Chamber Leaders of 1969 High Point Chamber Named
Today the 1969 High Point Chamber of Commerce officers and directors are listed in rows with George A. Covington as executive vice president and Leo I. Heer as president. Absent from the photo are Amos R. Kearns and others.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
Front Row
George A. Covington
Howard R. Pancoast
Leo I. Heer
George E. Freeman
Phillip R. Dixon
W. Rt. Henderson
L. B. Haizlip
E. C. Cridlebaugh Jr
Jack H. Rochelle
Frank H. Wood
James 8. Hunt
Calvin T. Rice
Chamber
Charles M. Mendenhall
Wade H. McInnis
Stacy L. Johnson
R. T. Amos Jr
Herman H. Smith
Carson C. Stout
Charles F. Stadermann
David R. Parker Jr
A. B. Croom
T. Lynwood Smith
George M. Marsh
A. Gilbert Marsh
Harold R. Cheek
Dean A. Rich
Joe Brown
Amos R. Kearns
Herman Bernard
Ed Hardin
Robert D. Davis
Dave Neill
Dale Montgomery
Fred Councill
Committees Power Behind Chamber of Commerce
About 300 members serve on Chamber committees this year, totaling nearly 13 000 man hours of work by year end. Calvin T. Rice, assistant manager, calls committees the lifeblood and notes 27 committees span local and state legislation, economic development, beautification, and city development. He says accomplishments arise from collective effort of many volunteers, not a single person. Rice is Furman University graduate, living with wife and two children on Edgedale Drive.
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Chamber of Commerce
Calvin T. Rice
Chamber
Rice
Furman University
Edgedale Drive
Chamber Executive Covington Shaped High Point Chamber
George Covington, executive vice president of the High Point Chamber of Commerce, embodies the walking encyclopedia of the city. A Jamestown native and former full time mayor, he led membership growth to over 1,200 firms in a decade, championing diversification and community impact while noting his unique early life as Guilford County’s smallest baby. He studied at UNC Chapel Hill before leaving for work in lean years.
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Chamber of Commerce
George Covington
High Point
Jamestown
The
Chamber
Covington
Guilford County
Jamestown High
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
Chamber of Commerce Aids Inquiries From Schools
The Chamber of Commerce in High Point handles a high volume of inquiries from school children and others seeking information about cities and markets. Telephones ring constantly, staff of four secretaries fields 37 to 100 calls daily, and before furniture markets desks are arranged at the Exposition Building to speed buyer placement. About 1,500 annual requests come from schoolchildren, with many others seeking statistical data and attraction information. The staff includes Miss Mary Steward, Mrs. S. B. Venable, Miss Mary Michell, and Mrs. Albert Simmons.
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S. D. Venable
Mary Mitchell
Mary Stuart
Albert F. Simmons
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Cormmerce
George Covington
Exposition Building
Covington
Mary Steward
S. B. Venable
Mary Michell
Albert Simmons
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J. J. Farris
Elwood Hotel
C. F. Tomlinson
Plato Durham
Gov. R. B. Glenn
John Charles McNeill
Mr. Richards
Southern Railroad
Mr. Farris
Ernest Snow
W. C. Jones
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Jamestown School
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