Guilford Corner View Highlights High Point Furniture Market
Visitors to the Southern Furniture Exposition Building discover new color displays in the lobby and upgraded elevators moving traffic quickly to showrooms. The East Green Drive Wing will expand to 13 passenger elevators plus freight units, with a 30 acre showroom footprint. Stanley Furniture expands into 10th floor space, while Bassett Furniture builds a new 80 000 square foot display building on I 85. About 400 producers will have showrooms in High Point next October as market activity grows. Weather is cloudy but market remains active.
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Furniture Plaza
South Main Street
Furniture Display
Mex Meeks
Wrenn Street
East Green Drive
The
Stanley Furniture Co
Main Street
High Point
New Bassett Furniture Co
I-85
Thomasville
Lexington
Fine
Julius L. Fine
Prospect Street
Eal Bas and
Ealy Construction
Rainfall Totals Dip After Scattered Showers
Rain in the local area yesterday measured .41 of an inch at the High Point Filter Plant while Friendship station logged .16 of an inch. Temperatures dropped from a high near 90 to a 59 degree low. Forecast calls for fair skies and cooler, with Thursday partly cloudy and warmer. highs near 70 and tonight’s low in the upper 40s.
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High Point
Friendship Weather Station
Fine Dusting Off Building Proposals Near High Point
The article notes owners near High Point pursue a new exhibit building on Temporary Highway 185 with support from manufacturers. Paul Fine confirms ongoing discussions as plans for the complex move toward completion, following the nearby Bassett showroom project.
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Windward
A Point National Furniture Art
High Point
Paul Fine
Bassett Showroom
Light turnout in city primaries with council seats up
Voters lined up at Montlieu Brentwood St Marys Episcopal Church and Oak Hill School as polls opened t 6:30 pm turnout for the city primary was described as normal. Sixteen Republicans seek council seats while several Democrats contest the nomination amid ongoing showroom and development plans near Prospect Street and I-85.
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Montlieu
Brentwood
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Oak Hill School
Oak Hill
Archie Wood
Robert Davis
William Bencini
Dorothy Burnley
Bill Cain
Arnold Koonce
Coolidge Murrow
David Rawley Jr
J. C. Reynolds
James Shelton
Ruby Jenkins
Wiley Allman
Fred Allen
Harold Craven
Louis Haizlip
Walter Huber
Frank Hunsucker Jr
Coy Putman
L. Frank Smith
Carson Stout
Fred Swartzberg
Fletcher Waden
Dan Kelly
Wachovia Names Hinnant and Calloway Promotions at Bank
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company directors elected R. B. Hinnant assistant vice president and C. Roger Calloway assistant cashier at their quarterly meeting in Greensboro. Hinnant heads the insurance department here and Calloway moved from the West End office to lead expanded duties in Kinston. A new senior vice president H. Jack Runnion was also elected and will head the investment division and bond department.
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Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
R. B. Hinnant
C. Roger Calloway
Hinnant
Calloway
West End
Kinston
J. Roscoe Adams
Greensboro
Burlington Industries
Adams
H. Jack Runnion
Wachovia
Beers Permit Renewal Blocked Over Parkview Lunch Incidents
City council paused renewal of beer and wine licenses after councilman Coy Putman cited 15 warrants against patrons and five by police at Parkview Lunch on Kivett Drive in three months. He noted mass disturbances and a shooting, urging caution despite police and ABC approvals.
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Coy Putman
Putman
Parkview
Kivett Drive
ABC
Downtown Go-Ahead Ordered On Parking Building
In the waning days of their tenure city council moved to firm up plans for a downtown multi story parking building. They authorized consultants and directed the City Manager to select a firm to accelerate design while the Redevelopment Commission acquires a site behind stores on the west side of S Main Street north of Commerce.
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Forrest Cates
High Point
Harold Cheek
Cheek
City Redevelopment Commission
S. Main Street
Commerce
Electric Cities Bill Explained By Rep Whitley
Rep Dan P Whitley Jr explains a North Carolina bill to regulate electric distribution growth. He says current laws harm city power systems and outlines how the proposed act would balance city owned grids with power and rural electrification companies to protect franchise integrity.
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General Assembly
Guilford
Dan P. Whitley Jr
Whitley
North Carolina
Supreme Court of North Carolina
North Carolina Utilities Commission
Utilities Commission
High Point
Mexican Craftsman Finding A New World At Market
Roberto Bernal Martinez a woodcarver from Ciudad Juarez known as The Maestro works for Frank and Son Inc in New York City. He showcases at High Point furniture market and shares a room with Bill Gratz while adapting to American life and food, including corn flakes, as he demonstrates intricate panels and busts on showroom pieces.
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Roberto Bernal Martinez
Ciudad Juarez
Mexico
High Point
Roberto
Juarez
Frank and Son Inc
New York City
New South
Bill Gratz
Ohio
Indiana
Gratz
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Hinant
Winston-Salem
Wilson County
Elon College
Guilford College
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
General Adjustment Bureau, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
High Point Insurance Exchange
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Toastmasters Club
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
East Central
Rep. Whitley
Electric Cities
Roberto Martinez
Chip Faircloth
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