Solomon Lea School: Leasburg, Caswell County, North Carolina

Solomon Lea School (Leasburg, Caswell County, North Carolina) 

Leasburg Graded School Building: 1923

Notice to Contractors

Sealed proposals will be received by W. J. Pulliam, Chm. of the Local Committee, at his office in Leasburg, Caswell County, on Wednesday, the 15th day of August, at 11 o'clock, for the erection of a Graded School Building at that place, according to plans and specifications furnished by the State Board of Education.

Plans and specifications may be obtained at the office in Leasburg, and also at the office of Superintendent J. A. Beam, Roxboro, N.C. Bids should be submitted in sealed envelopes and mailed to the undersigned or delivered in person by the time designated above. The Committee will require a reasonable bond of the successful bidder for the faithful performance of the contract, and the Committee reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

(Signed) W. J. Pulliam, Chm.

Leasburg, N.C.

The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), 12 August 1923.

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Construction of the Solomon Lea graded school building in Leasburg, North Carolina, was a joint project between Caswell County and Person County.

(Special to The Bee): Yanceyville, N.C., Aug. 8. -- The contract for the new school building at Leasburg will be let Aug. 14. This is a co-operative project with Caswell and Person Counties, and the board of education of each county will meet at Leasburg to hear bids for the building.

The Bee (Danville, VA), 8 August 1923.

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This became the Solomon Lea School. See photograph. The W. J. Pulliam is William Joseph Pulliam (1850-1934), who married Mary Frances Newman (1853-1939).

Dr. David William Rogers (1925-2008)

How long David William Rogers remained there is not known, but in 1954 he was appointed as the new principal at the Solomon Lea School in Leasburg, Caswell County, North Carolina. He had a B.A. from Wake Forest.

At some point he obtained a doctorate and became superintendent of Person County schools. In 1949, he married Rosa Christine Slaughter (1928-2010) from Person County. She attended Woman's College at Greensboro (University of North Carolina - Greensboro) and may have been a school teacher.

Source of some facts: The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC), 6 August 1954.