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This article is a commemoration of the first issue of The State, which was published fifteen years ago. Goerch recounts events leading to publication of The State, which include early radio work, the investors involved, and ideas about the direction of The State. The author also describes the logistics of running the magazine as well as the staff and writers contributing material to The State.
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Discussing legislative personnel changes in the General Assembly of North Carolina, Goerch discusses Tam Bowie, Turner Grant, the Kennel Club, and the numerous adjustments made in state government.
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20640
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Goerch takes readers on a postwar trip through the eastern parts of the state, visiting Benson, Clinton, Wilmington, Southport, Shallotte, Whiteville, Lumberton, and Fayetteville.
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Five years ago General Manus McCloskey became commandant at Fort Bragg, the largest military post in the world. Since then, many changes and improvements have been made that include new administration buildings, a hospital, chapel, and other structures.
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8 September 1956, North Carolina residents will go to the polls and vote on amendments to the state constitution. Mainly dealing with desegregation in schools and educational expenses, this article discusses the upcoming amendments and offers the author's opinion on each.
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Major L. P. McLendon, of Greensboro, revives the 1944 tale regarding a mysterious Portuguese man claiming to have found a cheap and more efficient substitute for gasoline by relaying Josephus Daniels' first-hand account. Daniels met the Portuguese while serving as Secretary of the Navy. The man's inexplicable disappearance is the subject of much debate.
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Continuing his travels to North Carolina's counties, Goerch visits Alexander County. There visitors will find the Brushy Mountains, the county's well-known apple crop, and prospering industry and agriculture enterprises. A number of prominent people grew up there including A. C. McIntosh, dead of the law school at Carolina, A. T. Allen, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the late Romulus Z. Linney, the county's only U.S. Congressman. Goerch visits Hiddenite, Stony Point, and other towns.
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13788
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Quite a number of people are of the opinion that Fuquay Springs is the fastest growing town in North Carolina, and folks who live there agree.
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Goerch recounts his visit to Alleghany County, describing some of the towns like Roaring Gap, Sparta, and Laurel Springs. Cattle raising is big in the county. There is fine farming land, beautiful mountain scenery, fishing streams, and good hunting. The county has few industries. He visited with former Governor R. A. Doughton, born in 1856, the grand old man of Alleghany.
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Goerch details a car trip along the eastern edge of North Carolina from the tip of Currituck County down to Cape Hatteras. Along the way they take in the sights of shipwrecks, the Coast Guard service, ferry boats at Oregon Inlet, fishing in Currituck Sound, the lighthouse on the cape, and the quaint villages of Avon, Hatteras, and Duck.
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Different in many respects from any other section of North Carolina, the outer strip of coastal counties has an individuality and appeal that is all its own.
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14535
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If you want to take one of the most attractive drives in North Carolina, try the Blue Ridge Parkway from Fancy Gap, V.A., down to Deep Gap, N.C.
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Goerch continues his travels about western North Carolina, this time featuring the route along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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14423
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Salisbury ranks high among the progressive and fast-growing cities of North Carolina, thanks to its location and the fine spirit of its citizens.
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A travelogue from June 1946 through the western portion of the state records lesser known towns tucked away in the mountains. Departing from Raleigh, the writer stopped in North Wilkesboro, Jefferson, West Jefferson, Boone, Blowing Rock, and Lenoir. Brief sketches of the local businesses, history, and scenery are described for each destination.
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