Record #:

14125

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

The menhaden, or fatback, is not a favorite fish so far as edibility is concerned, but it has extensive commercial uses and represents a big industry along the North Carolina coast.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 15, Sept 1949, p3-4, f

Subject(s):

Menhaden fisheries--North Carolina

Record #:

14126

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Here is a partial list of cities, towns and villages in North Carolina, together with a brief account of how they were given their present names.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 15, Sept 1949, p6-7, 20, f

Subject(s):

Names, Geographical--North Carolina

Record #:

14127

Author(s):

Sink, E. Carl

Abstract:

Some 3100 customers filled the City Auditorium in Asheville, North Carolina recently for the first parade of quartettes sponsored by the Asheville Chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 15, Sept 1949, p8-9, f

Subject(s):

Barbershop quartets

Record #:

14128

Author(s):

Dean, Earl

Abstract:

North Carolina's first public library was established in St. Thomas' Parish, at Bath, before 1705 by the Rev. Thomas Bray who sent a ship load of books from England.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 15, Sept 1949, p17-18

Subject(s):

Libraries--Bath County, 18th century--History