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N E W B U R Y H I S T O R I C AL C O M M I S S I O N
MEETING MINUTES
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015
CALL TO ORDER AT 7:03 PM WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
A regular monthly meeting of the Newbury Historical Commission was held at the Newbury Town Hall.
Members present: Channing Howard, Nancy Thurlow, Jan Forrest, and Lon Hachmeister
Members absent: Sue Nagle and Eva Jackman
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the May 2015 meeting were presented. A motion was
made to accept (with minor corrections). The motion was seconded, and the motion carried with a unanimous vote.
CORRESPONDENCE:
- Request for information on “razing” a home circa 1765 at 35 Main St, Byfield, from Mark Kirlis (Realtor) came to the HC Town website on 06/09/15. Jan responded with standard procedure information, including contacting Sam Joslin and DDB info on 06/10/15.
- Re-appointment memo was received from Ellen Jameson, Exec. Admin on 06/09/15 with the new terms of our Commission members.
Jan Forrest & Eva Jackman expire at the end of FY16 (6-30-15).
Channing Howard & Sue Nagle expire at the end of FY17 (6-30-17).
Lon Hachmeister & Nancy Thurlow expire at the end of FY18 (06-30-18)
TREASURER’S REPORT
As of June 11, 2015 General Fund 0.00
Gift Fund |
$1,818.63 |
Special Article Fund |
$6,068.50 |
Total |
$ 7,887.13 |
We had to dip into the gift fund to pay our last bill. Next year’s funds have been increased to $1,150.00.
COMMITTEE REPORTS: NONE
OLD /CONTINUING BUSINESS
- Channing is continuing to work on getting the commission access to the 1635 website.
- A suggestion was made to talk about a Plaque for the School House in Chris’ memory in the near future.
- We need to have multiple storage places: CD’s-Schoolhouse; Website person; Town Hall.
- We still need new members.
NEW BUSINESS
- School House: remove bathroom fixtures. We will need boards to cover the holes from the toilets once they are removed.
- Keys for the Cabinets in the Library. A set was given to Amy, head librarian, along with a list of current HC members.
- Donation of Picture of the Coffin house taken in 1881, from Russ Arvidson. He requested a card be displayed with the photo noting it was “donated by the Arvidson Family in memory of David
C. Arvidson of Norwood, Massachusetts”. Jan replied to Mr. Arvidson’s e-mail to thank him for his donation and extended an invitation to visit the School House. The picture was delivered to Town Hall.
- Nancy researched the costs for archival tubes and tape for the aerial maps. The tubes are 3” in diameter and 4 feet long. The package of 10 is $161. Nancy was given the OK by the commission to purchase the tubes and tape.
- Nancy had brochures made for the School House and copies of the Map (Chris was working on).
- Four (4) Maps still need to be scanned and transferred to disk.
- Nancy will order a solar light for the flagpole. Ok given by the commission.
- Jan has procured a file cabinet for storage. We will adjourn early to take it to the School House.
DISCUSSIONS:
- No meetings, unless necessary for DDB emergency, until September.
- Ice Cream social will be held on 8/13 at 6:30. Jan will send out request for food & supplies. This will be a good time to discuss a memorial for Chris.
- 1635 website – Channing’s friend, Brandon captured all the information from the existing website on a “thumb” drive. We are setting up a new account on Yahoo business site. Lon asked to get the funding information and set up a payment schedule. Channing is to check to see if Brandon can write a protocol for HC access to add items to the site,
- A circa 1765 House on the market (35 Main Street), is listed as a possible demo. Jan was able to trace it back to 1837 so far. Pictures of the house from the Real estate website do not show much left of historical/period features.
- We need to get information on restoring the map in the school house.
DDB DISCUSSION NONE ADJOURNMENT
The next meeting of the Historical Commission will be on Thursday, 08/13/15 at 6:30 at the School House. The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 PM.
Jan Forrest 08/13/15
Jan Forrest Date of approval Clerk
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