Warwick Historical Society
Minutes for June 17, 2015

Present: Larry Carey, Ed Lemon, Arline Lincoln, Barbara Walker, Ann
Miner, Kris Wallock, Clare Green,  Arline Smith,  Dave Shepardson, Bev
Shepardson, Rod Whipple, Liz Whipple,  Carol Foote,  Martha Morse,  Cal
Fellows, Mike Carey, Patty Ernest 

The meeting was called to order at 7:08 pm By Larry Carey

The minutes of March 18th 2015 were read and accepted later in the
meeting upon the arrival of Martha Morse .

On a Motion by Rod, Seconded by Patty the minutes were accepted as read

Treasurer's Report: (Arline Lincoln)
Checking Balance		    707.52
Savings Balance                 	 5235.18
CD Balance            	             10376.31

TOTAL WORTH                       16319.41

RECEIPTS                                      none

EXPENSES
National Grid                                  40.00

On a Motion by Cal, Seconded by Mike, the treasures report was accepted
as read.

FUNDRAISING 

No discussion

OTHER BUSINESS

Cathy Stanton in cooperation with the Mount Grace Land Conservation
Trust would like to present information on Farm Values project on the
history of farming and farmland protection at the Warwick Old Homes
Days. (See attached flyer)

Barbara Walker has noticed that the newspaper clippings are piling up.
She offered to start a scrap book of these for display.

Rosemary Clark has WWI items from Charles Lincoln, a uniform and a
duffle bag. Charlie Brown has written up some history of the Lincoln
family that could be displayed with the items.  Kris Wallock has offered
to contact her about these items   

Liz requested that next year we move the June meeting to the second
Tuesday of the month so as to not conflict with school graduations.

On a Motion by Liz Seconded by Martha it was voted to move the June
meeting 2016 to the second Tuesday of the month.

Larry Carey has three binders full of letters written by his sister Lena
Carey to her future husband Leon during World War 2. He will donate them
to them to the Society collection if accepted.

On a Motion by Cal and seconded by Arline the letters are accepted into
the collection.

Ed Lemon's Curator Report

The inventory project has been unavoidably delayed at this time.

The Historical Society web site was down from mid April till early
June. The site is currently up and running. Please check once in
a while and let Ed know if there are any problems.

Beth may be able to do a special on clothing for the Society. 

Ed led a conversation on collection items.

Additional report information attached.

Motion to adjourn at 7:55pm by Arline, seconded by Ann.

Respectfully submitted

Mike Carey
For
Martha Morse, Secretary
 
Curator's Report - June 17, 2015

Your curator is without transportation and dependent on the good will of
others, so is not able to participate in some Society activities.

Inventory Project

The inventory project is still on hold. I would ask the members of
the Archival Committee to do the usual cleanup before we open on July 5.
I hope to announce a meeting soon.

Program for September/Later

I have spoken with Beth Gilgun who says she would be happy to give a
presentation at a  Society meeting. Topic and date would be arranged,
but this might be nice for September's meeting, if the program committee
and Beth have no other plans.

Museum and Web Page

Museum Sign-up

We are open from 2 - 4 p.m. on Sundays during the months of July and
August, including Saturday all day during Old Home Days. Please
volunteer for at least one session. I'm not sure when I'll be available,
but as soon as I can, I'll be there to help out. [sign-up sheet passed
around]

The web page was down from mid-April to early June, due to an error on
the server hosting our site. I didn't discover this until I got several
inquiries wanting to know what was wrong. I hope nobody was
inconvenienced by this and would ask that people check up on the site
every so often and let me know if something is wrong.

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Respectfully submitted,

Ed Lemon, Curator