Remus Area Historical Society
324
"Our Past, Your
Future"
What’s
New:
ANTIQUE QUILT DISPLAY:
During
Heritage Days weekend, Remus Area Historical Society (RAHS) will host an
Antique Quilt Display on the ground floor of the Museum (located at 324
FANCY STITCHING DEMONSTRATION:
Area resident
Faye Zapfe will demonstrate fancy
quilt stitching like those found on Crazy Quilts during the Quilt Show at
the Museum on
Saturday, July
19th from 10 a.m. to Noon.
There is no fee to
attend though donations are welcome.
If you have questions, or historical quilt items to display, contact
Sherry Marks at
QUILT RAFFLE:
Get your tickets now! You may
purchase
tickets at Remus Pharmacy until July 5th, IBT
(Isabella Bank) the next week until July 12th and
Firstbank the following week until July 18th.
Tickets will also be available during Heritage Days weekend
at the museum, or, find Sherry who will be wearing a poster of the quilt and
selling tickets as she strolls through the crowd.
The cost of the
tickets are six
for $5 or $1 each.
You need not be present to win! The
raffle winner will be
drawn on July
19th at 3:30 p.m. at the Museum
during Heritage Days. The
raffle is licensed by the State of
MUSEUM HOURS:
The Museum is
open to residents and visitors
every
Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
During Heritage Days weekend, the Museum will be
open
Friday, July 18th & Saturday, July 19th from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday, July 20th from
RAHS is also looking for persons that may be interested in hosting the
museum during future Saturday hours. Please contact Char at
TRIBUTE TO THE TASKERS:
A Special Senior
Citizen Program honoring Larry and Cheryl Tasker
sponsored by Remus Heritage Days and Eagle Realty will be held this year at
the Museum,
DISPLAYS:
The Museum hopes to build displays on certain topics such as old area
schools (see Annual Meeting notice below), communications, electrification,
Centennial Farms, and other subjects.
Search your basements, attics, and barns for
items such as an old Telegraph, an old Phone Switchboard, a Crank Phone, old
Phone Books, early cords/lines, School bells, Insulators, Early Maps of
Phone and Electric Lines, old Lamps or Bulbs, Photos, clippings and maps of
Centennial Farms/awards, School memorabilia, one room school photos and maps
from days gone by, early football uniforms, gym clothes, desk, etc.
If you have knowledge about any of these subjects, RAHS would love to
have your help and contributions!
2008 Contributors
Thanks to all the
donors that have given since January and have helped to keep the lights on
and the progress to continue:
Aquatic
Nuisance Control, Norm & Julie Zion
·
Alice Baldwin - in
honor of the Otto Skalitzky family
·
Capt. Wm. R. Blakeley (USN Ret), Linda Howard & Rhonda
Shoumate - in memory of Mildred Bidstrip
Blakeley
·
Pamela Burke
·
·
Bob & Janet Courtright
·
Lila Denslow
·
Audrey DuBois - in honor of the Chapin family of
·
H Ward Fountain
·
Lamar & Anita Gingrich
·
Harold & Darlene Howard, Howard Farms
·
Arnold & Isabel Kempton
·
Pat Kowaleski – in memory of Dr. Ed
Kowaleski
·
KT Landscape, Kasey Thren – in memory of
Thren family
·
Charlene Lenon
·
Leprino
Foods
·
Keith & Erna Lobert
·
Pat Brice Loers
·
Harriet Marks - in honor of Tom & Sherry Marks
·
Tom & Sherry Marks – in memory of Hatfield Farms
·
Randy & Sandy Maxwell
·
Wayne & Jean May
·
Dowayne
& Jann Parks
·
Mary Jane Post
·
Willard & Bea Ransom
·
Bob & Bonnie Ruetz
·
Remus Lumber
·
Sackett
Farms
·
Sweeney-Holbeck-Schuberg, Tom
Holbeck
·
Ken & Delores Todd
·
Rocco & Frances Voci
·
Alice Welling &
families in memory/honor of the Asa & Lola Esch
family and his parents Ed & Florence Meeker Esch
·
Paul & Laura
Wernette
·
Jack Wernette family
Because Remus Area Historical Society is an incorporated tax exempt
nonprofit, all gifts are tax deductible as allowed by law.
A big thank you also goes to the Mecosta County Community Foundation who
awarded a grant toward the purchase of flooring and safety system materials.
Thanks to
·
Gene Walch for movie theater seats, tickets and other items salvaged from
the Old Theater in Remus building;
·
Rosie Becker some old wood/glass display cabinets from area stores were
acquired for the Museum;
·
Leprino
Foods Company for donating the old Remus Creamery scale;
·
Tom Marks who donated a balance scale and a smoke stack brick from the
Creamery;
·
Don Hatfield for the Remus Butter wrappers;
·
Edna Hatfield for donating a clothes plunger used by her family for washing
clothes;
·
Ray Simon for donating some old family hand embroidered aprons;
·
G.C. Hoyt descendents, owner of the old gristmill where the Museum is now
located, photos have been donated; and,
·
Erna Lobert and Sherry Marks
whose perennial plants are
adding color to the landscaping.
The old piano from the original Remus House hotel has
also been donated. We are
looking for some strong folks with a truck to help move it into
the Museum
after Heritage Days weekend.
CALENDAR :
GENEALOGY WORKSHOPS
Would you be
interested in attending genealogy workshops?
RAHS has been in touch with a number of possible presenters.
One specializes in Irish family history in the area.
Others have other areas of interest.
If you would like to attend or would like to help plan these
workshops, contact Linda Howard for more information at
ANNUAL TEA
Mark your calendars
now for
Saturday,
November 1st to
attend the Annual Tea. Always
looking for additional helpers.
Contact Char Lenon at
ANNUAL MEETING
The Remus Area
Historical Society
Annual Meeting
is scheduled for
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008, 5 p.m.
A
Reminiscing
Roundtable discussion regarding
old schools
days and schools in the area will follow the meeting
(approximately
Mailing Address
Please note
change of mailing address. It
is now
NEXT MEETING
The
July meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday, July 16 at 5 p.m., at the Museum, 324
The purpose of the Remus Area Historical Society, Inc., an educational and
charitable organization, is to celebrate the heritage, and preserve the
cultural and historical resources, of the Townships of Wheatland,