Robert Darden Jr. Moves From Furniture to Luggage Leadership
Robert Darden Jr. becomes president of Seward Luggage Manufacturing Co. in Petersburg Virginia after resigning as vice president and director of manufacturing at Heritage Furniture Co. in High Point. A Navy veteran and MIT graduate, he outlines the shift as a routine transfer of management skills across industries. He and his wife Lynn reside at 706 W Farriss Ave with three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Marks
Robert D. Darden Jr
Reme
Darden
Feamily
Petersburg
Seward Luggage Manufacturing Co
Heritage Furniture Co
Washington, D. C
Columbia
S. C
Charlotte
Asheville
Pittsburgh
Southern Railway
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Houston
Navy
New York - Philadelp Area
Seattle
Los Angeles
Morganton
Morganton Furniture Co
High Point
W. Farriss Ave
Lynn
Northeast Junior High
Penalty of Youth
An editor notes a California youth's suicide amid personal and societal pressures. He contrasts youth's drama with adults' steadier perspective, criticizes Hollywood and advertising for shaping despair, and defends the draft board as a door to opportunity for capable youths. He urges concern over grades and resilience amid love and career setbacks.
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Bush
Tin Pan Alley
Hollywood
Preachers
California
Winston
Another Year of Faith Hope and Resolve
A reader laments the coming year with both sorrow and cheer and urges trust in God to sustain us through trials. The letter urges patience, courage, and prayer as burdens arise and blessings unfold for those who bear them. Walter E. Eisenhour, Minister Taylorsville North Carolina.
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Seren Grims
Walter E.isenhour
Taylorsville, N. C
New Year Foods and Timelines Across Traditions
A Sunday Accent column muses on the dubious meaning of eating black-eyed peas, greens, and hog jowls for luck, noting most people in a survey won’t partake. It traces New Year start dates from ancient Egypt to England and explains why calendars differ while stressing the universal wish for peace and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
America
Davidson County Faces 1967 With Two Major Projects
Thomasville and Lexington must push countywide hospital and airport proposals into reality in 1967. The year-end outlook urges cooperative effort across communities to advance growth and solve lingering problems, with Wallburg undergoing change as the Turner home is torn down for a new telephone exchange.
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Davidson County
Davidson
Thomasville
Lexington
Wallburg
N. C
Turner
Ben King
Ben
King
David Hibbett
Hibbett
Roaming the Piedmont and New Year Weather Reflections
A column notes habits in switching years from 1966 to 1967 and recalls holiday gift stories. It compares Christmas surprises with a chilly January, citing high 72 and low 3 degree records, snowfall totals, and a wish for a milder start to the new month.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Draft Board
Japan
Thomas Chatterton
Papa
Vietnam
State Department
U. S
Quincy Wright
American Journal of International Law
United Nations
Jack Lasley
Chapel Hill, N. C
By Robert Marks
William the Conqueror
By Braxton Younts
Santa
Gether
Ture
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