Newsletters

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August 2021

• A Slice of History: U.S. Route 1 and Moore County
• Event Recap: Annual Meeting
• News: Written in Tree Rings
• News: Sanders Garden
• News: New Board Members Elected 2020/2021
• Upcoming Event: Malcolm Blue Festival
• Upcoming Event: Day Tours
• Upcoming Event: Shaw House Heritage Fair & Moore Treasures Sale

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May 2021

• A Slice of History: Bell Casters of Troy
• News: Eagle Scout Project at Bryant House
• News: History  of the Moore County Historical Association
• News: Jane McPhaul Passes in February 2021
• News: Letter From the Co-Presidents
• News: Shaw House & Tobacco Barn Museum Reopen as Association Celebrates 75th Year
• News: Volunteer!
• Special: Anniversary Crossword Puzzle
• Upcoming Event: Annual Meeting
• Upcoming Event: Shaw House Fair
• Upcoming Event: The Lure of Southern Pines in Postcards Exhibit

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November 2020

• A Slice of History: The Hookless Fastener
• Event Recap: Shaw House Tag Sale
• News: Buried History
• News: Commemorative Envelopes
• News: House in the Horseshoe Announcements
• News: Jean Walker Passing
• News: Kenneth Black Cemetery-Update
• News: Letter From the Co-Presidents
• Upcoming Event: Bryant House Christmas Open House
• Upcoming Event: Shaw House Properties Opening

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February 2020

• A Slice of History: Annie Oakley in Pinehurst
• Event Recap: Bryant House Christmas Open House
• Event Recap: Dr. George Birrell Lecture
• Event Recap: Shaw House Christmas Open House and Members Party
• News for Historical Collectors: Stamps, Letters and Mummies
• News: House in the Horseshoe Donation to the Bryant House
• News: Letter from the Presidents
• News: Tobacco Barn at Shaw House
• News: Wanted New Members
• Upcoming Event:  Annual Meeting
• Upcoming Event: Bryant House Heritage Day
• Upcoming Event: Lecture Helen Boyd Dull
• Upcoming Event: Shaw House Chicken and Waffles Luncheon
• Upcoming Event: Springfest in Southern Pines

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November 2019

• A Slice of History: Mr. Tufts Trolley
• Event Recap: Bernard Wootten Exhibit
• Event Recap: Clenny Creek Day
• Event Recap: Malcolm Blue Festival
• Event Recap: Shaw House Heritage Fair
• Event Recap: Southern Pines Autumn Fest
• News for Historical Item Collectors
• News: Bryant House Cleanup
• News: Corn Crib Cleanup at the Shaw House
• News: Historic Preservation Award
• News: Letter from the Presidents
• News: Shaw House Commemorative Envelopes
• News: Tobacco Barn at the Shaw House
• Upcoming Event: Brinelll Scottish Poetry Presentation
• Upcoming Event: Bryant House Christmas Open House
• Upcoming Event: Film Cora’s Ring
• Upcoming Event: Members’ Christmas Party
• Upcoming Event: Shaw House Christmas Open House

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August 2019

• A Slice of History: Parkewood, The Town That Was Abandoned
  
• Event Recap: Annual Meeting 
• Event Recap: Luncheon
• Event Recap: Springfest
• News: Join Docents
• News: New Board Members
• News: Postmark Series
• News: Tobacco Barn Restoration
• Upcoming Event: Shaw House Heritage Fair
• Upcoming Event: Autumnfest
• Upcoming Event: Daniel Stowe Garden Tour
• Upcoming Event: Letter from the Presidents
• Upcoming Event: Wooten Lecture

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February 2019

• A Slice of History: A Catholic Church and School for African Americans
• Event Recap: Annual Shaw House Fair
• Event Recap: Bryant House Christmas
• Event Recap: Shaw House Christmas
• News: Goodbye to Bob Davis
• News: Goodbye to Marilyn Hartsell
• News: Letter from the Presidents
• Upcoming Event: Annual Members Meeting
• Upcoming Event: Clenny Creek Day
• Upcoming Event: Fourth Annual Chicken and Waffle Luncheon
• Upcoming Event: Lecture by Morgan Jackson
• Upcoming Event: Spring Day Trip to Duke Homestead
• Upcoming Event: Springfest at the Shaw House
• Upcoming Tour: Germany’s Cultural Cities
• Upcoming Tour: Sunny Portugal
• Upcoming Tour: Tulip Time on the Rhine

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August 2018

• A Slice of History: John T. Patrick
• Event Recap: Annual Meeting
• Event Recap: April Day Trip
• Event Recap: Clenny Creek Day
• Event Recap: Scottish Settlers in the Sandhills Lecture
• Event Recap: Springfest at the Shaw House
• News: Letter from the Presidents
• News: MCHA Membership
• News: New Board Members
• News: New Grant Received
• News: Seedling Garden Club Grant
• News: Tobacco Museum
• Upcoming Event: Christmas at the Bryant House
• Upcoming Event: Christmas at the Shaw House
• Upcoming Event: Hart Square Day Trip
• Upcoming Event: Lecture on Women’s Exchange Movement
• Upcoming Event: Mackinac Island
• Upcoming Event: Members Holiday Party
• Upcoming Event: Shaw House Vintage Fair
• Upcoming Tour: Iceland

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February 2018

• Annual Meeting
• Chase Black Eagle Scout Award
• Clenny Creek Day
• President’s Letter
• Scottish Emigration Lecture
• Shaw House Luncheon
• Springfest at the Shaw House
• Tour: Scotland
• Event Recap: Holiday Open Houses
• Event Recap: Tour Patterson Village

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August 2017

• Autumnfest
• Confederate
• Event Recap: Annual Meeting at Lighterwood
• Event Recap: Clenny Creek Day
• Event Recap: Day Tour to Durham
• Event Recap: Dr. Farina Lecture
• Event Recap: Mr. Wimberley Lecture
• Event Recap: Shaw House Luncheon
• Event Recap: Springfest
• Holiday Open Houses
• MCHA Salvages Antique Hardware
• Oral History Program
• Photo Archives
• Pinehurst Village Lecture
• Shaw House Fair
• Shaw House Mirror
• Shaw Properties Building Signs
• Tour: Canada
• Tour: Harnett Village
• Tour: South Africa
• Volunteers Needed​

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February 2017

• Annual Meeting
• Bryant House Update
• Clenny Creek Day
• Farina Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Lecture
• Early American Coverlet`s Exhibit
• Event Recap: Christmas Open Houses
• Event Recap: Farina Civil War Lecture
• Event Recap: Monroe’s Crossroads Tour
• Event Recap: Autumnfest
• Event Recap: Shaw Fair
• Event Recap: Shirley Plantation Tour
• Event Recap: Tar, Pitch and Turpentine Demonstration
• Event Recap: Wayward Girls Samarkand Lecture
• Goodbye Cos Barnes
• Goodbye Jay Greer
• Goodbye Norris Hodgkins
• Kenneth Black Cemetery Update
• Letter from the President
• Shaw House Grants
• Shaw House Luncheon
• Tour: Canadian Maritimes
• Tour: South Africa
• Tour: Stagville Plantation

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August 2016

• Autograph Party, Don Tickle
• Autumnfest
• Holiday Open Houses
• Letter from the Presidents
• Shaw House Fair
• Tar, Pitch and Turpentine Demonstration
• Tour: Canadian Coastal
• Tour: Christmas Markets
• Tour: Monroe’s Crossroad
• Tour: South Africa
• Tour: Williamsburg & Historic Jamestown

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March 2016

• Annual Membership Meeting
• Clenny Creek Day
• Event Recap: Canadian Rockies Tour
• Event Recap: Christmas Open House
• Event Recap: Craigrownie Lecture
• Event Recap: Homeschoolers’ History Fair
• Event Recap: Love Your Local Authors
• Event Recap: Tar, Pitch and Turpentine Lecture and Demonstration
• Festival of Trees
• Kenneth Black Cemetery Project
• Letter from the President
• Shaw House Fair
• Springfest at the Shaw House
• Tour: Charlottesville Virginia Presidential Homes
• Tour: Christmas Markets

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August 2015

• Docents Needed
• Donation to Sandhills Women’s Exchange
• Event Recap: Annual Meeting
• Event Recap: Clenny Creek Day
• Event Recap: Naval Stores
• Event Recap: Springfest
• Hearth Cooking Tools Donated
• Holiday Open Houses
• HVAC Grant
• Letter from the Presidents
• New Project: Kenneth Black Cemetery
• Shaw House Fair
• Tour: Canadian
• Tour: Wilmington Trip

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February 2015

• Annual Meeting Plans
• Clenny Creek Day
• Event Recap: Christmas Open House at the Bryant House and McLendon Cabin
• Event Recap: Christmas Open House at the Shaw House
• Event Recap: Hawaii Tour
• Event Recap: History Contest
• Event Recap: Long Rifle Lecture
• Event Recap: Shaw House Fair
• Event Recap: Woodruff and Aswad Lecture
• House-Museum Repairs
• Letter from the Presidents
• Tour: Biltmore House Downton Abby Exhibit
• Tour: Canadian Rockies

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September 2014

• Andy Griffith in Southern Pines?
• Antiques Show and Sale
• Endowment
• Event Recap: Annual Meeting
• Historic Photo Display at Applebee’s Restaurant
• Holiday Open houses & Members Party
• Knollwood Maneuver Exhibit at Moore County Airport
• Letter from the President
• Mechanics Hill Cemetery Plaque Restored
• Pottery Exhibit at Southern Pines Planning Office
• Prillaman Valentine Donated to the MCHA
• Rent the Shaw House
• Shaw House Fair
• Tony Parker Documents
• Tour: Pottery
• Volunteers Needed
• Woodruff and Aswad Lectures
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February 2014

• Bryant House on Tour of Homes
• Clenny Creek Day
• East and West Southern Pines Presentation
• Event Recap: Bryant House Christmas Open House
• Event Recap: Doll House Raffle Winner
• Event Recap: History of Aberdeen Program
• Event Recap: Lindau Book Signing
• Event Recap: Shaw House Fair
• Event Recap: Shaw House Open House
  and Members Party
• Knollwood Project
• Letter from the President
• Scottish Clan Flags
• Shaw House Grounds Flooding
• Tour: Hawaii Land and Sea
• Tour: Spring Day Trip​

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September 2013

• Antiques Sale and Show
• Endowment
• Event Recap: Motoring Along the Double Road
• Grant to MCHA
• Holiday Open Houses
• In Memoriam
• Letter From the President
• Motoring Along the Double Road Exhibit
• New Acquistions
• New Board Members
• Shaw House Fair
• Tour: Hawaii by Land and Sea
• Upkeep at House Museums
• WWII Knollwood Maneuver Project​

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June 2013

• Event Recap: “Reflected Glory”
• Event Recap: Clenny Creek Day
• Event Recap: Durham Tour
• Event Recap: Endowment Dinner
• Event Recap: Palustris Festival
• Knollwood Maneuver Plaque
• Letter from the President
• Lib Kollman Service
• Shaw House Fair
• Tour: Hawaii by Land and Sea
• Tour: Virginia Fall History
• Work at Shaw, Bryant Houses​

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February 2013

• Annual Meeting
  
• Architectural Salvage for Sale
  
• Bryant House Chimney Update
  
• Clenny Creek Day Festival
  
• Docents
  
• Down Home Dinner at the Shaw House
  
• Event Recap: Bryant House Christmas Open House
  
• Event Recap: Camp Mackall  Lecture
  
• Event Recap: Shaw House Christmas Festiviites
  
• Facebook Posts Vintage Pictures
  
• Letter from the President
  
• Palustris Festival: Yesteryear – Dolls and Toys Exhibit
  
• Stonewall Jackson Lecture
  
• The Story of Camp Mackall by Norris Hodgkins
  
• Tour: Durham Day Tour
  

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November 2012

• Antiques Sale and Show
  
• Bill Brewer Memorial
  
• Bryant House Chimney Update
  
• Christmas Open Houses
  
• Event Recap: Shaw House Fair
  
• Event Recap: Wine Gala
  
• Holiday Members Party
  
• Moore County Community Foundation Grant
  
• Palustris Festival 2013
  
• Shaw House Roof Leak
  
• Southern Pines Christmas Tree Sponsorship
  
• Tour: Alpine Countries

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July 2012

• 2012-13 MCHA Officers and Trustees
  
• 2012-13 Friends of the Bryant House Officers
  
• Britt Sanders Cabin Repair
  
• Cannonball Update
  
• Corn Crib Addition
  
• Event Recap: 7th Annual Clenny Creek Day
  
• Event Recap: Annual Meeting
  
• Event Recap: Bryant House Holiday Open House
  
• Event Recap: Mary Wayne Watson Lecture
  
• Event Recap: Palustris Festival Needlework Display
  
• Holiday Open Houses
  
• Holiday Members Party
  
• Shaw House Vintage Collectible & Antiques Fair
  
• Tour Charleston Heritage Symposium & Tour

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February 2012

• Bryant House - McLendon Cabin Inventory
  
• Clenny Creek Day Festival
  
• Canoe Donation
  
• Congratulations to Michael Frazer
  
• Event Recap: Bryant House Christmas Open House
  
• Event Recap: Shaw House Christmas Open House
  
• Needlework Exhibit - Palustris Festival
  
• Religion & Architecture in Early Moore County, 
  
• Milton Sills Lecture
  
• Tour: Spring History Tour to Eastern NC
  
• Tour: Trains, Wineries, and Treasures of 
  
• Northern California
  
• Volunteers Needed for Soap Project

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November 2011

• Cannon Ball Found at Shaw House
  
• Colonial Dames Presents Charter
  
• Event Recap: Alex McLeod Lecture
  
• Event Recap: Mystery Trip
  
• Event Recap: Shaw House Fair
  
• Holiday Season Festivities
  
• Palustris Festival 2012
  
• Research Help Needed
  
• Shaw House Undergoes Repairs
  
• Special Thank You
  
• Tour: Spring History Tour
  

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July 2011

• Cleaning Up the Town (Soap Sales)
  
• Clenny Creek News
  
• Docents Needed
  
• Donations Requested for Shaw Fair
  
• Event Recap: Annual Meeting
  
• Event Recap: Cornbread Recipe
  
• Event Recap: McLendon Cabin Fundraiser
  
• Event Recap: Palustris Festival
  
• Genealogical Seminar
  
• Inventory Help Needed
  
• Shaw House Fair
  
• Soap Sales
  
• Tour: Eastern North Carolina
  
• Tour: Greensboro

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March 2011

• 6th Annual Clenny Creek Festival
  
• Annual Meeting
  
• Event Recap: Jugtown Pottery Lecture
  
• Event Recap: Shaw House Fair
  
• McLendon Cabin Restoration
  
• Mount Hope Cemetery Survey
  
• Palustris Festival
  
• Shaw House Rental
  
• The Barretts in Retrospect
  
• Tour: Historic Edenton
  
• Tour: Historic Hillsborough
  
• Tour: National Parks

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September 2010

• Anthony “Tony” Parker
  
• Antiques Sale and Show
  
• Bill Thompson Program
  
• Clean-up Day at the Shaw House
  
• Committees
  
• Raffle to Raise Funds for McLendon Cabin Roof
  
• Rent the Shaw House
  
• Shaw House Vintage Collectible & Antique Fair
  
• Spirits of Sandhills Past Program
  
• Survey of Mt. Hope Cemetery
  
• Tour: Kenansville Day Trip including Liberty Hall and Buckner Hill Plantation
  
• Tour: NC Museum of History Day Trip
  
• Volunteer Spotlight

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May 2010

• Archers Cottage Salvaged
  
• Event Recap: Confederate Memorial Day Program
  
• Kitchen Garden Dedication
  
• Local Gun Factory Put Out War Weapons 
  
• (Kennedy Gun Factory)
  
• MCHA Annual Meeting: 
  
• Pumpelly House of “Sand in My Shoes”
  
• McLendon Cabin: Saving Our History
  
• Shaw House Vintage Collectible & Antique Fair
  
• Tour: Kenansville Day Trip including Liberty Hall and Buckner Hill Plantation
  
• Volunteer Spotlight

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January 2010

• Event Recap: Holiday Open Houses
  
• Event Recap: Shaw House Fair
  
• Join Us on Facebook
  
• Lecture Event: The Sandhills: The Comfort of Tradition and Ritual
  
• Palustris Festival Plans
  
• Tour: Discover Tuscany Italy
  
• Tour: Longstreet Church and Cemetery

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September 2009

• 2009-10 Board Members
  
• Antiques Show and Sale
  
• Event Recap: Oldest Living Confederate Widow: Her Confession
  
• Funding Updates (M. Louise Thomas Endowed Charitable Trust, Bryant House Restoration Fund, Community Foundation Grant
  
• Holiday Open Houses
  
• Landscaping Update
  
• Letter from the Co-Presidents
  
• MCHA Textiles and Furniture
  
• Members Holiday Party
  
• Moore County Historic Photo Collection Project
  
• Shaw House Fair
  
• Shaw House Tours
  
• The Man Moore County Was Named For
  
• Wood as Canvas: The Paint-decorated Furniture of Piedmont NC Lecture

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October 2008

• A Southern Spirit, Virginia Walthour Moss
  
• Bryant House Restoration
  
• Determined Dozen (Shaw House Docents)
  
• Fundraising Committee Report
  
• GoodSearch.com and GoodShop.com
  
• Letter from the President
  
• MCHA Annual Meeting Recap: “Moore County Hounds” by Cameron Slade
  
• Tour Recap: Chinqua-Pen Plantation and Replacements
  
• Tour Recap: McNeill Home and Cypress Bend Vineyard

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September 2007

• 47th Annual Antiques Sale and Show
  
• Bryant House Update
  
• Event Recap: “Life in the Sandhills in the Early 1900s” at the Fair Barn
  
• Event Recap: Lecture “Historic Preservation” by John Waters
  
• Event Recap: Lecture “Moore County Hounds” by Cameron Slade
• Exhibit: “Moore County Hounds” at the Southern Pines Planning Office
  
• Heather McDonald
  
• Holiday Open Houses
• Lecture Event: “Founding Farmers: The Sandhills in the Country Place Era” by Ray Owen
  
• MCHA Annual Meeting Recap: “Jackson Springs” by Harris and Barbara Blake
  
• Tour: Mystery Day Tour
  
• Tour: Shades of Ireland
  
• Volunteer Spotlight

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May 2007

• A Tribute to Buffie (Ives)
  
• Bryant House Restoration
  
• Event Recap: 46th Annual Antiques Sale and Show
  
• Event Recap: 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee
  
• Event Recap: Hat Doll Exhibit & Tea Party
  
• Event Recap: Holiday Open Houses & Members Party
  
• Event Recap: Old House Salvage Sale
  
• MCHA Annual Meeting: “Jackson Springs” by Harris and Barbara Blake
  
• Slice of History: Sanders of Moore County
  
• Speakers Forum
  
• Tour: Tobacco Farm Life Museum & Ava Gardner Museum Recap
  
• Tour: Windy City
  
• Tour Recap: Historic Places Along the Deep River
  
• Tours in Review

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October 2006

• 46th Annual Antiques Sale and Show
  
• 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee
  
• Friends of the Bryant House News
  
• Holiday Open Houses
  
• Lecture Event: “Young Southern Pines” by Norris Hodgkins
  
• Max Brown Richardson
  
• NC Society of Historians Awards
  
• Slice of History: The McLendons
  
• Tag Sale Close Out
  
• Tour: Alaska Discover Land & Cruise
  
• Tour: Historic Places Along the Deep River
  
• Tour: Tobacco Farm Life Museum & Ava Gardner Museum
  
• Tour: Two State Theatres Tour
  
• Volunteer Opportunities

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July 2006

• Event Recap: Clenny Creek Day
  
• Event Recap: Shaw House Barbeque
  
• July Tag Sale
  
• Lecture Event: “Early Churches of Moore County” by Milton Sills
  
• MCHA Annual Meeting Recap: “Peach Growing in the Sandhills” by Clyde Auman
  
• Old House Salvage Project
  
• Slice of History: Southern Pines Hotel
  
• Tour: Alaska Discover Land & Cruise
  
• Tour: Canada’s Atlantic Coast
  
• Tour: Hart’s Square
  
• Young Southern Pines Book

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January 2006

• Event Recap: 45th Antiques Sale and Show
• Event Recap: Holiday Open Houses
  
• Event Recap: Lecture “Early Aberdeen” by Robert N. Page, III
• Lecture Event: “The McLeods” by Dr. Alex McLeod
• Repairs at the Bryant House Site
  
• Tour: Canada’s Atlantic Coast
  
• Tour: King Tut Exhibit & Florida Getaway
  
• Upcoming Fundraisers: Tag Sale, Barbecue, Bryant House
  

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October 2005

• 45th Antiques Sale and Show
  
• Bryant House Update
  
• Event Recap: Tag Sale
  
• Lecture Event: “Early Aberdeen” by Robert N. Page, III
  
• Shaw House Gets New Driveway
  
• Shaw House Selected as Landmark Ornament
  
• Tour Guides Needed
  
• Tour Recap: Plantation & Historic Homes led by Ray Owen
  

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