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- Session laws and resolutions passed by the General Assembly [1953]
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- 1953
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Session laws and resolutions passed by the General Assembly [1953]
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1953 — Resolutions
H. R. 1325 RESOLUTION 39
A JOINT RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE TWO HUNDREDTH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CUMBERLAND
COUNTY.
WHEREAS, the County of Cumberland was created from a part of
Bladen County and was established as a county in 1754; and
WHEREAS, the County of Cumberland has authorized a bicentennial
celebration of this event in 1954;
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring :
Section 1. That the Senate and House of Representatives indicate their
interest in the rich and glorious history of Cumberland County and in the
proper celebration of two hundred years of progress.
See. 2. That the State of North Carolina, its institutions and agencies,
are authorized to give all appropriate assistance to this celebration.
Sec. 3. That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and
after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th
day of April, 1953.
H. R. 1330 RESOLUTION 40
A JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING ROBERT BRUCE ETHERIDGE
UPON HIS 50TH AND GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY AS A MEMBER OF
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
WHEREAS, North Carolina’s growth of the past fifty (50) years has
served as a model to the smaller agricultural states of the nation, with
great progress in education, industry, farming and service to its people;
and
WHEREAS, in its quality of leadership and especially that of its Gen¬
eral Assembly, North Carolina has been blessed; and
WHEREAS, on Roanoke Island’s historic soil, almost three hundred
(300) years after the birth of Virginia Dare, there was born, on July 31,
1878, to the union of Van Buren and Matilda Etheridge, a son, Robert
Bruce Etheridge; and
WHEREAS, Robert Bruce Etheridge attended the Public Schools of
Manteo and Atlantic Collegiate Institute of Elizabeth City; in 1899 re¬
ceived an A. B. degree from Trinity College (now Duke University); held
the position of cashier for the Bank of Manteo, 1907-1933; and was elected
Clerk of Superior Court of Dare County; was appointed Superintendent of
the Schools of Dare County; was a member of the State Democratic Execu¬
tive Committee, 1928-1950; served as Postmaster of Manteo, 1914-1922;
for a number of years was County Chairman of the Democratic Executive
Committee of Dare County; was elected and served as State’s Senator for
the Second District, Session of 1907; was State Director for the Depart¬
ment of Conservation and Development, 1933 to May 1949; was married
to Miss Elizabeth Webb on April 22, 1908 and has served as a Representa-
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