Glimpses of Greensboro [February 1956]

              Glimpses of
Greensboro
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Volume 4
February,  1956
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City Bond Issues Are Endorsed By Chamber
(See President's Letter on Page Two)
The Chamber of Commerce has officially endorsed the seven
bond issues that will be voted on March 5.
Included is the $1,900,000 additional money for construction of
the coliseum.
ARCHITECT'S DRAWING of the proposed Memorial Coliseum. Funds for
the construction of this unit will be included in a bond issue to be voted on
March 5. With some $900,000 now on hand, the bond issue calls for $1,900,000
more for the building of the Coliseum. The Chamber of Commerce has approved
all seven bond issues and urges an affirmative vote for each one. Similar action
has also been taken by several civic organizations. If funds are voted for the
Coliseum, the structure will go up at the corner of W. Wendover Ave. and
N. Elm St.
Meeting Feb. 7, the Board of
Directors adopted a recommendation of the Civic Affairs Division that all seven bond issues
be approved and that Chamber
facilities be used to promote a
favorable vote.
The other six bond issues are
water improvements, sewer improvements, street improvements, petition paving improvements, city yard improvements,
and bridge construction. Each of
the seven will be voted on independently.
Prior to passing its recommendation, the Civic Affairs Division was addressed by three
officials at a meeting Feb. 2.
They were Mayor Boyd Morris,
who expressed himself as being
personally in favor of the entire
bond issue; City Manager James
R. Townsend, who urged passage of the seven issues; and
W. H. Sullivan, Sr., coliseum
commission head.
Mr. Sullivan discussed the
coliseum at length, and stated
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Group Seeks To
Improve Rural,
City Relations
Methods of improving and
maintaining better relations between city and rural residents
were discussed Feb. 8 at the first
meeting of the new Agricultural
Division with James Bishop, Jr.
as chairman.
Two new programs were
adopted by the Division as a
means to carry out this program
of mutual benefit: one is the
Greensboro Tobacco Association
to promote the local tobacco
market, and the other is a
Farmers' Club, which would include both farmers and businessmen in its membership. The
committee to handle the formation of the club is headed by
H. D. Mauldin. S. Amos May-
nard is vice-chairman.
To conduct an expanded
agricultural program for the
year, Chairman Bishop presented a budget to the Division
that is the largest of any Chamber divisions (excluding personnel) and represents the most
money that the agricultural
group has ever had.
Committee members expressed concern that Greensboro
is missing potential tobacco sales
on the basis of the leaf acreage
grown in Guilford County. They
agreed that a better public relations  job   would   attract  more
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