Temple Motor shows first 1956 Lincoln model lineup
In Short notes Temple Motor Co introduces the long 285-horsepower Lincoln Premiere bought for 5800 and plans five of the new 10000 Lincoln Continentals for fall delivery. A Texas dealer reported 17 firm orders at the Detroit preview as Jim Temple weighs 1955 and 1956 deliveries amid tight production. Myrtle Beach’s Ocean Forest Hotel closes after its best year and plans renovations for spring reopening. Bob Ward joins Enterprise as assistant to City Editor Joel Brown after moving to Emerywood Court Apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Temple
Detroit
Myrtle Beach
Ocean Forest
Carolina
Rush Strayer
Beach
Connie
Diane
Bob Ward
University of North Carolina Journalism School
Enterprise Reportorial
Joel Brown
Uncle Sam's Army
Gaffney, S. Ledger
Mrs. Ward
Emerywood Court Apartments
High Point College Plans New Gym and Dining Expansion
High Point College strengthens its faculty enlarges facilities and grows its student body. A building committee meeting Wednesday will set in motion plans for a new gymnasium and improved dining facilities as the school moves toward its best year yet as a leading private college in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
High Point College
Pine Needles Lodge Converted To Convalescent Home
The Pine Needles Lodge near Pleasant Garden once famed as a Yankee financier hunting retreat is being repurposed as a convalescent home on 110 acres. Col Frank B Keech built the lodge in 1912 during the area’s hunting preserve era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Needles
Pleasant Garden
Col
Frank B. Keech
New York
Morgan
Drexel
Biddle
Gould
Brokaw
Lorrillard
Fleer
Keech
Superintendent Dewey Cates Named General at Sistus Knitting
Dewey Cates named general superintendent of Sistus Knitting Co. in Greensboro, a maker of men's half hose. He is also a partner in Morgan Hosiery Co. of High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Smith
Heritage
Exchange Club
Green Street Baptist Church
Edith
Tommy
Cheryl
Dewey Cates
Sistus Knitting Co
Greensboro
Cates
Morgan Hosiery Co
High Point
Fragmented business names and a note on Australia’s early history
The text lists numerous life insurance and company names such as Security Life, Occidental Life, North Am Life, and Jefferson Standard Ins. It also adds a historical line: The British settled Australia in 1788 and before 1814 the continent was called New Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heer Rime
Insurance
C Hood Sys
Houston Oil Field
Independence Life Inter Mountain
Tentl Cellucetion
Pr Investors
Southern Utili Irving Trust Co
Ivey, 7B & Co
Jefferson Standard Ins
Kellogg Co Keystone Portland
Kingsport Press
Lou Blower
Lenoir Finance
Liberty Life Ins
Life & Casualty
Life
Life Ins Co
Lincoln Natl
Life Lithium Corp
MacMillan Co
LL. Maxson Corp
McLean Industries
McLean Trucking
Milner
Missouri
Ins Co
Moore Handley Heererpemen Furn
Nat Food
New Britain
Mach
North Am Life
North Carolina
Tel Occidental Life
Ohio State Life
Oswego Falls Corp
Peninsular Life
Peninsular Telepho Penn Controls
Permunt Co
Piedmont
Australia
Continent
New Holland
Local pride rises as highways improve and college grows
Readers praise new four lane highway between High Point and Salisbury and Charlotte, commend traffic control by the police traffic division, and spotlight High Point College under Dr Dennis Cooke with record enrollment. They urge bond purchases and note Hi-Tom’s win over Durham Bulls in playoffs while inviting jewelry service visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
Dennis Cooke
Methodist
Cooke
Pugh Sporting Goods Wins National Window Display Prize
Pugh's Sporting Goods in Minneapolis received a $100 cash prize from Scott Atwater Manufacturing Co. for best window display. Twin States Distributing Co. presented the award to local dealer W. H. Pugh, part of 112 veterans prizes among 3,500 dealers nationwide for displays in two states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pugh
Sporting Goods
Scott- Atwater Manufacturing Co
Minneapolis
Twin States Distributing Co
Charlotte
W. H. Pugh
Buyers' Group Concludes Fall Meeting at Sedgefield Inn
The Carolinas Virginia Purchasing Agents Association wrapped a two day fall meeting at Sedgefield Inn with awards and a golfer's supper. The program featured panel discussions on procurement and business, plus talks by North Carolina industry reps. Banquet at Manor House closed opening day activities with L B Whitehouse Jr presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolinas-Virginia Purchasing Agents Association
Sedgefield Inn
North Carolina Indusa
Manor House
L. B. Whitehouse Jr
Coble Dairy Wins 55 Safety Award for Accident-Free Miles
Coble Dairy’s Lexington Division earned the Employers Mutuals Safety Award after surpassing half a million accident-free miles in the current year. Sales Manager C M Reynolds and Transportation Supervisor H P Beck received the Management Employees Award for April through June and announced a one million mile goal. John Sayres, Safety Engineer, noted the Lexington Division’s record as a standard of safety for the dairy industry. Meanwhile, William W. White Jr. opened private law practice in Room 203 of the Professional Building with Navy service and Wake Forest law degree, living at 106 B Edgeworth St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Employers Mutuals Safety
Lexington
Cable Dairy Products Cooperative, Inc
C. M. Reynolds
H. P. Beck
Reynolds
Beck
Osae
John Sayres
William W. White Jr
Domestic Relations Court
White
Wake Forest College
Edgeworth St
Family Court
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Enterprise
Security Life & True Security Natl
Bk Sonoco Products
Southland Life
Asof
Oe Mills
St Amer
Amer Marietta
Amer
Atlanta Gas Light Pease
Atlantic Steel
Atlas Sewing Centers
Auto Finance
Ue Bell
Blue Ridge ‘Ins
Buffalo
Butler’s Inc
Cannon Mills
Senate Na
Carolina Casualty Ins
Carolina P & L
Carolina Sales Co
Carolina Tel & Te
Carolina Wholesale Flor Central Tel Co
Chadbourn Hos
Chatham Mfg Co
Eee
Colonial Stores
Sl Commercial Natl Bank
Fie
Cone Mills
Contl
Dan River Mills
Delta Air Lines
Ty Dixie Home Stores
Drexel Furniture Co Domestic Finance Group
In & Street, Inc
Edison
Thomas A
Erwin Mills, Inc
Farrington Mfe
Franklin
Garfinckel
Garlock Packing Co
Guilford Nat Bank
Gulf Life Ins
Superior
Tampax
Taylor Biscuit
Ennee Sly
Towmotor Corp
Trans Gas Pipeline
Aravenes Ins Co
Union Nail Bank
Seeee Ee
Wathovie Bk "E Ae Co
Weste Tern Car
Western
John A. Russell
Behr-Manning Corp
Russell
Don McCurry
R. C. Millar Jr
Jacksonville
Fla
Emerywood Country Club
Behr- Manning
Salisbury
Charette
M. L. Patrick
Stoker
U. S
Lester
Durham Bulls
Sone
Danville
Lester's Jewelers
Reliance Varnish Company
Prospect Street
Reliance
N. E. Byers
Wendover
Pugh Sporting Goods
Aunt Jane
Asheboro
Thomasville
Znirawleigh Go
Elm Street
High Point, N.C
Coble Dairy
Seattle
United States
Tech
Trust Department
George D. Davis
C.L.A
George P. Clark
The
New England Mutual Life Ins. Co
Boston
Mr. Davis
Washington, D. C
N. Main St
College Street
Pain Savings and Trust
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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