Thomasville Furniture profits dip despite rising sales
Thomasville Furniture Industries reports six month net sales of 32.8 million dollars up 8.1 percent from 1945 but net income falls to 2.37 million, an 11.6 percent drop. President Tom A. Finch cites high material costs, wage increases, and startup costs for Fayette Mississippi operations as key factors, while backlog and orders remain strong.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc
Tom A.’ Finch
Earnines
Finch
Fayette
Miss
Brach Family Estate Worth 8.87 Million Revealed
Edwin J. Brach chairman of E. J. Brach & Sons Co. left an estate valued at 8.868 million dollars, according to an inheritance tax return filed in Circuit Court. The figure underscores a major Chicago business legacy and impacts tax records for the family firm.
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Chicago
Edwin J. Brach
E. J. Brach & Sons Co
New Fire Station Dedication in High Point
Mayor Carson Stout cut the ribbon dedicating High Point Fire Department Station Six on Springfield Road built in 1985. Chief Claude Canady and Assistant Chief Talmadge Ellington welcomed attendees as architect Leon Lehute presented a building photo to City Councilman Walter Huber. City Manager Harold Cheek praised the station, noting it will greatly extend southern High Point fire protection and called it badly needed.
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Carson Stout
High Point
Springfield Road
Claude Canady
Talmadge Ellington
Leon Lehute
Walter C. Hu
Cheek
Euington
Hill Re-Elected Vice President of Inspectors
Gastonia Freeman Hill, assistant chief building inspector at High Point, was re-elected vice president of the North Carolina Building Inspectors Association at its 10th anniversary meeting held June 19 to 22. Also re-elected were John Parham of Durham as president and Kern E. Church of the North Carolina Insurance Department as secretary. The program covered code standards, the new state building code format, residential building code changes, and the role of building inspection in urban redevelopment programs.
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Gastonia
Freeman Hill
High Point
North Carolina
Hill
John Parham
Durham
Kern E. Church
North Carolina Insurance Department
FAA Grants 30 Day Extension at Friendship Airport
Greensboro High Point Winston Salem Airport Authority held a meeting to seek FAA approval to move Friendly Road away from the runway end and to explore options including tunneling or re aligning with Dairy Road. The FAA granted a 30 day extension while agency will not fund further airport improvements unless the road is relocated 500 feet east.
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Friendship
Greensboro
Winston . Salem
FAA
Cone
Hans Sperber
Charlotte
Lindsay Cox
Guilford County
Gallimore
U. S.421
Lexington Post Office Bids Sought for New Facility
The Post Office Department seeks competitive bids for a new Lexington post office to be built on the corner of North State and West Second streets on the old junior high site. The South Main Street site will be leased to Davidson County, with use expected by late 1967. The winning bidder will purchase, construct, and lease the building to the department for 20 years with options to renew up to 30 years. land stays on local tax rolls, department investment limited mainly to postal equipment.
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Lexington
Post Office Department
North State
West
Second ‘Streets
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