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hospitality and her outstanding personality." Hoey hosted many teas, receptions, and dinners at the executive mansion while serving as first lady and she often shared her duties with her daughter, Isabel, who lived with them. She was seen as a warm and welcoming hostess, often preparing meals for the guests herself. The
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said in 1942 that Hoey ran "a plain, old-fashioned, homey household in which the humblest were heartily welcomed and quickly came to feel at ease in its congenial and affable fellowships. It was Mrs. Hoey who carried to, and made to preside in the
Mansion, the spirit of the common people, the social
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Carolina's new first lady, Mrs. Clyde Roark Hoey, graciously gay, witty and sympathetic, brings with her to the Executive Mansion a multiplicity of interests and experiences. Her popularity in the western part of the state-her home-is due to her exceptional love for people, her
239:; January 21, 1875 – February 13, 1942) was an American civic leader and political hostess who served as the First Lady of North Carolina from 1937 to 1941. She was part of the "Shelby Dynasty" and is the only North Carolinian first lady to be the wife of one governor,
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First Lady Hoey (3rd from the left) with Mrs. Padgett, Lieutenant
Sampson, Governor Hoey, Isabel Hoey, Lieutenant de Metropolis, Mrs. Robinson, and Lieutenant Myers at the launch ceremony for the
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She was known to be an eloquent and passionate orator, giving speeches across the state. Prior to serving as first lady, she acted as a political hostess while her husband served in the
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Carolina's First Ladies, 1891-2001. Raleigh, N.C.: Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee and Executive Mansion Fund.
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democracy of the common wealth." A talented gardener, she oversaw the executive mansion's grounds and created a greenhouse for exotic flowers at the state penitentiary.
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in Shelby. Hoey's great-great grandfather, John Teter Beam (Baum), was a German
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