OLD MISSION PENINSULA
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
April 6, 2006, 7 PM
PENINSULA TOWNSHIP TOWN
HALL
13235 CENTER ROAD
I. Social Time: Grand Mother’s Cookies provided
by Joann Cole, Arlene Dean, and Laura Johnson.
Tree Tea by Nancy Hayward
II. Program: Kathleen Osterhaus, Curator, Benzie County
Historical Museum, “Why Inventory? Inventory and Collection Management”
III. Business Meeting Call to Order and
Announcements
Town Board Passing Resolution to Accept Title to Dougherty
Homestead
Newsletter Available
IV. Reports
A. Minutes, Nancy Hayward
B. Treasurer, Bill Cole
C. Log Cabin,
Laura Johnson, Carol Lewis
D. Dougherty House
Project, Bill
Cole
E. Membership
Committee, Flo Schermerhorn
F. Program
Committee, Laura Johnson
G. Archive Committee, Bob Schermerhorn
V. Old Business
VI. New Business
Fundraising at Log Cabin Day
VII. Adjournment
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OLD MISSION PENINSULA
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Minutes of the meeting
The Old Mission Peninsula Historical
Society met at
THE PROGRAM:
CALL TO ORDER: President Steve Lewis called the meeting to order at
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
President Lewis gave the following announcements. :
A. He sent a letter in support of the Omena Historical Society’s
Rotary grant.
B. The Society has jointed the
Michigan Historical Society . The Society is receiving literature from
them, and we are looking for a place to house the literature.
C. Carol and Steve Lewis
attended the Park Board meeting and requested that the Society be able
to do fund raising on Log Cabin Day. The Park Board gave
permission for the fund-raising and the Society can now raise
money on a much larger scale. The Society need a
fund-raising committee.
D. The Township Board of
Trustees voted to table the resolution to accept title to
the Dougherty Historic Home Site. The society’s board encourages
attendance at the next board meeting on March 14th and letters of
support to the Record Eagle. President Lewis has written a forum
letter to the Record Eagle urging the township to support the
resolution to accept title to the Dougherty Home site.
Angie Jensen moved, and Bob Schermerhorn
seconded that the following petition be circulated among the
members present and have it presented to the Township Trustees at their
next meeting:
Whereas over two hundred citizens
have raised the money necessary to purchase the Dougherty Homestead,
Whereas the fact that Peninsula Township will take title to the
Homestead has been openly and repeatedly stated during the entire fund
raising effort,
We the undersigned members of the Old Mission Peninsula
Historical
society, strongly urge the members of the town board to vote to accept
title to the Homestead at its next meeting.
The motion carried unanimously.
Discussion followed concerning what the
options were concerning organizations available to receive the
property.
Vice President Bob Rosi announce:
A. The Society received a letter from Ann Hooper. The Grand
Traverse Historical Society is inviting the OMPHS to participate
in a Night Of Nostalgia. on March 18th. We are
invited to have a table to display the Dougherty Historic
Home Site. Cost is $25.00 .President Lewis took a
vote of the Board, who were all present. They voted unanimously
to participate. The project was turned over to the Membership
Chair, Flo Schermerhorn.
B. The Dougherty House Steering
Committee is placing an ad in the Record Eagle thanking all of the
donors for their support of the project. The Record Eagle
will pay for half of the full page ad. Bob Rosi moved that the OMPHS
contribute $50 to the ad thanking the donors. The motioned was
seconded by Ted Bagley. The motion passed unanimously.
C .The Program Chairman, Carol Lewis
is resigning as chairman. She has the programs in place through August.
Bob thanked Carol for all the work she has done.
Bob announced that he is looking for a new
Program Chairperson. Call him or e-mail him at
info@omphistoricalsociety.org.
D. Bob Schermerhorn moved, and Ann
Dressel seconded: To offer a one year free OMPHS membership to donors
to the Dougherty House that are not now members of the Society The
motion carried unanimously
.
THE SECRETARY REPORT: Nancy Hayward had sent the minutes of the
They were available at the meeting. The minutes were
approved as presented..
TREASURER’S REPORT: Bill Cole presented
the Treasurer’s Report. The Society has $3144.38. Bill has
moved the money from the Log Cabin Restoration fund to the Log
Cabin Account.. It now has $1503.73. Bill went on to
explain that according to the 25% - 75% split between the
Township and the Society, the Township has $1486.95 in the Log
Cabin Account, and OMPHS has $16.78. Future
contributions to the donation box will raise our share to 25%.
LOG CABIN: Laura Johnson had nothing to
report..
DOUGHERTY HOUSE PROJECT: Bill Cole had
given his report under announcements.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE: Flo Schermerhorn reported that we had one new
member during February and another person joined during the meeting.
She is writing letters to the guests who have attended OMPHS’s
meetings, introducing the society and inviting them to join.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Report by Carol Lewis.
April - Kathleen Osterhaus from
May - Tim Cutler is a cooper and will be giving a presentation on his
trade.
June 1 - Elk Rapids - Historical Society ‘s VP Greg Reisiz, and Glenn
Neumann President will be providing a power point presentation
about the Old Mission Peninsula and the Elk Rapids Connection. Delete
quotation mark.
June 25th - Log Cabin Day
July - none
August - Bob & Penny Rosi and Penny Pauley will be presenting an
“Illini Orchards Program.”
LOG CABIN DAY: Carol Lewis reported that
she has sent 120 letters to crafts people to participate in Log Cabin
Day. She has 6 responses. Albert and Sue VanSlyke will have
a horse and carriage repair shop..
Terry Johnson and Heath Reamer will prepare sandwiches for the
Participatants
ARCHIVE COMMITTEE: Bob Schermerhorn report that he and several members
of the Dougherty Steering Committee met with Eastern Mich. Univ.
Professor Ted Ligebel and his graduate asst. Dana Goodwin on Thursday
March 2. Prof Ligibel heads the Historic Preservation Program which
offers a Master of Science Degree and other studies in the fields of
Preservation Planning, Historic Administration and Heritage
Interpretation. The purpose of our meeting was to explore if we could
work with his program to assist us and his students in the Dougherty
project. More discussion will follow when we can determine projects
that would meet both needs.
ADJOURNMENT: Moved by Ted Bagley and
seconded by Ann Dressel that the meeting be adjourned. The
motioned carried. The meeting was adjourned at
ATTENDING:
Lucile & Ted
Bagley Paul
and Jackie Burns
Bill and Ann
Cole Gary
& Marie Cornell
Carol Cutler
Bob & Arlene
Dean
Shirley Donovan
Ann Dressel
Joe Field
Don and Mary
Fraser
Joe and Nancy
Harris Nancy
Hayward
Verla & Cal
Jamieson
Angie Jensen
Mary
Johnson Carol
and Steve Lewis
Tom & Gladys
Maguire Clara
Moon
Carol
Prucha Barbara
& Jim Rowlett
Penny & Bob
Rosi
Flo & Bob Schermerhorn
Nikki
Sobkowski
Jack & Vi Solomonson
Fred Stoye
Guest:
Martha (Aiken)
Bartonr Krista
& Jerry Becker
Marty & Rich
Brauer Ruth
&
Ed & Karen
Conway William Fischer
Ralph Franklin
Elmer Jamieson
Nancy
Heller David
& Chois Jaymes
Gary & Marie
Lehto Mary
Jo Lance
Mary
Lyon John
& Pat Metzker
Penny
Paully Grace
& Bob Rudd
Jane
Sweet
Gary Warte
Phil & Marge Weatherholt Pat Wolf