Catawba County News

Easter in Catawba County History

Published: April 14, 2022

Similar to our This Week in Catawba County History posts, our Local History Librarian Alex Floyd, took a 100-year dive into Catawba County’s past through the magic of newspaper archives to take a look at Easter in Catawba County History. Here's a little of what he found: 

Easter suit ad for E.H. YOUNT & Company - Thursday, March 24, 1910

Easter vibes in Downtown Newton - Thursday, April 13, 1911

Oxfords ad for Yount & Schrum Clothiers - Thursday, April 4, 1912

Easter specials for Abernethy & Thompson - Friday, April 7, 1916

Southern Railway Easter Excursion - Tuesday, April 11, 1916

Easter offerings from Newton stores - Tuesday, April 18, 1916

Southern Railway Grand Easter Excursion - Tuesday, March 20, 1917

An Easter Poem - Friday, March 29, 1918

Miss Challie Hall (our first librarian) returns home from college for the Easter holiday - Friday, April 14, 1922

Easter apparel ad for E.H. Yount & Co - Friday, April 14, 1922

Easter Service at Corinth Reformed Church - Tuesday, April 18, 1922

The Rhodes Room, located at the Main Library in Newton, is the home of our Genealogy and Local History Collection. The Rhodes Room is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 9 am to 6 pm. For more information, visit the Main Library in Newton or https://www.catawbacountync.gov/library/gen