High Pointer of the Week Bruce B Roberts
Bruce B Roberts is named High Pointer of the Week for his work as the first director of North Carolina’s Guilford Industrial Education Center at Jamestown since 1958. The center has grown to enroll about 1,500 students with plans for 20 centers statewide, while expanding courses and facilities.
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Guilford
Jamestown
North Carolina
Roberts
Guilford County
Puerto Rico
California
England
South
Central America
Australia
Iran
Iraq
Philippines
United States
Raleigh
Madison County
Ralph J. Fer
Guson
Cilla Ferguson Roberts
Yancey County
Mars Hall
Mars Hill
North Carolina State College
State
Kappa Phi Kappa
Pi Kappa Delta
State College
Enka
Sandhills
Asheville
National Forensic League
High Point
O. B. Bonner
North Carolina Education Assn
Industrial Education Division
NCEA
American Vocaton Assn
North Carolina Vocational Assn
National Council of Local Administrators of Vocational Education
High Point American Business Club
Emerywood Baptist Church
Furniture market prices rise slightly for new designs
Furniture makers announce new merchandise in Early American Provincial and modern with classical touches. Prices are about five percent higher than last year due to production costs. Strong buyer attendance is anticipated as show rooms and hotels report full bookings during the market sponsored by the Furniture Factories Marketing Assn of the South.
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Case Goods
High Point
The
Furniture Factories Marketing Assn. of
South
Dusty roads and river dreams in a Piedmont sketch
A column recalls High Rock Lake drying to a mere puddle and a 172 pound catfish tale, notes on a dusty country road in Denton, and a lamp packing brochure using popcorn as filling. It also shares fox hunter supper banter and a James Town High School catalogue from 1913 14.
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High Rock Lake
High Rock
Denton
London
Davidson County Fox Hunters Assn
Thousands Strive For Mart Opening
The fall furniture market in High Point is a massive, diverse operation with furniture executives, salesmen, buyers and reporters involved. Preparations span three floor additions, showroom reconfigurations, interior designers, builders, movers and decorators coordinating to ensure every display is ready for the opening next Friday.
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Glenda Holder
Leo Heer
Norman Hekler
High Point
Dr Blackstock Wins North Carolina Poetry Prize
Dr Walter Blackstock head of the English department attended Poetry Day in North Carolina as a guest of the Poetry Council of North Carolina Inc. He received a special book award for his 1960 poetry volume Miracle of Flesh. Judges were professor-critics from the University of South Carolina, University of Kentucky, and Tulane University.
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Walter Blackstock
Asheville
Poetry Council of North Carolina, Inc
North Carolina
Blackstock
University of South Carolina
University of Kentucky
Tulane University
Realty Transfers in High Point Township and Surrounding Areas
Real estate records show transfers in High Point Township and nearby: David M. Lester and wife to J. H. Lester convey a lot from the J. A. Reavis property. Coy Joyce and wife to Carson C. Stout cover six lots in Roy Bundy Subdivision. Charles R. Smith and wife to W. R. Harrelson and wife a Hillsdale lot. E. J. Johnson and wife to Thomas B. Delappe Jr. and wife one acre on New Street. Leila G. Robinson to William P. Matthews and wife a lot in Sherwood Park. Robert Gray Davis and wife to Samuel Elliott and wife two Milbourne Heights lots.
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High Point Township
David M. Lester
J. H. Lester
J. A. Reavis
Coy Joyce
Carson C. Stout
Roy Bundy
Charles R. Smith
W. R. Harrelson
Hillsdale
E. J. Johnson
Thomas B. Delappe Jr
New Street
Leila G. Robinson
William P. Matthews
Sherwood Park
Robert Gray Davis
Samuel Elliott
Milbourne Heights
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High Point Enterprise
Bruce B. Roberts
Robert Marks
Enterprise Sunday
Guilford Center
IBM
Board of County Commissioners
Furniture Makers
Braxton
Jamestown Dist
Kenneth Miller
Jamestown Public High School
Jamestown High School
Wrenn Street
Hekler
Snow Studios
Southern Furniture Exposition
Southern Furniture Market
Joe Rawiey
Dr. Blackstock
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