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Arbor Day dates changed in bill
Raleigh March 11 Under terms of a bill passed by the general assembly last week next Friday will be observed in North Carolina as Arbor Day The observance shall occur each year on the first Friday after the fifteenth of March changing it from November The change was made on the recommendation of the department of conservation and development and State Forester J S Holmes This season suits a uniform planting period and all schools civic patriotic and fraternal bodies are urged to join with special programs and tree planting exercises Instructions and planting advice will be provided by the forestry division on request
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Raleigh
General Assembly
North Carolina
Department of Conservation and Development
J. S. Holmes
Forestry Division