Heer Is Honored For Market Work
Leo J. Heer received a bronze plaque at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building during the dedication of the Green Drive Wing. Joe Ross of Asheboro crafted a bas relief portrait on the plaque. The inscription honors his outstanding contribution to developing the Southern market.
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Heer
Joe Ross
Asheboro
J. Bee
Southern Furniture Exposition
Green Drive
Henry Foscue
Leo Heer
Factories Expand Showrooms on North Carolina Furniture Highway
North Carolina factory showrooms along the Furniture Highway expand for fall markets. Schoonbeck Co. in High Point features an underground parking entry to the showroom with a central staircase, displaying Schoonbeck and Henredon pieces. North Hickory Furniture Co. in Hickory adds 11,000 square feet of decorated space with seven new vignette settings by Leonard Simmen of Thomasville, showing 227 pieces of Early American to traditional styles and over 225 fabrics with numerous color combinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoonbeck Co
High Point
North Hickory Furniture Co
Hickory
Schoonbeck
Henredo Furniture Co
Henredon
Leonard Simmen
Thomasville
North Hickory
Kemp Furniture To Install Million Dollar IBM System
Kemp Furniture Co announces installation of a 250000 dollar IBM System 360 to improve dealer service. The system automates checks, reports, production, sales, inventories, orders, invoices, shipments, and general ledgers, using disk drives card punching and reading, a printer, and a console with a typewriter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
Kemp Furniture Co
Charles E. Spring
Spring
Green Drive Wing Dedicated At Southern Furniture Exposition
The Green Drive Wing of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building in High Point was dedicated amid a ceremony with hundreds in attendance. The 11 story addition cost about 4 million dollars, adds 375000 square feet, and features a partially finished top floor planned for a restaurant and meeting rooms. The wing honors Leo J. Heer for 15 years of service, with plaque unveiled by James T. Ryan.
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Heer
James T. Ryan
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
Henry Foscue
Globe Furniture Co
High Point
Leo Heer
Furniture Exchange
Jamestown
N. Y
Foscue
Green Drive Wing
Top of the Mart
Green Drive
Southern Furniture Exposition
Southern Furniture Market
Burlington Industries
Leo J. Heer
Southern Furniture Manufacturers
Assa
Consumer Affairs
William F. Freeman
Green Drive Wing Dedication Opens Fall Market in High Point
The dedication ceremony for the Green Drive Wing of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building opened at 5 p.m. amid traffic noise from Green Drive and S Wrenn Street. Henry Foscue recalled prior expansions in 1940 1950 1954 1959 and 1960 while Mayor Robert Davis and Charles Stapp shared market memories. The event highlighted new press facilities and a major showroom shift as Stanley Furniture Co leased and redecorated the 10th floor showroom during the fall market.
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Green Drive
Wrenn Street
Heer
Oscue
James G. Huggin
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Robert D. Davis
High Point
Charles Stapp
National
S. Wrenn Street
Henry Foscue
Robert Davis
National Retail Furniture Assn
Koos Brothers
Rahway
N. J
Main Street
Stanley Furniture Co
Bedfordshire Church Joins Chicago Baptist Association
English Baptists announce Sharpence Southern Baptist Church in Bedfordshire becomes the first English church to join the Illinois based Chicago Baptist Association of the Southern Baptist Convention in the United States.
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Chicago
Bedfordshire
Chicago Baptist Association
Illinois
Sharpence Southern Baptist Church
England
Illinois Association of the Southern Baptist Convention
United States
New Contract Division Formed At Burris in Lincolnton
Burris Manufacturing Co announced a new Contract Division led by Rudy Spencer to supply hotel motel and dormitory furniture seating and office groups. The Lincoln ton Aberdeen Mississippi company will manufacture in enlarged facilities with a separate sales force and plans to move Spencer and family to Lincolnton.
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Burris
Lincolnton
J. Wayne Burris
Burris Manufacturing Co
Aberdeen
Miss
Spencer
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Exposition Building
North Carolina
Louisville, Ky
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
Jamestown, N. Y
NRFA
Washington, D. C
Jim Ryan
Tescue
Rotary Club
The
United Appeal
W. Farriss Avenue
Charles Spring
William H. Leonard II
Virginia Jackson
John Wagner
High Point Central High School
2Nd Battalion
113Th Artillery
North Carolina National Guard
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Robert Marks
Enterprise
English Baptists
Con
Rudy Spencer
Bassett
Richmond Professional Institute
Ann
Rudy
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