Gatesburg Historical Society
1.
Attendees
Ernie Harpster, Diane Snyder,
Jeannie Siphron, Maria Rhodes, Jenny Barto, Anna Margaret Peters, Carl and Buck
Gates, Jim Harpster,
2.
Minutes
Minutes were reviewed from the
meeting held on
3.
Old Business
a.
Military Memorial
Ernie reported, after seeing
several monuments in the area and speaking with Steve Miska, that ¼” letters
may be too small. He again passed around
a sample of a plague wherein 3/8” cap letters were used. After a careful review, the committee
unanimously agreed to have the memorial plague engraved using 3/8” capital
letters, if $2,000.00 in additional funding becomes available. He again asked
the committee to continue to review the names submitted for this plague and is
asking those residents who have family ties to the western end of
The original estimate for this memorial has been reduced from of $8-10,000.00 to approximately $5,000.00. The major cost of the memorial is going to be the actual plague. A majority of the brick will be donated as well as a portion of the labor for the structure.
A decision still needs to be made
on the location of the monument. An in-
depth discussion was held by the committee as to placing this monument on
private versus public land. The majority
of the committee members do not want the monument to be placed on private land
unless some sort of legal agreement can be entered into with the land
owner. Ernie was going to continue
working with the
b. Report from Booklet &Photo Committee
Photo committee continues working on this project. Jerilynn reported that due to the requirement of the printing company needing the pictures to be scanned at a minimum of 300 dpi, any and all photos reproduced to this point will have to be scanned instead of photo copied.
It was also reported by Amanda
(Gates) Doty who owns and operates Maple Hill Photography, has offered to take
professional pictures of anyone who would like to have a photo submitted to the
committee for inclusion in the booklet.
In order to do so, they need to contact her at (814) 571-9817 or at maplehillphoto@hotmail.com. She will set up an appointment for the photo
session to be held on
Jerilynn suggested that the photo
and booklet committee be pulled together going forward.
There still remains a great deal
of work, both with the photos, captioning and layout of the book. The next
meeting of the booklet/photo committee has been set for
c.
Guest Book
Diane is still searching for a
guest book with an “old” style flair to it.
Anyone who comes across a book that may suit the event is to get in
touch with Diane.
d. Township
Maria reported that Srgt. Henricks,
Community Relations Supervisor with
Anna Margaret suggested contacting
e.
Parade
Ernie reported on behalf of Denny
Moore that he was still soliciting parade entries. Also Denny has begun making parking signs to
be used during the event.
No additional information was
provided on this item since Denny Moore and Danny Rhodes were absent from the
meeting.
f.
Picnic
Ernie reviewed for the new
attendees (Mr. and Mrs. Huebner , Tony Warren and Kirsten Jepp) what plans have
been made to date on the picnic. Mr.
Huebner.
Mr. Huebner expressed his desire
to help with this project. Maria
notified the committee that Judy Hackman had also told her she would be willing
to serve on the picnic subcommittee.
A short discussion was held as to
when the picnic committee should begin plans.
An April, 2009 meeting should be set up for further discussion on the
picnic.
g.
Military Reenactment Camp
There was nothing new to report
other than Ernie confirmed that the re-enactors are still scheduled to set up
camp on the property owned by Mike Houseknect.
Mr. Huebner suggested we provide meals for the participants. It was the consensus of the committee to do
so.
h.
Black Smith
Nothing new to report.
i.
Cook Book
Dorothy Johnson is still
collecting recipes from the community.
The cost will be $15.00 a book. An order form will be made available
through the web site .
j.
Pottery
Pottery orders can now be made
thru our web site or by contacting any committee member. The cost for shipping and handling of these
items has yet to be determined. Diane is
still working on setting up those rates.
k.
Charcoal Making
Nothing new to report.
l.
Fire Works
Nothing new to report.
m. Insurance
Nothing new to report.
n.
Grant Application
Nothing new to report.
o. Advertising
Ernie reported he has been in
contact with Town & Gown and is confident they will be doing an article on
this project.
4. New Business
a. Entertainment
A discussion was held on what entertainment would be held for this event. Mr. Warren suggested that children events be held. Ernie reported that several local bands (blue grass, country, etc.) have tentatively been scheduled. It was also reported that two clowns have been retained who will stroll through the crowds working with balloons. Maria suggested that Judy Hackman be asked to help with this event as she has worked with children projects in the past.
Maria also suggested having a radio station do a live broadcast during the Saturday activities. The committee suggested she get any information on this and report back with her findings at the next meeting.
5. Financial Report
In Denny Moore’s absence, Ernie reported that, to date, a total of $3,500.00 has been raised which has all been earmarked towards the memorial. Mr. Huebner suggested we do a raffle during the event.
6. Scheduling of Next Meeting and Adjournment
The next meeting of the committee
has been schedule for
There being no further business to
discuss, the meeting was adjourned at