Jeff Pierce of High Point A Local Drug Store Pioneer
Edward V. Mitchell profiles Jeff Pierce a High Point native who built a successful drugstore business after years at Mann's Drug Store. A standout athlete at High Point College he later opened his own shop in 1945 becoming a city institution while avoiding political endorsements.
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Boyd J. Pierce
Jeff Pierce
Washington
Jeff Streets
Mann's Drug Store
High Point
Jeff
Local Firm Plans 500000 Expansion At Carolina Container
A North Carolina company will add 27 000 square feet to its existing 90 000 square foot facility. The expansion will mainly be storage and receiving space for raw materials for corrugated shipping packaging. The freed area will house new equipment to boost production. The site sits along the H P T and D railroad main line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina Container Company
H. P. T. and
D. Railroad
Volume Boost Expands Carolina Container Plant in High Point
Carolina Container on Prospect Road launches a 500000 expansion adding brick and steel building 270 feet long and new machinery, doubling production capacity. Completion expected by Q2 next year. space gains allow old area to house more equipment. Employment rises from about 25 to 100 125 workers.
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High Point
Carolina Container Company
Prospect Road
C. T. Ingram, Sr
Carolna Container
Razing of Wrenn Home Recalls a Noble Past
High Point moves to clear the M. J. Wrenn home at Broad and College streets dating to 1914. The site has housed three structures with fires and war shaping their fate, starting with an 1857 Methodist Episcopal school burned during the Civil War.
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Wrenn
High Point
M. J. Wrenn
Broad
College Streets
Yesteryear
Frank Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Stephen Clark
Methodist Church In
North Carolina
The
Methodist Episcopal Conference and Seminary
Guild Resumes Social Work In High Point Hospitals
The Women's Hospital Guild of High Point appoints Mrs. Homer H. Leonard as hospital social worker. She began duties last week at the Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial hospital and plans to extend services to Washington street patients this week. The nurse previously known as Mary Lee Millsaps is a registered nurse by training.
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Women's Hospital Guild of
High Point
Homer H. Leonard
Leonard
Mary Lee
Radio Council Presents Itself to High Point
The Radio Council of High Point schedules a public meeting Monday November 29 at St Marys Episcopal parish house. Nick Lawrence Frank Lambeth and Tom Evans will attend with Evans moderating the session. The council serves civic groups and operates on a free service basis with support from the Junior Service League.
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Radio Council of
High Point
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Radio Council
P T. A
Council
Music Mirror
Junior Service League
Burnt wheat fertilizer boosts giant radishes on Burton street
A. G. Burton of 327 Burton Street claims burnt wheat from a 1947 High Point fire, used as fertilizer, produced oversized radishes up to 16 inches long and five and a half pounds. He says the method requires simply spreading crushed burnt wheat and waiting for harvest.
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Burton Street
A. G. Burton
Enterprise Office
Burton
Capel
Herb
Gardner Burton
Wes
High Point Way
Davis Milling Company
Mr. Burton
Wesley Choir Elects New Officers At Church Staged
The Wesley Memorial Methodist chancel choir elects officers led by director Mildred Crowder. New president M. E. Cox secretary Mrs. William B. Lee social chairman Elizabeth Hedrick librarian James H. Eagle. Group leaders include Wayll Linthicum sopranos Dot Lee altos and others.
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Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Mildred Crowder
M. E. Cox
William B. Lee
Elizabeth Hedrick
James H. Eagle
Wayll and
Linthicum
Dot Lee
Paul Hardin, Jr
Edith M. Sherrod
Mary Whitely
Virginia Hedrick
Wayland Linthicum
Jane Ferree
Jack Nance
Altos
Pearl Williamson
Grace Harrison
Mary
Industry Reports Company Music Cells Boost Morale
High Point plants install in plant record players with 600 record library at Amos Hosiery Mill. D. C. Johnson, assistant superintendent, curates intervals of music via 30 loudspeakers for about 306 workers. Music times before lunch and before quitting aim to lift mood, with requests deemed impractical.
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Fred Flagler, JR
Enterprise
High Point
Amos
D. C. Johnson
Johnson
High Point Prepares for Thanksgiving Holiday Closings
High Point area observances include city schools closing Wednesday afternoon through Monday, November 29, giving students two days off. County shops stay open for Thanksgiving while retail shops close Thursday and reopen Friday. High Point College plans a turkey dinner for dorm residents with no special program. Industry shows varied closings with some wood working and hosiery firms closing Friday while most take Thursday off.
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High Point
High Point College
Guilford County to tackle gas line and county planning issues
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners meets in a long special session at the Courthouse to consider a proposed natural gas line extension to serve the county, a county wide planning and zoning agency, a boundary recommendation from a four man committee, and the consolidation of three health departments. Local leaders from High Point and Greensboro back the planning body to regulate rural development, especially along the High Point Greensboro Road. The gas line opening issue leads the agenda with public input invited Monday morning, followed by the planning agency request at 10:00 a.m. and later the four man committee report.
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Paige Holder Enterprise
Greensboro
County Board of Countyommissioners
High Point
Guilford County
Tategrowth
Guilford
Randolph
High Point-Greensboro Road
TB Seal Sale Opens Monday in High Point Area
The 1948 Christmas seal sale begins Monday with seal deliveries by mail to High Point and nearby communities. The local effort supports TB control work through the High Point tuberculosis association, with 89 percent staying locally and 6 percent sent to the NC association and 5 percent to the national group. Charles Mendenhall notes the fight against tuberculosis remains vital and that most TB deaths occur among ages 15 to 44.
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Point
High Point
Hgh Point
National Tuberculosis Association
High Point Tuberculosis Association
United States
Charles Mendenhall
America
Menden
Mendenhall
Hatchet Man terror grips Omaha in 1928 spree
A report recalls the Omaha axe killer known as the Hatchet Man who killed two and wounded others within three days, described by a survivor as a 21 year old, 5 feet 7 inch, 140 pound man, as authorities pursued leads and the city faced fear and rumors. The item also touches on contemporaneous items from politics and business, including a Maine governor’s construction reserve plan, a perjury acquittal related to naval reserves, and stock market shifts in New York with Montgomery Ward drops.
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Omaha
Neb
Ralph O. Brewster
Gover
Nor of
Maine
Herbert Hoover
Conference of Governors
New Orleans
Obert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Naval Sail
Sinclair Crude Oil
New York Stock Exchange
Montgomery Ward
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Edward V. Mitchell
High Point High School
University of North Carolina
Jack Boylin
Pierce
Panthers
Truman
Dewey
Carolina Container
Carolinas
South
Betwen
Ubs
Wife Enterprise
Wint Capel
Wesley Choir
DPD
C. Johnson
Joe
U. S
United States Wastes Court
Hollyn
John Barrymore
Dolores Costello
Barrymore
Miss Costello
Cub
First National Bank of
Los Angeles
Emory College
Atlanta
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