NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

RESOLUTION 62

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 896

A JOINT RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE TOWN OF CARY.

Whereas, the Town of Cary is proudly celebrating its centennial at this time, with festivities to run from May 8 to May 12; and

Whereas, the Town of Cary was settled in 1750, founded in 1850 by Allison Francis Page, and officially incorporated by an act of the General Assembly of North Carolina in 1871, and bears the name of General Samuel Fenton Cary, lawyer and temperance leader; and

Whereas, the Town of Cary's sons have included Walter Hines Page, journalist, editor and Ambassador to Great Britain; Alfred Daniel (Buck) Jones, Consul General to Shanghai; and Frank Page, Highway Commissioner who gave this State its proud nickname as the "Good Roads State"; and

Whereas, the Town of Cary's original size was one square mile, being increased to 6.4 square miles since 1949, the time of its first annexation; and

Whereas, the Town of Cary's population increased 125% during the decade of the 1960's to 7,339, its first recorded population being 316 people in the census of 1880; and

Whereas, the Town of Cary was the site of the first public high school in North Carolina, Cary Academy; was located on one of the first paved roads in North Carolina; and is the Gourd Capital of the United States, being the scene of the annual gourd festival each fall; and

Whereas, the Town of Cary now enjoys one of the fastest growths in North Carolina; the highest per family income in North Carolina; and proximity to the Research Triangle; but nevertheless retains the warm, friendly, community atmosphere that it acquired as a small rural town;

Now, therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

Section 1.  That the General Assembly proudly notes the above and extends its congratulations and good wishes to the people of the Town of Cary.

Sec. 2.  That this resolution shall be duly certified by the Secretary of State and forthwith transmitted to the Mayor of the Town of Cary.

Sec. 3.  This resolution shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of May, 1971.