The first Corbitt Preservation Association meeting of 2016 will take place Sunday, Feb. 7, at 2 P.M. Kenneth Stegall, association treasurer, informed WIZS News that folks interested in the group are invited to attend the meeting at the Bennett H. Perry, Jr. Museum (the Corbitt Museum) located at 180 Church St., Henderson, NC. There will be good fellowship, and it will be a great opportunity to see in the museum if you have not done so already.
In the following written statement, Stegall says the museum is in need of volunteers.
“The Corbitt Preservation Association would like to thank all the citizens of Henderson, NC and the surrounding area for their support. We opened the Bennett H. Perry Jr. Museum back in October of 2015 which is the home of the Corbitt Museum as well as a museum of the City of Henderson. We are having trouble finding citizens willing to volunteer to help us keep it open on the weekends. We are in need of volunteers for 3-hr shifts on Saturdays and Sundays. The hours for Saturday are from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. We are in need of volunteers to work 10 A.M. to 1 P.M. and 1 P.M. to 4 P.M. on Saturdays and 1 P.M. to 4 P.M. on Sundays. We will assist in the training of the volunteers as to what needs to be done. We are also open by appointment for groups and individual showings. We encourage other groups to have meetings at the Museum. Please feel free to contact any Corbitt Preservation member or Ken Stegall, Charles Powell or Curtis Paul. The Corbitt Preservation Association is on facebook and our website is www.corbitttrucks.com ; we can be emailed at info@corbitttrucks.com. We look forward to hearing from anyone willing to help. We have a nice Museum, but we need our community’s help in keeping it open.”