Glimpses of Greensboro [July 1959]

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Volume 7
OFFICIAL  PUBLICATION  OF GREENSBORO.  N. C, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
JULY.  1959
Number 7
State Dairy Princess Is
Chosen in Chamber Contest
The State's fourth annual
Dairy Princess Contest, held in
Greensboro under the sponsorship of the Chamber's Agriculture Division, saw a petite brunette from Rocky Mount take
the 1960 crown.
After two and a half days of
judging, Miss Bonnie Lynn
Baker was selected as the new
princess from among the 12 contestants. Miss Nancy Lee Gaddy
of Hamlet placed second, and
Miss Sharon Smith of Albemarle
finished third.
Activities of the contest, longest ever held in North Carolina,
included airplane rides for the
contestants, a fashion show,
swimming and golf exhibitions,
luncheons, and the coronation
pageant.
Voit Gilmore of Southern
Pines, State chairman of June
Dairy Month, presented the
trophies to the winners. The new
princess was crowned by Miss
Glenda Sue Honey of Albemarle,
the 1959 dairy princess.
William J. Reynolds of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
Company, was chairman of the
contest, which was co-sponsored
by the North Carolina Dairy Industry. Assisting him were the
following chairmen:
Emmett J. Dugan, coronation
pageant; Mrs. Emmet D. Atkins,
fashion show; Edward H. Alexander, transportation; Mrs.
Edith Baxter and Mrs. Marietta
Mason, menus and special arrangements; Miss Lib Carnegie,
chaperone entertainment; and
Kenneth V. Brugh, Jr. special,
activities.
Industrial Firm
Buys Land For
New Plant Here
AMP, Inc., a machine firm
whose move to Greensboro was
announced at the Chamber's annual meeting, has purchased a
30-acre tract for the erection of
a plant on the north side of
Holt's Chapel Road.
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Celebration to
Become Annual
Observance
Greensboro's first city-wide
Fourth of July celebration in
about 25 years was such a success a couple weeks ago that it
will become an annual observance.
Held under the sponsorship of
the Chamber's Recreation Committee with Roy Griffin as chairman, the celebration attracted
between 10,000 and 15,000 spectators and participators to the
Country Park. The Guilford
Courthouse National Military
Park, immediately adjoining the
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WINNERS OF THE STATE DAIRY PRINCESS CONTEST, sponsored
June 23-25 by the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, pose with their trophies.
From left are Nancy Lee Gaddy of Hamlet, second place; Glenda Sue Honey of
Albemarle, last year's princess, who crowned Bonnie Lee Baker of Rocky Mount
as her successor; and Sharon Smith of Albemarle, third place. The coronation
was held at Kiser Junior High School and witnessed by an audience of 600-700.