Historical Glimpses to talk about UMO's impact on the east
By Staff Reports
Published in News on January 25, 2017 10:13 AM
MOUNT OLIVE -- Memories of Mount Olive College (now the University of Mount Olive) and its influence on eastern North Carolina will be the focus of Thursday's Historical Glimpses program at the university.
Sponsored by the Mount Olive Area Historical Society, the session will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Steele Memorial Library at 119 West Main St. It will include a question-and-answer period.
The presenters will be Mrs. Rose Raper, Dr. Michael Pelt, and Gary Barefoot all of whom many years of experience working at the school.
Mrs. Raper worked with her husband, Dr. W. Burkette Raper, during his presidency of the institution. Raper was the longest tenured president of the college.
Pelt was one of the first employees when the college located to Mount Olive in the early 1950s. He was the longest-serving chair of the religion department and also served in other administrative areas during his tenure.
Barefoot was head librarian as well as curator of the Original Free Will Baptist Historical Collection.
Even though Barefoot is now retired as librarian, he continues to serve as curator of that Historical Collection.
For more information, call 919-299-8105.