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Wake Forest Town Clerk Joyce Wilson MMC
had a bright idea – literally – the
other day, and it was enthusiastically
accepted by the mayor and commissioners
during their annual planning retreat
Friday.
Wilson suggested Light Up
Wake Forest, a New Year’s Eve
celebration on Jan. 31, 2008, as a way
to begin the centennial year of 2009.
In place of an acorn or a
ball, the Wake Forest symbol would be a
light bulb because the town was
re-chartered on Feb. 12, 1909, to allow
it to sell bonds to build an electric
generating plant and electric system.
Wilson said there could be
entertainment for children early in the
evening with the light bulb dropping –
or going up and turning on – and
fireworks.
Mayor Vivian Jones said she
would mention it to the centennial
committee and suggested the Downtown
Revitalization Corporation work on the
event.
The centennial committee,
headed by Frank and Carol Smith, is
planning four events, some of them in
conjunction with events already on the
town’s calendar. They are a birthday
celebration on or around Jan. 12, a
special Six Sundays in Spring where the
music would be from the early 1900s,
something for the Fourth of July and a
Christmas Centennial Gala connected with
the annual holiday dinner and the
Lighting of Wake Forest, Jones said.
The centennial committee
meets the second Monday of the month at
5:15 p.m. in town hall. |
