Drew Fergus

In Tarboro, North Carolina, live nine valiant women, we’re told whose planning and

tireless service have wrought wonders great to behold!

They needed a church house so badly, a place that their small branch could meet, but to

raise enough money to build one seemed an impossible feat.

This fact didn’t daunt their brave spirits. They knew though their members were few,

that somehow they’d find a solution. They did! – In a hot Brunswick Stew!

These nine valiant women of Tarboro, with labor, ingredients, and skill, stirred up a

stew so delicious their customers can’t get their fill. They sold it from doorway to

doorway for fifty or twenty-five cents. Since none could resist its aroma, their following

soon grew immense.

They cooked up one stew, then another, so tasty, they just couldn’t lose. Three

thousand, yes, three thousand dollars grew out of those good Brunswick Stews!

And now there’s a roof on their chapel, so when people say, “Can’t be done”, just point

to those women of Tarboro who sold Brunswick Stew by the ton.

By Marjorie Price Allen

Names of the Tarboro Nine:

Dot Barnes

Kate Bailey

Rosa Stickland

Callie Mitchel

Evelyn Cartledge

Ida Tew

Daphne Tew

Frances Phelps

Addie Griffin – (our great Grandmother)

This happened between 1944-47