Record market boom boosts Southern furniture industry
High Point area manufacturers end the October market with a boom despite fears of the steel strike. The Southern furniture sector solidifies its leadership within 150 miles of High Point as buyers praise the breadth and vitality. Hotels strain to house attendees, and buyers urge fewer markets per year, planning to return for next spring’s market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Marks
High Point Area
High Point
Style Pacer
Paris
North Carolina
Industrial Showcase Slated For Prize Door Draw
A television set will be awarded as a door prize at the Industrial Showcase on Saturday. The Sunday prize is a hi fi. Exhibitors include Snyder Paper Co. Thomas Car Works Anvil Brand Triangle Hosiery Clyde Pearson Inc. Slane Hosiery Myrtle Desk Marietta Paint Marsh Furniture Tomlinson Henley Paper Co Amos Hosiery Fli-Back Erwin Lambeth Adams-Millis Alma Continental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder Paper Co
Thomas Car Works
Anvil Brand
Triangle Hosiery
Clyde Pearson Inc
Slane Hosiery
Myrtle Desk Marietta
Marsh Furniture
Tomlinson
Henley Paper Co
Amos Hosiery
Fli-Back
Erwin- Lambeth Inc
Adams-Millis
Alma Continental
Membership Drive Set By Society
The High Point chapter of the North Carolina Symphony Society begins its annual drive to fund the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra. The tour includes May concerts at William Penn High School and Senior High gym and the High Point College auditorium with Benjamin Swealin directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
North Carolina Symphony Society
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Key Silver
Raalent
William Penn High School
High Point College
Benjamin Swealin
Southern market draws record press coverage and readers
The Southern fall market received unmatched media attention with 89 press representatives from 37 North Carolina and metropolitan newspapers, national magazines, and trade publications. New outlets covering the event included Arizona Daily Star Look Magazine and Vogue while WFMY TV and WRAL TV reported. reporters consumed 550 cups of coffee 220 doughnuts 102 cartoons of milk and 136 sandwiches in the press room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Tom Lyman
Lyman
Arizona Daily Star
Look Magazine
National Newspaper Syndicate
Bride's Magazine
San Antonio Express
Farm Journal
Living
Home Furnishings
Atlanta Constitution
Miami Herald
South
Springfield
Ohio
News
New York Times
Durham Herald
Charlotte News
Eleanor Steber to Sing in High Point Concert
High Point Community Concert Association and High Point College announce Eleanor Steber, famed Metropolitan Opera star, will perform Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium at High Point College. Steber, born in Wheeling, WV, studied at the New England Conservatory and won the Met Opera Auditions of the Air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Community Concert Association
High Point College
Eleanor ‘Steber
Memorial Auditorium
Miss Steber
High Point
Wheeling
W. Va
New England Conservatory
Metropolitan Opera
Met Opera
Metropolitan Opera Company
U. S. Department of State
Steber
Pappas Elected President of North Carolina Quality Restaurants
William J. Pappas of Princess Cafe High Point elected president of the North Carolina Association of Quality Restaurants to fill the late Michael D. Adams term. Burlington’s Paul D. Meletiou named regional vice president. Announcement by Frank P. Byrne cites long involvement. Pappas and Meletiou bring decades of service, with Pappas also leading a furniture industry export firm and multiple civic ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Pappas
Princess Cafe
High Point
N. C. Association of Quality Restaurants
Michael D. Adams
Burlington
Paul D. Meletiou
Pappas
University of Istanbul
Constantinople
Winston- Salem
Turkey
Home Moravian Church
Winston - Salem
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Greek Orthodox Church
Elks Lodge
Lions Club
Dorothy Foltz
Winston-Salem
Meletiou
Greece
Navy
Seabees
Association
Dr Goodson To Conduct Mission At Local Church
Dr Ken Goodson of Winston-Salem will conduct a preaching mission at First Methodist Church here the week of November 15 to 20. Morning services start at 10 and evening at 7 30 with daily talks on varied topics. The Rev A C Waggoner is pastor of the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Goodson
Winston-Salem
First Methodist Church
Good- He
A. C. Waggoner
Rain Scatters Toward October Record in Guilford County
Rainfall in October 1946 in Guilford County reached 9.44 inches, the wettest October since 1892, with year-to-date total 47.83 inches. The piece notes heavy showers affect farm work, delaying crop planting and tobacco marketing, and warns soil erosion may rise as farmers hope drier spells return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gracie
Irene
Hannah
Guilford County
Greensboro
Five Years On Veronica Cox Disappearance Remains Open
Veronica Cox vanished five years ago after leaving a Sheraton Hotel area room on Forrest Avenue. Last seen near a boarding house as she hurried away with only her pocket book, police remain unable to solve the case, notes and family ties in Hamlet persisted with occasional tips proving fruitless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veronica Cox
Forrest Ave
Cox
Sheraton
A. E. Teetor
Forrest Avenue
Hamlet
Lost Bet Antidote For Betting Fever
A column by Forrest Cates recounts a lighthearted tale of a man who bets his brother in law on trading in a car that turns out to be a dealer's payment. It also notes hardwareman Brooks Reitzel helping underground tracks and a blustery retailer's roof woes amid public chatter about local shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks Reitzel
Southern Railroad
Reitzel
New York
Pianist Will Perform At Assembly at High Point College
Stephen Kovacs, a Budapest trained pianist and former leader of the Four Piano Ensemble, will be guest artist at High Point College's morning assembly Wednesday. The concert, praised by critics, will feature his Bach and Beethoven repertoire and arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Kovacs
High Point College
Kovacs
Royal Academy of Music
Budapest
Zoltan Kodaly
Emery de Keeri-Szanto
Austin
Texas
Rachmaninoff
Gabrilowitch
Massachusetts
Russ Widoe
Bicycle Rider Struck By Car Near High Point
A youth delivering newspapers was struck on Baker Road at 3 45 pm and admitted to High Point Memorial Hospital for observation with a mild concussion and possible internal injuries. The car, driven by Marle Graves Higgins, was southbound. the incident remains under investigation with no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Memorial Hospital
Baker Road
Thomas Jesse Stanfield
David Stanfield
Springfield Road
Marle Graves Higgins
Route 1
Jamestown
High Point
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Ing
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Arlene
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Cindy
Debra
Edith
Flora
High Point Enterprise
Numei David Hucks
Safe Teen Drivers Club
High Point Sertoma Club
David Cox
W. C. Johnson
Forrest Cates
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