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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1966
Page
7
Across North Carolina's Furniture Highway factories run at full tilt as showrooms fill with furniture. Retail demand, inflation, and elections cloud six month outlook while manufacturers report high 1966 shipments but rising costs and wage increases threaten profits.
At the fall furniture market the Kroehler In Group and Thayer Coggin New Concept Collection showcase Mod styled pieces by Milo Baughman. Lavenders and lime meet black white contrasts with suede velvet tweed and faux fur fabrics. Odder items include Hell on Wheels cocktail wagon and a frosted Edwardian chest.
Report shows average wage around 2.01 dollars per hour in the High Point Greensboro furniture area with many openings in upholstery and case goods plants. Trainees start above minimum wage and skilled workers can earn up to 3 dollars an hour with potential weekly earnings near two hundred dollars.
Bassett Furniture Industries unveils a new white brick showroom between High Point and Thomasville at Inter state 8 and Highway 70 A. The 37 acre site houses 80 000 square feet with 60 000 display space and 500 car parking as interior designer Gilbert Gray joins from Alderman's Studios to complete a $1.5 million electric air conditioned two level facility ahead of a planned spring opening.
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