Boating growth drives 8 million craft in use in 1960
Boating figures show 8,025,000 recreational crafts in use in 1960, with 6,050,000 outboard motors and 225,000 boats sold. Industry notes 2.5 billion dollars spent on gear and services, 93,600 FCC radio licenses, and an overall retail dollar rise of 2 percent despite a 5.2 percent drop from 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Kissimmee River
WM. Taylor McKeown
Popular Boating
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers
Outboard Boating Club of America
Federal Communications Commission
Fishers hopeful as pond contest funds soil memorial
A Guilford County farm pond contest opens May 8 to June 10 with 1 ticket per pond granting one visit to 17 Hugh Bennett Ponds. Proceeds fund a Hugh H. Bennett Memorial Professorship at NC State, with judges from Greensboro entities and prizes donated by local hardware and sporting goods stores. Notable catches include a 7.5 pound bass by G B Gibson and a 10 pound 5 ounce bass by Harp Idol from Lake Jeanette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
Soil Conserva Society of America
Hugh Bennett
G . B. Gibson
Archdale
Charlie King
Rt. 4
High Point
Gibson
Harper
Harp
Steel Bowl Cage Teams Are Chosen
Duke, Arizona, Duquesne, and Pitt will compete in the 1961 Steel Bowl basketball tournament at Pitt Field House. The event runs December 15 and 16 with Duke and Duquesne hosting the opening games and Pitt awaiting the title game winner. Pairings were to be announced.
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Eee Meee
Duke
Arizona
Duquesne
Pitt
University of Pittsburgh
Blue Devils
Panthers
Community listings of local gas stations and grocers
A dense catalog of retailers and service stations appears, listing names such as Stokesdale Hardware Sabbe, Webb Grocery, Cox & Smith Service Station, Hennig Grocery, and Humble Gro. & Ser. Sta. along with locations near Gethsemane Ch. near US 421 A, NC 68, Monticello Area, Julian Area, Mt. Hope Ch. Area, and Whitsett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stokesdale Hardware Sabbe and Saves Turtles Super Market
Hugh Smothers
N.C
Gethsemane
Gunter’s
Gro
R. P. Rice
Colfax
Whitts Esso Serv
Sta. J
J. T. Woodward
Monticello
Brafford’s
J. E. Gamble
Sumner School
Humble Gro
W. B. Gray
Humble Go
Robbie Screen
Whitsett
Ingle
Only Woman Car Owner Selling Out In NASCAR
Daytona Beach Florida AP report says Lyn Holloway the sole woman owner on NASCAR's Grand National circuit is going out of business. Her corporation assets including a 1961 Pontiac are for sale Tom Pistone will drive for another outfit though details remain unsettled. Holloway plans to pause racing until her ulcers heal and her husband W G Holloway Jr heads two other racing firms with Ned Jarrett and Johnny Allen as drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona Beach
Fla
Lyn Holloway
Delray Beach
Tom Pistone
Chicago
Go-Go-Go Corp
Holloway
W. G. Holloway Jr
Ned Jarrett
Conover
N.C
Nascar
Johnny Allen l
Atlanta
Also Mentioned on This Page
NEA
United States Coast Guard
High Point Enterprise
Enterprise
Sarge Snyder
City Lake
Sarge
City Reservoir
Jack Rimmer
WBGB
John Cathey
Greensboro Record
Charlie Harvell
Wfmy-Tv
Jim Wommack
Greensboro Daily News
George Perry
Wfmy TV
John Savas
Pleasants Hardware
Greensboro
Phipps Hardware
Southside Hardware
Cable Sportings Goods
Allen Hardware
Beesons
Greensboro Sporting Goods
Turtles Super Market
Summerfield
Bob Hoffman
Lake Jeanette
Idol
Big Brute
David Cox
Sheraton Men's Shop
Merry Tiller Ickly
Sheppard Hardware CO
S. Main St
Hugh Bennett Ponds
Lebow
Pegram
Burton Tobs
South Main
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