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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1956
Page
5
The High Point business scene highlights the fire department’s mobile radio system aiding a Friday blaze at Universal TV Corp. and protecting nearby residences. The system speeds emergency responses and may help keep insurance rates down.
North Carolina cities issued 11 month building permits totaling 138,032,957 with High Point ranking seventh at 6,518,298. Raleigh led monthly totals at 1,191,680 and Charlotte posted 25,118,383 for the first 11 months of 1955.
Furniture makers hampered by a mirror shortage received good news from Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. The firm said order backlogs for plate and window glass were reduced and that new production and storage facilities will meet heavy demand. Production records were set last year and current expansion will raise plate glass capacity by about 20 percent with new plants at Cumberland Maryland and other locations.
Southland Life Insurance Co district office relocates to a modern Elm and Church Street structure in High Point with 2,000 square feet, air conditioning, and rear parking. Wilbur Groome leads 9 agents, three superintendents, and two cashiers serving High Point and nearby towns. Groome, a Duke alumnus, has 24 years with Southland. the family resides at 1033 Wellington and attends First Methodist Church.
A hometown column lauds High Point's rapid growth with Ward Street furniture factories, praising employer worker relations and civic pride. It notes Heyeck & Co Newark ring maker cashing in on African markets, and mentions Jim Tatum at Maryland amid college football shifts. It also promotes Lester's jewelry store and an upcoming statewide bowling tourney.
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The Eden Roc hotel in Miami Beach opens featuring 401 guest rooms built at a record $13 million. Tomlinson of High Point supplies custom furniture for about 500 High Pointers and wins a quarter million dollar order from East factories. The 14 story, 600 plus staff property includes three dining rooms a night club escalator and private party spaces with room costs over $29 000 per room.
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