Walkertown Area Historical Society
The mission of the Walkertown Area Historical Society, Inc. is to research, organize and preserve the history of Walkertown, North Carolina and the surrounding areas. This society will seek to communicate the story of Walkertown's rich history. Meetings are open to anyone interested in attending.
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Please join us for our next meeting!
We invite anyone with an interest in the Walkertown area to attend the historical society meetings. You do not have to be a member.

We are searching for information, photographs, sites and artifacts to document and share.

Meetings will be held at 6:30 pm at the Walkertown Branch Library located at 2969 Main St, Walkertown, NC 27051. (336) 703-2990.

Following the September 23rd meeting, the Society will meet bi-monthly on the third Tuesday of the month.

Tuesday, November 18, 6:30 pm
Sylvie St. Georges, former Exhibition Curator for the National Museum of Québec and the National Art Gallery of Canada in Ottawa will give a presentation on
"Historic Artifacts: Collection? Preservation? Conservation?".

Feel free to bring photographs and artifacts. We will have a camera and a scanner at the meeting.

Book for Sale - "Peddicord Junction"
We will be taking orders for the book, "Peddicord Junction" at our next meeting.
This is a beautiful book about the history of some Forsyth County families.
It is hard bound, 8" x 10", with over 300 pages for the cost of only $10.
If you are interested in purchasing this book, but cannot attend the meeting, please email info@WalkertownAreaHistoricalSociety.org.
 
Some of the names listed are: PEDDICORD (spelled many different ways) - BAKER - BEESON - BODENHAMER - BRANNOCK - BROWN - CARTER - CREWS - DAVIS - ELLIOTT - FULP - HAMILTON - HARMON - HARRISON - HASTINGS - HEDGECOCK - HESTER - HOLT - JOHNSON - JONES - LEDFORD - MASTEN - MORRIS - MOSS - MURPHEY - PARHAM - REAVIS - SELL - SELLS - SMITH - SNYDER - STANLEY - SWAIM - WEAVIL - WILSON

   
Director/
President
Wallace Baird
  Director Wayne Biby
  Director Enos Jumper
  Director/
Assistant Treasurer
Jane Morris
Director Joanne Neal
Director Harold Warner
Vice President Sarah Weavil Welch
Secretary Nancy Farnham
Assistant Secretary/
Membership Chair
Jennifer Ziglar
Treasurer Lynn McKinnie
Archives Chair Elizabeth Baird Barnette
   
Archives Committee
Elizabeth Baird Barnette
Elizabeth "Libby" Adams
Ann Hamilton
Tom Hamilton
Terrie Hart
 
Publicity Committee
Kenwyn Caranna
 
WAHS Directors, July 2008

WAHS Directors, July 2008
Left to right: Harold Warner, Enos Jumper, Wayne Biby, Jane Morris, Joanne Neal & Wallace Baird.
 

Sharon Lane checking out one of five displays featuring some historical sites of Walkertown.
 

Getting acquainted at the first WAHS meeting July, 2008
 
 
  Walkertown Area Historical Society
info@WalkertownAreaHistoricalSociety.org
P O Box 1183, Walkertown, NC   27051-1183
   
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