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Carpenter Decorating, Inc. in Conover, now in its sixtieth year, is one of only four major manufacturers of seasonal outdoor decorations in the country.
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Central Transport, Inc., founded by Archie Honbarrier, began as a one-man operation in High Point in 1951. The company has grown from a small petroleum carrier into the ninth largest carrier of bulk commodities in the country.
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Born on 18 February 1762, in Fairfax, Virginia, Daniel Asbury would later become a Methodist preacher instrumental in organizing camp style meetings for religious purposes.
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Memorialized by a monument erected in his honor in 1921, Stephen D. Ramseur, the youngest major general in the Confederate Army, died during the Battle of Cedar Creek Virginia, 19 October 1864.
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Numerous old homes, important for historical as well as architectural reasons, survive in Lincoln County. Confederate Hall, Vesuvius, Woodside, and Lincoln's Courthouse, are some of the remaining examples.
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The first governor of North Carolina, Ralph Lane, appointed by Sir Richard Greenville, arrived via ship to the colony in July 1585. Troubles with local Native Americans compiled with the difficulties associated with caring for the 108 accompanying colonists, Lane gave up his position and returned to England with Sir Francis Drake in 1586.
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John O. McNairy is president and CEO of Kinston-based Harvey Enterprises and Affiliates. The company has grown from a fledgling insurance agency in 1871 into a diversified group of companies dealing in farm supply and equipment.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 47 Issue 2, Feb 1989,
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12962
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Dail Holderness, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company, died in Tarboro on March 17 at the age of seventy-nine. He served as chairman of North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry in 1972-1973.
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Wilkes County is the Mirror Capital of the World. Ed F. Garner founded Carolina Mirror there in 1936, later founding Gardner Mirror with his son-in-law in 1961. The company currently has about 14 percent of the market.
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The Municipal Administration course is offered by the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to municipal managers, department heads, and other officials. At the close of instruction, class members vote anonymously for the student who best meets the criteria for the George Franklin Award. Franklin was a former counsel for the N.C. League of Municipalities. Stevie Cox, Toen Manager for Chadbourn, received the award in 2010. Blair Barton-Percival, assistant director of the Area Agency on Aging for the Piedmont Triad Council of Governments, received the Edwin M. Gill Award.
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Cold New England weather brought renowned sculptor Wayne Trapp to Vilas, a small hamlet located near Boone. His abstract sculptures are sold all over the world from Europe to the Caribbean and the United States.
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12977
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Hugh E. Carr is president and chief executive officer of Sanford-based Trion, Inc. The company designs, manufactures, and distributes a variety of electronic air cleaners. We the People of North Carolina magazine features Carr in its Businessman in the News section.
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12978
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Gaston County Dyeing Machine Company, a family-owned business located in Stanley, began operations in 1921. The company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of textile wet processing equipment which is marketed in more than eighty countries. The company recently celebrated the stamping of its 20,000 coded pressure vessel.
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Bob Page is president of Greensboro-based Replacements, Ltd., the world's largest supplier of discontinued china and crystal. Since 1981, Replacements has grown from an attic operation with one part-time employee to eighty-five employees and sales of over $9 million.
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The Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Communications Center, located at the Research Triangle Park and named in honor of Mr. Bryan and in memory of the late Mrs. Bryan, serves as the administrative and production facilities of The University of North Carolina Center for Public Television. The Center is celebrating thirty-five years of operation.
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