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for The State Vol. 26 Issue 12, Nov 1958
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Bill Sharpe warns against hurting North Carolina’s insurance industry in the pursuit to attract new corporations. While the 57’NC Legislature adjusted the corporate tax several million downward, the premium taxes on domestic life insurance were increased by fifty percent.
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32236
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North Carolina has observed Thanksgiving since it was proclaimed in 1758, but was not celebrated on the same day until President Lincoln decried that it would fall on the fourth Thursday of every November. Contrary to the story of the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving, NC’s first was an act of penance in hopes that God would ease the dangers of the French-Indian War.
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32237
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As a young girl, Katherine Sweet Babington hid herself in the local Masonic lodge room tended to by her Grandfather and six Uncles. Over time she learned the secrets of the order; and when caught, was eventually administered the obligations of Master Mason.
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32238
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The late Chief Justice Walter Clarke gives a detailed description of the part North Carolina’s troops played in the battle of Gettysburg. This article is the first part of a piece published in The North Carolina Booklet.
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32245
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Sharpe reviews David Stick’s book "The Outer Banks Of North Carolina."
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32279
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Winston-Salem’s glittering new James G. Hines community center building is a revolutionary idea for civic planning. It combines the individual headquarters for Winston-Salem’s cultural, charitable, and civic life. The right wing houses facilities for the Arts and Crafts Council. Little Theater and Symphony; center houses the United Fund agencies; and left wing, Winston-Salem’s Chamber of Commerce and Jaycee offices.
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32293
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Lying along the ocean on the west end of Atlantic Beach is the Coral Bay Club. Limited to a membership of 200 families, there is an air of a big family house party. The facility boasts a ballroom, stage, dining rooms, dressing rooms, lounge, screened porch and salt water pool.
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