Out & About
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Bertie Ledger-Advance
Out &
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Out and About lists current events spon
sored by nonprofit groups in Bertie County.
Please send listings to the Bertie Ledger-Ad
vance at P.O. Box 69, Windsor, NC, 27983,
bring them by the office at 109 South King
St., fax them to (252) 794-2835 or e-mail
them to lbeachboard@ncweeklies.com. All
event listings must be submitted by 10 a.m.
each Monday.
Feb. 20
Historic Hope Foundation will host the fes
tival of soups from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, on Sat
urday, Feb. 20 at the Roanoke-Chowan Visitor
Center at Historic Hope. Tickets are $16 for
adults and $8 for children 12 and under. The
price includes two bowls of soup, bread, des
sert, and iced tea or water. This event is eat in
or carry out. There are limited tickets for the
event. Call 262-794-3140 for more information
or tickets.
The 23rd annual African American History
Celebration will be held a Historic Hope Foun
dation on Saturday, Feb. 20 from 9:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. The title of this year’s event is “Bertie
Coimty African Americans in the 36th Infantry
Colored Troops in the Civil War”. The featured
speaker is Dr. James Bryant, who will talk
about the transition of members of the troops
from slavery to freedom with the Union army
as an agent for social change. Registration
and continental breakfast will begin at 9:30
a.m. followed by the program at 10:00 a.m.
There is no charge for the event.
The Aulander Ruritan Club’s annual Bruns
wick stew sale will be held on Saturday Feb.
20 from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the Aulander
Fire Department. Quarts are $7 each and will
be available for pick-up. Proceeds benefit the
many service projects the club does through
out the year. To reserve stew, contact any club
member or call Billy Drew at 642-2772.
Feb. 21
The Ahoskie Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sig
ma Theta Sorority, Inc. vdll present its 37th
Aimual Tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
The program will be held at First Missionary
Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, NC located
at 230 US Hvvy 168 Business. Rev. Robert D.
Richardson III is Pastor.
Feb. 23
The February Mature Patrons’ Program at
Sallie Harrell Jenkins Memorial Library in
Aulander will feature Windsor Fire Chief Billy
Smithwick as speaker. The program, to be held
at the library, located at 302 Broad Street, will
begin at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 23. Smith-
wick’s program, titled “The Next Chapter in
the Search for the Lost Colony,” will begin
with a history lesson that brings the colonists
from England to present-day Dare County. He
will then explore the possibility that at least
the remnant of the original settlers migrated
inland to present-day Bertie County. A Dutch-
treat lunch will follow. Sallie Harrell Jenkins
Library is a branch of the Albemarle Regional
Library. For more information about this and
other programs and services of the library,
please csill 346-4461.
Feb. 27
The Democratic Party precinct meeting for
Windsor I will be held on Saturday, Feb 27 at
10 a.m. in the Bertie County Commissioners
meeting room located at 106 Dundee St. If
you have any questions, please contact David
Thompson at 794-2968.
March 1
Private Pesticide Applicator Safety training
will be held Tuesday, March 1 from 10 a.m. to
12 noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Private pesticide
applicators will earn 2 hours of V(safety) re
certification credit by attending only ONE of
these sessions. Private pesticide applicators
whose certification expires Dec. 31,2016 must
complete this safety training by Sept. 30, 2016.
All classes will be held at the Windsor Com
munity Building located on Queen Street in
Windsor, if you have any questions concerning
the above training or if you would like register
for the training, pleeise call the Bertie County
Extension Center at 794-6317.
After forty wonderful years.
Dr. Kenneth P. Manning, Sr. and
staff will close their Edenton office
effective July 31, 2016.
Dr. Kenneth P. Manning, Sr, PA
Orthodontist
Washington: (252) 946-6162
1401N. Bridge St.
Washington, NC 27889
Greenville: (252) 830-1181
2245 Stantonsburg Rd.
Greenville, NC 27834
Bertie County ‘Seen’
RUSS RUSSELL / Bertie Ledger-Advance
Above is a Bald Eagle seen in our area. The bald eagle has been the national bird of the United'States since 1782, when it was
placed with outspread wings on the Great Seal of our country. It is found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food
supply and old-growth trees for nesting. .
OBITUARIES
WnUAMSTON - James
Edward Leathers, Jr.,
80, died on Sunday, Feb. 7,
2016. Funeral Sunday, Feb.
14, 2016 at 2:30 pm, at St.
Mark Missionary Baptist
Church, Oak City. Visitation
Sunday, Feb. 14,2016 at 1:30
^m, St. Mark Missionary
Baptist Church, Oak City.
Anmagements by Cherry’s
Funeral Home, Windsor.
WINDSOR - Mamie
Brown Mizelle, 84, died on
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. Fu
neral Simday Feb. 14, 2016
at 2 PM, at Ehn Grove Bap
tist Church. Viewing Feb.
13, 2016, 7-8:30 PM, Walker
Funeral Home, Wmdsor. Ar
rangements by Walker Fu
neral Home, Wmdsor.
KELFORD - Raymond
Eugene “Snap Bush”
Bush, 66, died on Feb. 10,
2016. Funeral Sunday, Feb.
14, 2016 at 1 pm, at Wild
er’s Funeral Home Chapel,
Rich Square. Arrangements
by Wilder’s Fimeral Home
Chapel, Rich Square.
RICH SQUARE - Caro
line Summerville Spruill,
73, died on Feb. 12, 2016.
Funeral Wednesday, Feb.
17, 2016 at 1 pm, at High
land Memorial Gardens,
Ahoskie. Arrangements
by Wilder’s Funeral Home,
Rich Square.
James Henry Mosley, Sr.
WINDSOR - James
Henry Mosley, Sr., 68,
died Saturday, February
13, 2016 at Vidant Hos
pice Inpatient, Green
ville, NC. Family vis
itation win be FYiday
February 19, 2016 from
5 to 7pm at Cherry’s Fu-
lieral Home. Funeral ser-.
vices win be Saturday, I
February 20, 2016 at!
1pm at St. Luke Healing I
Temple, Lewiston, NC.'
Burial win foUow in Hnicrest Cemetery, Windsor,
NC. Arrangements provided by Cherry’s Funeral
Home, Windsor, NC.
Please send obituaries to
Michelle Leicester at
mleicester@ncweeklies. com.
Deadline for obituaries is
Monday at Noon for the next
publication.
JAMESVILLE - Alphon-
za Lee Keyes, 77, died on
Feb. 9, 2016. Funeral Satur
day, Feb. 13, 2016 at 2 pm,
at Promiseland Church of
Christ. Arrangements by
Mercedes’ Funeral Mansion
and Cremation, WiUiam-
ston.
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