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noVemBer 8-14, 2023 Vol 45 No 45 | 1 Section | 6 Pages
Jamestown’s Freedmen’s School showed Quaker love Photo courtesy North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library
an 1868 photograph of “James’s Plantation school” in north Carolina. This freedmen’s school is possibly one of those established by Horace James on the yankee or avon Hall plantations in Pitt County in 1866. note the white teacher and Black students.
LEAF COLLECTION Jamestown’s leaf collection program began Oct. 25 and runs through Feb. 23 as crews make continuous rounds. Here are a few rules to follow: • Rake leaves to the edge of your yard behind the curb. • Remove sticks, rocks and other debris, which can damage the Town’s equipment. If staff encounters debris in the leaf pile, they will not continue collection at the property. • Do not park vehicles on, in front of, or near your leaves. This includes making certain leaves are also away from trash containers, mailboxes or other obstructions. PUBLIC HEARING The Town of Jamestown is considering an ordinance to create and establish a Stormwater Utility Fee to help address the stormwater management needs of the Town including, but not limited to, the continued implementation and management of the State mandated National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase 2 permit. The permit includes certain “tipped counties,” and unincorporated areas that fall within urbanizing areas and “municipal spheres of influence” around Phase II cities and towns. A public hearing will be held at the November Town Council meeting Nov. 21 at 6 p.m. in the Civic Center at Town Hall. All interested parties are encouraged to attend. Have an event that you think needs to be included in About Town? Email Norma B. Dennis at ndworddesign@gmail.com or Carol Brooks at cab1hp@gmail.com
slaves and poor whites in the South transition to freedom following the war. Former Union General Oliver Otis Howard, a devote Christian, was named commissioner of the new Freedman’s Bureau. He was also a founder of Howard University, how a historically black research university in Washington, D.C. Author Robert B. Moore noted Howard was quoted as saying, “[t]he opposition to Negro education made itself felt everywhere in a combination not to allow the freed men any room or building in which a school see sCHOOL, PAGe 2
Service beyond expectation Business goal of community bank By nORMa B. dennIs FreeLANCe WrIter ndworddesign@gmail.com Carter Bank and Trust is based in Martinsville, Va., but a local office can be found at 5715 West Gate City Boulevard, near McDonald’s. Longtime area banker, Bob Callicutt, manager, along with assistant manager, Andrea Mejia, and staff members Beata Szekely, Debbie McDonald and Sharon Edwards serve the local community. The bank got its start in Rocky Mount, Va., 49 years ago. In 1974, it was called First National Bank of Rocky Mount. It wasn’t until December 2006 when 10 banks consisting of 123 branches in Virginia and North Carolina merged to form what is now called, Carter Bank & Trust, named after its late founder, Worth H. Carter, Jr. Carter Bankshares, Inc. is the bank holding company and parent company of Carter Bank & Trust, a state-chartered community bank, with $4.5 billion in total assets. The Bank operates 64 branches in Virginia and North Carolina and offers a full range of deposit products, including its signature product, “Home of Lifetime Free Checking,” which was launched in 1974. The Adams Farm office has been in the local community since 1998 when Worth Cart-
er, Jr. purchased the former Wachovia building and opened the facility as Patrick Henry National Bank. The facility was re-branded in 2006 as Carter Bank and Trust. Carter Bank and Trust is an FDIC insured state-chartered community bank. The Bank offers a wide array of deposit banking products for both consumers and businesses with the conveniences of online banking, bill pay services, and permanent debit cards issued instantly at account opening. The bank offers consumer, business and mortgage loans, and treasury services. It also partners with affiliates to provide insurance and wealth management services. “Our purpose is to create opportunities for more people and businesses to prosper,” Callicutt said. “We have a desire to build relationships within the community, to earn trust, and to take ownership of helping people to find financial solutions that will better their lives. We do this through collaboration with our clientele and local community members. “We do what we say we will do, expecting to achieve our goals through superior execution and provide our clientele with a customer service level that goes beyond their expectations.” In 2022, the Adams Farm office ended the year No. 1
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Bob Callicutt serves as manager of Carter Bank and Trust on West Gate City Boulevard. in Carter Bank and Trust’s net account production, and today is still listed as one of the bank’s top performing locations. The bank is open MondayFriday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. with drive-thru service beginning at 8:30 a.m. Meet the manager Bob Callicutt, a Davidson County native, is a graduate of Ledford Senior High School, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and High Point University. He began his career in banking in 1999 in High
Point and worked at a number of banks before joining Carter Bank and Trust in 2020 as their branch manager in Consumer and Small Business Banking. Callicutt is currently president-elect of the Jamestown Rotary Club. He also serves as treasurer of the Jamestown Business Association, of which Carter Bank and Trust is a member. You can reach Callicutt at Carter Bank and Trust at 336294-9110 or via email at bob. callicutt@cbtcares.com.
Father and sons conduct family business By nORMa B. dennIs FreeLANCe WrIter ndworddesign@gmail.com For years Darrell Jackson Sr. dreamed of being the first in his family to be an entrepreneur and successful business owner. In 2005 his dream became a reality when he began Darrell’s Landscape Lawn Care. “I was open to trying new things and since I had always had a drive for outdoor work decided to start there,” Jackson said. “We do a complete lawn service to residential and commercial clients from mowing grass, planting, grading, shrub and leaf removal and snow removal. Regardless of the job, large or small, we get it done.” Today his three sons, Branden, Keith and Daniel, work with Jackson making it a true family business.
“We are very dedicated and thrive to satisfy our customers with a great work ethic,” Jackson said. “Not only do we have almost 20 years of experience, but my sons have also gone to school for horticulture. Giving our best to our customers has helped our company grow and we want to continue to expand.” Darrell’s Landscape Lawn Care is a member of the Jamestown Business Association. The company serves the greater High Point and Jamestown areas. The business office is located at 1237 Dorris Ave. in High Point. Operating hours are Monday-Friday from 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. until the work is done. You may contact the Photo submitted company by calling 336-422- daniel, keith and Branden Jackson, left to right, have 2771 or email it at darrellsr@ joined their dad darrell to make darrell’s Landscape Lawn darrellslandscape.com. Company a true family business.
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EMPLOYEES VIE FOR TITLE OF BEST CHILI CHEF IN TOWN A steaming bowl of chili could be considered one of the most comforting foods of fall. Of course, not all chili recipes are the same and the goal of the 13th Annual Town of Jamestown Employee Chili Cook-off was to determine which employee had the best. The cook-off was held Oct. 19 at the golf course. Chris Pierce won first place, followed by Mike Owen in second place and Scott Coakley, third place. Pierce is a repeat winner, having won his first cook-off in 2015. As in the past, he will again have bragging rights for the next year. The Chili Cook-off trophy will be on display in the lobby of the Town Hall. There were seven pots of chili entered in the competition. Town employees voted for their top three favorites. Their decision was evidently not an easy one to make as each employee went through the line multiple times before settling on their favorite entries.
Prior to and during the Civil War, most Southern states discouraged teaching slaves to read or write. Some slaves, however, did learn these skills, sometimes being taught by a member of their master’s family. Following the Civil War, according to Wikipedia, “Due to the remaining opposition to equality between blacks and whites, it was difficult for the formerly enslaved to receive a proper education, among a myriad of other things. Schools were made especially for
blacks but were open to anyone regardless of race. These schools were far from perfect; however, they did give African Americans hope and opportunity for their future.” It then became a mission of Quakers (Society of Friends) in Philadelphia, Penn., to educate these newly-freed people. The Friends’ Freedmen’s Association was founded in 1863. By 1866, other missionary and aid societies had begun to offer education through the federal government’s Freedmen’s Bureau, later the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. The Bureau, begun in 1865, was created to help former
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