Southern Furniture Market Opens in High Point
Preparations are complete for the ninth annual mid winter Southern Furniture market in High Point. About 125 exhibitors, including 17 first timers, display new samples at the exposition building on South Main Street. Building manager C. Long reports strong buyer interest from eastern states and a crowded first week with many new visitors expected.
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South Main Street
High Point
Artcraft Brass and Bronze Lamp Company, Inc
Philadelphia
Basic Furniture Company
Waynesboro
Byre Furniture Company
Statesville
Elk-Dixie Furniture Corporation
Lexington
Fairfield Chair Company
Lenoir
Hard Manufacturing Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Hibriten Furniture Company
W. H. Howell Company
Geneva
Ill
Made Rite Furniture Shop
Nu-Idea Desk and Seating Company
Sumter
8. C
W. C. Redman Sons and Company
Peru
Ind
Southern Furniture Company
Mr. Long
Florida
Chicago
Virginia
Exposition
Sedgefield
Fin
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Long
Southern Market Association
Sheraton Hotel
A. E B. Tate
Henry Foscue
Jack H. Spiro Joins Ruby's Sales Staff
Jack H. Spiro, experienced in the jewelry business, travels from New York to join Ruby's, Inc. in this city. He has already assumed duties at the local store.
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Jack H. Spiro
New York
Ruby's, Inc
Mr. Spiro
Sizemore Ranked High in Harmon Foundation Selection
Francis Sizemore of Roland Park is among Harmon Foundation scholars named last week, ranking near the top. He is the third Uwharrie council scout to be selected in consecutive years, reflecting a strong troop record at Wesley Memorial Church and Camp Uwharrie. He earned badges from second class to Eagle and holds numerous merit badges, leading Troop Four and serving as an instructor and waterfront director in recent summers.
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Francis
F. 4
Stkmore
Wes Memorial Church
High Point
Uwharrie Scout Council
Harmon Foundation
United States
Francis Sizemore
F. J. Sizemore
Roland Park
America
Uwharrie Council
Scout Sizemore
Wesley Memorial Church
O. Delk Smith
Camp Uwharrie
H. A. Millis
W. B. Hall
J. E. Marsh
F. J. Sizemore Sr
Stewards
Lawrence Funeral At Pilot Mountain
Funeral services for P. W. Lawrence who died at his home 412 Otteray Drive will be held Sunday morning at 10 30 from the home led by Rev J M Hilliard with additional rites at the Primitive Baptist church at Pilot Mountain at 1 o clock conducted by Elders P W and Moses Willard
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P. W. Lawrence
Otteray Drive
J. M. Hilliard
Primitive Baptist Church
Pilot Mountain
P. W
Moses Williard
Headen Funeral This Afternoon
Funeral services for A. B. Headen who died at his home on Jones street will be held this afternoon by Dr. Charles Haddon Nabers pastor of First Presbyterian church. Interment will be in Oakwood Memorial Park cemetery.
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A. B. Headen
Jones Street
Charles Haddon Nabers
First Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Consolidation Of Public Mass Meeting On Health Offices
A joint Greensboro and High Point session with Guilford county officials will discuss consolidating all health and welfare departments. The aim is county savings and a plan to present to the state legislature, with invited chairmen and secretaries and merchants weighing in on related sales tax concerns.
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Public Mass
Greensboro
High Point
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Inter-Civic-Club Council 10 Meet Elect Officers
The High Point Inter-Civic-Club council will hold a dinner meeting at the Elwood hotel Monday at 6 30 to elect new officers after a complete council membership change. Guests include presidents and secretaries from the citys six civic clubs with C H Rhodes presiding.
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High Point Inter-Civic-Club Council
Elwood
C. H. Rhodes
Rotary Club
Rhodes
Theouncil
Mr. Rhodes
Roy J. Spearman
Kiwanis
W. 5. Hall
Civitan
A. C. Cecil
Monarch
J. W. Woollen
Lions
H. B. Johnson
American Business Club
Junior Orphanage Singers To Appear Here Friday Night
The Junior Order orphanage singing class from ngton will perform Friday at 7 30 in the Junior High school auditorium under local pr ew auspices. Moving pictures of classes at Tiffin and Lexington orphanages will be shown, marking their first screening in this section per local officials.
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Junior Order
Ngton
Prew
Tiffin
Ohio
Lexington
Quality Shoe Store Undergoes Remodel Reopening Soon
Quality Shoe Store work is progressing satisfactorily, manager J L Chernault reports. Old stock from December fire has been disposed of and the shop will reopen with all new spring stock. New boxes and features aim to make it a top up to date shoe store in the Carolinas.
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J. L. Chernault
Mr. Chernault
Carolinas
High Pointers Pay State 128 777 For Auto Plates
Car owners in the city paid 128 770 to the state for annual license plates as 8 336 licenses were issued by the local Carolina Motor Club before its closing at George Lowe's Inc. Mrs. Kate Ragan reports fewer tags sold than last year but similar revenue, with an average plate price about 15 40 this year. 12 500 cars in the community remain unlicensed, prompting highway patrol checks and storage options.
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Carolina Motor Club
George Lowe's, Inc
Kate Ragan
Ragan
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Department of Revenue
Raleigh
Greensboro
State Highway Patrol
U S
Commercial National Bank
Music 10 feature vesper service at First Methodist church
Music lovers are invited to a five o clock vesper service at First Methodist Protestant Church with a piano and organ program led by Hazel Lanier and E B Stimson. It includes Adagio Sustenuto Moonlight Sonata, Spirit of God, and Others. Rev. R I Farmer will speak on The Christ for Every Need amid morning service notes.
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Beethoven
Hazel Lanier
E. B. Stimson
Spirit of God
Neidlinger
Laura Braswell
Shields
Dennyce McAdams
Elizabeth Welch
Norman Dement
A. J. Koonce
R. I. Farmer
Harker
J. H. Allred
James Ellington
Arthur Fidler
C. L. Gray, Jr
the Lord
Maker
Handel
Noahs To Sing At Friends Service
Central Friends Sunday School Brotherhood class meets Sunday at 9 45 with Horace Haworth as Superintendent. In morning worship the minister Tom Alderman Sykes speaks on What Are We in the World For. Prof and Mrs Noah of Guilford College sing solos. Evening song service with Mr Sykes speaking on What Do You See When You Look at Jesus Christ. Senior Christian Endeavorers provide ushers and hostesses.
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Central Friends
Mr. Sykes
Jesus Christ
Three Suits Filed In Municipal Court
Three suits were filed in High Point municipal court yesterday. Actions include Silas B. Casey suing A. P. Frazier for 35 in attorney fees, High Point Paper Box Company suing Southern Footwear Manufacturing Company and S H McCubbin of Salisbury for 300 on a promissory note, and David Mac Jester and wife Lois M Jester with Bertie Easley Bland and R R Bland seeking 500 as interest refunds on notes.
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High Point
A. P. Frazier
Silas B. Casey
Southern Footwear Manufacturing Company
S. H. McCubbing
Salisbury
High Point Paper Box Company
Industrial Bank of Richmond
David Mac Jester
Lois M. Jester
Bertie Easley Bland
R. R. Bland
High Point to study domestic relations court at Elwood Hotel
High Point Juvenile court commission plans a luncheon at the Elwood hotel to discuss establishing a domestic relations court for Guilford county under an amended act. The two year old enabling act restricted to some counties will be reviewed for applicability to High Point, with possible action to involve Guilford’s lawmakers. Attending members include Dr. H. B. Hiatt, N. L. Garner, Wade Marsh, J. B. Millis, O. A. Kirkman Jr., Mrs. Matt Wall, and Mrs. J. L. Hoffman. Pearl Parker is ex-officio.
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Guilford County
High Point Juvenile Court Commission
Elwood Hotel
Forrest H. Shuford
Shuford
High Point
Guilford
H. B. Hiatt
N. L. Garner
Wade Marsh
J. B. Millis
O. A. Kirk
Johnson Plans Complete Shoe Stock Reopening Brownbilt Store
J. B. Johnson left Friday night for St. Louis to buy an entire new stock of shoes for the Brownbilt Shoe Store. The store's stock was badly damaged by fire last December and is being remodeled, with reopening expected later this month.
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J. B. Johnson
St. Louis
Brownbilt Shoe
Stephens To Preach At Calvary Church
Rev. George T. Stephens, a well known local evangelist, will preach at the 7 o'clock service tonight at Calvary M. E. church on East Green Street, announced yesterday by Pastor Rev. E. L. Kirk.
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George T. Stephens
Calvary M. BE
East Green Street
E. L. Kirk
High Point College President to Speak at Wilmington Lent Services
Dr. G J Humphreys president of High Point College accepts invitation to join a national group of religious leaders speaking at three noon Lent meetings in Wilmington Delaware March 11 12 and 13 at a downtown church or theater. The eleventh interdenominational observance draws noted figures and runs weekdays except Saturday. After Wilmington he will preach Palm Sunday March 19 at Hyde Park Methodist Protestant church Cincinnati and continue nightly through April 2.
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G. J. Humphreys
High Point College
Ean
Wilmington
Del
Council of Churches
Delaware
Bishop Cook
William F. McDowell
Washington, D. C
Humphreys
Hyde Park Methodist Protestant Church
Cincinnati
Local furniture men see Chicago market improve demand
Local manufacturers report better than expected turnout at the Chicago market and anticipate gradual business recovery this year. High Point plants secured orders to stay running for weeks, while enthusiasm carries into the southern mid winter market and the New York show coming in February. Eastern buyers stayed away, awaiting New York stock replenishment, as firms note December’s bottom passed and buyers remain active in earnest.
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Chicago
High Point
New York
Paul W. Smith
Tate Furniture Company
Mr. Smith
M. J. Wrenn
High Point Furniture Company
Younts Bound Over To Federal Court
High Point man R. B. Younts was bound over to the June term of federal court after a preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner W G Brown. Officers testified a pint bottle of whiskey was found on him in Davidson county last week. The cases against A M Reece and Abe Craven, who rode with Younts and faced the same charge, were dismissed.
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R. B. Younts
High Point
United States
W. G. Brown
Davidson County
A. M. Reece
Abe Craven
Younts
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Harmon Award
Sizemore
Lawrence
RED Bell Shoe Store
General Assembly
D. A. Dowdy
High Point Merchants’ Association
T. C. Johnson
John T. Burrus
Thomas Turner Jr
W. L. Dowell
North Carolina Merchants Association
Inter - Civic - Club Council
Vesper
Baltimore
W. H. Nolen
Southeastern Express Company
Noahs
Friends Service
Juvenile Court Commission
Johnson
Stephens
Calvary Church
Wilmington, del
DR. Humphreys
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High Point Radio Owners
Guilford Radio Service Co
North Wrenn Street
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