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In Durham in 1924, R. L. Brame, using his entire savings of $100 and a second-hand truck, went into business for himself. He had one product to sell - a sweeping compound of his own manufacture. He named the company Brame Specialty Products because he didn't know what direction the business would take and what products he would sell. Today the company is one the leading paper distributors in the state.
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On July 5, 1949, the Lexington State Bank opened for business. From modest beginnings, the bank developed into a full-service financial institution employing one hundred people. Total assets are almost $80 million.
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Edwin A. Morris has held many positions with Blue Bell, Inc. during his forty-year career with the company, the last being chairman and CEO. Blue Bell is one of the largest and most successful apparel companies in the country. Morris is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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11738
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Nationwide the Christmas trees are a $300 million industry. In North Carolina, 900,000 trees will be harvested in 1977 and bring about $10 million on the retail level. This article contains information on who grows Christmas trees, where they are grown, and how the business operates.
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Two important forums of the performing arts are coming to Duke University, the American Musical Theater Center and the American Dance Festival. The festival had been in residence at Connecticut College for thirty years. Duke was chosen over forty-six other campuses competing for the dance festival.
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11740
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This article recounts how a financial rescue operation saved North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount from closing its doors two years ago.
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11741
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Hugh Murray opened his insurance business at a dismal time in North Carolina's history, the Great Depression. Banks were closing, and people were struggling to make ends meet. Still his company, Associated Insurers, Inc., survived and today is one of the largest insurance brokerage firms in the Southeast.
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11748
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Julian Price is president of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company of Greensboro. He discusses current economic conditions in the state and his insurance company.
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11756
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North Wilkesboro, at forty years of age, is a relatively young town in North Carolina. Yet in that time its population has grown to almost 7,000, and it has developed into one of the outstanding business towns in the western part of the state.
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11761
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This article presents an assessment of Governor James B. Hunt's first year in office.
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11762
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With the long controversy over site location now over, construction has begun on the new North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Location was a choice between downtown and a suburban one, with the suburban one the final choice. When completed, the museum will have 170,000 total square feet, with 50,000 square feet of exhibition space.
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Sidney L. Alderman founded the Alderman Company, a photography company, in Greensboro in 1898, and later moved to High Point to serve the growing furniture industry. Today his grandson, Sidney A. Gayle, heads the company that has become the largest still photographer in the nation and one of North Carolina's largest printers.
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Sign Art of Charlotte specializes in unusual custom commercial signs and their installation. Company president Zeke Foard worked as a helper for twenty-three years for Grady Sign Company. In 1964, he and his wife Nancy purchased the company. Since then company has expanded sales from $100,000 in 1964 to $1 million in 1977.
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11766
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The North Carolina Citizens Association presented this year's Citation for Distinguished Public Service to Albert Coates.
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11767
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This year's North Carolina Citizens Association's Citation for Distinguished Citizenship was presented to John F. Watlington, Jr., an executive with Wachovia Bank & Trust Company.
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