[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 176 (Tuesday, December 1, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H13358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CELEBRATING THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF THE TOWN OF WAKE FOREST, NORTH 
                                CAROLINA

  (Mr. MILLER of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MILLER of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate the 
100th birthday of Wake Forest, North Carolina.
  The State legislature officially chartered the town on February 20, 
1909; but the community really dates from 1832 when Dr. Calvin Jones 
sold 613 acres of land to the North Carolina Baptist Convention to 
establish the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute to train future 
ministers. The institution later became Wake Forest College.
  Dr. Jones described Wake Forest as ``one of the best communities in 
the State. The inhabitants, without, I believe, a single exception, are 
sober, moral, and thriving in their circumstances, and not a few are 
educated and intelligent.''
  That is still true of Wake Forest. Although Wake Forest College moved 
to Winston-Salem in 1956, the Southern Baptist Convention located its 
new seminary in Wake Forest, maintaining Wake Forest's reputation as a 
town of higher learning and faith.
  Wake Forest is now a progressive community of more than 27,000 
residents. Forbes Magazine recently listed Wake Forest as the 20th 
fastest-growing suburb in America. The residents of Wake Forest now 
boast a vibrant town with more than 100 businesses and a rich and well-
maintained historical district.
  I join the residents of Wake Forest in their centennial celebration.

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