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11494
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Commercial Printing Company, Inc., located in Raleigh, prints everything from business cards to books. The company was founded in 1894, and incorporated in 1907, making it one of North Carolina's earliest corporations. G. Akers Moore, Sr. purchased the company in 1922, and it is now in the third-generation of ownership.
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11495
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Established in 1931 in Hickory, Central Telephone Company is the state's third-largest telephone company. The company provides service for forty-two Piedmont communities and employs over 1,100 with an annual payroll of $11.5 million.
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11496
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Henry E. Miller, Sr. started Miller Building Corporation in Wilmington in 1949. Now twenty-six years old, it is recognized as one of the leading construction companies in North and South Carolina. Most of the company's projects are between $50,000 and $2 million.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 33 Issue 11, Nov 1975,
p145-147, 195, il, por
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11497
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On October 24, 1924, Home Building and Loan Association began operation in Kinston with $3,000 in capital and one employee, W. A. Moore, who founded the company. The company marked its fiftieth anniversary in 1974, and the following year changed its name to East Federal Savings & Loan.
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11498
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Fort Raleigh, along with other historic buildings associated with Walter Raleigh's colony on Roanoke Island, will be rebuilt, using the most precise records available. The $20,000 expenditure was approved by the State Administrator of Civil Works.
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11499
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C.C. Spaulding of Durham is president of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company and the Mechanics and Farmers Bank.
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11507
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When Giuseppe Camiola, a young Italian carnival worker was killed in a fight, the nearest funeral home was the J. W. MacDougal one in Laurinburg. MacDougal did a fine job of embalming and then waited for the deceased's family or someone to pay for the work. No one claimed the body, and as it was taking up space, MacDougal hung it on the wall. Twenty-three years later the deceased still hangs on the wall, and thousands of people come by every year to look at it.
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11525
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One of North Carolina's greatest runners during the 1920s was Paul Simpson of Burlington. He participated in the first Los Angeles to New York City race, the famous \"bunion derby,\" and finished 36th out of 199 runners. In 1929, he finished 5th over the same course. He later raced a horse from Burlington to Morehead City.
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11533
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The State Utilities Commission is discussed In this continuing series of articles on the various departments of North Carolina state government. Although the department was created in 1933, its functions were handled by other departments starting in the 1880s. Stanley Winborne of Murfreesboro heads the commission.
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11549
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Albert G. Myers, Jr. is Chairman of the Board and CEO of Textiles-Incorporated of Gastonia. His father helped found the company during the Great Depression. It is a large producer of sewing threads, yarns, and knit fabrics and employs a workforce of over 5,000. Myers is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 34 Issue 1, Jan 1976,
p11-12, 34-35, 42-44, il, por
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11552
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Louie E. Woodbury, Jr., who heads the Wilmington insurance firm of Woodbury & Company, is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 34 Issue 2, Feb 1976,
p10-12, 14, 46, il, por
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11553
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After serving North Carolina for nearly fifty years and choosing not to seek reelection, Edwin Gill will retire as State Treasurer at the beginning of 1977. He has been associated with the state's fiscal policies and operations since 1942. Prior to being treasurer, Gill served in the General Assembly and as Commissioner of Paroles.
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11572
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Hector MacLean is chairman and president of Southern National Bank of North Carolina in Lumberton. Starting in 1953 with assets of $10 million, Southern National has grown into a banking system in eighteen counties with almost sixty branches. MacLean is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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11578
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This selective list of salaries paid to North Carolina public officials provides a comparison of the increase in wages from 1949 through 1964. Comparisons include basic state employees, department heads, teachers, and the Council of State.
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11584
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Lewis S. Morris has had a forty-year career in the textile industry. Today he is chairman and chief executive officer of Cone Mills Corporation in Greensboro. He is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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