926 Washington St., Eden TOO MUCH STUFF? Dontate To Us Today!
ATTENTION SENIORS $3.00 OFF OIL CHANGE
Call 336-623-1029
Every Tuesday at Master Lube
FOR DONATION PICKUPS
(Across from the Eden Mall) SENIORS: 55 Plus
TUESDAY - SATURDAY 10AM - 5PM
“We shop, you save on auto, home, business, and life”.
1-800-849-4678 www.RakestrawInsurance.com
Authorized Agency
I NVESTING I N R OCKINGHAM C OUNTY ’ S Q UALITY
OF
L IFE
www.earthscapeslandscapingllc.com
PROVIDING ... • Renovation • Restoration • Wood & Composite Decking • Vinyl Rail Systems • Retaining Wall Systems • Sun Rooms • Screen Porches • Covered Porches • Extreme Bush Hogging and Brush Clearing • Light Grading & Hauling • Backhoe Services
Creating Outdoor Living Spaces
Custom Construction
SEPTEMBER 2016
Vol. 17 Num. 9
FREE
(336) 623-7759
Making a MARC on local history EDEN THRIFT
945 Washington St., Eden • 336-637-6481 Thurs. • furniture • household items • toys • clothing • shoes • DVDs • Jewelry • Books • So much more!
- Sun. 12pm 6pm
ALL APPLIANCES HAVE 100 DAY WARRANTY
Dollar Designer Clothing!!!
Retirement solutions for you and your employees 302-B N. Pierce St. Eden, N.C. 430-B W. Kings Hwy. Eden, N.C. Kathy W. Hale, AAMS®
Member SIPC www.edwardjones.com
Hope Gilley
Financial Advisor
Financial Advisor
336-627-7737
336-627-0138
We Buy Gold!
M.- F. 9-6 Sat. 10-5
336-623-7296
We pay top dollar on Loans!
239 B. W. Kings Hwy. EDEN • 1304 S. Scales St. REIDSVILLE 336-342-1159 • GREENSBORO Location Now Open. 2320 Randleman Rd.
Behind the scenes in the middle of the county stands the historic Rockingham County Courthouse, located at 1086 NC Hwy 65, Reidsville. This stately older building is now home to the Museum and
Archives of Rockingham County. To learn more about MARC, go to www.themarconline.org, call 336634-4949 or visit during regular hours: Wed.-Fri. 1pm - 6pm, Sat. 10am - 4pm. Closed Sun. - Tues..
Wanted tobacco relics One of the most popular exhibits at MARC is the Tobacco Barn. It is a natural place to display objects related to the growing, marketing, and manufacturing of tobacco in Rockingham County. In the MARC archives we need to maintain a special collection of tobacco data including brand names and advertising objects, lists, and pictures of the individual Plantation tobacco factories, relics connected to the tobacco auctioneering, names of buyers and Auctioneers, plug tobacco pouches and snuff boxes, and any other items related to the industry or the use of tobacco. It would also be interesting to preserve stenciling of tobacco brand names from the walls of barns or tobacco factory offices. Please contact MARC if you can help with the preservation of our agricultural heritage.www.themarconline.org
MARC offers new Civil War publication Since the founding of our organization as the Historical Society, a primary goal has been to preserve the history of our County. Over the years, our members have conducted interviews, research source documents, and published valuable historical accounts in the Rockingham County Historical Society, Incorporated newsletter. We are now able to organize and compile all of those works by subject matter into single books. The first book, Rockingham County, NC in the Civil War, is now available for pre-order. The price per copy is $15. Call 336-634-4949 to place an order.
Adults are $5, seniors & students are $3.50 and Children $2.50, under 4 free. (Family maximum is $15). Some of the things they are working on now and in the near future are listed below:
torical documents uploaded by archives all over the world, so you can read about the past from the comfort of your couch. But there’s always a catch. Sometimes finding the best documents is a little more complicated that typing an inquiry into your preferred search engine. You might try googling, for example, “women, Rockingham County, NC, Civil War.” The first results include a Wikipedia article, a few genealogy websites, and history blogs, all valuable resources, but only a small fraction of what’s actually available. However, if you use those same search terms on UNC Chapel Hill’s webpage, Documenting the American South, you’ll find the diary Mary Jeffreys Bethell kept of the Civil War. Born in 1821, Bethell kept a journal from 1853 to 1873. Her entry on April 29, 1861 is excerpted below: Since I last wrote a change has taken place. Civil War has begun, a bloody affair at Baltimore on the 19th, South Carolina took Fort Sumter, and several men killed on the enemy’s side. “The slavery question is the cause of all this trouble, 8 Southern states have seceded from the Union, if the North and South can’t agree, they had better separate. Abraham Lincoln the President is opposed to the institution of slavery, he don’t seem disposed to make any compromise with the south. The Southern people are rising a large army to defend their Country and their rights. Want to read the rest? Here’s how to find it: Go to http://docsouth.unc.edu/index.html, find the “Google
Making a MARC... continued on page 2
UNC site provides resource to find Rockingham County history on line By: Jordan Rossi, MARC Executive Director
Researching Rockingham County? The best places to start are the archives at the MARC and Rockingham Community College, where the brilliant, wonderful staff is ready to help you dig up just what you need. And then there’s the Internet: a treasure trove of his-
Pennies For Change, Inc. Accepting all donations of gently used items!
Lending A Hand To Children In Need www.penniesforchangeinc.com
640 S. Van Buren Rd., Suite E Meadow Greens Shopping Center
336-623-2210 Mon. - Sat. 10am - 6pm
New Fall Inventory, Just In Time For Back-To-School!!
501c3
Start Local. Go Far.
Fall Late Start Classes Available Apply Today!
336-342-4261 ext. 2333 www.rockinghamcc.edu