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Fred Fulton Vance, the son of the late Sam F.
Vance, Sr. and Sallie Fulton Vance, was born in Winston-
Salem February 28, 1909. Fred, his parents, and an
older brother moved to Kernersville in 1921. Fred, a
graduate of Kernersville High School, attended Mora-
vian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylavania and Guilford
College. On May 24, 1936 Fred and Miss Ilah Lee Albert
were united in marriage in the Kernersville Moravian
Church. They have two daughters. All are members of
the Kernersville Moravian Church, where Fred has
served as member and chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees and as chairman of the building committee when
the Christian Education Building was erected in 1952.
On May 3, 1949 Fred was elected mayor of Ker-
nersville and served one term. During his term of office Dedication Kernersville Town Hall - April 25, 1966
a housing development was begun which necessitated
the installation of lights, water, sewer and the hard
surfacing of these streets. John Randolph Flynt, Sr. served as mayor of Ker-
nersville 1951-1953. He was educated in the local schools
Mr. Vance is a Past Master of the Kernersville Ma-
and at Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. In
sonic Lodge and a Past District Deputy Grand Master
1942 he entered the Armed Services and served in World
in North Carolina, a Past President of the Kernersville
vVar II until 1946. He was an active member of the
Lions Club and a former District Cabinet Secretary.
Moravian Church, member and president of the Lions
Fred is co-owner of the Vance-Ballard Coal Com-
Club, and instrumental in beginning a YMCA program
pany, which has served the residents of the Kernersville
area since 1937. in Kernersville. During his term as mayor construction
of a new dam and reservoir was begun which covered a
50-acre area on Old Valley School Road. For the first
time a street naming and house numbering program was
begun which resulted in house to house mail service.
At the time of his death, he was Senior Vice-President of
Piedmont Federal Savings and Loan Association.
William Herman Morton served two terms as mayor
1953-55 and 1960-61. He was educated in Kernersville
schools, attended Trinity College and graduated from
Fred F. Vance-
Mayor
1,949-1951 Oak Ridge Military Institute. He was acting Postmas-
ter of Kernersville from 1943-1945 and later became as-
sociated with the Greensboro tobacco market and the
N. C. Department of Motor Vehicles. He also served as
Sanitation Division Inspector for the Forsyth Health De-
partment. He was a member of Main Street Methodist
Church.
Donald E. Dunlap, who served as mayor 1955-1957,
is a native of Winnsboro, S. C. After graduation from
high school, he completed a course in business admini-
stration, accounting, and telegraphy. He is at present
John R. Flynt being sworn in as mayor by Phin Ragland 1951
Agent at the Kernersville Railway Station and has been
an employee of the Southern Railway for ~fty-three
years. He has served the town faithfully and well as a
member of the Board of Aldermen for fifteen years. He
is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Edgar Eugene Shore was mayor of Kernersville
from 1957-1959. He was educated in the Kernersville
schools and graduated from Trinity College. For thirteen

years he was with the Internal Revenue Service in Win-
ston-Salem. The remainder of his life he operated the
Homemade Rug Company in Kernersville. He was a
life-long member of the Moravian Church where he
served as treasurer for forty years. He was a Mason, a
member of the Lions Club and of the Junior Order.

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