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Colonial cookery in North Carolina was chiefly English with native ingredients adapted to taste. Most of the cooking involved the extensive use of spices, herbs, and wine, and was done over an open fire or in dutch ovens. Select colonial recipes are presented from “A Tryon Palace Trifle” cookbook by Jeremy North.
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31644
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King Cotton may make a comeback in the Chowan County area, with the help of a cooperative insect control program organized by the county’s farmers. Cotton crops declined due to lack of manpower to harvest it and low profits, but Chowan’s soil is more suitable to cotton than to some of the other crops in the county.
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Buxton, the largest town on the island with about seven-hundred residents, hosts thousands of visitors each year to the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. There is also the United States Weather Station, a Naval facility, and a Coast Guard station at Buxton. With an increasing number of visitors, tourism has replaced commercial fishing as the major private industry.
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The Jack Rose family of Tyrrell County has a thriving at-home business which produces and sells about one-thousand copper tooled pictures each year. The family of five artists sell their original copper tooling pieces in area crafts shops, through special orders, and in crafts shows.
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Edwin Atkinson’s persistence has resulted in the erection of a temporary bridge over the Yadkin River at Siloam. The original bridge collapsed on February 23, killing Atkinson’s parents and two other people. With the support of state and federal officials, Atkinson’s request was fulfilled.
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31648
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Seventh District Representative Charles G. Rose of Fayetteville believes North Carolina tobacco farmers are not getting a fair share in the market place, and he’s supporting efforts to change that situation. In an interview, Rose discusses the Congressional Rural Caucus, rural development, tobacco allotments, and import tariffs on foreign tobacco.
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North Carolina tobacco farmers are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place as they face an unexpected cost problem in the operation of mechanized bulk curing barns. The farmers’ concern is shared by the state’s power suppliers because the problem relates to the electricity needed to operate the curers. North Carolina State University agricultural engineers plan to begin experimenting soon to find ways of making bulk barns more energy efficient.
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The town of Red Springs in Robeson County was named for the mineral springs that stained containers when Scotsmen first settled the area. With a racial mix of blacks, whites, and the Lumbee Indians, the town is also called North Carolina’s melting pot. This article discusses the history of Red Springs and highlights several of its residents and attractions.
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31651
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Electric rates in North Carolina need to be completely revamped to incorporate a time-of-day pricing system similar to the system used for telephone rates, says State Senator McNeil Smith of Greensboro. This article discusses the peak load pricing system of electricity and North Carolina legislation.
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31652
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The Rural Practice Project is a new national program, administered by the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill, to establish twenty-five model community medical practices in small towns throughout the United States. The aim of the program is to find new ways of providing health care to rural residents at an affordable price.
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The North Carolina General Assembly reconvenes in Raleigh January 16 to discuss key issues. In this article, state legislators provide their expectations of the upcoming session. Lieutenant Governor Jim Hunt believes medical care and medical education could be the biggest issues, in addition to the energy crisis and its effects on the state’s economy.
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Hugh Wells, a member of the North Carolina Utilities Commission, discusses the energy crisis and the need for a viable national energy policy. Wells recommends instituting an Energy Resources Corporation and an Energy Bank. These establishments would provide a means for stockpiling raw energy sources and guarantee capital devoted to the construction of plant facilities needed by electric utilities.
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A new 4-H camp site in Mulberry Valley, Caldwell County was a memorial gift of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Robinson of Lenoir, who lost their only two children to polio. The uniqueness of the camp lies in the fact that it will be used for primitive camping. The property was where the Robinson children were born, and has historical significance because the land once belonged to Israel Boone, a brother of Daniel Boone, from whom Mrs. Robinson is a fifth generation descendant.
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Representative Wilmer Mizell serves as the Fifth District’s Congressman in Winston-Salem. In this report, Wilmer discusses the Rural Development Act and Farmers Home Administration. Wilmer proposes a working partnership between federal, state, and local governments for the development of rural resources in transportation, industrial growth, education, housing, health, environmental protection and planning.
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With about five-hundred seriously burned patients in North Carolina each year, a Burn Center is being developed at the North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. The Burn Center will provide specialized treatment for burn patients, provide an opportunity to educate and train medical students, and further research in the nature and treatment of burns.
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