Rawleigh Co. Posts Major 7 Year Growth in NC
Jim Rawleigh opened a factoring firm in High Point in 1948 and within seven years the company reached an annual first-quarter volume above 10 million dollars with earnings per share over 1. The firm does 90 percent of its business in North Carolina, mainly serving the tri-city High Point Greensboro Winston Salem area, with the furniture and textiles industries as largest customers.
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Jim Rawleigh
High Point
Rawleigh
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Rawleigh Co
Rawleigh-Moses Co. Inc
Chicago
Alex Brown and Sons, Inc
Tri-City
Winston , Salem
Dun & Bradstreet
Chrysler
Sears, Roebuck
M. Lowenstein 1 Sons
Burlington Industries
Dan River Mills
First National City Bank of New York
Commerce and Labor Departments
Reynolds Aluminum Co
Kentucky
State Faces Westward Migration Surges Across 1950s
New York report notes California leads in civilian in migration from 1950 to mid 1950s, with about 1.968 million population gain April 1950 to June 1955 driven by defense boom. Florida Michigan New Jersey and Ohio also gain while Pennsylvania and seven southern states lose 30,000 plus annually.
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New. York
N. Y
Horace Greeley
America
Midwest
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
California
Florida
Michigan
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virinia
North Carolina
Kentucky
Nnessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Brentwood Terrace Plans Set for 43-Home Development
Curtis Smithdeal reports Brentwood Terrace off Springfield Ave will host 43 brick veneer homes built by Metropolitan Construction Co of Greensboro. Prices around 9000 dollars. FHA GI Bill specs. five rooms per home. lots 60 feet frontage. Piedmont Natural Gas extending lines. grading and street work in progress.
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Brentwood Terrace
Springfield Ave
Curtis Smithdeal
Metropolitan Construction Co
Greensboro
Wii
Curtis Smith Deal, Inc
Richard C. Thompson
High Point
Burlington
Graham
Dogwood Acres
Piedmont Park
Roger P. Kavanagh Jr
W. Griswold Smith
Brentwood School
Smithdeal
Marsh Furniture Co
Piedmont Natural Gas Co
Tax Take Rise Shows Healthy Local Sales
North Carolina Merchants Association reports June 1955 gross sales tax collections. High Point rose from 79 980.02 to 89 798.56. Guilford County up to 355 000 plus, Davidson and Randolph counties show mixed results. Three county total 474 623.15. May was stronger. Wilmington and Fayetteville top local figures.
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High Point
Guilford County
North Carolina Merchants Association
Davidson County
Rancoolph County
Davidson
Randolph
Wilmington
Fayetteville
Fort Bragg
Crossword by A C Gordon B Bait 3 Furniture Item
Puzzle clues list with partial entries and abbreviations for a newspaper crossword. Includes items like 7 Home entertainment medium, 10 Newcomer to society abbreviated, 11 Mineral element, 17 Sea lens, 19 Popu violet, 22 Real estate contract, 23 Hacking tool, 25 Roman 1050, 26 Prayerful endings, 36 Famous American poet, 18 Aerial pion, 0 Something underfoot in the home, 41 Black, 43 Like, 44 To ply the needle, 45 Units, 46 Printer's measure, 47 Kitchen container, 51 Clothing fastener, $2 Chinese measure $6 Pr.
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Milis
Wevoeres
Amer Hiospitel
Amer A
Amer Marietta
Amer
Rust Miene
Automance MT
N of
Carolina Mane
Carolina Pp&l
Carolina Sales Co
Carolina Tel & Tewee Central el Co Ee
Chadbourn Hos
Chatham Mf. CO Ow Ceck
Cable Dairy
Colonial Stores
Cone Mills
Lean River Mills
Delta Air Lines
Drexel Furniture Co
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Durez Plastics Chemovin Edison
Thomas A
Erwin Mills, Inc
Farrington Mfg Co
Foremost Dairies Com
Garfinckel J
Franklin Life Ins Coeste
Garfinckel
Arlock Packing Aee
Sullford Nat! Bank
Gulf Cities Gas
Gulf Life Ins Eee
Hanes Pee Eee
Harris Fd & Ma
Kingsport Press
Lou Blower Ee Eee
Milner
Teeweeee
Missouri
Coneeee A
Moore Handley
Peninstar Telephone
Penn Controls
Seees Permutt Ca
Ees
Piedmont Piedmor & No Rwy
Aviation
Piedmont Nat
Pyramid An Ins Co
Reeves Loanters
Robertson i
Rose's
Security Life & Tr Co
Soanco
Southeastern
Superior Cable
Sutton Nee Eee
Tampax Com
Taylor Biscuit Wenewne
Taylor Instrument
Tenn
Ala & Ga
Rwy
Textiles
Texas Eastern Trans
Thalhimer Bros Inc
Time, Inc
Nat
Towmotor Corp
Tinton
Omni
S Life Ins Co
Tan Camp Sea Food
Wachovia
Bk + e
St ‘Western Gar Tel Ween
West Point Mfg Co
Zonolite Eee
Burial of Woodrow Wilson at St Peter and Paul Cathedral
The article notes Woodrow Wilson is buried in the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul located in Washington D. C., highlighting the historic resting place of the former president.
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Woodrow Wilson
Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul
Washington, D. C
New Orders And Sales Show Upturn For 1955
The report notes that new orders rose after 1954 while current sales lagged, creating a backlog in earlier years. From late 1954 upward both metrics improved, with new orders surpassing current sales signaling future production stimulus and better activity prospects.
Business Holds To Sharp Pace as Credit Tightens
New York August report shows a roaring business week with inflationary fears pushing the administration to tighten credit. Demand across autos, homes, and inventories grows while steel and rail activity sets records and prices rise. The Fed raises rediscount rates and banks lift prime lending, signaling a peak-season loan squeeze.
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New’ York
Federal Reserve Board
Tme
Veterans Administration
FHA
New York
Norwalk Man Endures War and Tragedy in Hard Luck Life
John A. Jon, 28, faced a string of calamities from railroading to merchant marine service in World War I. He survived battles with injury including a broken back, a fiery car crash, and a fatal boat explosion near Port Clinton before dying in a final collision while driving.
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Norwalk
Ohio
John A. Jon
Hampton
Port Clinton
Through the Silent Woods An Elf Speaks
A fragmentary line hints at an elf traveling with bold gaze and a wary heart, moving through shadowed woods toward an unseen destination. The terse image suggests a solitary voyage framed by mystery and resolve.
Furniture Dealers Window Institute wraps up at UNC
The Southern Retail Furniture Association completed its five day Management Institute in Chapel Hill with a two hour panel on retail problems. Graduation certificates were awarded as exams concluded the program.
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Chapel Hill
Southern Retail Furniture Association
SRFA
University of North Carolina
Jim Best
High Point
HE. Parker
Parker Furniture Co
Union, D. C
Walter Kleeman Jr
Peoples Outfitting Co
Springfield
Ohio
W.G. Slattery
Greensboro
N. C
Department of Public Instruction
Harold Tomehin
Tomehin
UNC Insurance Institute Set to Begin August 14 at UNC
The sixth annual Institute of Insurance of the North Carolina Association of Insurance Agents will run August 14 to 20 at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Courses include an introductory foundation, three advanced groups, and a two day seminar on package policies and dwelling forms. Cecil C. Duncan will teach North Carolina Insurance Law. registration starts August 12.
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Chapel Hill
Institute of Insurance
The
North Carolina Association of Insurance Agents, Inc
University of North Carolina
UNC Extension Division
Bureau of Business Services and Research
School of Business Administration
National Association For Insurance Agents
Whitehead
Cecil C. Duncan
Insurance
North Carolina
N. C. Association of Insurance Agents
N. C. Association of Insurance Women
Institute Board of Trustees
GIs Praised In Orleans France By Allied General
Maj. Gen. Philip E. Gallagher, head of the European communications zone, commends U S troops in France for improved behavior compared to home. He reviews daily statistics, notes quick handling of minor incidents, and says soldiers increasingly accept their responsibilities as they are stationed in towns and villages across the region.
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Orleans
France
Philip _E. Gallagher
Gallagher
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Norfolk
Preston Watson
Brentwood
A. C. Gordon
NAM Research Dept
Gov't Statistics
Furniture Dealers Window Institute
Anott Room & Tech
Sun
Ocean
Miami Beach
UNC Insurance Institute
Universal
Louis R
Goldman
Universal Company
Louis R. Goldman & Company
New York City
Hichpoint Savings and Trust
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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