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The North Carolina Granite Corporation was one of the first commercial natural stone businesses in the state. Since 1889, craftsmen in Mt. Airy have been producing \"granite structures that set the standards for the entire granite industry.\" The company received the Tucker Award in 1977, presented by the Building Stone Institute, for the most outstanding stone structure completed in the last two years. The award was for the Dilworth Plaza in Philadelphia.
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Burrows T. Lundy founded the Lundy Packing Company in Clinton in 1950. From a slow start, Lundy now has annual sales of over $100 million and is one of the largest pork processors on the East Coast. The company processes 20,000 hogs a week.
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Beacon Manufacturing Company began operations in Swannanoa in Buncombe County in 1925. Originally founded in 1904 in New Bedford, MA, the company had completely relocated to Swannanoa by 1933. Beacon is considered the world's largest manufacturer of blankets.
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11708
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In 1959, Angus Mercer and Carrol Taylor started Contractors Service and Rentals, Inc. The company supplies construction-related equipment, parts, and supplies to contactors. With 2,200 units the company has the largest fleet of general construction equipment in the Southeast. Contractors Service can supply everything from paper cups to large cranes.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 35 Issue 11, Nov 1977,
p129-132, 249-250, il, por
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11709
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Wallace J. Conner began operations in 1959 with a single mobile home lot in Havelock. In 1964, he began manufacturing mobile homes from a plant in Newport, and today the company is a nationally-recognized leader in the mobile home industry. Conner offers a complete mobile home package, including financing.
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Mack's Stores, Inc., a variety chain store, began operations in Sanford in December 1923. Today, Mack's operates ninety-six stores in the North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. The company employs over 1,600 and projected sales for 1977 are expected to exceed $45 million.
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When Jack Howard opened J. T. Howard Advertising Agency in Raleigh in 1945, it was the city's first advertising agency. Over the years he persuaded top creative and advertising management talent to leave big agencies in New York and Chicago and join him. In 1973, he reorganized his company and renamed it Howard, Merrell & Boykin. Over half of the company's business is now national.
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Waldensian Bakeries, located in Valdese, employs 530 people. The net poundage output for the plant is in excess of 250,000 pounds daily. The bakery produces Sunbeam and Roman Meal baked goods in its service area. The company was founded in 1915.
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Founded in 1967, Photo Corporation of America, now PCA International, is headquartered in Matthews. It has developed into the world's largest portrait photographer. PCA takes portraits in 6,700 stores, representing 153 retail chains in North America, and has photographed 7.5 million customers. The company employs 1,100 in North Carolina.
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In Durham in 1924, R. L. Brame, using his entire savings of $100 and a second-hand truck, went into business for himself. He had one product to sell - a sweeping compound of his own manufacture. He named the company Brame Specialty Products because he didn't know what direction the business would take and what products he would sell. Today the company is one the leading paper distributors in the state.
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On July 5, 1949, the Lexington State Bank opened for business. From modest beginnings, the bank developed into a full-service financial institution employing one hundred people. Total assets are almost $80 million.
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Edwin A. Morris has held many positions with Blue Bell, Inc. during his forty-year career with the company, the last being chairman and CEO. Blue Bell is one of the largest and most successful apparel companies in the country. Morris is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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Nationwide the Christmas trees are a $300 million industry. In North Carolina, 900,000 trees will be harvested in 1977 and bring about $10 million on the retail level. This article contains information on who grows Christmas trees, where they are grown, and how the business operates.
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Two important forums of the performing arts are coming to Duke University, the American Musical Theater Center and the American Dance Festival. The festival had been in residence at Connecticut College for thirty years. Duke was chosen over forty-six other campuses competing for the dance festival.
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This article recounts how a financial rescue operation saved North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount from closing its doors two years ago.
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