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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1956
Page
5
Special to The Enterprise reports U S News and World Report values the average new marriage at 13 600 in spending. Applied to Guilford County with 1 684 marriages annually this yields 22 950 000 in yearly new business. Major spending covers housing furnishings cars and wedding costs reflecting optimistic postwar prosperity.
New Delhi reports that Germany supplied equipment for methanol production three years ago but failed to yield usable results. India learned Russia had a similar setup with three technicians to assist, prompting calls for Soviet aid.
A 55 foot high concrete shell bakery tower near the Tip-Top Baking Company on Greensboro road will store and handle flour bulk by tank truck. J C Hightower Jr. expects completion in about three weeks with improved sanitation and a 35 000 dollar price tag. Flour ships by rail to a Greensboro terminal and is blown into trucks for delivery.
The monthly bulletin on the nation’s furniture industry notes ongoing funding for manufacturing operations. The report points to sustained investment activity and sector resilience amid market shifts.
Henry A. Foscue announces J Thomas Foster as comptroller for Globe of High Point. Foster brings wide accounting and office management experience from R J Reynolds and CPA firms. He holds a BSA in accounting from Bowling Green and an MBA from Denver. Foster comes from Earnhardt Manufacturing Charlotte and serves in cost accounting groups. He is married to Marjorie Francis of Asheville with three children.
Clifton Wells reports Father Keller a parish priest in Little Rock has developed a peppermint stick candy machine now used by Bobs Candy & Peanut Co. of Albany, Georgia, boosting production to about 20 million dollars last year. He also works on cracker sandwich and peanut butter devices with patent potential.
Seoul reports that the late Mitchells Gone with the Wind will be shown in Korea by the Korea Art Association. The 1939 Hollywood version faced delays due to war related issues and will premiere for Korean audiences.
President Truman will hold a conference with West Germany's Chancellor Konrad Adenauer next Thursday. The meeting kicks off his European tour and follows his visit to Bonn and Beethoven's hometown.
A Friday county club event honored M. L. Patrick, longtime exchange leader. Patrick received a Tissot watch as a token from Exchangites, praising his work across the state and in High Point. The piece extols his contributions and extends community congratulations.
The world's largest incandescent light bulb rated at 75,000 watts emits 171,400 times the brightness of Thomas Edison's first practical lamp from 1879, highlighting a milestone in lighting innovation.
Quebec June 2 The papal decree installing Archbishop Maurice Roy of Quebec as Roman Catholic primate of Canada will be officially presented at a cathedral ceremony in Quebec on June 7. Msgr. Giovanni Panico apostolic delegate to Canada will hand the instrument to the archbishop.
Middletown New York June 2 Mrs Herbert Houck while preparing breakfast cracked a three yolked egg. Mr Houck a leading poultry farmer who produces about six million eggs a year says in 23 years in business he recalls only two such eggs.
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