Category Archives: Community Events

Part four – Talk given by Bobby Waid, Mayor of Fincastle

In this final segment of our talk with Bobby Waid, Mayor of Fincastle, Bobby talks about how the parish finally began to grow, and of their decision to pay back the diocese the money they had borrowed to build the … Continue reading

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Part Three – Talk Given by Bobby Waid, Mayor of Fincastle

In this segment of our Video Interview, Bobby Waid lists off all the families who were members of St. Mark’s church…and tells of how everyone was expected to do something useful.  He was expected to become a member of the … Continue reading

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Part two – Talk Given by Bobby Waid, Mayor of Fincastle

In Part two of our video interview series with Bobby Waid, Mayor of Fincastle, Bobby starts telling about the church organist, Viola Painter, and of her custom of leaving the church at the end on one hour (often before the final … Continue reading

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Part One – Talk given by Bobby Waid, Mayor of Fincastle

As part of a project to collect oral histories from some of our older residents, the Episcopal Church Women (ECW) of St. Mark’s Episcopal, in Fincastle, invited Bobby Waid, Mayor of Fincastle and lifelong resident of the town, to speak … Continue reading

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For the Love of History

As part of our VA History Exchange we are starting this new blog, and in it we will be sharing various articles we have written and information about new and exciting projects that we are working on.  As a way to … Continue reading

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