TIMES-NEWS. Rich Square. N. C., March 3, 1966
STANDARD’S
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a LD O Ml O OI IL.E
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
MARCH 2nd thru 5th
LOOK to
OLDS
ForxHe
NEW!
Auto. Transmission
Power Steering
Power Brakes
Deluxe Radio
^ Convenience Group
White Tires
^ Wheel Discs
Tinted Windshield
^ Seat Belts with Retractors
^ AutoniotTc Transmission
Power Steering
^ Power Brakes
Tinted Windshield
Air Conditioned
Automatic Transmission
^ Power Steering
^ Convenience Group
^ Deluxe Radio
Chrome Appeoronce Moulding
Foam Seat Cushions
Convenience Group
Wheel Covers
Foam Seat Cushions
Sect Belt with Retractors
^ Power Reor Window
Luggage Carrier
Tinted Windshield
Auto. Transmission White Tires
^ Power Steering ^ Power Brakes ^ Deluxe Radio
Convenience Group ^ Air Conditioned Wheel Discs
Foom Seat Cushions ^ Floor Mats
OPEN
7 A.M.
until
9 P.M.
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“Where Service Comes First”
CHEVROLET - OLDS
STANDARD
N. C. Dealer No, 785
332-4137
AHOSKK, N. C.
REGISTER
FOR
FREE
PRIZES
L
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Open House Features Sale
AHOSKIE - On Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
March 2, 3, 4, and 5, Standard
Chevrolet - Olds Company of
Ahoskie will hold open house
to mark the opening of the larg
est most modern automotive cen
ter In the Roanoke-Chowan sec
tion. The entire staff will be on
hand from 7 a,m. to 9 p.m., each
day to welcome visitors, showthe
1966 model cars, and to explain
the new modern equipment that is
designed to keep cars operating
in top shape.
Many new Olds mobiles and
Chevrolets are being offered at
special 'open house” prices. In
addition guests will receive a
souvenir by drawing of luckj
numbers. For the ladies it will
be an orchid, while the children
will get a kiddie Corvette by
drawing. Refreshments will be
served during the four-day pe
riod.
During the open house, visi
tors can register for FREE priz
es that will be drawn for on the
final day. The prizes are: 1st
prize - a color TV set; 2ndprize
- the use of a 1966 Chevrolet
with air - conditioning for one
week during the summer; 3rd
prize - a Sunbeam electric raz
or; 4th prize - a Sunbeam elec
tric knife; and 5th prize - a Sun
beam ele^ric toothbrush.
Visitors can see the electric
testing equipment in use at a
four-day testing clinic that can
diagnose the operational ills of
today’s complicated cars.
During the we^ the company
advertised for and accepted ap
pointments for FREE testing dur
ing the clinic through telephone
calls made to Ahoskie 332-4137,
the company’s phone number.
More than 150 new and used
cars will be on display in the
spacious lot and showroom.
Second Generation Heads
Family Auto Industry
AHOSKIE - A second genera- Hertford County October 8, 1881.
tion of the Jenkins family has He was the son of Joseph Henry
now taken the reins of the Roa- and Olivia Benthall Jenkins. His
noke-Chowan’s pioneer automo- early education was received at
bile industry. The opening of Menola School and later at Wake
Ahoskle’s new facilities marks Forest College where he was
the beginning of a new era in the graduated in 1904.
automotive business. He studied law at the Univer-
Wayland L. Jenkins, Jr., is slty of North Carolina and taught
president of Standard Chevrolet- school in Kinston andDurhambe-
Olds Company in Ahoskie. He is fore returning to Aulander tobe-
vice president of Marsh Chevro- gin his business career,
let Company in Aulander. Always a pioneer and an adven-
His brother, Joe Henry Jenk- turer, he helped organlzetheAu-
ins, is president of Charles H. lander Livestock and Supply
Jerkins and Company of Ahoskie. Company upon returning home.
Wayland, Jr., stepped into the He was active in establishing and
business management in March, holding ownership in the Aulan-
1964, when his father died, 0th- der Advance, one of the early
er business Interests include the newspapers in the area. Through
Roanoke - Chowan Broadcasting his efforts the first electric lights
Company of which he Is a direc- were installed in Aulander. In
tor. He also has farming inter- i930. before the state took over
ests. the roads, he served as chalr-
He began his work with the man of the Bertie County High-
company in October, 1955. Born way Commission. He waslnstru-
In Norfolk, he was educated in mental in the building of a new
Aulander and Wake Forest Col- Aulander Baptist Church and
lege where he received a degree was active in all phases of re
in business administration. ilglous life in his lifetime.
He is a trustee of the Aulander in 1936, he was a delegate to
Baptist Church and the proposed the Democratic NatlonalConven-
Sallie Harrell Jenkins Memorial tion and was a member of the
Library in Aulander. This year state Democratic Executive
he was named a director of the Committee. He represented the
Bank of Ahoskie. eight counties of the First Sena-
When Historic Hope Founda- torial District as one of twosen-
tion, Inc., was chartered early ators in 1945. He was appointed
last year, he was named chair- to the State Board of Conserva-
man. He serves as vice presl- tion and Development by the late
dent of the Bertie County His- Governor Gregg Cherry and was
torlcal Association and is on the active until his death in serving
Bertie County Travel and Rec- under Cherry and Governors
reatlon Committee of the Bertie scott, Umstead, and Hodges. As a
County Development Association, member of the board, he contrib-
He holds memberships in the uted greatly to the development of
North Carolina LiteraryandHis- North Carolina, particularly the
torlcal Association, the Roanoke eastern section.
Island Historical Association and Charles H. Jenkins was for
the National Trust for Historic many years a trustee of Wake
Preservation. Forest College, a member of the
Both young men are bachelors, executive and planning commlt-
Joe Henry attended Wake Forest tee of the college, and a staunch
and Campbell Colleges and re- supporter In Its efforts to move
celved a degree in history from to Winston-Salem. He waskeenly
East Carolina College. Interested in the development and
He Is president of the Camp- expansion of Chowan College and
bell College Alumni Association worked vigorously In its behalf,
and a member of the Man Will Future generations at theseInstl-
Never Fly Society. tutlons will benefit from hisphil-
The Charles H. Jenkins Agen- anthropies.
cy will continue to occupy the
building both ^encles were pre- Active in the establishment of
vlously in on Railroad Street, the Roanoke-Chowan Hospital and
This will be the agency for Cadll- the Roanoke-Chowan Broadcast-
lac, Bulck, Pontiac and GMC Ing Companyin Ahoskie, Mr. Jen-
trucks. kins was the radio station’s first
Founded I9l2 president. He belonged to many
Charles H, Jenkins, founder fraternal and business organiza-
of the automobile dealerships tlons,
bearing his name, was born in From 1912 until his death two
years ^0, Wayland L. Jenkins,
Sr., worked in every phase ofthe
automobile business. Working
with his brother, Charles, he
learned rapidly the automobile
operation.
His Influence, interest and
ideas to promote and expand the
Jenkins organization and his de
sire to provide the very best fa
cilities to the motoring public
were important factors ta the
firm’s growth.
He was a trustee of the Bertie
County Memorial Hospital, a
trustee of the Aulander Baptist
Church, a director of the North
Carolina Automobile Dealers’
Association, a director of the
Bank of Ahoskie, chairman ofthe
Board of Managers of the Aulan
der Branch Bank of Ahoskie and
a member of the committee for
the enlargement ofCampbellCol
lege.
His wife was the late Sallle
Harrell Jenkins and his two sons
are Wayland and Joseph Hoiry
Jenkins, who learned from their
father many of his business
ideals.
After the death of his wife, he
offered $25,000 and a site for the
building of a public library in her
memory in Aulander. The offer
was made on the condition that
the people of Aulander tax them
selves to pay for annual expenses
of the library’s operation.
He died before the Town of Au
lander took action on the gift but
provision for this memorial was
made in his will. Officials in Au
lander have called a special elec
tion on March 15 to see if the
town's citizens approve the pro
posed tax levy for the library.
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