Greater Dover
Historical Society
November 16,
2006
President Ron Botterbusch called the
meeting to order at 7:00pm. A moment of silent
prayer was observed.
Mr. Botterbusch called for a motion to
approve the October 2006 meeting minutes. A
motion by Melvin Miller, second by Madelyn Shermeyer, to approve the minutes as presented. All were in favor. Motion passed.
The Treasurer’s report was
presented by Bob Merkert as follows:
Balance as of September 30, 2006 =
$3,882.40
Motion was made by Kay Stitley,
second by Larry Law, to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented. All were in favor.
Motion passed.
The Archivist report was presented
by Dr. Charles Drawbaugh. Dr. Drawbaugh
reported that the mystery has been solved concerning the box of artifacts left on his
front porch. It was discovered that said box
was deposited by Ethel Rentzel-Fitzkee. Dr.
Drawbaugh reported that there are approximately 156 entries in the archives. Mr. Botterbusch reported that Dr. Drawbaugh has
kindly agreed to be the society’s Archivist Emeritus, as he does not feel that with
all his other civic duties he can continue as the full-time archivist.
Gayle Heagy, Assistant Archivist,
reported that Doris Herman gave her some photographs dating back to the 1940’s. Gayle also asked for volunteers to help install the
shelves in the archives storage building.
Brett Pfleiger, Website editor,
reported that he has added the September meeting minutes and information on the 2006 quilt
winner to the webpage. Madelyn Shermeyer spoke
to Brett concerning Maureen App working with him on webpage maintenance and updates.
Cindy Snyder, Historian, was not
available at this time to give her report due to a prior commitment. Norma Botterbusch reported that Cindy has quite a
few entries for the scrapbook. Photos will be
printed off in the near future so Cindy can begin to assemble to scrapbook. We need to acquire a copy of the obituary for Dave
Laird that was in the newspaper. Norma
reported that Janet Ponder-Sutphin’s mother, Kay (Kitty) Sutphin passed away. Janet and Craig are society members who live in Alaska.
Committee Reports:
Lori Koch reported that the
Christmas tree lighting ceremony will be held on November 25 and everything is under
control. Bob Dentler has lined up the band
“Crossroads”, a band from Hampton, to provide music at the ceremony. The Dover Women of Today will provide cookies;
Lori, Norma and Kay will provide the coffee and hot chocolate, tables and paper products. The youth from Harmony Grove Church will be serving
hot cider. Mr. Botterbusch has made
arrangements for a visit from Santa.
Kay Stitley reported on the
Blacksmith Shop dedication scheduled for June 2, 2007.
Kay stated that everyone will have a part in planning the dedication even if
they do not sign up to be on the committee. She
will be open to any suggestions from the members. Kay
will also be arranging a meeting in January 2007.
June Kinsey reported on the lottery
ticket fundraiser. June reported that a total
of 314 tickets have been sold for a total of $1,570. She
asked that all tickets be turned in even if they have not been sold.
June Kinsey reported on the
Blacksmith Shop open house for members. June
and Lucia Hrinyak attended the November Dover Borough Council meeting to acquire
permission to serve wine at the open house. The
Society was denied because the park rules ordinance adopted by the Borough prohibits any
alcoholic beverages in the park. There is a
date change from Friday evening, April 25 to Sunday afternoon, April 27.
Mr. Melvin Miller, a member of the
West Manchester Historical Society, extended an invitation to members of the G.D.H.S. to
attend their November meeting to hear a presentation by Barry Kent on “Indians and
Europeans in Pennsylvania”. Several
members indicated they would be interested in attending.
Joyce Law reported that she had
received a donation of $35 from the Gross family, which was given to the society by
Phyllis Wolgamuth.
Norma Botterbusch reported that
approximately $3,000 profit was made on the three quilts that the G.D.H.S.’s talented
quilters have created for us.
Mr. Botterbusch reported that the
society has received a letter from Dover Borough concerning new banners in the borough. It has been about three years since the banners
were installed and the Borough is inquiring from all current banner sponsors whether or
not they are interested in replacing their banner. Madelyn
Shermeyer made the motion to purchase a new banner, locate it near the square and return
the old banner to the society, second by Joyce Law. All
were in favor. Motion passed.
President Botterbusch proceeded to
conduct the election of officers. Lois
Slothower and Jeff Koch acted as tabulators. The
following were elected as officers for 2007:
