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This image shows four recently retired staff members at Appalachian State University (1967-current) at a SEANC meeting in 1972. Shown are Voyne Edmisten, Allie Hodges, Maude Carroll, and Grady Smitherman. The State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC) started in 1940 to provide representation for state employees in the North Carolina General Assembly, and held its first convention in 1947. The organization promoted increased salaries, retirement plans, health plans, and the addition of the Friday after Thanksgiving as an employee holiday.
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General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 22, Staff F4, C14.2.4.4.
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