Record #:

37166

Author(s):

Abstract:

With the same theme as another article in this edition, Susan Stafford Kelly's, “For the Love of Fish,” this article profiles North Carolina companies owned by the same families. Among the forty were Joe Sugar’s of St. Paul’s, founded 1916; Winston-Salem’s Quality Oil, established 1937; Raleigh’s Capitol Broadcasting, founded 1937; Morehead City’s El’s Drive-In, established 1959.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 84 Issue 12, May 2017, p150-153 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Businesses--family owned; Capel, Inc. (Troy); Capitol Broadcasting Co. (Raleigh); D.H. Griffin Wrecking (Greensboro); Autobell (Charlotte); Shell Oil Co.; Restaurants; Historic buildings; Retail stores; Agritourism

Record #:

5844

Author(s):

Gray, Tim

Abstract:

David Griffin, Jr. is vice-president of the family business, D. H. Griffin Wrecking. The company is the Southeast's largest and the country's third-largest wrecking company. Gray discusses the work of Griffin and the company at the clean-up of the World Trade Center in New York.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 6, June 2003, p38-49, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Construction industry--Greensboro; Wrecking--Greensboro; D.H. Griffin Wrecking (Greensboro)