On Sunday, Oct. 8, the Wake Forest Historical Association will host a meeting about country stores around Wake Forest in a format that will encourage those attending to name and reminisce about the stores they remember.
The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. in the Wake Forest Historical Museum at 414 North Main Street. It is of course free and there will be refreshments – think Moon Pies and Cokes. If you have pictures of a nearby store that may have been overtaken by growth, please bring them to the meeting.
WFHA, including President Sanford Bailey and the members of the committee headed by Karen Winstead – Alice Ray, Ryan Keith, Roger Shackleford – have been collecting memories and photographs about the history of more than 20 stores that were once well known, many of them on the outskirts of town or in rural areas. The photographs have been assembled in a video program that will illustrate the histories covered by several speakers. The entire program, including all the information and discussion by those attending, will be filmed and the resulting DVD will be permanently stored at the museum and copies will be available.
The Wake Forest Historical Association is pledged to support the mission of the Wake Forest Historical Museum and has presented more than 30 programs about different aspects of the town and area history since it began in 2007. Membership is $10 per year and members can reflect that they are helping to preserve the area’s history.
