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43089
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"Whether picking the grapes that went into her family’s jam or dishing out the fruits of her labor, this writer fondly recalls her childhood years canning at home in North Carolina."
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43163
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"There's more to Kernersville's most famous home than meets the eye. Filled with nooks, trapdoors, and a tiny theater, Kerner's Folly is a Victorian homage to the power of imagination."
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43490
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"From the petite biscuits served at breakfast to the mansion's globe-trotting decor, the inn-keepers at the centuries-old Elmwood 1820s Bed & Breakfast Inn have put their own spin on B&B-ing." John Butler and Richard Smoot are owners of the establishment.
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43572
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"Born in Monroe in 1888, a home-grown department store became, for generations of North Carolinians, the gold standard of Christmas shopping." W.H. Belk and his brother John expanded the business by partnering with investors in other towns,. One example being Hudson Belk in Raleigh. In the 1960s, Belk began the shift from a value orientation to a fashion orientation. Belk Inc. was sold in 2015 to Sycamore Partners.
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43848
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"Since moving to the High Country in the early 1970s, one woman has proudly advocated for nearly every cause in her Watauga County town." Bettie Bond is the current president of the Watauga County Historical Society.
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43927
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"A Randolph County couple created an elegant venue for community fundraising. now, he's continuing the benevolence they began together." Jerry Neal and his late wife Linda are the creators of Linbrook Hall at Linbrook Heritage Estate Located on 600 acres, the 35,000 square foot mansion serves as a community center for fundraising events.
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22247
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Kelly describes a Southern delicacy popular in North Carolina and across the South -- boiled peanuts, pronounced boil' peanuts. They are an acquired taste for some, but they cross the food cultures from arugula eaters to chitlin' lovers.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 3, Aug 2014, p92-94, 96, il Periodical Website
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22626
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Horse-drawn carriage drivers in Wilmington, lighthouse keepers and goose callers in Currituck, underwater archaeologists in Beaufort, aerial acrobats in New Bern, pirates on Hatteras Island, turtle conservationists throughout the state, captains on the Pamlico, and sand sculptors and wave riders on Wrightsville Beach: the unique nature of North Carolina's culture, history, and environment have allowed many to pursue unique careers and hobbies.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 8, January 2015, p82-88, 90, 92, 94, por, map Periodical Website
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29160
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Foy Allen Edelman did not plan to collect over 1,000 cookbooks from across North Carolina. But now the Raleigh, North Carolina native who has her own published cookbook, has a home for her unique collection, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Already a repository for books written about, by and for women, the UNCG library special collections became the beneficiary of Edelman's collection.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 85 Issue 4, September 2017, p184-186, 188, 190, por Periodical Website
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22435
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A chance meeting on a northbound train out of Wilmington on February 1, 1943 led to a long-distance romance that is forever preserved in letters. Harold Gutterman, a member of the US Army Air Force, was heading home, and Bootsie Lefkowitz of Wilmington was going to New York to visit a friend. They were both 19. They would not meet again till after the war, but Harold kept up an almost daily correspondence. They were married April 11, 1946, and it lasted 49 years. Harold died in 1995 and Bootsie in 2013.
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29156
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In the height of textile production in the 1940s, company towns--towns within towns--housed thousands of workers and their families. For many of the children that grew up in Cone Mill Villages, White Oak, or Proximity Print Works, the experiences within these mill villages offer sweet memories.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 85 Issue 4, September 2017, p156-158, 160, por Periodical Website
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36959
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A companion to “Hole in the Wall Joints: Tried and True,” this article profiled nine restaurants located in towns stretching from the coast to the mountains and whose menus range from seafood to snacks. Local spots that became the hearts of their towns included Waterfront Seafood Shack, Kitty Hawk; Allen and Son, Chapel Hill; and Dots Dario, Marion.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 85 Issue 3, August 2017, p90-94, 96, 98, 100-102, 104, 106, 108, 110-114 Periodical Website