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June 2023 News
Agenda and Minutes
Any members interested in receiving the monthly agenda and minutes please contact the secretary at [email protected]. Monthly meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at the museum at 10 AM. Board meetings are open meetings, and all members and visitors are welcome.
Any members interested in receiving the monthly agenda and minutes please contact the secretary at [email protected]. Monthly meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at the museum at 10 AM. Board meetings are open meetings, and all members and visitors are welcome.
Research Requests
Parlez vous francais? We need assistance translating information written on the back of First World War photographs. If you can help please contact the secretary at [email protected].
Parlez vous francais? We need assistance translating information written on the back of First World War photographs. If you can help please contact the secretary at [email protected].
Docents
The Society needs docents to open the museum on a regular basis. The proposed schedule is the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month from 10 AM to 1 PM. We would like to have three docents per shift. Docents also participate in school visits during the week. No training is required. We also have a need for a retired teacher to take over the schoolhouse committee and a librarian to take over the library research. If you have spare time and can be of assistance please contact the secretary at [email protected].
The Society needs docents to open the museum on a regular basis. The proposed schedule is the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month from 10 AM to 1 PM. We would like to have three docents per shift. Docents also participate in school visits during the week. No training is required. We also have a need for a retired teacher to take over the schoolhouse committee and a librarian to take over the library research. If you have spare time and can be of assistance please contact the secretary at [email protected].
Buggy Barn Exhibit Hall: As is often the case, it is a bad news, good news situation. The hoped for McConnell Foundation Grant was not funded. The good news is the board decided to limp along doing as much as we could utilizing maintenance funds. We had paid for the insulation and electrical work when a gracious donor paid for the sheetrock. We were looking for painters when Walgamuth Painting of Redding stepped up and donated both materials and labor. What was left was the final electrical inspection and installation of ceiling fans. Both are now complete. Aside from trying to save the stagecoach, three wagons can now be moved into the exhibit hall. The hall will include exhibits on topics such as agricultural, timber industry, communications, etc. along the walls as well as a small book sales area. With some of the material moved out of the museum it is hoped that we can start restructuring exhibits there and remodel the research library. All that remains is putting up exit signs and hanging fire extinguishers. We can open it to the public by the end of summer, and we can start thinking about a plaquing ceremony for Lou Ann Sandoval and the Hawes family. Another plaque will honor the major donors such as the McConnell Foundation, Redding Rancheria, and others. The BUGGY BARN is done!!!
Rental Unit: The picture shows Don Bloom, Randy Pricert, Wayne Cunningham, and Dennis Forrester working on the rental unit. The work is now complete except for the back porch. The project cost about $7,000 in materials but 100% of the labor was done by members. Those shown, as well as John Snider, deserve praise for the long hours they spent on this project. The rental unit is under a HUD contract and provides sufficient funds to pay for services such as electricity, taxes, and other maintenance.
Work Shop: As can be seen by the happy faces of Wayne Cunningham, Millie Moravec, and Jean Harp, the maintenance building is ready for use. A large thank you is due to Command Sergeant Major Sevedra and the numerous others who donated equipment and supplies. The maintenance shop has allowed us to do more work at less cost. We can now do welding, furniture repair, and numerous other jobs that in the past would have been impossible without outside assistance.
School News: This view of Columbia School on the left and maintenance building on the right shows the new steps built by Dennis Possehn. Also, in the news the Redding Rancheria has granted the museum $2,250 to replace the dried and damaged shingles. We would like to have the new roof installed before September when school visits resume. Work crews removed the "teacher's platform" that was a trip hazard and moved the piano to give students an unobstructed view. With the addition of photograph albums relating to schools everything is ready to receive new students when schools resume. Note: we are still looking for eight old school desks and ink wells if anyone has them to donate. At the June meeting we received another donation of $1,500 for the school roof and the board committed to paying the $7,000 replacement cost that will include rain gutters for better protection.
Donations to the new Buggy Barn:
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On the left is our new hose reel that came from one of the mills in Anderson. It originally was hand pulled but was later modified to be towed. The cart has been restored and has all its equipment including hose, nozzle, and tools and probably dates from the 1890s. On the right is a lovingly restored sickle grinder and both will be featured in displays in the Buggy Barn.
Library: the photograph shows the board not so hard at work in the library. We would like to thank Randy Rickerts, Mrs. Tuggle, and the Redding Rancheria for their recent contributions of books. The library will be the next area to receive attention in our long-term plan. The organ behind our president at the head of the table will be removed as well as the carpet. Hopefully we can sand and save all the original hardwood underneath. A restored antique cabinet will house an Anderson High School display where the organ was and built in bookshelves on two walls will replace the multiple cabinets now in use. It is hoped that within a year the area will be a functioning research library.
Joint Projects: The Society is continually working to assist other organizations. This year we were lucky enough to obtain a roughly $1,100 grant from the Redding Rancheria for Shasta Genealogical Society to purchase equipment to improve their ability to conduct hybrid meetings. We also received a $2,500 publishing grant from the Women’s Fund to benefit Shasta Lake Heritage & Historical Society. In addition to applying for the grants we will participate in development of the book, Why can’t I: Empowered Women of Shasta County. Sixty-two women were selected with the articles divided: 35 for Anderson Historical, 16 Shasta Lake, 4 Shasta Historical, 2 Behren-Eaton House, and five individuals. The criteria are simple: a woman who is dead that contributed to the advancement of women, so if anyone wants to contribute additional material there is still a month or two before editing starts.
School Visits: We ended this school year with two additional school visits. For each visit we ask the teachers for topics to present in addition to the old one-room school experience. This year’s topics have been Native Americans, the Gold Rush in Shasta County, and the Noble’s Trail. If you are beginning to wonder if this is a sales pitch – it is! On each visit students are divided into two or three groups. One group goes to the Columbia School while one or two groups go to the museum. Each group has an assigned topic, and they rotate until they have attended all the activities. We like to have at least six docents on hand for each visit and right now we are short-handed. You do not need a degree in history to be a docent. Most serve more like traffic cops and if you like to talk, we provide cheat sheets before each visit. Docents are also needed to open the museum with regularly posted hours. We would like to start with four hours twice a month. For security we would like three docents per shift.
Board News: There are no longer openings on the Board. Randy Rickert and Mike Robinson were elected to the board at the June meeting. The search continues for committee chairpersons for the library and school as well as docents. The committee chairpersons have responsibility for a specific area of operation that matches their interest such as a teacher to manage the Columbia School. Chairpersons and docents are not required to attend the board meets held the second Wednesday of each month from 10 AM to Noon. If you know anyone with a little free time, please let them know, we would love to hear from them. Now that we have the major construction projects complete, we need docents so we can open to the public on a regular basis.
Dues: A few members are behind on dues, but there is still time to send them. All bills are paid and there are sufficient funds to meet all contingencies, but we have reached the bare-bones level of funding. Future projects require that we start saving now. Please recruit new members so the work may continue.
Email: Some of you may have noticed the colorful envelopes made possible by Millie Moravec. Normally we use as many email addresses as possible to save money, but this time we decided to mail to update our system. You are listed with the address on the envelope and the following email address: ___________________. If either are incorrect, can you please send us a note or email Ron Jolliff at [email protected].
The following vendors have provided funding and services to the Anderson Historical Society:
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