The Daily Times-News from Burlington, North Carolina • Page 34

The Daily Times News CUM PARK PLAZA SPECIAL SECTION SECTION, 10 PACES MONDAY AUGUST 55 1963 BURLINGTON, N. C. Hero IsAn Aerial View SL owing Cum Park Plaza Shopping Center Cum Park Plaza Center To Open Tomorrow Ihe walkway areas as a beautifi unit. and it wns found it could Alamance County's first majorMian Home for Children at Elon.sleain from its exhausts, and shopping cenler. Cum will give the invocation.

countdown (nr the launching of five pirate girls circulating over the area. They wjil distribute 700 keys, and those which unlock (he cation medium. cover a broad trade area. It The stare inicriurs arc ol located alniust in the geograpliie In constructing Ihe huge center, Daniel Construction Company ot Greensboro used 254,000 oversized bricks, and cement blocks. There are yards of concrete in the construction, along wilh 350 ton; of steel.

chest will linng the holder prize. design, with modem lighting andjecnter of the counly with access Plaza, officially opens tomorrow Hugh M. Cummiiigs and Carbine rocket will bo climaxed by morning with 20 stores and scrv 'K. Parks, developers, ill be in line ribbon cutting. The rocket will ices beginning upcratlons imnio llrnduecd, as will J.

B. Ellis, man lromaiu uu its launch pad while! diatcly following a ribbon cutting agcr of the Hose's Store and pres Ihe shopping cenler is hunched! to all communities in the area. conditioning. Many are beauti Also, Ihere Mill be balloons given lo children during the. fully colored in keeping wilh the Most stores will offer special ceremony.

ideal of Ihe Cum Park Plazaimto operati Barber Service. Guilford Dairy Bar, Bank of Haw River, Boston Cleaners, and Step and Browse Book Store. A candy store, ist office and Plaia Laundromat will open at the center later. A building apart from Ihe main slruclure will house the post office, bonis, laundromat and dry cleaners. AH others are in the main structure.

The separate building conlams approximately 10.000 siniaru ieet ol floor space. There is a cauadlv of 450 tons Willi the cutting of tlic rihb in, outside color scheme of the cn The shopping center. owMsirct Men hauls Associalion. hargain attractions for the open week. The center is an ultra modern of air conditioning, and the elec all stores will officially begin tire building.

structure with walkways covered: trical load for the iacilily is business. When all facilities are rented, cd over the past 4t months by Miss Burlington, Jan Eoss, will the Cumniings and Parks Be appear along with Miss Graham, velcpment Corporation, will open I Marilyn Bennett, and Miss Meb nt a.m. with the cuttine of'ano. Vicltv Pafton. Others to be Its kilowatts.

There are 1,215 feet of Firms already located in the ing event beginning Inmnrrnw and continuing through the remainder of the week. Advertisements of the various firms are found and proposed fldditiuns are made sidewalks. lighted sign on lis front Icenter arc as follows: Ihe future, there will be 33 Free parkinc is available in above tlia marquee. A wing of the main buildin; the ribbon hy Mayor Alleyj introduced lo those attending lhe Winn Dixie, Hose's, Cannon's! of Burlington. iopening will be Jack Starnes, Shoes, Smart Shop, Eckerd's' The Tirnnram will hepin nl 9.

m.lnnner of Radio Station WBAG.IDrutfs, Sellars, Coleman Royal in operation in Cum Park The center is located on a 17 1 throughout the and Sec lions. The construction of the center ipaved areas for 1.703 automobiles. The parking area is fully lighted at night with four huge, modcrn istic lights on high, colored tuw Plaza. The shopping center had its of jilts out in front of the long, stricture, and where the two are jcuned is a covered area with o'clock with music by the Gra land A. Howard While, editor of 'Clothing, Miller Realty and ficial hcciraiini! in i960 with the formation of Cummings and Parks, re jrv Is an investment in planters and permanent benches lor the comfort of shopocrs.

Also, acre tract of land facing on North Church Street and is bnunded hy Sellars Mill Road and Dare Street. The huildings have nlxiul 154.000 souaro feet of floor space, with: the main structure having During the first week the cen i ham High School Hand. the Daily Times sews, surance tympany, me neuumui E. Z. Jones, manager of Radial The program will be held nnlSIiop, Glidden Paint Station WBBB will be muster platfurm near the area of tWliyrd's Food Center, Family ceremonies for the event, and'eenter which is jSUnnp Store, Brown's Shoe Ite iDeveiopment Corporation which cess nf Sf.5 millinn.

The mortgage iter will oiler a total ot 51,000 in leash and miics. A treasure chest mil mo u.rrr fountains are provided at tiro points on the walls. Will have its office there. A sur lgiven on tha project by Cameron vey was made to deterndne thej Brown Mortgage Company was feasibility of constructing such a(or Rev. W.

W. Snyder, superintend A huge rocket has been erect patr and sales, united naKcry, cut of tha Congregational Chris led, complete wilh a flow of LaMarick Beauty Salon, Roctab Several planters are located in iwill be located in the center, wun i length ol 1)11 teet. Center Had Beginning Three Years Ago would move his Bemnant and began Hie i rading1 over seen in the planning or com lfoot project. ian operation and the best de Almost Ihree years from thel operation, plcti'nn slage. Tomorrow will find the center sirable location.

As it stands to nf Haw Hiver into the new fa day the first announcement of i li'i" 'i, hi ith tenants, anil lir ri'iin lily, giving it ihe first tenant. plans was made, Alamance Cnun ty firsl major shopping cenler becomes a realily tomorrow wilh work, half tlte space (nr ihe ivn vemfier of las', scar thai Ihe con t.rs slill lo come at later dales, in the exact center of Alamance tvr had been rented. ilr.xt had been awarded li. Uan construclinn work has been County, Willi highways leading di The plans were announced only after a thorough survey of the Construction Company ufi One of the maim leases romplcled. Snnie unils are lo he rcctly to many other cities and whirh llie cenler would the ojiciiing of Cum Park Plaza Greensboro, wilh the completion signed in December of 11B1, alien Rnse's announced that it would ilafe of August, )3 eslnh.ishco shopping It was on September 7, 1961), serve.

It revealed that within one mile radius of the locati be in the center with a store containing 45,000 square feet of floor that Hugh M. Cammings and there were 2,097 homes, with Carl F. Parks announced ihe I' under li vrl space. The leasa represented; organization of Cummmgs tind ment numbering from 1,500 to more tnan St million, one of tne The firm of Alley, Williams, Carmen and King of Hurlingtnn handled file architectural and engineering phases of the project in connection with ilia contractor. In January of this year, footings were puured and foundations wera started, The skeleton of the Parks Development corporation, There also were found to lartrest ever signed in this area.

bo soiiiu 51) facilities in business, along with plans for the constntc Hose said the store would completed at a later date, and I communities in adjoining cuun paving of parts of the parking lnl lies from which to draw trade, will be finished soon, left open duel Main re ads lead in from Gra to construction needs. ham, Swepsonville, Saxapahaw. Prior to the 1900 announcemcntlHaw River, Mebanc, Hillsboni, of construction, thera had been Prospect Hill, Glencoe. Hopedale considerable planning going on to and Finn College, as well as all determine tho feasibility of such I areas of Burlington. Special Activity Set For Opening lion ot the project which climaxes have a ironlage of 225 feet, and tomorrow.

would be one of their largest, medicine, manufacturing, hospitalization, motels, banking, trailer parks, schools, a health department, airport and baseball sta Since tiial lime many efforts most modem and finest units in massive structure began to take lhave been pointed in the direc the entire Hose's chain. CARL F. PARKS HUGH M. CUMMINGS dium. inn ot Cum Park Plazas open Tin sntei iAiljUL ii shape on North Church SI reel at Sellars Mill Road.

The buildings were constructed ng. The survey had shown that in Comfort, convenience and bean ID years prior to 19511, there had uf brick, block and rock and lat its flair for "bigness" In of with the announcement that it had secured a construction ly were the three goals estab est design was used, The auildmg oe m.l i. sued bv the City of Bur lished by the developers in their loan in the amount nf S1.40D.000. been a 50 per cent increase in Turlington's pnpulalinn, and sales activity in Burlington stores was 5fi per cent above the natiunal ices at III a.m. Tuesday in the Five davs of special activities! Cummings, Parks Head Corporation lington in the amount of initial planning.

Wilh the construction plans, an arc manned for tho griind open The ayear loan was made hy Cameron Brown Company, with company officials noting that it was one of the largest ever given scntatives Howard White nf tha Daily Times News and Jack Starne3 of Radio Station WBAC; ing of Alamance County's first average. nouncemcnt was also made at that time that Mr. Cummings Actual construcUnii began on by the city. Most of the construction projeel wns finished during the early was the best ever made to a shoppmg cenler, Beginning tomor and the Ihree reigning beauty row. April II).

1961, wilh the breaking shopping cenler. The mortgage company based The Cum Park Plaza Shoppiiigla member of ihe Official Hoard Doors will open to 20 modern summer in nrder to allow tenants plcnly of lime In get ready for uf grnund by tnen Mayor C. AI rnon Mclver of Burlinglon. After its loan on the potential of Ihe and varied businesses and serv and a Sunday School teacher Center which opens tomorrow morning is the result of an under center, saying it was the best (bo opening of the square Ihe gioundbieaking, equipment at 10 am. tomorrow in the there, in addition to being a lay queens of Alamance Counly, Miss Burlinglon, Janice Eoss, Miss Graham, Marilyn Bennett, and Miss Mebane.

Vicky Fallon. The Graham High School Band will provide the music. speaker fnr the Methodist Church. new million dollar Cum Fark Plaza Kiinpping Center, located on taking on the part of Qimmings He and his wife, Rebecca, have and Parts Development Corpora North Church Street. The nbbon cultintf ceremonies three children and make their tion, formed here hi 1900, Theme of the initiation of the homc on Kdaewood Avenue.

The two chief figures in the will be broadcast by RadiD Stations WBBB and WBAG. new center will he "Your Lucky Day" and entertainment during development unit which consbucl He is a member of the Hotacv Club, the United Fund Arlivilics on Wednesday will the grand opening will feature ed the center arc Hugh m. turn mings Snd Carl Parks, both Rnnrd. the board of directors of many eras of history. Burlington residents.

Mr. Cummings, a native of Kin stnn and resident of this area for be highlighted by music by the Harold Nail orchestra. On Thursday, Jim Hall and his country music group will present music, and on Friday, WFMY TV personalities, the Old Rebel and Uncle Roy, will be on hand. Satur the Salvation Army and local chapter of American Cancer Society. Mr.

Parks was born and reared on the property which now is covered by the shopping cenler, His home formerly was on the From the colorful "days past" of North Carolina's outer banks and coast will be prelly pirate girls, giving out free keys to all persons attending. Certain keys will oicn a treasure chest of gills ihe past ID years, is president of the corporation. Mr. Parks serves as secretary and will work in the day's program will feature Old Ranger Ed Hiler. and surprises to the Solders.

property, but he antt his lamiiy managerial phase ol tne center operations. Following the completion of his education in Kinslon's public Free tavors wUI be presented Businesses Are Listed For Center Here, for qoick reference, is a list of the stores and services which are located at Com Pflrk Plaza Shopping Center and will open ttcfr doors Us the public tomorrow. The firms are lilted In at phahetlca! order, as follows: Bank of Haw River. Boston Cleaners, Brown's Shoe Repair and Sales, Byrd's Food Center, Cannon Shoe Company. Also, Coleman and Royal, Eckeri'a Drugs, Family Dlsconnt Stamp Company, Gltilden Paint Center.

Gnllford Dairy Bar, La Mariek Beauty Solon, MIDer Realty and Insurance Company, Also, Roctab Barber Serr Ice, Rose's Store, SeUnri Department Store. Smart Shop, Stop and Browse Book Stare, The Remnant Shop, United Bakery and Winn Dhle. Scheduled lo open later at the shopping center am a ran dy store, a Pott Office and the Puna Uiutiromat. now reside at 351 Dare Street. iHc and his wife, Dorothy, have Itwo children.

Representing America's wild west will be B4 year old Ed Hilcr, former Texas Ranger, who will tell tales and spin yarns to children throughout the opening and a number of Individual merchants will offer special bar schools, Mr. Cuituliings went ln He is a charter member of about his true experiences gains and prizes. Grace Methodist Church where he is a member of the Finance Com and ot knowing such famous men lie ol.fvliliiL' er liter, i as Wyatt Earp. mittee. He has been chairman of near the geographical center of Alamance County, contains 20 air conditioned stores and serv A model of a rocket ship, al worlc tor a retail siore ins native city.

He later entered the military service in World War If, and upon his discharge, ho came to this area, as Haw River was the home ot his wife. He worked with Curtis: Candy Company in Greensboro and took over the Burlington territory when it owned. Fourteen years ready on the premises, represents the space age. ices, which will maintain a six the Official Board and chairman of the Building Committee in the past. During World War II he spent 39 months in service, 30 of lliem In tha Eiiroocan Theatre.

Special ribbon cutting ceremonies are scheduled for 9:30 o'clock day operating schedule and wil! be open from ID a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. A U.S. post office branch tomorrow morning to kick off w'ill be included later.

He attended Joea! schools, and grand opening activities. ago he opened Ihe Remnant Shop A special feature of the center E. Z. Junes, general manager for a number of years was a brick mason, ui Haw mver, ana mat operation has grown immensely In past Radio Station WEBB, will serve as master of ceremonies for the He joined Mr, Cununlngs in the formation of Cummliuja and Parks Development Corporation in 1960. ribbon cutting and participating in the ceremonies wil! be Burllnc is a covered garden type rest area wilh shrubs, benches and water fountains, Thema of the center features a key insignia with the motto, key to shopping MRVtmlence." REST ARKA This covered rest area is one of thi features of Cum Park Pla2a Shoppint! Ccntor.

years, with 24 other such operations affiliated wilh it over the South, Mr. (Jummlngs is a membw of final Street Methodist Church, Benches and a water fountain an nravideol for the convenience nf nnlrons. Grass and shnibherv He will maintain an office 111 the ton Mrvot John Ashley; center de center. will he planted in areas along the center ei tne section later. velopers, tan rarxi ana gni.