Mehan Builds Career From Humble Start To City Leader
Describes Mehan rising from a grim dormancy at Union Bag and Paper in Hudson Falls to industrial engineering roles, then at Anvil Brand in High Point, becoming plant supervisor and executive. He later founded Mr. Apparel in Greensboro, applying time and motion study to gain efficiency. He entered politics as a Republican councilman in 1961 and won the mayoral election, boosting pro business reforms, supported by his wife Myrtle and daughter Lettie Heer.
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Hudson Falls
N. Y
Mehan
Savannah
Greensboro
Anvil Brand, Inc
High Point
Mr. Apparel
Mangum Street
Northern
Myrtle Mahony
Elms Ford
Plattsburg
Lettie Heer
Richard Nixon
Nixon
GOP
Carson Stout
Southern Garment Manufacturers Ass
Society For the Advancement of Management
Army Quartermaster
N. C. Federation Music Clubs
Guilford County
Republican Party
A Mother's Love Praised By Beulah Pogre
Reverent letter extols a mother's unselfish love and sacrifice. Beulah Pogre signs at 310 S Hamilton St, praising enduring care, forgiveness, and self denial that sustain family life across years.
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Beulah Pogre
S. Hamilton St
Garden fence enclosure for sidewalk superintendents in San Francisco redevelop
In San Francisco the Golden Gateway redevelopment project creates a garden like fenced shelter for sidewalk superintendents. The movable enclosure with a roof carries a daily calendar and a clock as teams advance block by block on the $70 million project in the old produce district.
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San Francisco
Golden Gateway
Nichols to star in Saint Joan at Vancouver Festival
Mike Nichols famed night club and TV entertainer will play the French Dauphin in Shaw’s Saint Joan at the 1963 Vancouver International Festival. Susan Kohner takes the title role. Nichols also appears in The Importance of Being Earnest. The festival includes two Shakespearean operas Macbeth and The Merry Wives of Windsor and a revival of a Broadway operetta.
Denture Recovered From Train Washbow Drain
Miami News writer Charles Hesser dropped a denture in his washbow drain aboard a train from Washington. Porters found a trap to catch items such as rings watches and teeth and retrieved the denture after a brief struggle. The porter quipped about cleaning and breakfast time.
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Miami (Ap
Charles Hesser
Miami News
Washington
Hesser
What’s Fair Pay for Legislating in North Carolina
North Carolina lawmakers face questions over pay as the 1963 session weighs salaries. Members report financial loss from serving, with daily pay $15 and presiding officers $20 plus subsistence and travel, while time off-session adds 18 months without compensation. Some call for a fixed annual salary plus expenses, but constitutional limits block quick changes.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Nick Galifianakis
Durham
Duke University
Galifianakis
Hugh Johnson
Duplin
Johnson
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Maxum M. Bingham
Thomasville
N. C
Gazette
Venice
Encyclopaedia Britannica
By Bryan Haislip
A. P. Godwin
Gates
Brand
All First Quality
S & Boys
Richardson’s
North State
Central Exchange
Randleman
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