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can devote his attention to matters of
the sort, and such has been
finally accomplished.
Matters should now soon be adjusted
which will permit some
activity on the part of the agent, and
the purpose for which he
was employed, and for which the
Historical Societies Committee
was organized should now, in the not
distant future, become
apparent.
Officers and members of this Society and
members of this
committee should now have reason to
expect some action, and
we hope, visible results from the plan
in general.
H. R. MCPHERSON, Chairman
October 3, 1927.
LOGAN ELM PARK
During the past year there has been no
unusual deterioration
of the Great Elm.
The Park is in good condition. The young
trees are grow-
ing very well and the sod has improved
until there is little except-
ing blue-grass now covering the ground.
The sanitary conditions of the Park have
been brought up to
state requirements by building new
toilets and making a few
minor repairs to the well.
Thousands of people continue to visit
the Park. More than
2000 persons
registered the first ten days of August.
Ohio History Day was observed October 2. The weather
was fine and a large crowd--estimated at
over 5000 people--was
in attendance.
(Signed) GEORGE FLORENCE, Chairman
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
On May 7, 1927, the membership committee
met and agreed
upon a tentative plan of membership
which was reported to the
Board of Trustees and approved.
At the meeting various items in this
report were discussed at
length and the committee agreed that
circularizing should be the
first step undertaken to increase the
membership. On August 18,
1927, another meeting of the committee was held at which it was
decided that the chairman should
prepare, first, a circular letter
to the members of the Society asking
them to submit the names
of persons whom they can recommend for
membership in the
Society; and, second, a circular letter
to be sent to persons rec-
ommended for membership in the Society.
Since this meeting the following have
been prepared:
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1. A circular letter to members of the Society asking them
to submit names of prospective members
2. A blank form for the names and
addresses of prospec-
tive members.
3. A stamped envelope for the return of
the list of pros-
pective members.
4. A circular entitled "Ohio State
Archaeological and His-
torical Society--Notes on Present
Activities, Past Achievements
and Future Prospects."
This material will be mailed from the
office of the Secretary
of the Society, October 15, 1927.
(Signed) MRS. ORSON D. DRYER, Chairman
MOUND CITY PARK
As chairman of Mound City Park, I wish
to report that we
have made certain progress at the Park,
this progress being as
follows:
This spring we allowed the United States
Reformatory to
sow oats on the Park Site with the
understanding that they
were to furnish the oats and have the
crop. They were also to
sow timothy and blue-grass seed with the
agreement that we
furnish these two seeds. This was done
and the crop of oats has
been removed. It looks as if we were to
have a fair crop of
timothy and blue-grass, but, as all
know, it will take some little
time yet before the blue-grass makes any
real showing.
We have also remodeled a part of the Y.
M. C. A. Building,
which is on the site, by putting in
partitions, giving the caretaker
five rooms for his own use and one large
room for the use of
any visitors during inclement weather.
We remodeled another
small frame building to be used for a
tool house. Both of these
buildings have been painted.
We are beginning to feel that things are
assuming such shape
that the public can be invited to see
and enjoy the Park as a
public spot. Before very long we hope to
ask the Professor of
Landscaping of the Ohio State University
to come down and
visit us and give us the proper idea as
to what should be done
in order to really beautify the place.
In closing, we extend to all an
invitation to visit us and see
what has been accomplished.
(Signed) A. C. SPETNAGEL, Chairman