The annual dinner was held April 18th. The speaker was Lynn Smith who
told us something about the history of bicycles and showed a video of
people riding various kinds of antique bikes. He brought along his own
antique high wheel bicycle. Lynn is also involved with the Bicycle Museum
on the corner of 66 and 274 in New Bremen.
Charlotte Smith filled us in on events planned at the Lake Loramie Heritage
Museum this summer. A program on gardening will be held on May 1 by
members of the Shelby County Master Gardeners. June 12 will be a
program on boats, motors and fishing lures. On July 17 members will be
giving pontoon rides around the lake. On Sept. 18 a program on digital
photography by photographer Bob Huecker of Minster will coincide with the
Fall Festival. The museum, in the old lake office across from the swimming
beach, will be open every Sat. from 1- 4 beginning May 1. For information
call 419-628-2024. Admission and events are free.
A highway sign was found in the town's buildings and refurbished by Don
Gusching and will be reinstalled at the north end of town.
We had thought we were out of Sesquecentennial books but a box of hard-
cover copies was found buried in the storeroom and they will be going on
sale in the museum
Tom Busse did an excellent job of painting the dress shop. The plaster had
been peeling off the walls in some places and we are hoping the new paint
job will stop that from happening in the future. Alice Barhorst and Catherine
Wolken will be redecorating
A display will be set up containing the antique typewriters that belong to the
museum and also any other office-related items that can be found. If you
have anything you would like to donate either temporarily or permanently
call 419-628-2481. I am still looking for a manual typewriter that you don't
care about for the kids to try out when they come in. Anything office-related
will be welcome - books, photos, dictating machines, staplers, pens, stories,
anything related to shorthand. Even a very early computer would be good.
The Wilderness Trail Museum will be open every Sunday from 1-4 from the
first Sunday in June to the last Sunday in August. We will be putting out
some new things and hope to have more events and displays in the future
but we need new members with new ideas or just people who want to help.
Money-making ideas would be welcome in particular. You do not need to
live in Ft. Loramie to be a member. Dues are $10.00 a year.
Board members are Rosemary Brussell 937-295-2863, Dorothy Quinlin
937-295-2659, Sheila Quinlin, Alice Barhorst 937-295-3553,
Jim Rosengarten 937-295-3998.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Some other area museums
Minster Historical Society
112 W. 4th St.
P.O. Box 51
Minster OH 45865
419-628-4600
mhs1832@verizon.net
Tue 10-2, Sun 1-3, groups by appointment
A tribute to the 1950's and the Korean War Era
New Bremen Historic Association
120 N. Main
New Bremen
2-4, Sun. June, July, August
Lockkeeper's house open 10am June 19th
The Bicycle Museum of America
7 W. Monroe St.
New Bremen OH 45869
419-629-9249
Mon-Fri 11-7, Sat 11-2
bicyclemuseum.com
Ft. Recovery State Museum
i Fortsite St.
Ft. Recovery OH 45846
419-375-4649
fortrecoverymuseum.com
12-5 daily June, July, August.
Weekends the rest of the year
Maria Stein Heritage Museum
2291 St. John's Rd.
Maria Stein OH 45860
419-925-4532
12-430 Tue-Sun
Donation $2
Shelby County Historical Society
Ross Historical Center
201 N. Main St.
P.O. Box 376
Sidney OH 45365
937-498-1653
Next event is a tour of Graceland Cemetery on June 18.
112 W. 4th St.
P.O. Box 51
Minster OH 45865
419-628-4600
mhs1832@verizon.net
Tue 10-2, Sun 1-3, groups by appointment
A tribute to the 1950's and the Korean War Era
New Bremen Historic Association
120 N. Main
New Bremen
2-4, Sun. June, July, August
Lockkeeper's house open 10am June 19th
The Bicycle Museum of America
7 W. Monroe St.
New Bremen OH 45869
419-629-9249
Mon-Fri 11-7, Sat 11-2
bicyclemuseum.com
Ft. Recovery State Museum
i Fortsite St.
Ft. Recovery OH 45846
419-375-4649
fortrecoverymuseum.com
12-5 daily June, July, August.
Weekends the rest of the year
Maria Stein Heritage Museum
2291 St. John's Rd.
Maria Stein OH 45860
419-925-4532
12-430 Tue-Sun
Donation $2
Shelby County Historical Society
Ross Historical Center
201 N. Main St.
P.O. Box 376
Sidney OH 45365
937-498-1653
Next event is a tour of Graceland Cemetery on June 18.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
March 2010 Newsletter
We received donations of 2 photos from Bernard Sanders. One is of St. Michael's First Communion Class of 1925 with names on the back. The other is of Short School in Cynthian Twp. in 1923 also with names.
We also received items from William Frilling pertaining to Edwin Frilling who was in WWII and was killed in a car accident in 1953. There is a Bluejackets' Navy Manual, 1944 with photos of Mr. Frilling, a memorial book from Heinl Funeral Home and a 48 star flag from the funeral.
The church people found a wooden box and donated it to us. It has white and black marbles in it and was used in the old days to decide who was allowed to join an organization. If you got a black marble you were rejected. That's where the term, "blackballing" came from.
Tom Busse is still painting in the museum and has chosen a nice pink paint for the dress shop. Alice Barhorst has promised to help him with the decorating.
Jim Rosengarten says the roofs might need some work. There has been talk of dismantling the old dumb waiter in the interest of more floor space. Although it may have seemed like a good idea at the time it has never really worked.
A historical sign has been found that was once out on the road but it is different from the more recent one that is missing. It is shaped like the state of Ohio. Does anyone remember where it was? We don't think it was in front of the Fleckenstein farm.
We would like to build a base for the bell with the bricks from the old school. We would also like to have a plaque made for the stone block that looks like a tombstone.
A suggestion has been made that we participate in the village garage sales in the fall. Members or anyone would donate items to sell.
A display of old typewriters will be set up for the summer season. If anyone has anything to loan temporarily I would appreciate it. The ones we have are from the 19 teens and it would be nice to have some from other decades. If you have an old manual you don't care about and would like to loan I would like to set one up for the kids to try. Most of them have never seen a typewriter. We don't want to type on the antique ones. A toy typewriter or other old office machines would be nice too.
New members are always welcome. Dues are $10.00 a year.
Rosemary Brussell, president, 937-295-2863
Alice Barhorst, vice president, 937-295-3553
Sheila Quinlin, secretary
Dorothy Quinlin, treasurer, 937-295-2659
Jim Rosengarten, curator, 937-295-3998
We also received items from William Frilling pertaining to Edwin Frilling who was in WWII and was killed in a car accident in 1953. There is a Bluejackets' Navy Manual, 1944 with photos of Mr. Frilling, a memorial book from Heinl Funeral Home and a 48 star flag from the funeral.
The church people found a wooden box and donated it to us. It has white and black marbles in it and was used in the old days to decide who was allowed to join an organization. If you got a black marble you were rejected. That's where the term, "blackballing" came from.
Tom Busse is still painting in the museum and has chosen a nice pink paint for the dress shop. Alice Barhorst has promised to help him with the decorating.
Jim Rosengarten says the roofs might need some work. There has been talk of dismantling the old dumb waiter in the interest of more floor space. Although it may have seemed like a good idea at the time it has never really worked.
A historical sign has been found that was once out on the road but it is different from the more recent one that is missing. It is shaped like the state of Ohio. Does anyone remember where it was? We don't think it was in front of the Fleckenstein farm.
We would like to build a base for the bell with the bricks from the old school. We would also like to have a plaque made for the stone block that looks like a tombstone.
A suggestion has been made that we participate in the village garage sales in the fall. Members or anyone would donate items to sell.
A display of old typewriters will be set up for the summer season. If anyone has anything to loan temporarily I would appreciate it. The ones we have are from the 19 teens and it would be nice to have some from other decades. If you have an old manual you don't care about and would like to loan I would like to set one up for the kids to try. Most of them have never seen a typewriter. We don't want to type on the antique ones. A toy typewriter or other old office machines would be nice too.
New members are always welcome. Dues are $10.00 a year.
Rosemary Brussell, president, 937-295-2863
Alice Barhorst, vice president, 937-295-3553
Sheila Quinlin, secretary
Dorothy Quinlin, treasurer, 937-295-2659
Jim Rosengarten, curator, 937-295-3998
Photo
This is a Royal typewriter No.10, 1914. Apparently a later version of that model because it has only one window on the side. The earliest ones had 2.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Typewriting trivia
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" is the longest with the right.
The sentence, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
"Typewriter" is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable".
From nimblefingers.com
The sentence, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
"Typewriter" is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable".
From nimblefingers.com
Thursday, March 11, 2010
More foreign origins
Carity/Carite/Gariety - France
Clune - Ankum, Hanover
Cordonnier - Grandfontaine, Alsace-Lorraine, France
Cortaide - Weissenburg, Alsace-Lorraine, France
Cromnai - Rhein-Pruessen
Dabbelt - Westfalen
Dahlinghaus - Damme, Oldenburg, (Nuttelin?)
Daniel - Bavaria
Danzig - Hannover
Deiters - Hannover?
Depweg - Astrup?,Hannover
Dickman - Bakum, Oldenburg
Dirksen - Octrup, Westfalen
Dirksen - (probably another family)
Dorsten - Lutten, Vechta, Oldenburg
Doseck - Switzerland
Drees - Garrel, Oldenburg
Dreses - Westfalen
Dressman - Alfhausen, Hannover
Dues - Altstatten, Ahausen, Westfalen
Duwel - Damme, Oldenburg
Eilerman - Ostbevern, Westfalen
Elsass - Elsass-Lothringen
Enneking - Oldorf, Damme, Oldenburg
Ernst - Hannover
Everman - Oldenburg
Eyink - Coesfeld, Westfalen
Clune - Ankum, Hanover
Cordonnier - Grandfontaine, Alsace-Lorraine, France
Cortaide - Weissenburg, Alsace-Lorraine, France
Cromnai - Rhein-Pruessen
Dabbelt - Westfalen
Dahlinghaus - Damme, Oldenburg, (Nuttelin?)
Daniel - Bavaria
Danzig - Hannover
Deiters - Hannover?
Depweg - Astrup?,Hannover
Dickman - Bakum, Oldenburg
Dirksen - Octrup, Westfalen
Dirksen - (probably another family)
Dorsten - Lutten, Vechta, Oldenburg
Doseck - Switzerland
Drees - Garrel, Oldenburg
Dreses - Westfalen
Dressman - Alfhausen, Hannover
Dues - Altstatten, Ahausen, Westfalen
Duwel - Damme, Oldenburg
Eilerman - Ostbevern, Westfalen
Elsass - Elsass-Lothringen
Enneking - Oldorf, Damme, Oldenburg
Ernst - Hannover
Everman - Oldenburg
Eyink - Coesfeld, Westfalen
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Ken Sowards
Ken Sowards will be giving a talk on the old fort on Sunday, Feb. 21st in the Ft. Loramie Rescue Squad building. He usually brings lots of artifacts and if you haven't seen his presentation you should.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
January newsletter
The January meeting was held on Jan. 21. Dorothy Quinlin reported
that we made a profit on the Christmas dinners. Members who would
like particulars can contact Dorothy.
Members have been busy removing the Christmas decorations at
the museum. A big wind blew down some of the wreaths on the front
of the country store and something else will have to be done next year.
The wreaths were hung with suction cups that couldn't withstand the
high wind. Anyone interested in helping with next years dinners can
contact one of the board members. You don't have to be a member to
help out.
Congratulations to member Don Gusching who was elected to the
village council.
Tom Busse has been doing a lot of painting in the museum and it is
looking very nice.
Speaking of members, dues are $10. The annual dinner is scheduled
for April 18th. A letter will go out to members later on.
Many of you might remember the historical sign on 66 north of town
beside the Fleckenstein farm. It was knocked over and before anything
could be done about it it disappeared. If anyone knows what became
of it please let someone from the Historical Association know.
Rosemary Brussel - president - 937-295-2863
Alice Barhorst - vice president - 937-295-3553
Sheila Quinlin - secretary
Dorothy Quinlin - treasurer - 937-295-2659
Jim Rosengarten - curator - 937-295-3998
that we made a profit on the Christmas dinners. Members who would
like particulars can contact Dorothy.
Members have been busy removing the Christmas decorations at
the museum. A big wind blew down some of the wreaths on the front
of the country store and something else will have to be done next year.
The wreaths were hung with suction cups that couldn't withstand the
high wind. Anyone interested in helping with next years dinners can
contact one of the board members. You don't have to be a member to
help out.
Congratulations to member Don Gusching who was elected to the
village council.
Tom Busse has been doing a lot of painting in the museum and it is
looking very nice.
Speaking of members, dues are $10. The annual dinner is scheduled
for April 18th. A letter will go out to members later on.
Many of you might remember the historical sign on 66 north of town
beside the Fleckenstein farm. It was knocked over and before anything
could be done about it it disappeared. If anyone knows what became
of it please let someone from the Historical Association know.
Rosemary Brussel - president - 937-295-2863
Alice Barhorst - vice president - 937-295-3553
Sheila Quinlin - secretary
Dorothy Quinlin - treasurer - 937-295-2659
Jim Rosengarten - curator - 937-295-3998
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Meeting announcement
The January meeting of the Historical Association will be held Thursday, January 21 at 7:30 at the Wilderness Trail Museum in Ft. Loramie on the corner of Main and Elm. We usually meet in the music room or back in the country store. It will be mainly a business meeting but everyone is welcome to attend.
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