Patrick County History Program Part One Program and Book Release For Perry Family Scholarship on July 28 at 2 p.m. at the Ararat Ruritan Building, 4711 Ararat Highway, Ararat, Virginia. Beverly Belcher Woody writes a weekly article for Patrick County’s newspaper The Enterprise. She will be talking about people and places in the Ararat area from her book Patrick Pioneers Part One. This is a fund raiser for the Perry Family Scholarship that gives a Patrick County High School Senior from the Dan River District a $500 scholarship for college after they write a 1,000 word essay about the historical topic of their choosing. Admission is free and donations will be accepted to the Perry Family Scholarship, which was started to honor Erie Meredith and Betty Hobbs Perry, parents of Historian and Author Thomas D. “Tom” Perry, and has given away eight scholarships totaling $3,500. This is part of the Tom Talks History Series sponsored by the Ararat Ruritan Club. Patrick Pioneers Part One is available for $19.99 on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D8JPX52F Autographed copies available here https://laurel-hill-publishing-llc.square.site/