Furniture makers foresee year of strong shipments in 1956
Southern producers at Chicago winter home furnishings show predict record early shipments for six months in 1956, backed by eight to ten weeks backlogs and new orders from Chicago and High Point. Prices up 10 to 15 percent, with plate glass shortages delaying mirrors for bedroom furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
H. Cloyd Philpott
United Furniture Corp
Lexington
Philpott
High Point
Elliott Wood
Heritage Furniture
Wood
Jaycees Set to Sell Stock for North Carolina BDC
North Carolina Jaycees pledged to sell 100000 dollars of stock in the Business Development Corporation of North Carolina. Gov. Hodges sponsored the plan, aimed at funding small industries across the state. The BDC has filed papers and already sold over 800000 of 1000000 dollars authorized. Capus Waynick directs the drive, with district leaders named and banquets planned to rollout the campaign. Loans from the BDC are expected within 60 to 90 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees of
North Carolina
Business Development Corporation of
Luther Hodges
BDC
Thad Eure
Jaycee
Capus Waynick
High Point
Gov. Hodges
Bootstrap
W. R. Henderson
Reidsville
Banks Finger
Franklin
Rush Hamrick
Shelby
Cecil Lee Porter
North Wilkesboro
Robert Sosnil
Hamlet
John Neal
Greensboro
al Sharpe
Lumberton
W. T. Henderson
Ed Davenport
Nashville
Dan Saeed
Greenville
Joseph Conger
Edenton
Neal
Jaycees
Henderson
Judge Orders Man Held In Fire Setting
Probable cause found in Municipal Court for Carl E. Walls of S Main St an unemployed machinist bound over to Superior Court under $2000 bond for setting three fires in an industrial area on New Year s Day Detectives said he admitted setting fire to dry grass near three local firms All blazes were quickly extinguished Also three forgery defendants bound over to Superior Court Cleveland W Johnson Calvin C Dunlap and Thomas Penley each charged drunk and disorderly Appealed case details show fines and costs and a largely unsettled civil session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl E. Walls
S. Main St
Cleveland W. Johnson
Thurston St
Calvin C. Dunlap
W. Russell St
Thomas Penley
E. State St
Archdale VFW Post to Hold 7:30 PM Meeting Tonight
Archdale VFW Post No 9899 invites all veterans with waned service to attend a 7 30 PM business meeting tonight. The session covers post business and veteran affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archdale Vfw
Exchangites Hear Talk On Civic Role By Charnock
Thornton O Charnock addressed the Exchange Club on the individual civic club member and his role in club and community life. He urged steady attendance financial support and full backing of club projects for good citizenship. Charles Warner named Exchange of the Week and new members welcomed. Raleigh Hunt won the attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton O. Charnock
Exchange Club
Civic Club
Charles Warner
J. Lawrence Austin
Eural F. Cates
Vernon Ray Taylor
Daniel Leroy Collins
Raleigh Hunt
Arts And Crafts Set Registration At Blair Park
Registration for six Arts and Crafts Workshop courses at Blair Park Clubhouse tonight at 7:30 includes furniture uphol stery advanced china painting weaving ceramic modelling mosaic tile and cloisonne en enameling on silver. Winter sessions run eight weeks. A $2 fee covers one course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair Park
City Parks and Recreation Department
Light Showers Forecast for Area Tonight
Weather bureau at Friendship reports occasional light rain possible tonight. Cold temperatures remain in the 30s with clouds persisting. Tomorrow should bring slightly higher temperatures with a high near 43 and a low around 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship
Wil Reman Pooner
John Bunche Named Asheboro Young Man of 1955
Asheboro selects John C. Bunche 32 year old father of four and secretary of People's Savings and Loan as the city's Young Man of 1955, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award. Bunche serves on the City Board of Commissioners and holds roles with the First Methodist Church and several local organizations. A key to the city accompanies the certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
John C. Bunche
First Methodist Gate
Randolph Come
The
Red Cross
Rotary
Hart Added to HPC English Faculty
Dr. Dennis Cooke announces Theodore M. Hart as an additional English instructor at High Point College. Hart, a Macon Georgia native, holds an A B from Mercer and an M A from Columbia, with further Columbia work and teaching stints at Mercer, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, and South Carolina. He is a current member of the Georgia bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Cooke
High Point College
Theodore M. Hart
Hart
Macon
Mercer University
Columbia University
Columbia
Mercer
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
University of South Carolina
Georgia Bar
Woman Defends Theft Charge in Municipal Court
A West Point Ave. woman, Margaret Coble, free under 100 dollars, faces larceny and receiving charges for stealing 15 dollars from Clark Beshears, with trial set in Municipal Court on Friday. Nearby, Harlan Sexton of Reed St. charged with forcible trespass and freed under 100 dollars bond, due Monday. Another arrest, Bennie Lee Kindley, 17, of Ward St., charged with assault and threatening Mamie Kindley, released under 300 dollars bond. trial scheduled for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Coble
West Point Ave
Clark
Beshears
Cassell St
Cecil
N. Main St
Harlan Sexton
Reed St
Irving Tilles
Sexton
Bennie Lee Kindley
Ward St
Mamie Kindley
Air Conditioning Under Way at Merchandise Mart Exhibit
Stanley Taylor announces contract for air conditioning the three story Merchandise Mart building. Work aims to finish before the April informal market at an estimated cost of $30,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchandise Mart
Stanley Taylor
Taylor
Realty Transfers Report for Jamestown and Nearby Townships
Realty transfers list multiple property moves in Jamestown and surrounding areas. Transfers include J H8 Ragan Jr to Lawrence Blair for three Coe Place lots in Point Township. J W Johnson to J D Wiser for Byrum Street lot. J C Burton to Charles Thompson for Walter Avenue lot. A M Mendenhall to S Campbell for Siemeohall land. Cecil Gill to A W Gill for Gordon Street lot. Hufford Jr to Florence for two Lindale lots. D H Greer to Sara Hoe for Hedgecock two lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown H
Ragan Jr
Lawrence Blair
Coe Place
Ae Point Township
J. W. Johnson
J. D. Wiser
Byrum St
J. C. Burton
Charles Thompson
Walter Ave
M. Mendenhall
S. Campbell
Siemeohall
Cecil Gill
A. W. Gill
Gordon St. Park
Hufford Jr
Ir Florence
D. H. Greer
Sara Hoe
Horton appeals city housing order claiming ex post facto action
W. W. Horton, a local property owner, filed an appeal to the city inspector’s condemnation order on 30 dwellings. He contests four condemned houses as unfit or dangerous and argues the housing ordinance retroactively targets properties. Other appeals include Mrs. C. C. Edwards and mention residences at 231 Reed St 237 Reed St 229 Reed St and 607 E Commerce St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates Enterprise
W. W. Horton
Horton
Ing
Reed St
E. Commerce St
C. C. Edwards
Tressie Diggs
Horton's
A. R. Strange
City Building Code Board of Appeals
Eton
Unusual Mid Winter Drought Threatens Piedmont Crops
An unusual mid winter drought threatens Piedmont North Carolina crops this summer. In Davidson County small grains and late seeded pastures are drying up, wells run dry, and a number of fields have already withered. Local agents warn rain is not imminent and that prolonged drought could hurt spring and summer yields, though Guilford County remains comparatively less affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
North Carolina
Davidson County
Davidson
Guilford County
W. S. Strickland
Guilford
C. E. Bernhardt
Friendship Weather Bureau
Lexington
Strickland
Bernhardt
Yadkin
Thomasville
Abbott's Creek
Cochran Quits City Public Works Post
Marion Cochran assistant public works director resigns effective Feb 15 to join a private engineering firm in Greensboro. He leaves after years with the city and follows fellow official Paul Brooks who heads to Durham Feb 1. Cochran seeks vacation leave Jan 16 20 for NC State technical school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Cochran
T. E. Hinson
Cochran
Greensboro
Paul Brooks
Durham
Brooks
George Dean
Eetvatc Emen
N. C. State College
Dean
Ficma
Public Works Department
City Cencil
Theriment
Charlie Key Clees In Tuskegee
Charlie Key Clees in Tuskegee Alabama brother of Mrs Janie Key Williams a teacher at Fairview Street School died Monday Mrs Williams has gone there for rites Peoples Funeral Home in Tuskegee is handling arrangements which are incomplete Arts and Crafts Class begins Thursday night at William Perry High School offering enamel work pottery crochet and knitting Adults may register Workers Mt Vernon Willing Workers meet Thursday at 745 pm at the church Members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Key Cles
Tuskeegeer
Charlie
Tuskeegee
Ala
Janie Key Williams
Fairview St
Commissioners Plan Cox Property Study
County commissioners agreed to study purchasing the El wi Cox property for a week more while awaiting formal action. The 2.5 acre block lies with city hall at Hamilton and Green Streets and is tied to the Snow Lumber Co sale valued at 250 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwi Cox
City Hall
Hamilton and
Green Sts
High Point
Snow Lumber Co
Snow
Rdty
Motorists Tread Lightly Over Icy Pavement
Early today motorists in the High Point area cautiously navigated streets as thin ice prompted careful driving. No early accidents were reported by the city or the State Highway Patrol, and hazardous conditions were easing by midday. The forecast called for light rain later without more freezing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
State Highway Patrol
Parody On Movie Planned By HPC Radio Class
The High Point College radio production class will present an 11 minute parody of the movie Shane on WHPE at 4 15 p m. Sonny Thornton wrote the skit and plays the lead. Cast includes Spencer Smith Kyle Stirling Ann Kerr and Rufus Smithson with Wilbur Jackson handling sound effects and Diane Ware as music coordinator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
Truck Vandalism and Thefts Flagged By City Police
Police traced truck damage to a BB gun target on a company lot with three windows and a side mirror shot out. The report lists two car hubcap thefts at Merita Bakery and Klopman Mills locations, plus a school break in at Jamestown School where five pounds of sugar and an ice cream cooler were noted missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hilton
Founer Sree
Merita Bakery Way
Huff
Biltmore
Anderson St
Herbert H. Hobson
Klopman Mills
E. Russell St
Jamestown School
Kenneth Miller
Prayer for Today by Judge Luther W Youngdahl
A prayer asks for forgiveness for personal failings and divisions among nations races and classes. The note attributes the prayer to Luther W Youngdahl a district judge in Washington DC and the District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther W. Youngdahl
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Man Given Term For Assault In Thomasville Court
James Hums was sentenced to six months on the roads for assaulting his wife Mary Alice with a deadly weapon, sentence suspended three years on condition he avoids further assaults. Thomasville Recorder's Court also heard a knife threat conviction against Humphries and separate drunken driving cases with various fines, suspended terms, and appeal notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
James Hums
Recorder's Court
Mary Alice
Thumphies
Wiley Harris
King Row
Peeps Mats Sa
Davidson County Superior Court
Calvin C. Everhart
E. Green
Curtis Morris
Church &J
General Agents to Address Lutheran Brotherhood Meeting
In Minneapolis Minnesota the 59th general agents meeting of the fraternal life insurance society will be addressed by F Granrud vice president and other society officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Brotherhood
Minneapolis
Minn
Ciety
T F. Granrud
Eres i Ik Neprud
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VFW
Charnock
Arts and Crafts
John Bunche
HPC
High Point Board of Realtors
League of Women Voters
City Public Works
Commissioners Plan
Cox Property Study
Commission
Lloyd Amos
Priamars
John Walters
Bureau of Prisons
Ivan Creel
Institute of Government
E. A. Robins Veneers
Prospect St
Jack Green
Idol-Green Company, Realtors
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