Preparations Accelerate for October Southern Furniture Market
Final planning accelerates for the 30 acre Southern Furniture Building expansion on Green Drive. Officials estimate 1.25 to 1.5 million dollars in preparations as showroom moves, parking, housing and events are set for the market opening Friday.
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Jim Hawkins
Southern Furniture Market
Green Drive
Southern Furniture Building
Exposition
Furniture Plaza
Exposition Building
Plaza
Heer
Piedmont Triad
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Dedication Set For New Wing
The Southern Furniture Exposition Building schedules a traditional dedication of its 11 story Green Drive Wing on Thursday just before the fall market opens. Officials say the ceremony avoids disrupting business while highlighting the market’s growth with exhibitors retailers and government figures expected to attend.etime
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Southern Furniture Exposition
Green Drive
Henry A. Foscue
113Th Artillery
North Carolina Army National Guard
Betty Furness
Wrenn Street
Bunch Of Smokers Revisit Office Resolve
A lighthearted reminiscence about four colleagues who pledged to quit smoking but relapse. Willie Hodges quit longest yet returns to cigarettes and a pipe, while others experience mood shifts and improved taste before capitulating to the nicotine habit. The piece ends with a quip about industry changes.
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Willie Hodges
Willie
Liggett and Myers
Fire Station Spic Span By Claude Canady
A profile of Claude Canady who built the High Point Fire Department Headquarters at S Elm Street and Grimes Avenue. The $594,960.57 station features sleeping quarters for 40, a communications center, repair shop, pull through bays, offices, classrooms, and dining areas.
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Don Follmer
Enterprise
High Point Fire Department
Claude Canady
S. Elm Street
Grimes Avenue
Canady
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Max Meeks
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Kroehler Co
Williams Furniture Corp
Gilliam Furniture Inc
Lenoir
Drexel
Piedmont North Carolina
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