James T. Ryan, “Mr. Furniture,” Dies After Stroke
James Thomas Ryan of High Point died at 79 from a stroke at his Skeet Club Road home. Known as “Mr. Furniture” for uniting many manufacturers, he shaped Southern furniture freight rates and led the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association. Survived by wife Josephine and two daughters, services Tuesday at 11 a.m. Burial at Oakwood Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thomas Ryan
High Point Memorial Hospital
Skeet Club Road
Lynchburg, Va
James J
Mary Catherine Ryan
High Point
Ryan
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Harold C. Davis
Edward Waters
Oakwood Memorial Park
City Hall Mum on Tax Hike as High Point Faces Budget Strain
Officials fear a tax increase may come with a bond issue pending for 1968-69 as the $1.04 ad valorem rate, unchanged since 1964, looms amid potential midyear raises for about 800 city workers and planned reductions in electric rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
City Hall
Leaders of Southern furniture industry mourn James T. Ryan
Southern furniture leaders and colleagues praise James T. Ryan as a prime mover in the industry. Ryan died at home near High Point, with a funeral set for Tuesday at 11 a.m. The SFMA and Globe Furniture Co. leaders note his 54 years of service and unity of the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Ryan
Ryan
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
High Point
Southern Furniture Exposition
Henry A. Foscue
Globe Furniture Co
Exposition Building
Foscue
School of Production and Management
North Carolina State University
Leo J. Heer
Exposition
Heer
Jim Ryan
Charles C. Gordon
SFMA
Jim
Robert A. Spelman
Mr. Ryan
Beauty At The Market Showroom Portraits At Exposition
In the Southern Furniture Exposition Building Susan Wine wears a Spanish riding outfit posing in the Hooker Furniture Co. showroom. Linda Haynes appears in an Old Classroom setup part of Dunn ing Industries showroom space at the same building. Photo credit Jerry Parrish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Wine
Hooker Furniture Co
Linda Haynes
Dunning Industries
Exposition Building
Jerry Parrish
High Point Enterprise Section B story teaser
Local high school notes and brief items featured in the Monday afternoon edition of the High Point Enterprise Section B on April 22, 1968.
Partly Cloudy And Warm Forecast For High Point Area
The High Point area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm conditions through Tuesday with near zero tonight and about 10 percent Tuesday shower chances. Wednesday brings variable clouds and warmth with a chance of afternoon thundershowers. Today's high in the low 80s. tonight's low mid 50s. Tuesday high upper 70s. last night’s low 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Man Charged In Gun Incident Involving Weldon Locklear
Samuel Richardson of Cable Street was wounded by a sawed off shotgun fired at close range. Weldon Locklear was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and later jailed after hospital release. Evidence and witness accounts linked Locklear to the shooting and a fall from a roof while fleeing. Earlier police reports cite break ins and thefts at several local properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Richardson
Cable Street
Weldon Locklear
Richardson
Locklear
Slane Hosiery Mill
High Point
Mabe
Randall Street
Willard Street
Penny Road
W. V. Horney
Madison Avenue
Jamie Martin
Forrest Street
William Edwards
Leonard Street
Industrial Park Planned for Thomasville Area
Thomasville area to gain its first large industrial park on a 42 acre tract along I 85 between Ingram Plywood and Johnson Motor Lines. Major tenant a steel fabricating business to be built and owned by Julian B White of High Point with two more major tenants possible. Construction to start this fall with water supply uncertain. zoning and annexation studies discussed.
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Thomasville
Julian B. White
High Point
White
Ingram Plywood Co
Johnson Motor Lines
I-85
Southern Railway
Ralph J. Kennedy
Steel
Lexington
Hatteras Yacht Site
Southern Furniture Market shows solid activity in High Point
Manufacturers report a generally pleasing mood at the Southern Furniture Exposition. Buyers arrive in force, traffic varies from slow to strong as exhibitors unveil new Spanish Modern lines and over 100 new Thayer Coggin items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Piedmont
North Carolina
Frank Sizemore
Globe Furniture Co
Joe Mallison
Carson’s, Inc
Harold Leach
Virginia
South Carolina
Thayer- Coggin, Inc
Clyde Pearson Space
Furniture Plaza
High Point National Furniture Mart
Thomasville
Lexington
Hickory
Drexel
Lenoir
Sizemore
Leach
Thayer Coggin
Mallison
Stabbing Probe Follows City Incident in Thomasville
Fletcher Penny aged 46 from Morrison Avenue was stabbed in the abdomen and head cuts Sunday night and is hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Police investigated with several assault charges filed over the weekend. no arrests reported. Other arrests included forging a check, hit and run, drunken driving, carrying a concealed pistol, and drunken driving after two crashes. David Lindass of High Point also admitted to City Memorial Hospital with noncritical injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Fletcher Penny
Morrison Avenue
Penny
City Memorial Hospital
James Bloomfield
Bay Street
Melvin Davis
King Row
Elizabeth Gladney Lindsay
Fieldcrest Drive
James H. Lindsay
Walter Wilds
Katherine Jones
Middle Avenue
Elizabeth Harris
Charles Gray
South Street
Johnny Lee Westmoreland
Thomas Glenn Gaddy
Turner Street
Jerry Wayne Williams
Rt. 1
Lewis Wade Kennedy
Rt. 3
Harry Brown Owen
Carolina Avenue
National Highway
David R. Lindass
High Point
Lindass
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Furniture
Mr. Furniture
South
Interstate Commerce Commission
Furniture Foundation
N. C. State University
Rotary Club
High Point Chamber of Commerce
String & Splinter Club
Josephine Smith
Phillip
Catherine) Griffin
Pete
Mary Jo) Armstrong
Lexington Ave
Virginia Ryan
Montheu Ave
James T
Enterprise
By Robert Marks
Beauty
High Point Enterprise
Chair City
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