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8597
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County-by-county listing of good news from 1982 includes awards won and new buildings or renovations begun or completed. The first phase of the $1 million Pinebridge recreation-amusement-shopping complex in Spruce Pine in Mitchell County opened to the public and a Christmas tree from Ashe County was selected for the Blue Room of the White House.
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8834
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County-by-county listing of good news from 1980 includes awards won and new buildings or renovations begun or completed. The Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts opened in Waynesville last year and Bertie County organized a Crime Watch Program.
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26815
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According to William Towell, executive vice president of the American Forestry Association, the conservation story is not all negative. There has been real progress in addressing air and water pollution, pesticide control, solid waste disposal, and wildlife management.
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9286
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County-by-county listing of good news from 1979 includes awards won and new buildings or renovations begun or completed. A Personnel Rapid Transfer (PRT) vehicle will now shuttle between Duke University North and the older buildings of the complex and a new 10-mile section of U.S. 19-129 Highway opened in Murphy.\r\n
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9237
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Born in 1900, the author relates her early life in Wilkes County. Twenty-six families lived on the Brushy Mountains in log cabins. The author describes herbs, roads, as well as a visit to the top of the mountains.\r\n
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9274
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County-by-county listing of good news from 1978 includes awards won and new buildings or renovations begun or completed. The new Alex Vale Furniture company in Alexander County is nearing completion and gross retail sales in Macon have skyrocketed in the last year.
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9167
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County-by-county listing of good news from 1976 includes awards won and new buildings or renovations begun or completed. For example, Elk Park in Avery County got a new fire department and police department and the job market in Lincoln County is steadily improving.
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35296
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Written by a Baptist minister, “Fischer’s River Scenes and Characters” portrays the customs and social life of people in the southern mountains of North Carolina. Customs, attitudes, anecdotes, and tall tales are all included in the author’s analysis of the book.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 16 Issue 3, Nov 1968,
p143-152
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35241
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Starting with a brief biography of her father, Ms. Currin recorded several stories, tall tales, and anecdotes that Joe Currin had told. These tales are categorized by hunting and fishing, local characters, numskull tales, and miscellaneous.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 12 Issue 1, July 1964,
p1-6
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35249
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An African American woman told this story to Mrs. Johnson about a mule that was blind in the time after the Civil War and persevered, and the story teller drew some parallels to racism in their current life in 1955 in Mississippi.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 12 Issue 2, Dec 1964,
p25-26
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35172
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A short anecdote about a deacon who falls asleep during one session, and wakes up during another and accidentally advocates for the continuation of prostitution.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 9 Issue 1, July 1961,
p9
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35142
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A collection of anecdotes from Anson County.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 1, July 1957,
p22-24
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24684
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An anecdotal history of Onslow is provided, with a particular focus on the early 1900s.
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35080
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This is a collection of highly exaggerated anecdotes surrounding the history of Anson County.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 3 Issue 1, July 1955,
p21-23
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35045
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An anecdote about a string of bad luck.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 2 Issue 1, Sept 1954,
p17
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