DURHAM -- John Schelp, president of the Old West Durham Neighborhood Association, will discuss the history of West Durham as a mill village at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St.
Schelp will describe how the Erwin Cotton Mills, from their construction in the 1890s to their closure in the 1980s, were the driving force that made Old West Durham what it is today.
The presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, call (919) 560-0268 or visit www.durhamcountylibrary.org.
Schelp's presentation is in conjunction with "Piece Work," a performance about life and work in cotton mills, at Durham Technical Community College's Educational Resources Center auditorium, 1637 Lawson St., on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Program seeks at-risk girls
DURHAM -- Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle is accepting enrollment applications for girls in Durham, Orange and Wake counties age 6-14 who would live to have a mentor.
Big Brothers Big Sisters has recruited more female mentors than it has enrolled at-risk girls.
BBBST promotes self-esteem, awareness of life's opportunities, and guidance and support in the lives of children, primarily from low-income, single-parent homes
Contact Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle at (919) 850-9772 or www.bbbstriangle.org to obtain more information or to initiate your child's program enrollment.
Holiday dinners to be offered
DURHAM -- St. John's Missionary Baptist Church, 917 Onslow St., will serve free Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners this year.
Thanksgiving dinner will be served on Thanksgiving Day -- Nov. 26 -- and Christmas dinner on Christmas Day -- Dec. 25. Both meals run from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Anyone who would like to attend is asked to call (919) 286-0332 on or before Nov. 22.
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