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McGlone passes away unexpectedly
Retired coach, school board leader was 64 years old
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
Barry McGlone
LEWISTON WOODVILLE - The voice
of one of Bertie High School’s
most outstanding supporters
fell silent Sunday.
Barry McGlone, who served
as a teacher, coach, mentor and
board member for Bertie Coun
ty Schools, died unexpectedly
Sunday afternoon at his home.
He was 64.
“He meant so much to Bertie
County Schools in general and
Bertie athletics specifically,”
said longtime friend and co
worker Marvin Rankins. “Even
in retirement, he still helped
and still gave advice. He was
still there for all who called on
him.
“Bertie High School athletics
were always close to his heart,”
Rankins continued. “He would
do anything to make Bertie
High School athletics better.”
McGlone was a product of
the school system he became
synonymous with. He grew up
in Windsor amd attended Bertie
Senior High School where he
played football. He graduated
in 1972.
See MCGLONE, A6
'Trash
talk'
will
go on
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
POWELLSVILLE - Discus
sions continued about
yard debris, removal
and burning.
The Powellsville
Commissioners held
their regularly sched
uled meeting yester
day (Tuesday), and the
problem of yard debris
removal lingers.
The concern of debris
in ditches is the prob
lem.
Citizens want to clean
tree debris from the
ditches and many want
to start spring yard
cleaning, but the prob
lem is where the debris
will go.
Currently the town
has a contract with an
outside company for
regular home garbage
pickup once a week, but
the town does not have
a way to provide yard
See POWELLSVILLE, A3
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WOMEN’S
H ISTORY M .V.
My Home
Lewis is advocate for Western Bertie County
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
T he old saying is there’s no place like home.
And for Johnna Browne-Lewis, home is western Bertie Coun
ty. It is a place she loves, and has spent years advocating for
in numerous ways.
“1 hear people saying other areas have forgotten about us,
but 1 believe we have to give them reasons to come to this
side of the county,” Lewis said.
And Lewis has been a part of a group which has done far
more than taik about it. They’ve taken action. She’s been a strong presence
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in the organization of the Roxobel Ag
Festival and the Aulander Peanut Fes
tival, as well as helping resurrect St.
Mark’s Episcopal Church from near
certain permanent closure.
Lewis grew up on the western
end of Bertie County, and attend
ed West Bertie Elementary School
in Kelford. She remembers hard
ware stores, mill outlets, grocery
stores and other businesses in
Roxobel, Kelford, Lewiston Wood-
ville and Aulander.
When she returned home in 2010,
Lewis said it was difficult to see
stores closed and even some
buildings destroyed.
“There are so many places
gone,” she said. “It was heart
breaking, and 1 wanted to see
this end of the county attract
, more people.”
A 1
Lewis began working as Town Clerk
in Aulander in January 2011 and was
part of a group, along with the mem
bers of the Aulander Board of Commis
sioners, Mayor Larry Drew and town
citizens to come up with the idea of
holding the Aulander Peanut Festival.
“It was a great group - a diverse
group from across the county - com
ing together,” Lewis recalled. “It came
out bigger and better than we could
have asked for when we began.”
Lewis said her main role was to
serve as the right hand of Aulander
Mayor Pro-Tempore Bobbie Parker,
who chaired the first committee.
“We called a lot of people, and they
gave generously,” she said.
Lewis said the committee members
worked tirelessly to bring the Aul-
See LEWIS, A5
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Bertie Arts Council hosts
Black History event
LANNY HIDAY
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WILLIAM METCALF / Contributed Photo
Dr. Steven Ferguson speaks with Pearless Speller disucss exhibits at the Bertie Arts Council.
In this edition —
^ Obituaries A2
’y" Out & About A2
g RELAY Opinion A4
ilSSy Church & Faith B3
Classified ; B4
WINDSDR - Cool jazz.
Classy artists. Sophisti
cated art.
Members and guests
at the Bertie County
Arts Council’s Black
History Month Febru
ary reception were
treated to a memorable
evening with highly
accomplished and ac
claimed artists.
From the moment
the partygoers entered
the Gallery, the art be
gan, first with the un
derstated trumpet and
fiuegelhorn sounds of
Henry Britt (aka “Mis
ter Tunes”). The multi
talented Britt, it turns
out, not only plays fine
jazz, but he also draws
beautifully, following
in the footsteps of his
grandfather who left
a large pad of skilled
drawings.
“Art is in my blood,”
said Britt.
Next, appearing mid-
See ARTS, A6
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