Haltom Hosiery expands Mount Airy plant with government work
Haltom Hosiery Mills opens a new Mount Airy plant housing 60 workers and about 70 machines with plans to reach 100. The brick facility covers 8 500 square feet and will continue government contracts alongside a Durham plant with 55 employees. Bottoms-Fiske Trucking buys land for future parking as the firm grows to 220 pieces of equipment.
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Haltom Hosiery Mills
Mount Airy
George Haltom
Pril
Haltom
Durham
Bottoms - Fiske Trucking Lines
Whittier Street
Bottoms-Fiske
Sheraton Motor Inn to Open New Restaurant Next Thursday
The Sheraton Motor Inn near Thomasville announces a grand opening for its new restaurant next Thursday at 6 p.m. The eatery will offer breakfast and dinner daily to motor inn guests and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheraton Motor Inn
Thomasville
Motor Inn
Big Bear Promotes Odum And Ivey
National Food Stores announces promotions at its Big Bear Super Markets. Harold Odum moves from N Main Street store to assistant store supervisor and merchandiser after joining last February. C M Ivey becomes manager of the N Main Street store, living on Wendover Drive and with National Stores since 1935.
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National Food Stores
Harold Odum
N. Main Street
Odum
Jamestown
C. M. Ivey
English St
N. Main
Ivey
Wendover Drive
Regulations Put Lock on Doorless Kirtland Building
In Albuquerque a 30 by 40 foot government building at Kirtland Air Force Base lacks two walls and houses a truck. It has one door with a lock for compliance yet remains open on two sides, highlighting a loophole in safety rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Kirtland Air Force Base
Leaf-Star corrugated box aims to replace wooden tobacco containers
Highland Container Company of Jamestown unveils Leaf-Star a corrugated paperboard container for tobacco packaging handling and curing after years of testing. The 48 x 28 7/8 x 28 1/4 inch box holds about 450 pounds weighs 15 pounds lowers storage space needs by up to 25 percent and reduces transport costs by nearly two thirds versus wooden hogsheads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Container Company
Jamestown
Leaf- Star
Highland
Highland Container
Atkins
Holidays celebrated by all states of the Union
The text notes that only New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Labor Day and Christmas are celebrated by all 48 states, implying limited common holidays across the union.
Large Number Thomasville Grads Enrolled In Colleges
Thomasville officials report 51 of 104 graduates from last spring continue formal education. Forty-two of 1956 graduates plan to enter North Carolina colleges this fall with UNC and Wake Forest each receiving six. State College, Woman's College and Mars Hill College each claim four, and 14 colleges across the state host the remaining 18 students.
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Thomasville Grads
ED Lane
Thomasville
W. S. Horton
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Wake Forest College
State College
Woman's College
Mars Hill College
Horton
Janie Dale Poole
Janie
Wake Forest
Janie Dale
Tri Hi-Y
National Honor Society
Quill and Scroll
Growler
Tale Never Ends Between Floors
An elevator tale from a Boston office building recounts a weary operator who overhears a comedian start a joke only to be interrupted by passengers getting off the car before the point of the joke. The operator notes the cycle has persisted for years.
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Boston
Schools Build Better Citizens Through Understanding and Cooperation
Hor ton notes expanding educational opportunities as many boys enter military service and later pursue college or night classes. George Arnold, superintendent of Thomasville City Schools, says today’s youth are smart and will prove it, as schools work to shape better citizens through cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aloy
Horton
George Arnold
Thomasville City Schools
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Atlantic Savings and Loan Co
American Tobacco Co
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Alexanders, Inc
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Jack Hoffman and Co
New York
J. W. Gordon
City Appliance Co
Neill Pontiac
Wrenn St
E. G. Jarvis
Big Bear
The
Rellage Co
Keynetone Portland Ag
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Amer Ing
Liberty Life Ins
Amer
jLife & Casualty Ins
Marrietta
Life Co, Inc
Ty Amer Marietta
Missouri
Life Ins. Co
Anvil
Life
Atlanta Gas Light
Athium Corp
Lone Star
Stee Atlantic Steel Centers
MacMillan Co
Standin
Mar and
Casualty
Maxon Corpus Thissett Purnis
McLean Industries
Usch & Lorah
McLean Trucking
Weier Miles Labs, Inc
Stud. Life
Mississippi Shipping
Ack Panther Co
Moorelandley
Foe Bell, Inc Co
Caro
Lohio State Life
Caro. P
Oswego Falls Corp
Sales Corp
Peninsular Ae
Penn Fruit
Pid Penn Fruit, Co
Ant
Central Tel Co
Jist Diesel, Inc
Cher Atharm Mfe
Piedmont
Slonial
Cinn
Piedmont Aviation
Onial
Piedmont Nat Gas
Enial Ey
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Iver W
Ab Sve Co
Rawle
Alnne
Roses
Ir Air Lines
Eatic
Emul
Nelley
Arrinson
Mfg. Co
Sonor
T'authian Southeastern
Ampax
Exaest Transat
Bank
Carolina Casualty Ins. Co
Aerotron
Marietta
J. Sturgis May & CO
Ecurity Bank Bldg
High Point
Stoc
K and
Bond
Thomasv
Carroll
General Motors
Mills
James Frederick Earnhardt
Earnhardt
Davidson College
Marshal
Rotary
Lions
J. N. Rawleigh CO
Tim St
N.C
Trust Services
Convenient Bank
Night Deposit Box
Hich
George D. Davis
CLO
George P. Clark
Assoc
England
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