High Pointer of the Week John H. Tobin
John H. Tobin, born in Springfield Illinois, came to High Point in 1947 after World War II service. He rose to president of the Southern Buying Syndicate, guiding 125 Southeast stores with wholesale buying and retail merchandising aid. Tobin credits spotting a field needing work and building opportunity.
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Robert Marks
South
John H. Tobin
High Point
U. S. Army Air Force
Opportunity
Tobin
Southern Buying Syndicate
Kentucky
Florida
Alabama
Southern
Exposition Building
From Army to High Point Furniture Leader Tobin’s rise
Tobin spent four and a half years in the Air Force during the war mostly in headquarters units and was discharged in 1946 at Fort Bragg. After temporary work in Richmond he moved to High Point in 1947 as secretary of the Southern Retail Furniture Association and later helped organize the Southern Buying Syndicate.
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Illinois
New Southern Furniture
Springfield
Ill
A. Roby
Helen Holmes Tobin
Allen Tobin Jr
Chicago
Laura Etta
Dallas
Texas
Tobin
Abraham Lincoln
Air Force
United States
Washington, D. C
Winston-Salem
Fort Bragg
Richmond
High Point
High Pont
Southern Retail Furniture
This I Believe Civil Defense Creed for Citizens
An editor presents a personal code of Civil Defense belief titled This I Believe. It outlines seven core tenets emphasizing national preparedness, community welfare, heritage of freedoms, moral strength, realistic radiation safety, integral security planning, and citizen responsibility with a call for action and collective readiness.
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Creed
Gentle embezzlers among white collar thieves profiled
A reflective piece profiles bank insiders like Dolly Gee Burnice Geiger and Eddy Gilbert, detailing secret motives and the toll of embezzlement. It links rising Fidelity claims and doubled arrests to the personal costs, doubts, and social stigma of theft.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Dolly Gee
Bank of America
Chinatan Bank
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Apore
Dolly
Burnice Geiger
Eddy Gilbert
Lester A. Pratt
Washington
Hollywood Park
Fidelity
Pne
High Point Citizen Warns Against Prejudice in Politics
A High Point letter criticizes Jake Froelich for accusing Lonnie Herbin of favoritism and urges checking court records. The writer argues both parties err in media trials and urges intra party cleanup, citing city officials and 1930s High Point history as background. He ends with a glass house analogy.
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High Point Democratic Party
Jake Froelich
Lonnie Herbin
Justice of the Peace House
Jolly
Republican Party
Froelich
High Point
Fears Republicans In Short Pants Comment
A reader defends County Chairman John Holloway and his 40 year break with tradition saying his changes helped win for the first time in four decades. The letter urges loyal Republicans to keep him in place and criticizes opponents who fear his approach.
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John Holloway
John
GOP factions threaten High Point Guilford County unity
Sunday Accent reports a GOP civil war as High Point and Guilford County Republicans clash over factional power ahead of presidential and gubernatorial elections. The piece details historic splits, leadership feuds, and disputed precinct meeting locations and dates, with control of party machinery at stake.
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High Point
Guilford County
Board of County Commissioners
Clayton Jones
House
William L. Osteen
Osteen
Philip Lacy
City Hall
Bob Davis
Floyd Mehan
Mehan
John Eshelman
Lawrence Hancock
Davis
Eshelman
John Holloway
Greensboro
Holloway
State Party
Thomasville Scene reports on post office politics and local events
The Thomasville Scene discusses a costly fallout shelter plan for the post office and the quiet swearing in of William A. Lovelace as postmaster. It also covers a sled ride with Joe Mitchell, a canceled dancing session at the Civic Center, police tactics training for Lt. Tysinger and Sgt. Walker, a potential Randolph Street bank branch, and Dr. Plemmonss career day at Thomasville High School.
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Thomasville
Congress
Wilson Hill
William A. Lovelace
Lovelace
Cillans
Joe Mitchell
Joe
Salem Street
Memorial Park
Jerry Grubb
Bill J. Tysinger
Jack Walker
Winston-Salem
William H. Plemmons
Appalachian State
Collgee
Thomasville Senior High
Fox Hunt and Field Trials Draw Davidson County Crowd
Abbotts Creek, Davidson County hosts fox hunters as the bench show on February 5 at Wallburg School gym draws expected entries from around the area. Staley Bodenheimer chairs the Davidson County Fox Hunters Assn with Gilmore of Siler City judging and master of hounds Forrest Penninger of Lexington. Hassell Fagg of Walnut Cove is mourned. he died last fall after missing the prior event.
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Abbotts Creek
Davidson County
Staley Bodenheimer
Fox Hunters Assn
Wallburg
Gilmore
Siler City
Forrest Penninger
Lexington
Hassell Fagg
Walnut Cove
Fagg
Bodenheimer
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Furniture Buyer
Civil Defense
Snow Photo
Enterprise
America
Sheldon
Iowa
Burnice Iverson Geiger
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Memphis
E. L. Bruce Co
Metropolitan Opera
Elsa Maxwell
Celotex
Bruce Board of Directors
Brazil
Celotex Holdings
Damocles
GLASS
Hardy Carroll
Donald Badgley
Badgley
GOP
Senate
Charles Strong
Robert
Anne Sherrill
Civic Center
Citians
George Hundley
State Commercial Bank
Randolph Street
State Commercial
Chair City
National Highway
Unity Street
Marvin
Burts
Fox Hunt
Bill Hunt
Hunt
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