Background
Harden, John William was born on August 22, 1903 in Graham, North Carolina, United States. Son of Peter Ray and Nettie Cayce (Abbott) Harden.
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Harden, John William was born on August 22, 1903 in Graham, North Carolina, United States. Son of Peter Ray and Nettie Cayce (Abbott) Harden.
Bachelor of Arts North Carolina, 1927.
Circulation manager, advertising manager, Burlington (North Carolina) Daily Times-News, 1922;
also editor Graham news department
classified advertising manager, Raleigh News and Observer, 1923;
with U. North Carolina News Bureau, 1923-1928;
reporter, columnist, Charlotte (North Carolina) News, 1928-1937;
news editor, Salisbury Evening Post, 1937-1944;
news editor, Greensboro Daily News, 1944;
private secretary, Governor R. Gregg Cherry, 1945-1948;
campaign manager for United States Sen. William B. Umstead, 1948;
director public relations, Burlington Industries, 1948-1958;
assistant vice president, Burlington Industries, 1948;
vice president, Burlington Industries, 1949-1958;
public relations counsellor, consultant, John Harden Associations, Greensboro, from 1958. Assistant to president Cannon Mills Company, Kannapolis, North Carolina.
Vice-president, director Rowan Corporation.
(Like the state itself, North Carolina ghost stories have ...)
Member-at-large Greensboro council Boy Scouts American. Member visiting committee Guilford College. Board directors, member executive committee Penick Memorial Hone.
Board directors North Carolina Business Foundation, Carolina Regional Theatre. Trustee Crossnore (North Carolina) School. Member Greensboro Chamber of Commerce (director, president), North Carolina History Preservation Society, North Carolina Press Association, General Alumni Association University North Carolina (president 1955), Public Relations Society of America, Greensboro City Club, Greensboro Country Club, Carolina Motor Club (president, director, member executive committee), Grandfather Golf and Country Club (director), Grandfather Mountain Lake Club (president), Linville Golf Club, Rotary (director, president, district governor).
Married Josephine Holt, June 13, 1928 (deceased December 1951). Children: Glenn Abbott (Mistress Fred Springer-Miller), John William. Married Sarah Plexico, October 5, 1953.
Children: Holmes Plexico, Mark Michael, Jonathan Holder.