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for "Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine"
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43959
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A structure associated with early textile manufacturing in Tarboro has been restored and moved to a location in rural Edgecombe County. In it final stages, Burlington Mills employed over 600 workers in Tarboro.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , January 2024,
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44012
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DeBerry's Colonial Dining Room was a fixture in Tarboro from 1940s through the 1960s. Located across from the Town Common in a house thought to be one of Tarboro's oldest, the restaurant was featured in a 1959 Duncan Hines Travel Guide. Remembered are recipes like grated sweet potato pudding. Noted cook was Gussie Harrell. Historical documents related to the business have recently been added to digitalnc.org.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , March 2024,
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44007
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Among the many developments that transpired in Edgecombe County was Carolina Telephone and Telegraph in 1896. County native Elias Carr was elected North Carolina governor in 1892. Tarboro's grand city hall opened in December of 1890. The structure was built by local craftsmen, including George Mathewson, an African American building contractor. a summary of the decade is given, including two 1890s vintage photos from the files of Edgecombe County Library.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , February 2024,
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44008
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The project costing $211,000 was funded through a variety of sources, including the American Rescue Plan Act, the Cannon Foundation, Edgecombe County, the town of Tarboro and private donations. Despite the many changes, the footprint of the 1955 era building remains the same.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , February 2024,
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44013
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A resident of Edenton and a 29 year career with the military, Buckhout is Republican congressional candidate running the year.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , March 2024,
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44050
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Over 400 women in Edgecombe County served as either a member of the army or the navy during World War II. Fortunately much information about them was recorded in a locally published newsletter, "The Home Front News". Of the group, three women have particularly interesting stories; namely, Beverley Bridgers, Mary Howard and Westry Battle. Bridgers met Eleanor Roosevelt on the day before the war began. Howard set up Red Cross centers and by the end of the war , Westry had become the highest woman officer in the U.S. Army.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , April 2024,
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44051
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Schweberger is ranked number 1 player in the world on the Global Masters Series and has been playing disc golf since 1997.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , April 2024,
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44102
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Campbell has been a resident of Tarboro since 1998. His service began in the Merchant Marines, where he attended navigation school and then going with the Navy. After World War, he served with American Airlines and was later involved with N.A.S.A. and the Lunar Module.
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44105
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Headquartered in Mount Olive, Southern Bank has more than 60 locations in eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia. Founded in 1901, he bank was recently recognized by the NC Rural Center. The Rural Center focuses on strategies for improving the lives of rural North Carolinians.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , May 2024,
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44103
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Placed on the Town Common in the late 1930s to preserve it, the press is believed to be one of the last surviving devices if its kind in North Carolina and possibly the South as a whole. In the1850s, Edgecombe County was the leading producer of cotton in North Carolina. The Tarboro Press was originally located on the Norfleet Plantation.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , May 2024,
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44248
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This article talks in-depth about some of the damage that occurred after Hurricane Floyd in eastern North Carolina and the help that people, including President Bill Clinton, offered to others and their pets to recover from it.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , October 2024,
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44247
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This article lists out eight walkable cities, plus Tarboro, NC, in the United States and explains that they are walkable because of their historical attractions and natural scenery.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , October 2024,
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44255
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In this article, local historian Monika Fleming reviews business activity in Tarboro in 1974 from the pages of the "Daily Southerner". Some of the businesses operating at that time include Adler's, Parkhill Mall, Belk Tyler, Long Manufacturing, W.S. Clark and Sons and Barnhill Contractors.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , November 2024,
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44250
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On September 23, 1984, the Tarboro High School Football Team scored a 3-0 win over Rocky Mount High School. This 1984 state championship team was more recently inducted into the Tarboro high School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , October 2024,
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44254
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Northeast Carolina Prep School (NECP) is a tuition-free public charter school which enrolls more than 1,200 students from five area counties, the majority of students coming from Edgecombe County. The school began operations in 2012 with 400 students.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , November 2024,
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