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Santa is coming to town this Friday, December 16! The doors will open at 7:00 p.m and Santa will arrive at 7:30 p.m. Free cocoa and cookies will be served plus a gift from Santa for all good little girls and boys. Get a professional photograph taken with Santa! These will later be posted and available for purchase.

Santa’s visit is hosted by the Arthurdale Tirekickers Club.

Bid on a Space Tree, a Vintage 1940s Tree, a West Virginia Lottery Tree, a Cat Lover’s Tree, Fishing Wreath, and other numerous holiday trees and wreaths. Also the Arthurdale Heritage Craft Shop will be open and children can write Letters to Santa with the help of some elves.  On Sunday there will also be  family holiday photos and horse-drawn wagon rides around Eleanor’s Little (Christmas) Village.

Can’t Make it to Arthurdale? Bid online!

Available Trees

Space Tree – 4ft., white tinsel tree decorated with a space theme. Ornaments include several collectible Hallmark ornaments from Star Trek and Star Wars as well as planets and other fun decorations.
Donated by the Barnes-Marra family of Arthurdale.

Vintage 1940s Tree – A 6 ft. artificial evergreen tree decorated with antique ornaments from the 1940s.
Donated by Darlene Bolyard of Arthurdale.

Advent Calendar Box with Feather tree donated by Darlene Bolyard. Each drawer has a small ornament you put on the tree.

Snowman Feather tree donated by Darlene Bolyard.

WV Lottery Tree – A live tree decorated with $100 in WV lottery tickets donated by Rich Painter, Garden Creations.

Cat Lover’s Tree – a 6 ft., professionally decorated evergreen tree donated by P.U.R.R., a cat rescue and rehabilitation shelter in Taylor County. 50% of the profits from this tree will be donated to P.U.R.R.

Tree of Joy – A 6 ft. white tree with “mid-century” decorations.
Donated by Marilee Hall.

The Affordable Signs Unlimited tree is decorated with mini sign samples and includes a $20 gift certificate.

American Cancer Society Memorabilia tree donated by Lindsy Whittaker.

Other decorated Christmas trees will also be donated by MountainPath Properties, LLC, Missy Hartsell, Alisha Myers, Dee Hayes, and Kathryn Burton.

Christmas tree decoration donated by Lorraine Weaver.

Available Wreaths

Fishing Wreath – M & M Woodworks of Terra Alta is donating a wreath with a fishing theme for sportsmen. In the center of the wreath is a wooden scrollsawed silhouette picture of a fish jumping out of water and the slogan “Gone fishin’”. It can be removed for display on a wall. Eight handcrafted and handpainted wooden fishing lures are the ornaments on the wreath. They can be removed and used for fishing. While these lures have been made with quality product and are designed to catch The Big One, M & M Woodworks can assume no responsibility for the one that gets away. Decorated by David McCloud

Christmas Wreath – donated by Brown’s Mill LP

Festive Wreath – Valley Pharmacy is donating a wreath decorated with boxes of chocolate.

Wreath donated by Mane Tamer includes certificate for free hair cut.

Mountain Mamas Retreats Wreath, decorated by Cynthia McCloud & Shelley Miller

Other Christmas wreaths will be donated by Centra Bank, Louise Myers and Karen Tustin, Deb Miller, Your Most Valuable Bank (MVB), Janet Collin and Judy Harder..

Floral arrangement by Masontown Florist includes an Arthurdale Heritage crock.

The Arthurdale Craft Shop will also be open for the holidays and children can sit down and write a letter to Santa with some help from his elves.

Arthurdale Heritage will provide trees for donors to decorate and volunteers will be available to assist with decorating. Set up and decoration of the trees will take place November 29-December 1 in the Arthurdale Forge and other museum buildings. Bidding will start on December 2 with a reception and tree showcase from 5-7 p.m. The bidding will continue on December 3 from 12-4 p.m. Refreshments will be offered during the event. Admission is free, donations appreciated.

On Sunday December 4, the Festival will continue with the craft shop open house, horse-drawn wagon rides, letters to Santa, and holiday family photos by Steven Marra.

Those interested in participating are encouraged to contact Arthurdale Heritage at 304-864-3959 or register online at arthurdaleheritage.org.

Festival of Trees Schedule*

*Schedule subject to change

Tuesday, Nov. 29-Dec.1

• Festival of Trees setup & decorating in Forge
• 12:00-4:00 – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
• 6:00-8:00 – Thursday

Friday Dec. 2

• 4:00-5:30 – Volunteer arrival & setup
• 6:00-8:00 – Arthurdale Festival of Trees opening reception
• Wine & cheese

Saturday Dec.3

• 10:00-11:00 – Volunteer arrival & setup
• 12:00-4:00 Arthurdale Festival of Trees showcase open for bidding
• 12:00-4:00 Craft Shop Open
• 12:00-4:00 Letters to Santa
• Hot chocolate, cookies

Sunday, Dec. 4

• 12:00-4:00 Eleanor’s Little (Christmas) Village Horse-drawn wagon rides
• 12:00-4:00 Craft Shop Open
• 12:00-4:00 Family Christmas Photos
• 12:00-4:00 Letters to Santa
• Hot chocolate, cookies

ALL AGES
Saturday, October 29 – 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Arthurdale  Heritage Center Hall

FREE  ADMISSION

• Ghost Stories
• Coloring Sheets
• Music
• Games

Starts at 6:00PM

Prizes for…..

• Under 5
• Grades K-2
• Grade 3-5
• Grades 6-8
• Grades 9-12
• Adults

To attend, mail your check payable to Arthurdale Heritage by October 18 to P. O. Box 850, Arthurdale, WV 26520 or call 304-864-3959 to charge it to your credit card.

Proceeds benefit the historic preservation efforts for the nation’s first New Deal homestead subsistence community project championed by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

Ice Cream Eating Contest

Bring the kids and join in the fun at the annual Arthurdale Ice Cream Social and Community Fun Day, Saturday, Aug. 27. from 4-7 p.m.

Some of the highlights of the event*:

• Community “anything on wheels” parade where participants decorate anything on wheels and join in the procession from M Road to the Center Hall. Register here: Anything on Wheels Parade
• Great food and ice cream (of course!)
• Pie contest! Participants can enter their homemade pie in the contest and we’ll serve up samples for judges to vote on. (email ahi@arthurdaleheritage.org to enter your pie!)
• Contests such as ice cream eating contest, bubble gum blowing contest, cake walk.
• Games like horseshoes, musical chairs,  dime toss, bean bag toss, fish pond, etc.

*Note that the details of the activities may change.

In addition to Arthurdale Heritage’s five-building museum (including a restored homestead) representing the New Deal’s first subsistence homestead project (open 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Saturdays, noon – 4:00 p.m. on Sundays all summer), other sites open for tours on Preston County History Day are located in Kingwood, Rowlesburg, Terra Alta and Tunnelton. Find these sites on a Preston County map (.pdf).

The times and locations for the other interesting sites are:

• James McGrew House, 1831 Kingwood home built by the prominent businessman involved in the formation of West Virginia, (1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.) on Rt. 7

• Szilagyi Center in Rowlesburg featuring the World War II Museum, Preston County Sports Museum, and B&O bridges exhibit, café and shops, (11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.) on Rt. 72

• Terra Alta History House, with 3 floors of Preston County history exhibits, photos and genealogy records, 109 East Washington Street (1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.)

• Tunnelton Train Depot Museum, the 1913 brick train station once operated by the B&O Railroad, (1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.) on Boswell Street

• Westbrook’s Esso, Kingwood, showing the full-service gas station of yesteryear and antique truck on display (1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.) at 101 West High Street (corner of Price and W. High Streets).

Admission is charged at some sites.

The final Preston County History Day will be observed on September 18, 2011.

As of August 6, 2011,
The Farm Stand in Arthurdale will be
closing for the rest of the season.
We apologize to all our local supporters
and especially to our newest vendors.
With such renewed interest and participation,
we hope this doesn’t discourage and
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