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Dr. Ed Wilson,
the popular former head of the Wake Forest University English department, will
be the speaker Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Wake Forest College Birthplace Society
annual meeting.
The other highlight
of the meeting will be the groundbreaking for the long-awaited museum annex
building.
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The meeting and ceremony will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday, at the Calvin Jones House
on North Main Street. The house has been the home of the Wake Forest museum for
over a decade.
The
annex, at a little over 7,000 square feet, will provide ample space for
exhibits about Wake Forest College and the town of Wake Forest. It will also
have meeting and office space. The separate but connected bathroom building for
public outdoor events will be built at the same time.
The
plan is to furnish the house as it might have been when Dr. Calvin Jones and
his family lived there before selling the plantation to the North Carolina
Baptist Association and moving to Tennessee.
Executive
Director Ed Morris said they plan to hold the meeting under a tent on the lawn,
but it will be shifted to Wake Forest Baptist Church in the event of rain.
The
plan for the annex is still under review at the Wake Forest Planning
Department.
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