Building Boom Near All-Time Peak in Greater High Point Area
Enterprise reports a 1955 building surge in High Point and Greater High Point based on real estate and construction surveys. Growth centers on new homes under 10000 dollars, a Homewood subdivision by Curtis Smithdeal, and rising do it yourself home improvements. Mortgage lenders anticipate 15 to 25 percent spring gains, while land costs rise in northeast and northwest High Point prompting expansion into nearby Thomasville.
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High Point
Bill Hackney
A. R. Strange
Strange
Curtis Smithdeal, Inc
Homewood
Thomasville
Wallcliff Park
Fred Young
Liberty Heights
Liberty Drive School
M. C. Hamrick
Robert L. Russell
Kern St
Cox Ave
Lake, Brewer and
Griffith Sts
Hamrick
Sunday Enterprise Builders
Working For Plywood For Best Results
NEA service notes plywood work differs from lumber as grain runs in two directions. Use sharp tools and steady technique to avoid splintering. cut slowly with minimal pressure and support large panels. Finish joints with nails or screws, glue for strongest hold, and use waterproof glue for exterior exposure.
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NEA
General Motors opens automatic bumper plating plant
Detroit facility at Chevrolet Division claims world’s first fully automatic bumper plating line. Three production lines run nearly a mile total length, covering three football fields, with output of four acres of plated surface in 16 hours. Bumpers pass through the line in about two and a half hours.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chevrolet
TB Secretaries Discuss Seal Sale Policies At NC Meeting
SOUTHERN PINES delegates from the North Carolina Conference of Tuberculosis Secretaries concluded a three day meeting addressing Christmas seal sale policies. Speakers included Mrs. Louella Gunn of Raleigh and Moline who discussed seal sales. Robert Weymuller of New York City urged a focus on prevention noting TB incidence remains high despite better care and new antibiotics.
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Southern Pines
North Carolina Conference of Tuberculosis Secretaries
Louella Gunn
Raleigh
Moline
State Association
Robert Weymuller
New York City
National Conference of
TB Workers
Bunk Bed Plans For Growing Boys
A practical guide from the National Lumber Manufacturers Association shows how to build durable bunk beds that convert to twin beds. The instructions cover posts, headboards, footboards, dowels, rails, ladders, and assembly steps using common hand tools.
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Fix
NEA
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Aoe
Land Giv en to God fuels Sardinia church drive
The Sardinia Presbyterian church annual In Gathering auction raises 4223 dollars plus 1000 in cash gifts from Lord's Acre produce. Farmers donate poultry eggs hogs cattle hay cotton with baked goods and needlework sold or auctioned. the funds finish a new brick church.
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Sardinia
Presbyterian Church
National Society Estimates Blind Care Costs at 150 Million
The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness estimates Americans spend about 150 million dollars yearly on care for the blind.
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The
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
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Centennial Avenue
Lexington
Sunday Enterprise
N. L. Smith
DIAL
Montlieult
Lord's
Eee
Overiog O
Saunders Furniture CO
Washington
Diffendal
Floor Coverings, Inc
N. Main ST
Hedgecock Lumber CO
Ward ST
North State
Randleman
Redwine
North Main
Clearview
Ferree
Emerywood Court
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