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10968
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Alderman Studios, Inc., located in High Point, is the largest commercial photography studio in the world. Nearly 400 people work in the various phases of the studio's operation. Among the commercial photography houses in the nation Alderman is unique because of its size and its comprehensiveness.
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10969
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The first Greater Greensboro Open was played March 26, 1938, with a total purse of $5,000. The tournament is one of North Carolina's and one of the Southeast's top sports attractions and is the second largest one on the winter PGA tour, with a $180,000 purse in 1970.
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10970
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Philip R. Milroy is general manager of General Electric's manufacturing plant in East Flat Rock in Henderson County. The plant employs around 1,200 people and is GE headquarters for lighting equipment development and manufacture.
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10971
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Bill F. Hensley is the state's number one promoter. In 1965, he took over the Travel and Promotion Division of the Department of Conservation and Development. Since then he has promoted the state nationwide and in foreign countries. In February 1970, Hensley was named the first chairman of the nationwide Council of State Travel Directors.
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10972
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Colonel William T. Joyner of Raleigh, one of North Carolina's most respected attorneys, states his position on the school busing issue.
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10973
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Clarence Lightner, president of Lightner Funeral Home in Raleigh, serves on the city council. First elected in 1967, he is serving his second term. In this We the People of North Carolina interview, Lightner discusses his views on being the only African American on the city council.
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10975
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Thomas Jennings Hackney, Jr. is the fourth Hackney generation to lead the Hackney Brothers Body Company in Wilson. The company began in 1854 as a wagon wheel repair shop and has evolved through the years as the mode of transportation changed. The company is the nation's largest manufacturer of custom-built refrigerated truck bodies and the fifth-oldest manufacturing firm in North Carolina.
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10976
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The North Carolina Citizens Association presented Howard Holderness of Tarboro with its Citation for Distinguished Citizenship at its annual meeting on March 25. Holderness is chairman of the board of both Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company and Jefferson-Pilot Corporation. The citation listed many important and time-consuming non-business positions to which he has brought his talent and energy.
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The North Carolina Citizens Association presented Edwin M. Gill, Treasurer of North Carolina, with its Citation for Distinguished Public Service at its annual meeting on March 25. Gill has served North Carolina in five elective and appointive offices, as well as three years as head of the Federal Internal Revenue Service for North Carolina.
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10978
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Allen Sims is a banker, and on February 10, 1970, he marked the 50th anniversary of his employment with Citizens National Bank of Gastonia. He began work as a bookkeeper in 1920, and today, at age 70, he is chairman of the board of Citizens National. Sims is featured in this month's We The People Magazine's North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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10979
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In December 1970, a project of court reform that has taken fifteen years to complete will be fully implemented. For example, in the seventeen Piedmont and western counties that lie within six judicial districts, there will no longer be recorders courts, mayor's courts, justice of the peace courts, or other similar types. Six District Courts will replace them, each with uniform rules of procedure, court costs, and other standardized methods of dispensing justice.
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10980
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Since the summer of 1948, Wyatt and Lillian Taylor of Raleigh have been directing activities at Camp Sea Gull (boys) and Camp Seafarer (girls). The YMCA of Raleigh owns the camps, located three miles apart on the Neuse River in Pamlico County. The Taylors spend their summers supervising the activities of around 2,000 children ages 7-16.
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10981
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This article examines the status of women in North Carolina, including where she works; how she is paid in comparison to men; what her economic opportunities are; and the handicaps she faces.
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10982
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Foy Ingram will retire June 30, 1970 after forty-seven years with the state of North Carolina. When she went to work for the State Department of Motor Vehicles in 1923, there were around 200,000 registered vehicles. For the past twenty-four years she has been director of the Registration Division of the NCDMV, presiding over a division that deals with over three million customers and collects over $57 million in revenues.
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10983
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As senior vice-president for First Union National Bank, Helen Wardlaw is the highest ranking women banker in the state. She went to work for the bank in 1952, after teaching school in Charlotte a number of years.
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