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HISTORICAL NEWS

HISTORICAL NEWS

 

Historical Societies

 

ALLEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Lima

James A. MacDonell, President

The December issue of the Reporter contains an article on the early grain

business in Allen County. It also includes a letter from the president of

the society announcing that the building fund of the society stood (as of

December 13) at $118,000, and that $2,000 was needed to meet the board's

annual goal of $10,000 for the fund. This amount has been secured for

the past three years largely by contributions from the members of the board.

 

ALLIANCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Alliance

Mrs. Fred R. Donaldson, President

The society participated actively in the celebration of the Alliance cen-

tennial from May through September and is preparing six scrapbooks of

centennial material. The Alliance Chamber of Commerce presented to the

society a large blue silk gold-fringed flag with the official centennial seal.

The society is handling the sale of about one thousand of the centennial

booklets, which are now available for twenty-five cents.

Mrs. Melvin Van Winkle has been named to represent the society at the

meetings of the Stark County Historical Society.

 

BRECKSVILLE EARLY SETTLERS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, Brecksville

Ernest Green, President

Mrs. Lois Wallin has been appointed assistant to the curator, Harold

Wallin.

The society maintains monthly exhibits of antiques at the Squire Rich

house. A farm bedroom of the 1840's and an Ohio barn of the same period

have recently been restored by the society. A recent issue of the Pioneer

contains a master list of the collections in the museum.

 

BROWN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Georgetown

Isabelle McCorry, President

Officers of the society elected for the new year at a meeting on January

15 are as follows: Isabelle McCorry, president; Mrs. Hugh Gooding, vice

president; Dwight Marriott, recording secretary; Mrs. John Markley, corre-

sponding secretary; and A. J. Stivers, treasurer. Mrs. John Purdy was

appointed chairman of the dinner and program committee for the annual

dinner to be held in April.

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