Snow Lumber to Build New South Plant for Millwork
Snow Lumber Co plans a new plant off South Main Street offering novel millwork facilities in the South. The building nears completion with roofs and walls due next week and installation of machinery will follow after finishing work. The current plant and property have been sold to the city with occupancy rights through year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow Lumber Co
S. Main Street
Snow Lumber
High Point
Southern Furniture Exposition
Duke Power Company
Furniture buyers optimistic amid convention cruise reports
During a Bermuda convention cruise Southern Retail Furniture Assn members voiced cautious optimism about the year ahead despite broader economic worries. They expect solid summer buying but fear delivery delays from manufacturers and uncertainty in auto and steel sectors.
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Southern Retail Furniture Assn
Ao of
Bermuda
Auto
Steel Industries
Soviet Foreign Minister Shepilov to Visit Egypt
A Soviet Embassy spokesman said Soviet Foreign Minister Shepilov will visit Egypt at the Egyptian government invitation. The timing is unspecified but Cairo sources note possible attendance at June 18 events marking final British troop evacuation from the Suez Canal zone.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mitri Shepilov
Middle East
Shepilov
Suez Canal Zone
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Belgrade
Tito
Nasser
Smith named manager of Harris Drug Store
Robert G. Smith is named manager of Harris Drug Store at 1232 Montheu Ave. by owner Bill Harris. He is assisted by C. B. Winfree, druggist. G. Reid Marsh of New York Life Insurance Co. is notified his 1955 sales qualify for membership in the 1956 Million Dollar Round Table, an international life insurance producers group, with this year’s meeting a Bermuda cruise convention.
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Robert G. Smith
Harris Drug Store
Montheu Ave
Bill Harris
C. B. Winfree
G. Reid Marsh
New York Life Insurance Co
Round Table
Bermuda
Police Crack Down On Stray Dogs In City
A May police report shows 131 stray dogs destroyed amid intensified rabies warnings and quarantine rules. The document also lists 37 major offenses, including 19 larcenies and 10 break ins, with $3,122.22 in property stolen and 672 total arrests for various offenses.
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Police Department
Sheriff's Department
Guilford County Health Department
First Annual Banquet For Merchants Set
The first Annual Merchants Association Installation Banquet is planned for 7 p.m. Wednesday June 20 at the Sheraton Hotel ballroom. Vance Kester chairs the banquet with a local committee including J W Gordon M Z Perkinson Earl Leonard and others. Greenwood of the North Carolina Merchants Association will install officers. Sunshine Gene Flack will be the featured speaker noted sales executive with Sunshine Goo Inc Long Island City and a respected industry figure.
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Merchants Association
Sheraton Hotel
Vance Kester
J. W. Gordon
M. Z. Perkinson
Earl Leonard
Ruth Mce-Bride
A. E. Williams
T. E. Stubbs
A. L. Aronson
Arthur Corpening
C. W. Patterson
Thompson Greenwood
North Carolina Merchants Association
Raleigh
Sunshine Gene" Flack
Flack
Sunshine Goo Inc
Long Island City
Ike's Illness Triggers Big Stock Market Drop
Ike's illness sent the market into its largest one day fall since October as the nations economy showed strength with 65 million jobs, rising wages and strong retail trade. Commerce predicts business spending to reach a record 36 billion in the third quarter, up two billion from April-May-June.
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Walter Breede JR
New York
Eisenhower
Commerce Department
First National City Bank of New York
Mayor Compromises With South African Schoolboy Collector
Oklahoma City Mayor Allen Street agrees to a private compromise with a Claremont South Africa schoolboy who collects foreign currency. The exchange began after Derek Wilson sought information about Oklahoma City and an American $10 bill for his collection. Street, paid $83 monthly, says he also enjoys collecting money and may send a $5 token, but this is not official policy. Street is a part time mayor and funeral home co-owner.
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Oklahoma City
Allen Street
Claremont
South Africa
Derek Wilson
Street
Chicago Furniture Market Hotels See Near Full Booking
Chicago reports indicate downtown hotels and exhibition spaces are nearly booked for the summer furniture market. The Sheraton Blackstone and Drake are solid, while Hilton and Palmer House show limited availability June 21 to 25. Congress Hotel booked June 16 to 22, with some rooms second week. Bismarck has limited space after Tuesday of week two. Five hotels will host about 50 manufacturers, with displays at Drake and Congress.
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Chicago
Conrad Hilton
Palmer House
Hilton
Congress
Sheraton-Blackstone Sheraton
Drake
Sheraton Hotel
Crocodile Hunting Becomes Local Civic Duty Adventure
An oldstyle feature extols crocodile hunting as a risky sport and civic duty for natives who daily dodge them. It ends with a plug for an Automatic TISSOT Watch as a Father’s Day gift.
Think Break Proposed to Boost Work Focus
Los Angeles reports an associate professor at UC California Harrison Gough proposes a think break to accompany the coffee pause. The idea allows workers time to think without interruption and return to tasks with clearer focus. Separately, archaeologists note 6000 year old Egyptian tombs containing well preserved wood models and figurines.
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Los Angeles
University of California
Harrison Gough
Gough
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Credit Adjustment Bureau
Greensboro
Associated Credit Bureaus of America
American Collectors Assn
National Dumaresq Assn
Dumaresq
Lions In
Toastmasters
Chamber of Commerce
Ron W. Cocking
Drexel Furniture, Inc
Drexel
Cocking
The
Enterprise
Florence
S. C
Fred M. Yoder
Swift & Co
Yoder’s
Wrenn St
Davis Feed & Seed Store
Yoder
Wrenn Street
Imperial Life Insurance Co
Virginia
J. K. Cole
J. W. Hayes
W. L. Hoover
J. C. Boyes
L. H. Kennedy
Thomasville
F. E. Cockman
Carl Lanier
R. L. Ragsdale
H. C. Palmer
Asheboro
W. K. Sexton
Troy
D. M. Talbert
H. E. Spurrier
J. W. Boyes
R. H. Clayton
Lexington
John Thomas
Burroughs Adding Machine Co
Atlanta
Courts & Co
John A. Fitzgerald
Patricia Ann Harvey
John D. Harvey
Capital Air Line
Washington, D. C
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Weaver Airline Personnel School
Kansas City
Europe
Patricia Anne Cowden
Idlewild
Queens
N. Y
London
Pat
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Spain
France
Belgium
Germany
Lenoir Finance
Liberty Life Ins
Life & Casualty
Aerotron
Life 2 Por Inc
Amer Reontat
Lone Star
MacMillan
Amer
Marietta
Maryland Casualty
Amer Trust
Maxson Corp
McLean Industries
Tia Anvil
McLean Trucking Co
Anvil Grand
Milner
Gas Atlantic
Miss Eee
Atlas Sewing Centers
Moore Issipph Shipping
Morganton
Bank of Merica
Natl Food Red Co
E. A Furniture
Natl Life & Accid Ins
North American Life
Bi, Ia
Enefic
North Caroline
e-Bell
K Panther
Ohio State Life
Oswego Falls Corp
Etenr
Butler's
Peninsular
Gaanes Mills
Pennuit Co
Carolina Casuait
Piedmont
North Bay
Na Sales Corp
Piedmont Aviation
Carolina Tel Olesale Fierst Ik
Potash Co of America
Swee Co
Colonial
Rawleigh
Rose
Southern Plastics Engr
Eeepzeere
Gulf
Juardian
General & Electric
Thomasville Road
Finch Field
National Distribution Council
U. S Department of Commerce
Committee On Advertising
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Advisory Council of
U. S. Treasury
Board of Junior Achievement
Cigar Institute
Ike
Norwalk
Toxana
Lester
Jewelers
Bogota
Colombia
Dad
Lester's Jewelers
Washington
Miss Lyle Elizabeth
Betty) Hamner
Green Street Baptist Church
T.V
P.O
Martinsville
J. N. Rawleigh CO
Elm St
High Point Savings and Trust In
Federal Deposit Insurange Corporation
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