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Ramon L. Yarborough is the publisher of The Fayetteville Observer and The Fayetteville Times. We the People of North Carolina magazine features him in its Businessman in the News section.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 43 Issue 5, May 1985,
p8, 10, 12, 14, 45-46, por
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12396
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Asheville has been called the jewel of the West in North Carolina's crown. This article details the economic development of the city and surrounding Buncombe County.
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12397
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When the business began in 1912, the Gilmore Plant & Bulb Company, Inc. was called the North State Nursery. It incorporated in 1936 under the ownership and direction of G. G. Gilmore, Sr. The company sells everything from seeds to sixty-foot magnolias. The company's farms cover 1,100 acres across Guilford, Randolph, Chatham and Surry Counties.
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12401
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The foreign trade zone (FTZ) concept was established in this country in 1934 when Congress passed the enabling legislation. \"Foreign-trade zones are enclosed areas under U.S. Customs supervision where goods imported from foreign countries may be brought without the usual, immediate, formal Customs entry.\" North Carolina has four zones - Wilmington, Morehead City, Charlotte, and Durham. This article provides an update on their operations.
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Begun in 1935, the Blue Ridge Parkway is within a day's drive of eight states and the District of Columbia. In 1984 alone, over 19 million people traveled the roadway. This article presents some of the history of the first fifty years.
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The printing industry is big business in North Carolina. There are over 1,100 printing establishments of all sizes across the state which employ about 26,000 people with a payroll of around $440 million a year. The three cities that have the largest number of printing establishments are in order Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro.
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Headquartered in Greensboro, Fisher-Harrison Corporation, one of the fastest-growing printers in the Southeast, offers its customers a wide range of services. Charles G. Harrison began the company in 1904. W. H. Fisher joined forces with him in 1944 to form Fisher-Harrison Printing Company. Eugene Johnston acquired controlling interest in 1969 from the founder's descendants and changed the name to Fisher-Harrison Corporation.
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Over twenty years ago the Printing Industry of the Carolinas (PICA) established a trade show in Charlotte. Held every other year, it has become the largest such exhibition in the Southeast, and one of the largest in the nation.
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Hunter Publishing Company, located in Winston-Salem, began as Hunter's Yearbook Service in 1948. While yearbooks still represent a large part of its annual sales, the company is a general printer that turns out everything from coupons to magazines to hardback textbooks.
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Qualified employees for high tech printing and graphic arts operations are hard to find. Two public universities, East Carolina and Appalachian State, and fourteen of the fifty-eight community colleges, offer courses tailored to careers in printing. This article describes the programs offered at East Carolina University, Chowan College, and Lenoir Community College.
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In 1871, Cornelius Bryant Edwards and Needham Bryant Broughton established a printing company that is now one of the ten oldest printing firms in Raleigh. They started operations with acquired printing equipment and $100 for ink and paper. Today Edwards & Broughton, which employs about one hundred people and occupies a 50,000-square-foot building, is known for its high-quality color work and overall printing capabilities.
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Preston Earle's grandfather and father purchased the Greensboro Printing Company in 1949. Earle is now the president of a company that has become one of the Southeast's largest commercial printing firms. The company has a long history of creating award-winning printing, and in 1984 it received the highest award given to a printing firm in the Carolinas, the prestigious DuPont Award.
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Ann B. Lambeth and her sister-in-law Peggy W. Lambeth co-own Indoor Landscaping, Inc., which is located in Greensboro. It is one of North Carolina's largest interior landscaping contracting firms. The firm specializes in high quality specimen foliage plants for commercial interiors.
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Founded in 1876 in the small town of Winston (now Winston-Salem), the law firm of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice handles clients statewide rom offices in Winston-Salem, Charlotte, and Raleigh. By the end of 1985 the firm expects to one of the first North Carolina law firms with more than one hundred attorneys.
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The North Carolina Museum of Art opened its doors on April 6, 1956. It was the first in the nation to have a collection of works of art that were fully subsidized by state funds. This article contains information reviewing the museum's three decades of dramatic growth and success.
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