Belk-Beck store to get new face on Main Street
Belk-Beck owners plan a mid-summer modernization of the 100 block of N Main with porcelainized green front, removed overhang signs, and a flat front sign. Wrern Street side will be updated as Roy Graham and Son handle the $15000 project for J Welch Harriss and Stanton heirs. Safety conference in Winston-Salem opens with industrial leaders attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Belk-Beck Store
N. Main
Wrern Street
Roy Graham and Son
J. Welch Harriss
D. A. Stanton
Belk-Beck
Glenn Ward
Wrenn Street
Winston-Salem
J. W. Bean
North Carolna
Realty Meetings Set for National Association in Chicago
Three local realtors lead roles at the National Association of Real Estate Boards spring meetings in Chicago. Ed Mendenhall attends executive committee May 9, Alton Stanford joins board of directors May 10, and Jack Green participates in Washington Committee May 7. Programs run May 7 to 10 with sessions and panel programs. Duke Power names Taylorsville manager Jack G. McCachern and shifts others. Kelly Sullivan joins industrial development from Anderson. Liberty Life and State Capital Life note promotions and conference attendance. Catawba Powerland booklet issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Chicago
Ed Mendenhall
Mendenhall- Moore
Alton Stanford
Smithdeal Realtors
Board of Directors
Jack Green
Idol-Green
Realtors
Washington
Duke
Duke Power
Jack G. McCachern
Taylorsville
Henry W. Anderson
Leaksville
T. M. Patrick Jr
Charlotte District
Kelly W. Sullivan
Anderson, S. C
Industrial Development Department
Anderson
Catawba River
James
Hickory
Rhodhiss
Lookout
Mountain Island
Catawba
Fishing Creek
Waters
Confusion Over Farm Income Figures in Agriculture
An AP analysis explains how farm income is measured differently for operators and the farm population. It notes the net income of operators was about 11 billion dollars last year while total farm population spending reached around 45 billion, driven by nonfarm earnings and off farm wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
U. S
Retail Sales Rise to New High Across Key Sectors
Free spending consumers buoyed retail trade with estimates of gifts for mom pushing toward a billion dollars by May 8. Auto sales surged in mid April with 206 500 U S made passenger cars sold, while appliance demand sagged prompting layoffs at GE Maytag and Westinghouse. Record first quarter profits reported by GM Ford and others, with living costs increasing as CPI edges up one tenth of a percent to 125 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Electric Co
Maytag Co
Westinghouse Electric Co
General Motors
Cadillac
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
American Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker-Packard
New York Stock Exchange
United States Steel Corp
National Steel Corp
Inland Steel Co
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Labor Department
Securities Quotations Guide From NASD Data
Unofficial bid and asked prices compiled April 29 1960 from NASD and other sources indicate approximate ranges for securities. Quotation origins available on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Air Force ROTC alums reunite as crew mates at Lockbourne
Five years after serving on the ROTC staff at Hobart College in Geneva New York Keith now a captain radar navigator on a B4 jet bomber crew and Shelton a lieutenant bomber co pilot met again at Lockbourne Air Force Base and are now work partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Air Force Tech
Robert S. Keith
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Hobart College
Geneva
N. Y
Clarence A. Shelton
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Keith
Shelton
Safeguard Your Papers From Spring Cleaning Peril
In spring cleaning households uncover vital documents stored in attics and boxes. The piece urges pledges to refile crucial records such as birth certificates deeds mortgages and naturalization papers to avoid loss and tedious red tape when replacements may be needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neighborhood Investment Club
First evidence of language dates to 4000 B.C.
The article notes language records begin around 4000 B.C. and suggests spoken language likely predated written records. It claims only five languages are as old as 1850 B.C., implying a narrow set of ancient tongues with long histories.
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Joe Brown
Ralston Welch
Fletcher Welch
High Point
Florida
State Capital Life Insurance Co
John F. Prevo
Thomasville
G. L. Cochoran
C. E. Rollins
Liberty Life Insurance Co
New Orleans
Our Bank
Trust Services
North Main
S. Main
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Southern Railway
Harry Kanter
Ace Mvave Adams Engineering
Aerotron
Bank ‘American & Elirdee Oa
American Fidelity
Herita Seeeee
Marietta
Arnold Stone
Alianta Gas Light
Bassett
Ceabhse Ee
Bayless
Smenes Petro
Black Panther Jabeas
Blue Bell, Inc
Bowater Pot
Carolina Natural Gas
Carolina P&l
Carolina Tel
Central
Adventral
Century Food Market
Cerlist
Diesel Sear
Natham Mieco
Coastal Plain Life
Colonial
Colonial Stores Combe Colonial
Commonwealth Life
Cone Mills
Copeland
Coral Ridge Prep
Ole Crown
D. Lite
Delhia Taylor Sence
Donnelly, RR. & Sons
Crackett Company
Drexel Furniture
Duffy Matteee
Eastern Util
Garfinckel J. Com
Portland Cement
Griggs
Guaranty Savings
Gulf Cities Gas Weenee
Gulf Life Insurance
Hamilton Feeee Lanes
PH. Anite
Holiday Inns Home Finance Group
Ota Home Insurance Co
Houston Corp Ioll Houston
Interstate Life & Accident Ue
Syn
Canada
Atving Trust Co
Avey, J.B. & Co Eucess
Jackson
Jefferson Lake Petro
Jefferson Ltd. Life
Kaiser Stee
Seer
Tia Aerchum & Company
Lau Blowersheer
Lenoir Finance
Levingstone Shipbidg
Te Life & Casualty Mw
Life Companies Inc
Life Ins
Booth
Bill Lilly & Co
Ely
Lone Star Steel
MacMillan Company Oe
Maryland Casualty
Maxson, W. L. Corp
McLean Industries
Thee
Miles Laboratories
Inceee
Ll Moore Handley
National Food
Nationwide
National Life & Accident
New Hampshire
N.C. Naturs Gas
Peninsular Life
Penn Fruit Co
Scott Mattson
Scripto, Inc
Security Life & Trust
MY Security National Bank Sonoco Products
Soroban Engineering
Southern Heritage Breer
Southern Nitrogen
Mate Capital Life
Tate Loan & Fin
Stevens Mkts
Swerling Inv
Stevens
Tampax
Ile
Texas Eastern
Cextiles, Inc
Lake
Tidewater
Sie Time, Inc
Chemical Milling
Wachovia Bank & Trust
Walker, BB. Shoe Am
Walter, Jim
Watson Brothers Transeuee
Ms Western Carolina Tel
West Point Mfg
Wise Homes
Il Zonolite Co
Investment Services
Charles Diffendal
Mr. Diffendal
Carofine Securities
Midwest Stock Exchange Insurance
Raleigh
Lh Pt. Oe
Donald I
Rogers Herald Tribune News Service
Clara
bin Eo
Meinhard & Company, Inc
Fourth Ave
E. O. Lane
Jefferson
Greenboro
Jackson's Minit
Textile Insurance Co
Piedmont Natural Gas
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
American Marietta
Security National Bank
Scott Mattson Farms
J. BR. Ivey& Co
State Capital Life Vo “Soroban Engineering
J. Sturgis May & CO
Investment Securities
N. Car
R. Delbert Kirkman
Ralph C, Davis
George D. Davis
C.L.A
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