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12013
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C. Grier Beam began in the trucking business in 1933. Today his company, Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation ranks twelfth in the nation among the country's common carriers and serves twenty-two states and the District of Columbia.
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12014
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WIX Corporation, which began operation in 1939, manufactures over 3,000 filter products for a variety of automotive and industrial purposes.
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12015
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The Hickory Chair Company, formerly the Surry Chair Company, relocated to Hickory in 1911. The company's creations include a broad selection of traditional chairs, upholstery, tables, case furniture, and accent pieces with special emphasis on 18th-century designs. One of Hickory Chair's most significant marketing decisions was the introduction of the 'James River Collection' in 1961.
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12016
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Gaston County Dyeing Machine Company, a family-owned business located in Stanley, began operations in 1921. The company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of textile wet processing equipment which is marketed in more than eighty countries. Gaston County operates three plants and employs over 500 people.
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12017
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Asheville's Biltmore Dairy Farms is one of the leading independent dairies in the nation. The company traces its history back the herd that George W. Vanderbilt, the builder of Biltmore Estate, imported from the Isle of Jersey.
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12018
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James M. Craven and Kent L. Hogan founded Carolina Galvanizing Company in Aberdeen in 1969. The company began as a job galvanizing shop with twelve employees. In 1972 the company began its own line of galvanized products and has grown to be the largest producer of galvanized bar stock in the country. The company now employs 198 full-time workers.
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12019
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Versatility of construction techniques and management expertise are major reasons why Wilmington's Miller Building Corporation is one of the state's leading construction companies. The company started operations in 1949.
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12020
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Marshall A. Rauch, chairman of the board and treasurer of Rauch Industries, heads what is believed to be the world's leading Christmas ornament manufacturer. He is now serving his eighth consecutive term in the State Senate representing the 25th Senatorial District. We the People of North Carolina magazine features him in the Businessman in the News section.
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12021
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James B. Hunt, Jr. is the first Governor of North Carolina to be elected to consecutive four-year terms. In this We the People of North Carolina interview, he discusses his first term and what he hopes to accomplish during his second term.
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12022
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John East, a political science professor at East Carolina University, is the newly-elected junior United States Senator from North Carolina.
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12023
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John East is the new U.S. Senator from North Carolina. In this We the People of North Carolina interview, he discusses his upset victory over Robert Morgan, problems facing the country and legislation to deal with them, and student busing.
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12059
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William H. Stanley is chairman and chief executive officer of People Bank & Trust Company. We the People of North Carolina magazine features him in the Businessman in the News section.
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12060
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John Price Carr was a pioneer in the trucking industry in the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries in North Carolina. In 1903, he built a Queen Anne style house in Charlotte, and in the late 1970s, the house had deteriorated and was going to be demolished. The efforts of T. Bragg McLeod, owner of Moss Trucking Company and McLeod Trucking and Rigging Company, saved the house for restoration.
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12061
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Donald M. Jenkins has owned and operated Brevard Lumber Company since 1938, when he took over the family business that was teetering on bankruptcy. We the People of North Carolina magazine features him in the Businessman in the News section.
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12062
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North Carolina's hospitality industry is experiencing growth with hundreds of new hotel and motel rooms becoming available to travelers in 1982 and 1983. The article includes a listing of representative cities where construction is underway.
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