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Starting out in a small way, Roby Buchanan has built a gem-cutting business in the mountains of Mitchell County that is attracting customers from far and wide, and is steadily increased throughout the years.
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14819
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Deer trapping is interesting work in Devotion, where an experiment is working to increase the deer population in North Carolina.
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Desperate for workers during World War II, factories opened their doors to a new workforce, women. Fairchild Aircraft in Burlington was one such factory desperately which desperately sought new workers. Initially the factory witnessed large turnovers and determined that majority of workers quitting were new employees lasting less than 30 days. To counteract the loss of workers, the factory instituted a new program of on-the-job training to retain workers.
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When completed, the proposed projects for game and fish conservation and propagation will make North Carolina one of the leading states in game areas and management facilities.
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14853
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Fontana promises to be one of the greatest tourist attractions within the boundaries of North Carolina, with sites like Fontana Lake, the newly constructed dam, and the scenic mountain peaks.
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14952
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Approximately 800 high school girls are now engaged in driving school buses in various sections of North Carolina, and the number is steadily increasing.
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14994
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There are now eight traffic policewomen in Asheville, North Carolina, and everyone agrees they make highly efficient officers.
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The Diamond Shoals Lightship guards the greatest area of quicksand in the world. Located 12 miles off Cape Point (Hatteras) and some 20 miles from the village of Hatteras, she shines the light and blows her horn to protect approaching vessels to the North Carolina Outer Banks. The crew goes for weeks without visitors, except for the monthly arrival of the supply tender.
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15651
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Sharpe summarizes 250 years of Beaufort County's history.
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15707
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Durant's Neck is a peninsula that extends into the Albemarle Sound between the Perquimans and Little rivers. George Durant, a pioneer settler, bought the lower six miles from the king of the Yeopim, a tribe of Native Americans. Purchased in 1662, it is the first piece of land for which a deed was recorded in the state. The deed is in the Hertford County Courthouse.
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15724
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Sharpe presents a profile of Columbus County, which covers 939-square-miles and is one of the top agricultural counties in the country. Sharpe covers early history, forestry, county growth, tobacco, schools, commerce, agriculture, and the people.
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Sharpe describes towns in Onslow County, including Belgrade's \"mine\"; Jacksonville's melting pot; Snead's Ferry's fishing fleet; Swansboro's revival; Richland's farming; and Holly Ridge's flamboyant rise and decline.
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Each Easter morning hundreds of Easter egg \"fighters\" gather near an abandoned school near Cherryville in Gaston County for the annual Sugar Hill Easter Egg Fight. It has been going on for at least seventy years, but no one knows how it started. Many think it was brought by early German immigrants to the Gaston area. In 1954, over 1,500 people showed up. The object of the game is this--contestants hold boiled, dyed eggs in their hands, with just the small end exposed; eggs are brought sharply together; the cracked egg goes to the winner.
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Although making sorghum molasses is not done as much now, the practice is still carried on in many of the mountain counties. It takes the place of honey, maple syrup and many other sweeteners. With the European war starting, sorghum is a good defense against war-time sugar shortages. Sharpe describes the process.
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As North Carolina enters its second year of the war, renewed efforts are being made all across the state to find and extract minerals for material-hungry industries. Plans are being made to continue or reopen mines for badly needed material such as manganese, corundum, copper, and mica.
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