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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993 2 minutes commemorative committeeENFIELD COMMEMORATIVE COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 23, 1993 Present: Jack Hubbell, Helen Smith, Hilda Amberge, Wilma Fisher, Gary Fisher, Ellie Hobbie, Sue Thompson, Barb McKeith Corrections were made to the October meeting minutes. Helen Smith gave a presentation of the trivet she has requested from the Commemorative Committee to have made and sold as a fund raising project for the Commemorative Celebration. A map of Enfield with a picture of the Enfield Falls Mill is on the trivet. The title on the trivet is "Six Mile Square Town - 1821 - 1996". A vote was taken on whether to have the trivet printed in black and white or red and white. The motion passed to have the trivet printed in black and white. The trivet will cost $4.00 each with 300 printed up. The trivet will be made available a-Awhf-- ry CJ 1995 to be sold at Treman State Park and. any other community events which are held. There was discussion on the accuracy of the map on the trivet. Gary Fisher requested the committee check the map for historical accuracy. We need to reference the map the drawing was made from. There was discussion on the names of roads in Enfield. Rothermich road was named by the Rothermich family when they first came to Enfield. Black Oak road was formerly referred to as Connecticut Hill road. Jack Hubbell located a map from 1960, which matched the trivet drawing. Gary suggested adding roads which were not included in the drawing such as, Tucker road, Sage road, and Weatherby road. Roads in the town were laid out and each road had a reference number. Road Name Signs were probably not placed until 1960-1961. People at one time also used the Clock System Maps which were all referenced by numbers. Gary was asked to take the 1960 map and compare it to the trivet picture and make any corrections and additions to the picture. The committee will then ask Martha C h OLWn C,-- to make the corrections for the trivet. It was discussed and decided that a representative from the committee needs to approach the town board regarding the handling of funds by committee members. One of the major questions would be how to handle money collected from the sell of the trivet, History Book, and the cook book. Helen reported that the cook book project is proceeding well with lots of recipes collected. Wilma Fisher reported having newspaper clippings from the late 1800's concerning Enfield people. She is now going over them to check for information the committee might be able to use for the Enfield History book. Respectfully submitted, Sue Thompson In the interest of historical accuracy the following changes should be made to the excellent man drawn by Martha Chacona. Items numbers below correspond to blue circled numbers on reference map to help locate requested changes. 1. Podunk Road should labeled north of the Mecklenburq Road. 12. Sage Road should be drawn and labeled. 3. Marshall Road should be drawn and labeled. 4. Georgia Road should be drawn and labeled. NOTE: Georqia Road only extends from the Mecklenburq Road approximately half way to Fish Road. �. Delete Fish Road between the Enfield Road and Enfield Creek. NOTE: Fish Road does not extend east of the Enfield Road. 6. Label -Fiv- 11 Enfield Creek. M04 -ion P" - 7. Relabel Weatherby Road as Harvey Hill Road. NOTE: Harvey Hill Road extends west of the Enfield Road in line with Bostwick Road. 8. Connect- Trumbulls Corners Road to Enfield Falls Road. NOTE: Trumbulls Corners Road is very short on map and not labeled. 9. Connect Porter Hill Road to the Trumbulls Corners Road. NOTE: -Porter Hill Road is very short on the map and not labeled. 10. insert a space between the south end of Enfield Road and the creek. NOT7: Enfield Road south of thp Bostwick Road does not reach the creek. Label Hines Road. Praia and label Weatherby Road in correct location if possible. L3. Label: Map - Circa 1960 OvLLV h d Sick- recomai&gW -tc) Rau Lo -w . ENFIELD COMMEMORATIVE COMMITTEE APRIL 27, 1993 - 7:30 - 9:00 PM. PRESENT: Gary Fisher, Wilma Fisher, Hilda Amberge, Ellie Hobbie, Jack Hubbell, Sue Thompson, LouisW Ck.�Sf % Motion was made to officially appoint Gary Fisher to Chairperson position. Motion seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Corrections made to minutes of March 23, 1993. Gary asked that all members contact him for items to be placed on the agenda for each meeting. OLD BUSINESS Enfield History Book: Sue has to contact Morrison printers (W.E. Morrison, Main St. Ovid - 869- 2561) for second publishing company. Jack suggested a publisher used by the Lansing Historical Society - he will contact Sue with the name and address. Sue reported contacting Tom McEnteer. Tom is one of the organizers and contributors of the Tioga County History Book. He is willing to come talk to the Commemorative Committee during the summer. Sue will contact Tom in June. Gary suggested the committee make a list of questions to ask Tom when he comes. Possible questions: How to deal with the inclusion/writing of different ethnic groups - racial references? From a legal point of view should the committee be incorporated to protect it's authors from being sued or is the group protected by the town as it is a town committee - need to check with the town lawyer. There was discussion on others who might come to present information on publishing a history book. Ellie will contact the Dewitt Historical Society for a possible presentation from a member of their group. Sue reported the following people who are willing to work on various parts of the Enfield History book: Karen French (272-2062) "Telephone Office" ; Bob and Leah Carpenter (387-6001) Enfield Grange; Marnee Kirschengesner and Helen Jackson - Enfield Community Council. It was suggested that William Mather Oradell Road 387-6077) be contacted as a possible writer of the Military History. L. Pierce Williams was also suggested as another possible Military History writer. Sue will contact William Mather first. There was discussion regarding a Donors and Patrons page in the History book. This would help pay for the book. A possible way to pay for the pictures in the book would be to have them dedicated by people at a cost of $10.00 (depends on the printing charge): example: description of landmark ...in memory of grandfather Henry. The committee had decided before that there would be no 1 business advertising in the History book. Trivet: Gary reported that Martha Chacona did not care to change the map on the commemorative trivet. Helen Smith received Martha's permission in writing for the committee to make their own changes to the trivet. Gary is working on having the trivet picture computer scanned so that changes can be made on a clean copy. Quilts: Helen Smith will be our contact for the quilts. One quilt is being made to raffle for a fund raiser for the birthday celebration. The other quilt is a wall tapestry to be hung up and shown at town functions. The tapestry has a map of Enfield on it. We need a list of people who have worked and are working on these quilts. Contact Person: Gary suggested that the committee make sure that we always have a contact person for each project involved with the committee. Logo: Gary asked about the logo of the committee. He was told that a logo was not officially chosen. Sue was asked to bring in the logo pictures which were submitted so that the committee can review them at their next meeting. A suggestion was made that perhaps the Historical Society might like to handle selling T -Shirts, bumper stickers, etc. with the history logo on them. Funding Raising: It was suggested that Randy Warden (town judge and president of the Enfield Historical Society) be asked about the official law of funding raising within a town committee. Cook Book: Gary had questions regarding the History Cook Book. Helen Smith is in charge of the Cookbook. Helen will be asked to report on the cookbook progress at the next meeting. One question came up regarding the paid ads in the cookbook. Celebrations: Gary asked what other groups the commemorative committee had contacted regarding ideas for the celebration of Enfield' birthday. Sue reported that no particular person was contacted just historical organizations. The committee did receive information from The Tioga County Historical Celebration from Carol Henry. Sue will bring copies of this information to the next meeting. It was suggested that Newfield Old Home Days be contacted for information - Sue will contact them. Ellie volunteered to contact her old home church who had just recently celebrated a birthday with a community celebration. It was also suggested to contact the Trumansburg Celebration committee - Barb McKeith might know who to contact. Sue will call Barb. NEW BUSINESS Gary asked for a nomination for a Vice -Chairperson for the Commemorative 2 Committee. Ellie nominated Sue, Gary seconded, motion passed. Birthday Celebration Subcommittees: Gary asked for suggestions of subcommittees for the birthday celebrations. These subcommittees will all need separate chairpersons. Publicity Community Picnic Parade Opening Celebration Roger Brown Memorial Softball game Memorial Rock There was lots of discussion regarding these subcommittees. The question was asked if these major birthday events should be held in conjunction of an event all ready occurring within the community or, if the events should be held separately. How much do we want to separate the birthday celebration events out? Asking various community groups to chair a subcommittee was suggested. A Calendar of Events was also suggested. Contacts from the various community groups are needed: Elementary School Churches Grange Community Council Fire Department Senior Citizens Hilda suggested that the Senior Citizens group be contacted to possible have a representative from each road in Enfield. This representative would keep their neighbors in touch with the Birthday Celebration. Etta Gray - President would be a good person to contact regarding this project. Wilma Fisher asked for suggestions on the content of the "Mother's Club" section she is researching for the Enfield History Book. Suggestions of: what the club was/is; where they met, who was involved, how long they met for. There was discussion regarding different ethnic groups which settled in the town of Enfield. Jack noted that at one time - he was told a certain ethnic group had settled at Kennedy's Corners and started the Kennedy's Corners Church. Since Helen, who is researching church history, was not there to answer this question we will ask her at the next meeting regarding this group. Meeting adjourned 9:25 pm. Respectfully submitted, Sue Thompson 3 Pat Dougherty 330 Sheffield Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-7095 Enfield Commemorative C mmittee March 23, 199y,, ok3` 7:30 9.00 Present: Sue Thompson (Chairman), Helen Smith (Cook Booker), Pat Dougherty (Outgoing Secretary), Jack Hubbell, (Town Historian), Sharon Brown (Alumni), Wilma Fisher, Ellie Hobbie (and child), Hilda Amberge, Gary Fisher (Newly appointed Chair), Enfield Historical_Society. , Announcement of the Historical Society meeting April 14, 1993. New officers will be elected for that group. One/two-room schools. Sharon Brown xeroxed some more of the school information to pull together a list of people who attended the one/two-room school houses in Enfield. Denny Newhart asked Blanch (SanSoucie/Lovelace) Stout to help with a school reunion to be held at Newhart's Lodge. She has a flyer that she is putting in the local stores and giving out to interested people. Commemorative Committee _donations., 11:� Rothermich concerned because his "donations" to the Commemorative Committee were not listed in the Enfield Community Newsletter. Jack Hubbell noted that they were not donated to the Historian's collection and therefore were not listed. Sue Thompson will have them listed in the Commemorative newsletter --due out very shortly. Triv.-rt. Gary Fisher outlined extensive corrections to the "Six -Mile Square Town" trivit made by Martha Chacona. Helen Smith will pass the information on to Martha. Jack Hubbell spoke with Jean Owens, Town Supervisor, who said she had called Albany and confirmed that this committee could not handle money on its own. A workable alternative is being discussed. Jack talked with Keith Bowers about Indian artifacts. (Ellie Hobbie also has a strong interest in artifacts of this type.) Keith says a "dig" may be done on the corner of Carmfn Road and Buck Hill Road North this spring. The Mecklenburg church m y provide a place for the,'diggers" to stay. Gary UuLco and ll ie yiuup wei (L uvco' the proposed book and its proposed chapters and authors. ENFIELD COMMEMORATIVE COMMITTEE - May 25, 1993 - 7:30 - 9:00 PM. PRESENT: Gary Fisher, Wilma Fisher, Hilda Amberge, Ellie Hobbie, Jack Hubbell, Sue Thompson, Jean Trenchard Corrections made to minutes of April 1993. Sue reported bids coming in from a few different publishers. The bids have all been close to the $3,000 quoted by the Heart of the Finger Lakes Publishing company. Wilma suggested contacting Free Press - Odyssey Publishing. Sue will contact them. Gary reported he is still working on the trivet picture. It was suggested that the Birthday Subcommittees all need individual chairpersons. Sue handed out copies of the Tioga county history celebration details. Everyone will read through the papers and bring back their suggestions to the next meeting. A calendar of events needs to be arranged. This is to avoid conflicting events and to help plan historical birthday events with community events already held. A few of the events held are: October Harvest Festival Community Council March Enfield Birthday Spring/Fall Elementary School Concert June Elementary School 5th Grade Graduation May Elementary School Fun Fair August Voluntary Fireman Car Show November Election Day Supper Grange May? Craft Fair Community Council It was decided to a draft letter to all organizations in the town asking for their planned events in 1996 and ask how these organizations could play up on the birthday celebration. This letter will be sent closer to 1996. Jack suggested the possibility of asking the Newhart Family about having an historic display in Wortman Hall. Jack reported that he and John Smith are working on arranging with the local post offices for a birthday cancellation stamp. A suggestion was made that a History Fair sponsored by the 4th grades could be held in 1996. Contact should be made with the Elementary School for the availability of use during 1996. The Schaber corner property at Millers Corners was also suggested for use for events. Jack will contact Alice Laue regarding school availability. It was also suggested to contact the Dewitt Historical Society for events held in Ithaca for their celebration in 1996. Sue handed out copies of the 4 logos which had been designed for the committee. It was decided to work more on the logos at a later time. Respectfully submitted, Sue Thompson I ENFIELD COMMEMORATIVE COMMITTEE June 22, 1993 - 7:30 p.m. PRESENT: Gary Fisher, Wilma Fisher, Hilda Amberge, Jack Hubbell, Sue Thompson. There was no membership quorum for this meeting! Jack showed the committee the wall hanging of the town that Edith Stoughton gave to him. Wilma volunteered to check back with Edith to find out the details on finishing this wall hanging. Jack will ask William Basset, local geologist, if he would be interested in writing the geology section of the Town History Book. A list was made of people to contact for possibly writing about early schools. Sue will contact these people: District 1 - Tubbs - ? � wlu District 2- Rolfe -&4f6 District 3 - Ulysses -Enfield - District 4 - Millers Corners - Htl na CcFr6#ef `�� "" t District 5 - Stone School House District 6 - Enfield Center - Bob Linton — C3 rn+`%Crn'.S _ District 6 - Ulysses -Enfield - Leah Carpenter District 7 - Woodard Bob Bock District 8 - Purdy - Gordon VanNedyren C GASP k District 9 - Rollison - Doris Rothermich District 10 - Little Red School - George Carvel J r r District 11 - Harvey Hill - Hilda Hubbell District 12 - (Town of Hector) Richard Fisher District 13 - Christian Hill - Maureen Updike District 14 - Budd - Ruth Miller District 17 - Saxton Hill - Newfield School district It was suggested that the members and attendees of the meeting bring to the July meeting, a list of projects for the Committee to do, or be aware of possibly doing. Gary handed out copies of calendars for 1993 - 1996. These can be used for listing event days etc. Projects discussed were: Postmark. Jack Hubbell and John Smith are researching the possibility of having a town postmark for the Birthday Celebration. ENFIELD COMMEMORATIVE COMMITTEE June 22, 1993 - 7:30 p.m. Page 2 Parade. There should be a theme for the parade a suggestion was, Proud to be an Enfielder, or different period dress. Will the parade and picnic be together on the same day? Or will the parade and car show be together? Softball Game. Possibly ask the Community Council to sponsor a baseball team. Need to find someone to handle this softball game organization. Memorial Day Service. Ice Cream social and Band. Civil War Unit Setup. LOGO - possibility of contacting the Art Teachers at the school to arrange for a Logo contest. All the entries could be displayed during the celebration year. One Logo could be picked for use. NEW BUSINESS: The question of how many members the Commemorative Committee may have was asked? Jack said that the Committee may have as many members as it wants, as long as you ask the Town Board and they agree. Gary asked Randy Warden, Town Justice and President of the Historical Society, to look into the exact rules for handling sales of Commemorative Items. Gary and Sue will be liaisons to report Committee items of interest to the Historical Society. Jack received a contract form from the Enfield Elementary School regarding registering events to be held at the school. We will have to register in 1995 for 1996 events. Sue will add Historians to the Commemorative Newsletter mail list. Jack handed out copies of a handout placed in the local corner stores from Blanch Stout. Blanch is looking for people for the Rural School Reunion of Enfield. Respectfully submitted, Sue Thompson