Stories about Meredith Folks and Events from Scrapbooks in Our Collection

   Meredith Historical Society has more than a dozen scrapbooks in its collection that contain newspaper articles folks cut out and saved long ago. Several such articles will be presented in this program.  You will hear about:

• Pearl Johnson’s experience in 4-H, both as a child in the 1920s and as 4-H club leader.
• Charlie Haynes recollections of his years working as a blacksmith in East Meredith.
• The flood in East Meredith in 1892.
• Albert Strickland’s trip to Oneonta to see the first passenger train arrive in 1865.
• Cecil Francisco’s oxen and how he trains them to work.
• The forced closing of the District 16 School (Shackport) in 1967.
• An evening program in East Meredith’s Thompson Hall in 1893.
• The largest work horses in Meredith.

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