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8580
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In the 19th-century, many homemakers across North Carolina made their own soap called lye soap used primarily for washing clothes and general household scrubbing. Sargent discusses the basics for making lye soap, including the materials--fat, borax, lye, and water; the equipment--enamel, iron, or earthenware containers; the recipe; and the directions.
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Chinqua-Penn Plantation near Reidsville is one of North Carolina's most popular tourist and visitor attractions. It was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Penn, who, in their extensive travels around the world, purchased a wide variety of art, including Chinese life-size statues, tapestries, and a Byzantine mosaic. Many of the twenty-seven rooms in the house showcase this art collection. Five greenhouses are used in the care and development of the plantation's gardens. In 1959, Mrs. Penn donated the plantation to the Consolidated University, although she continued to live there until her death in 1965.
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Horace Moore, a gunner on a B-17, had no idea when his squadron left England for a bombing mission on Germany on July 7, 1944, that he was on his last combat mission. Engine trouble forced his plane to drop out of formation over Germany, and German fighter planes soon attacked and shot it down. Moore was wounded in the leg just before he parachuted to safety. On the ground, he was captured by a hostile mob that threatened to hang him. A friendly German aided him by giving him instructions on how to protect himself. Moore spent the last nine months of World War II in a prisoner of war camp. After the war he returned to his home in Snow Hill in Greene County.
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8591
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Carter describes Christmas celebrations in North Carolina in the decades before the American Revolution. Christmas Day was considered a holy day, but the Christmas season, which ran from December 16 to January 6, was a time for social activities. The emphasis was on hunting, horse racing, games, courting, Christmas balls, family gatherings, and caroling. It was a season for leisure. Wassailing and burning the Yule log were traditions that early settlers brought from England, and mistletoe would have been one of the more popular decorations.
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Founded in 1753, the town of Portsmouth on the Outer Banks was a lively place of 505 people. Shipping was an important activity because inbound ships were stopped by the shallow waters and had to unload cargo at Portsmouth into smaller, shallow-draft vessels that could carry it across to the mainland. Activity in the town reached a peak in the mid-19th-century, afterward declined because of hurricanes, channels that filled with sand, and shipping activities falling off. By the early 1970s, the last residents had departed. All that remains of the town are 20 structures, including a post office, church, a schoolhouse, and several cemeteries.
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The Harry W. Suddreth family of Gaston County is North Carolina's new Farmers Home Administration Farm Family of the Year. The award is presented to the FHA farm family that demonstrates the most outstanding achievements in the state in farm methods, financial progress, family living, property investment, and resourcefulness in overcoming adversities. The Suddreths bought their 107-acre farm in 1962, and in 1964, began concentrating on greenhouse plant culture. In 1975, their nursery enterprise grossed $186,000.
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In the 19th-century, Wilmington and other coastal towns in North Carolina claimed one of the most unusual ways of celebrating Christmas. The celebration mixed Halloween and Christmas traditions and involved groups of eight to ten slaves who paraded through their communities in grotesque costumes on Christmas morning, singing, chanting, and dancing. They were called “Kooners†or the “John Kooners.†The custom was unheard of in other parts of the country. The parades were performed between the 1850s and the 1880s and always ended with the passing of a hat for donations.
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8607
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In the spring of 1977, after twelve years of planning and preliminary accreditations, East Carolina University was approved for the enrollment of its first four-year medical class. Approval was granted by the joint accrediting agency of the American Medical Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges. The first class of twenty-eight students will begin on the Greenville campus in August 1977. The curriculum will emphasize family practice. Dr. William E. Laupus is the dean of the East Carolina University School of Medicine.
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The John Frankie Singleton family of Pitt County is North Carolina's Farmers Home Administration Farm Family of the Year for 1976. The award is presented to the FHA farm family that demonstrates the most outstanding achievements in the state in farm methods, financial progress, family living, property investment, and resourcefulness in overcoming adversities. The family operates a swine operation in Pitt County. In 1966, the Singletons owned five hogs. By 1976, the operation had grown to about 125 sows averaging about 9.6 pigs per little. Quality is synonymous with the Singleton name, so much so that bids on the hogs are sometimes made without the buyers actually seeing the hogs they are bidding on.
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Now under construction along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, the Folk Art Center will offer a unique blend of educational and entertainment activities while preserving the traditional folk arts of mountain culture. Crafts will be a major focus of the center. Other folk arts, like storytelling, folk music, and dancing, will also be represented. When completed in 1979, the $2 million center will house a gift shop, library, museum, information center, craft and exhibit work area, and a 300-seat auditorium.
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The Balloon Works, one of the country's three largest hot air sporting balloon manufacturers, is located near Statesville in Iredell County. The three owners, all ballooning enthusiasts, formed the company in Charlotte in 1972 and moved it to its present location in 1973. The company makes about one hundred balloons each year, with prices starting at $4995. Before it is sold, each balloon is checked by a test pilot certified with the Federal Aviation Administration, which also certifies the company for the production, repair, and maintenance of hot air balloons.
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Standing atop Howard's Knob in Watauga County is the largest wind turbine generator in the world. The 325-ton windmill with 200-foot blades stands atop a ten-story tower. The windmill project involves two federal agencies, state and local governments, and private enterprise and is an effort to develop alternative energy sources to make the United States less dependent on foreign oil. The windmill is the fourth to be built in the country. Bishop describes what the windmill will do and the dedication ceremonies.
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The world's largest windmill stands atop Howard's Knob in Watauga County, ready to generate electricity. On Roanoke Sound at Nags Head, Lynanne Wescott of Manteo is building a windmill based on a 19th-century design. The 35-foot windmill is authentic down to the hand-forged metal work and wooden parts that were cut with the old style tools. Handcut wooden nails join pieces of the structure together. Total cost for the project is $250,000. Wescott hopes the windmill will be a tourist attraction and a moneymaker. The windmill will be used to grind grain, and visitors will be able to view the entire process. Windmills of this type were part of North Carolina's coastal life in the early 1700s, but fell into disuse by the end of the 19th-century.
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The largest wind turbine generator in the world stands atop Howard's Knob in Watauga County. Nearby residents have complained about the noise and television interference caused by the windmill. The purpose of the turbine is not to generate on-line electricity. The windmill is a research project to determine the feasibility of wind-generated electricity and to determine what problems may arise. Solutions to the noise and television interference problems are discussed in the article.
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Artists are painting murals on the sides of buildings in a number of North Carolina towns. The murals are specific to the communities and the people who live there. In 1976-1977, Asheboro had a mural painted as part of its bicentennial celebration. The mural depicts a street scene from the turn of the century, complete with plank road and a bicycle-built-for-two. Cynvia Arthur, who was Randolph County's artist-in-residence, was the lead artist, assisted by artists Louise Culler and Audrey Beck. The mural took eighteen months from design to completion.
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