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Bobbi Martin (picture)
Michael Kamtman, enterings his fourth season as a member of The North Carolina Shakespeare Festival company, has taken on the character of Charles Dickens in the Hekman Furniture Company showroom during the market. Hekman is introducing the Charles Dickens Collection of reproductions from the Dickens family, most importantly a Georgian-style desk and a smoker's bow chair used by the famous novelist at his home in Kent.
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WE THINK the world is getting smaller, but the World of Bob Timberlake is getting larger. The successful collection introduced by Lexington Furniture Industries at the October '90 market is going to New York. The Lexington artist says that it's deja vu- the WBT collection and accessories line which will be part of the Lexington Industries new showroom at 53rd and Madison Avenue is within four blocks of where it all started for Timberlake. "It was exactly 20 years ago in January. I had appointments with two New York galleries - Kennedy and Hammer. It was my chance meeting with Victor Hammer that gave me my first exhibit and first national exposure as an artist" Timberlake said.
NEWS ABOUT US Veteran furniture analyst Jerry Epperson, has left Wheat First Butcher & Singer, and with former Wheat First investment bankers Jim Mann and Howard Armistead, have formed their own firm in Richmond, Va., called Mann, Armistead & Epperson. Judy and Tom Stout of Carson Furniture are new grandparents - Alexandria Elizabeth Apple, whose parents are Lisa and Derick Stout of Greensboro. Wendee Cutler was named regional sales manager of the Carolinas for Nora Fenton Inc., a national decorative accessories manufaturer and distributor. The American Society of Furniture Designers will install the following new officers tonight: Bob Stannard, chairman of the board; Karl Felperin, president; Steve Hodges, vice president/ president-elect; Dave Clark, vice president; and Robert Tiffany, vice president. Directors: Merle Edelman, John Stafford, Rick Berry, John Mascheroni, Robert Marcius, Dennis Christiansen, Alex Forsyth, Leon Waxman, Jena Hall, David Vanderbloemen, Sergio Orozco and Debbie Nelson.
ON THE ROAD WITH IDFRA Every spring the International Home Furnishings Representative Association recognizes members who have significantly contributed to the advancement of IHFRA through service and dedication.
The following have earned the title of "Dean of IHFRA" for 1991: Arthur Sherman, Los Angeles HRFA; Dick Walden, Tenessee HFRA; Edwin Roth, MAC-Chicago; Fred Page, CHR, FURN Club; Bob Bruns, CHR, HFR of Michigan; Warren Blaugrund, CHR, Cleveland HFRA; Ken Edmunds, North Central HFRA, Jim DeCoursey, Illinois HFRA; Danny Gilstrap, Mississippi HFRA; Zelda King, CHR, Florida HFRA; Gerald Strauss, Empire State HFRA; James R. "Bob" Goodson, CHR, Southwest Roadrunners; Philip Derby, HRRA of Northern California; Charles Hobbs, CHR, Georgia HFRA; Lou Goodman, Ohio HFRA; Arthur Adelizzi, HFA of New England; Mel Beckman, HFA of Delaware Valley; Robert Carter, CHR, Arizona HFC.
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These members will be ecognized at IHFRA's annual Conference in Chicago, Ill., at the Westin Hotel, May 25-30. The Harold P. Braun Distinquished Service Award is the highest honor a member of IHFRA can receive, and is presented each year to a member whose individual efforts and abilities distinquish him or her, and enhance the image of the home furnishings representative. That award this year will go to Milt Jacobson, CHR, a member of the North Central HFRA and a past president (1981). The Georgia Home Furnishings Representatives Association has been selected as IHTRA's Chapter of the Year. The chapter launched a strong campaign aimed at sales tax legislation to be charged by all out-of-state furniture dealers who offer manufacturer discounts and whose customers are exempt from paying that state's taxes. A HIGH POINT furniture company has once again provided a "seat of power." The freshman delegation of the North Carolina General Assembly presented House Speaker Dan Blue with an executive-style secretarial chair covered in "Duke blue" leather from Ama Desk Company. The chair is built with a special canister that swivels high enough for the speaker, a Duke University law graduate, to preside over long sessions behind the lecturn while sitting down.
FACT: According to the City of High Point the market generates more than 470 tons of paper and cardboard each year. (Bobbi Martin is Senior issues Reporter for WHGPiedmont TV and talk show host for WMFR Radio).