BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE
OCTOBER 18,20171 A3
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Chowan County honors Rosenwald School
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Chowan Herald
EDENTON - The com
munity’s past and pres
ent merged on Sunday,
Oct. 15 as state and lo
cal dignitaries joined
with citizens during a
ceremony to mark the
unveiling of a state
marker celebrating the
creation of Rosenwald
Schools in North Caro
lina.
It was those schools,
created by educator
Booker T. Washing
ton and businessman
Julius Rosenwald of
Sears-Roebuck, that
provided scores of Afri
can American children
with a good education
at a time segregation
existed and opportuni
ties for them were few.
Chowan County has
the distinction of hav
ing the first Rosenwald
School in the state,
built at the site of the
Warren Grove Mission
ary Baptist Church.
Edenton-Chowan
Schools Superinten
dent Rob Jackson, who
acted as emcee for the
occasion, called the
celebration “an incredi
ble occasion” that paid
tribute to the vision
and love for children
exemplified by the tire
less efforts of Washing
ton and Rosenwald.
“This marker symbol
izes one of the things in
our community we can
be truly proud of,” he
said.
The marker is located
adjacent to the South
ern Bank drive-thru and
Burger King and across
the road from the Eden-
ton United Methodist
Church. The location
was chosen by state of
ficials to represent all
the Rosenwald Schools
in the state.
“Of the seven Rosen
wald Schools con
structed in our com
munity, two are still
in existence and used
today,” said Edenton
Historical Commission
President Sally Francis
Kehayes, who served as
a member of the plan
ning committee. “One
is St. John Community
Center on Indian Trail
Road and the other has
been annexed into the
Warren Grove Mission
ary Baptist Church.”
Kehayes added that
Oct. 8 was chosen
for the unveiling Of
the marker because
the first Rosenwald
School in North Caro
lina opened at Warren
Grove on Oct. 8, 1915.
Rep. Bob Steinburg,
R-Chowan, a member
of the NC House of Rep
resentatives, echoed
that sentiment. He
termed the unveiling of
the marker on Virginia
and
projects in
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REBECCA BUNCH / Chowan Herald
Chowan County Rosenwald graduate Norman Brinkley (right)
reads the inscription on the new Rosenwald schools marker
unveiled last week on Virginia Road in Edenton.
Road “a very historic
and momentous occa
sion.”
Dr. Kevin Cherry, Dep
uty Secretary of the NC
Department of Natural
and Cultural Resources,
spoke about the state’s
prestigious marker pro
gram designed to pay
lasting tribute to out
standing citizens and
events that have oc
curred in the state. He
said there was a good
probability that Chow
an County has more of
the markers than any
other community in the
state. He said that its
history puts it squarely
at the beginning and re
flects the state’s note
worthy achievements.
“Chowan County is a
remarkable place with
a remarkable history,”
Cherry said. “It reflects
our state’s history and
also it’s future.”
Among the people
and events that have
been commemorated
with state markers are
Joseph Hewes, one of
three North Carolinians
to sign the Declara
tion of Independence,
James Iredell, who was
one of the first U.S. Su
preme Court Justices,
and the ladies of the
Edenton Tea Party that
is considered the first
known political activity
carried out by women
in the American colo
nies.
Cherry noted that
recognizing the Rosen
wald Schools in such
a significant way was
only fitting consider
ing the important place
they held in the lives
of the state’s African
Americans.
“Each was a thread
in the history of our
state,” he said.
Members of the local
planning committee for
the marker dedication
received special recog
nition during the cer
emony. They included:
• Edenton Histori
cal Commission - Sally
Francis Kehayes, Chair
man; Ben Speller, sec
retary; and Mike Ervin,
executive director of
the Penelope Barker
House operated by the
commission
• Town of Edenton -
Anne-Marie Knighton,
town manager
• Historic Edenton
State Historic Sites -
Bob Hopkins, manager
• Southern Bank -
Lisa Dunagan, vice-
president
• Chowan County
Tourism Development
Authority - Nancy Nich-
olls, director
• Warren Grove Mis
sionary Baptist Church
- Emma Bonner
• St. John Missionary
Baptist Church - Felicia
Cofield
• N.C. Historical Com
mission - Samuel B.
Dixon
Special music was
provided by the choirs
of Warren Grove Mis
sionary Baptist Church
and St. John Mission
ary Baptist Church.
An invocation was of
fered by Warren Grove
Pastor Stacey D. Best
Sr. and a benediction
was given by Deacon
Malcome Reid of St.
John’s.
Welcomes were of
fered by Chowan Com
mission Chair Jeff Smith
and Edenton Mayor Ro
land Vaughan.
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Community Development Program
The citizens of Bertie County are hereby informed that the County intends to apply to the
North Carolina Department of Commerce for Smali Cities Community Development Block
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comments in the planning of the community development program, the Bertie County
Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Monday, November 6, 2017 at
4:00 pm in the Commissioners Room of the County Office Building at 106 Dundee Street
in Windsor. The purpose of the public hearing is to expiain the CDBG-Broadband grant
and allow citizens of the County an opportunity to express their views concerning com
munity development needs and priorities. The grant will allow for a partnership between
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and installation of four 140-foot monopoles with associated equipment and installation
of equipment on some existing power poles and grant administration. The total cost of
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contact Sarah Tinkham, Clerk to the Board at 252-794-6110 or 106 Dundee Street or
P.O. Box 530, Windsor, NC 27983. Comments will receive a written response within 10
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Office Building at 106 Dundee Street in Windsor, de alojamiento para esta solicitud.
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Bertie County Commissioners
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