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Rocky Mount Builds North Carolina Wesleyan College
Groundbreaking near Rocky Mount marks kickoff of North Carolina Wesleyan College with a main building, campus roads, utilities, and landscaping. Trustees set motto Wisdom and Courage Through Christian Education. colors blue and gold. Estimated 1.75 million for site plus annual support. construction phased to 1960 1962.
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Carter Hedrick
Rocky Mount
North Carolina
Wesleyan College
Camputher
U. S. Highway 301
John
Charles Wesley
Eastern North Carolina Methodist Conference
Methodist Conference
North Carolina Presbyterian Synod
Peace
Flora Macdonald
Presbyterian Junior College
Consolidated Presbyterian College
College
N. C. Wesleyan
W. Jasper Smith
Methodists
Lashmit
James Brown
Pollock
Winston-Salem
L. M. Barrett
East Carolina
Carolina
Virginia