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Cora Paul Bomar

Cora Paul Bomar was instructional supervisor of the Orange County schools from 1949 to 1951, with organizing school libraries as her chief task. At Efland Elementary School she led a project in which local men and teachers turned two empty classrooms into a centralized library. In 1951 she left to become State Library Consultant with the State Department of Public Instruction.

Source: DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 154

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  1. Cora Bomar joins the Chapel Hill elementary school faculty When the Chapel Hill schools opened in September 1947, Miss Cora Bomar was listed among the teachers of the elementary school under principal Mildred Mooneyhan. She had come to North Carolina that year. Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Mildred Mooneyhan · Also mentions: Chapel Hill schoolsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, September 5, 1947, p. 1
  2. The county board hires supervisors of instruction for its Black and white schools The board decided to hire supervisors of instruction and chose Norma Snipes for the Black schools and later Cora Paul Bomar for the white schools. In 1955 the state ended Snipes's position under a rule of one supervisor per hundred teachers, and she went to teach at Efland-Cheeks. People: Cora Paul Bomar, M. Norma Snipes Place: Orange County · Also named: Norma SnipesSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 82
  3. Cora Paul Bomar serves as instructional supervisor of the Orange County schools Librarian and teacher Cora Paul Bomar was the county schools' instructional supervisor from 1949 to 1951, with building school libraries as her main charge. She left in 1951 to become school library consultant for the State Department of Public Instruction. People: Cora Paul Bomar Place: Orange CountySearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 154
  4. Efland Elementary School sets up the county schools' first centralized library Under supervisor Cora Paul Bomar, Efland Elementary turned two empty classrooms into one library between January and the end of May 1950: local men took out the partition, painted and built shelves, Bomar classified the books, and Mrs. Turner Forrest, one of the teachers, ran it as teacher-librarian. When Irene Pender took over in 1951 it was still the only centralized library in the county schools. People: Cora Paul Bomar Place: Efland · Also named: Turner Forrest, Irene PenderSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 154 · Also: The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), June 1, 1950, p. 1; The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), September 7, 1950, p. 1
  5. Visiting Japanese educator-librarians tour the Efland school library A group of Japanese educator-librarians hosted by the UNC School of Education visited the Orange County schools under the lead of helping teacher Cora Paul Bomar. They asked to see the Efland school library, built the year before by community volunteers, after reading her article on it in North Carolina Education. Place: Efland · Also mentions: Efland schoolSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), February 15, 1951, p. 1
  6. Cora Paul Bomar leaves the county schools to become state school library adviser Cora Paul Bomar, whom the News called the county's first teaching supervisor, resigned at the end of the term to become state school library adviser with the Department of Public Instruction from August 1. The county Board of Education accepted her resignation with regret on June 4. Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), June 7, 1951, p. 1
  7. Irene Oliver Pender becomes instructional supervisor of the Orange County schools After Cora Paul Bomar resigned in 1951, the county chose Aycock School teacher Irene Oliver Pender as supervisor. She led the drive for a centralized library in every elementary school and ran the federal NDEA and ESEA materials programs until she retired in June 1970. People: Cora Paul Bomar Place: Orange County · Also named: Irene Oliver Pender · Also mentions: Aycock SchoolSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 158 · Also: The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), July 26, 1951, p. 1

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