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Fontana Village covered 1200 acres and in 1946 was the largest hotel in the country. The property, located near Lake Fontana, was leased from the TVA. Despite the vast acreage, the hotel accommodated a mere 1200 patrons. Guests enjoyed scenery around the lake, the Fontana Dam, and natural sites around Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
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Big game fishing accounted for a major economic contribution to eastern North Carolina. A burgeoning market for recreational fishing trips off North Carolina's coast was born in the 1940s. Once considered a hobby, coastal populations quickly learned to tap into the activity which tourists were willing to pay for. Recreational fishing gained one million in revenue because of growing popularity during this period.
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Japan is just about wiped off the earth, even if it is still on the map. The last family left in the little community in Graham County, N.C., is tearing down its dwelling and next year, waters from TVA's new Fontana Dam in western North Carolina will lap over the rich bottom lands which so long sustained the farming folks.
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Thanks to the effective work of the VD Educational Institute in Raleigh, effective steps are now being made in checking the ravages of venereal disease.
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J. W. Harbison of Pinehurst ran the southernmost American chinchilla ranch in 1947. Superintendent of Pinehurst schools by day and chinchilla breeder by night, Harbison initially bought a pair of the South American rodents for the fur, which in the 1940s made a fashionable and popular coat. However, he grew attached to the first pair and changed the focus from fur to selling his chinchillas to other breeders, which could still net a large profit.
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In 1947, the military once again deserted Fort Macon and the historic work was turned over to the Division of Forestry and Parks, which planned to reopen the fort as a park. Brig. General Simon Bernard, Napoleon's military engineer, designed the fort and construction began in 1826. In 1862, Fort Macon fell to General Burnside's Union troops in battle during the Civil War.
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Weldon earned the nickname \"Rockfish Capital\" because of the popularity of fishing for rockfish, also known as striped bass. Fishermen descended on Weldon in April and May during the striped bass spawning season. Striped bass showed a certain proclivity for the waters of the Roanoke River, much to Weldon's financial benefit. A hatchery was opened to promote the local industry and ensure the population of striped bass.
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After months of hard work, tobacco farmers of North Carolina are now cashing in on their labor. The crop this year is above the average with respect to size and quality.
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Sheriffs, deputies, county tax collectors, city purchasing agents and a host of other local officials are trekking over to Albert Coates' Institute of Government to learn how to do their jobs better.
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10.Folk Festival Preserves Old Tunes and Dances by Sharpe, Bill The State Vol. 12 Issue 21, Oct 1944
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The 18th annual Asheville Mountain Dance and Folk Festival helps preserve the great reservoir of folk music and dance in the Southern Appalachians.
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From seaweed is obtained agar, which was produced almost entirely in Asia before World War II. Now, an interesting industry is in operation in Beaufort.
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There has been a big increase in pipe smoking, and now that the United States can't import briar wood from abroad, many thousands of pipes are being made from wood in western North Carolina.
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14772
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It takes five to eight years to get terrapins into edible condition, but their number on the North Carolina coast is showing a steady increase.
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The Big Top may be dying - but not in the heart and hands of F. W. Stanley, a Goldsboro businessman who is on his 14th month of construction of a complete miniature circus in his home.
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Fontana Dam in western North Carolina is the newest of TVA's chain of reservoirs. Gates have been closed and the 451-foot dam (fourth highest in the world) is backing up Fontana Lake with a 215 mile shoreline. Part of it will border on the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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