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TO : Northern Orange County Black History Committee FROM : Cathleen Turner C � DATE : April 6 , 1998 SUBJ : Next Meeting , Minutes The next meeting of the Northern Orange Counly Black History Con » i: iitlee is Monday , April 13 , 1. 998 at 7 p . m . at the Burwell School. The following were present at the last meeting on March 9 at the Burwell School : Iris Chapman, Ella Askew, Gertrude McDade, Edwina Newman, Peter Wood , and Cathleen Turner . Corrections and additional information were shared on the White Oak Grove School visited by Chapman, Turner, and Don Belk in January . Ms . Askew reported that some of the people active in the school were Bume " Doc" Corbett, his brother Ben Corbett , Ally Mae Thompson, Eli Rogers, and Will Oliver . There were many others . Doc Corbett served as president of the PTA. Mr . Trayham was a white teacher at the school . His wife, Ruth trayham, is believed to be one of the few people who can tell of the organization of the school . According to ) Ms . Askew, the school building becam a house in the 1950s afer Cedar Grove School was opened . It was during this time that many of the smaller schools were consolidated . Iris ' s parents went to WOG School , as did Ms . Askew . She attended I st - 7th at the school , than went on to Pleasant grove Schol in Alamance County off Hwy . 49 , Ms . McDade recounted that she attended Hillsbroough High School located at the site of the present Hillsbrough Elemenary . HHS burned in the 1960s . The first known kindergarten in Hillsboroough was run by Miss Agnes Whitted . It was a tin- roofed, white clapboard building built c . 1940s and torn down ont eh 1970s . By 1970 there was full integration of schools . Those present discussed their interests as far as goals of the Committee in the short term. Consensus was to focus on the restoration of the White Oak Grove School which will be used for a public purpose ( community facility ) . This will create momentum in efforts to preserve the African American history and places of northern Orange County . Turner would contact Don Belk, Orange County Preservation Planner, to check on National register eligibility of the site, as well as being added to the County ' s historic landmark priority list . Turner also suggested looking into applying for a feasibility study grant that would result in a preservation and use plan of the site . There was discussion of the community ' s willingness to contribute to the restoration of the site, but that the County and other organizations would need to assist with National Register listing and feasibility study costs .