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*Captain Keith Dennis of Elizabethtown was promoted to Major in the North Carolina National Guard.
*Major General F.L. Davis, the Adjutant General of the North Carolina National Guard, visited National Guard units in Elizabethtown and Bladenboro.
*Don Pike was announced as the new General Manager of Veeder Root Corporation in Elizabethtown.