GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
RATIFIED BILL
RESOLUTION 46
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 1411
A JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE AND MEMORY OF JULIAN
HAWLEY POOLE, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Whereas, Julian Hawley Poole was born in Montgomery County on March 29,
1890, one of nine children of Hartwell Spain Poole and Sarah Ann McLeod Poole; and
Whereas, Julian Hawley Poole graduated from Biscoe High School in 1913,
and obtained a B.S. degree in agriculture from North Carolina College of Agriculture and
Mechanical Arts (now North Carolina State University) in 1917, where he was a member
of the College band; and
Whereas, Julian Hawley Poole was a second lieutenant beginning in 1917, and
attained the rank of first lieutenant in the junior reserve corps; and
Whereas, Julian Hawley Poole married Lena Nelson Booker of Johnston
County on September 5, 1925, and they had two children, Samuel H. Poole and Sarah
Elizabeth Poole (Mrs. Paul H. Davis); and
Whereas, Julian Hawley Poole was a pioneer peach grower and was one of the
largest peach producers in the world. At the height of his peach career he had more than
1200 acres in Moore, Richmond, Hoke, Montgomery and Surry Counties. His Diamond
P brand peaches were in demand all over the northeastern United States. He served as
president of the N.C. Mutual Peach Growers Society, was a director of the Tri-State
Peach Growers and the N. C. Peach Growers Council, and was a charter member of the
National Peach Council; and
Whereas, Julian Hawley Poole was a Presbyterian elder, a Sunday School
Superintendent, served as moderator of Fayetteville Presbytery and was Master of
Masonic Alberta Lodge No. 654; and
Whereas, Julian Hawley Poole was appointed to the N.C. Board of Agriculture
by Governors Hoey, Cherry, Broughton, Kerr Scott, Umstead, Hodges, Sanford, Moore
and Bob Scott, serving in all 40 years, and was a member of The University of North
Carolina Board of Trustees. He was a leader in outlawing low grade fertilizer in North
Carolina; and
Whereas, three major North Carolina Department of Agriculture laboratories
became realities in the 1970's. They include the Rollins Animal Disease Diagnostic
Laboratory, the Constable Food and Drug Laboratory and L.Y. Ballentine Agronomic
Laboratory. Much of the credit for the existence of these facilities is due Julian Hawley
Poole; and
Whereas, Julian Hawley Poole served as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors
of the Upper Cape Fear Soil Conservation District and State President of Supervisors Soil
Conservation; and
Whereas, Julian Hawley Poole served as President of the Sandhills Kiwanis
Club, served on the Board of Directors of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club, was a recipient of
the Sandhills Kiwanis Builders Cup and was a Director of Carolina Bank; and
Whereas, Julian Hawley Poole served in the North Carolina House of
Representatives in the 1937, 1941, and 1943 Sessions, and in the North Carolina Senate
in the 1951 and 1955 Sessions, and served as chairman of the House Committee on
Expenditures of the House and the Senate Committees on Penal Institutions and Justices
of the Peace. He was a leader in the 1937 House of Representatives in making illegal in
North Carolina the prosperous industry of manufacturing slot machines, also known as
one arm bandits; and
Whereas, Julian Hawley Poole died on April 28, 1982, at the age of 92; Now,
therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
Section 1. The General Assembly expresses its appreciation for the life and
public service of Julian Hawley Poole and honors his memory.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of State shall send a certified copy of this resolution to
his son, Samuel H. Poole, of Southern Pines, North Carolina; to his daughter, Sarah
Elizabeth Poole Davis, of West End, North Carolina; and to his sister, Mrs. Edith Poole
Pankey, of Jackson Springs, North Carolina. His wife predeceased him on June 19, 1966.
Sec. 3. This resolution is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of July,
1983.
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