HOPE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 15, 2019
The meeting was called to order by President, Juanita Hunt at 7:00 P.
M.
at the Hope Fire
Station for
our Annual Meeting. Those attending were: Barbara Ludwig, Bill Jones,
Ron Smith,
Bob Appleby, Ron Howard, Juanita Hunt, Jim DellaPenna, Cindy
DellaPenna,
Florance Merrifield, Bill Borch, Mary Ireland, Bernice Gleason, George
Jennings
III, Linda Hillgrove, Ann Leadbetter, Marie Berry, Judith Jones,
Donovan
Bowley, Sydney Hall, David Hall, and Emily Saladino. Guests were: Rhona
Paul,
Viola Richardson, Thomas Ingraham, Chuck Huus, James Kimmett, and Betty
Ingraham, Lyn Marx, Ann Tani, and
Donald
and Barbara Drake.
SECRETARY’S
REPORT:
Secretary, Linda Hillgrove’s report was unanimously accepted.
TREASURER’S REPORT:
Treasurer, Gwen Brodis, in her Annual Report of: Balance in Checking
from September 30, 2019 of $1,438.84; Balance in Savings of $6,512.59;
and
Balance in CD for same period of $35,263.65.
OLD BUSINESS: Jim DellaPenna
scraped and painted windows on the upper level as well as some on the
lower
level. Thank you as well to Cindy DellaPenna, Lewis and Florance
Merrifield,
Juanita Hunt and Linda Hillgrove.
Marie will be calling people to bake for the Election Day Bake, Craft
and Quilt Sale to be
held November 5, 2019 at the Hope Town Office from 8 A. M. to 8 P. M.
when
the polls close.
As a fund raiser to accompany our voting day bake, craft and quilt
raffle Cindy DellaPenna
would like to put together a cookbook with recipes in all categories
such as:
Appetizers, Beverages, Soups, Salads, Vegetables, Main Dishes, Breads
and Rolls; Desserts, Cookies, Candy, Preserves and Relishes, etc. The
deadline for
submissions is December 10th
which is our Christmas Pot Luck Brunch at 9:00 A. M. at the Hope
Historical Home. Recipes can be sent to Cindy
DellaPenna at 173 Main Street, Hope, ME 04847 or Email: lineagearray@gmail.com
On October 7th Juanita Hunt and Cindy DellaPenna
spent an hour and a half with 10
Sweet Tree students from the 5th, 6th
and 7th grades. They discussed Hope’s history,
old land maps, roads, some gemology, and
antique items stored at the HHS home. The students prepared questions
before their
visit and took notes. On October 27th grades one
to four from Sweet
Tree will visit.
WEBMASTER: Bob Appleby is concerned that a new computer tech has not
been found to oversee our
website. Juanita will look into options.
NEW BUSINESS: Election of officers was held with a nomination and
seconded to keep Juanita Hunt as President; Cindy DellaPenna, Vice
President; Treasurer, Gwen Brodis,
and Linda Hillgrove as Secretary. There are committees to be filled
i.e.,
Program Chair, Publicity, and Webmaster. Please contact Juanita Hunt.
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Lewis Merrifield has measured the ell windows and received an
estimate of $331.69 for four
storm windows. Lewis will scrape and paint the windows before
installing the
new storm windows. A motion to accept the estimate of $331.69 was made
and
accepted.
Donovan Bowley reported
that the State Grange is moving and will be sending information they
have from defunct Granges to the historical society of said towns.
The Tuesday, November 19th
meeting will be a Day Trip to Robbins Lumber, Inc., in Searsmont at 10
A. M. Handouts will be provided if members do not want to walk
approximately
three miles to view the whole facility.
Respectfully Submitted,
Linda Hillgrove, Secretary
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