The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, December 20, 1995           TAG: 9512200478
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
DATELINE: ELIZABETH CITY                     LENGTH: Short :   17 lines

PATTERSON PROMOTED

Wheat First Butcher Singer Inc. has announced that Blair M. Patterson has been named senior vice president.

Patterson, who is office manager for the firm's Elizabeth City branch, attended the New York Institute of Finance and has been in the investment business since 1960. He has been with Wheat First since 1979. by CNB