Elliott Wood Honored as High Point Furniture Pioneer
Elliott Sherrill Wood founder of Heritage Furniture Co. earns tribute for leading a major High Point furniture group. The story details his rise from local roots to a national manufacturing presence, his roles at Heritage Morganton and Drexel Enterprises, and his community service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott Wood
Heritage Furniture Co
Elliott Sherrill Wood
High Point
University of North Carolina
Heritage
Wood
Founders Furniture Co
Pleasant Garden
Heritage Company
W. Broad Street
English Street
U. S. Army
Navy
Mocksville
South
Morganton
Drexel Furniture Co
Mr. Wood
Drexel Enterprises
Morganton Furniture Co
Drexel Enterprises Inc
Fidelity
Motorola
Southern Desk Co
Hickory
Rhett Ball
Drexel
Chattanooga
Tenn
Jane Lee Wood
Salem Academy
Winston - Salem
George T. Wood and Sons
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Emerywood Country Club
Sedgefield Country Club
Southern Furniture Manufacturing Assn
High Point Ymca
Associated Industries
N. C. Citizens Assn
The
United Fund
Gov. Hodges
Sherrill
Methodist Church
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Stewards
Elliott S. Wood
Bonanza of Talent at Senior High Auditorium
Senior High hosts an 8:00 p m Friday or Saturday night talent show titled Bonanza of Talent led by MC Mike Harwood. The 17 acts include the Toasters Hillbilly Sextet Pam Masline Mark Le Vine Tom Dooley on banjo and Jay Burton in a Dave Gardner style routine. Junior Classical League members attend Chapel Hill convention. Civinettes earn February Club of the Month after a Valentine Tea and eraser cleaning drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senior High
Hossy
Little Joe
Mike Harwood
Pam Masline
Mark le Vine
Tom Dooley
Jay Burton
Dave Gardner
Chapel Hill
JCL
Thomasville Senior High Wins Praise For 1961-62 Sports
Winding up the 1961-62 athletic program Thomasville Senior High celebrates strong football and girls basketball records with wrestlers, while spring sports like track baseball tennis and golf begin. Pris Rutherford Jean Hen ley Doris Cox and Emily Werner named All-Tournament. PTA closes year with a fashion show and faculty-student basketball fundraiser supports the student paper. Growler Staff talent show features singing dancing a Dixie band and a Dramatics Class skit with teacher imitations.
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Thomasville Senior High
Senior High
Pris Rutherford
Jean Henley
Doris Cox
Emily Werner
PTA
Miss Buie
Senior High Boasts Achievements and Events This Week
Price Marsh is Civinette president and Miss Mary Clement is teacher sponsor. Henry Malone and Mike Waggoner won first in senior biological and physical divisions at the local Science Fair on March 9. Optimist Club winners were Trip Sizemore first, Brantley Kearns second, Frank Fairchild third, and Mike Yates fourth. Shirley McGuire is March Sub-Junior and leads Future Business Leaders of America, Beta Club, and Girls Athletic Association. Friday and Saturday HPHS hosted the state wrestling meet. A highway safety program is set for Wednesday at 2 30. Johnny Boyd, Indianapolis 500 veteran, will speak at a student assembly.
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Wood
Nellie Dundas
Henry Grady Owens
High Point High School
Louis Stuckey
Anna Bernard Benson
Sam Bryant
High Point
Paper Boy
Cecil Prince
Fred Tate
John S. Welborn
Howard Saunders
Ralph Parker
Parker
Henry Malone
Mike Waggoner
Trip Sizemore
Brantley Kearns
Frank Fairchild
Mike Yates
March
Shirley McGuire
Pres
Hphs Grapplers
Johnny Boyd
Dentist Admits Whistles For Uncooperative Parents
A Tucson doctor admitted that he keeps lollipops and whistles for children and that the whistles go to the children of parents deemed uncooperative.
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Tucson
Ariz
TV Week Brightens Winter with Variety and Crime Docu
CBS and NBC schedule a mix of sports and entertainment across the week. Highlights include the world amateur ice hockey championship live from Colorado Springs, Marian Miller espionage drama on GE Theater, Cops and Robbers documentary narrated by Edward G. Robinson, and star studded Hollywood Melody. Also on tap are Two Black Kings, Bullwinkle, Dennis the Menace, Disney World of Color, Ed Sullivan Show, Sunday Theatre with Ronald Reagan, Bonanza and Jack Benny clarifications plus Candid Camera and Movie Hour.
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New York
Hollywood
U. S
Colorado Springs
CBS
GE Theater
Marian Miller
FBI
NBC
America
Edward G. Robinson
Arthur Freed
Donald O'Connor
Shirley Jones
Nanette Fabray
Juliet Prowse
Eva Gabor
James Broderick
Bob Hope
Ethel Merman
Maximilian Schell
Piper Laurie
Fabian
Lassie
Timmy
Jon Provost
Bullwinkle
Boris Badenov
Jim Moransky
Dennis the Menace
Boswell
Mr. Quigley
Pauper
ED Sullivan
Richard Goulet
Dick Haymes
Fran Jeffries
The
Dukes of Dixieland
Gary Bonds
Ronald Reagan
Jeanne Crain
Albert Abrahma Michelson
Albert
Ben Cartwright
Naval Academy
Ben
Jack Benny
Sharn Lewis
Benny
Las Vegas
Also Mentioned on This Page
High Point Enterprise
Vera Idol
North Carolina
Woods
England
Virginia
Maryland
William Wood
Randolph County
Hillsboro
Marquis Lafayette Wood
China
Trinity College
Duke University
Durham
Sherrills
Scotland
Ireland
New Jersey
Catherine Sherrill
John Sevier
Tennessee
Adam Sherrill
Catawba River
George T. Wood
Bessie Sherrill Wood
Catawba County
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
Elliott
George T. Wood Jr
Carl S. Wood
Frank H. Wood
E. R. Lyon
Laurinburg
N. C
Elliott Woods
Peggy
George H., Wilkins
Annapolis
Wilkins
Elliott S. Wood Jr
Chuck
NOTC
Newport
R. I
Penn
William Penniel Wood
McCallie
Business Foundation of
High Point College
Wendell Patton
Patton
Tion Building
Elliott S. Wood Manufacturer
Interclub Council
Thomasville
High Corner
Growler
Jimmy Hooker
Peggy Harris
Seventeens
Carole Maxey
Mickey Daly
Frances Pierson
Pam Mendenhall
Jane
Miss Neece
Brenda Crawford
Miss Allmond
Carol Byler
Miss Johnson
Charles McDowell
Miller
Vivien Smith
Burrus
Judy Beck
Murphy
Jeanette Lambeth
May
Stronach
Bill Toffman
Hudgin
Prince and the Pauper
Twain
Guy ‘Zorro’ Williams
Project 20
John Dillinger
Wsoctv
Price Marsh
Civinette
Mary Clement
Future Business Leaders of America
Girls’ Athletic Association
Cynthia Lowry
Gregory Peck
Burma
Wfmy-Tv
Buccaneers
Twentieth Century Meet
Walt Disney Walt Disney
Dennis
Walt Disney
Guiding Light
History History
Science
Harvey Dinkins
Today
Susie Susie
Jan Murray
Loretta Young
Wsjs-Tv
News Rescue
Sacred Heart
RFD Piedmont
College of Air Ae
College of Air
WSLL
Gene Autry
Jess Ney
Roanoke
WBTV
Butler
Hopkins
Rangers
Florida Boys
Harvesters
Alvin
Charlotte
20Th Century
WSOC
Christophers
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