HILLTOP ECHOES
Volume V, Number
3 ………….……………….………………..……………Summer 2010
Newsletter of
the Friends of the Museum and the Museum Auxiliary of the
Caldwell Heritage Museum, Inc., 112 Vaiden Street, Lenoir,
NC 28645
The
Museum is affiliated with the Caldwell County Historical
Society.
In this newsletter:
Four Fifths in 2010
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Board of Directors members
and activities |
Expressions of gratitude |
Museum attendance
New from gift
shop |
Volunteers
response |
2010
holiday hours |
From the Museum
Director's Desk
Cumulative
list of Friends of the Museum (financial contributors) or
Museum Auxiliary members (volunteers) for
2010
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(On display June - Sept.) |
Next Fifth Sunday Open House:
August 29, 2010, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Superman, Cisco Kid, and Daffy Duck:
Comic books from the 1930’s to the Present
From the collection of David
Burns |
Refreshments - Caldwell Woman’s
Club
No Admission Charge – Museum Donations Appreciated.
In addition to the comic books on
display,
he collector plans to bring some extremely rare items to
the Open House,
including a first edition “Batman” worth $20,000.
Coming:
Fifth Sunday Open
House – October 31, 2010 – 3-5 p.m.
Christmas Cards and 2011 Calendars on sale.
Christmas Open House – December 3, 2010 –
4:30-7:30 p.m.
In conjunction with the Caldwell Arts Council Gallery
Opening
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MAIN FLOOR DISPLAYS
The
current exhibit of comic books will ruin through
mid-September, when it will be followed by items celebrating
the Boy Scout's 100th Anniversary. December's exhibit will
as usual have a Christmas theme.
We are currently scheduling displays for
2011. Contact Charles Triplett at the Museum with
suggestions.
BETHEL COLONY OPEN HOUSE
July 24, 2010 – 4 p.m. until ?
Bethel Colony residents and staff will tour the Museum
and then enjoy food and fellowship with the Museum
Board.
The Board of Directors has hosted an Open House for
Bethel Colony Residents and Staff for
several years to show appreciation for the work they
have done and continue to do for the
Museum. Individuals or groups who can provide hot dogs,
buns, potato chips, desserts, and
decaffeinated drinks would be appreciated. (Baked beans
and slaw have been committed.)
Volunteers to help with grilling, serving, or greeting
are needed.
Contact the Museum for information.
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Museum
Attendance
Museum attendance
for the second quarter of
2010: April, 337; May, 209; June, 266. Total
second
quarter: 812 averaging 271 per month.
Year-to-date total:1,311 averaging 219 per
month. Groups visiting: John Hawkins’ 70th
Birthday (see following item); Historical
Society Exec. Comm; Museum Board (twice); Fifth
Sunday Open House; Davenport School 4th grade
classes (four).
DIRECTOR’S
BIRTHDAY: The Board of Directors hosted a
reception for Museum Director John Hawkins’ 70th
birthday on April 11. Approximately 107 Board
members, volunteers, and Friends of the Museum
along with John’s family, neighbors, and friends
attended. Approximately $3,000 was given to the
Museum in John’s honor.
Response to call for volunteers
-
Steve
Rader volunteers for special projects.
-
Hugh
Barnes volunteers on Friday afternoons.
-
Ray Church adopted the
“Toys and Games” room, Mary Gay Hickman, the
“Medical” room, and Lynda Campbell,
Andrea Calloway, and Barbara Watson the “Early
American” room. They will organize, label,
update, and make displays more attractive as
well as making recommendations to the Museum
Director and/or the Board of Directors
regarding needs.
Please check
out our ongoing
need for volunteers! |
Board Highlights
The
Board met May 13, 2010. Quorum present.
All reports accepted. Programming Committee
reported
three displays adopted.
Tom Shuford reported on
Caldwell
County History DVD under consideration.
Chairperson
urged all committees to meet and make
recommendations
to Board. Mike Gibbons will check lights outside
handicap
entrance. Jeff Church will have school
maintenance repair
ceiling in Early American Room. Battery doorbell
has
been donated for handicapped entrance and Bob
Booth will donate a “Handicapped Entrance” sign.
Charles Triplett will be asked to set up E-Bay
account for the Museum. Chairperson urged board
members to investigate avenues of fund raising
and to suggests ways of cutting costs.
The
Board met June 22 in called session to discuss
DVD contract. Quorum present. Asked for minor
changes.
If changes approved by contractor, Museum
Director
has authority to sign. Accepted $750 gift from
Historical
Society designated for painting of four Museum
rooms.
The
complete Board minutes are available at Museum
during regular working hours.
The
next regular meeting is scheduled for July 13
due to the Director’s vacation.
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The Museum maintains a
wish list
of items needed for the Museum's operations.
New Gift
shop Items
- Margie Clark Bertie,
Clark(e) Ancestors of Burke and Caldwell Counties, NC:
Their Documented History. Hardcover, $90.00 ($10.00
shipping.) One copy in stock.
- Patricia East, Wherever
It Snows. Paperback, $20.00
- Dr. R. L. Isbell, The
World of My Childhood. paperback, $15.00
- Heritage of Watauga
County. Hardcover. $50.00 ($10.00 shipping for first
copy, $5.00 each additional.)
- Main Event Studio DVDs,
$10.00
- Museum Logo Notecards,
$6.00/doz.
- Township Maps of
Caldwell County, $12.00
NC residents add 7.75% tax to all items.
For shipping, add $5.00 for first item and $2.50 for
each additional item unless otherwise noted.
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Expression of Gratitude
…to
Lynda Campbell, Ray Church, Dustin Turnmyre, and
Justin Taylor for preparing the spring Hilltop
Echoes for mailing …to
Lynda Campbell, Andrea Calloway, Dr. Myra
Dickson, John Hawkins, and Barbara Watson for
attending the “Hands-On History and Marketing
Our History” workshop. The Museum supplied
coffee and pastry for the morning break …
to Beverly and Judy Beal for planters outside
the Museum …to
Jack Adams, Judy Beal, Bob Booth, Karin Borei,
Betty Buss, Lynda Campbell, Dr. Myra Dickson,
Kathryn Jackson, Steve Rader, and
Tom Shuford for helping with May Fifth Sunday
Open House, and to Bobbie J. Curtis for
refreshments …to
Eric
Icenhour for installing doorbell and plaque …to
Bob
Booth for donating “Handicapped Entrance” sign …to
Jack Adams for cleaning and repairing Museum
sign in front of building …to
Caldwell Co. Historical Society for donation to
pay for painting in designated rooms…
Note
of appreciation received from
the Town of Hudson Dinner Theater Committee in
appreciation for the use of some Museum items as props for
“Inherit the Wind.” |
From the Director's Desk ………………………………………...…. John O. Hawkins
JUST VISITING
I
always enjoy preparing this page of the newsletter because
it makes me feel as if we’re having a personal visit.
Admittedly it’s a bit one-sided since I’m doing all the
talking, but, hopefully you’re learning things that you find
interesting and beneficial.
A
big “Thank You” is extended to each person who acknowledged
my 70th birthday by attending the reception, by giving a
gift to the Museum, by sending a card, or by remembering me
in some other way. I have tried to acknowledge the gifts,
and if I overlooked you, please accept my apology. Barbara
Freiman told me that seventy is a very good year, and I
agree with her. Eliza Bishop, who is a couple of months
behind me, thinks we go for another seventy, and I couldn’t
agree more. A cousin’s young daughter said I “looked
natural,” which I assume is a compliment.
My
birthday is not the only good thing that has happened. Our
May Fifth Sunday Open House featured Patricia East, author of
the novel Wherever It Snows, and her aunt, Bobbie J.
Curtis, furnished delicious refreshments. Hibriten High
School’s Southern Culture Class had their projects on
display and some students were here to interpret the items.
Thanks to their teacher, John Spicer, for all his help. We
plan to do it again next year.
We
were also delighted to have four Davenport A+ School fourth
grade classes visit us near the end of the school year.
These enthusiastic, well-behaved students participated in a
scavenger hunt as learned about Caldwell County. We hope
they will come again.
We
have some other events coming up that are mentioned
elsewhere in the newsletter. One of the most rewarding is
the Open House for Bethel Colony. Those people are
appreciative, and they let it be known. If you need a lift,
volunteer on that day. You’ll get food for your spirit, as
well as food for your body.
Currently
our display through mid-September is David Burns’ comic
books. He plans to be present at our August Fifth Sunday
Open House, and he will have additional books for that day
only, including a rare first edition of “Batman.”
Our
October 31st Fifth Sunday Open House will mark the official
debut of the 2010 Christmas card and the 2011 township
calendar. This year’s Christmas card is “Christmas at the
Kentwood Grill,” painted by Dustin Turnmyre, a Museum
volunteer, who did the well-received “Christmas at the Red
Pig” a few years ago. The painting was commissioned by Melba
Burgess Stapleton whose parents owned and operated the
Kentwood for many years. We plan to have prints available as
well.
As
I am writing this, we are selecting pictures for the
township calendar. We are adding a new feature this year.
For a small fee, you can list your birthday, wedding
anniversary, or other significant date on the calendar.
On
the horizon is the
DVD of early area history. Lance Main of
Main Events Studio is the contractor, and Tom Shuford, Board
member, is chairing this project. It is a high quality
production, and the first results look great. I am not sure
at this point when it will be on the market, but you will
certainly be kept informed.
Speaking
of staying informed, we have several avenues by which we
pass information along to you. In addition to this
newsletter, we have this website that is kept current. We also
use the area newspapers, local radio and television, and
e-mail. Of course, you can always call us. If you call
during working hours, you’ll get a real-live human answering
the telephone. We want you to be “in the know.”
Space
dictates that this visit must come to an end. It was nice
chatting with you. Come be to see us, and when you do, I’ll
let you do the talking.
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HOLIDAY HOURS
December 24, 2010 -10
a.m. until 3 p.m.
November 24, 2010-10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
December 25, 2010-Christmas—CLOSED
November 25, 2010-Thanksgiving –CLOSED
January 1, 2011-New Year’s
Day—CLOSED
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CALDWELL HERITAGE MUSEUM, INC.
112
Vaiden Street SW
Lenoir, NC 28645
John O. Hawkins,
Museum Director
Charles W. Triplett,
Museum Assistant
Barbara Watson, Librarian
Judy Beal, Treasurer and Greeter
Karin Borei, Web Master
Elizabeth Barnette, Kathryn Jackson, and
Donna Shane, Greeters
Hours
of Operation
Tuesday-Friday – 10 a.m. 4:30 p.m.
Saturday – 10 a.m. 3 p.m.
Telephone: 828-758-4004
Fax: 828-758-4242
E-Mail:
Caldheritmus@AOL.com
Website:
www.caldwellheritagemuseum.org
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Term Exp. 2010
Judy
Beal, Treasurer
Betty Buss
Dr. Myra Dickson,
Secretary
Term Exp. 2011
Andrea Calloway
Tom Shuford
Ed Whitener
Term Exp. Dec. 2012
Bob
Booth, Chairperson
Mike
Gibbons, Vice-Chairperson
Lynn Martin
Ex-Officio
Dr.
Jeff Church, Facility Owner Rep.
John
O. Hawkins, Museum Director
Barbara Watson.
Hist. Soc. Rep. |
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