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Record #:
10462
Author(s):
Norris, Jeannie Faris
Abstract:
E. M. O'Herron, Sr. founded the Eckerd Drug Company in Charlotte in 1921. The company, which pioneered low-priced drugs, now operates seventy-five drugstores in six Southeastern states.
Source:
We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 25 Issue 6, Nov 1967, p108, 174-175, il, por
Subject(s):
Drugstores; Family-owned business enterprises--Charlotte; Eckerd Drug Co. (Charlotte)
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Record #:
11811
Author(s):
Norris, Jeannie Faris
Abstract:
The company began when J. S. Myers and J. J. Ezell opened a paint store in Charlotte in 1904. Several years later T. W. Pritchard joined the company, and in 1922, he purchased the remaining stock from the founders and the company was his. He later expanded the product line to include glass. In 1979, Pritchard Paint & Glass Company celebrates its 75th anniversary.
Source:
We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 37 Issue 6, June 1979, p30, 32, 48-49, il
Subject(s):
Family-owned business enterprises--Charlotte; Pritchard Paint & Glass Co. (Charlotte)
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Record #:
13861
Author(s):
Martin, Edward
Abstract:
Autobell Car Wash, Inc., founded in Charlotte in 1969 by the late Chuck Howard, Sr. and currently overseen by his son Chuck, Jr., is the nation's largest regional car-wash chain. Still privately owned, the company recently opened its sixty-first wash. Each new one costs an average of $2 million.
Source:
Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 31 Issue 3, Mar 2011, p66-71
Subject(s):
Autobell (Charlotte); Car wash industry; Family-owned business enterprises--Charlotte
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