J. Toliver Davis, Forest City attorney, has been appointed Clerk of the United States District Court for Western North Carolina and will take the oath of that office in Asheville on December 1, 1971. In assuming his new position, Toliver will discontinue his law practice and his membership on the North Carolina Real Estate Licensing Board to which he was appointed in 1966.

He concludes his tenure as a member and past chairman of the Licensing Board with the assurance that his associates on the Board as well as the entire real estate profession appreciate his outstanding public service.