Newspapers Clippings by Year
Here is a collection of clippings from local newspapers that relate to Van Wyck happenings
05/10/1891 [Charlotte Observer]
Presbyterian picnic
09/15/1897 [Lancaster Ledger]
Van Wyck Items
11/24/1897 [Lancaster Enterprise]
Van Wyck name derivation
04/16/1898 [Lancaster Ledger]
Van Wyck Items
06/29/1898 [Lancaster Ledger]
Van Wyck Items
10/01/1898 [Lancaster Enterprise]
Rev. Hudson visits Beulah church
04/22/1899 [Lancaster Ledger]
Van Wyck Items
04/26/1899 [Lancaster Ledger]
Van Wyck Items
05/20/1899 [Lancaster Ledger]
Tillman visits
08/05/1899 [Lancaster Ledger]
Telephone service tease
08/16/1899 [Lancaster Ledger]
Van Wyck Items
11/23/1899 [Lancaster Ledger]
Van Wyck items
06/27/1900 [Lancaster Ledger]
Lightening damage
03/30/1901 [Lancaster Ledger]
Building Van Wyck
04/27/1901 [Lancaster Ledger]
Nine bridges washed away
05/19/1903 [The Monroe Journal]
Remedy for a sick Van Wyck cow
05/26/1903 [The Monroe Journal]
Dance hall near Indian ferry
01/02/1906 [The Monroe Journal]
Fire destroys store in Van Wyck
01/10/1908 [The Charlotte News]
Safe-crackers caught
08/08/1908 [Lancaster News]
Van Wyck string band plays at Hall Picnic
09/03/1912 [The Monroe Journal]
Woodmen of the World picnic
07/01/1913 [The Monroe Journal]
Mr. Vaughan dies suddenly
05/29/1914 [The Monroe Journal]
National highway coming through
06/06/1914 [Charlotte Observer]
Road planning
09/11/1914 [The Monroe Journal]
Movie theater comes to Waxhaw and Van Wyck Presbyterian Church opens
07/30/1915 [The Monroe Journal]
Van Wyck store burns
07/19/1916 [Charlotte Observer]
Bridge collapse due to flood
07/21/1916 [The Monroe Journal]
Effects of flood
03/02/1920 [The Monroe Journal]
Bull and car clash
09/17/1920 [The Monroe Journal]
Van Wyck wine spill
10/20/1920 [The Charlotte News]
Wine drinking in Van Wyck-Waxhaw area
07/03/1922 [Charlotte Observer]
Hydroelectric Plant
01/09/1923 [The Monroe Journal]
Fire and fox hunting
01/23/1923 [The Monroe Journal]
Methodist Church building costs
06/08/1923 [The Monroe Journal]
Old Ivey residence restored
09/21/1928 [Charlotte Observer]
Postmaster Hyatt’s death in jail cell
08/22/1929 [The Charlotte News]
Van Wyck High School opens
10/10/1929 [The Charlotte News]
Twelve Mile Creek bridge out
08/23/1930 [The Charlotte News]
Buzzard invasion in Van Wyck
11/05/1931 [The Charlotte News]
Van Wyck pig raising and Van Wyck gin
04/24/1932 [The Charlotte News]
Wharf rats and barn burns
10/27/1932 [The Charlotte News]
Van Wyck wins prize at fair
06/19/1933 [The Charlotte News]
Big blackberry crop in Van Wyck
06/29/1933 [The Charlotte News]
Farming with an ox
10/17/1933 [The Charlotte News]
Harvest time in Van Wyck
07/20/1944 [The Monroe Journal]
German prisoner of war shot
01/25/1948 [Charlotte Observer]
Mr.& Mrs. Marcellus Griffin – 50th wedding anniversary
11/16/1953 [Charlotte Observer]
Van Wyck ferry
06/19/1959 [The Charlotte News]
Boy Scouts land at Van Wyck
07/13/1959 [The Charlotte News]
New bridge
07/15/1974 [The Charlotte News]
Postmaster S. L.Thompson retires
02/01/1992 [The Charlotte Observer]
Rev. Randy McSpadden- Van Wyck Presbyterian Church
06/14/1992 [The Charlotte Observer]
Pontoon bridge
