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Edward I. Weisiger is president of Carolina Tractor and Equipment Company. Three businessmen founded the company in Salisbury in 1926 to sell Caterpillar equipment, making it one of the oldest Caterpillar dealers in the country. Weisiger assumed the presidency from his father in 1965.
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Cleveland County and Kings Mountain have created the Cleveland Association of Governmental Officials, a new county agency to help the two work together. CAGO oversees water, sewer, and building regulations. The overall intent of the program is to consolidate the school, police, welfare, health, library and fire departments into CAGO.
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The 500 men who will gather at Fontana, North Carolina August 27-30 will proudly display the flag that they made while prisoners of war during World War II. The flag, made from parachute cloth that was dropped into the prison camp, was the first flag to fly over Japan since December 7, 1941. Most of the men were held at the Omine Machi prison camp, but other attendees will represent approximately one third of the survivors of the Bataan Death March and of Corregidor.
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The Oak Island lighthouse is a manned tower along the Cape Fear River. The lighthouse, located at the Frying Pan Shoals, is managed by coast guardsmen who keep the lighthouse working to protect incoming ships. This particular lighthouse is one of the few left in service in Beaufort County. The other lighthouses have either fallen into disservice or are obsolete.
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Replacing the Cape Fear light on Smith Island, the 142' tall Oak Island Lighthouse is the brightest in the western hemisphere. Established as a working light on 15 May 1958, and built by W. F. Brinkley and Son, the Oak Island Lighthouse marks the entryway into the Cape Fear River.
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Herb Williams purchased some military surplus that he turned into a fortune. Williams purchased an old military facility water works at Camp Davis in Onslow County. He later discovered that the area he had bought for pennies from the government performed very well as a breeding area for frogs. He then created a new North Carolina industry around frog legs and sold frog legs nationwide at $2.75 a pound in other states.
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Colonel Will Thomas, a famous North Carolinian trader and Native American advocate, became the first white chief of the Eastern band of the Cherokee Tribe. Noted for assembling a legion that guarded the mountain passes against invaders from the west during the Civil War, Thomas additionally served as land owner of the Cherokee territory, preserving the area for a reservation as well as augmenting the territory through land purchases.
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The first swordfish caught off the coast if North Carolina was taken in 1959. Since then, a swordfishing boom has taken place in many coastal towns, helping to boost the local economies.
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Discussing unprecedented cold weather in North Carolina, this article addresses the winters of 1857 and 1893, both of which produced complete river freezes within the state, an uncommon occurrence for this region of the country.
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Lasting four years and costing some $64,000, the United States Geological Survey just completed a thorough investigation of the water resources in Martin County. Seven major aquifers were located during the survey and new wells have already been drilled.
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The newspapers of North Carolina have always been attentive in relating the news of extraordinary events in a timely manner. Opportune efforts and a talented pool of columnists in the state, such as Carl Cahill and Bill Shires, have resulted in an increase in circulation. Figures pertaining to this augmentation are listed for the following cities: Asheville, Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro, Raleigh, and Winston-Salem.
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Frank Fleer, founder of Chiclet gum, came to Davidson before World War I, but his outspoken German sentiments during the war caused him to sell his interests in the company. Dan Boone came to North Carolina in 1750, building a prototype of what became a perpetual cabin building program. This and other North Carolina stories are listed by author Paul Pleasants.
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After Senator Ben Sumner of Rutherford called for more honest reporting in Raleigh, newspapermen began asking if the profession should not look into these charges to determine their validity. Sometime later, the Raleigh News & Observer was accused of quoting out of context, and factual errors. In addition to newspapermen, several women, editors, and owners of local newspapers, began researching the accusations.
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Born in Siam in 1811, as Siamese twins, Chang and Eng Bunker arrived in America in 1819. Brought to the New World on a sailing ship captained by a man named Coffin, the Bunker brothers began an exhibition tour, stopping in North Carolina along the way. While in North Carolina, in 1839, the brothers met Adelaide and Sarah Yates, whom they married four years later. The Bunkers settled in Wilkes County and lived between Europe and America until their deaths, 17 January 1874.
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The boundary dispute in the 1740s between North and South Carolina found Anson County caught in the middle. Continued confusion over land rights resulted in forced land seizures, and land holders refusing to pay taxes to North or South Carolina. The dispute and confusion continued until after the Revolutionary War.
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