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1.Chinqua-Penn Celebrates Elaborate Re-Opening by Chandler, Ross The State Vol. 62 Issue 3, Aug 1994
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On July 1 the Chinqua-Penn Plantation in Rockingham County opened its doors to the public after a two-year hiatus resulting from budget shortfalls. A June 30 gala marked the occasion of the tourist attraction's return.
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2.Renowned N.C. Journalist Shumaker Honored at UNC by Lucas, Liz The State Vol. 62 Issue 3, Aug 1994
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Jim Shumaker, well-known North Carolina journalist and the inspiration for the nationally syndicated cartoon \"Shoe\", was honored by the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication with an endowed professorship, effective August 1.
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Burkette Raper, who holds the longest tenure of any active university or college president in the country, is celebrating his 40th year as president of Mount Olive College. He is the only person to hold this position in the college's history.
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Mitchell tours five North Carolina small college towns, Davidson, Buies Creek, Belmont, Mars Hill, and Boiling Springs, highlighting those features that make each unique.
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Founded in 1952, Henderson County's Flat Rock Playhouse, North Carolina's official state theater, continues to stage dramas, musicals, and comedies for some 50,000 playgoers each summer.
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The town of Bath was Britain's first seat of power in colonial North Carolina. The Palmer-Marsh House, the political and economic heart of colonial Bath, was recently restored after suffering fire damage in 1989.
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Randolph County's Martha Bell has been hailed as North Carolina's most courageous Revolutionary War heroine.
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Russell Hiatt is owner of Floyd's City Barbershop in Mount Airy, Andy Griffith's hometown. Hiatt has become a veritable icon to, and the barbershop a mecca for Andy Griffith show devotees who want to meet the real-life Floyd the barber.
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Retired North Carolina Superior Court Judge John R. Friday offers fond recollections of his stint as a Mount Mitchell park ranger in the 1940s.
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New Bern's Tryon Palace attracts approximately 75,000 visitors each year. The restored palace and gardens reflect the state's colonial past in impressive fashion.
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Theodosia Burr Alston, daughter of Aaron Burr, who served as Thomas Jefferson's vice president, vanished mysteriously off the Outer Banks coast in 1812. Local lore suggests that she was the victim of piracy.
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