Heritage Day, Sept. 25: vendors needed

overseas to fight in the war. He was gone for 27 months.

During that time, the young bride returned to her home in Summerfield to await her husband’s return. She did her part for the war effort by working at Blue Bell making military uniforms.

Weeks said the day she received the telegram that her husband was on his way home was one of the happiest days of her life.

The couple built a strong marriage and had two children, Stantliff and her younger brother, A.C. Weeks, along with three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The two were married for 57 years before Alton passed away in April 2000.

While her husband worked as a “body and fender repairman,” Weeks was a homemaker and handled the money for the family.

“They were a good team,” Stantliff said.

Among all of the worldly changes she has experienced, Weeks has lived through two pandemics – COVID-19 and the 1918 Spanish flu – although she was an infant during the first pandemic so has no memory of it.

Stantliff and her brother, A.C. Weeks, both of Summerfield, visited their mother at Countryside on an almost daily basis until the first round of COVID resulted in a lockdown at the retirement facility and they had to rely on seeing her through a glass window. As COVID restrictions have eased over the last several months, family members have been able to resume in-person visits, with limitations. They pray they can continue doing so despite the latest surge of COVID cases.

“Life has been complicated, but Mom is a rock,” Stantliff said.

File photos from 2018 Heritage Day The Town of Oak Ridge is seeking exhibitors and vendors for its fi fth annual Heritage Day on Saturday, Sept. 25, when it will once again give a nod to the past.

Vendors are needed for the Town of Oak Ridge’s Heritage Day event scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Oak Ridge Town Park’s Redmon Field. If you have some type of collectible (arrowheads, an old tractor or vehicle, some type of farm implement, vintage kitchen or home goods, old tools, memorabilia from the military or a local school, church, community event, etc.) please contact Oak Ridge Town Hall. There is no charge to exhibit.

If you sew, do woodworking, knit, bake, paint, make pottery, jewelry or baskets, are a photographer or soap maker, do leatherwork, or sell coins, rocks, military memorabilia, antiques/vintage items, etc., consider renting a space for $25.

For more info or to reserve your vendor space, contact Oak Ridge Town Hall at (336) 644-7009 or ssmith@oakridgenc.com.

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