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| Posted 12-01-2006
SEVEN News-Bits of Reading-Berks historical interest.... ================== =================== ================== =================== ================== =================== 1- TONIGHT---a special event/ opening at the Society. 2- Unexpectedly, THE PASSING SCENE--Vol. 14 arrived yesterday! 3- Poinsettia plants available at the Society now. 4- Old Schwarzwald's turkey dinner & bazaar TOMORROW 5- Centre Park's ANNUAL HOUSE TOUR - Sun., Dec. 10th 6- Hendel House HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE - Sun., Dec. 10th 7- Dr. Brendan Strausser's new Kutztown book ====================== ================== ====================== ================== ====================== ================== 1- TONIGHT---Friday, Dec. 1---is a special opening. YOU are invited. Yes, there are refreshments. We apologize for this short-notice announcement. That said, the event IS listed in the current issue of Members' Update. 
====================== ================== 2- THEY ARE HERE! 
NOTICE: You who already ordered the books and paid to have them mailed, be apprised a trip was made to the post office this morning with van filled with them. We will fill the van again this afternoon and take another several hundred to the post office. You who live close by probably will receive your Passing Scenes Saturday or Monday. Wait till you see the book's cover as it actually appears. You might need sun glasses! 
====================== ================== 3- Poinsettia plant sale to benefit the Society's 1776 Club, an organization geared to youngsters and early teens. The view below shows the actual plants now available. 
As can be seen, the plants are now available for pur- chase at $10 each during all hours the Society is open....Tues. through Sat., 9 to 4 ====================== ================= 4- For many years, Schwarzwald U.C.C. has hosted a TURKEY DINNER & BAZAAR at its 1870 brick church at Jacksonwald….at 75 Church Lane.....a stone's throw from the Oley Turnpike AND the Boyertown Pike (Route 562). The date for this event is TOMORROW, Saturday, December 2….from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. The 1870 brick one-room schoolhouse visible from the church, which still belongs to the Exeter Twp. School District, is featured in the new Volume 14 of "The Passing Scene." Peek through one of the windows to see the old-time desks, stove, and blackboards. Schwarzwald's turkey dinners and bazaars are something special. Info: 610 – 779 – 0850 ======================= ================ 5- The Annual Centre Park House Tour will be held on SUNDAY, December 10th---from 1 to 6 p.m. As usual, the featured sites (around 9) will be fully and elegantly decorated for the holidays. The Hendel House will be included this year. Expect to see a good deal of activity there. 
Another major tour-site will be "Overlook," a gothic Victorian treasure erected by J. H. Sternbergh---near where North Fourth, Centre Ave., and Greenwich come together. The Historical Society will be the last stop on the tour. Music and an assortment of drinks and choice edibles will be awaiting you and yours. Society headquarters will be fully open, including the gift/ museum shop which has an impressive array of seasonal and traditional inventory. Most local history books, presently available, are in stock. There are many "new arrivals." And there is a good stock of pre-owned local histories. Tickets for the Centre Park House Tour are $12 and will be sold the day of the event—at a booth in Centre Park—-directly opposite the Hendel House. www.berkshistory.org/mansion ==================== ================== 6- Holiday Boutique - 1 to 6 p.m. - Sun., Dec. 10th 
=================== =================== 7- Coming Soon: A review of "A Most Agreeable Town, Volume 3," the latest book on Kutztown (its neighborhoods) from the pen of Dr. Brendan D. Strasser. As was the case in Dr. Strasser's previous volumes, it's a splendid publication in all regards. ==================== ================== ==================== ====GMMIX=====END |
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