Business Notes Reflect Variation in 1956 Outlook
On January 1 1956 surveys split views between a leveling year mild recession or optimism of a 1956 surpassing 1955. State gains listed include revenue up 19.90 percent and income tax up 21.67. Local signs show mixed construction and furniture markets with Piedmont buying North Main Street property and plans for a new building by Atlantic Savings and Loan. The Southwest Furniture Market opens in Dallas with 270000 square feet leased. Burris Manufacturing named J Warner Woods VP. Vaughan Bassett expands Galax warehouse. UNC hosts a Furniture Management Institute July 29 with instructors from several cities.
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North Carolina Merchants Association
Chicago
Piedmont
North Main Street
Ellison
Atlantic Savings and Loan
Mann
Tme Savings and Loan
Burrus Clinic
Southwest
Dallas
Texas
Retail Furniture Association of Texas
Burris
Flour Bags To Vanish Under Wheels Of Progress
High Point embraces automation as flour moves from paper to railcar and trailer systems. A Diesel pusher outfits four UP cars daily with 100 pounds of bulk flour each. Airslide technology, patented by Fuller Company, enables fluidized flour transfer from railcar to trailer with reduced labor and no bag handling. The project involves American Bakeries plants and Fruehauf trailers, with early adoption predicted to spread to other bakeries.
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Pete Jones
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
West Russell
West Green Street
Union Pacific
Hpte&ed
Fuller Company
Catasauqua
Fruehaus
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
American Bakeries
E. T. Vaughn
Barton
Harris
Woman asks if warrants for one ticket are common
EL PASO Texas traffic officers say a woman arrived at the station after being told a warrant was issued for her for failing to appear after a through street ticket. They note four other moving violation warrants were outstanding. she claimed those tickets were related to accidents.
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EL Paso
Tex
Math Teachers In Short Supply
EAST LANSING Michigan State University mathematician Dr J B Frame chair of a national employment committee notes four reasons for a math teacher shortage. The inherent difficulty of the subject the demand for better high school teachers a de-emphasis of mathematics in many high schools and a lack of well qualified high school math instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
J. 8. Frame
National Employment Committee
Cetthea
This Thief Was Borrowing Trouble
Samuel Lee Versey was arrested in Bryan Texas on auto theft charges after allegedly taking a car each night for over a month from a local used car lot and returning it just before dawn. An employee recognized a car speeding with Versey driving.
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Bryan
Tex
Samuel Lee Versey
Versey
Budget Director Aids Balance Effort in Baltimore
The Baltimore Association of Commerce credits Budget Director Rowland R. Hughes for trimming costs and moving the 65 billion dollar federal budget toward balance. Hughes, a New York banker, spoke to the group and officials requested a photo for the association magazine. Budget terms offered by Lester’s Jewelers are advertised alongside reminiscences on jewelry and charms.
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Baltimore
U. S
Rowland R. Hughes
Baltimore Assn. of Commerce
Hughes
New York
Associa
Lester’s
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Henry Koonts
Mendenhall- Moore
Robert H. Nutt Jr
Merm
Greensboro
Burris Manufacturing Co
Lincolnton
J. Warner Woods
Mississippi
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co
Galax
Institute
Furniture Management Institute
Southern Retail Furniture Association
UNC
Bureau of Business Services and Research
Norman Heckler
James W. Best
John A Lennon
W. G. Slattery
Harold W. Va
Walter Kleeman
Springfield
Ohio
Dr. Zaley Revice
By Joe Brown
Barton and
Hpt&d
T. C. Kirkman
Dallas Craven
PAC
North Carolina
Bw Hines
Colorado Mill Elevator Co
Don Harris
Fruehaus Trailer Co
H. W. Barton
Colorado Milling
Cee
Lac A
Lester C
Encyclopaedia Britannica
J. N. Rawleigh CO
237Eim St
N.S
George D. Davis
C.L.A
George P. Clark
The
New England Mutual Life
Ins. Co. of
Boston
N. Main ST
Lester's Jewelers
High Point Savings and Trust
N. Main
S. Main
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Ccorporation
Grimes Street
Southern Railway
Alma Desk Company
Weed
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