The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Saturday, April 20, 1996               TAG: 9604200422
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
TYPE: METRO BRIEFS 
DATELINE: ENGLEHARD                          LENGTH: Short :   20 lines

HUGHES ON BOARD

John F. Hughes Jr. of Manteo was elected to the Board of Directors of The East Carolina Bank at the bank's annual shareholders meeting in Englehard Friday.

Hughes is manager of the Coastal Region of North Carolina Power. ``We are extremely pleased that John has accepted this position and feel that he will enhance the work of the board with his business experience,'' said Bank President and CEO Arthur H. Keeney III after Hughes' election. by CNB