Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-01


$125,O0O exhibit at the New York
Worlds Fair will be a streamlined
and graphic story of the States his
tory, geography, and opportunities.
A prospectus of the exhibit reveals
the States booth at the fair will en-
ploy both colorful symbols and terse
facts to carry out the. theme of the
exhibit, which will be "North Caro-
lima, the colorful and balanced state"
Dominating the display is the sugges-
ton of North Carolina as a State of
opportunity.
a. The result has been achievement
of coherent, readily understand
able presentation of North Carolina,
which includes all general phases of
the State, yet avoids the cluttering
of a multitude of details, according
to Coleman w. Roberts, in charge
of the exhibit.
Problem of the North Carolina
Worlds Fair Committee was to pres
ent large State, with bewildering
array of features, in a simple and
unified manner. At the same time, it
was desirable to utilize space in such
a way that plenty of room for Visi-
tors was preserved.
- The committee, composed of Rob-
erts; w. E. Fenner, Rocky Mount,
chairman; j. w. Caffey, Greensboro;
Ed Flanagan, Greenville; and j. @.
Gilkey, of Marion, took this problem
to the designer and builder, Martin
Jenter, of Ridgefield, N. j. After
three months of work, the exhibit
shining with paint and streamlined
to fit its purpose, is being moved into
place. 1t will be, Fenner declared,
one of the most unusual and attrac-
tive of the state exhibits at the fair.
Occupying three thousand square
feet of floor space in the Hall of
States building, the North Carolina
exhibit hall is sen1i-circular in shape
and is designed along heroic lines.
An effect of spaciouSness and gran
deur is achieved by the dominating
and super-human proportions of
everything in the hall. Twelve Morse
Goldfish figures symbolizing the OPP
portunities for industrial and agri-
cultural exploitation of the States
lrndeveloped resources will line the
outer wall, while a smaller inner
circle will contain vast twelve
foot-high revolving panorama de-
picting the States recreational at
fractions.
/. The fair committee decided to use
the symbolic representation which
gives a many-sided picture of the
entire State with emphasis on the
opportunities North Carolina offers
for recreation, agriculture,w and in
dustry, in preference to an exhibit
which would be overwhelmed by
fragmentary objects and products of
the State. The exhibit will thus de-
pict North Carolina as land of op-
portunity rather than a land of full
fillment.
The exhibition comprises three
main divisions-the Theme Ex-
hibit', the "Court of Tourism'', and
the "Hall of Development. The
"Theme Exhibit, Immediately in
front of the entrance, takes the form
of huge artists palette on which
is inscribed the thesis of the exhibit
&"North Carolina, The Balanced and
Colorful State" The theme structure
is coated with mica, an important
North Carolina mineral. A rotating
sphere, projecting from the structure,
represents primarily the balance of
the State, and with it's mica coat
ing reflecting a kaleidoscope rain
bow of colors, represents as we'll the
"colorful'' phase of the theme.
The "Court of Tourism" employs
an entirely new exhibition device,
called the Triorama, to portray more
effectively the recreational advan-
tages of the State as a variety Va
cationland". The triorama is essen
tally an animated travel poster,
presenting three magnificent pano-
ramic views of three distinct sections
OF the State: mountains, central, and
coastal.
The Triorama is twelve feet high
and approximately forty feet long,
and is divided into seven different
panels. Each panel is three-sided, re-
volvers on its own axis. All seven
panels revolve slowly at the same
time, presenting to the visitor an
ever-changing view of the distinctive
at mosphere, scenic beauties, and
pleasure activities of the State. The
three enormous panoramas have
smaller figures super-imposed upon