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This article discusses the University of North Carolina's fascination with the Davie Poplar. The famous tree was the founding point for the University and has been altered or trimmed throughout the 200-year history. William B. Aycock led a committee that discussed the future of the tree as residents plan to deal with the trees eventual death.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 34 Issue 7, Sept 1966, p13, 20, il
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10382
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Skinnay Ennis was a national singer from Salisbury, N.C. Ennis graduated from UNC in Chapel Hill in 1925 and participated with Hal Kemp's local band, Saxie Dowell, for twelve years. Ennis later left the band and formed his own, which opened in 1938 in Beverly Hills, California. The highlight of his career was serving as maestro for Bob Hope's NBC PEPSODENT radio program.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 34 Issue 8, Sept 1966, p13, por
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10390
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Musician and Professor Kay Kyser has returned to Chapel Hill for his retirement. Kyser attended UNC in Chapel Hill in the 1920s and found his path as a musical leader. The Kay Kyser Band started small in the mid-1920s before expanding and playing in over 40 colleges in a large American tour. The Kyser band even performed on radio in 1933 and had a successful radio show for over ten years.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 34 Issue 9, Oct 1966, p13-14, il
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Robert Lester Blackwell is the only North Carolinian to have won the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War I. Private Blackwell died while carrying a message through enemy lines in France. After the posthumous award was granted, a statue was erected outside the Roxboro courthouse to honor him for his service to the country. Mr. Blackwell lived in Hurdle Mills, in Pearson County, and worked the family farm till his death in 1918.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 34 Issue 12, Nov 1966, p23, por
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10619
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Henry Armand London, a North Carolinian, played two unique roles at Appomattox. He carried the message calling on Cox's Carolina Brigade to make the last charge in Lee's army and he carried the last order ever given in Lee's army which was the order to cease firing after Lee had surrendered. A private at the time, London went on to become a distinguished legislator, lawyer, and editor in North Carolina after the Civil War.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 38 Issue 8, Sept 1970, p13-14, por
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Daniel Kanipe, born 1853, in McDowell County, enlisted in Troop C, 7th U.S. Cavalry at Lincolnton in 1872. While stationed at Yankton, South Dakota, he was under the command of General George Custer during the pursuit of Sioux and Cheyenne at Little Big Horn. Discovering the vast encampment of Indians, Custer dispatched Sergeant Kanipe with orders for Captains McDougall and Benteen to return at once with their respective companies. Kanipe, avoided the fate of his fellow soldiers and lived to fight in the 1878 campaign against the Northern Cheyennes. Kanipe worked for the U.S. Revenue Department and during World War I, Governor Bickett commissioned him captain of the 19th Company.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 37 Issue 23, May 1970, p9-10, il, por
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Shenandoah skipper James Iredell Waddell fought the Union until the very end of the Civil War. The Confederate vessel sailed to the Pacific Ocean to attack the Union whaling fleet and escorts in 1864. The Shenandoah defeated 38 Union vessels in the 17-month expedition. Waddell surrendered upon his return after the last Confederate army had capitulated. After the war he took command of the Chesapeake Bay patrol boats before he died in 1886.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 34 Issue 21, Apr 1967, p11-12, il, por
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Charles Griffith, a clergyman and the first teacher in North Carolina, opened a school in Pasquotank County in 1705. His success with the town people was noted in a letter from missionary William Gordon to British officials in 1708. Griffith left the school in 1709 and later taught Indians along the Nottoway River in Virginia.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 34 Issue 24, May 1967, p10
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Last fall, North Carolina State University dedicated Carter Stadium and the first football game was played there. The original stadium at State College was named for Dr. Wallace Carl Riddick, one of the greatest engineers and teacher of engineers North Carolina has known. Riddick was the first person in North Carolina, so far as the records show, to get a Civil Engineering degree.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 35 Issue 7, Sept 1967, p11, por
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Throughout North Carolina's history, a day of \"Thanksgiving\" has been declared on various dates, sometimes twice in one year. Governor Arthur Dobbs issued the first state proclamation of Thanksgiving, setting aside June 7, 1758, \"as a day of fasting and supplication.\" 1758 actually saw two Thanksgivings, as Dobbs followed his original proclamation with another for the first Wednesday in December of that year. After multiple proclamations from various governors, the first Continental Congress, and Presidents Washington and Madison, President Abraham Lincoln set the modern standard when he established the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 35 Issue 12, Nov 1967, p9-10, il
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North Carolina native Vernon L. Lowrance is the new commander of Submarine Force Atlantic (Vice Admiral). Lowrance served in World War II as a submarine commander of the USS R-16 Kingfish, and others. These commands require skill in the field of silence, as submarines patrol neutral waters to obtain information on foreign powers. For his services, Lowrance was awarded the Navy Cross, Silver, and Gold stars before receiving his current command. He is a veteran of thirty-four years of naval service.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 33 Issue 5, Aug 1965, p7, por
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Admiral William Edward Ellis, a Burlington native, commands the Atlantic Sixth Fleet. Ellis joined the Navy in 1930 and served thirty-eight years, including his time at the U.S. Naval Academy, in varying Pacific assignments before receiving his commission for the Atlantic fleet. His service awards during World War II include the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air medal, and the Navy Cross.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 33 Issue 10, Oct 1965, p15, 38, por
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Recognized by Congress three times for military heroism, Rear Admiral Edwin A. Anderson had a long and illustrious career in the United States Navy. Participating in the Spanish-American War, Boxer Rebellion, operations at Vera Cruz, and World War I, Anderson served onboard the Kearsarge, Quinnebaug, Marblehead, Sandoval, and New Hampshire. An Annapolis graduate and recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Wilmington native passed on 23 September 1933 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.\r\n
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 32 Issue 6, Aug 1964, p9, 22, por
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The first North Carolinian to serve as president of the National Education Association, Dr. James Yadkin Joyner, a noted advocate and educator, pushed for increased state funding, longer terms, and consolidation of rural schools.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 34 Issue 2, June 1966, p13, 68, por
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North Carolina native and commander of the United States Naval Sixth Fleet, Vice-Admiral William Edward Ellis, is the recipient of numerous medals and commendations.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 33 Issue 10, Oct 1965, p15, 38, por
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