The B.W. Wells Association will hold its annual meeting Sunday, Sept. 18, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. at Rockcliff Farm at 1630 Bent Road. Jimmy and Alice Ray and their family and friends will again provide the barbecue lunch.
The guest speaker is well known to the group, Brian Bockhahn, who was the park ranger at the B.W. Wells State Recreation Area and is now a parks district interpretation and education specialist. There will also be an election of board members during a short business meeting.
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On that same Sunday afternoon, the new Clancy Strickland Wheeler Funeral Home will hold a ribbon cutting and open house in its home in the historic Crenshaw Hall, dating from the 1820s.
The open house is from 3 to 5 p.m. Door prizes will include gift certificates from local restaurants. Crenshaw Hall is at 1051 Durham Road.
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Thanks to Carl Pearce, who has faithfully sent this notice for years, we know that the Wake Forest High School Class of 1955 will hold their 61st class reunion at noon on Friday, Oct. 14, at The Forks Cafeteria. Being a class of 1955 but at a different school in a different state, it is always good to know there are a lot of us of that vintage around.
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Wake Forest Renaissance Centre Manager Cathy Gouge is hopeful that venue will receive $348,530 for improvements now that Wake County Manager Jim Hartmann has recommended her application and five others for $3.35 million in occupancy and prepared food and beverage tax revenue. The total cost for the renovations needed is $995,800.
The Wake County Board of Commissioners will make the decisions about which projects – there were 14 applications – receive the funds, and Monday they said they want to hear directly from the applicants. Go, Cathy!
