Published October 04. 2023 11:09AM
Lehigh Township Historical Society is holding a Sharing One-Room School Memories and Mapping Early Schools program at St. Paul’s Indianland School House noon-3:15 p.m. Nov. 4.
Refreshments will be held in the St. Paul’s United Church of Christ social hall before the presentation by Joel Hoffner begins 1:30 p.m. He will discuss the early mapping of schools in Lehigh Township and Northampton County. Following Hoffner’s presentation, one-room schoolhouse alumni will be sharing their memories until around 3 p.m.
The event is sponsored by Filbert Bed and Breakfast, in Danielsville, and J.H. Gilbert and Family, of Whitehall.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, call 610-440-0151 and leave a message or visit lehightownshiphistoricalsociety.org.
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Reminder: Free monitored bicycle parking, courtesy of Lehigh Township Rails to Trails, will be available during the Walnutport Canal Festival Oct. 15. The parking area will be on Canal Street, near Main Street.
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St. Nicholas Church will hold Basket Palooza 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 5 in the social hall of the church, 4412 W. Mountain View Drive, Walnutport. There will be tons of baskets and gift cards available to win.
The kitchen will be open, and a bake sale will also be part of the event.
Takeout will be available.
For more information, email fundraising@stnicholaswalnutport.org or visit stnicholaswalnutport.org/Events.htm.
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Is your church or organization having a fundraiser or event in Lehigh Township you want to let the community know about? Send me the information at kristinaheschgrover@rcn.com, and I will be happy to announce it in a future column.