Beautification Project at Thomasville Chair Co Revives Old Factory
The former Thomasville Furniture plant on Colonial Drive is being repurposed as a community asset. Once a major employer, the factory’s decline after Capehart-Farnsworth’s 1946 sale led to idle machinery and deterioration until Thomasville Chair Co. placed the highest bid at auction and began efforts to restore the historic site.
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Thomasville
Colonial Drive
R. W. Thomas & Co
Thomasville Manufacturing Co
H. E. Clement
Burlington
R. L. Larmibeth
Thomasville Furniture Co
Lambeth
Capehart- Farnsworth Television Co
Furniture plants expand with brick additions and new Plant T
A Sunday puzzle leads to details of a furniture plants expansion including Plant T name origin, a four story brick addition of about 50 000 square feet, Grimes Roofing siding, and a second two story 28 000 square feet upholstering extension under construction amid a cold winter.
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Thrane Shighes
Agag
Iwooder
Grimes
Thomasville
Murdered Boxer Tommy Bono Faces Final Inquiry
Detective notes a boxer dead in his dressing room with a gunshot wound to the temple. The revolver near him is recently fired and manager Phil Collins admits gamblers exist, but asserts Bono never threw fights. The investigator concludes foul play rather than suicide.
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Tommy Bono
Tommy
Phil Collins
Collins
Thomasville Men Plan European Vacation
Two 24 year olds Jerry Black and Bobby Bray prepare a Europe tour starting in May. Black works in Security National Bank Burlington and Bray is stationed with the U S Army near Paris. They will travel France Germany Austria Italy Switzerland in Bray s French auto with a London stop on the return.
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Thomasville
Europe
Burlington
U. S. Army
Jerry Black
Bobby Bray
Black
Time Payment Department of Security National Bank
Greensboro-High Point
Paris
Gay Paree
Bray
France
Germany
Austria
Italy
Switzerland
Cliff Black
Elliott Drive
Catawba College
London
Lester Bray
Lexington Road
Ex Professor Hits Jackpot in Highway Engineering
Ex professor Louis Berger left Penn State four years ago to build highways. He now runs a firm with 200 staff and branches in Baltimore and West Orange New Jersey.
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West Orange
N. J
Louis Berger
Penn State
Baltimore
Plant T Strengthens Firm With Major Permit
The permit was for $50 000. The chair company's Plant T has strengthened the firm's position as a leading furniture manufacturer. The company now covers close to 30 acres of manufacturing plants and lumber and goods storage areas.
Port City Views and Fishing Tales in a Piedmont Visit
The author recalls a pleasant Wilmington visit with friendly locals and a scenic Greenfield Lake drive best enjoyed in azalea season. A pond near Wallburg yields a first fish for Wilson Hedgecock, while Denton lore riffs on local politics and a windstorm impacts at a Trinity airfield with minimal damage to planes.
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Port City
Greenfield Lake
Wilmington
Men In Blue
Atlantic
Wilson Hedgecock
Wallburg
Wilson
State Violent Deaths Rise in North Carolina
A study by Dr Cameron of the University of North Carolina reports 1956 NC deaths from violence and accidents at 3 122. Homicide attempts totaled 312 with 70 percent nonwhite victims and firearms used in 60 percent of fatal assaults. Rural residents accounted for a large share of deaths.
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Chapel Hill
Timothy Tar Heel
North Carolina
United States
Galveston
Texas
Johnstown
Charles Cameron
University of North Carolina School of Public Health
Cameron
N. C. State Board of Health
Raleigh
UNC
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Thomasville Chair Company
Capehart
Thomasville Chair CO
Jules
Jacques
Miser Marner
Stanley Dner
Etncan
Ieotea
Parker House
Royal Residence
Ion
Johnson
Lamuli
Oty
Foch
Moines
Precinct No. 1
Bessie H. Simeon
Ferndale
L. Freeman Hill
Westwood Ave
Melvina M. Davis
Denny St
Frances T. Chanel
Willowbrook St
R. R. Holder
Monthieu Ave
Chestie L. Black
Cable St
Mary Lee Walker
J. S. Farr
Chandler St
Frances Marshall
S. Main
Eunice V. Beauchamp
Winslow St
Lincoln Drive
John N. Slay
Edgewood
Vadah E. Deal
Welch Drive
C. A. Lowe
Kentucky Ave
Sara R. Haworth
Asheboro
Maxine French
Centennial Ave
Ray St. School
Guilford County Bldg
Cable
Woodrow Ave
Tomlinson School
Ada Blair
Brentwood School
Cloverdale School
Oak Hill School
Hutchens Heating & Metal Co
Oakview School
Harris-Kelly Music Co
Asheboro Rd
Rainbow Supper Club
Greensboro Rd
Dorothy H. Glaenser
Election Board
Louise Jackson
Tax Dept
Guilford County Board of Elections
High Point
Enterprise
Braxton
Denton
Mike Er
Mike
Jake Darr
Trinity
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