Yoga Sampler Session

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Join Us ~ Experience the Region’s Dim Sum of YOGA & More!
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Experience the joy of restoring movement to all areas of your body while learning how to unravel the restrictions produced from daily life; with 3 different “RINGER” instructors, on the following Sundays:

3/11 – A PILATES FOCUS with Mandy “Rigler” Dansereau of Motivation Studio,

3/18 – FITNESS & YOGA with Christie Garofano of Body Essentials Personal Training,

3/25 – YOGA with Darci Whitehorne of Therapydia.

The classes and workshops of “The Sampler” are open to those who are new to yoga and fitness, as well as, those who are looking to grow an experienced practice.

The SESSIONS will start at 2:30 PM, and will be held at the Wallingford Elementary School Gymnasium, 126 School Street / Route 140 East, Wallingford. The investment (Fee) range is: $10.00 per class – $20.00 per workshop, each to be announced.

For further detailed information and to register call 802-446-2499 or Email: uthrive@vermontel.net, today! Advance registration is always appreciated, however, walks-ins are ALWAYS welcome!

For weekly updates check: https://www.facebook.com/ThriveCenteroftheGreenMountains/

Dress WARMLY for movement; bring a mat, blanket, and water.

A portion of the proceeds will directly benefit the: Wallingford Elementary School – (Building Use Fund), The Rutland Open Door Mission, as well as, The Wallingford Historical Society.

This year’s offering is being dedicated to the late Maryann Gagner, a long time Thrive Sampler supporter, enthusiast, and beautiful soul.

~ Payments can be brought day of, dropped off, or mailed to: Thrive Center, c/o: Lisa Donohue, 68 South Main Street, P.O. Box 539, Wallingford, VT 05773 ~ (with checks payable directly to each instructor.) Refund-ability on checks paid, will be the discretion of the instructor.]

RE: inclement weather potentials ~ If you do not hear from us directly ~ the class or workshop is still being held!

ANTIQUE APPRAISAL EVENT

English: Antiques being sold on Colaba Causeway (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Wallingford Historical Society

will be sponsoring an

Antique Appraisal

featuring antique appraiser Jim Marquis

When: Sunday July 26th

Where: Wallingford Historical Society Museum – Second Floor Town Hall, Wallingford, Vermont

Time: 1 pm

Cost: $5 for one item and $10 for three items

Bring those items in your attic or closet and find out what treasures you may have and what they are worth!

Wallingford Historical Society Annual Meeting Notice

 

Boy With The Boot (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Please join the Wallingford Historical Society for its annual meeting on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at 7 p.m. at the Wallingford Rotary Building.

 

If you have a passion for history or simply a desire to learn more about the town that you live in, this is your opportunity to come and get involved! Learn how you can help the historical society and learn a whole lot in the process.

Wallingford Historical Society Railroad Section House Ribbon Cutting

RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY

TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014 at 7 p.m.

Please join the Wallingford Historical Society at its Railroad Section House Museum for the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.

Please park at the old creamery/Masonic Lodge and walk over to the Section House Building. Refreshments will be served.

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August Program

THE WALLINGFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY

and

 THE WALLINGFORD CONSERVATION COMMISSION.

present

the First Annual Community Picnic

& End of Summer Gathering

Tuesday, August 27th

Town Public Beach at Elfin Lake

The beach will be open for picnicking from 5 to 7 at the town beach with time to explore the trails of Stone Meadow. Grills and tables available.

 Maps of trails will also be available.

THE PROGRAM WILL BEGIN AT 6:30 PM AT THE STONE COMMEMORATIVE ROCK.

There will be a brief history of how the town got the land from the Stones, information about the Conservation Commission on its 10th anniversary, and the presentation of a plaque in memory of Peter Upton, charter member of the Conservation Commission and avid environmentalist.

Refreshments               Open to the public            Bring your own chairs.

July Program Event

The Wallingford Historical Society

presents

Railroads in Vermont

VT: Brandon (Photo credit: GD Taber)

The history of Vermont’s railroads through pictures and video

Also Discussion regarding the relocation of railroad section house #14 in East Wallingford

All train and railroad enthusiasts are encouraged to attend!

Tuesday, July 30th at 7 p.m.

Wallingford Town Hall, 2nd Floor

~~~Air Conditioned and Handicap Accessible~~~

Related articles

• Central Vermont Railway, Three Rivers, Massachusetts May 1984 (briansolomon.com)

Fred Carvin

The Wallingford Historical Society welcomed author Fred Carvin for its June meeting. Carvin is the author of the biography entitled Paul Harris and the Birth of Rotary. The meeting was appropriately held in the Rotary building where Harris spent significant time in his youth while living in Wallingford.

Carvin explained in detail the extensive research he conducted over a four-year period to write the book. His research allowed him to spend a significant amount of time here in Vermont, particularly in Wallingford and Fair Haven where Harris and his family lived. Carvin recollected several of Harris’ boyhood escapades that he uncovered while conducting his local research. He then traveled all over the country, wherever Harris spent signficant time, in an effort to research the Rotary founder’s life.

Carvin’s biography is really only the second biography written on Harris’ life. As he explained, while there are presently four books that recount Harris’ life, one was written by Harris, called the Road to Rotary and the two others, written by British authors recount much of the information in the Road to Rotary. Paul Harris and the Birth of Rotary, the fourth book, is a well researched book evidenced by the time and effort Carvin expended in putting together his version as he explained in detail during the course of last night’s program. He was fortunate enough to be permitted access by the Wallingford Rotary to three versions of Harris’ handwritten drafts of The Road to Rotary book which he took months to transcribe in order to gain access to information that was omitted from Harris’ final version and shed light on Harris’ life and those that touched it.

For those of you, like me, that have never read about Paul Harris in detail, Carvin’s book seems to provide an entertaining and very well researched look into one of Wallingford’s famous residents.

A hearty thank you goes out to Fred Carvin and his wife, Judy for taking the time to share their wealth of information with the group and travel here to meet with us. For those of you who were not able to make the program, the book can be purchased online at http://www.paulharrisbook.com .

Credit: http://www.paulharrisbook.com

 

 

June Event

Credit: http://www.paulharrisbook.com

  THE WALLINGFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS

AN EVENING WITH FRED A. CARVIN

AUTHOR OF

“PAUL HARRIS AND THE BIRTH OF ROTARY”

Please join the Wallingford Historical Society in welcoming Fred A. Carvin, a Glens Falls, New York rotarian who wrote about Wallingford’s Paul Harris and the beginnings of the Rotary International.

When: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 – 7 pm

Where: Wallingford Rotary Club, Main Street, Wallingford

~This event is free and open to all~

 

Genealogy Program

This evening, the Wallingford Historical Society sponsored a tutorial presentation on how to navigate Ancestry.com.

 

The presenter, Tim Heffernan, is a high school sophomore and led the group through how to navigate Ancestry.com’s site and research one’s genealogy. The program was  informative for those who came out and well attended. There were questions entertained throughout the program and also a member of the audience volunteered to provide family information for a sample family tree during the program to allow the presenter to demonstrate how to navigate the site and access online records and data.

Related articles

• Ancestry.com Has A Nice YouTube Video Noting What Is New At Ancestry.com Dated May 2013 (genealogywithtony.wordpress.com)
• Building Roots from the Ground Up: Genealogy 2.0 (23andme.com)
• How Cloud Computing Has Revolutionized Genealogy (legacyblogdotcom.wordpress.com)