Johnston County NcArchives News.....AVA GARDER GETS FINAL STAMP APPROVAL March 24, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: GERALD WIGGINS gwiggins@inteliport.com January 14, 2007, 12:01 pm THE VIRGINIA PILIOT March 24, 2006 THE SMITHFIELD, N.C. POST OFFICE IS NOW THE AVA GARDNER POST OFFICE. PRESIDENT BUSH SIGHNED LEGISLATION THIS WEEK TO RENAME THE POST OFFICE IN SMITHFIELD, N.C. IN HONOR OF THE LATE ACTRESS AVA GARDER, THE OSCAR-NOMINATED ACTRESS WHO GREW UP IN JOHNSTON COUNTY N.C. AVA GARDNER WAS A SMALL TOWN GIRL WHO BECAME A BIG TIME CELEBRITY, SAID REP, BOB ETHERIDGE, D-N-C WHO SPONSORED THE BILL TO RENAME THE THE POST OFFICE IN SMITHFIELD,N.C. AVA GARDNER HAD A SERIES OF HIGH PROFILE MARRIAGES , TO MICKEY ROONEY, ARTIE SHAW AND FRANK SINATRA, AVA GARDNER WAS NOMINATED FOR A BEST-ACTRESS OSCAR IN 1953 . THE ACTRESS AVA GARDNER DIED IN 1990 AT THE AGE OF 67. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/johnston/newspapers/avagarde80gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb