Historical Society Minutes
March 18, 2009

 The Warwick Historical Society met at 7 p.m. on March 18, 2009 in the
 basement of the Town Hall. There were 15 in attendance.
 
 The business meeting was called to order by Larry Carey. The
 secretary's report was accepted as read.
 
 Arline Lincoln reported that we have a total of $16,560.32  in the
 society's checking, savings, and two CD accounts.  The 7-month CD
 matures June 22, 2009 and the 18-month CD matures Feb. 20, 2010.  The
 interest earned in 2008 was $510.41. A motion was made and passed to
 accept the Treasurer's report.
 
 NEW BUSINESS: 
 Several members expressed interest in visiting the Guilford, Vermont
 Historical Society sometime this spring or summer in order to see how
 their materials are organized. Calvin and Freddie Fellows had earlier
 commented on their visit there as a good source of ideas for organizing
 our materials.  Larry will call Freddie and follow up with members to
 arrange a date.  It was generally agreed that we need to develop a
 system to catalogue exactly what is in the Society building, perhaps
 something similar to the computer program developed by Matt Hickler for
 the Warwick Library.
 
 Ed Lemon reported that his project of archiving photos for the
 Historical Society was somewhat delayed due to illness, but that he is
 now proceeding with scanning historical photos and documents  to put on
 DVD or CD.  A motion was made and passed allowing Ed Lemon to remove
 records from the Historical Society Building in order to archive them.
 
 Ed shared with members a chart showing the owners of many old houses in
 Warwick, most of which were featured in the histories written by
 Charles Morse and Ed Hawes. He urged members to let him know of any
 inaccuracies in the information. When the roads improve, Ed intends to
 continue photographing Warwick's historical buildings.
 
 At the last Women's Guild meeting, the Historical Society asked for
 permission to use the new Warwick flag design on its T-shirts.
 Permission was granted and Ed Lemon will produce a sample shirt. We
 hope the newly designed t-shirts will be available for sale at Old Home
 Day at the end of August. Also on sale will be the thirty or so Afghans
 unsold from the last order, as well as maps and note cards.

 The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m., followed by refreshments. Our
 next quarterly meeting is scheduled for June 17, 2009.
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 Martha Morse, Secretary