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B2 THE CHOWAN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019 Community Workshop teaches how to document bills of sales Volunteers sought to help research slave paperwork STAFF REPORT An upcoming workshop at the Shepard-Prudent Me morial Library will help res idents document records for genealogical and histori cal research. The workshop, “People, Not Property: Recovering the History of Slavery in Chowan County,” will be held at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 6 in the library’s upstairs meet ingspace. The speaker will be Arwin Smallwood, chair and professor of the Department of History and Political Science at North Carolina A&T State Univer sity. Lynn Gilliard, the Chowan County Register of Deeds, is responsible for the care of many historic documents. Her office put- many Chowan County’s documents digitized and available for genealogical and historical research. The People, Not Property project is a partnership be tween UNC Greensboro University Libraries, the North Carolina Division of Archives and Records, and North Carolina Registers of Deeds to create “a unique, centralized database of bills of sales indexing the names of enslaved people from across North Carolina.” This project needs trained volunteers to help create what librarians call “records” (and computer people call metadata) of the county’s Register of Deeds’ existing bills of sales. “This is an extraordi nary opportunity to in crease the availability of these records to help our WEBSITE Information about People, Not Property project can be found at http://library.uncg.edu/ slavery/deeds/. conununity share more of its history on a global scale,” wrote Jennifer Fin lay, Shepard-Prudent Me morial Library librarian, in a recent column. According to UNC- Greensboro, when com plete, “People, Not Prop erty” will include metadata, high resolution images, and full-text searchable tran scripts. “We hope to open the project to states beyond North Carolina, creating a central location for ac cessing and researching slave deeds from across the Southern United States,” the university wrote. UNC Greensboro University Libraries re ceived a three-year, $294,603 grant from the National Historical Publi cations and Records Com mission to digitize nearly 10,000 North Carolina slave deeds and bills of sale, create a comprehen sive database for the digi tized records and tran scribe the full text of these documents. Grant funding and project development began on Oct 1,2018. During the first phase, UNC-G libraries are work ing with 26 North Carolina counties including Chowan, Perquimans and Washington. The ultimate goal of the project is to digitize slave deeds across the state of North Carolina. Check It Out! ‘Wright’ home for artifact T his past week I got the strangest email from Bob Hopkins, of the Historic Edenton. State Historic Site, about a “Wright Flyer” piece. After chatting with Bob, I learned that he had a piece JENNIFER FINLAY Wright Brothers flying ma chine sit ting on his desk that once be longed to the Shep- ard-Pru- den Memorial Library. Or did it belong to the li brary? I don’t read mysteries without purpose! I first contacted Phil McMullan, a local historian and brother of Ann McMullan - the for mer librarian. Phil and Ann’s grandmother (I be lieve) was the Shepard- Pruden Memorial Library librarian at one point while it was housed in the Cupola House. Phil ex plained that pieces of Wright Brothers machines were around the area be cause many local families also owned property in Nag’s Head. He then gave me Ann’s phone number and I was able to speak with her. Ann confirmed that once a piece of a Wright Brothers machine was on display at the library. At one point, it was loaned to the Barker House. As I’ve written previously—the li brary has a ton of stuff that we loan out from slide pro jectors to dolls to toys and books. Who knew we had such a cool part of history here? I’m hoping to get this piece back from Bob this week to add to our See FINLAY, B4 Peach ice cream good on hot day I love summer, not tins heat but all the wonder ful fresh produce! And it’s now peach season here in North Carolina which makes this heat more bear able. Many peach enthusiasts CHERYL ORR have their favorites. When! lived in Charleston, everyone claimed South Carolina peaches were the best. And it’s well known that See ORR, B4 Back to School Bash set for Aug. 17 STAFF REPORT Edenton United is get ting ready for the upcom ing Back to School Bash. Scheduled to start at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17 at John A. Holmes High School, the bash features a backpack giveaway, mu sic and activities for the children. The schedule includes games and the backpack giveaway from 2-5 p.m., food from 4:30-7 p.m. and a concert from 6-8 p.m. The bash needs school supplies to fill the esti mated 1,000 backpacks that will be given away. Donations are being ac cepted at the following businesses, The Gregari ous Goose, Vaughn’s Jewelers & Fine Gifts, Cutting Edge, Chowan Arts Council, Vidant Chowan Hospital, Fin ders KeepHERS, Xenith Bank and Feathers Bou tique. Edenton United needs the supplies by Aug. 5. A backpack stuffing event will start at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 13 at the old armory, in front of John A. Holmes. Edenton United also an nounced that two Chris tian groups will perform at the Back to School Bash. Legin, a hip-hop Christian artist, will perform from 6- 6:30 p.m., with Remain An chored, a duo of Hannah and Patrick Rose, are scheduled to perform from 6:45-8 p.m. SUBMITTED PHOTO Hannah (left) and Patrick Rose perform as Remain Anchored. The group will perform at the Back to School Bash. SUBMITTED PHOTO Legin, a hip-hop gospel artist, will perform at the Back to School Bash Aug. 17 at John A..Holmes High School. Remain Anchored is a brother/sister duo from eastern North Carolina. Patrick and Hannah Rose are songwriters, musi cians and vocalists with a passion for God. Their group title comes from Hebrews 6:19 — “We have this hope as a steadfast an chor, which reaches the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.” — and is a testament to their rooted faith in God. The emerging recording artists began in the sum mer of 2011, during the Edenton Music and Water Festival. Patrick was scheduled to perform as a solo artist that day, but God had other plans in mind. With Patrick bat tling a sore throat, younger sister Hannah graciously stepped up to the plate to help her brother and Remain An chored was bom. Besides the festival, the group has appeared at the Chowan Comity Regional MEH THE TEACHERS Open houses and parent nights for Edenton-Chowan Public Schools: * Thursday, Aug. 15-4 p.m., John A. Holmes High School * Thursday, Aug. 22-4 p.m., White Oak Elementary * Thursday, Aug. 22-4 p.m., D.F. Walker * Thursday, Aug. 22 - 5-7 p.m., Chowan Middle School Fair, Relay for Life and the Elizabeth City Potato Fes tival. In 2016, they were signed by Angie Green Gray to her indie label — G2 Music Group LLC. Legin’s latest EP is titled “Dark Room.” According to his web- site, the album ranges from framing social justice issues in America and globally, to reflecting on personal failures and suc cess as a husband, father and more. “My hope is that through this collection of spoken word pieces, writ ten over different stages of my life, I can help show the hope and truth of the Gospel,” Legin said. “I want to show that the Gospel can give us a glimpse of the Picture to come so that we can trust the Developer’s process... no matter where we are in that process today.” Pocosin announces summer class schedule SUBMITTED REPORT COLUMBIA — Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft announces the following six week classes that will be held Wednesdays, today through Aug. 28. * Beginner Jewelry — Meets from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Metals Studio, 201 Main St., Columbia Cost $75. * Wheel-throwing and hand- building pottery — Meets from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Clay Studio, 201 Main St., Columbia. Instructor, Dick Heiser. Cost $75. The Summer Art Camp Schedule includes: ART CAMP (AGES 6-18) * July 22-26 — Metal-tastic * July 29-Aug. 2 — Screenprint ing * Aug. 5-9 — Outrageous Origami STEAM CAMP (AGES 10-18) * July 22-25 — Making Music * Aug. 5-8 — Automated Wood Cutting For information, visit https:// pocosinarts.org or email info@pocosinarts.org. EDENTON EPICUREAN Fresh Peach Ice Cream INGREDIENTS 4 medium-size ripe peaches, peeled and sliced (about 2 cups) 11/4 cup sugar, divided 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon salt 6 large egg yolks 2 cups heavy whipping cream 1 cup whole milk 1 teaspoon vanilla Pinch of salt, dash of nutmeg PREPARATION Peel and slice peaches, then toss in a large bowl with 1/2 cup of the sugar and lemon juice to macerate at room tem perature, or become soft and release juice, about an hour. Once the peaches have released their juices, mash them until small chunks of peach remain; large pieces of peach will freeze very hard. Strain the juice into a separate bowl, reserv ing both the liquid and the mashed peaches separately. Re frigerate both. In a large saucepan, combine the cream, milk, another 1/ 2 cup of the sugar, nutmeg, and salt and cook over moder ately low heat just until small bubbles appear around the rim, or the mixture is scalded, about 5 minutes. In a large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and remain ing 1/4 cup of sugar, until light in color, about two minutes. Slowly whisk in a ladle of the scalded cream mixture in a SUBMITTED PHOTO A student works on his piece during one of the Pocosin Arts’ summer camps. SUBMITTED PHOTO Peach ice cream thin stream into the egg yolk mixture to temper the eggs. Slowly add another ladle of hot cream, whisking the entire time. Slowly pour the tempered egg yolks into the saucepan with the rest of the custard base and whisk until the temperature is between 170-175 degrees to fully cook the egg, and the mix- ture is just thick enough to coat the back of the spoon. Re move from heat and stir in the vanilla. Pour the custard base through a fine mesh strainer into a clean bowl to make sure no eggs chunks remain if any, then stir in liquid from the mashed peaches and refrigerate for 6-8 hours, until thoroughly chilled. Pour the ice cream base into the frozen bowl of an ice cream maker and chum according to manufacturer’s instruc tions, about 30 minutes or it becomes soft serve. Add the re served mashed peaches and chum another 30 seconds. Transfer the ice cream to an airtight container and freeze at least 6-8 hours to ripen. ™dern Dentistry^ in a relaxed environment for the entire family. The dental hygiene team at Albemarle Dental Associates. DR. CHRIS KOPPELMAN, DDS DR. 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