Shining a Social Light
SOCIALLY SPEAKING , WELCOME TO EDENTON SOCIAL LIGHT
SOCIALLY SPEAKING , WELCOME TO EDENTON SOCIAL LIGHT
SOCIALLY SPEAKING , WELCOME TO EDENTON SOCIAL LIGHT
A local column focusing on the highlights and happenings in the 'South prettiest small town'.
Featuring top topics regularly.
FALL FASHION FOR YOUR WARDROBE, HOME
SOCIALLY SPEAKING , WELCOME TO EDENTON SOCIAL LIGHT
SOCIALLY SPEAKING , WELCOME TO EDENTON SOCIAL LIGHT
Nine Edenton shop owners offer tips on sweaters, slippers, jewelry, and other fall fashion tips for your wardrobe and your home.
EDENTON SOCIAL LIGHT FLIP BOOK ONLINE
SOCIALLY SPEAKING , WELCOME TO EDENTON SOCIAL LIGHT
EDENTON SOCIAL LIGHT FLIP BOOK ONLINE
Enjoy the printed version of the Edenton Social Light online in the printed, flip book version. So read it page by page, without the ink.
WOMEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE
WOMEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE
EDENTON SOCIAL LIGHT FLIP BOOK ONLINE
Women have made a difference in Edenton for 250 years. Today the tradition continues Join us as we highlight five of these women.
EDENTON TEA PARTY
WOMEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE
WHERE LOCALS GO TO VISIT
Edenton proudly boasts of the 51 strong, courageous women who put Edenton on the map 250 years ago.
Celebrate with us this month.
WHERE LOCALS GO TO VISIT
WOMEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE
WHERE LOCALS GO TO VISIT
Locals gather at Surf, Wind and Fire. Rubbing elbows sitting at the bar, in a shirt from the clothing section is a regular's occurrance.
LOCAL ARTISTS
HISTORIC HAYES PLANTATION
CUPOLA COLONIAL MARKET
Local artist Patrick Dablow captures the flora, fauna and feel of Edenton's natural and architectural beauty from his King St. studio
CUPOLA COLONIAL MARKET
HISTORIC HAYES PLANTATION
CUPOLA COLONIAL MARKET
Visitors were invited to shop artisans from across eastern North Carolina. Vendors offered a large selection of wares.
HISTORIC HAYES PLANTATION
HISTORIC HAYES PLANTATION
HISTORIC HAYES PLANTATION
Hayes Plantation's Manor House is considered by architectural scholars to be one of the South's most accomplished Palladian Villa's.
News & Features of the Week, 11/21/24 issue
WINSLOW DIRECTS ALBEMARLE CHORALE
WINSLOW DIRECTS ALBEMARLE CHORALE
WINSLOW DIRECTS ALBEMARLE CHORALE
The Ablemarle Chorale will once again enchant Edenton residents and visitors as the premier group of vocalists offer two annual Christmas Concerts this holiday season. One in Edenton and one in Elizabeth City.
Edenton’s United Methodist Church will host the first concert on December 1, at 4 p.m.
MY CUSTOM SWAG OPENS ON EDEN ST.
WINSLOW DIRECTS ALBEMARLE CHORALE
WINSLOW DIRECTS ALBEMARLE CHORALE
He spent a lot of time in malls whenever he needed a quick gift. Remember the mall engraving icons, from back in the day, ‘Things Remembered”?
Well, Ronnie Bates was a frequent customer using the engraving service store – which offered on the spot engraving - whenever he needed a l
FANNIE A.PARKER WOMEN'S CLUB
WINSLOW DIRECTS ALBEMARLE CHORALE
IT'S PARADE TIME on LAND & SEA
The Fannie A. Parker Women's Club celebrated their W. Albemarle St. Clubhouse's 47 Anniversary and the club's 79 years of service. Honorary guest speaker was Fannie A. Parker's granddaughter, Rev. Dr. Andra Cunningham. The Rev. reminisced about her grandmother and all of the women Fannie knew.
IT'S PARADE TIME on LAND & SEA
THE PEANUT FACTORY UNDER THE METAL SHELL
IT'S PARADE TIME on LAND & SEA
The season is upon us and December's activity roster is filling up fast. Beginning with December 6 the Community Christmas Tree Project lights up the lives of residents and all who visit.
THE PEANUT FACTORY UNDER THE METAL SHELL
THE PEANUT FACTORY UNDER THE METAL SHELL
THE PEANUT FACTORY UNDER THE METAL SHELL
Julia Townsend unshelled the inner workings of the Peanut Factory, her Edenton Artist Retreat, as the guest speaker at the Edenton’s Women’s Club meeting last earlier in the month
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND TURKEY TROT
THE PEANUT FACTORY UNDER THE METAL SHELL
THE PEANUT FACTORY UNDER THE METAL SHELL
The ninth Annual 5K Turkey Trot takes place on November 28 and a large crowd is anticipated to partake in the event either as a runner or a spectator. It's also the beginning of the Shop Local Holliday Season.
News & Features of the Week, 11/28/24 issue
TOYS FOR TOTS UNTIL DECEMBER 10
BROAD STREET DINER PREPS FOR BREAKFAST
WINSLOW DIRECTS ALBEMARLE CHORALE
Edenton Residents once again have the opportunity to brighten a child's Christmas. Once again the Marine Corps Reserves are collecting Toys for Tots thru December 10. Drop off locations in Edenton...
WINSLOW DIRECTS ALBEMARLE CHORALE
BROAD STREET DINER PREPS FOR BREAKFAST
WINSLOW DIRECTS ALBEMARLE CHORALE
The Ablemarle Chorale will once again enchant Edenton residents and visitors as the premier group of vocalists offer two annual Christmas Concerts this holiday season. One in Edenton and one in Elizabeth City.
Edenton’s United Methodist Church will host the first concert on December 1, at 4 p.m.
BROAD STREET DINER PREPS FOR BREAKFAST
BROAD STREET DINER PREPS FOR BREAKFAST
BROAD STREET DINER PREPS FOR BREAKFAST
Steve and Marypat Gaffney heard the call.
The recently renovated Broad Street Diner is filling the need many Edenton residents and visitors were asking for - a breakfast spot where the bacon sizzles, the potatoes are hot and the eggs are perfect.
Merry Christmas...
GINGERBREAD HOUSE COMPETITION SET
THE PEANUT FACTORY UNDER THE METAL SHELL
BROAD STREET DINER PREPS FOR BREAKFAST
As anyone driving through Edenton can see, housing development is on the rise. There will be an influx of new houses specifically on December 7, 2024 as the town’s Recreation Department hosts it’s annual Gingerbread House Competition.
The contest is part of the town’s kick-off to Christmas on December 7.
THE PEANUT FACTORY UNDER THE METAL SHELL
THE PEANUT FACTORY UNDER THE METAL SHELL
THE PEANUT FACTORY UNDER THE METAL SHELL
Julia Townsend unshelled the inner workings of the Peanut Factory, her Edenton Artist Retreat, as the guest speaker at the Edenton’s Women’s Club meeting last earlier in the month
IT'S PARADE TIME on LAND & SEA
THE PEANUT FACTORY UNDER THE METAL SHELL
THE PEANUT FACTORY UNDER THE METAL SHELL
The season is upon us and December's activity roster is filling up fast. Beginning with December 6 the Community Christmas Tree Project lights up the lives of residents and all who visit.
Townsend explains the art of owning The PeanutFactory at Women's Club Meeting
Julia Townsend unshelled the inner workings of The Peanut Factory, her Edenton Artist Retreat, as the guest speaker at the Edenton’s women’s Club meeting last week.
Townsend, an accomplished artist in her own right, explained the inner workings and accomplishments for her non-profit. The Peanut Factory showcases her Artist’s in Residence program inviting the community to experience the artist’s methodology and inspiration. Workshops offered during 2024 included paper-making, knitting, poetry and screen writing, where the community can dive directly into the experience.
Townsend explains that art is all around us and that nature is the key inspiration. She believes so intentionally that the Peanut Factory has become the steward of the Spruill Farm, a 110-acre waterfront Farm in Roper, NC. Guests can enjoy 12 areas of woods with trails, 3-mile perimeter trail, kayak rentals and waterfront campsites. For more information, visit https://spruillfarm.org. Don’t forget to bring your sketch pad to capture the natural beauty surrounding you.
Follow The Peanut Factory on Facebook or visit them at 916 Badham Road, Edenton, NC 27932 where you will also find Townsend's framing shop.
Feature Light
Celebrating 250 years since our last tea party
By Karen Foley
Much has been said and written about Penelope Barker and her courageous organization of the Edenton Tea Party in 1774. The women’s protest group was mocked by the British in its 1775 satirical illustration of how Barker’s gathering was viewed.
While the British chuckled, Barker was laying the foundation for Edenton’s future. Her lifelong work and contribution to the town is apparent today in Edenton’s deep rooted history. Barker laid visionary bricks in town long before modern day clay was engraved and planted along the walkways of her preserved, historic home, gracing the harbor at the end of Broad St.
Penelope Padgett was born in 1728 to a well-know, prominent Chowan County family and faced numerous challenges throughout her life. She was married three times, losing her first two husbands to death. Her third husband, Thomas Barker was an agent for the North Carolina Colony and left for England in 1761 but could not return until 1778, due to the British blockade of American ships.
Tea was at the time a sign of prosperity for colonial Americans, however for colonists like Penelope Barker, the British crossed the line with the Tea Act of 1773. The Boston Tea Party, held the previous December was the inspiration for Barker to organize the protest.
Barker went door to door encouraging the town’s women to support the boycott of tea and clothing. Barker’s efforts inspired 50 other women to to meet on October 25, 1774 to drink tea brewed from mulberry leaves and sign a letter later published in a London newspaper.
The proclamation read, ‘We the ladies of Edenton do hereby solemnly engage not to conform to ye pernicious Custom of Drinking Tea or that we, the aforesaid Ladys, will not promote ye wear of any manufacture from England, until such time that all Acts which tend to enslave this our Native Country shall be repealed."
The other women aside from Barker, that signed the proclamation are Abigail Charlton, F. Johnstone, Margaret Cathcart, Anne Johnstone, Margaret Pearson, Penelope Dawson, Jean Blair, Grace Clayton, Frances Hall, Mary Jones, Anne Hall, Rebecca Bondfield, Sarah Littlejohn, Elizabeth P. Ormond, M. Payne, Elizabeth Johnston, Mary Bonner, Lydia Bonner, Sarah Howe, Lydia Bennet, Marion Wells, Anne Anderson, Sarah Mathews, Anne Haughton, Elizabeth Beasley, Mary Blount, Elizabeth Creacy, Elizabeth Patterson, Jane Wellwood, Mary Woolard, Sarah Beasley, Susannah Vail, Elizabeth Vail, Elizabeth Vail, Mary Creacy, Mary Creacy, Ruth Benbury, Sarah Howcutt, Sarah Hoskins, Mary Littledle, Sarah Valentine, Elizabeth Crickett, Elizabeth Green, Mary Ramsey, Anne Horniblow, Mary Hunter, Tresia Cunningham, Elizabeth Roberts, Elizabeth Roberts, Elizabeth Roberts.
Penelope Barker died in 1796 at the age of sixty-six and is buried, along with her husband, in the Hayes Plantation cemetery. Her famous tea party is remembered with a huge bronze teapot mounted on a cannon west of Village Green. It has become a symbol of Edenton and its revolutionary women.
BTW, personally engraved bricks are available for sale and placement at the Penelope Barker house.
DAR Luncheon
Lexie Tovias-Jacavone enlightens Daughters of the American Revolution members visiting from across the county, about the 'Edenton Resolve' during the DAR event. More information about the historical visit in Nov. 15th updates on EdentonSocialLight.com.
Custom Engraver opens W. Eden st. shop
Custom Swag for your gift bag
by Karen Foley
He spent a lot of time in malls whenever he needed a quick gift. Remember the mall engraving icons, from back in the day, ‘Things Remembered”?
Well, Ronnie Bates was a frequent customer using the engraving service store – which offered on the spot engraving - whenever he needed a last minute gift.
“Remember that engraving store, Things remembered. Well, whenever I needed a last minute gift, a really last minute gift I went to he mall. There they were,” said Bates. ‘That’s where I got the idea.”
Whether you could consider those gift purchases an investment in Bate’s future, entrepreneurs could certainly claim it was the basis of a business plan.
Bates has been in business in Portland, Maine for years and is in the process of moving the remaining inventory of equipment to town.
The transplanted Edenton resident, who is in the process of relocating along with his family from to be closer to his mom, opened My Custom Swag on Eden St. last month. From first glances, he was a mindful student of that shop he frequented.
One may ask why does Edenton need a swag shop? These might be a few examples why Edenton may not only need a swag shop, but why does anyone in a 25 mile radius need a money clip monogrammed, or a bread board etched.
If anyone in your family follows sports – just kidding – Bates does one offs. When introduced to the artist he immediately asked for the Edenton Social Light logo. The next day he gifted me with a beautifully etched cutting board.
Logo-ized aprons have always been one of my favorite collectables. Now I can design one or two and have Bates create them.
“My Custom Swag is our way to allow people to express themselves without breaking the bank," states Bates, adding, "No matter the size of your business or the size of your order you are going to be treated fairly and leave happy with your purchase”.
Stop in. Bates is a stitch.
HOLIDAY EVENT SCHEDULE
Good News & Features of the Week, 12/05/24 issue
BROAD STREET DINER OPENS FOR BREAKFAST
BROAD STREET DINER OPENS FOR BREAKFAST
BROAD STREET DINER OPENS FOR BREAKFAST
Steve and Marypat Gaffney heard the call.
The recently renovated Broad Street Diner is filling the need many Edenton residents and visitors were asking for - a breakfast spot ...
Merry Christmas...
IT'S PARADE TIME on LAND & SEA
BROAD STREET DINER OPENS FOR BREAKFAST
BROAD STREET DINER OPENS FOR BREAKFAST
The season is upon us and December's activity roster is filling up fast. Beginning with December 6 the Community Christmas Tree Project lights up the lives of residents and all who visit.
SANTA at the FARMERS MARKET, DEC 14..
BROAD STREET DINER OPENS FOR BREAKFAST
PAINTED FACES GRACE THE HOLIDAY MARKET
PAINTED FACES GRACE THE HOLIDAY MARKET
PAINTED FACES GRACE THE HOLIDAY MARKET
PAINTED FACES GRACE THE HOLIDAY MARKET
SURF,WIND & FIRE's Holiday Market attracted a variety of vendors from Edenton and Windsor. The reach of visitors was wider with some traveling as far as Raleigh to enjoy town and the day's activities.
BARKER HOUSE OFFERS MEMORABLE GIFTS
PAINTED FACES GRACE THE HOLIDAY MARKET
BARKER HOUSE OFFERS MEMORABLE GIFTS
Visitors and residents will enjoy the selection of commemorative memorable gifts the Barker House Gift Shop offers.
Whether you are searching for a special book or ornament ...
GINGERBREAD HOUSE COMPETITION SET
PAINTED FACES GRACE THE HOLIDAY MARKET
BARKER HOUSE OFFERS MEMORABLE GIFTS
As anyone driving through Edenton can see, housing development is on the rise. There will be an influx of new houses specifically on December 7, 2024 as the town’s Recreation Department hosts it’s annual Gingerbread House Competition.
The contest is part of the town’s kick-off to Christmas on December 7.
Good News & Features of the Week, 12/12/2024
CANDLELIGHTS DANCE THE FLICKER
SANTA at the FARMERS MARKET, DEC 14..
SOCK DRIVE HELPS KEEP TOES WARM
Candlelights Dance the Flicker The holiday season seemed to arrive quickly and it is now upon us. The annual 43 year Candlelight Tour will bring locals and visitors to Edenton to view a dozen or so historic homes decked out in holiday splendor. Candlelights dance the flicker to music along the way..
SOCK DRIVE HELPS KEEP TOES WARM
SANTA at the FARMERS MARKET, DEC 14..
SOCK DRIVE HELPS KEEP TOES WARM
SANTA at the FARMERS MARKET, DEC 14..
SANTA at the FARMERS MARKET, DEC 14..
SANTA at the FARMERS MARKET, DEC 14..