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10282
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The United Service Organization (USO) was formed on February 4, 1941, with a mission of serving the GIs who were away from home. The first USO in North Carolina opened in Fayetteville on October 13, 1941. The number would grow to around 300 centers before World War II ended. The Jacksonville USO is the state's largest, and it is the oldest continuously operating one in the world.
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7952
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The North Carolina Arts Incubator, located in downtown Siler City, is the brainchild of Leon Tongret, former director of the small business center at Central Carolina Community College. Business incubators were started by the federal government in the 1980s, and today there are over 2,000 nationwide. Only seven are oriented toward the arts. There are over forty business incubators in the state, but Siler City has the only arts one. Among the things an arts incubator does is offer customized work space to artists. With 70,000 square feet in seven buildings, Siler City's incubator is the largest in the nation, with a planned expansion to 250,000 square feet. Pittard describes the project which links together the arts, historic preservation, and economic development.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 2, July 2006,
p134-136, 138, 140-141, il
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10414
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Sharon and Chris Smith and their two sons own and operate Mackey's Ferry Peanuts on Highway 64 near Jamesville. Whatever your favorite peanut taste--boiled, salted, right out of the shell, covered with chocolate, or peanut butter--visitors are sure to find it there. Besides peanuts, the store offers North Carolina products, crafts, and local barbecue. For many travelers to and from the Outer Banks, the store is a must stop.
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10135
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Pittard discusses the life and work of David Stick, who is the leading authority on the people and events that shaped the Outer Banks over the last four hundred years. The author of a dozen books and numerous articles, Stick donated his personal library and archives to the North Carolina Office of Archives and History in 1986, to be maintained as a public research center. Located in Manteo, the Outer Banks History Center opened to the public in 1989.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 76 Issue 1, June 2008,
p116-118, 120-122, 124, il, por
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8692
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In the early part of the 20th-century, fathers still taught sons how to run the farm, and few women worked outside the home. On Christmas Day in 1925, Ethel Turlington's husband died, leaving her a young widow with an infant daughter and the family farm in Johnston County. Pittard recounts the story of this determined woman who set an example for her daughter on how to survive and beat the odds. A self-taught farmer, Turlington used resourcefulness and frugality to provide for herself and her daughter, Hortense. She also worked as a bookkeeper for local businesses in Benson. As Hortense grew older, she entered into the farm routine, and at age 21, inherited two-thirds of the farm.
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Before America declared for independence, a group of Piedmont farmers challenged the royal government which was led by Governor William Tryon. The group was not seeking independence from England but reform of existing local governments. Among the complaints against local governments were excessive taxes, illegal fees, corrupt officials, and appointment by the Crown of local officials. Pittard discusses the Regulator Revolt, which culminated in a battle on May 14, 1771, on Alamance Creek between Royal forces and the Regulators and the subsequent hanging of six of the Regulators.
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9616
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Pittard discusses the style and creations of folk artist Marjorie Rose Powell of Mount Olive.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 6, Nov 2007,
p178-180, 182, 184, il, por
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Stuart Nye, the originator of the jewelry that bears his name, began his business on a whim. Returning from World War I, Nye was recuperating at the Veterans Hospital near Asheville. Casting about for an occupation, he began tinkering with jewelry making, and in 1933, became a full time jewelry maker. Most of his designs come from nature and include dogwoods, lilies, pansies, and pine cones. After World War II, he struck up a partnership with Ralph Morris, Sr., and when Nye retired in 1948, Morris continued the business, retaining the well-established name. The business continues this day under the direction of Ralph Morris, Jr.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 5, Oct 2007,
p138-140, 142, 144, il, por
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10133
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For over four decades, the Order of the Longleaf Pine has recognized citizens' contributions to North Carolina or a community through career, civic, or individual effort. Past winners include Charles Kuralt, Charlie Daniels, Shirley Caesar, and Gaylord Perry.
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A shipment of 1,000 books, sent from London to St. Thomas Parish in Bath in 1701, by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, gave Bath County the first lending library in the colonies. This predates Benjamin Franklin's brainchild by thirty years. Only one book remains, Gabriel Towerson's 'An Explication to the Catechism of the Church of England.'
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Margaret Belva Mizelle was born in the town of Windsor in Bertie County in 1918. After graduating from nursing school in Charlotte in 1940, she worked as a private duty nurse. Before the outbreak of World War II, she joined the Army Nurse Corps and was assigned to the U.S. Army 38th Evacuation Hospital Unit. The unit went to England in the summer of 1942. In the fall of 1942, the 38th landed with the troops in Algeria and served in North Africa till September 1943. The 38th landed with the troops at Salerno in September 1943 and at Anzio, Italy in 1944. Mizelle recorded many of her experiences in letters now preserved in the North Carolina State Archives. After serving in Korea, she retired in 1970 with twenty-eight years of service and the rank of Lt. Colonel. Mizelle married Truman King in 1972. She died at the age of eighty-six in 2004.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 10, Mar 2007,
p144-146, 148, 150-151, por
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In 1895 and 1896, retired Boston merchant James W. Tufts bought Moore County land to develop the Sandhills Village of Pinehurst. He did not intend it for golf, but rather as a warm climate resort for retirees and for those in ill health. He added a golf course when his Northern guests began arriving with their golf clubs and looking for a course to play. Master golf architect Donald Ross designed the course, and Pinehurst began its rise to one of the top golfing destinations in the world. Pittard discusses Pinehurst's early history and memorable golfing moments.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 1, June 2005,
p136-138, 140-142, il, por
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Pittard recounts the history of Ridgeway which once proclaimed itself the \"Cantaloupe Capital of the World.\" In the early 1900s, German immigrants, after having failed at raising small fruits, such as dewberries and strawberries, turned to cantaloupes and found them perfect for the soil. In the early 1940s, 100 railcars of cantaloupes were shipped in season, and production often exceeded 80,000 crates. However, blight attacked the fields after World War II. Though the disease was brought under control, production never again reached pre-war levels.
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The Virginia Creeper was a short-line train that ran seventy-five miles from Abington, Virginia to Elkland, now known as Todd. It was in operation from 1900 to 1977. The train was nicknamed the Creeper because mountain terrain limited its maximum speed to twenty-five miles an hour. Ashe County artist Stephen Shoemaker has fond memories of the train as it passed through his hometown of West Jefferson. He is currently painting a series of eight pictures based on the train. Shoemaker discusses his work and other paintings and what drew him to the series of train paintings.
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During World War II, the 100th Infantry Division, known as the Centurymen, fought 185 days of uninterrupted ground combat in France and Germany. Among their accomplishments were liberating or capturing 400 towns and taking 13,000 prisoners. Division casualties were high with 916 killed and 3,656 wounded. Four North Carolinians--Joe Collie, Roland Giduz, Horace Kornegay, and Tom Tillet--served with the 100th and relate their stories.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 6, Nov 2007,
p170-172, 174-175, il, por
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