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Murphy Manufacturing of Wilson was the largest manufacturer of customized refrigerated truck bodies in the country. However, the company had fallen on hard times with low morale among employees, declining sales brought on by the 1981-82 recession, and a critical need to upgrade outdated equipment and production methods. Purchasing an ailing company can be risky, but C. William Layman, owner of a Charlotte plastics company, and Harold Domenico, founder of Charlotte-based Management Analysts, Inc., undertook the challenge. Timblin discusses the results of their efforts.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 5 Issue 2, Feb 1985,
p37, 39, por
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Maggie Valley, incorporated in 1909, is home to various types of people. Miss Jennie Reninger travels every year to spend the summer months enjoying the mountains. Miss Judy Alexander operates the Cataloochee Ranch, where visitors can be treated and entertained in the great outdoors. Father Murphy came to the Maggie Valley from Detroit. Once in the mountains he decided to build a church so he could stay in the area. Kyle Edwards recently opened the Stompin Ground, which is called the “clogging capital of the world.†Visitors wishing to see rare and exotic animals can visit Jim Miller's Soco Gardens Zoo.
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Located in the heart of uptown Charlotte, the Discovery Place is breaking new ground as a hands-on learning center. Over 300,000 visitors have ventured to the Discovery Center, since opening in 1981. The museum features exhibits on exotic animals, chemical reactions, electricity, and weather. The Discovery Place was even selected to host “The Art of the Muppets†exhibit. With over 95,000 students visiting each year, the museum is playing an integral part in teaching North Carolina's children.
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The Sheer Bliss Craft Center recently opened in Banner Elk. The center is named after and directed by gemologist Dot Bliss. Sheer Bliss is a non-profit corporation representing over fifty craftpersons. These men and women use the center to sell and market their crafts. In exchange, part of their profits go toward supporting the Sheer Bliss company. The center also functions as an educational center, where the Mayland Technical Institute offers instructional classes. Focusing on quality craftsmanship, consignors have developed a good working relationship with Sheer Bliss and rarely use written contracts between themselves and the center. A trusting relationship, therefore, has developed among all those involved in the Sheer Bliss Craft Center.
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Charlotte's Discovery Place is one of this country's newest and most exciting science museums. The museum receives strong financial support from the business community, with approximately thirty-five corporate members contributing to the annual budget. The museum features exhibits on exotic animals, chemical reactions, electricity, and weather, including the Ocean Pool, which features sea life native to North Carolina; the Trading Post, where visitors can bring their own collectibles for identification or possible trade; and the Knight Rain Forest, where the rain actually falls in a three-story exhibit of tall trees, plants, birds and animals.
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In 1965, Iverson became president of Nuclear Corporation of America (Nucor) and the following year he moved the financially-troubled company's headquarters to Charlotte. From those humble beginnings, the steel company was soon producing two million tons of steel and steel products per year and earning a ranking as the tenth largest steel company in the country. In 1982, Nucor had $486 million in sales and over $22 million in net earnings.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 4 Issue 1, Jan 1984,
p41-42, por
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The Snowbird Mountain Lodge, ten miles outside of Robbinsville, has been open for forty years. Naturalists, birdwatchers, honeymooners, and hikers all frequent the lodge which offers the comforts of home in beautiful surroundings. Bob and Connie Rhudy own the forty-five-guest lodge and provide jigsaw puzzles, Monopoly, and cards to guests in the lobby.
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In Balsam stands the Balsam Mountain Inn. Opened in 1908, the inn is currently owned by the Woods family who leases it to the LaBrant family of St. Petersburg, Florida. The LaBrants continue to run a successful hotel operation, and the family has deliberately kept prices low so as to encourage business. During the winter, the family returns to St. Petersburg and runs the Mountain inlet Restaurant there.
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“The Bard of Ottary,†Shepherd M. Dugger, wrote several books about courting in Watauga County in colonial days. Although the author insisted his stories were true, there is no doubt they were embellished. In one story, for example, a girl chooses whom to marry based on how many rattlesnakes each suitor has killed; in another, a girl's mother tells her suitor to kiss her daughter and then to kiss the boils on her back. Dugger was portraying the backwoods humor of the period. In his book, WAR TRAILS OF THE BLUE RIDGE, Dugger describes courting as one of his greatest pleasures.
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Shatley Springs Inn near Jefferson is run by Lee McMillan. Aside from accommodations, the inn offers a diner and is surrounded by rustic farm equipment. The water at Shatley Springs is believed to hold miraculous healing powers, and people often leave with a gallon of it. In 1927, one truckload of 600 gallons of the water sold for $840.
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Built in 1885 by J. Erwin Calloway and author Shepherd M. Dugger, the Grandfather Hotel burned to the ground in 1912. Few remember the hotel that stood at the base of Grandfather Mountain. The hotel was owned and operated by Calloway and his wife, Texie, until 1909, after which it was used as a private residence. Shepherd wrote about the hotel in his unpublished autobiography. After the hotel burned, Texie built a the Calloway Inn which she ran for many years.
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The Klonteska Inn was built by Dr. Robert Douglas Jennings in 1895. Located in Banner Elk, the inn was run by the Jennings who cooked for their guests and Beech Mountain offered a plethora of recreation activities for them. The inn operated until 1928 and was torn down in the early 50s.\r\n
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Opened in 1891,the Eseeola Lodge of Linville was razed by fire in 1936, and the Chestnut Lodge was converted to the new Eseeola. The Lodge can accommodate up to one hundred guests at a time and operates only during the summer months.
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Opened in 1891 by Robert and Blanche Lowe, the Banner Elk Hotel was one of the many luxurious inns of the area. It sits near Lees-McRae College and guests from as far away as New York returned year after year. The Lowes died in 1946 within six months of each other. The Lowes' youngest son, Charles, is currently the sole occupant of the hotel.
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