The meeting was called to
order by Pres. Dan Fleetham at 7:00 p.m. in the Senior Center
Members present: Pres. Dan Fleetham Sr, Vice-Pres. Ed Lary, Treas. Reggie Barney, Rec. Sec. Carol Bergeron, Hist. & Corres. Sec. Donna Dunkerton; members Pete & Betty Cummings, Dan Fleetham, Jr, Jackie Lary, Chuck Townsend
Minutes
of October 22, 2007
Meeting were read and approved.
TreasurerÕs
report was read and
approved. Jackie asked where the
Trust Fund originated. Consensus
was no one knows other than Elsie Crockett[dec.] and her daughter, Margo
Pinkerton. Dan will review old
minutes to see if he can find more information.
Correspondence: Newsletters were reviewed.Dan
noted the following donations received: A picture of the high school band &
2 slides of the 1946 Fair given by Betty Ann Highstead of Hanover. Also, a
postcard of the Stone House on Canaan St. received from Bob Wieking of the
state of Washington.
Correspondence
from Gary Crooker, Wilton NH, who is writing a book on the history of Old Home
Day celebrations in NH. Dan will refer him to the Canaan OHD Committee.
Old Business: Dan suggested changing the Annual Meeting from October to
September and to meet in:Sept., Nov.,
Jan, March, May, and July. It was so moved (Carol), seconded (Chuck) and
approved.
Donna reported on the John Ricard Memorial Fund: she has
asked Karen Ricard to donate JohnÕs collection of Canaan memorabilia to the
Museum. Karen says it will take
some time before she can do that.
Donna noted that space in the museum is limited and the following have
been received: cream separator, sewing machine, sod roller. Donna also gave a tour of the Museum to
a representative of the NH Preservation Alliance.
John Bergeron has been notified that the State DES has
awarded the Canaan Source Water Protection Committee a grant of $20,000 for a
study they will conduct.
New Business Jackie requested permission to purchase a
plaque inscribed with the names of donors who helped with the purchase of the
old School Bell in April of 1998.
Reggie so moved, Donna seconded, and the motion was approved.
Dan showed prints of pictures that Dan Jr
has taken of the museum contents.
It was suggested that a booklet be printed which could be distributed to
other historical societies.
Chuck gave his updates to the web site: photo album from a
Mass. woman; scanned the vital statistics from 1887 up til today; considering
putting the census from 1790 on the site.
Donna will assist him in proofing the names.Chuck attended a viewing of
the program ÒToo Much Water, Too Much RainÓ about the Alstead NH floods. He recommends we consider it for a
program.
Carol reported on the NE Museum Assoc. meeting, which she
& Dan & Dan Jr. attended in Oct.
Five organizations reported on their relevance to historical societies
and museums. Of note was the
possibility that the NH Historical Society hopes to train and buy a site
license for the computer program Past Perfect which would be available to local
societies. They are also studying
the feasibility of building a large storage facility with space available to NH
historical societies.
Meeting was adjourned and Jackie served refreshments.
The next meeting will be March 24, 2008.
Respectfully submitted, Carol Bergeron