Southern Furniture Market Ends Show
The 46th semi annual southern furniture market closed after two weeks with 5 676 buyers registered at the Exposition Building to inspect over 250 exhibitors. Buyers came from 28 states the District of Columbia the Bahamas and 845 towns. Market manager Paul Casey called the show a very good one despite steady small lot buying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Bahamas
Paul Casey
High Point
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
W. P. Hinson, Jr
Stephen Foster
Globe Parlor
Rankin and Calvary Methodist Troops Honor Court Details
Troop 64 at Rankin Memorial Methodist Church honors Fred Grubb for life saving swimming. Troop 80 at Calvary Methodist Church recognizes Garland Wampler and Mickey Miller for forestry architecture and first aid to animals. Other honorees include Johnny Miller second class W. C. McArthur Wade Jarvis Bobby Allen R. L. Gates Jr Jimmie Skeen Clayton Wampler and Tommy McMahan for various activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Honeycutt
Rankin Memorial Methodist Church
Fred Grubb
Calvary Methodist Church
Garland Wampler
Mickey Miller
Johnny Miller
W. C. McArthur
Wade Jarvis
Bobby Allen
R. L. Gates, Jr
Jimmie Skeen
Clayton Wampler
Tommy McMahan
Columbia, S. C. Driver Given Ample Service
A downtown Baltimore fire alarm drew four engine companies two truck units one hose wagon and command staff. Louis Schiffman of Columbia South Carolina reported the blaze after brake bands smoked on a parked tractor trailer. The crew cooled it quickly and Schiffman thanked the firefighters for their prompt response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Louis Schiffman
Columbia
S. C
Looking Backward highlights from a year in history in 1939
A collage of 1939 items includes de luxe apartment ads and a clothing sale, fruit prices, and a TVA power program ruling. World events span Chile earthquake shocks, Frankfurter oath, a Great Lakes blizzard, Hitler's Reichstag remarks, Catalonia fighting, Soviet plans, and New York crime trails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley Authority
Washington
Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley
Chile
Felix Frankfurter
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Chicago
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Barcelona
Catalonia
Communist Party
Pravda
Soviet Union
New York
George Weinberg
Tammany
James J. Hines
Weinberg
High Point
Don C. McRae
North Carolina
Center Theater
South Main Street
Dorothy Lamour
St. Louis
UNC Glee Club To Sing Here February 28
The University of North Carolina Men’s Glee Club will give a concert at the Junior High School on February 28. About 100 top singers from 160 members will perform a varied program directed by Paul Young. Tickets are sold through Galloway’s Pharmacy and Exchange Club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNC Glee Club
Glee Club of the
Department
The
University of North Carolina
Paul Young
High Point
N. C
Glee Club
Sas
Chapel Hill
Exchane Ge
Galloway
Exchange Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Teeter’s Beauty Shop
Arcade Building
Pauline Fowler
Elia Teeter
Diffendal’s
Floor Coverings, Inc
North Wrenn ST
Val
Hethy
Yow's Funeral Home
Honor Court
Stainback
Winter Merchandise
Ladies’ Apparel Shop
North State Telephone Company
Italy
Rome
Eternal City
Cisterna
Anzio
U. S. Air Force
London
Frankfurt
Germany
Chester Nimitz
U. S. Pacific
Marshall Island
London Radio
Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Selective Service
Los Angeles
Bataan
High Point Red Cross
Henry Foscue
Thomasville
Concord
Marshall E. Ginsburg
Optometrist
Life
Egypt
Towle
Lady Mary
Towle S
Paul Revere
Towle's
Seville
Mary Chilton
Rankliw
Tomlinson
Lawson
Young’s
N. Main ST
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