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The Heritage Podcast Channel.
Episode Twenty:
"Loretta Rutz Campbell about her family's musical history. Loretta is 103 years old, not a fan of Patsy Cline, and started singing when she was 4 yrs old. We were fortunate enough to get a recording
of her singing when she was 12 years old which is included in the podcast." Click to View...
Episode Nineteen:
"Byrd Barrick and the beginning of his cobbler business in Strasburg, VA." Click to View...
Episode Eighteen:
"Sally Hupp Shares Ghostly Experiences from her Family Home." Click to View...
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Schedule of Events
Heritage Membership Annual Meeting
February 23, 2025, 2:00-4:00PM
At St. Paul's Luthern Fellowship Hall.
W. Washington St., Strasburg, VA
Program Title:
Lena C. Artz - A Pioneering Botanist of the Massanutten
Presentation by Andrea Weeks, Ph.D.
Shenandoah County and the Valley were once home to a pioneering botanist, Lena Clemmons Artz (1891-1976), who was born and raised in Woodstock. Artz was a high school biology teacher who dedicated her life outside of the classroom to documenting the unique plant communities of Shenandoah and Rockingham Counties as well as advocating for their preservation.
Little was known about her life or work until an archive of her field notebooks and personal papers was discovered in 2021 at Laurel Ridge Community College. Artz lived in a cabin near Elizabeth Furnace from 1935 until her passing in 1976. Andrea Weeks, Ph.D./Associate Professor and Director of the Ted R. Bradley Herbarium at George Mason University has studied Artz in an ongoing project to uncover her life and legacy, what her archives and plant specimens tell us about her scientific research, and how her life unexpectedly intersected with that of another unsung botanist of the Valley, Francis W. Hunnewell, II, the last private owner of Belle Grove Plantation.
Nominating Committee Report 2025
The Nominating Committee would like to propose the following slate for our Board of Directors. The terms will be for two years from February 2025 to February 2027.
The proposed slate includes:
Kathy Kehoe, George Hoffman, Mary Redmon, Sue Foster, Laura Ellen Wade, Joan Williams, Mary Mauck Cottrill, Ruth Hoffman, Tim Taylor.
The Nominating Committee would like to propose the following slate of Officers.
The term will be for one year from February 2025 to February 2026.
The proposed slate includes:
Tim Taylor - President, Laura Ellen Wade - Vice President, Barbara Adamson - Secretary, Ruth Hoffman - Treasurer
Heritage Membership Annual Meeting
February 23, 2025, 2:00-4:00PM
At St. Paul's Luthern Fellowship Hall.
W. Washington St., Strasburg, VA
Program Title:
Lena C. Artz - A Pioneering Botanist of the Massanutten
Presentation by Andrea Weeks, Ph.D.
Shenandoah County and the Valley were once home to a pioneering botanist, Lena Clemmons Artz (1891-1976), who was born and raised in Woodstock. Artz was a high school biology teacher who dedicated her life outside of the classroom to documenting the unique plant communities of Shenandoah and Rockingham Counties as well as advocating for their preservation.
Little was known about her life or work until an archive of her field notebooks and personal papers was discovered in 2021 at Laurel Ridge Community College. Artz lived in a cabin near Elizabeth Furnace from 1935 until her passing in 1976. Andrea Weeks, Ph.D./Associate Professor and Director of the Ted R. Bradley Herbarium at George Mason University has studied Artz in an ongoing project to uncover her life and legacy, what her archives and plant specimens tell us about her scientific research, and how her life unexpectedly intersected with that of another unsung botanist of the Valley, Francis W. Hunnewell, II, the last private owner of Belle Grove Plantation.
Nominating Committee Report 2025
The Nominating Committee would like to propose the following slate for our Board of Directors. The terms will be for two years from February 2025 to February 2027.
The proposed slate includes:
Kathy Kehoe, George Hoffman, Mary Redmon, Sue Foster, Laura Ellen Wade, Joan Williams, Mary Mauck Cottrill, Ruth Hoffman, Tim Taylor.
The Nominating Committee would like to propose the following slate of Officers.
The term will be for one year from February 2025 to February 2026.
The proposed slate includes:
Tim Taylor - President, Laura Ellen Wade - Vice President, Barbara Adamson - Secretary, Ruth Hoffman - Treasurer
