

The Day of the Great Honeybee Swarm in Catawba Nonprofit Hobby Business Produces Great Wealth!Ĭheck out what The Roanoke Magazine is saying about the release of Ted’s third book. The Home Place, A tribute to the Wingate Family See the press release here and read all about it… The exhibit will continue through March 2022. Not only has the Salem Museum graciously agreed to host our book launch, but they have also created an amazing exhibit featuring The Other Side of the Mountain: Life in the Catawba Valley based on the Echoes From Catawba book series.

Hardcover, collectors edition of Volume 3 is $27.99 (includes shipping and tax-allow 4-6 days for delivery)Ĭlick here to order a signed copy of the collector’s edition.Seven other articles cover a variety of subject matters for informative and enjoyable reading. The last residents of the Garman Homeplace are in an article that covers Will and Louemma Garman, Paul and Stacil Garman, and Gene and Truddy Garman. It portrays their lives together in the late 1940s, resulting in a lifetime together spanning 65 years. I have an enjoyable article of the most recognized couple in Catawba, Frankie and Louise Garman, which will appeal to everyone. I share some personal experiences of good times in our neighboring county. The Craig section is a delightful story by guest writer and longtime friend Betty Munsey, who shares her childhood years visiting her Grandparents Smith in Paint Bank. This article is a must for the hundreds of people who had loved ones there as patients, as well as for the doctors, nurses, service personnel, farmworkers, and anyone else with a connection to the Sanatorium.įor the first time, I have included Craig County stories since Catawba and Craig are so closely connected.

Guest writer Carolyn Pillow Mayhew gives us a wonderful story of her childhood living on the Catawba Sanatorium Campus. On what was property occupied by a resort community in the late 1850s, the first-ever TB Sanatorium in Virginia became a reality in Catawba in 1909. The article follows the life of a man and his family, who were greatly impacted by the dreaded Tuberculosis disease. The lead article is a history of the Catawba Sanatorium as experienced by three generations of the Carroll family. This book contains twelve articles of interesting people and a variety of subjects.
