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Ferree Trailer Corporation of Climax builds two types of trailers, Industrial and Heavy Duty, both in the machinery-hauling category. The company ships nationwide and distributes through 125 dealerships. Though small, the company produced 525 trailers in 1969 with a dollar volume of $750,000.
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11041
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Halbert McNair Jones, president of Waverly Mills, Inc. in Laurinburg is featured in this month's WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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When the Roxboro Cotton Mills planned an expansion in 1919, they chose the John W. Ferguson Company of New York and New Jersey. The company sent George W. Kane to do the job. When he finished the work, citizens of Roxboro prevailed on him to remain with his family and start his own business. Kane did. Today, George W. Kane, Inc., started in 1920, is the state's fourth largest building contractor and 303rd largest in the nation. The Winston-Salem campus of Wake Forest University was built largely by the Kane corporation.
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11049
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John T. Church, senior vice president and secretary and merchandising manager of Henderson-based Rose's, is featured in this month's WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S North Carolina Businessman in the News. He served two terms in the North Carolina General Assembly House of Representatives from Vance County, and this year he will return as a State Senator representing the 7th Senatorial District.
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Milton E. Harrington, president and chief executive officer of Liggett & Myers Incorporated of Durham, is featured in this month's WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S North Carolina Businessman in the News. Harrington, a native of Pitt County, joined the old Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company in 1934 as a leaf supervisor.
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Since 1941, many of North Carolina's private, or independent colleges and universities, have expanded their physical plants, faculties, enrollments, and academic offerings. Gifts from alumni and friends, church denominations, and federal money for building construction have helped in these areas. However, thirty years later many of these institutions are in worse financial shape than they were in 1941. This article examines how these institutions got into this situation and where they are looking for financial assistance.
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11054
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This article provides factual information on North Carolina's forty-one private institutions of higher learning.
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11056
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Clyde W. Gordon of Alamance County at age sixty-eight is rounding out a distinguished career in the textile industry. Gordon is currently Secretary-Treasurer of the Collins-Aikman Corporation's Monarch Division at Graham. He is featured in this month's WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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11058
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This article contains information on the proposed plan to reorganize the state government of North Carolina.
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11060
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Glenn E. Anderson, president of Raleigh-based Carolina Securities Corporation, is featured in this month's WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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11061
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The North Carolina Constitution mandates 50 Senators and 120 Representatives, but it leaves to the General Assembly the right to determine how the districts will be drawn. The challenge for the 1971 Assembly is how to balance representation between the East, Piedmont, and Mountains, with the fact that population is shifting toward the more urban areas, especially in the Piedmont.
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11062
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J. Lloyd Langdon, a native of Johnston County, is president of the Dairy Division of Pet Incorporated. He is also a corporate vice president of Pet, which is headquartered in St. Louis. Langdon is featured in this month's WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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11063
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Over the years many of the state's fine old homes and buildings with genuine historic value have been demolished and in their place are motels, stores, office buildings, or parking lots. The question is how can the past be preserved when progress needs the space? One answer is adaptive use, or using the buildings for a purpose otherwise intended.
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W. E. Mangum is president and chairman of C.C. Mangum, Incorporated, a construction and road building company headquartered in Raleigh. His father, the late Cleve C. Mangum, started the firm in 1927. Mangum is featured in this month's WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE's North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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11067
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Carl Horn, Jr. is president of Duke Power Company, the country's 16th largest investor owned public utility. Horn is featured in this month's WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE's North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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