Ask and Answer for Oct. 24

Published: October 24, 2011 

This week's question

Who was the first woman elected to the Beaufort County Council?

From last week

Question: What was the name of the first Civil War-era freedman's school in the occupied South?

Answer: The Penn School, now the Penn Center, on St. Helena Island was the first Civil War-era freedman's school in the occupied South.

First to answer correctly: Karen Peluso

Send your answer to features@beaufortgazette.com, and we'll recognize in print the first person who responds correctly. You can also submit your northern Beaufort County trivia questions to features@beaufortgazette.com. If we select your question, we'll publish your name.

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