
to do something about the problems
they see.
“I’ve seen college kids trying con
tinually to get things done and having
doors closed in their faces. We’re
trying to work within the system, to
open doors. There’s not much
time. ...”
Each month the club has an area
of concentration, to try to open those
doors. In December, the obvious
choice is to help people during the
Christmas season.
Already they have a closetful of
donated clothing to give to the needy
during the holidays. Offers to donate
articles come into the High Point Col
lege student personnel ofiice, and
Circle K members follow up the
calls.
One himdred children from the
Model Neighborhood will be treated
to a seasonal party at High Point
Friends Meetinghouse, Rick’s meet
ing. The party, and the one like it at
Hallowe’en for 40 Model Neighbor
hood youngsters, is being coordinated
by Eleanor Lattimore of 1317 E. Com
merce Slreet, whom the club helped
last Christmas.
FOOD DONATED
Other activities this year have in
cluded assisting in the tutoring pro
gram of Youth Services Bureau, a
Model Cities agency; participating in
a fund-raising carnival on campus for
the United Fund, during which $365
was raised; and a food and clothing
drive to benefit 12 underprivileged
families at Thanksgiving.
During this drive, 14 boxes of
donated food was gathered, along
with $165 cash for Thanksgiving
meals.
Circle K also cooperated with the
Red Cross in October for Project
Find, to contact 500 potential re
cipients of the Red Cross surplus
food program.
Also planned for the year are a
multiple sclerosis drive to raise funds
for research of a cure for this disease;
an ecology campaign, including re
cycling cans and newspapers; and a
Zero Population Growth awareness
effort in conjunction with Guilford
County Family Planning, another
Model Cities agency.
In the spring, Circle K plans to
work with Carl Wills of the City
Public Works Department in a clean
up effort in the Model Neighborhood.
Wills is director of Model Cities’
Rodent Control and Stream Clearance
project.
“I believe in people helping people,”
says Reece. “The structure’s there —
and it works. We’re just trying to get
people to give a damn.”
DON’T CARE’
They are both concerned that “peo
ple don’t care” about what happens
to their city, and that college students
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Is Your Bookkeeping System
A Flop? Call BDC Accountant
Small businessmen who are having
trouble keeping their books can now
get help for a minimal fee from
High Point Business Development
Corporation.
The new accountant service is
available to any small company for
the asking.
Charles Phillips, a newcomer on the
HPBDC staff and an accountant-
counselor, is the one in charge of
the service.
Not limited to members of the Busi
ness Development Corporation, the
service will involve bookkeeping, ac
counting, tax records, operating state
ments, balance sheets — all aspects of
commerce with which businessmen
are having problems.
In some cases, Phillips says, busi
nessmen are not in the habit of keep
ing formal records, and operate only
with the money they have in their
pockets. He is able to organize a
bookkeeping system, and train the
manager or his secretary how to keep
track of how much money they have,
and where it is going.
“Some men have no idea how pro
fitable or unprofitable their business is
being,” says Phillips.
Those in need of Phillips’ skills in
their office should contact him or the
HPBDC director Tom Robinson at
327 N. Main Street or phone 885-0141.
Business Development Corporation
is a project wholly funded by Model
Cities this action year in the sum of
$55,401.
CulturalArts Cast
Will Present Play
For Public Dec, 21
Twenty-two Model Neighborhoo
kids under the direction of Cecil Gar-
lington will present a play entitled
“The Answer is Christmas” Thursday,
December 21, at Astor Dowdy Audi
torium.
The performance, which is free to
the public, is sponsored by Model
Cities Cultural Arts project. Curtain
time is 7:30 p.m.
The cast, selected by audition, has
been preparing for the holiday pro
duction since mid-November.
Members of the cast are as follows:
Darmy Waden, Stephen Waden,
Ann Waden, Wayne Nelson, Fontrea
Nelson, Ken Evans, Jason Kirkpatrick,
Phillip Kirkpatrick, Curtis Kirkpatrick,
Elizabeth Whitley, Daimy Whitley,
Arlisa Whitley, Wamella (Buck) Whit
ley;
Carroll Hope, Jerome McBee, Bob
bin Austin, Robert Austin, Mary Car
ter, Joseph Carter, Dennis Charles,
Michael Mitchell, and Jean McLean,
Ages of the cast range from 10
to 17.
Garlington, a member of the Cul
tural Arts staff, instructs not only in
drama but in art and creative writing
as well. Project director is Thurman
DuBose.
The Cultural Arts Center is located
at 417 Walnut Street. Its activities are
are designed for Model Neighborhood
youth up to age 24.
Ifs time to
submit Fourth Year
projects! Contact
the Model Cities
office to get your
proposal on a task
force agenda by
January 5.
Model City’s Xmas Float
Wins First-Place Trophy
Prize-winning Entry
(Photo by Chris Hubbard)
The float sponsored by the Model
City Commission won a first-place
trophy in this year’s High Point Christ
mas parade, held on Thanksgiving
Day.
It placed first out of 27 floats en
tered in the adult division, bearing
the theme, “People Planning With
People.”
Decorated and constructed by the
Citizen Participation stafi^, Milton Stal
lings, director, the float was ridden by
the following persons: Robin Chisem,
Pam Ingram, Mary Harris, Gloria
Nance, Annette Jones, Delores Wal
lace, and Saundra Strickland, all
Neighborhood Youth Corps workers;
CP staff member Loretta Almakinder;
and Viola Pruitt, Mary Hubbard, Nan
cy Evans, Rolf Almakinder and Jeff
Lampkin.
National Fabric Shop of College
Village donated material for the NYC
girls’ dresses. Cardoza McCollum, an
A&T University student, helped con
struct the float. A Model Neighbor
hood resident, Barbara Sloan, assisted
in decorating.
CP staff member Frank Wall and
James A. Brown, Jr. did the artwork
on the prize winning entry, which was
one of over 100 units in the annual
procession down Main Street.
The courtesy car which pulled the
float was loaned by R. C. Blanchard,
sales manager for Vann York Pontiac.