Wilton V. Andrews

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1. late July 1884 Black teachers of Orange County hold a teachers' institute at the court house Seventeen Black teachers attended daily sessions of a county institute for Black teachers at the Hillsborough court house, conducted by the county superintendent, Rev. J. L. Currie, with W. V. Andrews assisting. People: James L. Currie, Wilton V. AndrewsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 26, 1884, p. 3
2. December 7, 1885 W. V. Andrews takes Professor Winston's seat on the county Board of Education Professor Winston of the university left the new Orange County Board of Education six months after its first meeting, and W. V. Andrews was named in his place. People: George Tayloe Winston, Wilton V. AndrewsSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 91 · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), December 12, 1885, p. 3
3. May 18, 1888 The Orange County Farmers' Alliance organizes with Sheriff John K. Hughes as president Delegates of the subordinate alliances met at the court house in Hillsborough and organized a County Alliance, electing Sheriff John Knox Hughes president, Thomas J. Oldham vice-president, W. V. Andrews secretary and N. D. Bain treasurer. They set regular meetings every three months, beginning the first Friday in July. People: Wilton V. Andrews, Nathaniel D. Bain, Thomas J. Oldham, John Knox HughesSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 26, 1888, p. 3
4. June 3, 1889 Justices and commissioners elect a new board of education and school superintendent In joint session on June 3 the justices and commissioners chose John Thompson, W. V. Andrews and D. S. Parker as the county board of education. The next day, at a joint meeting of the commissioners and the new board, B. C. Patton was elected county superintendent of public instruction in place of the Rev. J. L. Currie, who had resigned. People: John W. Thompson, James L. Currie, Wilton V. Andrews, Benjamin C. PattonSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 8, 1889, p. 3 (Joint Meeting) · Also: Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952
5. July 5, 1889 The Orange County Farmers' Alliance elects S. T. Forrest president and keeps W. V. Andrews as secretary At its annual election the Orange County Farmers' Alliance chose S. T. Forrest president, W. C. Cole vice president, W. V. Andrews secretary, N. D. Bain treasurer and J. Y. Merritt business agent, and named James H. Norwood its delegate to the state convention. People: Stephen T. Forrest, Nathaniel D. BainSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough): "Orange County Alliance,", July 13, 1889, p. 3
6. July 22 to August 2, 1889 Orange County holds summer institutes for white and Black teachers Superintendent B. C. Patton, assisted by W. V. Andrews and John Thompson, held a week's institute for white teachers at the Masonic Hall beginning July 22 and one for Black teachers beginning July 29; nineteen white and twenty-two Black teachers attended, and the Black teachers closed theirs with a vote of thanks. People: John W. Thompson, Wilton V. Andrews, Benjamin C. PattonSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 17, 1889, p. 3
7. July 6, 1891 The county Board of Education is sworn in and keeps W. V. Andrews as chairman The county Board of Education met, took its oath of office before the commissioners' chairman, and re-elected W. V. Andrews chairman for two years. The new board was made up entirely of the old members: Andrews, George J. Faucette and D. S. Parker, with Superintendent John Thompson as secretary. People: John W. Thompson, Wilton V. AndrewsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 11, 1891, p. 3
8. June 5, 1893 Orange justices and commissioners elect a new county Board of Education At their joint meeting on June 5, Orange County's justices and commissioners set the county levy, laid no road tax, and elected a Board of Education of George Faucette, J. W. Cole and J. M. Monk. Faucette carried over from the old board, and Cole and Monk replaced W. V. Andrews and one other member. People: Wilton V. AndrewsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 10, 1893, p. 3
9. 1896 The Elm Grove school district builds a new schoolhouse on the New Hope road The Elm Grove district put up the main part of a new schoolhouse about fifty feet southeast of the old log school, on the south side of the New Hope road, under a school committee of T. R. Cole, O. B. Cate and J. H. Blackwood. W. V. Andrews taught the first school in it. People: Wilton V. AndrewsThe News (Chapel Hill), October 6, 1921, p. 2
10. June 8, 1928 Wilton V. Andrews, longtime teacher and county school board chairman, dies Wilton V. Andrews, a teacher in Orange and Alamance counties for more than half his life and for many years chairman of the Orange County board of education, died on June 8, 1928, at 78. He had studied at the University just after the Civil War and was a deacon of Bethel Baptist Church, where he was buried before a large crowd. People: Wilton V. AndrewsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 15, 1928, p. 3