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11806
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Over two hundred years ago the Helms family settled in North Carolina. They began making home furnishings in a distinctive style. This continued up until 1953, when Lester \"Leck\" Helms started Ma Leck Woodcrafts of Wingate as a way to earn a little extra money. What resulted was a booming business. Today 1,500 wood products are sold by 10,000 retailers in 50 states. Sales hit $8.5 million in 1978, with $10 million projected for 1979.
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11807
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Founded in 1904 in Siler City, the Boling Chair Company makes chairs for offices, schools, homes, and other institutions. The firm still operates in its original location, although it has expanded there and elsewhere.
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11809
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The Historic Preservation Fund of North Carolina, Inc. has been in operation for eighteen months. It is a private, non-profit agency that rescues valuable old structures for resale to owners who will restore and maintain them as they were originally built. The article includes some specific properties the Fund has handled.
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11810
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Wachovia Bank & Trust, which opened its doors on June 16, 1879 in Winston as the Wachovia National Bank, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 1979. Today it is the largest bank in the Southeast and the 32nd largest among the country's 14,000 commercial banks.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 37 Issue 6, June 1979,
p22-24, 28-29, 51-52, il, por
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11811
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The company began when J. S. Myers and J. J. Ezell opened a paint store in Charlotte in 1904. Several years later T. W. Pritchard joined the company, and in 1922, he purchased the remaining stock from the founders and the company was his. He later expanded the product line to include glass. In 1979, Pritchard Paint & Glass Company celebrates its 75th anniversary.
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11812
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Adams-Millis Hosiery Company of High Point is one of the unknown giants in the textile industry. For seventy-five years the company has been the world's largest manufacturer of private-label hosiery for many of the country's mass merchandising retailers. Now the company is launching its own brand.
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11813
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Joseph Branch, a native of Halifax County, earned his law degree from Wake Forest University. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1947 to 1954. Governor Dan Moore appointed him an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court in 1966. He served until 1979 when he became Chief Justice of the Court.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 37 Issue 7, July 1979,
p16-19, 55-56, il, por
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11815
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H. Lester Creech is president and chief executive officer of Carolina Coach Company with headquarters in Raleigh. The company was founded in 1925 with a single route between Raleigh and Greensboro. The company now operates over 3,800 scheduled miles in six states on the Eastern Seaboard utilizing 115 terminals. The company employs 520.
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11817
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Forty years ago J. J. Sansom, Jr., went to work with Mechanics & Farmers Bank in Durham at a salary of $80 a month. Today he is the bank's president and chief executive officer. Sansom is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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11818
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Larry J. Blake became president of the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges on July 1, 1979. He had previously served as a community college president in British Columbia.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 37 Issue 9, Sept 1979,
p16-17, 54-55, il, por
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11819
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Thomasville Furniture Industries is celebrating its seventy-fifth year of operation. The company employs approximately 6,500 people in seven locations around the state, with other manufacturing operations in Virginia and Mississippi. Sales volume for 1978 was more than $185 million.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 37 Issue 9, Sept 1979,
p28, 30, 32, 56-57, il
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11820
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This article recounts the life and career of John R. Larkins who has served the state for thirty-five years, beginning in 1942 as a consultant for the North Carolina Department of Public Welfare for work among African Americans.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 37 Issue 10, Oct 1979,
p22-23, 26, 66-68, il, por
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11831
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Carl V. Venters, Jr., is president and general manager of radio stations WPTF and WPTF-FM, the broadcasting subsidiary of Durham Life Insurance Company. WPTF was North Carolina's second oldest station. Venters was a major figure in broadcasting in the state as the owner and co-owner of three radio stations and as a past president of the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters. He 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. 37 Issue 11, Nov 1979,
p11-12, 14, 16, 221-222, por
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11832
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This article contains information on radio and TV broadcasting in the state and the revenues and profits in each market served by the stations.
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11833
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There are twenty-one television stations in North Carolina. Eighteen operate as commercial businesses and three are nonprofits. Of these three, two are educational and one is religious. This article contains a brief description of each twenty-one stations.
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