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Peterson Associates is a Charlotte architectural firm that specializes in hospital design. The firm's designs feature skylights, many windows, energy efficient control systems, and interiors that are light, spacious and cheerful - \"all with a focus of saving energy and lowering hospital design costs.\"
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Lawimore Agency is North Carolina's fastest-growing public relations firm. Staring with one staff member, the agency has grown to fifteen in less than three years.
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John W. Pope went into business with five small variety stores and built it into a chain of 326 stores under the name of Variety Wholesalers, Inc. Pope is President, Chairman and CEO of the Raleigh-based company. Stores operating under the Variety banner include Pope, Eagle, United, Value Mart, and Super-Dollar Stores.
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Wallace J. Conner is president and chairman of the board of Conner Homes Corporation of Newport. He began his company 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. We the People of North Carolina magazine features him in the Businessman in the News section.
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12120
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Organized in 1932, the North Carolina Symphony was the first state-supported orchestra in the nation. Barfield highlights some of the symphony's accomplishments over its first fifty years.
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12121
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James H. Millis, Sr. is chairman of Adams-Millis Corporation, a hosiery firm founded by his grandfather in High Point. Millis is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine Businessman in the News section.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 41 Issue 2, Feb 1983,
p9-10, 12, 14, 45-47, por
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D. Wayne Peterson is president and chief executive officer of Carolina Telephone and Telegraph in Tarboro. The company serves about 592,000 customers in fifty of North Carolina's one hundred counties. Peterson is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine Businessman in the News section.
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A musical treasure awaits visitors to the Greensboro area each summer. For the past twenty-two seasons, the Eastern Music Festival has operated a six week classical music festival on the campus of Guilford College. The festival performs music of every type.
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The Furniture Library is one of North Carolina's and the country's least-known libraries. Housed in a stony house in High Point, the library contains the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of books pertaining to history. Few people outside of the furniture industry know of it. Over 600 of the library's 5,400 volumes were printed before 1800.
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The North Carolina Citizens Association presented That Eure, North Carolina Secretary of State, with its Citation for Distinguished Public Service at its annual meeting. Eure's forty-six years as Secretary of State is a national record for that office and also a record for all statewide offices in North Carolina.
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11.Carl Horn, Jr. by Norris, Jeannie Faris We the People of North Carolina Vol. 41 Issue 4, Apr 1983
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The North Carolina Citizens Association presented its Citation for Distinguished Citizenship to Carl Horn, Jr. at its annual meeting. Horn became president and chief executive officer of Duke Power Company in 1971 and retired in 1982.
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12162
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F. J. Boling, Jr. is president of The Boling Company. Founded in 1904 in Siler City, the company makes chairs for offices, schools, homes, and other institutions. The firm still operates in its original location, although it has expanded there and elsewhere.
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12163
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Durham is the 18th North Carolina city to be designated an \"All-America City.\" This article contains information on the specific projects that brought Durham the recognition.
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12164
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North Carolina's eighteen designated All-America cities are a diverse group. This article lists the cities and how they achieved the honor.
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12165
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L. Vincent Lowe, Jr. is president of Branch Banking and Trust Company. He assumed the presidency in February 1982 just a few days after the sudden death of Thorne Gregory, who had headed the bank for a number of years. Lowe is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine Businessman in the News section.
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