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Saturday, July 3, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
The Cherry Mountain Fire Department Auxiliary Cookbook
The Cherry Mountain Fire Department Auxiliary is publishing a cookbook! We're sending fliers into all of the communities served by our fire department asking our good cooks to submit their recipes, not more than 5 per cook, hand printed with their names (which will appear with the recipe in the book). We'll need the recipes by August 15th and the book should be out by Christmas, 2010 just think what a lovely gift that will make.
Are you willing to contribute?
A Firefighter Tribute on You Tube was posted on Facebook by Nicole Bumgarner and Sonya Gowan. Won't you take a few minutes of your time to thank the firemen and women who serve you?
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Golden Valley Community Club Meeting June 21
Community Club Meeting Monday Night at 7:00, June 21, 2010!
Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the nation - so say the folks over at Pre Paid Legal, but what can we do about it? Come hear Lieutenant Detective, Chris Lovelace with the Forest City Police Department as he addresses this and another growing problem: Prescription Drug abuse.
This is a regular dinner meeting, come, bring a dish and (at least) a dollar.
How concerned to we need to be in our area? Join us Monday night and find out.
Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the nation - so say the folks over at Pre Paid Legal, but what can we do about it? Come hear Lieutenant Detective, Chris Lovelace with the Forest City Police Department as he addresses this and another growing problem: Prescription Drug abuse.
This is a regular dinner meeting, come, bring a dish and (at least) a dollar.
How concerned to we need to be in our area? Join us Monday night and find out.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Cherry Mountain VFD Cookbook
The Auxiliary Club of the Cherry Mountain Fire Department would like to invite you to participate in the founding of our community cookbook.
We need a whole lot of recipes and we know there are some good cooks in our area, Will you take the opportunity to contribute? Your name will appear along with your recipes. Can you imagine how loved this book will be in years to come?
We will accept up to, but not more than, 5 recipes from a single contributor. Pick your very best for this occasion.
Recipes need to be hand printed (carefully some of our typists are worried). Each one needs to have your name on it. We’d love to have your phone number as well in case we have questions, but we won’t put it in the book.
We would ask that if you’re a member of a group that a delegate be selected to deal with our committee; this will save oodles of time in the end.
To share your recipes, all you have to do is write them out and send them to:
Any Member of the Auxiliary!
for the Cherry Mountain Fire Department Auxiliary Cookbook, by August 15, 2010.
We should have this completed by Christmas 2010. Won’t it make a wonderful Christmas Gift?
Thank you in advance for your generosity.
"Support your Fire Department with a gift of time that’s sure to bind our community, as well as our book, together even more closely."
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Chimney Rock, Lake Lure North Carolina Mountain Vacation Packages
Chimney Rock, Lake Lure North Carolina Mountain Vacation Packages
From the Bureau of Tourism, here you'll find out things about the area, see what's going on and where, and read delightful little articles like "Four Paws Kingdom Goes to the Dogs" a NC Farm Bureau Magazine piece on a "dog-centric" campground.
This is one you'll want to bookmark. Have fun.
From the Bureau of Tourism, here you'll find out things about the area, see what's going on and where, and read delightful little articles like "Four Paws Kingdom Goes to the Dogs" a NC Farm Bureau Magazine piece on a "dog-centric" campground.
This is one you'll want to bookmark. Have fun.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Facebook | Golden Valley
Facebook Golden Valley Golden Valley's got a Facebook page! Become a fan and follow the fun.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Whitesides Company
Articles about Golden Valley can be found on my area website.
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Whitesides Company
When war broke the colonial peace in 1775 the area we know today as Golden Valley was known as Whitesides Company. This was due to an outstanding local militia captain William Whiteside. "During the Revolution, Whiteside was appointed Captain of a local militia, and the entire area of the upper First Broad River, including considerable territory not presently within the Golden Valley Community, became known as "Whiteside's Company"."
Twenty Years before the California gold rush, the Valley rang with the sounds of hammers, picks and water blasters. This marked the beginning of the first placer mining on US soil. Whitesides, was inundated with prospectors and miners. Gold production was in full swing.
The boom was large enough to support two post offices. The first one, Gamble's Store, operated by Willie Gamble, started out where Good Old Boys is today, but later moved down the road not far from where Milliken currently makes it's home. The second post office claimed a spot on Cane Creek Road.
Since mail to the Cane Creek post office was posted "Golden", area residents received their mail through the Golden office. Reference to the post office over the course of time caused the entire area to be known as Golden. The community ultimately took the name assigned by the US Postal service and added Valley to it. The name Whitesides eventually fell into disuse.
Today, instead of two post offices, Golden Valley has no post office. Mail is posted to Bostic with no mention of Golden Valley at all; we even use the Bostic zip. The addition of professional mail carriers, along with paved roads and vehicles, has changed the complexion of the community in many ways. At the Golden Valley Community Club this story was related concerning mail delivery in the area:
The mail carriers were local men hired by the Postmaster. (The chief job requirement: Must Own Horse). Reportedly, these carriers whiled away many a day hanging around the post office, which was also a store, waiting for the mail to come in. Once it arrived and was sorted, they were sent out on horseback to make their rounds.
Forget the ancient postal oath - - "neither cold, nor rain, nor dark of night, NOTHING will keep this carrier from his appointed rounds..." They didn't even put the mail in the right boxes. Often, they stuffed all the mail in the first three or four boxes they came to, leaving the local school children to complete the deliveries after school.
"Somedays," said one former carrier, "you didn't feel like ridin' all that far."
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Whitesides Company
When war broke the colonial peace in 1775 the area we know today as Golden Valley was known as Whitesides Company. This was due to an outstanding local militia captain William Whiteside. "During the Revolution, Whiteside was appointed Captain of a local militia, and the entire area of the upper First Broad River, including considerable territory not presently within the Golden Valley Community, became known as "Whiteside's Company"."
Twenty Years before the California gold rush, the Valley rang with the sounds of hammers, picks and water blasters. This marked the beginning of the first placer mining on US soil. Whitesides, was inundated with prospectors and miners. Gold production was in full swing.
The boom was large enough to support two post offices. The first one, Gamble's Store, operated by Willie Gamble, started out where Good Old Boys is today, but later moved down the road not far from where Milliken currently makes it's home. The second post office claimed a spot on Cane Creek Road.
Since mail to the Cane Creek post office was posted "Golden", area residents received their mail through the Golden office. Reference to the post office over the course of time caused the entire area to be known as Golden. The community ultimately took the name assigned by the US Postal service and added Valley to it. The name Whitesides eventually fell into disuse.
Today, instead of two post offices, Golden Valley has no post office. Mail is posted to Bostic with no mention of Golden Valley at all; we even use the Bostic zip. The addition of professional mail carriers, along with paved roads and vehicles, has changed the complexion of the community in many ways. At the Golden Valley Community Club this story was related concerning mail delivery in the area:
The mail carriers were local men hired by the Postmaster. (The chief job requirement: Must Own Horse). Reportedly, these carriers whiled away many a day hanging around the post office, which was also a store, waiting for the mail to come in. Once it arrived and was sorted, they were sent out on horseback to make their rounds.
Forget the ancient postal oath - - "neither cold, nor rain, nor dark of night, NOTHING will keep this carrier from his appointed rounds..." They didn't even put the mail in the right boxes. Often, they stuffed all the mail in the first three or four boxes they came to, leaving the local school children to complete the deliveries after school.
"Somedays," said one former carrier, "you didn't feel like ridin' all that far."
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