Wachovia's J P Bolt To Retire Soon
J P Bolt vice president and trust officer of Wachovia Bank High Point will retire after more than 33 years in the trust department. He will remain head of the High Point office trust department through 1955 end. Bolt, a South Carolinian, joined Wachovia in 1922 and rose to trust officer in 1941 and VP in 1946. He serves on the High Point Wachovia board and participates in Rotary Club Emerywood Country Club and various civic projects.
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J. P. Holt
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Holt
Trust Department
High Point
Wachovia
Southern Bell ‘Telephone Emage
Wachov Organization
Trust
High Point Board
Rotary Club
Emerywood Country Club
Sales In South Gaia By 28.8 Percent
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association reports that southeastern production centers showed 28.8 percent higher sales in the first four months of this year than in the same period in 1954. Shipments for the four months exceed last year and rival the first five months of 1954, with steady buying keeping producers on full schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
SFMA
History Quiz Word Puzzle From Digging Into History
A. C. Gordon hosts a themed puzzle listing clues across history language and misc categories. Answers include royal figures artists chem symbols naval terms statesmen and other historical references.
Hickory Furniture Producers Busy Ahead of Summer Show
Hickory area furniture makers are operating at full capacity with overtime in the run up to summer displays at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building. Plants report high production and strong orders for bedroom dining and living room groups in the median price range. Suppliers note rising material costs will likely trigger a wholesale price increase, though not a large one.
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Hickory
Hickory Center
Newest Desk Eliminates Visual Shock in Offices
Wood Office Furniture Institute members unveil a desk finished in Softone to reduce visual shock between black typewriters and white paper. Secretary Howard Gatewood cites studies by color consultant Fabher Birren showing color affects production and eye comfort, with medium tones reflecting about 30 percent light to ease fatigue.
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Wood Office Furniture Institute
WOFT
Howard Gatewood
Gatewood
Softone
Fabher Birren
National Trade Group
WOFI
Klug Named General Plant Superintendent
J E Gibson Sr president and general manager of Fli Back Company Inc announces Edward R Klug as general plant superintendent in charge of all production of rubber and wood products effective June 1 Klug formerly Ohio resident now based in High Point for five years came to Fli Back as technical superintendent of rubber ball production and created latex dipping department supervision in 1954 He is a 40 year rubber industry veteran residing with Mrs Klug at 1009 Westwood High Point.
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J. E. Gibson Sr
Fli-Back Company, Inc
Edward R. Klug
Klug
Ohio
High Point
Fli-Back Company
Westwood
York Acclaimed By Company For Top Production
Henry J. York Farm Bureau Insurance Company representative leaves Tuesday for Quebec to join 100 agents at the 1955 Leaders Conference. The group earned the right through outstanding 1954 production, placing York fifth among 3,800 agents that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. York
Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
Quebec
Canada
York
Farm Bureau Insurance Company
Nehru Heads to Moscow on Five-Week East European Tour
New Delhi reports Prime Minister Nehru left by air for a five week visit to Moscow and other East European capitals. He is due in Moscow Tuesday and welcomed the Soviet Yugoslav agreement signed in Belgrade. He called it a strong accord.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Moscow
Belgrade
Contracts Let For 45 New Homes In High Point
Idol-Green Company Realtors disclosed contracts for 45 new homes estimated at about 700000 with several units under way. The firm sells for eight builders in a growing High Point residential area with prices from 10000 to 20000. Final completion is planned by year end with FHA and GI financing approved.
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Idol-Green Company
Unita
Pot
Jack Green
High Point
Craver and
Essick
Lexington
N. C
Spruce and
Ashe Streets
Edgar H
S. J. Snyder
William T. Peatross
West Bay Street
Robert B. Rankin
N. M. Harrison
Hamilton Street
Rockspring Road
Grimsley-Snyder
E. L. Grimsley
Warren J. Godwin
J. C
J. H. Smith
J. O Connor
J T. Cork
Green
Harker Collins Resigns to Join Vanette Hosiery in Dallas
Harker Collins leaves Diamond Hosiery Mills after two years as Assistant to the President in Production management to take an executive role with Vanette Hosiery Mill in Dallas Texas. A former 30 year Montgomery Ward veteran and 1945 Naval Academy graduate from Denver will move with his wife Pat to Texas within two weeks.
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Dallas
Harker Collins
Diamond Hosiery Mills
Vanette
Texas
Collins
Diamond
Montgomery Ward
Naval Academy
Denver
Pat
Alston’s Art Work Promotes Regional Historical Drama
Tom Alston, Enterprise staff writer, creates five cartoon panels depicting scenes from the Battle of King’s Mountain and Revolutionary War facts for publicity of The Sword of Gideon. The summer drama in Kings Mountain National Park is sponsored by area theatrical groups. Alston studied art in Nashville and was commissioned by the drama’s publicity director.
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Tom Alston
Enterprise
North Carolina
Alston
King’s Mountain
Sword of
Gideon
Kings Mountain National Park
Kings Mountain
Kings Min
N.C
Security Quotations and Insurance Stocks Mixed Movement
A long list of insurance and financial stocks shows varied activity with multiple percent changes. Notable names include New Britain Machina, American Life Insurance, Union National Bank, Piedmont Aviation, Wachovia Bank, and Life Insurance firms, with prices and yield figures scattered across.
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Natl Life & Acc
Thalhimer Brow
New Britain
Oceidental
Hag Rhe
Trans Gas Pipeline
Alabama Mills
Amer & Efird Com
Ifeniauler Telepiene Reai Fs A
Union Nati Bank
ST Ha Amer Enka
Penn Controls Vic.iesiase
Inso Veengaee
Amerema Supply
Seal
iPermutit. Co
Cesees
Amer Marietta
Csss
Medmont & No Rwy
van Camp Sea Food
Piedmont Aviation
Wachovia Bk & TrCo
Amer Trust
Edna Natl Gas
Western Car Fe Piecias
America
Mfg Co
Atlanta Gas Light
Byram Soundcraft
Auto Finance Com
Robertson
Bank of America
Rose
Ly Bassett Furniture
Security Lite & Tr Co
Bausch & Lomb
Security Natl Bk
Beneficial Corp
Sonoco Products
Tampax
Viseveese SY
Butler's Inc
E.e
Ee Taylor Biscuit
Cannon Mills
Taylor Instrument A
Ivev
JB & Cone
Jefferson Standard
Menace: Co
Keystone Port Cement
al Kingsport Press
Fan Bower
Sevesses
Lenoir Finance
Liberty Life Inc
Life & Casualty Ins
Life Ins Co of Virginia
Natl Life
Lithium Corn of America
MacMillan Co Ee
Tecumech Products
Carolina P& L
Iren, Ala, & Ganwy
Carolina Sales Corp
jTenn Gas Trang
Carolina Tel & Tel
Itexas Eastern Trans
Tel Cosiseeee
Textiles, Inc Com
Chadbourn Hos
Chatham Mfg Co
Cable Dairy
Coop
Colonial Stores
Si — Commercial Nat! Bank
Cone Mills
Contrel
Dan River Millis
Delta Air Lines
Dixie Home Stores
Drexel Furniture Co
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Durez Plastics & Ot
Edison
Thomas A“B
Erwin Millis, Inc
de Farrington Mfg Co
Foremost Dairies
Franklin Life Ins Co
Garfinckel J
Ea Ae
Garfincke
Garlock Packing Co
Gulf Cities Gas
Inter Mountain Tel
Cellucetton
Iowa Southern Utilities
Irving Truss Te Beseeee
Textile Workers Earn 2c Above South's Average
The Winston-Salem High Point area synthetic textile mills paid an average of 1.24 dollars per hour in November 1934, two cents above the Southeast average and two cents below the national rate. Weavers and loom fixers earned higher on average while battery hands were the lowest. The study covered 13 mills with about 6,000 workers, representing 26 area mills and 9,300 employees in total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem High Point
Brunswick A. Bagdon
U. S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Winston-Salem High Point Area
Seventh St
N. E
Atlanta
Polar bears seen swimming far offshore in Arctic waters
A sighting report notes polar bears swimming about 200 miles from land in the Arctic sea, suggesting unusual coastal access or migratory behavior. Local observers record the event and warn boats to monitor the area for safety.
Twentieth Amendment Defines Annual Congress Session
The Constitution’s Twentieth Amendment requires Congress to assemble at least once each year. It establishes the timing for presidential or congressional term transitions and the start of a new session to ensure orderly governance.
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Congress of the
United States
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South Gaia
A. C. Gordon
Commodore Perry
Mary Ann Evans
Mississippi
Arabia
Victoria
Bolivia
Germany
American Statesman
Alaska
Chinese Sea
Samuel Clemens
Great Lake
the Elder
Lex
ISG
iYo
Gesant Art
Ocean
190Th Street
Miami Beach
Fia
Edward RK. Klug
Mississippi River System
Continental Army
Carolinas
Virginia
Tennessee
Col
Patrick Ferguson
Joan Sevier
Rockford Terrace
Ferndale Drive
Rotary
E. Alan Robins
B. C. Fowler
Idol-Green Company, Realtors
Henry A. Foscue
R. B. Gantt
Foscue
Idol Green
Robins
Home Exterminating Co
S. Malin St
W. Commerce ST
the Rhodes Press
South
Tobias
Tommy Smith
al Goodman’s
Charlotte
Smith
Oestricher’s
Salisbury
Adler's
Savannah
C. H. Patterson
Lambeth, Inc
S. Main St
HGH Pony Savings and Trust
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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