SPHO Newsletter March 2017

New Live Oaks Coming
to Oakwood Cemetery!
March 2017

WHAT’S HAPPENED and WHAT’S COMING UP
News and Updates
A Call to March, for All Oakwoodians!
by Greg Hallam, Social Committee Co-chair
LET’S MARCH IN THE ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE!
Raleigh’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held at 10:00 am,
Saturday, March 11. The Krewe of Leonidas along with the
Oakwood Second
Line Marching Band
and the Oakwood
Awesomettes, have
again been invited
to march in the St.
Paddy’s Day parade. All
Oakwood residents and
the friends of Oakwood
are hereby summoned
to march along with the
band and the ‘Fatted
Oakwood Awesomettes
Calf’ (Betty Bob) and
present this year’s King,
Leonidas VII. Especially desired are the children of Oakwood
to hand out beads to the crowd (provided by the Krewe) and
Oakwood’s teenagers to carry banners, color guard staffs and
flags. As the Krewe of
Leonidas is a traditional
New Orleans marching
krewe, Mardi Gras colors
(purple, green and gold)
and/or costumes (pirate,
king, princess, medieval,
fantasy, etc.) as an
alternative to the green
of the Irish are welcome.
Please mark this date on
your calendar and keep
an eye on the listserv for
additional information.
Sparta go Bragh!
‘Fatted Calf’ Betty Bob
Mary Boone, Flute & Vonda Darr, Harp
Chamber Music in Oakwood
by Nancy Kitchener
On Sunday, January 29, Madonna Phillips and Greg Hallam
hosted a Chamber Music performance, featuring Mary Boone,
flute, and Vonda Darr, harp. The program, which included
poetry readings and selections from various artists, was
followed by champagne and light fare provided by the hosts.
Oakwood resident Mary Boone would like to make this a
recurring feature of our neighborhood.
Thefts from Vehicles on Rise
by Don Becom, Safety Committee Chair
There has been an up-tick in thefts from motor vehicles
recently in and around the Oakwood area. Again, most of
these have been crimes of opportunity, as folks have neglected
or forgotten to lock their vehicles. Let’s not make it easy for
these crimes to occur so please Lock your car! Also, the Raleigh
Police Department has reminded us repeatedly to not leave
anything of value in our vehicles, or at least not in sight of
anyone who might be looking into your car. The weather will
be getting nicer soon and more people will be walking our
sidewalks so let’s all take the RPD’s common sense advice to
LOCK TAKE HIDE when it comes to our vehicles and valuables.
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Oakwood Cemetery News
by Robin Simonton, Director, Oakwood Cemetery
Did you know that Oakwood Cemetery was once called the
“Sleeping Place Under the Oaks? Sadly, after 2 dreadful storms
in 1996 and 2011, a lot of the oaks at Oakwood Cemetery have
been destroyed. The Cemetery staff is hoping to plant 10 Live
Oaks on the hallowed grounds of the cemetery this Spring.
Oakwood Cemetery is seeking donations to help offset the
cost of bringing 10 Live Oaks from Little Washington, NC this
Spring. The Live Oaks have graciously been donated to the
Cemetery, but $350 per tree is needed to transport them to
Raleigh and have them planted and secured.
While the specific locations for the trees have been
preselected by the Cemetery grounds crew, we are hoping
that community members will consider sponsoring a tree in
memory of or in honor of their loved ones. Interested donors
may contact Robin Simonton at 919.832.6077 or robin@
historicoakwood.com. The Cemetery would even consider the
donation at this time of funds to secure other types of trees,
too. Donations are tax deductible under state and federal law.
Duke Energy Vegetation Maintenance
Duke Energy will be performing vegetation management
and line clearing work in the Oakwood neighborhood in the
weeks to come. This vital and necessary work will help Duke
Energy ensure it continues to provide the neighborhood with
safe and reliable power. Additional information and contact
information will be provided as a door hanger in the coming
weeks IF your property requires tree maintenance. If you have
any questions please contact Chris King at 919-481-6149 or
Duane Dickinson at 919-816-5290.
Good Neighbor Committee
by Mary Lovelock, Good Neighbor Committee Chair
The Good Neighbor Committee really needs an infusion of
“fresh blood!” The same group of good souls has been helping
neighbors in trouble for the past several years, and could
use some additional help. We help those neighbors who are
having difficulties, which may be related to family, health, or
financial concerns. Committee members help with meals,
transportation, yard work, and minor home repairs, and send
flowers and cards and provide much appreciated visits and
company. If you would like to help, or have a neighbor in need
of assistance, please contact Mary at marylovelock@yahoo.
com or 919-723-8294.
Help Spread Mulch at The Common
by Sarah Woodard David, Oakwood Common Committee Chair
The City of Raleigh will deliver mulch to the Oakwood
Common Saturday, March 4, and we are looking for volunteers
to help spread it. We’ll meet at 9:00 am and plan to work until
noon, although it did not take that long the last time we did
this. Please bring your own gloves and the City will supply the
rest, including water and snacks, sunscreen and bug spray.
Email winstondawg@gmail.com with any questions or if you’d
like to help out.
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Garden Club
No expertise in gardening required!
Annual dues are $20.
Since 1950
Meetings are the first Thursday of the month
6:30pm social and 7:00pm program
IT’S TEA TIME!
Annual Garden Club Tea & Tour
Saturday, May 6 & Sunday, May 7 at The Tucker House
Tickets are selling quickly for the 28th Annual Garden Club Tour
& Tea. The seatings are currently 70% sold!
Come join us for a wonderful tea followed by a tour of several
Oakwood neighbors’ gardens. The Tour & Tea draws over
360 guests each year and continues to be a favorite among
our community and beyond. This event is sure to sell out
quickly, so please don’t delay in purchasing your ticket at www.
historicoakwood.org.
Want to be involved in the 2017 Tea and Tour? Stay tuned on how
to volunteer for various tasks and shifts in upcoming newsletters
and listserv emails.
UPCOMING MARCH MEETING
Edible Flowers
At the home of Vivon Peterson, 537 Pace Street
Vi herself, will be the guest speaker, presenting a program on
“edible flowers.” Edible flowers make wonderful food decorations,
and certain edible flowers have distinctive flavor profiles, as well.
Some of you might already have them in your garden without
knowing it. We’ll discuss different varieties of edible flowers and
the many ways we can incorporate them into food. All neighbors
are invited!
PAST FEBRUARY MEETING
Start your Warm Season Garden
Held at the home of Pat McQuaid
The February meeting was hosted by Pat McQuaid with guest speaker,
Julie George, PhD, who presented an educational session on flower,
vegetable, and herb seed plantings in preparation for our warm season
gardens.
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK
Like “The Oakwood Garden Club” on Facebook to get
news about the latest updates, announcements & projects
by Lee Ann Walsh, Oakwood Garden Club President
Athletic Club
The Oakwood Athletic Club is a long-standing tradition dating
back to the early 1970s. The tongue-in-cheek name for this
monthly social refers to enjoyment of eight-ounce curls of the
beverage of your choice.
NEXT ATHLETIC CLUB
Sunday, March 26, 2017
6:30 to 8:30pm - 704 N. Bloodworth St.
Residence of Terry McManus
Bring your own beverage and an hors d’oeuvre to share!
All residents welcome.
Interested in hosting? Contact Ray Stephens at rayraynral@gmail.com
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NEWS from your NEIGHBORS
Community Spotlight
Want to be featured?
Send us a photo & description of
your pet, birth, birthday, wedding,
renovation or other announcement
to newsletter@historicoakwood.org
Pet of the Month
Jennyanydots
Katherine White & Tom Urquhart
On a cold and rainy night in March 2004, Jennyanydots moved to
Oakwood. It is pretty clear that she had no choice in the matter and was
dumped here. Mel Nathanson and Kristine Dittmer were enjoying their
dinner when they heard something outside on the porch. There were
three tiny kittens. A little while later the kittens’ mother, Jennyanydots,
showed up as well. According to Kristine, she came from “the holler,” the
short end of Pace Street, where a neighbor fed strays. Their cat Turbo
couldn’t tolerate any of the new animals.
At the time, Jennyanydots (Jenny), was just six months old and was
still feeding her babies milk. She was very scared of everything. Mel and
Christine found good homes for her kittens, and Jenny took up residence
on North Bloodworth Street. She is named after the Old Gumbie Cat in
T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, and she drills various
critters in our house while we sleep. She’s a good mouser, bringing her
prey to our bed. She kills them before we see them. She also tortures
Yard of the Month
by Sharon O’Neill,
Oakwood Garden Club
cockroaches, which I
frown upon. She does,
eventually, put them out
of their misery.
Jenny has been known
to slip out the back door
when nobody’s looking
and will gallivant for
one or two days before
returning. She refuses to
tell us where she’s been,
but Donald Mathews
thinks she has a boyfriend.
Wherever Jenny does go,
she doesn’t starve. She
comes back with a full tummy and with her beautiful slick coat looking
none the worse for wear. She merely flicks her tail to let us know she is
back.
Over time Jenny has become quite sweet, and now is persistent
when she wants to be petted. She wants everything to stop around her.
It usually does.
Michelle Ledo and Laura Krabill
227 ELM STREET
Their yard is a great example of how the “bones” of a garden can ensure
year round interest through structure and texture as well as color. Two
potted “Moonlit Lace” Viburnum flank the walkway, providing an
elegant backdrop for colorful Euonymus and Nandina. Prostrate Yew
adds softness and contrast to the columnar barberries that will soon add
flashes of color. A flowering apricot sports bright pink, fragrant winter
flowers and a crape myrtle along the sidewalk has gorgeous exfoliating
bark. Goat and rooster statuary add wonderful whimsy and help make
this a very welcoming garden.
Neighborhood Announcements
New Oakwoodian! by Charles V. Archie, proud Oakwood father
Meredith and I welcomed our daughter, Addison Gray Archie, into the world
on December 17, 2016. All are happy and healthy, and already strolling around
the neighborhood.
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A SUMMARY from FEBRUARY 9, 2017
by Ray Stephens, SPHO Board Secretary
SPHO Minutes
CALL TO ORDER
President Eric David called the meeting to
order at the Tucker House at 7pm.
RPD OAKWOOD UPDATE
Officer Taylor thanked Oakwood for all the
positive thoughts and well wishes during
his recovery to good health and the death
of his mother. While there had been little
crime activity in Oakwood during the month,
there were several vehicle larcenies in nearby
Mordecai, mostly involving vehicles with
unlocked doors. He again stressed the need
to lock doors and leave no valuables in
vehicles. Moreover, do not leave guns in cars
or unsecured in your residence. The RPD will
provide gun locks free of charge.
REVIEW JANUARY MEETING
MINUTES
January Minutes were sent out to Board
members in advance of the meeting. Motion
to approve was made by Dee Penven-Crew,
seconded by Nancy Kitchener and passed
unanimously.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Nancy Kitchener distributed and reviewed
the January report and asked for all
committee chairs to submit their requested
budget numbers by the end of February. For
those that are not received she will use the
figures from last year’s budget. She also read
a letter from Oakwood Cemetery thanking
the SPHO for its recent generous donation.
PERSON STREET STATE-OWNED
HOUSES
Eric opened by pointing out that the Board’s
recent letter had prompted positive action,
most notably a general agreement on lease
and lot lines. Chris Crew went into more
detail, noting many issues that need to be
worked out. There was agreement that
the Board would draft and send a letter to
appropriate state and city officials urging
them to make the lease and lot lines official
so that the owners can go ahead and close
on their properties while the other issues are
being worked out.
NEWSLETTER ACCESS &
DISTRIBUTION
Dave Wiesner spoke on behalf of Manish to
report that Manish would like to investigate
the feasibility of making the newsletter more
easily accessible via phones, tablets and
possibly other devices while still preserving
password protection and ownership by
Oakwood. There was general agreement
that Manish’s proposed investigation
into increasing access to our newsletter
electronically would be useful. Eric agreed to
contact Manish to discuss the next steps.
STREETLIGHT UPDATE
Sandy Scherer provided an update of the
streetlight situation for historic districts,
noting that while we were successful in
preventing the installation of the new LED
streetlights deemed inappropriate for historic
districts, there was currently no money in
the budget to provide more appropriate
alternative fixtures. The existing fixtures
will remain until the alternative fixtures are
funded.
SPHO STORAGE AREA
Eric reported that the SPHO Storage area
currently located in the basement of Ann
Robertson & Hans Linnartz’s residence has
become disorganized and untidy to the
point that it is difficult to find and access
items when they are needed. Eric will contact
committee chairs who have items stored
there and have them set up an “organization
day” for the purpose of organizing its
contents. The SPHO will purchase some
quantity of storage bins to assist in this effort.
BOARD TRAINING
Eric David has arranged for a training session
to be held for Board members on February 20
at 6 pm at a location yet to be determined.
This 45-minute session will provide legal
advice for Board members addressing issues
involving events and activities of the SPHO.
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SAFETY
Terri Becom reported that leaving car doors
unlocked and leaving valuables inside
vehicles continues to be the main driver for
car larcenies.
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NEXT SPHO MEETING
Thursday, March 9, 2017
7:00pm | The Tucker House, 418 N Person St
All residents & property owners welcome.
CANDLELIGHT TOUR
Jennifer Phelan reported that the Candlelight
Tour Committee had held their second
meeting for the purpose of debriefing
members about last year’s tour to obtain an
understanding of what went well and what
could be improved. Jennifer added that
Kiernan McGorty had already begun the
process of recruiting homeowners for the
tour.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Chris Crew announced that a meeting will
be held at 7 pm on February 21 at the Tucker
House for the purpose of discussing and
determining what Community Development
is. All SPHO members are invited to attend.
Chris also reported that at the most recent
City Council Meeting the decision was
made to not move forward with the RHDC
guidelines revisions and that there would
be a two week hold on discussion on the
matter. The subject will be taken up in a work
session (closed to the public) to be held on
February 21. The earliest vote on the matter
could be held on April 4. Also noted was that
councilman Russ Stephenson was generally
open to the “Oakwood compromise”
proposed in a SPHO Board letter to the
City Council but that others showed
some reluctance to embrace it. Chris also
suggested that concerned SPHO members
could contact City Council members in the
meantime to express their views.
SOCIAL COMMITTEE
The Samedi Gras Event will take place
beginning on February 25 at 2pm on the
300 block of Elm Street. Nancy Kitchener
announced that she would post on the
listserv a solicitation for volunteers to help
decorate for the occasion.
GARDEN CLUB
Jackie Twisdale announced that the Garden
Club delivered 11 newcomer baskets to new
Oakwood residents. She also stated that
volunteers are needed for the Oakwood
Garden Club Tea and Tour to be held on May
6th and 7th.
CHILDREN’S COMMITTEE
Dave Wiesner explained that the purpose
of the Children’s Committee was to plan
and provide adult supervision and activities
for the children of Oakwood. He noted
that there are now around 50 children
in the neighborhood that benefit from
these activities, a number that has grown
substantially, as well as the number of
activities they participate in. He requested a
budget increase from $500 to $1200, which
was agreed to.
NORTH CENTRAL CAC
Terri Becom reported that an agreement was
reached between the Board of Adjustment,
City Council and a developer that would save
the historic Delany House from demolition.
Per the agreement the developer will restore
the Delany house and build two houses
beside it with compatible architecture.
ADJOURNMENT
At 8:33pm motion was made to adjourn
by Liisa Ogburn and seconded by Dan
O’Connor. The motion was unanimously
approved.
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A PIECE OF HISTORY
by Bruce Miller
Oakwood to Oakwood
Thomas Barton Alderson
City Policeman (1852-1931)
516 N. BLOODWORTH ST TO HISTORIC OAKWOOD CEMETERY, LINDEN LAWN SEC, DIVISION D, PLOT 6B
On October 21, 1905, despite the late hour, the waiting
rooms at Union Station on Raleigh’s Nash Square were
packed with travelers, many headed home after a day
at the State Fair. Without warning, at least a half dozen
pistol shots created instant panic as two men, settling
a gambling dispute, fired at each other across a waiting
room, one errant bullet mortally wounding a bystander.
With women in their own waiting room looking on
in horror through a glass partition, the men next door
stampeded to the exits, the women soon close behind.
As the crowds streamed out of the station, Officer TB
Alderson went in, confronting and disarming one of the
shooters; the other escaped but was quickly captured by
a group of citizens, some of whom had drawn their own
side arms….
Alderson’s years as a police officer reflect the city’s ongoing
effort to build an efficient metropolitan force. During Raleigh’s early
decades, policing was largely citizen-based, with neighborhoods
in the capital required to organize group patrols at night. One paid
constable served during daylight hours and answered to an “Intendant
of Police,” the closest thing Raleigh had to a mayor until 1856. Under
a “mayor,” the “Citizen Guard” gave way to tax-based policing – and
thus policing became a creature of politics. After the Civil War, new
city commissioners appointed the first “colored” police officers,
generating the expected reaction by un-reconstructed citizens. Even
during Alderson’s decades in uniform, the job of policeman was largely
Such a workday for Thomas Barton Alderson, bloody, chaotic and
sadly tragic but for him and other members of the police force just
another day. Indeed, the newspapers during the decades from the
1890s through the 1920s are peppered with tales of Alderson’s derringdo:
Less than a year earlier he had helped chase down the killer of a
respected printer on Hargett Street, and just a month before he had
spotted a small fire at Otey’s Barbershop in the Yarborough Hotel,
sending many lodgers into a panic. During his long career he had been
the man on the spot on countless occasions, nabbing an armed post
office thief, confronting an inebriated and violent soldier on his way
to fight in Cuba, rescuing a baby from a drunken father, subduing a
“wild man” slashing with scissors. In 1897 he had fired a warning shot
at a fleeing suspect wanted for assault, unintentionally hitting him
in the hand; the victim, apparently forgiving, worried only that the
wound might affect his banjo picking. A man who knew his business
-- he is said to be the only Raleigh policeman not to trade in his trusted
night stick for a blackjack -- it was Alderson who in 1898 went to the
Governor’s Mansion to investigate the theft of a guest’s valuables (the
nursemaid did it).
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a patronage position, with commissioners (after 1875, aldermen)
“electing” members of the force; Alderson himself was “un-elected”
briefly in 1895 and 1903, decisions based on factional infighting,
not performance. The city had made progress, publishing a book of
police Rules and Regulations in 1882, but still had a long way to go to
professionalize its force.
We can assume that TB Alderson (judging from his headstone in
Oakwood he may have preferred to be called Barton) did not come to
Raleigh from Maryland, where he was born, to be a policeman. In fact,
early city directories from the 1880s list him as a carpenter or laborer
with the Raleigh & Gaston railroad. Perhaps his time as a volunteer
619 N Person St, Raleigh, NC 27604
www.CityVetRaleigh.com
with the Rescue Steam Fire Engine Company suggested civic work,
for in 1891 the aldermen elected him a police officer. By that time he
had married a widow, Agnes Victoria Weddon (1840-1917, HOC), some
twelve years his senior; for most of the rest of their lives the couple,
who had two children of their own, would live with Annie Mason
Barber Riddle HOC, a daughter by Agnes’s first marriage and the wife
of builder Caswell A. Riddle HOC. The couples lived several years at
212 Harrington Street, but after Caswell’s death in 1897 they all moved
to a house in Oakwood at 516 N. Bloodworth Street (ca 1888) that
Annie had expanded to accommodate the Aldersons and her own
large family of five Riddle boys (most HOC).
TB Alderson lived out his days at 516, remaining with the police force
into his 70s -- incredibly, his last assigned beat was Union Station. He
was once called “one of Raleigh’s best policeman,” and we can sense
the admiration the citizens of Raleigh had for him from an unlikely
source: an advertisement in the N&O in 1923. By then Alderson had
been with the force for some three decades, and here he was, pictured
in uniform at the head of a long newspaper column, endorsing Tanlac
Vegetable Pills, a “cure” for rheumatism and stomach troubles. Who
could not buy a remedy approved by the bespectacled, mustachioed,
heroic policeman who had touched so many lives? Aged 79, he died at
516 after a brief illness.
919-307-8843
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RESOURCES
Helpful Information
Historic House Plaques
Interested in obtaining a brass plaque identifying your home as a
historic property?
Please contact Richard Callahan at CallahanRealEstate@gmail.com
Newcomer Baskets
Are you new to Historic Oakwood?
If so, the Oakwood Garden club would love to welcome you
with a Newcomer Basket! Please send an e-mail to newcomer@
historicoakwood.org with your name, street address, and the month
you moved into the neighborhood.
The Oakwood Listserv
To join the Oakwood listserv, send an e-mail to Listserv Moderator
Jim McKenzie at McKenzie.Jim@yahoo.com.
Include your name, address, and phone number. You must be a
resident of or property owner in Historic Oakwood to join.
Already on the Listserv? Login at
groups.yahoo.com/group/historicoakwood
Certificate of Appropriateness
FOR WORK ON THE EXTERIOR OF YOUR HOME
If your property is located in a designated Raleigh Historic
District (such as Historic Oakwood), or is a designated Raleigh
Historic Landmark, any exterior work involving a change in the
design, materials, or general appearance of the structure or
grounds requires Certificate of Appropriateness approval prior to
commencing work or obtaining other permits. Applicants should
plan projects so COA applications are submitted early enough in
the project schedule to modify work plans as needed and obtain
approval prior to purchasing materials or commencing work.
Applications requiring review and action by commission members
in a public hearing must be filed by the application deadline each
month to be placed on the next month’s COA agenda.
When you receive your blue COA approval placard and post it
in public view on the property, you may begin any portion of
your project listed on that placard. Applications approved with
conditions by the Raleigh Historic Development Commission
COA Committee must have the conditions met in order for you
to receive the blue placard and commence work. To begin work
without your COA approval is a violation of City code. Please note
you are responsible for obtaining any additional permits required
by City code or any law.
COA Deadlines and Meeting Schedule
APPLICATION DEADLINES MEETING DATES
4:00pm on dates below*
4:00pm on dates below**
Garbage and Recycling
Did you miss a pick up or need a new container from the City?
Make a service request at www.raleighnc.gov/services/content/
SolidWaste/Contacts/SWSCustomerSupport.html
Submissions
Send us your news, stories, announcements, items of interest or
fun photos for a chance to be featured in The Oakwood News.
E-mail your submissions to newsletter@historicoakwood.org
The deadline for submissions is the 15th of every month.
Monday, March 6
Friday, April 7
Monday, May 8
Monday, June 5
Monday, July 10
Monday, August 7
Monday, September 11
Monday, October 9
Friday, November 3
Wednesday, December 6
Friday, January 5, 2018
Thursday, March 23
Thursday, April 27
Thursday, May 25
Thursday, June 22
Thursday, July 27
Thursday, August 24
Thursday, September 28
Thursday, October 26
Monday, November 27
Thursday, December 28
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Facebook
facebook.com/HistoricOakwood
Archives
historicoakwood.org/archives
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*Early submission of applications is encouraged. Applications should be
submitted to the RHDC Customer Service Center, One Exchange Plaza, 4th
Floor, downtown Raleigh. Learn more about Major Work and Minor Work
classifications:
rhdc.org/sites/default/files/Certificates-of-Appropriateness/2009-Table-of-
Work.pdf
**Certificate of Appropriateness meetings are held in Room 201, City
Council Chamber of the Municipal Building, 222 W. Hargett Street.
If you have questions about applications or meetings, call the RHDC office
at (919) 832-7238 or visit rhdc.org
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RESOURCES
Neighborhood Contacts
2017 SPHO Board of Directors
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Historian
Past President
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Board Committee Chairs
Awards (Special Achievement)
Candlelight Tour Chair
Candlelight Tour Co-Chair
Children’s Chair
Children’s Co-Chair
Communications
Community Development
Community Service Project
Goals
Good Neighbor
Oakwood Common
Membership
Nominating
Permanent Improvements
Plaques
Safety
Social
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Eric David
Jackie Twisdale
Ray Stephens
Nancy Kitchener
Liisa Ogburn
Sandy Scherer
Tuey Amos
Don Becom
Manish Lamba
Naudain Machen
Dan O’Connor
Deborah Owens
Dee Penven-Crew
Jennifer Phelan
Arlene Sanders
Dave Wiesner
Ann Robertson
Jennifer Phelan
Kate Bronstein
Charity Lail
Dave Wiesner
Debbi Knaus
Chris Crew
Dee Penven-Crew
TBA
Mary Lovelock
Sarah David
Steve Sheldon
TBA
Barry Kitchener
Richard Callahan
Don Becom
Greg Hallam
Jess Jur
919-260-1497
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Public Contacts
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Calendar of Events
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District, Raleigh, and friends. Published monthly (except January) by the Society
for the Preservation of Historic Oakwood (SPHO), a non-profit organization
established in 1972 to preserve and protect Raleigh’s only intact nineteenth
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March 24-26
OAKWOOD GARDEN CLUB MEETING
6:30pm
SCIENCE TRIVIA!
Nature Research Center, 7:00pm
FIRST FRIDAY
Art & More in Downtown Raleigh
SCIENCE SATURDAY: “EARTHQUAKES”
Nature Research Center, 1:00pm
HISTORY A LA CARTE: “I SERVED, TOO”
History Museum, 12:00noon
SPHO BOARD MEETING
Tucker House, 7:00pm
SCIENCE CAFE: “ANTIBIOTICS & YOUR GUT”
Nature Research Center, 7:00pm
RECYCLING DAY
REPTILE & AMPHIBIAN DAY
Science Museum, 9:00am to 5:00pm
HISTORIC OAKWOOD MARCHES
in the Raleigh St. Patrick’s Day parade!
ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
Followed by Festival in City Plaza, 10:00am
MUSIC OF THE CAROLINAS: CRANN ULL
History Museum, 3:00pm
OAKWOOD NEWS SUBMISSION DEADLINE
BRAIN AWARENESS NIGHT
Nature Research Center, 6:00pm
CREATIVE NC: FILM & RESOURCE FAIR
History Museum, 4:00pm to 8:00pm
SCIENCE CAFE: “BIONIC HUMAN”
Nature Research Center, 7:00pm
RECYCLING DAY
VIETNAM VETERANS DAY WEEKEND
History Museum
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