It was moved, seconded and passed to order
3 more rolls of microfilm.
A new website has been set up under register.com so the regular volunteers can learn
to maintain and update it regularly.
Mildred shared a “Ten Years Ago” item from the Osborne County Farmer: “The
City Council voted unanimously to approve an agreement with the OCGHS to turn over the title to the Carnegie Library to the
Society along with a 99-year lease on the land under it. Ownership makes it possible for the Society to
begin plans for renovation of the historic building. The Carnegie is listed on both the State and National
Register of Historic Places.” Von
added that the Carnegie Library building will be celebrating 100 years in 2012.
A US flag was donated to the Society by the VFW Auxiliary.
Everyone signed a Thank You to be sent to the Auxiliary.
We still are trying to get a Kansas Flag.
Under New Business: The Christmas wreath the Society entered in the Public Library
contest won a $5 prize, which was donated to the Public Library.
Von shared that the highest point of elevation
(2088 Feet) in Osborne County can be found in the southwest corner of the county near Natoma.
It was suggested that we do a story about the Rose Kleckner postcards in the Leaves
of Lineage quarterly to let people know we have them for sale.
Award Nominations need to be sent into the
Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies in Topeka. It was also pointed out that we need to add the KCGS
to the mailing list for the LOLA program is being presented in Natoma about the Walker Air Force Base.
We should look into the possibility of them being part of our 2010 Veterans Day Celebration.
The Carnegie experienced a frozen water meter. The City came
right away and thawed it out.
Von saved the 1895 wooden tombstone from the Downs Cemetery and donated to the Society. It had broken off
at the ground. The name and dates are carved in relief. Joe will build a stand to display it.
A workday/s need to be scheduled to organize the Masonic Lodge papers into notebooks.
The Society received materials from the Alton Telephone Company
to archive.
The story Von wrote for the Joy
magazine brought a college student from Hays seeking information about the KMMJ Club. KMMJ is a radio station
in Nebraska that encouraged communities to join together for the betterment of the community. The Osborne Club was organized
in 1933 and ran through 1965. A stone was placed in the northwest corner of the Carnegie lot at that time
with the remaining funds of the organization.
There being no more business the meeting was adjourned and a tour was given by Von of the newly painted stack on the lower
level.
