John C. Hocutt

Life and Orange County connections

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1. October 30, 1902 Baptists organize Union Chapel in West End On land Thomas Lloyd deeded for churches, Baptists and Methodists shared a small Weaver Street building on alternate Sundays, and the Baptists organized as Union Chapel with seventeen charter members; the congregation became Venable Baptist in 1911 and Carrboro Baptist in 1914. People: Thomas F. Lloyd (Carrboro mill builder), John C. HocuttHillSong Church: HillSong Church History
2. July 5, 1904 The Rev. John C. Hocutt replaces Charles Maddry as county school superintendent Maddry resigned in July 1904 to study at the Southern Baptist seminary, and the board chose his friend and former pastor John C. Hocutt to serve out the term. Hocutt stayed until 1908. People: Charles Edward Maddry, John C. HocuttSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 114 · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 7, 1904, p. 3
3. September 7, 1904 The county board of education orders three new schoolhouses Meeting with incoming superintendent John C. Hocutt, the Orange County Board of Education ordered three new schoolhouses built at once and let the contracts. It set school openings from mid-October to mid-November, with Hillsboro Township opening November 1. People: John C. HocuttSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 15, 1904, p. 3
4. late January 1905 The county cuts the public school term to three months County superintendent John C. Hocutt shortened the current public school term from four months to three because of the cost of building and repairing schoolhouses, after consulting the state superintendent in Raleigh. People: John C. HocuttSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), February 2, 1905, p. 3
5. by November 9, 1905 Orange County teachers organize separate white and Black associations White and Black teachers in Orange County organized separate teachers' associations, both planning monthly meetings. The Rev. A. C. Hamby was president of the white association, which held its regular monthly meeting at the court house on November 25 with County Superintendent John C. Hocutt present. People: John C. HocuttSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 9, 1905, p. 3
6. July 16, 1906 The county teachers' institute opens at Hillsboro The Orange County teachers' institute opened at Hillsboro under Superintendent John C. Hocutt and Ira E. D. Andrews and kept up its work through nearly two weeks of daily rain; State Auditor B. F. Dixon was to address the teachers for State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner on July 26 and 27. People: John C. Hocutt, James Yadkin JoynerSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 26, 1906, p. 3
7. by October 10, 1907 County school superintendent John C. Hocutt becomes pastor of Hillsborough Baptist Church The Rev. John C. Hocutt, county superintendent of schools, became pastor of the Hillsborough Baptist church, preaching there on October 13 and from January 1908 on the second Sunday of each month. On a Thursday night in October he baptized seven converts in the church pool. People: John C. HocuttSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 10, 1907, p. 3
8. November 9, 1907 An educational rally at the court house urges local taxes for Orange schools At an educational rally in the Hillsborough court house, Wake County school superintendent Judd told Orange's teachers and committeemen that local taxation was the only sound way to pay for modern schoolhouses and good teachers. Superintendent John C. Hocutt said Orange had not one local-tax district, that an election then pending was expected to carry, and that he meant to campaign for local taxes that winter; the Orange Grove school band and orchestra played. People: John C. HocuttSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 14, 1907, p. 3
9. July 6, 1908 Thomas Wingate Andrews is elected superintendent of the Orange County schools When Hocutt resigned to give full time to church work, the board on July 6, 1908 elected T. Wingate Andrews, a new UNC graduate and grandson of the Calvander schoolmaster Calvin Andrews, to fill the unexpired term; he took office that October. He served until 1911 and prepared the county's ten-year school report for 1900-1910. People: John C. HocuttSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 117 · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 9, 1908, p. 3