Trend Toward Better Jobs For Negroes Seen Here
A High Point furniture firm plans an experimental department employing mostly Negro women to handle decorative needlework. A Thomasville clothing manufacturer reports about 50 Negro workers, trained to skilled roles, while Carolina Underwear Co. in Forsyth Street employs about 50 Negroes in a ladies panties division and plans expansion. Officials say the move taps untapped labor, offers opportunity, and has shown good worker retention and performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Thomasville
Geenet Eevee
Eritages Inc
Sture
Wood
R. D. Webb
Carolinanderwear Co
Forsyth Street
Webb
Carolina Anderae
Revival of Handicrafts Surges in North Carolina Mountains
A historical survey details how Western Europe crafts faded with industry, while North Carolina mountain regions preserve and revive woolen textiles, pottery, weaving and broom making. Jugtown pottery near Moore County epitomizes revival led by the Busbees, with Piedmont and Great Smoky crafts feeding new guilds and schools in Asheville Penland and Cherokee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Aubusson
Toldeo Steel
China
Oxford
N. C
Oshkosh
Mich
Olympia
Wash
North Carolina
Piedmont
Mountains
Jacques Busbee
Raleigh
New York
aL =ama Royster Busbee
Sif Mes
Busbee
Moore County
Busbees
Jugtown
Upper
England
Virginia
Joe
Benjamin Owen
Cole Gatane
Oe Arts
Julian
Brown
Pisgah Forest
Arden
Throckmorton
Penland
Candler
Southern Highland Handicrafts Guild
Asheville
Eee Highlands
Aaheville City Auditorium
Penland School of
John C. Campbell
Brasstown
Cherokee
Alianstand Mountain Crafts
Guild Crafts
Parkway Craft Center
Moses Cone Memorial Park
Blowing
Editors Find Secret Weapon in North Carolina Industry
North Carolina is credited with a Secret Weapon in Industrial Development magazine. The term refers to the state’s growing research facilities and plans to expand technical training in schools. Reprints are available from the State Advertising Division in Raleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Industrial Development Magazine
Tar Heel
Department of Conservation and Development
Charles Parker
Theing Division
McKinley Cony
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Maine
West Virginia
Carolina Underwear Co
Sarah Elizabeth Coleman
Jim Thornton
Fred Beatty
Blackwell P. Robinson
Neal
FISE
Crwice
Neal's Auto Service
Willowbrook
General Electric
Buick
Conrvey
America
Peo
W. F. Mauldin, Inc
N. Main Street
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