The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-22
GREENFIELD PARK
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cn;,,man and the late Churchill
pragaw for their earnest work on
the project. He also commenced
IL L. Wade for his cooperative
efforts.
city Manager A. c. Nichols pre-
sen+ed p factual report on the statu
- the park and the present WORK
ha;no done An area Of 10 II
acres are under maintenance now
with five acres having been oeVei
ed last winter.
Terming the maintenance OF the
mark considerable JoD' MI
Nichols revealed that foreman.
truck driver and an avera Z; tho 20
e;ght laborers are engaged M ..
u-erE uring the past several
wears walks have been construes
~ foot bridges built, sprinkler
,ns+a1led for the nursery, pieI'
sand beeach anu va 80, Will.
snd the drive resurfaced from WI
~ Greet down Fourth and aroun
the lake to 18th street
picnic facilities have been ~. IN
orassed $50 trees planted and ooo
azaleas transplanted, Mr.: Nlcho.s
eontinued German P.o.W's nave
heen used in mosquito control WORK
snd have cleaned up an enormous
ana NV - Debris from the edges
OF the lake. an .,o.s
, nm canellias, 1000 gardenias
snd variety Of other plants tne
.,.ho,e totaling some $4,000 are on
hand, he said. ;.o,,,de
maintenance and Improvement Sna
extension of the planting, Mr. MIC
= r Hamilton, New Hanover
High school principal, in vlsuan! ~
Nc future of the park, stressed us
;ronortance as civic center ana
an enterprise which could eventual
a. ,+tr.ct visitors from all over
the United States.
He recalled the huge crowds that
used to throng to Wilmington dur
ing the Feast of the Pirates wnlcn
he said exceeded even the emo OF
of the war crowd on the downtown
streets last week.
He said we must not only think
OF Greenfield in terms OF the num-
her of visitors it will draw but IN
its advantages as beautiful rec
reational spot for the countys ap-
proximately $4,000 school children.
The full realization Of all the
parks possibilities will take Is to
20 wears, he said, with everyone
pitching in and helping. There are
other things to be done beside
planting, Mr.. Hamilton continued.
The construction of a large ampi-
theater able to accommodate large
number of people was one of the
improvements suggested by Mr.,
Hamilton, which he said would en-
able Wilmingtonians as well as Wis
itors to hear such orchestra's as
the North Carolina Symphony and
variety of other artists.
Improvement of the gardents
would tie in with Airlie and Orion
gardens making this area ma
tional beauty spot. he said.
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and improvement Of picnic facili-
ties to afford healthy recreation.
were among other suggestions mad
by Mr.. Hamilton.
Earlier in the program, Roger
Moore told club members that we
must have the will to develope our
potentialities and get behind pro-
gressive movements.
Guests of the club were W. E.
Yopp. president of the Lions club,
r. B. Howard, president OF the
Jaycees, Louie E. Woodbury., J.E.
L. Wade, A. c. Nichols, John E.
Hope, Mayor W. Ronald Lane, Ad-
olson Hewlett. H. r. Grdiner, Gar
land Currin, Mrs. J. Henry Gerdes,
president of the Garden Club, r.
W. Smell, superintendent Of parks
and Fairgrounds, Miss Allie Nor
ris Fechti2 and John Spillman.
Visiting Rotarians we're Hoyt r.
Calvin and P. N. Parker, of Char
lotte, the Rev. Fisher and Jack
Peterson, of Muskeegon, Mich.