Kennedy Manufacturing Co to Begin Production in High Point
Monroe Kennedy announces Kennedy Manufacturing Co will start production on Feb 1 making promotional upholstered furniture at 517 Prospect St in a 2500 square foot building once Wade's Upholstery. The firm showcases lines in Chicago and New York and will show at the Southern market later this month. Kennedy, a High Point native, has a background with Alene Furniture and Rabhan Manufacturing and is active in Faith Baptist Church and Jamestown scouting.
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High Point
Kennedy Manufacturing Co
Monroe Kennedy
Prospect St
Wade’s
Kennedy
Chicago
New York
Forestdale Rd
Jamestown
Alene Furniture Corp
Troy
Rabhan Manufacturing Co
Faith Baptist Church
High Point Sixth in North Carolina Building Permits
High Point totaled 6 964 638 in building permits for last year, ranking sixth among North Carolina cities reporting to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Charlotte led with 26 million, Raleigh 20 million, Winston-Salem 13 million, Greensboro 11 million, Durham 9 million. Wilson and Rocky Mount each reported 3 to 4 million, Salisbury 1 million.
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High Point
North Carolina
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Charlotte
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Durham
Wilson
Rocky Mount
Asheville
Salisbury
Koolfoam Cushioning Gets New Distributor
Koolfoam Cushioning will be distributed by Arthur A. Oliver & Son Inc for Dayton Rubber Co. The Oliver firm serves the furniture market across the Carolinas southern Virginia eastern Tennessee Georgia and Florida and has over 30 years of experience. It will feature the Koolfoam line at the winter market starting January 23.
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Arthur A. Oliver & Son, Inc
Dayton Rubber Co
Oliver
Carolinas
Virginia
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Kay Manufacturing to Handle Dunlop Foam Rubber Line
Kay Manufacturing Corp chosen to distribute Dunlop Foam Rubber Products including mat tresses cushions and slab stock in the South from its headquarters here with potential expansion. The move covers the complete product line and marks a new distribution alliance for Dunlop Foam Rubber.
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Kay Manufacturing Corp
Dunlop
Kay Company
Check Furniture Prices In Good Old Days Of '05
J T Ryan reviews minutes from Aug 9 1905 meeting of the N Co Case Goods Association noting wholesale prices. Wood beds 66 inches high sold for 3 dollars without roll top. add 50 cents for roll top and 7 cents more for quartered oak roll top. King beds 72 inches high with headboards sold for 3 dollars 50 cents.
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Ike
Southern Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
J. T. Ryan
SFMA
N. Co. Case Goods Association
Ryan
Realty Transfers Across Township and Land Lots
Realty transfers list multiple couples buying land across Davis Tabor Cox Wilson Brown and other parcels. Names include Low Latin Rich Moore Wagner Ivo Kester Salton Holton Seward Misenheimer Pape Williams Campbell Clodfelter Broad Colon Wall Finch and others. Transfers cover parcels in Cox Wilson Brown and Field Park areas with several two lot and single lot transactions.
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Wilson
H. C. Williams
L. L. Campbell
Brown
Bruce Clodfelter
Broad- Colon Wall
Field Park
Lloyd H. Taylor
West L. Finch
Franklin's Specs Dillinger Gun Stolen
Detectives say a pair of Benjamin Franklin’s spectacles and a Colt .38 pistol once linked to John Dillinger were reported stolen from Frank Derris’s home. The gun’s owner said he took it from Dillinger years ago in a bar while he was a policeman. An heirloom eyeglass set said to have been worn by Franklin was also reported stolen from Lowry Bell’s home.
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Miami
Filia
Benjamin Franklin
John Dillinger
John Hammer
B. J. Palmer
Frank Derris
Dillinger
Lowry Bell
Franklin
Television Sales and Service claims 1955 Du Mont sales lead
Television Sales and Service began in 1948 and asserts it sold more Du Mont TV sets than any single Southern dealer and more high priced sets over $300 than any Southern dealer. George T. Wood & Sons Inc reports a 30 percent 1955 sales rise and expanded inventory boosting deliveries. Frank Wood notes 1921 start, 11 carpet manufacturers, and optimism for 1956.
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South
DuMont
George T. Wood & Sons, Inc
High Point
Frank Wood
Wood
City Banks Ninth In Sales Use Tax Noy
High Point ranked ninth among North Carolina cities in November gross state sales and use tax collections. The city totaled 114 690 99, down from October 1955 and up from November 1954. Guilford County led after Mecklenburg, with Greensboro accounting for 315 553 30 of the county total.
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High Point
Charlotte
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
Durham
Asheville
Wilmington
Fayetteville
Ft. Bragg
Guilford
Mecklenburg
Furniture Market Opens With Large Buyer Turnout In 1956
The Southern Furniture Market in the city expects 6 000 buyers and a strong start to 1956 with a ten day market ahead. Manufacturers report 50 day order backlogs and optimistic outlooks for healthy first half demand amid ongoing price increases and production advances. Local manager Leo Heer notes high Point activity and mass production lifting value and accessibility for average families.
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Heer
Revere Title Given Captain James Jack of South
Southern press hails Captain James Jack as the Paul Revere of the South for his horse ride to Philadelphia to deliver the Mecklenburg Declaration to the Continental Congress.
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Paul Revere
James Jack
Philadelphia
Continental Congress
Reading nostalgia and price shifts in 1940s era commerce
A reflective column recalls wartime memories of taxi fares and cabbie behavior, compares Southern and Yankee travelers, notes 1940s shine prices and tips, and highlights American industry pride. It ends with an advertising pitch for a jewelry store stock in 1956.
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Shine
Shine Boys
Ohio
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Rose Radio Sales and Service
O. D. Sheppard
Sheppard's Hardware
New York City
E. M. Bonfoey
Base-Witz Furniture Industries
Waynesboro
Staunton
Basic
American-Marietta
Keystone Lime Works
Keystone
Ala
Southern Cement Co
G. Reid Marsh
New York Life Insurance Company
By Joe Brown
Koolfoam Distributor
Allce Alabama Life
le Amer & Efird
Amer
Amer Mariett Seeehee
Amer Mariett
Amer Rust
Seer
Atlanta Gas Light
Atlantic Steel
Atlas Sewing Centers
Auto Finance Com
Bank of America
Bassett Furniture
Beneficial Corp
Aeee
Bue Ridge Ins Co
Blue-Bell, Inc
Butler's Ne Comener
Sim Cannon Mills
Carolina Casualtear Wood Press
Ins
Carolina P & L
Carolina
Orp
Carolina Tel & Tel
Caro Wholesale Floris
Central
Copeland Ont
Teleone
Delta Airefrigeration
Nesweer
Mestic Finance Group
New Britain
Life Ins
Xel Furniture
Eee
North Ame
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
North Caro Telephone
Edison
Garfinckel J
Prd
Penn Fruit Co
Dy Garlock Packing Co
Penn Fruit
Guardian
Permu — Guardian
Piedmont & Northern Rg
Allon Sss
Gulf Cities Gas
Guilford Nail Bank
Piedmont A
Gulf Life Insener
Piedmont Hanes, P H Knitg
Potash Co of America
Svce
Homeinance Group
SB Sacewee
Home Insurance Eee
Myramid Wilel
Ood Sys
Sutton
Ays
McLean Truck Co
Union Nat Neeneee Milner
Ooees
U S&s Life Ins Cowee
Mississippi Shipping
Missouri Ins Co
Wachovia
Bk & Tr Co
Moore Handley Haw
Western Car
Western Oil Fields
Morganton Furn Co
West Point ‘G Co
Nail Life & Accid Ins
Zonolite CO
Ceescecesene
M. Rawleigh CO
Tm St
N.C
Willard Phillips
The
New England Mutual
Samus Armstrong
Massachusetts
America
Mutual Life Insurance
New England
New England Life
George D. Davis
George P. Clark
Miu Tafe
Imamen
N. Main ST
Awiess
Bill Hackney
Leo Heer
Midway Point
Wa Fide
Grand Central Station
Pennsylvania Station
Lester's Jeweley
National Thrift Week
LMR
Ssinks
Jubeless Tire Headquarters
Royal Tires
Thurston ST
Samuel B. Clapp
John C. Coleman
John Czarnecki
Thomas
Gallimore
Brantley Hucks
Jimmie Jones
Thomasville
Pete” Schultheiss
George M. Small
Bob Thacker
Edgar Watson
Ben Franklin
High Point Savings
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