Tuesday - March 16: The Wellsville Historical Society held their regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening at the Riverside Museum. President Robert "Brassy" Beresford presided. This was the first meeting in two months. February's meeting was cancelled because of the snow conditions.
Announcements for various events in the area was announced. On April 9 & 10 a program called "Spotlight on Appalachian Ohio" will be held at the Steubenville Mall with art displays, music and a travel show. Additional information is available at www.appalachianohio.com.
The group restoring the historic Pleasant Hill School will be holding several fund raisers to continue working on the one-room school house. Pleasant Hill School is located in Jefferson County on Rt. 213. It is not far from the Rt.7-Rt. 22 intersection. They will have a fund raiser on April 17, a craft show on May 1 and a square dance on May 15 at the Pleasant Hill Elementary School. Wellsville Historical Society donated some roof slate for that effort. The slate was salvaged when work was done on the River Museum.
There will be a work party at the River Museum dedicated to cleaning up the Fire Station & Country Store in preparation for this season. It is scheduled for April 13. We'll have to check with Bonny Beresford for the time and put it in the calendar.
Pictured above is Lucille Hutson holding up a quilt she hand made and donated. The quilt is a Queen size and will be raffled off during the All-Class Reunion. Tickets for the raffle are being donated by the Martin-MacLain-Altmeyer Funeral Home. Chances on the quilt and two large, decorative prints will be one for $1 and six for $5. You get three chances to win. The quilt is the first prize. Second prize is first choice on one of the two prints and third prize is the remaining print. Tickets will be available from any Historical Society member.
A design for the plaque to be purchased for the Mary Clark Room was approved. Mrs. Clark, recently deceased, was a long time active member of the Society. What was formerly called the Victorian Parlor will be renamed in her honor.
Plans were discussed for this summer's programs. There is a possibility that the popular 4th Armored Re-enactment Div. will return. That is the WWII Army re-enactment group that for the past couple of years set up camp on the lawn of the Museum.
Motions were passed to purchase copies of a new book combining Dr. Shillings Tales of Yellow Creek and Stories of Yellow Creek. Both of Dr. Shillings books detail the historical beginnings in the Yellow Creek area. It was also agreed to buy the Children's Home book about the former home located along Yellow Creek in Jefferson County. Both books will be available at the River Museum when they arrive. It is also being researched on who printed the Edgar Davidson book "Before Memory Fades". It is time to reorder. If anyone has any information on this please contact Brassy Beresford.
Several donations were made to the Society by the Mary Clark family.
This month's program was about the Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center. The Center is located at 12021 Echo Dell Road in the Beaver Creek State Park. It is open from the first week-end in May through the first week-end in October. To date there have been over 56,000 visitors to the Center.
Started by Jim Kerr, the Center was dedicated in 2000 and was first opened to visitors in April, 2001. It is entirely operated on donations and staffed by volunteers. There are three rooms of displays each containing 40 to 70 animal mounts and skins. Due to the lack of space many of the animal displays are now kept in storage. The Center possesses over 800.
Last year the Center was awarded a $300,000 ODNR expansion grant that was arranged by State Rep. Linda Bolen. When construction is completed there will be a 40X35 foot display room, a 30X19 foot classroom/meeting room and a wildlife viewing room. There will also be a new library with over 900 volumes available for reading and research.
Also pictured above is volunteer Mrs. Ann Henry. Mrs. Henry was accompanied by fellow volunteers Greg & Stephanie. Special tours & programs are available for school groups of all ages, clubs and other organizations. For more information call Kathy at 330-424-3881 or Jim at 330-301-0019. More information on the Center can be found at http://www.beavercreekwildlife.org/. Mrs. Henry is showing a red fox and a Great Horned Owl that are two of the displays at the Center.
Next meeting is Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30 P.M. at the River Museum.
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