Mementos, objects of everyday life, & special things that shine a light on days gone by.
Oil Lantern circa 1919. Courtesy of Argyle Gash.
"Southern RY."
top reads:
THE ADAMS & WESTLAKE CO. ADLAKE" RELIABLE
NEW YORK CHICAGO PHILA.
Patent dates around edge: Patented Sept. 21, 1897, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1919.
Hook Rug made by Etowah native Dessie Shelton Norton (1917 - 2008) in the 1970s.
Pink Margaret Gash (1876 - 1968)
and deftly aims the fatal dart,
Not all the power of gods or men
Can heal the torn or wounded
heart;
Your love alone can ease my pain
And to my heart
bring peace again."
Valentine addressed to
Miss Pink M Gash, Money NC
Courtesy of Argyle Gash.
Pink Gash's childhood Bible, published 1894
"Miss Pink Gash
her book presented
by her s. s. Teacher"
A slip of paper found inside reads: "The word girl occurs only once in the bible, the third chapter & third verse of Joel."
On the other side, the paper reads: "Miss Pink Gash
I present this bibl[e] as a premium for her good lessons. good behavior and good Attendance _____"
Contribution to the Etowah Heritage Archives - by Glenda Maxwell Simpson. The Bible was found in the estate of Glenda's mother, Alice Helen Crook Maxwell, who most likely found it at a yard sale.
Fabric samples stapled to small 3x2 cards from the National Dry Goods Sales Co.. Pink would carry these and many more samples in her car when she went on sales calls. The card from Pink's Service Manager states her sales for six months in 1957 were $384.65. Imagine . . . cotton at 69 cents and 98 cents per yard in 1957.
"Miss Gash was a native of Bartow County, Ga., had lived in Henderson County for the past 88 years and was a member of the First Methodist Church of Hendersonville for 73 years.
She attended Judson College of Hendersonville, was a graduate of the Georgia and Alabama Business College of Macon, Ga., and she taught public school in Buncombe County for five years. She was also a traveling saleswoman for the National Drygoods Co. of New York City for 34 years."
Miss Pink sold dry goods, produce from her garden, and flowers all over Transylvania and Henderson Counties.
Pink Margaret Gash and her cow "Tuff." Courtesy of Argyle Gash.
Wheel from an old hay rake, Dalton/Parkinson.
Arm & Hammer Almanac 1921
Dasher style butter churn used by Opal's mother, Harriett Allison Dill Dalton. Courtesy of Opal Parkinson (1924 - 2016 ).
Another style of butter churn. Courtesy of Argyle Gash.
WWII Ration Book and stamps. Courtesy of Opal Parkinson.
by local resident Mary Lee Berry
1954 North Carolina P T A and Etowah High School P T A Cookbook
1989 Etowah High School Alumni and Teachers Cookbook
Blantyre Baptist Church
Big Willow Community Club 1983
Big Willow Community Club 2001
Ladies Auxiliary E HS VRFD 2001
Etowah Baptist Church 2007
The Old Hayrake on Brickyard Road