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Email: SouthHadleyHistoricalSociety@comcast.net
March 2007
We
are moving through another year of good Society work.
George Nash gave an interesting talk at our November dinner meeting about "Books of the Founding Fathers.”
We had an enjoyable Holiday Party gathering at the Museum in December. You can see photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/Robert.Judge/2006SouthHadleyHistoricalSocietyHolidayParty.
Bob Ackerman discussed "The Great American Songbook" at our February luncheon meeting, and played fine music of Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Richard Rogers, and Cole Porter.
March
Dinner Meeting – Monday, March 26, 6:30 p.m.
Dennis Picard, who spoke to us last year about Shay’s Rebellion,
will speak at our dinner meeting on March 26 at the Congregational Church of
South Hadley Falls at
We would appreciate donations of jewelry, artwork, and small furniture for our tag sale that day. We do not need electric appliances. Donations will be accepted until April 23, by calling Claire Zwisler at 533-5672 to make arrangements.
April Dinner and Annual Meeting – Monday, April 30, 6:30 p.m.
Jack Croke will tell us about his book, “You Had To Be There,”
about growing up in
Our 2007 exhibit “
Our oral history project with
The Town Reminder recently printed
two stories by members, including “Our Own Bottled Water” by John Zwisler, about the history of
We welcome new members Sarah
Chadwick of Hadley, Eleanor Neidbala
of Hadley, Joseph Rodio,
Director of the
South Hadley Public Library, and Lillian
Alvaro, Rosalie Kelley, Virginia Sligo, William Sligo, and Judy Van Handle, all of South Hadley.
Vice President Ann Root and
I have attended more meetings of a group of western
From John
and Claire Zwisler:
“We met with Middle School teacher Jenny
Speck Sherson and gave her the final group of Civil War letters we had been
working on… We have asked her to prepare
a write-up aboutHampshire Educational and winning a grant to research
Thank you to:
1. John and Claire Zwisler, who donated a
Lexmark 7170 printer and copier.
2. Sally Lazar, who donated a book she has
written on “The Kellogg family – descendants of Joseph Kellogg of
3. The
4. Julie Bartlett, the Archivist at
We have posted material from Gaylord Library
(The Kinney Collection and “South Hadley Family Folders”) at http://home.comcast.net/~southhadleyhistoricalsociety/links.html. Several of us met with Criss Quiqley and
Chuck Viens of Gaylord recently to discuss collaboration.
Kate Navarra Thibodeau, the Curator at Wistariahurst
and author of “Destination Holyoke”
met with your board in March to discuss preservation and collaboration.
We need one
more Society member to join
We continue to receive genealogical and other inquires at our website, for instance:
1. From: Abel, Andrew…I wonder if you have any information
on the birthplace or childhood home(s?) of George Herbert Mead, son of Hiram
Mead. Mead, one of the most famous
sociologists was born in
2. I need to find…
3.
From: Paul E. Olsen, Subject: Moody's dinosaurs
…Although I have been conducting academic research on the
dinosaur and other footprints of the
Valley for over 30 years (http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~polsen/nbcp/peo.cv1.html)… I have never precisely located the Moody homestead from which the famous specimens of Otozoum moodi actually come from…
4…. I am a research
assistant for an architecture professor at
With the help of Mike Koske of the
The South Hadley Historic Commission, which is comprised of seven members of the Society, has applied to the Massachusetts Historical Commission for a Survey and Planning Grant, a decision about which will be made by April 11.
It is time to plan for the election of officers for next year. Our By-Laws state, “No officer shall serve more than three consecutive years in the same position” so we will need a new President, Vice-President, and other new officers. We have formed a Nominating Committee for a slate of officers to be presented for a vote at our April annual meeting. Please contact me at 413-532-5792 (BobJudge@comcast.net) if you are willing to serve as an officer or a Committee Chairperson next year.
If you have email but did not receive this newsletter by email, please provide your address to southhadleyhistoricalsociety@comcast.net.
Please remember to encourage your friends to join the Society. Give this newsletter to your friends or tell us to whom to mail an application, or tell your friends to find it at http://home.comcast.net/~southhadleyhistoricalsociety/membership2.html.
Please mark your calendar for the events listed above on March 26 and April 28 and April 30!
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