GDHS Meeting Minutes                                                                       February 19, 2004

-7PM – Board of Directors Meeting.

-730PM – President Ron Botterbusch called the meeting to order.

-Secretary Susan Forrey read the minutes. Norma Botterbusch asked the minutes be amended to add the name Judy Worley to the Refreshment Committee. Ron Botterbusch asked the minutes be amended to add the Officer positions to the three (3) names that are authorized to sign the checks – President Ronald Botterbusch – Secretary Susan Forrey – Treasurer Robert Merkert. Motion to accept the minutes with the two (2) amendments was made by Mel Miller and Norma Botterbusch. Attending members agreed.

-Robert Merkert gave treasurer’s report. Balance as of the end of January is $3604.13.  Motion to approve the report made by Gayle Heagy and Susan Forrey. Attending members agreed.

-Archives report by Dr. Drawbaugh – Charles F Miller of 29 Blackberry Road Dover donated to the Archives a 1936 picture of Dover Borough School students; a list of contributors to the perpetual fund to the Lenhart-Gerber Cemetery; UCC Church 75^th Anniversary book dated September 17 1978; a Catechism book dated 1915; a book concerning the York Flood of 1933; a land map of Hershey Heights.

-Assistant Archives report by Gayle Heagy – discussed the three (3) Archive forms from Mr. Richard Banz, Curator of York Heritage Trust. Gayle revised Mr. Banz’ New Donor Form copy to fit our criteria.

• NOTE – Mr. and Mrs. Uffelman donated deeds and legal papers dating 1853 about Dover.
• Dave Laird called Mrs. Elicker concerning the donation of the Jacob Joner safe to the GDHS. Mr. Laird stated that the storm door will need to be removed in order to get he safe out of the house. Mr. Laird will contact his son and will follow up on obtaining the safe.
• Gayle asked about the safe in the basement of the Dover Borough basement – is it useable? Could the GDHS use the safe? President Ron will follow up on the subject.
• A warehouse in the Alley at Queen and Main streets in the Borough (next to where the jail was located) – has a 2^nd floor, and is about 30x60 – Gayle is following up with the owners to see if this location would be available for the GDHS.

-Web page report given by Brett Pfleiger – listed a number of changes, updates and articles on the ever-changing website.

 

OLD BUSINESS:

·        Ken Brown would like to have a meeting concerning the Blacksmith Shop project. Susan Forrey will call Ken and set the meeting.

·        Sheila Harkins will be contacted by the Secretary to get the status of the Blood Root Project.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

• A logo was submitted by the Graphics Department of the High school. The members agreed they would like to invite grades 9 through 12 to compete in a logo for the GDHS. Monetary amounts of $100-$75-$50-$25 were discussed as well as giving a GDHS membership or food coupons. A discussion included no monetary amounts be given. President Ron instructed the attending members to think about what process they would like to see about a logo contest. The discussion was tabled for now but will be discussed at the next meeting in March.
• Norma Botterbusch asked the attending members if it would be okay to purchase acid-free copy paper for the GDHS Scrap Book. All attending members agreed.

 

Motion to adjourn by Madelyn Shermeyer and all agreed.

 

Attendance for this meeting – 24

 

• The next meeting of the Greater Dover Historical Society will be March 18, 2003. Regular meeting will start at 730pm.
• A Board of Directors Meeting will be held prior to the regular meeting at 7pm.

 

The Agenda for the March meeting includes a presentation by Brett Pfleiger about our website. He will demonstrate how to use the website as well as access the information available and how to use that information.

 

THE PUBLIC IS ALWAYS INVITED TO ATTEND OUR MEETINGS. PLEASE PLAN TO BE WITH US FOR THE MARCH MEETING. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU PRESENT.