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08 25 2008 History Minutes r; ~' C)11fLH~ ~Iinates i~~on 25 Auk; '0()8 .. ~-'; ~, Attendance: Jadeen Henderson, Bruce Wiggins, Margaret Prewer, Allan Howard (chair}, Sheila Kirkland (secretary), and Geoffrey Booth (vice-chair) Minutes of July meeting. Moved by Brace and seconded by Margaret that the tt~-inutes be approved as circulated. Passed. Old Business: + Margarefs list of OMHA articles stored .~t the Township Office is ongoing and not completed as yet. We still need to «cuerate a report for the Parks & Rec. consultant although the exact date necdcd is not known. • There is more space now at the Old Town Hall for storage • We need to move the display/dividers that Guthrie Church has stored. Discussed keeping them at the Old Town Hall. They need to be labeled as History Association property. Bruce and Allan will look at moving them next week, : Allan will contact Shawn Binns about the Guthrie arena storage and options for moving the articles, as we understand this is doing to occur in the future. • Moved by Jadeen that the original council table and chairs be plaqued, as well as the voting box that is at the Old Town Hall. Further the background supporting documentation for each article be compiled and kept for posterity. Further that 5~ plaques including identification numbers stating Property of Oro-Medonte History Association be bought for this purpose. Seconded by Bruce. PASSED Bnuce will price them. • Jadeen suggest that we also imprint a number on the underside of each bench at the Orc> African Church. Bruce will check for the tool to do this and Jadeen will check with Bob. Bn~ce will purchase if no one has one-bill to the Association. • Margaret has two quotes for ground radar. 1 s`: quote Multiview Locates Inc.- Mr. John E. Scafe $3395 and 2"`r: quote Radarscan -Mr. Ken Blair $550(1. Shawn asked for references and only Multiview gave references. The Township will give the okay to go ahead when they are checked out. Margaret will give the size of the lot including the bush to the company chosen. • Margaret will take the map of the archeological sites to the Planning Department. Correspondence • R~_~;~~t~~t from 5~1.~~~~~;u•et Davenport-Colr ;~~kin~T ('or articles for the Sprin~~~~at: i- Library Board who is looking at increasing their research section of their libr~iry. This was discussed and maybe considered in the future provided there are proper rules and regulations for loaning a display and return policies. • United Way email updating their request for proposals that we do not qualify for. • Email re: church tour from Margaret to Allan. Allan will send his belated regrets. • Email re: Article about a l~tational Historic Site Conservator who restores historic buildings whose number is included in the article and who may be able to look at the interior of the African Church for restoration as the white wash needs redone and some chinking. Geoffrey will contact for a quote on this. (Of note in the past s voluntrcr~ tiid the whitewashing but unsure about the chinking and this was befr~rc it was a NHS.j • Email from Geoff re: frame from the Red Cross Certificate. • Request from 1`ourism Ontario for information on torGrist sites. s i~act sheet from Heritage Canaria for funding. We may not qualify. Geoff will investigate. • ~IHSA 2t~~S is October 15----17 being held at Packwood NHS, Oshawa. "Where have all the visitors gone" is the theme. It is a 10~' Anniversary for the I'~IHSA. We have yet to receive the registration forms with more details. • Email re: request for properties of interest along Hwy. 11 from Lindsay Popert, Archaeological Services in Toronto Margaret sent her a list and she will try to send us a copy of the completed report. • Email re: the 160`x' Anniversary of the Oro African Church is next year-what are wr planning to do to celebrate? Will discuss over the next few meetings for su ~ ~~ ~~ ~ t i onslplans. New Business s Articles donated by Hawkestone United Church received. Ascension documentation included. • Heritage Day report: 41 antique tractors participated despite the weather, the meal was a success and already people are asking about next year. The Officers of the OPP did a great job. The participants were very pleased about the pictures they received that Allan did. Jadeen suggests that we keep a copy for our records and Allan can do that. • Oro Fall Fair September 13-we will put up the tent and put out the displays. We will move our display closer to the track as the antique car show is growing. This will give us better exposure for foot traffic. • Margaret received a request from someone Looking at the Bass Lake area to compile a history. She directed him to the Simcae County Archives and the Land Registry office as resources. Next meeting is September 22 at 6pm at the Township Offices. Who What Margaret complete listing of articles Everyone compile a report Rn~t•~~ price idcr~til'i<<~ri~~n plaques Bruce find or buy imprint tool BruceiAllan move displays from Guthrie Margaret map to Planning Dept. Geoff contact conservator for quote Geoff Heritage Canada funding investigate Allan making copy of tractor pictures for records Everyone Ora Fali Fair setup Everyone ideas for l60`~ amiiversary NHS When ASAP ASAP ASAP ASAP next week ASAP as able as able as able Sept.l2 next rntg.