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11611
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Norman G. Samet founded Samet Construction Company, Inc. in High Point in 1961. Clients include U.S. Industries, Heritage Furniture Company, and Gulton Industries. The company has a reputation for dependability, innovative thinking, and sound business principles.
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11612
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Fred H. McIntyre, Sr. and several other businessmen founded Mid-State Tile Company in Lexington in the 1950s. Ceramic production began there in 1957. In 1974, a second plant went into production at Mount Gilead. The product line now exceeds 6,000 items.
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11613
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Wachovia Bank & Trust Company was founded in Winston-Salem in 1879. Since then it has been an important source of capital and financial leadership for the state. In 1976, Wachovia had 186 offices in 74 North Carolina cities with a workforce of 5,000 and is the country's third largest bank.
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11614
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Temple Sloan started General Parts, Inc. in Raleigh in 1962. The company stocks and distributes over 60,000 different part numbers necessary to service everything from passenger cars to lawnmowers.
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11615
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In 1905, a small savings and loan association was founded in Raleigh. In 1976, the firm is known as Raleigh Savings & Loan Association and is the oldest financial institution in the city.
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11617
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C. V. York and R. J. Cobb formed a construction company in Greenville in 1904. Their first job was to construct the first six buildings of East Carolina Teachers Training School. York bought out Cobb in 1910 and moved the company to Raleigh, establishing a firm that has been in continuous operation ever since.
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11618
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Seth Lumber Company opened for business in Lincolnton in 1915. A privately owned business, it used the name of one of its founders, Michael Seth Beam. The company incorporated under new ownership as Seth Lumber Company Inc. in 1945. This article describes the company's progress since then.
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11619
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Lewis Advertising, Inc. opened for business in Rocky Mount in 1969. The company currently bills $3 million and employs twenty people. There are 6,000 advertising agencies in the nation. Of these less than 10 percent are granted membership in the prestigious National Association of Advertising Agencies. Lewis Advertising is a recipient of that recognition.
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11620
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WITN-TV went on the air on September 28, 1955, in Washington. The station is affiliated with the NBC Television Network. This article recounts the development of the station.
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11650
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This article describes the renovations made the North Carolina Governor's Mansion. Governor Hunt and his family are the twenty-fourth North Carolina First Family to occupy the thirty-six room Victorian structure on Raleigh's North Blount Street.
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11651
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After serving North Carolina for nearly fifty years and choosing not to seek reelection, Edwin Gill retired as State Treasurer at the beginning of 1977. To honor his long years of service, North Carolina State University created the Edwin Gill Professorship in Business Management.
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Arthur G. Odell, Jr. founded Odell Associates Inc., a Charlotte architectural firm in 1940. With approximately one hundred employees and branch offices in South Carolina and Virginia, it is one of the South's largest architectural firms. Odell, the first Southerner ever to hold the presidency of the American Institute of Architects, 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. 35 Issue 2, Feb 1977,
p10, 12, 14, 37-38, por
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11655
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Harlan E. Boyles, North Carolina Treasurer, is discussed in this ongoing series of brief profiles of major newly elected and appointed state officials.
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11656
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John C. Brooks, Commissioner of Labor, is discussed in this ongoing series of brief profiles of major newly elected and appointed state officials.
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11657
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Colin Stokes, a new college graduate, joined R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in 1935. In 1973, he became chairman and chief executive officer of what is now Reynolds Industries, Inc. Stokes 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. 35 Issue 3, Mar 1977,
p10, 12-13, 37, 43, por