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12431
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W. M. Reese founded the Hickory Printing Company in Hickory in 1917. At his death in 1966, Thomas W. Reese became company president. The company, with plants in Hickory, Asheville, and Valdese, is one of the largest and most successful commercial printing operations in the Southeast and is the recipient of numerous awards for excellence in printing craftsmanship. We the People of North Carolina magazine features Reese in their Businessman In the News section.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 43 Issue 11, Nov 1985, p8, 10, 12, 14, 116, il, por
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12432
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The printing industry is big business in North Carolina. There are over 1,100 printing establishments of all sizes across the state which employ about 26,000 people with a payroll of around $440 million a year. The three cities that have the largest number of printing establishments are in order Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro.
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12433
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Headquartered in Greensboro, Fisher-Harrison Corporation, one of the fastest-growing printers in the Southeast, offers its customers a wide range of services. Charles G. Harrison began the company in 1904. W. H. Fisher joined forces with him in 1944 to form Fisher-Harrison Printing Company. Eugene Johnston acquired controlling interest in 1969 from the founder's descendants and changed the name to Fisher-Harrison Corporation.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 43 Issue 11, Nov 1985, p18, 20, 112-113, il
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12434
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Over twenty years ago the Printing Industry of the Carolinas (PICA) established a trade show in Charlotte. Held every other year, it has become the largest such exhibition in the Southeast, and one of the largest in the nation.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 43 Issue 11, Nov 1985, p22, 24, 113, il
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12435
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Hunter Publishing Company, located in Winston-Salem, began as Hunter's Yearbook Service in 1948. While yearbooks still represent a large part of its annual sales, the company is a general printer that turns out everything from coupons to magazines to hardback textbooks.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 43 Issue 11, Nov 1985, p26, 28, 115, il
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12436
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Qualified employees for high tech printing and graphic arts operations are hard to find. Two public universities, East Carolina and Appalachian State, and fourteen of the fifty-eight community colleges, offer courses tailored to careers in printing. This article describes the programs offered at East Carolina University, Chowan College, and Lenoir Community College.
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12437
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In 1871, Cornelius Bryant Edwards and Needham Bryant Broughton established a printing company that is now one of the ten oldest printing firms in Raleigh. They started operations with acquired printing equipment and $100 for ink and paper. Today Edwards & Broughton, which employs about one hundred people and occupies a 50,000-square-foot building, is known for its high-quality color work and overall printing capabilities.
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12438
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Preston Earle's grandfather and father purchased the Greensboro Printing Company in 1949. Earle is now the president of a company that has become one of the Southeast's largest commercial printing firms. The company has a long history of creating award-winning printing, and in 1984 it received the highest award given to a printing firm in the Carolinas, the prestigious DuPont Award.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 43 Issue 11, Nov 1985, p38, 40, 115-116, il
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12439
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Howard Haworth is Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Commerce. He oversees a variety of programs, including business development, international trade, tourism, state ports, and the Employment Security Commission. In this We the People of North Carolina magazine interview, he discusses the state's economic development.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 43 Issue 11, Nov 1985, p50, 52, 54, 113-115, il
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12440
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Ann B. Lambeth and her sister-in-law Peggy W. Lambeth co-own Indoor Landscaping, Inc., which is located in Greensboro. It is one of North Carolina's largest interior landscaping contracting firms. The firm specializes in high quality specimen foliage plants for commercial interiors.
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12441
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Founded in 1876 in the small town of Winston (now Winston-Salem), the law firm of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice handles clients statewide rom offices in Winston-Salem, Charlotte, and Raleigh. By the end of 1985 the firm expects to one of the first North Carolina law firms with more than one hundred attorneys.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 43 Issue 11, Nov 1985, p98-99, 120, il