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10175
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Tomlin discusses the Bon-Clyde Learning Center in Sanford, which has been operated for the past two decades by Bonnie Buchanan. The center is considered one of the Southeast's, if not the entire country's, most respected providers of canine acting classes.
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10176
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Tomlin discusses the work and creations of Asheboro sculptor John Paul Harris.
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10219
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Sanford, county seat of Lee County, is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month.
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11263
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Statesville photographer Max Tharpe is featured in this Tomlin profile. Tharpe is famous for his ability to capture images of everyday life. He began his career as a free lance photographer in 1947, shortly after leaving the Air Force. Now 89, he lives in Florida and has created his own line of greeting cards, called \"Honest Expressions.\" Tharpe recently donated his entire catalog of over 4,000 images to Mitchell Community College.
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Approximately one mile long and 1,800 feet wide, the quarry at Mount Airy, the world's largest open-faced granite quarry, has provided stone for notable monuments and structures nationwide. The quarry has been worked for 120 years, and there is enough granite there for another 500 years.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 4, Sept 2012,
p166-168, 170, 172, 174, 176, il
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17763
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The citizens of Shelby have been on a mission to revitalize their town. The State Theatre is one legendary spot site they are honoring with a new name.
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17777
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Billy Graham may be a simple farm boy from North Carolina, but he has become one of the most prolific evangelist in American history, preaching in person to more than 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territories.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 2, July 2012,
p98-104, 106, 8, 110, 112, f
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In 1905, Lunsford Richardson, a Greensboro druggist, went into business to sell his own medicines. One of his connections, Vicks VapoRub, has been known around the world for over one hundred years. How the name came to be is a mystery, although there are theories. What is known, Tomlin writes is that \"he created a medicinal marvel for the ages, the like of which may never be equaled.\"
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 7, Dec 2012,
p51-52, 54, 56-58, il, por
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19315
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In the late mid to late 19th century, many North Carolinians vacationed at one of several hotels built near mineral springs. One of the grandest of them all was the White Sulphur Springs Hotel, built in Surry County by Rufus Roberts. Governors, world-famous actresses, and people from the eastern part of the state came there. They didn't come for the fancy accommodations or great food, rest or relaxation. They came to drink the mineral spring waters which were reputed to have curative powers. Tomlin recounts the hotel's history and what eventually happened to it.
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After building a dollhouse with her ten grandchildren, Meredith Michener of High Point decided in 1990 decided to continue the craft. She went to Seattle to study with a nationally renowned miniaturist and learned to use tools she had no experience with. Over the years she has constructed thirty intricately designed rooms. Each one required a month to ten months to complete. In 2001 she donated her rooms, now known as \"Meredith's Miniatures,\" to the High Point Museum where they are a permanent exhibit. It is considered one of the largest collections of its types made by one person in the country.
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The Mayberry Ice Cream Restaurants at one time numbered forty-two half a century ago; now only seven remain in the state. The bean-and-bacon soup is legendary; banana splits are delicious. Tomlin visits the one in High Point which is owned by Rita and Mike Rankin. Mike went to work with the restaurant as a dish washer at age fifteen and worked his way up to owner. When the chain still had a large number of restaurants, he was the troubleshooter for it. He and Rita have a loyal clientele that comes to their restaurant to enjoy their homemade food.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 81 Issue 1, June 2013,
p206-208, 210-212, 214, il, por
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20140
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With its unique cherry flavor and bright red color, the history of Cheerwine is inextricably linked with its home state of North Carolina.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 81 Issue 3, Aug 2013,
p144-146, 148, 150-151, f
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Letters From Home is a tribute show to the Andrews Sisters, a 1930s and 40s singing group, popular among soldiers during World War II. Erinn Diaz, Serah Haley, and Chelsea de la Cuadra perform the songs, originally done by LaVerne, Maxene and Patty Andrews, in venues across the country--theatres, air shows, parades, VA hospital, and VFW conventions.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 81 Issue 6, Nov 2013,
p154-156, 158, 160, 162, por
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Salem Moravian Graveyard, known as God's Acre, is a unique burial place. John Birkhead was the first Moravian settler buried there in 1771, and the burial tradition continues to this date. There are no great headstones, prominent crosses, or majestic statues, for the Moravians believed that all are equal in death. Over 7,000 are buried there under simple, flat markers of white marble--20x24 inches, standing four inches high, pointing east. Nor are blood relatives buried together because the people are considered part of one family--the church family and are therefore buried chronologically.
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21788
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Tomlin looks back to the 1970s when, for a short period of time, college students cast aside their inhibitions (and clothes) and became streakers across their college landscapes. It appears that Western Carolina University has the honor of having the first streakers.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 81 Issue 11, Apr 2014,
p42-44, 46, 48, 50, 52, il
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