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10682
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On June 28, 1969, Spivey's Corner held its First Annual National Hollerin' Contest. The idea initially came from an on-air discussion between Spivey's Corner resident Ermon Godwin Jr. and two Dunn radio men regarding the origins and purpose of hollerin'. A suggestion was made that a contest be held and Godwin contacted friends in media from all over the country who ran stories of interest on local news programs. Major networks and news outlets, including CBS, NBC, and Time Magazine, picked up the story, sending reporters and camera crews to Spivey's Corner to cover the event. Dewey Jackson, of Roseboro, was declared the winner of the first contest, resulting in a deluge of television, radio, and print interview offers, including an opportunity to appear on the national television show \"To Tell the Truth.\"
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Few North Carolina authors have rivaled Mary Bayard Clark (Clarke) in versatility or quality of work accomplished. She was born in Raleigh on May 13, 1827, the daughter of lawyer and planter Thomas Pollok Devereux and Katherine Ann Johnson of Connecticut, who was descended from five colonial governors. Clark was thoroughly educated, having taken at home, under an English governess, the same courses pursued by her brother in his studies at Princeton.
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John Paul, born in 1747 in Scotland, would later add Jones to his last name in honor of the Jones family of Halifax, NC. After coming to the United States in 1773, Paul made his way to North Carolina where he met Wiley Jones, who invited him to stay at his home, known as The Grove. Here, Paul met influential members of society, including Mr. Hewes, of Edenton, who served on the Committee on Marine Affairs and helped to secure Paul's commission as Senior First Lieutenant of the Continental Navy. John Paul added Jones, thus becoming John Paul Jones, in appreciation for all that the family of Wiley Jones had done for him.
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10704
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Richard Dobbs Spaight and his son, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr., represented the only instance of a father and son both serving as Governor of North Carolina, until the election of Bob Scott, son of former Governor Kerr Scott.
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10714
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James B. Duke and his brother Benjamin N. Duke are both well known for their accomplishments and philanthropies. But little has been said about the modest and retiring father of the famous Duke boys. Yet Washington Duke was the original Rockefeller of our state; and the two men had much in common, as both were born to poverty and both rose to power in the business world as a result of their own efforts.
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Now open to the public is the 1805 Stevenson House, one of the few structures surviving more than a century and a half on the Tryon Palace Square in New Bern. Completely restored and appropriately furnished by the Tryon Palace Commission, the handsome, three-story frame dwelling is regarded as an excellent example of early 19th century architecture.
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Nestled in the heart of tobacco country is the nation's largest cigarette manufacturer, 92-year-old R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Reynolds dates to 1875 when 24-year-old Richard Joshua Reynolds left his father's tobacco farm and went to Winston to set up his own tobacco business. By 1913, Reynolds controlled one-fourth of the plug tobacco business in the United States and had begun producing smoking tobacco as well, introducing the Prince Albert brand of pipe and cigarette tobacco in 1907.
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10858
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The state's one hundred counties are profiled using economic indicators, including population, civilian labor force, per-capita income, farm earnings, and retail sales. The state's fifty largest cities by population are also listed.
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10861
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Leaders of North Carolina's top ten industries which include finance, health care, energy, manufacturing, construction, technology, retail, transportation, agriculture, tourism, and review the last year and forecast how business will be in 2009.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 29 Issue 2, Feb 2009,
p32-36, 38-40, 42-44, 46-59, il
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10879
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William Bulgin McGuire, president of Duke Power Company, is featured in this month's We The People Magazine's North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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10880
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The Constitution of North Carolina was written in 1868 while the state was still under military rule following the Civil War. As it marks its one hundredth anniversary, many, including the State Constitution Study Commission, feel it should be rewritten because of its many archaic provisions and dozens of amendments added over the years. The article includes some of the major revision recommendations.
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On March 20, 1969, General Electric dedicated its new Wilmington plant for the production of nuclear fuel and commercial nuclear reactor components. It is the largest plant of its kind in the world, covering more than half a million square feet of space on a 1,600-acre site. The plant will employ between 400-500 people with a payroll of over $4 million a year.
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10897
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Charles Dunn is the new director of the State Bureau of Investigation. He discusses changes that need to be made in the department to upgrade its crime-fighting capabilities.
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10898
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We the People of North Carolina magazine interviewed four veteran State Bureau of Investigation agents, along with SBI director Charles Dunn, to learn about the state's law enforcement problems in general and the SBI's problems in particular in fighting crime.
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In 1912, in Iredell County, Sheriff J. M. Deaton and G. L. McKnight entered into partnership to sell cars manufactured by a man named Henry Ford. That partnership would later become Carolina Motor Company, the oldest Ford dealer in North Carolina. The company is also third oldest in the South, and nationwide only about fifty Ford agencies have a longer continuous existence. The company is still family owned.
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