WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4
FREE MEAL/FOOD DISTRIBUTION: church van available to pick up people on Wednesday and on Sunday mornings, to ride call the church at 694-6357; doors open at 5:30 p.m., meal at 6 p.m., food bank ministry open Mon., Wed. and Fri. from 3 to 5 p.m.; Patrick Springs Pentecostal Holiness Church.
PATRICK COUNTY COUGAR CLUB MEETING: call Michelle Bryant at 732-8500 or Brian Hubbard at 692-6512 to get tickets to sell for the mule raffle on Nov. 4; 6:30 p.m., Patrick County High School library.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5
DOBYNS CRIME WATCH MEETING: guest speaker: Dispatcher Teresa Stowe, for information call Deputy Dan Gray or Sheriff Dan Smith at 694-3161, 7 p.m., Dobyns Community Center.
WHARTON-STUART CAMP OF THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS MEETING: 7 p.m., Reynolds Homestead.
DOBYNS CRIME WATCH MEETING: guest speaker: Dispatcher Teresa Stowe, for information call Deputy Dan Gray or Sheriff Dan Smith at 694-3161, 7 p.m., Dobyns Community Center.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7
FRANCISCO FARMFEST: tractor parade, music, farmers’ market, bake sale, barn quilt/table raffle, heritage tobacco equipment including a tying demonstration and two tobacco slides; activities for kids; sponsored by the communities of Northwest Stokes County, for information call (336) 351-4142, free event, bring chairs; hot dogs available all afternoon, barbecue for sale from 3 to 5 p.m., begins with tractor parade at 10 a.m., on the grounds of Francisco School, 7165 NC 89 West, Westfield, N.C.
ALZHEIMER’S WALK/SOCK HOP: sponsored by the Patrick County Alzheimer’s Association; walk to end Alzheimer’s at 5 p.m.; wear your poodle skirt and penny loafers to dance to music from the ’50s and ’60s by a DJ; contests, dance lessons by LaNota House of Dance, entertainment guest starring talent from Patrick County High School Drama, and diner hot dogs available; Rotary Field, 420 Woodland Drive, Stuart.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF ROCKINGHAM AND STOKES COUNTY, N.C,: speaker: Robert S. Lockett Jr., topic: “Genealogy and DNA: The Basics,” 2:30 p.m., Madison-Mayodan Library, 611 Burton St., Madison, N.C.
HOMECOMING: speaker Rev. Van Bloss of Gastonia, N.C., music by Swift Creek; for information call Pastor Ken Terry at (276) 930-2673; song service begins at 10:30 a.m., Buffalo Ridge Pentecostal Holiness Church.
OLD-TIME DANCE AND CONCERT: with the New Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters, tickets available at the door, $8 for adults, ages 15 and under admitted free, to reserve tickets call (276) 694-7181; 2:30 p.m., Reynolds Homestead, Critz.
MONDAY-WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9-11
REVIVAL SERVICES: with Rev. Van Bloss of Gastonia, N.C., 7 p.m., Buffalo Ridge Pentecostal Holiness Church.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11
COMMUNITY APPLE PEELING: volunteers needed to help get apples ready for apple butter making, lunch provided, 8 a.m. until, Woolwine Fire Department.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12
APPLE BUTTER/FRIED APPLE PIE MAKING: volunteers needed to work, lunch provided, apple butter begins at 4 a.m., pie making in the cottage begins at 8:30 a.m., Woolwine Fire Department grounds.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13
APPLE BUTTER MAKING: volunteers needed to make apple butter for the Woolwine October Festival, Woolwine Fire Department grounds.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14
WOOLWINE OCTOBER FESTIVAL: free admission, music, dancing, crafts for sale (craft vendors are welcome at no charge, call 276-229-8241 for information); apple butter sale, bake sale, hot dogs and ham plates available, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Woolwine Volunteer Fire Department grounds, Woolwine Hwy., Woolwine.
LORD’S ACRE SALE: crafts and homemade treasures available; auction to feature a handmade quilt and other items from the churches, along with a vehicle donated by Nelson Auto; food available, music by various groups from the participating churches; doors open at 7 a.m., auction at 10 a.m., Rotary Field, Stuart.
