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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992 minutes commemorative committeePat Dougherty 330 Sheffield Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-7095 Enfield Commemorative Committee May 19,1992 7:30 Present: Jack Hubbell, Pat Dougherty, Helen and John Smith, Nina Linton, Sue Thompson. Sue distributed a booklet called "Your right to know" which outlined the Freedom of Information Law. Helen Smith has received lots of recipes for the 1996 cookbook from Enfield people. Nina announced it at Senior Citizens and asked people to give recipies to Helen or Nina. Helen says the company will take handwritten, smudgy, whatever recipies and organize, catagorize, and put them in final book form. She would like ads --even if they're not paid ads --for historical reasons. Sue would like to coordinate ads with 1996 Enfield History book. Nothing back from Ithaca School Superintendent Lorthridge yet. Jack would like to wait a while before approaching him again. Nothing from Denny Newhart yet about the possibility of a one/two-room school reunion. Jack will contact him. Discussion ensured on the number of schools in Enfield and Jack thought there were up to 14. These should be in the history book with mention made of some of the more prominant and/or local teachers. Lots of discussion about using pictures of local buildings (including the pencil sketch of the Enfield Hotel) and having them made into postcards. Neil Poppensiek has contacted Sue and asked her if she would be willing to write the 20 pages that will represent Enfield in an upcoming Tompkins County book on history. [It appears that Rollison is the correct spelling for that school.] Nina showed us the quilt. Looks great! She and ten other people have worked on it. She'll get their names to the secretary so they will be on record. Helen also showed us a picture of quilters standing in front of the Enfield Valley Grange No. 295 in 1980. Nina was able to identify most of them. Sue reviewed the progress of the Enfield history book. She thinks the size should be 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 and have 16 chapters with approximately 20 pages to a chapter. She thinks 10 or 12 point type would be easy to read. She is in the process of "costing." Helen suggested a shiny cover because of a recent expreience with a boolet with plain white bond that smudged badly when handled. Our committee will edit. Pictures will be included. May 12th meeting on sorting and organizing was attended by Sue Thompson, Jack Hubbell and Jean Scofield. Material needs segregating. Jean Owens would like to find a core group of qualified local volunteers to put the material in order. Jean Scofield says it's very necessary to implement a Records Management System but she does not have the time to do it. Can we apply for an initial grant to have the stuff sorted (inventoried)? Jack and Sue debated that one --we have to check with Jean Scofield. Because we have never applied before, we stand a good chance of getting a grant. Pat asked who would write the proposal --no response. Application has to be in by February. Next step is up to the Town Board --they are the "action agent." There will be an antique car show August 1st and 2nd sponsored by the Fire Department. (Wade Whittaker was the organizer last year.) Sue wants to see an history display --Jack did one last year. Helen Smith suggested Stan Rumsey bring his steam engine. He also has documenting pictures of products made from that steam engine. Helen or Jack will ask Stan. (Pat will be in Ottawa that weekend.) Roger Brown gave Jack his baseball history. Only has one picture at this point. Sue will talk with Cindy Estes -Smith about a logo --still undecided about that and we need to have something to show the public. Helen coming along very well with her history on churches. She will put an "inquiry" in the next newsletter. Helen was very happy to relate an event that happened May 16th. Diane Bassett Nelson of Interlaken called to find out the location of a relative's grave--Auble. Helen was able to lead her directly to it. All parties happy. Pat Dougherty 330 Sheffield Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-7095 Enfield Commemorative Committee June 16, 1992 7:30 - 9:00 Present: Sue Thompson (Chairman), Jack Hubbell (Town Historian), Pat Dougherty (Secretary), Nina Linton (Quilt Orchestrater) Fire Central wants house numbers for all Enfield homes. (Topic was not discussed at this meeting.) Sue had an estimate from Lakes Publishing Co. for about $2,000 to do the Enfield history book. 500 were recommended for the first printing. Will be sold for $10 or less. (Trumansburg's book costs $5.00.) Sue will get a more detailed cost breakdown. Helen suggested that we get two estimates for doing the books. Jack gave Sue the cost of a previously printed book. Trumansburg is celebrating it's 200th year --Jack wondered if they were doing a book for the oocasion. Pat suggested doing a "Steve Cobb" type cover page for each chapter of our book. It was mentioned that the cost of that could be quite high. Selling the books at local stores was brought up. Jack discussed the proposed reunion of one/two-room school _ alumni. Denny Newhart has not gotten anything to him yet. Denny says he will e having shoulder surgery and will have plenty of time to work on this. He would like some help if anyone is willing. (Sharon Brown told Pat that she and Patty Chase Hubbell had compiled a list of the people they knew. Sharon had planned to attend this meeting but something else came up. May be at the July meeting.) An acquaintance of Jack's who works at the school district will J� check on the status of the letter Jack wrote to Bev Martin about the schools. Alice Laue has offered her assistance with this project wherever necessary. Sue will talk with next year's fourth-grade teachers and ask them. to formulate Enfield's school history --possibly as a project. Sue would like to see the Enfield fourth graders (she has a child entering the fourth grade next year) interview local residents as well as collect data. Nina Linton suggested interviewing Frank Spadaro--a former (and the first) principal at Enfield. Ks Stan Rumsey has a little work to-do on his spm engine and will -- be happy to show it off at the car show August 1 st. Wade Whittaker has been approached and approves wholeheartedly. There will be no charge for Stan or the Enfield Commemorative Committee booths. Wade would like to know how much room will be needed. Roger Laue says the Flea Market is still on. Individuals will pay for their space. Prices unknown. It was suggested that the committee speak with Jean Owens (Enfield Town Supervisor) regarding our "handling of money." Kevin Crawford, Counsel for Association of Towns, says we can't handle funds. Sue will do a proposal and present it to the Board at their July meeting and request an answer in writing. We have $2,500 in an account at present that the Board has appropriated for the 1996 celebration. It would be nice if we could raise money, put it into an account, and spend it when and where necessary. Several different groups have asked if there is money available for their projects. Discussion of a mailing permit ensued. At present, the Community Council is the only group with a bulk -mail permit. Helen Smith say Florence Skilling has a picture of Enfield sixth graders. Nobles School District is the same as the red school house on Connecticut Hill. Sue says the next newsletter will be out by August 1 st.--in time for the car show. She needs information by July 24th. We should have anything we want included in the newsletter to her by our July meeting. Ellie Hobbie says she is getting ready to mail out the Historical membership cards. Sue is to attend a meeting soon on the "20 pages about Enfield" to be included in the Tompkins County History book coming out in the not -to ydistant future. 0 6 71 r � q Pat Dougherty 330 Sheffield Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-7095 Enfield Commemorative Committee August _18, 1992 7:30 9:00 4 Present: Sue Thompson (Chairman), Helen Smith (Cook Booker), Pat Dougherty (Secretary), Nina Linton (Quilt Orchestrater), Jack Hubbell, (Town Historian), Sharon Brown (Alumni), Wilma Fisher, LoivCur 7 Wil.11is, Heldl 1erge (welcomed participants.) Jack gave Helen a brochure regarding an Historical Society Fall Conference in Saratoga Springs September 24-26. Topic: Cemeteries. Helen interested. Jean Owen's request for "organizing Town files" was discussed. Several saw the write up about this in the Ithaca Journal Sue is going to a workshop in Erin, NY on this type of training but doesn't think it's being put on by the same group Jean and others met with earlier this year. Expenditures and Revenue form needs filling out. Jack says Town has $2,500 in a fund presently for the "1996" celebration. Jack and Sue both mentioned expenditures previously spent and Nina suggested that we advise the Town Board of these expenditures. Sue has all the figures and will pull them together and present them to Jean Owen's at the same time she makes a request for $500 to be added to the "1996" account in the Town's 1993 budget appropriations. Jack Hubbell will be in the Town Hall October 23 and 24 during the Harvest Festival with an exhibit representing Enfield 'historical` factions. Sue will have a sign-up sheet at the Harvest Festival that will ask people if they went to any of the old Enfield schools. Hopefully, by that time, Sharon Brown will have a partial list of names that can be added to or amended as appropriate. Jack brought up the topic of a LOGO. Nina has a relative who does that type of thing and she will talk with her again --Cindy. Helen spoke of Martha Chicona who has a trivet nearly designed with a small map of Enfield and the old mill in the background. We need a logo for our letterhead as well. Both "logo" ideas will be discussed when possible ideas have materialized, An update of "who's doing what" for the "1996" book: -Annabelle Tunison--Women's Auxiliary -Dana Poyer--Babcock's involvement in Enfield -Mr. Achilles --history of Hiilendale golf course -Eunice Beardsly--Al's Bakery -Helen "talking" with Willow Wood & CALF Audio owners -Pat doing Scouts history over her Christmas vacation -Frank Spadaro--Nina talked with him about Enfield School -Florence Skilling-- Nina talked with her about Enfield School No writers yet for things like Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company. David Bordon wrote "Winter in Enfield. Charles Wriqht's peddler's wagon which went out from Newhart's store. Clarence Fitchpatrick's blacksmith shop. Sharon Brown was --asked to gape tier dad - talking about the Enfield Hotel --where they now live. Jack hasn't talked with Denny Newhart recently about the one - room school house alumni get together. 'Sharon Brown is compiling a list of alumni by going through old "roll books." She will go to the Town Hall on a Tuesday night when Jack is there to help her look through the data. (Lois Curry's mother was an Enfield teacher--Lynnette Wright Curry.) Note: Pat attended a Planning Board meeting in July that coincided with this meeting and was unavailable to take July minutes. Sue Thompson 487 Enfield Center Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-6412 Enfield Commemorative Committee October 20, 1992 Present: Jack Hubbell, Helen Smith, Hilda Amberge, Wilma Fisher, Gary Fisher, Ellie Hobbie, Sue Thompson There was discussion on changing the meeting date. It was decided and voted on to change the Commemorative Committee Meeting date to the 4th Tuesday of each month - 7:30 p.m., Enfield Town Hall. Jack will send this meeting date to the Ithaca Journal for the date book. Sue wrote an article "The Surrounding of the Baptist Church" The Committee was asked to read over and check for details - corrections. A few corrections were made. Sue left a copy for Jean Owens, Enfield Town Supervisor. The Baptist .Church had requested information regarding the buildings surrounding the church. The church membership is applying for a grant to repair the bell steeple on the church. Sue will make corrections and hand out new copies of the article at a later time. A new committee member will be needed to replace Nina Linton's member position. Wilma Fisher's name was suggested. Wilma was not sure and would have to think about it. The committee will ask Helen Smith to check on the quality and wall hanging that Nina Linton and her group were working on. There was discussion on a memorial project that the committee could do for Nina Linton. A memorial page for both Nina and Nora Dodd (past committee member) could be done in the Enfield History book. Jack suggested we have a picture of the quilt and wall hanging in the book. The rest of the meeting was discussion on history in Enfield. Sue Thompson 487 Enfield Center Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-.6412 Enfield Commemorative Committee November 24, 1992 Present: Jack Hubbell, Helen Smith, Hilda Amberge, Wilma Fisher, Gary Fisher, Ellie Hobbie, Sue Thompson Helen Smith reported the Nina Linton's family has the quilt and wall hanging for the Commemorative Celebration. Arrangements have been made to finish them. A Memorial Service is being held for Nina Linton on Sunday - 2 pm - Luncheon Dish To Pass. There was discussion on the financing of the Enfield Book. Subscriptions to buying the book was suggested. Need more details on this. Is there a need for advance fund raising for the Enfield Book. There was concern on having a contingency plan, Enfield Town is contributing money what is it going to be used for? The market for where the Enfield book would be sold was discussed. Suggestions were: Logo's Book Store, Corner Book Store, Dewitt Historical Society, Community Events. The committee discussed and voted that there would be no December meeting. The next meeting would be January. There was more discussion on Enfield History.