MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2010
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Tuesday, March 9 - Reynolda Manor Library, 7 pm- MARY HELEN BOONE
Connection between the Moravians and The People Who Settled Pfafftown.
Mary Helen Boone was born in Indiana and later moved to Cincinnati, Ohio with her parents. She received a nursing degree from the Deaconess
Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. She served in the O.R. Department in the hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. She married Wayne Boone, and they have three
children. She has two grandchildren. Her husband is deceased. He was transferred to Winston-Salem, NC in 1961. In 1975 she joined the staff at Old
Salem in the Education and Interpretive Department. She worked for Old Salem for 34 years and retired in June 2009. She wore the Moravian dress
for 18th and 19th century and worked in the buildings at Old Salem telling the story of the Moravians to hundreds of visitors. She has lived in the
Pfafftown area for 37 years. She is a member of Pfafftown Christian Church.
Thursday, March 18 – South Fork Community Center, 2-4 pm – Cindy H. Casey
As requested, the FCHA will sponsor a Beginners Genealogy Class at the South Fork Community Center. Get Started Researching Your
Ancestors!!! Seating is limited, so call 940-3820 for reservations. AND IT’S FREE!!!!
Tuesday, April 13- Reynolda Manor Library, 7 pm—BEV HAMEL
Bev Hamel will be speaking on her newly released book, Bethania: The Village by the Black Walnut Bottom. Bev left the corporate world of sales
and marketing of major corporations to open an antique shop, write, and return to school. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Salem College in
2006 and earned her MFA from Goddard College (Vermont) in 2008. She and her family have restored four historic properties-- three in Bethania! She
is a freelance writer, writes for numerous publications, and is an award-winning poet and essayist. Bev is a wonderful lecturer and creative writing
teacher, as well as history buff and antique collector. Bethania: The Village by the Black Walnut Bottom was published by The History Press in July
2009. Copies will be for sale! DON’T MISS THIS!
Tuesday, May 11- Reynolda Manor Library, 7 pm- PROF. RICHARD ELLER
Don’t miss your “Flying Lessons”!!! Learn the wonderful history of our hometown company, PIEDMONT AIRLINES! Bring your friends and your
history-buff relatives! Presently, Prof. Eller is Department Head of Social Sciences of Catawba Valley County Community College. His published
works include :
Piedmont Airline: A Complete History, published in 2008; 2009 winner of the NC Society of Historians’ “Willie Parker Peace Award” ;
The Tarheel Lincoln with Jerry Goodnight- Tarheel Press published 2003-Reported on CNN, Chicago Tribune, WFAE, WGHP, Charlotte Observer;
and the much anticipated
Speedbird: The History of Piedmont Airlines--Video Documentary produced as part of the “Hands On History” program at CVCC-- Anticipated
release date: 3/2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010 – South Fork Community Center, 2-4 pm –To Be Announced-
Tuesday, June 8 - Reynolda Manor Library, 7 pm - Greg Cheek- "Money used in Salem before and during the Civil War"
Born in Forsyth County, Greg grew up in a little village called Clemmons and attended Clemmons elementary, Southwest Junior High, and West Forsyth
High schools. After graduation in 1973, Greg attended NC State, graduating with a Forestry degree in 1978. He later received an Associate degree in
Computer Science from Forsyth Technical College. He was employed by Hanes (Sara Lee) until 1998 as a computer programmer and then as a
database adminstrator. In 1998 he moved to Yadkin County with his Wife Lois and children Andrew, Amy, and Anna and started his career with Lowe's
Home Improvement. He is currently involved with the Yadkin County Historical Society, Yadkin Gray Eagle SCV Camp, 28th NC Troops reenacting
group, and various local and state coin clubs and associations. Greg is currently working on his first book about Johnson's Island, a Confederate
Officers' POW camp located in Ohio. Greg's other hobbies include coin and paper money collecting, local WBTS historical document and cemetery
research, and re-enacting living history portrayal. Don't miss this very informative presentation about the banking situation and the local notable
personalities involved in Forsyth's economy during the Civil War.
Thursday,June 18, 2010 – South Fork Community Center, 2-4 pm –To Be Announced-
July Meeting to be announced
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - Reynolda Manor Library -
Wallace Baird & Wayne Biby present: "History of Walkertown"
Wallace Baird is a native of Burke County, NC. After graduating from Drexel High School he attended college and graduate school in Kentucky and
Wisconsin. In 1963, he moved from Madison, Wisconsin to Winston-Salem, NC to join the Department of Chemistry of Wake Forest College as
professor of physical chemistry. He has lived in Forsyth County since September 1963 and for the past thirty two years has lived on a forestry farm near
Walkertown, NC. He now works for the family business Treehugger Forestry Inc. which produces locally and sustainably grown lumber for many wood
products.
Wayne Biby is a life long resident of Walkertown. He grew up on a tobacco farm helping his grandfather care for the tobacco crop and doing other
necessary chores. After graduating from Walkertown High School and Forsyth Technical Institute, he spent the next 37 years working for R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco Co. Wayne is a postcard collector and a collector of tobacco memorabilia. He is a member of Morris Chapel United Methodist Church in
Walkertown.
Both men are members of the Walkertown Area Historical Society.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - Reynolda Manor Library-
Randell Jones : "In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone"
Randell Jones is the author of In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone, which received the 2006 Willie Parker Peace History Book Award
from the North Carolina Society of Historians. He was a featured speaker last fall during Daniel Boone Days on the Appalachian State University
campus and in October in Pennsylvania at the Daniel Boone Homestead celebrating Boone’s 275th birthday. He is also an invited member of the Road
Scholars Speakers Bureau for the North Carolina Humanities Council.
North Carolina enjoys a remarkable reputation for its history. Our state is rich in stories about people, places, and events that set us apart from all other
states. And we have been home to some notable Americans whose lives have become part of the fabric of America’s story. One of those Americans,
Daniel Boone, was America’s pioneer hero who lived in North Carolina for 21years. Daniel Boone is an important part of our state’s heritage, a
heritage that every North Carolinian should know and appreciate.
The FCHA is excited to present an evening with Mr. Randell Jones!!!
(Other works by Mr Jones included: On the Trail of Daniel Boone, DVD, 2005; In the Footsteps of Davy Crockett, 2006; and
Scoundrels,Rogues, and Heroes of the Old North State, 2nd ed. 2007)
This project is made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for
the Humanities. North Carolina Humanities Council www.nchumanities.org
7:00 PM
Reynolda Manor Branch Library
2839 Fairlawn Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
(336)703-2960
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2:00 PM
South Fork Community Center
Country Club Road
Winston-Salem, NC
940-3820 for reservations
Space is limited
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