‘Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 ‘The following members of the Ayden Historical Society met in the Dixon Building: Bill Norris, Victoria Killmon, Andrea Norris, Ken Sumrell, Dale Cockrell, Eric Wall, Dawn King and ‘Tom Gamer. ‘The minutes from the last meetings were shared the group. The following items were discussed by the group, - Update from Collard Festival was given. ~ Cement pad for bricks has been laid. Eighty bricks are here and 10 more orders are to be placed. = Ivory Mewborn, Town Commissioner, and Steve Harrel, Town Manager, visited during the festival ~The question of when we could open was discussed. When we do open something new should be showeased. We should also open during special events. ~ February 3, 1891 is a special day for the town. = Weccould have an arrowhead collection display. ~The internet from the community building doesn’t seem to be an option for internet use for the Dixon Building. The problem of internet access will be discussed with the town manager and Suddenlink. ~The printer we have doesn’t work. A new one needs to purchased. = _ It was suggested to purchased a small TV to use in the exhibit areas. ‘The main purpose of our meeting is to discussed the next exhibits we should consider doing. 1. The Barbecue Exhibit - Suggestion was made to focus on the Dennis family. A timeline could be displayed showing the history of Skylight Inn and Bum’s Restaurant. Old equipment could be putin the exhibit area. Eric Walls has done background work and should head up this exhibit Il. Black History Month — Using information from the presentation of Charles Becton local leaders could be contacted to participate in a presentation at Ayden Middle School. We could also contact local churches to feature their history hopefully with some old pictures. It was suggested that we could contact older black citizens to have an oral history of living in Ayden. It was suggested that Alice Parker and Victoria Killmon head up this exhibit. II. Military Exhibit ~ The exhibit should include artifacts from the various wars that citizens of ‘Ayden/Pitt County participated in. Sammy Pierce should be included. Other citizens should also be contacted for information. The Veteran’s Park, which focus on 20" Century Wars, could be pictured in the exhibit. Veterans of Ayden should be highlighted from each war in the exhibit. It was suggested that we could also go back to the Civil War time period since some of veterans of that war lived during the time of the Town’s incorporation. ‘Tom and ‘Andrea Norris will head this exhibit. IV. Education Exhibit — Dale Cockrell shared his timeline he has done on the education in Ayden, He will head up this exhibit. Between now and the next called meeting, work on the different exhibits will take place. Victoria Westbrook Killmon, Secretary