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EDENTON TEA PARTY CHAPTER DAR AWARDS
LOCAL VOLUNTEERS GATHER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS LUNCHEON
Rae Ohlert was honored for her wearable art. She was presented the Women in the Arts Award for her period piece collection.
Daughters of the American Revolution Award Tea Town Trolley
Preservation, Women in Arts, America 250 and Community Service Awarded, New Members Take the Oath
It was a day celebrating community service as the Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the DAR recognized area volunteers and organizations for contribution to the community.
DAR Regent Bonnie Thuma Henn welcomed the guests and honorees to St. Paul’s Parish House for the luncheon.
“Good morning and welcome to our Annual May Awards Luncheon. It is my pleasure and honor to welcome you as Chapter Regent. We will be recognizing the recipients of the Community Service Award, Community members and Chapter members in honor of their service to DAR and the community.”
Henn went on to highlight the preservation progress taking place at the Cupola House.
“The Excellence in Historic Preservation award is a Chapter award, recognizing a local organization that has demonstrated excellence in historic preservation. This award is being presented this year to the Cupola House Association”, explained Henn. “We have all been following the story of the return of the historic woodwork sold to the Brooklyn Museum in 1918. While the sale marked the loss of this woodwork, it also marked the formation of North Carolina’s first community led preservation association. Fast forward to today, we are recognizing the effort of the Cupola House Association and the return of this woodwork to its rightful place, at the Cupola House.” For the rest of the story
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RE ENACTMENT CAPTURES FIRST PLACE AWARD
The GFWC Edenton Woman's Club entry into the GFWC-NC President's Project Mural Contest won state wide first place honors recently for their contest entry in.
Club members worked diligently to stage a picture of members in front of Edenton's three murals. The club was recognized for their tea party attire mural. The contest was part of the GFWC Annual State Art Fair.
Thanks to the recent efforts of the GFWC Edenton Woman's Club, Edenton's murals have once again been recognized and the town's artistic accomplishments applauded.
"We are very proud and excited about this award and the recognition it brings to our club and the Town of Edenton," said a club spokesperson.
The GFWC Edenton Woman’s Club was organized in St. Paul’s Church Parish House as a Junior Woman’s Club in May 1946 with 44 charter members. In 1951, the group became the Edenton Woman’s Club, affiliated with the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs, which Sallie Southall Cotten had helped to form in 1902 on the campus of Salem College in Winston-Salem.
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TOUR THE HINTON
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AIRPORT SUMMER CAMP
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Paddlers, Edenton's Waterfront is Open
If you have always wondered what it would be like to spend a relaxing afternoon paddling around Edenton Bay and then spending an enjoyable evening at one of the many restaurants - the list is growing - downtown stop wondering and rent a kayak. Whether a seasoned kayaker or a beginner Edenton's waterways offer a unique perspective of this historic town.
