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Matoaca Mill Labor

OCT CHESTERFIELD NEEDLEWORK FRIENDS – 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
11 Chester Library Chester Small Room. Knit, crochet, socialize and share
your techniques with others. All skill levels are welcome.
WED
OCT 100 YEARS OF THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY COURTHOUSE – 7
12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Meadowdale Library, Meadowdale Meeting Room. Did
you know that Chesterfield’s Courthouse turns 100 this October? Come
learn the history of the historic courthouse and its significance in the
THU county.

OCT TEEN GAME TIME – 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Chester Library Chester
14 Combined Room A & B.
Crack the code, stop the bomb and survive a shipwreck! Play board
games like “Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes” and “Forbidden
SAT Island” with your friends. Register online at library.chesterfield.gov.
June 1911. “A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in
the mill settlement at Matoaca, Virginia. She has no children large enough to work
in the cotton mill, so she is starting a little store in her home.” INTRODUCTION TO 3D PRINTING – 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Meadowdale
Library. Learn to use computer-aided design (CAD) software to create
just about anything. Open to all ages.

MEADOWDALE 2017 FALL CHESS TOURNAMENT – 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. Meadowdale Library Meadowdale Meeting Room. The Virginia
Scholastic Chess Association presents a K-12 Scholastic Chess
Tournament with quads for adults and advanced scholastic players.
To preregister and for more information, please visit vschess.org.
Registration fee is $7-20.

MEADOWDALE MEDITATION HOUR – 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
OCT Meadowdale Library Meadowdale Meeting Room
16 Don’t let Monday get you down. Join us for an hour of uninterrupted
quiet time and some peace of mind. Space, mats, and ambiance
MON provided. No registration required.
June 1911. “Mrs. L. Bosher, living in the rundown cotton mill village of Matoaca, Virginia. Her
husband has been a mill hand here for a long time but recently got work uptown, as many of COMMUNITY MEETING PLANNED TO DISCUSS FY19 BUDGET
their neighbors have done during the slack times, most of them going way into the city [Rich- – 7 p.m. Bermuda District, Chester Library, 11800 Centre Street.
mond] to the trunk and cigarette factories.” Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
Meetings are open to residents to come learn more about the budget, as
part of the county’s Building Chesterfield’s Blueprint initiative. More
information is online at blueprint.chesterfield.gov.

OCT NEEDLE FELTING PUMPKINS – 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Enon
Library Enon Meeting Room. Needle felting is easy, trendy and
17 fun! Artist Janice Stegall-Seibert will show you how to needle felt
pumpkins. Materials provided to sculpt a pumpkin out of wool for
TUE holiday decoration. This program requires use of a sharp needle and is
designed for adults. Register online at library.chesterfield.gov.

BRIDGE PLAYERS – 11:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church,
13028 Harrowgate Rd. Experience players welcome. Details: (804)
526-0026.

A little country town life wasn’t so easy in Matoaca in 1911 when the mill was up PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Public
and running. Meeting Room, 10001 Iron Bridge Road,

Village News CCPL CHESS CLUB – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. - Meadowdale Library.Learn
to play the beautiful game of chess in a relaxed, stress-free environment.
Join the club and meet others who enjoy the game. All ages are
welcome.
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