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29
August
2009
It's not just boating, it's a tradition
Story and photos by
Brady L. Kay
James "Jimmy" Hines, son of James R. Hines and
great-grandson of founding Captain Williams,
continued the family river tradition by working
on the New Hanover towboat each summer be-
ginning at age 14. He continued until his enlist-
ment in the army following high school gradu-
ation in 1943. In 1946 when he returned from
World War II he merged his army and river work
savings of $15,000 with the assets of his father,
to keep the business going forward.
The most recent addition to the legacy of excel-
lence on the river is Hines Furlong Line, Inc. HFL
was incorporated in 2004 in Bowling Green, Ky.,
by Kent, the grandson of Jimmy.
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