Historical Society Founders Day Dinner October 25
The Botetourt County Historical Society will hold its 13th annual Founders Day Dinner on Friday, Oct. 25. It begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Fincastle United Methodist Church Family Life Center, 137 S. Church Street in Fincastle.
The keynote speaker will be Dr. Peter Coogan, a professor at Hollins University, whose topic will be “October 1944: A World at War.” Coogan teaches American foreign relations, the history of international relations, revolution and war in Vietnam and modern American political history. He has conducted numerous seminars and published articles on British and American national security policy in the 20th century.
Tickets are $30 per person and are available to the Botetourt Historical Museum, from Historical Society board members, at Digital Image Printing in Daleville or by mail: P.O. Box 468, Fincastle. For more information, call 473-8391.
Democrats plan Red, White and Blue Jeans Dinner
The Botetourt Democratic Party will sponsor a Red, White and Blue Jeans Dinner on Monday, Oct. 21 at the Fincastle Firehouse, 25 Vine Street. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. Special guests will be House of Delegates candidates Christian Worth, Democrat running in Lexington, and Jennifer Lewis, Democrat running in Waynesboro.
All are welcome. Reservations are required. Cost for dinner is $20. Call or text 540-589-2499 or email blswitz@ntelos.net by Monday, Oct. 14 for more information, to find out about special designations and/or to make reservations.
Library program on cold frames, cool weather crops
Friends of the Buchanan Library will be hosting Donna Haley, Roanoke Master Gardner and Naturalist, at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 17. Donna will be presenting the program “Cold Frames and Cool Weather Crops.” At this program, gardeners will learn how to stretch the growing seasons by using cold frames to get a jumpstart in the spring and to go later in the cooler weather. Everyone is invited and the program is free. The Buchanan Library is located at 19795 Main Street; 928-3005.
Another benefit planned for Shiloh Community Building
Another huge sale is in the works to benefit the Shiloh Community Building on Shiloh Road, Eagle Rock. It will be at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 (rain date Saturday, Oct. 26) to raise money to have heating and air conditioning installed in the building.
A family has donated a lot of vintage furniture and items that date back to the early 1800 to 1900s. Other items include a Peerless Creamery Milk Can from Clifton Forge, vintage Hickory Shaft golf clubs, od Avon bottles/perfume still in them, small copper apple butter pot, vintage Cootie Game, vintage handmade chest hand built in early 1800s, vintage cane bottom chairs, vintage song books printed for Eagle Rock Milling that were given to customers at Christmas, vintage hand dollies used at Eagle Rock Milling, a Chessie jacket with railroad passes from 1929-1934, Vintage note pad holder with Eagle Rock Lime Co. name on holder, vintage fox/hound table, McCoy vases, Hull dishes, nine-piece rattan sunroom furniture, lots of holiday decorations, two fiddles, freezer, small safe, old chairs and tables, lamps (all sizes and shapes), dishes including a complete beautiful set of Christmas dishes, lots of miscellaneous items too numerous to list them all. Other items have been listed in the newspaper’s previous two editions.
‘Mother Hubbard’s Cupboards’ at Thousand Hills Coffee
As part of the 1000 Hills Art Project, Thousand Hills Coffee Shop in Daleville features a bimonthly art exhibit. The proceeds of sales go to funding for the Nicombo Island Project which provides meals and schools for children in Rwanda. November 8 through January 9, the featured artists will be a group of four ladies who enjoy painting together. The title of their exhibit is “Mother Hubbard’s Cupboards” as these professional paintings are on cupboard doors. These cupboard doors have been prepared to act as regular picture frames and appear as such.
The participating artists are Betty Williamson, Peggy Joe Decker, Connie Stacy and Elona Bobbitt. On November 8, from 6-8 p.m., there will be a meet and greet the artists at Thousand Hills Coffee Shop and everyone is welcome to attend.
Blue Ridge Friends of the Library fall book sale
The Blue Ridge Friends of the Library fall book sale will be on October 17 from 5-9 p.m., October 18 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and October 19 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
