Record #:

37165

Author(s):

Abstract:

With the same theme as another article found in this edition, Susan Stafford Kelly' “Diamond Guys," this article profiles fifteen businesses in North Carolina owned by the same families. Included were Raleigh’s York Properties, established 1910; Hickory’s Keever’s Key and Repair Service, founded 1920; Salisbury’s Beaver Brothers, established 1911; Windsor’s Bertie County Peanuts, founded 1915.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 84 Issue 12, May 2017, p140-141 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bertie County Peanuts (Windsor); Businesses--family owned; Recycling; Nurseries (Horticulture); Poultry industry--North Carolina, Eastern; Furniture industry--High Point; Energy efficiency; General stores; Woodwork; North Carolina State University

Record #:

5948

Author(s):

Roberts, Richard

Abstract:

Perdue Farms is a national leader in chicken production. Roberts discusses the history of the company and its planned move into northeastern North Carolina. The move will include 150growers tending 300 broiler houses. The company will construct a $1.5-million feed mill near Cofield, a $1-million office building and hatchery near Ahoskie, and a $6-million processing plant which will serve the seven-county area.

Source:

New East (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 2 Issue 2, June/July 1974, p18-19, 30, il

Subject(s):

Perdue Farms, Inc.; Poultry industry--North Carolina, Eastern