Canaan
Historical Society Meeting of April 24 2006
The meeting
was called to order by President Dan Fleetham at 7:00 p.m. in the Mascoma
Senior Center.
Members
present: President Dan Fleetham Sr., Vice-President John Ricard, Treasurer Reg
Barney, Secretary Carol Bergeron, Historian Donna Dunkerton and members: Pete
& Betty Cummings, Anne Neily, Jean Ricard, Debbie Crowell, Ed & Jackie
Lary, Patsy Carter, Dan Fleetham, Jr.
The minutes
of the Feb. 27, 2006 meeting were read and accepted.
TreasurerÕs
report was read and accepted.
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Correspondence: Dan reports that the New Hampshire
Historical Society has paid dues for two years to the Canaan Historical
Society. Dan sent a note to Ruth
Whitehouse, Colebrook NH thanking her for the donation of a Canaan postcard. It was suggested by Debbie that an
insurance salesman's business solicitation be turned over to Dana Haley, town
administrator.
Old Business: John
inquired if there has been additional work on photographing Canaan barns. Carol responded ÒNoÓ.
Donna said that Aaron will
erect the snow roller shelter when possible.
New
Business: Discussion of meetings to be held: Oct, Jan, Feb, Apr, June.
Patsy would
like to pursue getting John Moody to be a guest speaker on Abenaki
Indians. If a program is given
in the Old Meeting House, perhaps we could use the townÕs sound system and
cover the windows with black plastic.
Motion
by John Ricard, seconded by Donna, to allocate up to $200 for a guest
speaker. Motion carried.
Patsy will try to arrange
for a guest speaker this summer.
John noted that the Old
Home Day dates should be posted on the town web site.
Dan is president of the
OHD committee and John Dow will be the speaker.
Our next
meeting is June 24th.
The minutes
and dates of our meetings appear on this site: www.rootsweb.com/~nhchs
Respectfully submitted,