f THE LOST COLONY PREPARES FOR
OPENING ? 120 actors, dancers, singers
and technicians were hard at work rehears
ing, unpacking, building, sewing, moving,
scenery and focusing lights in preparation
for opening night, June 15. There will be a
new look for THE LOST COLONY this year,
under the direction of the new artistic direc
tor, Porter Van Zandt, New York Director
Producer.
The drama will play nightly, except Sun
day, through August 31 i the Waterside
Theatre, Fort Raleigh, Manteo, N.C. For
ticket information, call the Box Office (473
3414) or the Business Office (473-2127).
Small businesses contribute
? to 1
to employment growth in U.S.
? r BY GARY A. KEEL
!> I Director
: Charlotte District Office
Small Business Adminis
\ ? * tration
v-In 1984, small business once
>gain led the nation in job cre
ation.
> Statistics included in the Pres
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1: celebrated
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at hospital
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* Albemarle Hospital could
?think of no better way to cele
? brate its 72 years of health de*
livery to the Albemarle area
?'^than to recognize its volunteers,
.workers, and community. The
; recognitions were a part of Life
work celebration at the hospital
recently.
; ; Workers at the hospital who
; had been in service at the fa
cility for more than ten years
were recognized. Those workers
numbered more than 100. An
? other nine hospital employees
pwere identified as having ex
celled in job performance, and
|were recognized for outstanding
; job performance.
' The awards were made by
* hospital administrator, Bob Jef
j fires, at a reception at the fa
cility. "Each and every mem
ber of our staff is a valued
employee," said Jeffries.
t "Whether or not you have direct
'patient contact, you are an im
portant part of our patients'
Istay. We appreciate you," he
'.added.
; Members of the facilities' di
etary department were recog
nized for having the longest
service of any hospital employ
;ees. Mary Alexander, a dietray
^supervisor, was recognized for
335 years of service to the hospi
*tal.
C
ideat's Annual Report on the
State of Small Business-a re
port sent to Congress this month
by President Reagan-showed
that from October 1962 through
October 1984 employment in in
dustries dominated by small
firms (including construction,
transportation, trade, finance,
and services) rose 11.4 percent;
employment only 5.3 percent
during the same period.
Thus, a key to the nation's
overall economic growth in 1984
was the growth of small busi
ness.
Small business' contribution
to job growth was first illus
trated in last year's Presi
dential Report. That report
showed that between 1980 and
1982 small businesses generated^
all of the 986,000 net new jobs in
the country. Small firms pro
duced 2,650,000 new jobs during
those years, more than off
setting the 1,664,000 jobs lost by
large firms.
This year's President's Re
port confirmed that the Ameri
can economy in 1984 was
marked by a significant expan
sion, which continued strong
growth begun in 1983. Small
business clearly shared in the
growth of the 1984 economy
, leading the way in retail trade
and residential construction.
The service industies, another
sector with a major small busi
ness presence, also continued to
grow significantly. The number
of new businesses increased in
1984. New business starts rose
about 5 percent as compared
with 1983. New business incorpo
rations rowe about 6 percent, to
a record 640,000. The previous
new business incorporation fig
ure, 600,000, was set in 1983.
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