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Counties Are Making Plans For America’s 400th Anniversary
Events don’t start for
another two years, but the
celebration of America’s
400th Anniversary already
has official support from
Manteo to Murphy -
literally!
The anniversary in
question is the quadricen
tennial of the “Roanoke
Voyages” of 1584-1587,
which included the famous
“Lost Colony.” People
around Manteo, in Dare
County in the far northeast,
have been planning for it for
years, since Manteo is on
Roanoke Island near where
the explorers landed.
But now the people of
Murphy and surrounding
Cherokee County, tucked
high in the moutains of the
far southwest, are on record
saying they want to be a
part of the action, too.
In a resolution dated June
7, the Cherokee County
Commissioners, the Town of
Murphy and the Cherokee
County Chamber of Com
merce joined forces to
declare their full support for
the commemoration of
America’s Four Hundredth
Anniversary.
The resolution cites the
importance of the
celebration in attracting
visitors and in reminding
North Carolinians of their
heritage.
It calls upon mountain
organizations, such as
Western North Carolina
Associated Communities
and Western North Carolina
Tomorrow, for their sup
port.
The resolution also
pledges that the Cherokee
County Chamber of Com
merce will conduct an essay
contest in the county’s
public schools on a Four
Hundredth Anniversary
theme and will help
distribute information.
The news from Cherokee
County was greeted with
delight in the Raleigh offices
of America’s Four Hun
dredth Anniversary Com
mittee (AFHAC), the arm of
the N. C. Department of
Cultural Resources charged
with coordinating the
commemoration statewide.
“We’ve said all along that
the Four Hundredth An
niversary has to involve
every person in every
corner of North Carolina,”
according to John Neville,
AFHAC’s executive
secretary.
“Dare County and Manteo
have*been hard at work for
years, but this is the first
official action we’ve seen
from a county outside the
northeast. Dot Mason from
the Cherokee County
Chamber of Commerce
promised us at the
Governor’s Travel Con
fernce in April that her folks
would spread the word from
Manteo to Murphy, and
they’ve done it!”
Neville expects support
from other counties soon.
Gov. Jim Hunt is appointing
a county chairman for
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America’s 400th An
niversary in each county.
Most chairmen are already
in place and should have
their committees organized
by the end of the summer.
Cherokee County’s local
chairman is Phyllis Dyer of
Murphy.
The “Roanoke Voyges,”
sponsored by Sir Walter
Raleigh, were the first
English attempts to settle
North America. Plans for
their commemoration have
been underway for several
years under the guidance of
AFHAC, chaired by Lindsay
Warren Jr. of Goldsboro.
The first official project
will be a visit in April, 1984,
Flea Market
The Edenton Jaycee Flea
Market will be held on
Saturday, July 31, at the old
National Guard Armory in
Edenton.
The time will be from 7
A.M. until 12 noon. Anyone
who wishes to have a table
or spot reserved for them to
sell their goods should
contact Morris Small, Jr. at
Tarheel Bank & Trust Co. or
call 482 - 3760 after 6 P.M.
Please support the
Edenton Jaycees.
Brick Driveway
There is something in
front of your home that says
more about you than you
may imagine. It’s the first
and last impression you
make on visitors to your
home and yet, it’s very often
the most neglected portion
of your property. What is it?
Your driveway!
There is, however, away
to ensure that you will
always make a good im
pression on your guests, as
well as increase your own
feeling of pride of owner
ship. A brick paved
driveway will do this plus
increase the value of your
property.
In addition, brick’s soft
natural colors fit in with any
landscape design and will
accentuate any style or
color home. Best of all once
it is installed, a brick
driveway will last a
lifetime.
Although the installation
of a brick paved driveway is
not for the novice, a do - it -
yourselfer with a little
experience will be able to do
the job with amazing
results. For free in
formation and plans on
brick driveway paving,
write the Brick Association
of North Carolina, P.O. Box
6305, Greensboro, N.C.,
27405. A brick driveway
says, “welcome” to your
guests before you do.
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by an American delegation
to Plymouth, England, from
which the first Roanoke
expedition set sail. An
English delegation is due in
Manteo in July, 1984, the
anniversary of the landing
of that expedition.
July, 1984, is also the date
for the commissioning of a
sailing ship built in the style
of the 16th century, a
project already underway
under the direction of the
private American
Quadricentennial Cor
poration.
Plans for the ship, to be
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named the “Elizabeth II,”
are complete, and con
struction will begin within
the next few months in
Manteo. The ship will be
berthed in Manteo but will
be able to sail to other ports
in the state.
Also a key part of the
commemoration is a joint
exhibition with the British
Library featuring
documents and artifacts
concerning Sir Walter
Raleigh and the entire
Elizabethan era. The
exhibition will open in
England in the spring of 1984
and travel to the N.C.
Museum of History in
Raleigh in early 1985.
Archaeologist are already
working on another aspect
of the commemoration, the
search for remains of the
“Lost Colony.”
The Town of Manteo is in
the midst of ambitious plans
of its own, including a
massive overhaul of its
downtown waterfront
section.
For details about
America’s 400th An
niversary, contact John
Neville at AFHAC, 109 E.
Jones St., Raleigh, 27611,
telephone (919) 733-4788.
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which are absolutely
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safety, economy and en
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States. Give them the tools
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The companion bill, S.
2252, has passed the Senate,
thus clearing the way for the
President’s signature.
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