BATH HIGH SCHOOL PRESERVATION NEWSLETTER

NINTH EDITION DECEMBER, 2011

PIRATE’S REVENGE

Look inside for...

Message From the President/BHSP Parade Float 2

2012 BHSP Calendar/Finance Committee Report 2

2011 Membership/Donor Levels/Gifts in Kind/Grants 3

2011-2012 Membership Enrollment Form 4

2011-2012 Donors & Contributions/Restore a Window 4

Raffle Drawing Winners/Neighbors Helping Neighbors 5

Highlights From 2011 6

2011 BHSP PIRATE

SANTA

May be seen at the Board of Realtor’s Office

Main St., Bath, N.C. Call Starlon at 252- 944-7484

or Claudia Alligood at 252-923-5061

To all who have supported this effort, now the payoff begins. As shown above in July of this year 3/4 the roof on the build-ings (Northwest Wing, Northeast Wing, and the Connector) was replaced by a new shingle roof with significant structural repairs. With the removal of the kitchen on the South (Cafeteria) Wing in 2009 the work began to restore the build-ing as closely as possible to its original character. The new shingle roof is significant as it duplicates as closely as possible the original 1920’s roof.

With the entry of the Bath High School properties into the National Register of Historic Places in 2008 came a responsi-bility to decide upon exactly what path to take to maintain the property. Earlier this year the Board as required by the State & National Historic Preservation entities decided upon Rehabilitation as the preferred treatment option for the build-ings. This designation is defined by the National Historic as:

“…the process of returning a property to a state of utility, through repair or alteration, which makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those portions and features of the property which are significant to its historic, architectural, and cultural values.” The Standards for Rehabilitation acknowledge the need to alter or add to an historic building to meet contin-uing or new uses while retaining the buildings historic character.

With a commitment to stabilize and reclaim the buildings the current emphasis is on exterior improvements. Specifically, to restore all windows not previously completed on front of the buildings facing Hwy 92. This work is underway and further restoration will continue down King St. and next around the back side of the Northeast Wing auditorium and Connector as funds are available. (see above) This along with the roof project takes us another step closer to completely drying in the building.

Replacement of the origi-nal Portico entrance into the auditorium is slated to start in early December. THE BRICKS ARE ON THE GROUND! This is made possible by the generous donation by an anonymous donor along with the Havens Grant and fund raising activities.

Our vision is clear, as we continue to stabilize the buildings and move forward with a sound reuse plan. BHSP’s agreement with the Historic Bath Foundation in the fall of 2010 stands as a model of cooperation between our organizations for develop-ment through adaptive re-use. We have continued to seek strategic partnerships with likeminded organizations. The most recent progress in this direction is our current discus-sions with the Friends Bath Community Library toward relocating the Library into first floor of the South Wing (old Cafeteria).

It is through the commitment and hard work of members, committees, board, and other supportive entities that we continue to move this Project forward.

Although the task is large – I have no doubt that we will succeed!

Sandra E. Harrison Chairman, BHSP Building Committee

Exterior Improvements– The Work Continues!

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The Bath High School Preservation (BHSP) has been busy this summer. We have a new roof on the East and West wings. We will begin the reconstruction of the portico, which was extended from the East wing (auditorium), when the school was first built. You may have seen the bricks piled there for that work.

Irene did us some small damage, but the shingles stayed on the roof, a tribute to Sandra Harrison’s foresight in insisting on a higher than required wind resistant shingle.

We plan to put the Bath Public Library in the South wing, which is the old cafeteria wing. That is in the works.

Our membership is in excess of 300 now, thanks to the hard work of Nelda Ormond’s membership committee. I would remind everyone that anyone who wishes to join the BHSP is encouraged to do so. You need not be an alumnus of Bath High School (BHS) in order to join. In fact, four of the BHSP Board members did not attend BHS.

You may access the BHSP website at www.bhspreservation.org

Jimmy Edwards

2012 BHSP Calendar

January 3, 2012 ~ BHSP Board Meeting @ 7:00 pm February 7, 2012 ~ BHSP Board Meeting @ 7:00 pm February 18, 2012~BHSP Leadership Retreat @ Bath Christian Church ~ 8:30 –11:30 a.m. February 25, 2012~BHSP Annual Oyster Roast @ Selby Barn ~ 4:00 pm–until March 6, 2012 ~ BHSP Board Meeting @ 7:00 pm April 3, 2012 ~ BHSP Board Meeting @ 7:00 pm April 10, 2012 ~ Deadline for BHSP Newsletter Articles April 21, 2012 ~ BHSP Leadership Retreat @ Bath Christian Church ~ 8:30-11:30 am May 1, 2012 ~ BHSP Board Meeting @ 7:00 p.m. May 15, 2012 ~ BHSP Newsletter mailing May 19, 2012 ~ May Fest @Bath, NC ~ BHSP Booth 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. June 1, 2012 ~ Membership Renewal (June 1, 2012-May 31, 2013) June 5, 2012 ~ Annual Membership Meeting @ Bath Christian Church @7:00 pm July 10, 2012 ~ BHSP Board Meeting/New Board Member Orientation @ 7:00 p.m. August 7, 2012 ~ BHSP Board Meeting @ 7:00 pm September 4, 2012~BHSP Board Meeting @7:00 pm October 2, 2012 ~ BHSP Board Meeting 2013 Planning (Calendar—Committees @ 7:00 p.m. October 15, 2012 ~ Deadline for BHSP Newsletter Articles November 6, 2012 ~ BHSP Board Meeting 2013 Planning Session (Budget 2013) @ 7:00 p.m. December 1, 2012 ~ BHSP Newsletter Mailing December 1, 2012 ~ Washington Christmas Parade @ 11:00 a.m. December 2, 2012 ~ Bath Christmas Parade~2:00 pm December 4, 2012 ~ Reserve Time for Called Board Meeting if necessary @ 7:00 pm December 9, 2012 ~ Historic Bath Open House ~ 1:00-4:00 p.m.

BHSP Board of Director’s Meetings are 1st Tues., at

7 pm at Bath Christian Church. Members and visitors are invited to attend. 2012 Calendar will be

available on-line in January.

Message from the President

Special Events chairman, Becky Tuten, appointed Elaine Harrison, to coordinate the 2011 BHSP float.

Elaine asked that the following individuals be credited with contributing to the success of the project. Star Credle for printing and banners; Tony Boyd and Mike Godley for supplies; Larry Boyd for the BHSP Photo; Kathy Clark and

Marti Buchanan for assisting with float design implementa-tion and assembly.

John and Kathy Clark, BHSP, alumni, escorted the float. while members of their family (children, grand-children, and friends) rode on board. BHSP was fortu-nate to win the second place ribbon in the Civic Category.

Current Bath Elementary School students Sydney & Hannah

Baker; & former students Amy Clark Toler, Misty Clark

Hernandez, and Caitlin Ormond along with friends on board!

BHSP Parade Float Wins 2nd Place

Message from the President

Bath High School Preservation Finance Committee Report

Ken Chilcoat, CPA, CSA performed an audit of the financial

records of Bath High School Preservation for the year 2010

with no findings of noncompliance or any need for adjust-

ment. Thomas Swanner & Company, P.A. prepared and

submitted to IRS the annual Form 990 tax return reflecting

activity for the year 2010.

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Bath High School Preservation was represented at A Preservation Celebra-

tion at Grimesland Plantation. Several members attended and made donations

to sponsor the fundraising event. Sunday, November 13, 2011, over 400

people supported the fundraiser held to raise money for Preservation North

Carolina’s Northeast regional office in Edenton, NC. Headquartered in

Raleigh, NC, an office in Winston Salem has fell victim to the economy. The

Piedmont region’s office in Durham and the West region’s office in Shelby

remain open.

Preservation North Carolina depends on the generous donations of its

5000 members to sustain their preservation efforts. The organization was

instrumental in helping get BHSP off the ground and to where it is today.

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

5th Annual BHSP Raffle drawing was held in conjunction with Paddle Bath Poker Run. Congratulations to all those who won a prize!!

We especially want to thank everyone that purchased raffle tickets!

AND THE WINNERS ARE:

Winners Prizes Donors Mary Catherine W. Godley Teeth Whitening Dr. David Elliott

Sandra & Claude Dupree Three-night Stay in Williamsburg Sandra Harrison

Starlon Credle Print Dolores Morgan

Debbie DeGelfo Seafood Dinner for Six Teeny Mason & Jane Capps

Bruce Biggs Pottery Helen Brooks

Billy Byrd Half-day Fishing Trip Captain David Mason

Mary Lynn & Skipper Edwards 4 ECU Football Tickets for a Single Game Plus Parking Pass

Connie Bond

Wayne Cox 4 ECU Basketball Tickets for Opening Game Connie Bond

Bruce Biggs Handmade Afghan Linda Sullivan

Vitex Large Contour Pillow Waters’ Home Furnishings

Ike Baldree Two Front Row Tickets to Adam Growe’s Comedy Quiz Show at the Turnage Theater on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 8:00 P.M., with a $75 Dinner Certificate at Pia’s

Rich & Cori Fritz

Grace Elliott Whitley Catamaran Cruise on the Pamlico River, approx. 3 hours, snacks & beverages, Six people

Steve & Carol Persche

Carla Smith Small Occasional Table – Big Bargain Supply

Geneva Woolard One Week Cottage Vacation on Handy’s Point, Overlooking Beautiful Beautiful Bath Creek

Gene & Susan Roberts

Bob & Mary Ann Sielski Weekend Mountain Getaway – Windley Cottage, Spruce Pine, NC

John & Gloria Windley

Dorothy Everett Rod & Reel M & W Sales (Byron Midyette)

Ellen Hardin Autographed Scotty McCreary T-shirt Scotty McCreay and His Mother

Susan Roberts Fertilizer Crop Production

Carolyn Ricks Large Mum Petals & Produce

Dick & Rose Fritz Halloween Decoration Halloween Express (Lisa & Clay Cartwright)

Seth Effron Hand-made Basket Jean Bowen

5th Annual BHSP Raffle Drawing

Some BHSP Members That Attended The Fundraiser

pictured LEFT TO RIGHT: Joanne Childs, Nelda Ormond, Jim Cox, Kendall Cox, Dianna Boyd, and Elaine Harrison

Terry Kay Woolard drawing the

winning tickets while June

Wallace assists.

2011-2012 BHSP

Board of Directors

President James Edwards

Vice President Sandra Harrison

Secretary Claudia Alligood

Treasurer Barry Boyd

John Baldwin Connie Bond

Betsy O. Boxer Surry Everett

Thomas Haigwood Carol Persche Karen Waters

Pirate’s Revenge is a bi-annual newsletter developed by Bath

High School Preservation members to provide pertinent infor-

mation on the progress of our organization in preserving our

heritage at the BHS building. To submit articles or receive

future issues, please send an e-mail to queenb35@yahoo.com

and include “Pirate’s Revenge” in the subject line.

www.BHSpreservation.org

Editorial Staff

Managing Editor Betsy Gray

Co-Editor Joanne Childs

Contributing Writers

Joanne Childs Mike Godley

Copy Editor Nell Godley

Designer Betsy Gray

Non-Profit US Postage

Paid Bath, NC

Permit #18

Pirate’s Revenge P.O. Box 149

Bath, NC 27808

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New Location for BHSP Merchandise Santas and other merchandise may be purchased at the

following new locations:

Bath Visitors Center

Board of Realtors, 110 Main St., Bath

July 4th – Car Raffle

Winning ticket drawn

by Susan Alligood

And the winner was Billy &

Carolyn Byrd – of Camp Leach

Flag Raising Ceremony

Bath High School

July 4, 2011

Flag flies over BATH

HIGH SCHOOL once

again!

Thanks to Northside High

School ROTC

BHSP “Paddle Bath

Poker Run” in

October

Marti and Star covered Sandy

Point and gave out cards and

literature for BHSP.

From the Class of 1961

In Memory of

Thomas Ormond

Gene Tetterton

Memorial Gifts

2011-2012 Membership/Donor Levels You are living history in preserving your dreams, visions and memories for the future generations.

SWASHBUCKLER ~ $25.00-$74.99

MAROON/WHITE PIRATE ~ $75-$149.99

BUCCANEER ~ $150-$299.99

CROSSBONES ~ $300-$499.99

BLACKBEARD ~ $500-$999.99

FRIENDS OF T.A. & MOLLY BROOKS

$1000-$4,999.99

Mr. & Mrs. Wells Armstrong

Ernest & Jennifer Cox Cornelius

Julie & Trevor Crawford

Katherine Cutler

Peggy Davis

Peggy Daw

Ruth E. Dorkin

Horace & Betty Elliott

Helen Everett

Barbara Gibbs

Bernard & Barbara Grant

Donna Hardy

Morgan Harris

Joe & Ellen Heck

Donna Jackson

Jack A. & Barbara Mason

Andy Mason

J.C. & Dolores Morgan

Gerald & Barbara Morris

Barbara Oliver

Gerald Klass & Darlene

Ormond

Maggie Ross Potter

James R. Respess

Bobby Roberson

Ethel Foskey Temple

Judy Waters

Eric & Yvonne Waters

Leon & Alice Wingate

Terry Kay Woolard

Jim & Emily Albera

Robin Alexander

Fenner & Faye Ambrose

Mary Linda Batchelor

Larry Boyd

Topper & Rhunell Boyd

John & Kristin Carroll

C.M. Cartwright

Wayne & Anna Ruth Cox

Wayland Denton

Kim & Ted Van Essendelft

Rita Cutler Eubanks

Johnny & Terry Everett

Velma Faucette

Griff Garner

Haywood & Frances Gibbs

Jay & Ellen Hardin

Mitchel & Jane Jordan Harris

Jade & Edwin Harris

Edward & Pam Hodges, Jr.

Cliff & Rachel Jordan

Curtis & Sybil Sullivan Leary

Mr. & Mrs. Keith Mason

Dr. David & Teresa Swain

Mays

Weldon & Hilda McLawhorn

Art Meeder

Mark Moore, Jr.

Del Ross

John Spain

Mr. & Mrs. James Swanner

Sandra Tankard

Stephen Tucker

Johnie & Roy Williams

Sylvia Wallace Winfrey

Earl Willis Boyd, Jr.

Millard E. Cox

Louise Cutler

Lula Credle Daw

Ted & Sylvia Hill

Billy & Nancy Hill

Scott A., Liz & Molly

McGowan

Emma Lee Clark Smith

Laura C. Sullivan

Lou Ellen Brooks Sullivan

Seth Effron & Nancy Thomas

Eula Waters

Robert W. & Grace Whitley

James & Phyllis Boyd

First South Bank

Wells Fargo/Wachovia Bank

A.T. & Martha Venters

Gifts in Kind Larry Boyd

Braddy & Sons

Keech & Company, Gary Keech

Ken Friedlein

Stocks & Taylor Construction

Grants This Period Jonathan Havens Charitable Trust

$5000

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2011-2012 Donations/Contributions You are living history in preserving your dreams, visions and memories for the future generations.

Restore a Window Program

Ian Godwin & Caroline Clement Banwell

In Honor of Ed & Vickie Clement

Lou Ellen Brooks Sullivan

In Memory of Gloria McGowan Alligood

E. Willis Boyd, Jr.

In Honor of Earl Willis Boyd, Sr.

Class of 1944

In Honor of Millard E. Cox, Louise C. Cutler,

Eula waters, Laura C. Sullivan, Lula Credle

Daw & Emma Lee Clark Smith

The H. Edwin Gray Family

In Memory of Ralph Kendall Sheppard

(Class of 1931)

Donations George E. & Linda Tuten Sullivan

In Memory of Gloria McGowan Alligood

Wells Fargo/Wachovia Bank

Guy R. & Vivian J. Davis

First South Bank

Joanne Tuten Childs

In Memory of Gloria McGowan Alligood

Dianna Boyd

In Memory of Ruby Boyd Crisp

Class of 1959

In Memory of Thelma Woolard Tyndall

Class of 1961

In Memory of Thomas Ormond

Gene Tetterton

BHSP 2011-2012 Membership (Annual Membership runs from June 1 to May 31).

Yes, I (we) want to make a special tax deductible contribution to restore the BHS building.

Name(s)_________________________________ Address________________________________ City_______________State______Zip________ Telephone________Email__________________ BHS Class of _______________

Membership/Donor Levels Swashbuckler ($25 per person ) $25 - $74.99 Maroon/White Pirate $75 - $149.99 Buccaneer $150 - $299.99 Crossbones $300 - $499.99 Blackbeard $500 - $999.99 Friends of T.A. & Molly Brooks

$1000- $4,999.99 Restore a Window Program $250.00

In Honor of_____________________________ In Memory of ___________________________ Quantity ________Amount Enclosed________ Window donations are tax deductible and are separate from the operating budget of BHSP. They are for window use only.

Membership/Donor Level______________

Restore a Window______________

Total Amount Enclosed______________

Please make your check payable to BHSP and mail to:

BHSP, P.O. Box 149, Bath, NC 27808.

Pirates Spirit Lives on! Thank you for your support!

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