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Historical Society of Whitpain
Boxwood House
1098 Skippack Pike
at the intersection of
Cathcart Road, Blue Bell


SPECIAL EVENT! EVENING MEETING
Monday, March 8, 7:00PM
at the Wissahickon Public Library on Skippack Pike in Blue Bell

Program: William J. Ridenhour, Baritone

The Historical Society of Whitpain together with the Wissahickon Valley Historical Society proudly present Mr. William J. Ridenhour, nationally known baritone, in concert. Mr. Ridenhour, will be singing a program of Spirituals and Patriotic Songs, accompanied by Mr. James Duffy.

NOTE: Please note the date, time and location change from our regular monthly meeting! This will be the only meeting for the Historical Society of Whitpain for the month of March 2010!
Mark your calendars and plan to attend!

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

• Barbara Frankl for providing us with wonderful music at our Holiday Celebration Meeting in December. Those who attended said that it was a warm evening. Also thanks to all who brought such wonderful goodies to eat and drink.
• The GINKA Foundation for their very, very generous gift of $500 toward the preservation and renovation of the Franklinville School.
• All our members who have paid their membership dues and a special thanks to those who generously gave an extra donation for our ongoing work at the School.

ATTIC SALE: Just to let you know that we have an Attic Sale scheduled for Saturday, March 20th from 9AM to 3PM. Please mark your calendars and plan to come! If you can find some time in your schedules to help as volunteers that day please let me know.

MEMBERSHIP DUES & DONATIONS:

PLEASE RENEW NOW if you have not already done so. We welcome you all to come to our meetings and participate in our events. However, if you cannot, if you are busy and have no time, we understand, but please continue your support by paying your dues. This year, 2010, we will have costly structural repair work to be done at both the Franklinville School and Boxwood. Please take a few minutes to print out the Membership Renewal Application, write that check and mail it (P.O. Box 311, Blue Bell, PA 19422). You will be better able to sleep tonight knowing that you have helped to preserve a piece of living history. I shall be better able to sleep tonight knowing that someone has read this and acted on it.

Thanks!

Note: those who paid their dues after August 1st 20090 are considered in good standing.

Upcoming Events of Historical Interest

Tea with Martha. March 21, 2010 2:30 pm. The Historical Society of Montgomery County, Norristown. Carol Spacht as Martha Washington. Enjoy an afternoon tea with Martha Washington as she reflects on her experiences at Valley Forge and relates events from her time as the "first" First Lady. Tea and sandwiches will be served. Per person cost is $25 for members and $30 for non-members. Reservations should be placed by March 10, 2010. For further information, please call 610-272-0297

The Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia is having their 2010 Old House Fair on Sat, April 3, 2010 from 9 AM to 5 PM at the Germantown Friends School, 31 West Coulter St in Philadelphia. The fair will have over 70 vendors and an array of learning opportunities for owners of an old house to better maintain and restore their homes. General Admission is $10; $5 for members. For more info visit: www.preservationalliance.com or call George Hoessel, 215-546-1146 x-7

HELP! If you know someone with carpentry skills and who could help with some of our minor repair needs, please contact me.

Also, let me know if you have any suggestions for speakers or any topics for future programs. All feedback is welcome.

For those of you who cannot attend our meetings because of transportation problems, please let me know, and I shall try to arrange transportation.

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THIRD ANNUAL HOLIDAY SOCIAL MEETING!

Tuesday, December 8 th, at 7:30 PM

Please join us for a fun evening of music, refreshments and conversation. Meet old friends and make new ones as we gather together and partake of Holiday Cheer. Everyone is invited to bring a special sweet or savory treat which we will all share. Liquid refreshments will be provided.

This will be our last meeting for this year. Our first meeting next year will be on Monday, March 8, 2010 at the Wissahickon Library in Blue Bell. We will be holding a combined meeting with the Wissahickon Valley Historical Society and will have a program of songs by Bill Ridenhour. Mark your calendars and plan to attend!

At this Thanksgiving time, I want to thank everyone who has come forth and helped us in this year. Without your help and support we could not have done all that we have done.

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

• Whitpain Township, especially Ron Cione and Jeff Riley, for the wonderful new roofing recently completed on Boxwood House. Also for the many favors which are too many to list here.

• Beverly and Frederic Hahn for the attractive, durable and changeable sign to announce our Open Houses at the Franklinville School.

• The wonderful volunteers who helped to make our Franklinville School Open Houses and our Boxwood Attic Sales so successful this year.

• Our hard working gardening group, Judy Hahn, Dottie McDermott, Alice Rogerson, Monica Ehret, who have spent many hours weeding and planting bulbs and flowering plants for us to enjoy next year at Boxwood and the Schoolhouse.
Also to Aaron Quinn for his professional landscaping work.

• All our members who have paid their membership dues and a special thanks to those who generously gave an extra donation for our ongoing work at the School.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS: Barbara Moyer, Susan Rogers, Sharon Schaible and Bruce Barner all of Blue Bell. Also, welcome back to Barbara Spang of Blue Bell.

Reminder: Don't forget the upcoming Holiday Attic Sale at Boxwood on Saturday, December 12, 2009 9AM-3PM

MEMBERSHIP DUES & DONATIONS:

PLEASE RENEW NOW if you have not already done so! Dues and private donations are our only regular source of income for our historic preservation, maintenance and programs. We are a small, self-supporting volunteer group with NO endowment, business sponsors or steady outside income! We welcome you all to come to our meetings and participate in our events. However, if you cannot, if you are busy and have no time, we understand, but please continue your support by paying your dues.

We count on each of you to help us continue our work. Next year we will have costly structural repair work to be done at both the Schoolhouse and Boxwood. We have water damage which is causing the plaster in the Schoolhouse to peel. As of now, we need to replace the soffit and at least one window sill. We also need to do something about the drainage. At Boxwood we also need to repair, grout and paint the windows and their sills and repair the side entrance. We rent Boxwood from the Township, which does major repairs and maintenance, but we are responsible for minor repairs. Unfortunately we must also take down our beautiful large old tree at the rear of the Franklinville School. It is almost completely hollow and we were told it is in danger of falling down. All of this work costs money. Please take a few minutes to write that check and mail it. Get that out of your way and you’ll be able to sleep better tonight knowing that YOU have helped to preserve our past! Thanks.

Note: those who paid their dues after August 1st are considered in good standing.

HELP! If you know someone with carpentry skills and who could help with some of our minor repair needs, please contact me. Also, let me know if you have any suggestions to improve the Society or any topics for future programs. All feedback is welcome.

For those of you who cannot attend our meetings because of transportation problems, please let me know, and I shall try to arrange transportation. We’ll also try to schedule some daytime programs next year.

Best wishes for the upcoming Holiday Season and for Good Health and Happiness in the New Year,

Herman Ehret,
President 215-646-7315 (e-mail hermoni@verizon.net)

Membership Renewal Application. Print out and Use!

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October 2009 NEWSLETTER
EVENING MEETING: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 7:30PM

Program: "The Liberty Bell Trolley & Montgomery Traction Lines"
Presented by: Andy Maginnis.

Have you ever heard of the wonderful public transportation system in our area in times gone by and wondered about the areas it served and the type of transportation available? This is your chance to learn about part of this system. Andy, who worked for SEPTA for many years and a member of the Lansdale Historical Society, is a trolley historian who will give us a slide presentation on the Liberty Bell Trolley and the Montgomery Traction Line Routes which ran from Norristown to Lansdale and will share his collection of photos of trolleys from this by-gone era. Join us and relive this slice of history. The public is invited. Refreshments will be served.

Our Next Open House at the Franklinville School is scheduled for Sunday, October 18, from 1-4 PM. This is our last Open House at the Franklinville School for 2009 and your last chance this year to see the schoolhouse! We would love to see all of you, especially those of you who have not seen the schoolhouse recently. Come by and say Hello!

The Wissahickon Valley Historical Society’s 1895 Schoolhouse, located at School Road and Skippack Pike will also be open to the public on that day from 1-4 PM.

DUES: It is that time of year again! We are asking you to please continue your support of our Society in the Restoration and Preservation of the Franklinville School. We have made tremendous strides, but much remains to be done. In the upcoming year we hope to launch some of our education programs and do more archiving and cataloguing. I hope that you all will answer the call and renew your membership ($15 Individual, $25 Sponsor). We welcome any additional donations to the Franklinville School Restoration Fund. It is only through your federally tax deductible contributions and a few Attic Sales throughout the year that we get our monies. We have no corporate, business or government sponsors.

Many thanks to all who have already renewed. We appreciate your support.

IT IS YOU, THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS WHO MAKE OUR SUCCESSES POSSIBLE!

Here is the membership application which you can print out and return with your dues to 

PO Box 311
Blue Bell, PA, 19422

If you are not a member of the Historical Society of Whitpain and wish to join, we shall be very happy to have you as one of our members

Welcome to our New Members: Anita DiFulvio of Blue Bell and Judy Miller of Green Lane.

ATTIC SALE at Boxwood House Saturday, November 7, from 9 AM to 3 PM !

Thanks for all your support,
Herman Ehret, President 215-646-7315

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September 2009 NEWSLETTER
EVENING MEETING: Tuesday,
September 29, 2009 at 7:30PM

Program: "The Keasbey & Mattison Company"

Presented by: Roddy Davis, a local history buff. He will narrate a slide show on the earliest settlers of Ambler and will present an interesting background of the Keasbey & Mattison Company, its growth and effects on the town of Ambler.

Architectural highlights of Ambler will also be discussed. Refreshments will be served. The public is invited! 
Our Next Open House at the Franklinville School is scheduled for Sunday, September 20, from 1-4 PM. Dr. Wayne Huss will be there to give us a talk about the history of Whitpain. Art Drieger will also speak about the politics of the times (1858). We are hoping to make this a special day by having outdoor games for children (weather permitting). Light refreshments will be served. We would love to see all of you, especially those of you who have not seen the schoolhouse recently.

The Evans-Mumbower Mill and the Wissahickon Valley Historical Society’s 1895 Schoolhouse will also be open to the public on that day. NOTE: Sunday, October 18 will be our last Open House at the Franklinville School for 2009.
Dues. It is that time of the year again! We are asking you to please continue your support of our Society in the Restoration and Preservation of the Franklinville School. We have made tremendous strides, but much remains to be done. 

In the upcoming year we hope to launch some of our education programs and do more archiving and cataloguing. I hope that you all will answer the call and renew your membership ($15, Individual, $25, Sponsor). We welcome any additional donations to the Franklinville School Restoration Fund. Mail to:

PO Box 311
Blue Bell, PA, 19422

Attic Sale: Our Attic Sale held on September 12, 2009 was a success and we again raised over $300 of much needed funds. 

Thanks to all who supported these sales.

Welcome to our New Member: James E. Munz of Blue Bell.

Other Historical Society Events: On Saturday, September 26 (10AM-5PM) and Sunday, September 27 (11AM-4 PM) the Skippack Historical Society will be having a Revolutionary War Reenactment at the Indenhofen Farmstead (Skippack Pike & Evansburg Rd in Skippack).

Thanks for all your support,
Herman Ehret, President

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AUGUST 2009 NEWSLETTER
THERE WILL BE NO MEETING THIS MONTH!

Boxwood Landscaping: Many thanks to Alice Rogerson, Judy Hahn, Carolyne Wurzer, Dottie MacDermott and Monica Ehret for helping to weed and plant Clematis, Bleeding Hearts and Astilbes at Boxwood House on August 8th. These plants and others were generously donated by the non-profit ‘Respond With Love.’ Hopefully they will bloom next Spring and enhance the landscape around Boxwood. The gardening gang - Alice, Judy, and Dottie – also got together on August 15th and planted some Pachysandra and more Clematis and did some serious weeding and mulching. They have set up a regularly scheduled gardening get-together every Friday from 10:30 - 12:30 and all are welcome to come by and help! We are looking forward to another round of planting - of assorted Asiatic Lilies and Irises - in late September/early October. If you are interested in helping us garden any Friday just show up - we’ll be there! If you have any questions (or know of some free mulch and top soil!) please call or e-mail me.Our Next Open House at the Franklinville School is scheduled for September 20, from 1-4 PM.

Calling all Crafters and Volunteers! We are hoping to make this a special day by having crafts people and games for children available. We do need people who would volunteer to help set up and run these activities and who have some sort of craft to display. Please come forward and let yourselves be known. The previous request for help was underwhelming!

The Evans-Mumbower Mill and the Wissahickon Valley Historical Society’s 1895 Schoolhouse will also be open to the public on that day. Attic Sale!! Saturday, September 12th from 9 am to 3 pm at Boxwood House. Antiques, furniture, attic treasures, jewelry, and more. Please support our Attic Sales as they bring in much needed revenue to the Society for ongoing restoration and maintenance.

Revolutionary War Encampment: The Skippack Historical Society is having their annual Encampment on Saturday and Sunday, September 26 & 27, Evansburg Rd and Rte 73. If you have never attended try dropping by.

We are always looking for ideas for future programs. If you or someone you know would like to give a presentation on a topic of interest to the Society, please contact me.

Thanks for all your support,
Herman Ehret, President

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JULY 2009 NEWSLETTER
EVENING MEETING: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 7:30PM

Program: "Flood Control Systems"
Presented by: Fayette Plumb

Fayette will cover the local Saw Mill Run and Dayton, Ohio flood control systems. With all the rain which we have had recently, you might have wondered where does all the water go? Fay will talk about a local flood in July 1931and how it led to the development of the Saw Mill Run Creek flood control system and how it influences us today. He will also talk about flood control in the Dayton Ohio area. Refreshments will be served. The public is invited!

Welcome to our New Member: Vivian McCardell of Blue Bell.

Thanks to Judy Hughes for her donations to use in our attic sales and items for our collections. Also thanks to Bob and Mary Ellen Nicholson for office supplies and items (books and documents) of local historical interest for our collections. Thanks to Paul Desvernine for the lovely display cabinet which now graces the living room at Boxwood. If you have anything of historical interest or items which we can sell in our Attic sales please let me know.

Boxwood Landscaping: Landscaper Aaron Quinn has finished the replanting of the driveway island. It looks great! We can always use help with keeping up the grounds at both Boxwood and the Franklinville School during the summer months. Any help would be much appreciated!

Attic Sale: Our Attic Sale held on July 18, 2009 was a success and we raised over $300.00 of much needed funds. Thanks to all who came out and helped.

Our Next Open House at the Franklinville School: scheduled for September 20, from 1-4 PM. The Evans-Mumbower Mill and the Wissahickon Valley Historical Society’s 1895 Schoolhouse will also be open to the public on that day. 

Calling all Crafters and Volunteers! 

We are hoping to make this a special day by having crafts people and games for children available. We do need people who would volunteer to help set up and run these activities. Please come forward and let yourselves be known!!

We are always looking for ideas for future programs. If you know of someone who can give a presentation on a topic of interest to the Society, please contact me.

Thanks for all your support,
Herman Ehret

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JUNE, 2009 NEWSLETTER
EVENING MEETING: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 7:30PM

Program: "Franklinville School 150th Anniversary Retrospective"

Presented by: John Klinger

John will show film footage from our 150th Anniversary Celebration. Following will be a slide show of photographs taken at the event. We shall have our museum room on the second floor open for those who wish to see some of the artifacts, documents and pictures which we have collected. Refreshments will be served. The public is invited!
Welcome to our New Member: Joanne Olszeski of Blue Bell

Thanks to the Woman’s Club of Blue Bell for their generous $100 contribution toward restoration of the Franklinville School and to Bud Dowling who arranged for us to get a computer from Drexel University. Also thanks to UNISYS for donating some much needed office furniture for Boxwood. Elections: At the May meeting, the following officers were elected for 2009-2010: 

Herman Ehret, President
Marie GoldKamp, Vice President
Frieda Vandegaer, Treasurer
Dottie MacDermott, Recording Secretary
Monica Ehret, Corresponding Secretary

Boxwood Landscaping: Thanks to members Judy Hahn, Carolyne Wurzer and Paul Desvernine for their help with the much needed weeding and tidying up of the grounds. Landscaper Aaron Quinn will be replanting the driveway island in the next few weeks. We could use some help with keeping up the grounds at both Boxwood and the Franklinville School during the summer months. Any help would be much appreciated!

Society Wish List: 4 sturdy card tables. Our old ones are really feeling their age.

Our Next Open House at the Franklinville School September 20, from 1-4 PM. The Evans-Mumbower Mill and the Wissahickon Valley Historical Society’s 1895 Schoolhouse will also be open to the public on that day. If you have ideas for future programs or know of someone who can give a presentation on a topic of interest to the Society, please contact me.

Thanks for all your support,
Herman Ehret, President

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MAY, 2009 NEWSLETTER
EVENING MEETING: Tuesday May, 26 2009 at 7:30PM

Program: "A Personal Look at the Strassburgers & Normandy Farms"

Presented by: Earl Vollmer

Mr. Vollmer will offer a personal glimpse into the lives of May Bourne and Ralph Beaver Strassurger. His father was the longtime personal Strassburger family physician. After his father’s death, Mr. Vollmer began conducting his extensive historical research into this fascinating family, their individual interests and business endeavors, as well as their lifestyle and properties in France and elsewhere. This promises to be a lively program that will appeal to all of us who have wanted to know more about the prominent family responsible for the once vast Normandy Farms estate in our own neighborhood!

Our Attic Sale (May 9) & Open House at the Franklinville School (May 17) were very successful in terms of attendance and profit. Most of the visitors to the open house at the Franklinville School were there for the first time and expressed appreciation for our preservation of this historic treasure.

Next Open House at the Franklinville School: June 21, from 1-4 PM. The Evans-Mumbower Mill and the Wissahickon Valley Historical Society’s 1895 Schoolhouse will also be open to the public on that day.

Welcome to our New Members: Patrice Lynch of Blue Bell and Nancy Winstanley of Ambler.

Local Historical Event: Boehm’s church will hold its annual Community Memorial Observance on May 25, at 10:30am in the adjoining cemetery, honoring the war dead.

Society Wish List: 4 sturdy card tables. Our old ones have begun to feel their age.

Herman Ehret

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April, 2009 Newsletter
EVENING MEETING: Tuesday, April, 28 2009 7:30PM

Program: Personal Reflections on the Great Depression Presented by: Art Driedger, Renowned Local Historian & Raconteur.

Join us for a pleasant and informative evening listening to Art regale us with his remembrances of his experiences growing up during the Great Depression of 1929 and how it influenced his life. Come and share with us with any stories that you remember from your own experiences or those of your own family. Those who know Art will tell you that hearing him speak is a pleasure and always enlightening.

Our Attic Sale (April 18) & Open House at the Franklinville School (April 19) were very successful in terms of attendance and profit. Most of the our visitors to the open house at the Franklinville School were there for the first time and were impressed with what we had done in the way of restoration and preservation. 

I hope those of you who have never seen or have not seen the Franklinville School since before last year’s 150th Anniversary Celebration will come out and pay us a visit sometime this year. We also had a large contingent of neighborhood children who enjoyed themselves and hopefully managed to learn some of the history of the school and what it was like to live in the 19th century. 

Many thanks to Art Driedger who showed them what fun it is to learn about local history. Open Houses at the Franklinville School are scheduled for May 17, June 21, September 20, and October 18 from 1-4 PM. The Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association (WVWA) will have open houses at the Evans-Mumbower Mill every third Sunday April-November. 

The Wissahickon Valley Historical Society will have open houses at their headquarters in the 1895 Schoolhouse at Skippack and School Roads on the third Sunday of April through October. Why not put aside a Sunday afternoon and make the rounds visiting us all? For more information on the activities of some local Historical Societies please check out our web page where we not only have links to other Historical Societies but also publish upcoming events by our own Society.

We shall be holding an Attic Sale on Saturday, May 9, (the day before Mother's Day!) at which time we shall also be selling plants.

Many thanks to those who donated items for sale at our Antiques show and for items to be used in our archival efforts. We must also give special thanks to Carol Felbin who gave us some books from the 19th century including a spelling book published in 1842. We shall be showing this wonderful gift at our next meeting and displaying it at our upcoming open houses. If you have relevant historical items for which you may want to find a good home please let me know.

Good luck and best wishes to Bill and Sarah Proctor who have moved to Seattle, Washington. They have been long time members of our Society and will be missed. They were very faithful in attending our meetings and I especially will miss seeing them there. Through the years they have contributed much to our Society.

If you have ideas for future programs or know of someone who can give a presentation on a topic of interest to the Society, please contact me.

E-mail Newsletter: Thanks for the wonderful response to our appeal to have the newsletter exclusively delivered by e-mail. Getting the newsletter by e-mail will help us to save money by cutting down postage and printing costs, not to mention my not having to lick a bunch of terrible tasting envelopes before sealing them. I ask those of you who have an e-mail address to seriously consider getting this newsletter via e-mail exclusively. I send the e-mails out under my e-mail address as recipient and use the ‘bcc’ (blind carbon copy) option for other recipients. This means that yours will be the only address shown as recipient and ensures that your e-mail address will remain private. 

If you wish to switch to e-mail only hit ‘REPLY’ which will automatically set up a reply to me and hit ‘SEND.’ This will send the message back to me. When I get this message I shall assume that you want e-mail only. All others will continue to get a hard copy via regular mail. 

We continuously update our Website www.histsocwhitpain.org with the latest information about our Society and upcoming events and have links to other Historical Societies. Let me know what you think about the format and content. We welcome you to share with us any photos or information relevant to the history of the area or to the Society’s interests. Thanks again for all your support and help.

Herman Ehret

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March, 2009 Newsletter
AFTERNOON MEETING:
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 1:30PM

Program: Candle Making Presented by Alice Rogerson

It’s that time of year again. Shake off those cobwebs and winter blues and join us for our first meeting of the year. It should be a really good and interesting meeting. We are honored to have as our speaker Alice Rogerson, who will present a program about candle making. This topic is relevant to a better understanding of our past because candles were one of the primary source of lighting in the early days of this nation. Come and learn how it was done and take part in this unique program by having some hands-on experience and learning about the art of candle making.

The program will be followed by light refreshments. Open Houses at the Franklinville School are tentatively scheduled for the third Sunday of April (April 19th), May, June, September and October. We’ll give you the actual dates in the next newsletter and on our website. 

The Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association (WVWA) will have open houses at the Evans-Mumbower Mill every third Sunday April-November. We also hope to coordinate same day open houses with the Wissahickon Valley Historical Society. We will also try to forge new and stronger ties with other historical societies in the area and to coordinate events with them.

For more information on the activities of the various Historical Societies please check out our web page where we not only have links to other Historical Societies but also publish upcoming events by our own Society. The WVWA is having a special presentation at the Evans-Mumbower Mill on April 5, 2009 at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 PM. for local Historical Society members only. The presentation is called "Meet the Millwright." WVWA is bringing in a real millwright from Virginia for the occasion. This presentation is not open to the general public and space is limited so either contact me or Kirk Horstman at horstman1@prodigy.net. 

Attic Sale: Our first attic sale will be Saturday, April 18, 9AM to 3PM. There will also be an attic sale Saturday, May 9, the Saturday before Mother's Day, at which time we shall also be selling flowers.

Last year was very good for the Society. We had a very successful 150th Anniversary Celebration of the Franklinville School, got our website at www.histsocwhitpain.org, launched and picked up some new members who we hope will join us at our meetings.

Unfortunately we lost a few members who will be sorely missed (Joan Taylor, Bob Renner and Muriel Cook) and to whose families we extend our deepest sympathy. Muriel had been with the Society since its’ beginning. Bob spent many hours volunteering in fixing up Boxwood and the Franklinville Schoolhouse and supporting us in many ways. Joan gave us much in the way of documents and papers. 

Fayette Plumb is resigning as Treasurer effective the end of March. I want to thank him on behalf of the Society for his excellent and dedicated service as Treasurer. He will still be active in the Society. We need someone to take over the duties as Treasurer. If you are interested, please let me know.

In the coming year, we hope to continue progress toward achieving our goals. We plan to start an educational program on a regular basis for local schoolchildren to visit the Franklinville School as part of their fourth grade Pennsylvania History requirement. Anyone, especially retired teachers, who want to help let me know.

We also need to further organize our archives and preserve our documents and pictures. To do this we will need your help. If you wish to volunteer your time to help set up this task and/or help archive and file let me know. We are looking for some gently used two drawer filing cabinets, file folders and plastic sleeves which can hold documents.

If you have ideas for future programs or know of someone who can give a presentation on a topic of interest to the Society, please contact me.

We are making progress in developing our Website (www.histsocwhitpain.org) Many thanks to our webmaster Ron Stoloff for coming forth and volunteering to develop and maintain the site. Let me know what you think about the format and content. You are welcome to share any photos or information relevant to the history of the area or to the Society’s interests with us. Thanks again for all your support and help.

Herman Ehret

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