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Take a dose of chemistry, mix in the Junior Order of Mechanics, add Meredith College, and you have Dr. Charles Brewer. Born in Wake Forest, Brewer took his Master's at Wake Forest in chemistry, worked at Johns Hopkins, and took his PhD from Cornell in 1900. He worked as a professor of chemistry at Wake Forest and later became president of Meredith College in 1915. Besides being a renowned chemist, he also was a State Councilor for the Junior Order or Mechanics and trustee of the Junior Orphan's Homes for 24 years.
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Indian burial mounds are to be found in large numbers in the states along the Atlantic seaboard, and the number of skeletons found therein point to the conclusion that while the methods followed by various tribes may have varied, there was a universal Indian custom of reinterment. Indian burial mounds have been found over North Carolina, a number of which have been explored in Duplin, Sampson, Robeson, and Montgomery Counties.
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An article in the July 3, 1937 issue of THE STATE told how Billy Burke discovered Tommie in Nash County, invested his own money to see he got proper training in song and dance in New York, and the sensation he created there. This article follows up on Tommie's progress in Hollywood and the reaction to his first movie--\"Kid actor in his debut steals show.\"
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On September 11, 1939, a fire broke out in one of the waterfront docks behind Manteo's business district, destroying sixteen businesses and one large dwelling. The loss was estimated at $200,000, and because the buildings were wooden frame, the insurance covered only ten percent. Manteo is rebuilding, and in place of the old wooden structures, modern, brick buildings are rising.
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