"The Caswell County Historical Association will receive an Award of Merit for a record of outstanding accomplishment in the areas of local historical publication, documentation and preservation.
"The award carries a special commendation for M. Q. Plumblee, its president during the six years in which the association has sponsored two acclaimed publications -- William S. Powell's When the Past Refused to Die and Ruth Little-Stoke's An Inventory of Historic Architecture of Caswell County.
Both books were done by scholars with funding from the association. The Powell book is now in its second printing.
The association helped sponsor the first county-wide historical survey in the state, and a considerable number of county properties have been placed on the National Register of Historical Places.
Plumblee, a retired school principal, is cited for his "quiet but determined leadership" which prodded the association into a series of successful ventures, the most recent being the establishment of a museum in the historic courthouse.
By Dr. H. G. Jones (For The Associated Press). Published in the Durham Sun (Durham, NC), 20 November 1980.
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