December Feast: Sweet Potato Casserole
Sweet Potato Casserole Ingredients: 3 cups mashed sweet potatoes 1 cup granulated sugar ½ tsp. salt 1/3 stick margarine or butter, melted or soft ½ cup milk 1 tsp. butter flavoring 1 tsp. sherry...
Winston-Salem Time Traveler
WSTT in Forsyth Woman’s December Issue
Find a copy of the December issue of Forsyth Woman Magazine and read about how Winston-Salem celebrated Christmas in years past. The Winston-Salem Time Traveler feature for December is “Christmas Memories,” and is...
Moravian Stars Shine in Winston-Salem
Moravian, or Advent, stars are identified with Winston-Salem and are frequently seen in home and downtown decorations. The handmade stars were originally made in Germany, but local history credits Julius A. Lineback (shown above)...
Happy Thanksgiving! Count Your Blessings.
Count Your Blessings The popular hymn was written by Johnson Oatman Jr. and published in 1897. It is based on scripture from Psalm 40:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, and Ephesians 1:3. When upon life’s billows...
November Feast: Handprint Turkey Cookies
If you’re a parent, I bet that you have at least one art item featuring your child’s handprint that has been made to look like a turkey. I also bet that you have more...
Four Generations of Rondthaler Men
The photograph above features three men and a baby. The men are dressed in suits and are sitting in chairs with trees in the background. There is little mystery to this photograph, as the...
WSTT in Forsyth Woman’s November Issue
Be sure to check out the November issue of Forsyth Woman Magazine, now available at outlets all over Forsyth County. The Winston-Salem Time Traveler feature article is “Tales from the...
Can You Identify? (Whooo are these people?) Group 1.
If you like to look at photographs, and yearn to help identify previously unidentified images in the Forsyth County Public Library’s photograph collection, here’s your chance to put names to faces. The images in...
October Feast: Owl Cookies
Just in time for the fall/Halloween season, these cookies are fun to make and they are tasty! Owl Cookies Ingredients: 1 cup packed brown sugar ¾ cup butter, softened 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla...
Vintage Baseball Photo
These men are instantly recognizable to baseball fans just by their last names: Shore, Leonard, Foster, and Ruth. For those whose baseball knowledge does not go back to 1916, the men are Ernest Grady “Ernie” Shore,...