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Brocklebank Museum reopening July 13; weekly Sunday events to include 19th-century store, ice cream making, plant pressing, marionette workshops. Programs: railroad history presentation by Jon Waterman, climate-controlled library storage for Grace Spofford marionettes. Community Highlights: Eagle Scout Jaiden Shah Bicycle and Walking Tour, third-grade museum visit, regional historical society gathering. Feature Article: James V. Roy “then and now” railroad photographs.
Leadership Changes: farewell to Treasurer Michelle Wilkins Cook, welcome to 2nd Vice President Nancy Zapf, openings for Secretary and website designer. Events: Antique Appraisal Day, Feb. 8 at Georgetown Peabody Library; Flatbread Fundraiser Night, Feb. 11 with raffles. Membership Drive: outreach to friends, neighbors, new residents. Feature Article: Patriot and Tory Taverns of 1775 — Brocklebank Museum tavern history, colonial artifacts, New England examples.
President’s Message; Events Essex Heritage Trails & Sails Sept 22 & 29, planning for 250th Battle of Lexington & Concord commemoration Apr 19, 2025; Museum Updates new parlor curtains, pocket shutters and organ repairs; Feature Article THe History of C. S. Marston Shoe Company, with a description of the local shoe industry, a factory steam whistle, donated memorabilia, and celebrity endorsements by Sonja Henie.
President’s Message spring greetings, member appreciation, invitation to visit museum and gardens; Events museum season opening July 7, Penn Brook 3rd grade visit June 6, Walk by Moonlight & Flag Day displays June 14, May Day baskets exhibit closing, upcoming C. S. Marston factory exhibit; Projects garden cleanup and red-twig dogwood planting, CPC funds approved for library attic storage; Donations Pam and Dave Woodman contribute Marston Factory papers, photos, skates.
President’s Message welcomes new Board members Carol Snow and Beverly Knapp, thanks volunteers, encourages program ideas; Feature Story AP History students summarize James Gage’s milestone presentation—colonial road markers, designs, preservation, myths about Benjamin Franklin; Museum & Library Displays George Peabody 229th birthday exhibit, upcoming Easter Parade hats and accessories
President’s Note season wrap-up, volunteer thanks, member input welcome; Special Guest Flat Stanley visit; Feature Article General Wolfe Tavern sign history, musket-ball holes, provenance; Celebration Charlotte Nichols Saunders Horner 200th birthday, cake and botanist research; Walk by Moonlight evening open house, colonial jumbles, micro-grant support; Trails & Sails two busy weekends, house/schoolhouse/shoe shop/gardens tours; Gardens dahlias, castor bean pods, New England asters, mums; In Memoriam Jim Saunders.
Museum Sundays; Penn Brook visit June 8; Cataloging efforts; Tapin scholarship; "Roving Archivist" grant; Broom Brigade mystery; USS Constitution oak; botanist Charlotte Horner.
Feature Article: Local legends of Lake Monsters and Sea Serpents with 19th-century eyewitness accounts in Georgetown and nearby waters by Chris Comiskey; Georgetown Remembered: Andrew LeBlanc’s nostalgic tour of past stores and ice cream stands from Kelloway’s and Perkins’ Variety to Cozy Corner and Riverside Dairy.
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