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il 1%/v T w mj A i ▼ J1 JL/ M. l^y Vol. 8, No. 11 High Point, North Carolina, November, 1950 Sec. 34.66 P. L & R. U. S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT No. 9 HIGH POINT, N. C. -4 4^ •: -4 " ■f- ■ V S' ■■ \ •.W.'.V.-.'.VV HEARD ON THE BROADCAST "JOURNEYS THROUGH INDUSTRY" Above are the Tomlinson Crafts- folk who in addition to William A. Tomlinson, our president, were interviewed on the radio program “Journeys through Industry” over WMFR on Thursday, November 2. Left to right, L. Ken Mendenhall, foreman of Shipping; James P. €ox. Department AC repair man; Vernie B. Stanley, chair frame as sembly department; Ann Boles, upholstering; David B. Hinkle, wood-carving; Della Peele, cabinet assembly; and Gary Davis, pro gram director of Station WMFR. TomI inson Thanksgiving Thursday Nov. 23 Industry Featured On Due to the volume of orders and the necessity of meeting early de livery the production departments at Tomlinson will continue regular activity on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 23, according to announcement released by A. W. Dunbar, general superintendent. The Tomlinson national mer chandising promotions and delivery dates have been timed strictly ac cording to our factory production schedule. Therefore all efforts mmst be made to prevent any slackening of activity now so that with quality production, on time, there will be greater assurance of steady orders for full-time opera tion throughout the spring months. rogram On Thursday, November 2, from 9:15 to 9:30 p. m., a feature pro gram was presented over Radio Station WMFR, High Point, en titled “Journeys through Industry” with the entire program devoted to the furniture Craftshops of Tom linson. The program, sponsored by the Associated Industries of High Point, was the first in which the furniture industry — has been featured. Purpose of the program was a public appreciation of the great work being done by those who re present the working forces behind industry. In the Tomlinson program, in an interview by Gary Davis, pro gram director of WMFR, William A. Tomlinson, our president, gave the background history of Furni ture by Tomlinson, dating from the time 50 years ago when it began in a one-story building with 8 em ployees to the present day with our present streamline operation making quality furniture. On-the-job- interviews were also made in our Craftshops by Gary Davis with representatives of our production personnel. These were Ann Boles of upholstering depart ment, Della Peele of cabinet as sembly department, Vernie B. Stanley of chair frame assembly, David Hinkle, carving expert, J. F. Cox. cabinet fitter, and Ken Men denhall, shipping foreman. Robert Barr, advertising man ager, worked with Gary Davis in the planning and production of the program. Pictures of Our Craftshops In Textbook An interesting visitor to our Craftshops some weeks ago was Miss Isabel Garvey, staff editor of Compton’s Pictured Encycloped ia, published in Chicago. In a letter received a few days ago. Miss Garvey writes: “After my tour I realized that some changes are advisable in our material on the techniques of furniture making. I hope to get these into our next edition. As soon as I can make some picture chang es in our article, I plan to use some of the pictures you sent. They are excellent.”
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