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Stanley Black Jr. and daughter Judy Ann Black

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  • This 1941 image of Stanley Warren Black Jr. (1905-1958) and daughter Julia “Judy Ann” Marianna Black (1933-2001) is part of the Stearns-Grueninger Collection. Stanley Jr. was the oldest son of Stanley and Marianna Black, who began the Bryson City Public Library. Irving Kip Stearns (1895-1942) was president of Carolina Wood Turning Company from 1928 until his death in 1942. Stearns’ grandfather, Jeremiah Shank, started the company in 1903 as Bryson City Pump Works and it grew to be a thriving industry for the community. In 1911, Stearns was in the first graduating class of Bryson City High School. He had one son, Joseph Pease Stearns (1917-1948). In 1935, I. K. married Betty Grueninger (1896-1971).