This event has been CANCELLED due to bad weather. We will meet again in April 2020.

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The Edinburg Historical Society will hold its annual Pie and Reminiscence meeting on Tuesday, November 19 at 7 p.m. at the Edinburg Community Center on Military Road. A social hour will follow with pie, coffee and tea. Members will share memories, family histories, vintage photo albums or bring something to find out what it is.

The Edinburg Fall Festival was the best event yet with a large crowd, great sandwiches, salads, soups and chili. There was a great variety at the bake sale and most of Mrs. McCleery’s pies disappeared before the festival even started. Thank you to everyone that participated in the event. EHS wishes to thank Jackie Nicols owner of the Edinburg Four Corner’s Diner for donating a pot of chili, Alice Frasier for donating handmade quilts, Denise and Joel Ferguson of J&D Percherons for providing Horse and carriage rides, Jesse Jensen, Ony Antonucci and George McCleery for providing musical entertainment. A big thank you to the 20 members who volunteered their time, baked, demonstrated tools and weaving. The Edinburg Historical Museum of Rural Life showed off new exhibits and lighting, a working wood Fanning machine and a doll house donated by Lucille Groat and renovated and filled with period household items by Sharon Ferro. The two winners of the Guess the Weight of the two Pumpkins was Brenda Barton and Sophia Hamburger who won a $10 Stewart’s gift card.

We welcome four new members: Jodi Blydenburgh, Naydene Carmody, Karen Lee and Amy Stewart.

Elections were held in September and George Blackwood was reelected President for a two-year term and Priscilla Edwards was reelected as Trustee for a five-year term. Other members of the Board are Maria Spaeth, vice-president, Claudette Koza, secretary, Marge Ludwig, treasurer, and trustees Andrea Blackwood, Paul Fernhout, Linda Ege and Linda Monacchio.

Claudette Koza received the Volunteer of the Year Award for her dedication to EHS. She bakes, cleans, keeps the minutes, makes signs for events, and writes EHS monthly publicity. Thank you, Claudette, for everything you do!

Christmas is around the corner and EHS has DVDs about Edinburg and the building of the Conklinville Dam. The DVDs are available at the Historian’s office at Town Hall.

The Copeland Covered Bridge had 1,400 visitors this year. You can also purchase a share in the Copeland Covered Bridge for $25 in honor of or in memory of a loved one. The name will be posted at the Copeland Site. Carol J. Fortin purchased a share in the bridge.