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Town Hall
Museum
Newsletter
Online
from President, Olive Gross
We just had election of our
2004-2005 board of directors. New board members are: Sid
Traxler, Cold Spring and Don Gross, Hebron. Continuing board
members are Jim & Nancy Schneider, Matt Foelker, Earl Reu
and Olive Gross. Officers for 2004-2005 are Olive Gross,
president, Earl Reu, vice-president, Nancy Schneider,
secretary, Don Gross, treasurer and Jim Schneider, Sid
Traxler and Matt Foelker, directors. I wish to extend my
thanks to Chris Farrell and John Hartwick who have served
several years in their board positions. Their efforts are
greatly appreciated!
Winners of the Basket Raffle at
our Harvest Festival were Minnie Gess, Agnes Karrels, Marie
Traxler, Jim Schneider family, Judith Reu, Mary Ellen
Findlay and Nancy Boos. A special thanks to Tammy Price,
Tanya Gross, Marie Traxler, Maryette Lutz, Chris Farrell,
Agnes Karrels, Judith Reu and Olive Gross for donating the
raffle baskets. Our Racine Kringle sale was very successful
and we had a little over twenty visitors to our Museum on
October 2nd.
Profits from the Kringle Sale
and Basket Raffle went into our Legacy Fund.
Legacy Fund
Donations for this fund can be sent to BRWHS c/o W4080 State
Rd 106, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-9681. This fund has been
set up so that when there is enough money, interest earned will
be used to preserve our museum and society and educate our
community> the initial goal is $10,000. The fund is
currently at $1,813. (before the Kringle sale & basket
raffle.)
email
grosshaus@compufort.com |
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Buy Chairs to Help the Museum Too!
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Several years ago UW
Whitewater donated the old auditorium seats from Old
Main to the BRWHS. Originally they were used for seating
at the Town Hall building, but now are available to
purchase. A great souveneir if you are or know any
UWW-Alumni!There are 2 sets of 4 seats @ $20. A
set of 5 @ $25 and a set of 6 @ $30.
The vintage clothing exhibit was held
October 2 and included the items to the left. The
brown Wedding suit (below)was worn by Doris Gilsdorf
Owens on March 1, 1920. She was the mother of
Betty Switt.
Annual Membership in the
Bark River Historical Society
Business $20
Family $10
Individual $5
Supporting $50
Contributing $75
Historian $100 |
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The large exhibit
building was built a few years ago behind the museum.
And, the Society also recently acquired the property
behind that was formerly owned by The Hebron Rod
and Gun Club. And, as stated on the
plaque below, the Town Hall building was placed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
New Furnace Installed
A new furnace was installed at the Museum this
Spring at a cost of $800. We need your support to keep the
Society and Museum afloat. Please consider how you can
give of your time, talent and treasure to help out. |
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Here is a link to the story by Milton J. Bates, regarding
the Wintermute Circus that appeared in the Wisconsin Magazine of
History last Fall:
The
Wintermute's Gigantic Little Circus
You'll need Adobe Acrobat to
open it, so click here to download the free version, if you
don't have it:
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