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14683
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Sidney Blackmer -- the kid from Salisbury, North Carolina -- went on to make a name for himself in the bright and glittering world that is the theater. His name was the first among Tar Heel sons and daughters on the stage, screen, and in radio to have attached to it the coveted word \"star.\"
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 12 Issue 14, Sept 1944, p1-2, 26, f
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20339
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Johnny Long was a violinist and bandleader who grew up on a farm in Newell near Charlotte. As a freshman at Duke University, he and ten other freshmen formed a band that stayed together through college. After graduation they renamed themselves the Johnny Long Orchestra and toured the country for a number of years. Probably the band's biggest thrill was playing for the President's Birthday Ball in 1942.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 12 Issue 25, Nov 1944, p5, 17, por
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20415
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Solomon Pool Mason, Jr., otherwise known as \"Singing Sully,\" was born in 1906 in Durham. For many years he sang with the Kay Kyser Orchestra as part of a three-way vocal combination featuring Ginny Simms, Ish Kabibble, and Sully. He had a successful career with Kyser for eighteen years, then moved on, forming his own band, making records, and appearing in movies.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 13 Issue 9, Jul 1945, p7, 23, por
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32679
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One of possibly only a dozen individuals in the country with the same profession, Howard Ted Conibear is a sand sculptor. While his wife and two children keep the house in Hendersonville, Conibear travels the country sculpting his life-sized figures.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 14 Issue 15, Sep 1946, p3-4, 21, por
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