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11788
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E. J. Cox moved to Clarkton, a small town in Southeastern North Carolina, in 1902 and opened a farm supply company which has served the agricultural needs of the area for seventy-six years. Cox is also the sole buyer for Planters Peanut Company in Southeastern North Carolina and South Carolina.
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11789
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Drexel Heritage Furnishings, Inc., is celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary in 1978. Founded in Drexel in Burke County, the company employs about five thousand people in twenty locations around the state. Drexel is one of the largest furniture companies in the industry.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 36 Issue 11, Nov 1978,
p140, 208-209, il, por
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3.Windwood, Inc. by Norris, Jeannie Faris We the People of North Carolina Vol. 36 Issue 11, Nov 1978
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11790
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Windwood, Inc., located in High Point, is a unique business that concentrates exclusively on rattan and wicker furniture. The company was founded in 1971 by Mose Samet. It is the only business of this type that manufactures from the pole to the finished product in North Carolina.
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11791
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In 1979, Drillers Service, Inc., founded in Hickory, will observe its twenty-five year of operations in the ground water developing industry.
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11792
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This article describes a 600-year-old masterpiece in the North Carolina Museum of Art collection. Titled \"Madonna and Child,\"Âthe small ivory sculpture standing one-foot high was carved by an unknown 14th century French artist. Mrs. Edsel B. Ford presented the work to the museum several years ago.
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11793
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A number of North Carolina businesses generously support artistic and humanistic endeavors. As a way to officially recognize and extend public appreciation to them, the Governor's Business Award in the Arts and Humanities was created. A special panel chose the winning firms: RJ Reynolds Industries; Graham Drug Company of Wallace; NCNB Corporation of Charlotte; Hanes Dye and Finishing Company of Winston-Salem; and The Liggett Group, Inc., of Durham.
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11794
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A. B. Henley began his business in 1934, when he purchased the Parker Paper and Twine Company in High Point. In 1944, the firm officially became the Henley Paper Company, now one of the largest paper products in the Southeast.
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11795
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William R. Roberson, Jr., of Washington, North Carolina, is a very busy man. He is chairman and CEO of WITN-TV, chairman and CEO of Roberson's Beverages, Inc., and is also involved in real estate. Roberson is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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11798
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Sol Schechter is president of Hampton Shirt Company, headquartered in Kinston. The company manufactures and sells men's and boys' shirts and men's pajamas throughout the country. Hampton produces some eighteen million dozen pieces of apparel each year, or about 34,000 dozen per week.
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11799
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Seven lawmakers hold what many regard as the most influential offices in the General Assembly. They are Representatives H. Horton Rountree, Edward S. Holmes, John R. Gamble, Jr., and Senators W. Craig Lawing, Kenneth C. Royall, Jr., Marshall A. Rauch, and Harold W. Hardison.
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11800
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PCA International is North Carolina's fastest growing publicly owned corporation. Founded in Matthews in 1967, Photo Corporation of America, now PCA International, became the world's largest portrait photographer in its first decade. It has created over 4,000 jobs with an annual payroll exceeding $16 million. Sales volume reached $124 million in 1978.
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11802
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Paul N. Howard, Jr. and his brother William founded the Paul N. Howard Company in Greensboro in 1950. The company is recognized as one of the country's major contractors and has recently expanded into the international market with multi-million dollar projects in Haiti and the Middle East. Paul Howard recently assumed the presidency for one year of the 8,000-member Associated General Contractors of America. Howard is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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11803
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The North Carolina Citizens Association presented this year's Citation for Distinguished Public Service to Terry Sanford, the former Governor of North Carolina. Sanford is currently president of Duke University.
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11804
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The North Carolina Citizens Association presented its 1979 Citation for Distinguished Citizenship to Joseph M. Bryan, who has compiled a long list of achievements in the financial, industrial, educational, and commercial fields.
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11805
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In 1931, S. B. Tanner opened the Doncaster Collar and Shirt Company in Rutherfordton. In 1933, Mrs. Tanner persuaded her husband to make a shirtwaist dress for her from the shirting material. Soon women's dresses were coming out of the plant and the garment grew in popularity. In 1955, the company changed its name to Tanner of North Carolina. In 1951, S. B. Tanner III, became company president. He is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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