Ruby's Notes
January 7, 2012
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting
this date with nine (9) persons in attendance.
Ted Wolfe, president, called the meeting to order followed by the reading of
the last minutes and the treasurer's report.
Susan House will be cutting out the obituaries from the local paper starting
January 1, 2012 and I will do it when she is on vacation or can't be at home to do it.
We had a discussion on the Christmas dinner that was held at the Ryan's
Restaurant in December.
Barbara Hamilton brought some cemetery records and pictures that she had
worked on and gave them to David.
David Houchin, librarian, said that the Library has a new director and they
will be having a meeting next Wednesday in the downstairs of the Waldomore
to discuss needs of the Waldomore. It needs a new roof desperately along
with new electrical wiring.
Ted Wolfe, asked about when the forms for the scholarships need to be taken
to the local high schools. They are usually delivered to the schools in
February and need to be turned in by the 15th of April.
Don't forget that dues are due and can be paid by sending your remittance of
$10.00 to Harrison County Genealogical Society, P O Box 387,
Clarksburg, WV 26301. I must have picked up somewhere in the neighborhood
of 30 today and I will get your cards in the mail as soon as possible. I
am only at the Waldomore to pick up applications once a month.
We signed a sympathy card to be sent to Dr. Gordon's family.
The next meeting will be February 4th.
Ruby
January Meeting
Christmas Dinner
Ryan's
December 10, 2011
There were 14 of us that attended the annual Christmas dinner of Harrison County
Genealogical Society.
First off we want to thank Diana Johnson and her helper this year Bertha Webb
for making the dinner a success. Diana really does a great job of getting games
and prizes ready for the games that she has us to play. Thanks a million Diana.
There were two baskets of candy with a different number of pieces in each
basket. Bobbi Jean Tidd and Ray Evereley won those.
She gave each of us a number and drew them to give out door prizes. Those were
won by Betty Waugh, Polly Dennison, Ruby Casto, Bertha Webb, Darla Everley and
Susan Dennison.
Polly Dennison won the prize for a Christmas puzzle that had to be colored in
and I didn't see who won the prize for doing the Crossword puzzle of "The Night
Before Christmas."
When we exchanged gifts she read the "Night Before Christmas" and each time she
said right or left that was the way we passed our gifts.
Of course at Ryan's it is buffet style and so we all had plenty to eat and a
good time was had by all.
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Those in attendance were:
Patricia, Polly and Susan Dennison, Darla and Ray
Everley, Dick Wilt, Diana Johnson, Bertha Webb, Ted Wolfe, Betty Waugh, Betty
Rinehart, Ruby Casto, Bobbi Jean and Jeff Tidd.
We want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.
Ruby
Ruby's Notes
December 3, 2011
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular meeting this date
with 12 persons in attendance. It was good to have Bob Blankenship with us once
again. It is always good to see our out of state members.
David said that Clifford Larry Francis had donated some books to the collection:
Jacob Fultz of Wolf Summit, Samuel Warner of Virginia, and the Descendants of
Valentine Cooper 1745-1835. Thanks Clifford for these donations.
Our annual Christmas dinner will be next Saturday, December 10th at 2:00 P.M. at
Ryan's Restaurant on Emily Drive. We will also have a gift exchange so if you
want to participate in that, bring a gift that can be used by either a man or
woman. Diana usually has some games for us to play.
Diana Johnson said she was about one half way through the index of the pedigree
charts looking for errors.
Diana also said the December newsletter will not be done until the Christmas
break from school. She has a full time job with the Harrison County Board of
Education.
We had discussed naming a History Hero at the last meeting and had tabled it
until this meeting. Seems like no one wants to participate this year, so we
will not be naming anyone.
The IOOF Cemetery on Chestnut Street is still being worked on and hopefully it
will not get in the condition that it has been in the past.
The next meeting will be held at 10:00 A.M. on the 7th of January, 2012.
Oh yes, Dick was there with his camera today and took pictures, however David
and Dick did not get in them.
Dues are now due and they are still $10.00 mailed to Harrison County
Genealogical Society, P O Box 387, Clarksburg, WV 26301.
Ruby
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December Meeting
Ruby's Notes
November 5, 2011
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their regular monthly meeting this
date with eight persons in attendance.
Don't forget that the annual Christmas Dinner will be on Saturday, December 10th
at 2:00 P.M. at Ryan's Restaurant on Emily Drive. We will also have a gift
exchange and the gift needs to be something that can used either by a man or
woman.
Diana was not in attendance so we did not have a report on the pedigree chart
book. Maybe she can put on a separate message about it.
Susan House has volunteered to start cutting the obits out of the local
Clarksburg paper beginning the 1st of January. Thanks Susan.
David had three new books, he had bought a reprint of the History of Randolph
County by Hu Maxwell, Michael Evans Snyder donated his book "Bury Me In West
Virginia" and of course the One Room Schoolin book. Of course my story is in
the book and our treasurer's husband also has a very nice story in it. Dianne
Zimmerman from Utah also wrote a story for it. I don't know if any other HCGS
members have a story in it or not.
Ted Wolfe, president, had a letter from the Archives and History Department in
Charleston, WV wanting to know if we wanted to nominate someone for the history
hero for 2012. If so it needs to be turned in by December 31st. If you know of
someone that you would like to name, please let us know. If we would want to
set up a display we need to have that information into them by January 31, 2012.
The day for the event will be February 23rd.
Betty Waugh told us that Bertha Webb wanted her to mention the fact that she
thought it was the Lutheran Church that had spent one whole day cleaning up at
the IOOF Cemetery on Chestnut Street, and David said the cemetery is looking
great.
Don't forget it is getting time for dues once again and they are $10.00 per year
and runs from January 1st through December 31st. They can be mailed to Harrison
County Genealogical Society, P O Box 387, Clarksburg, WV 26301.
The next meeting will be held on December 3rd at 10:00 a.m. on the second floor
of the Waldomore.
Ruby
Notes
Meeting of October 1, 2011
Members present Dick Wilt; Betty Waugh; Darla Everley; Bertha M Webb; Dottie
Riffle; Ted Wolfe; June Conrad; David Houchin; Diana Johnson & Joann Sandy
Ted called the meeting to order @10:00 a.m
David read minutes of 9/10/2011 meeting...approved & 2nd
Christmas dinner to be Sat Dec 10th @ Ryan's @ 2:00 p.m. the society might have
to share the dining room if not a large crowd. Motion to approve & accepted.
Treasurer report was read by Dottie Riffle, motion to approved & 2nd.
Committee Reports: David didn't have enough interest to merit the D.C. bus
trip so it has been canceled. There were less than 10 individuals the had signed
up for the trip and it was determined that the trip did not have enough to have the
trip to DC.
Diana needed someone to take the bulletins to the post office. They were ready
to go, she has just been unable to get them their. Betty W volunteered to do so
on Tuesday.
Easter & her daughter are reviewing & making corrections to the pedigree charts
Meeting was adjourned but members sat and discussed family stories. Bertha told
a story about her father offering to get the water & firewood for the local school
teacher. It seems her mother did not look favorably his jester of offer to help.
After the meeting David discussed the status of roof repair on the Waldomore and the latest quote at 200 to 300K.
Signed:
Joann
Ruby's Notes
September 10, 2011
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their September meeting this date
with 14 members in attendance.
Diana Johnson said she had three more charts to add to the pedigree charts and
that Esther Duncan and her daughter has volunteered to proof read all of them.
Diana also said that a Civil War Veterans monument was found in a dump in Roane
County. She and her son went to get it and brought it back. They went to the
IOOF Cemetery on Chestnut Street as that is where T. J. Cottrill was buried.
When they went there he already had a monument so this one had been trashed, so
they brought it up to the Waldomore and put it with another one that we have.
She also said that after the meeting we needed to stay to help get the
newsletter ready for mailing. Ten people stayed and the newsletter is ready for
mailing all except the labels and I left so don't know if she run them off or
not.
The trip to DC was discussed very little. David has not had very many persons
interested in it. If you know anyone that would like to go on the trip it will
be on the 4th of October and the cost this year will be $45.00. Please contact
David at houchin@clark.lib.wv.us
Terry Kerns a new member donated a copy of his book "The Glovers of Glovers
Gap, WV."
I also gave a book on the History of the Library of Clarksburg, WV by Lawrence
Lynch. Freddie Layman had sent it to me to give to the library.
We discussed the Christmas dinner and Betty Waugh will be in charge of finding
the place for this year. She will try to get Ryan's on a Saturday afternoon.
There will be more information on this at the next meeting.
It was good to have Terry Kerns our new member and Shirley Kidd who has been a
member for years but does not get to attend very many meetings.
Dick Wilt had his camera with him today so I'm sure there will be a couple of
pictures on the webpage.
The next meeting will be held on October 1st so that will be a few days before
the anticipated DC trip, so we definitely will know by then whether it is on or
not.
Tomorrow is David's birthday and June Conrad baked a
cake and we all sang Happy Birthday to David and then had a piece of cake.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
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September Meeting
September Meeting
Annual HCGS Picnic
August 13, 2011
Pictures
The Harrison County Genealogical Society held their annual picnic today at the
Watter's Smith State Park in West Milford.
There were 19 persons in attendance and we had an abundance of good food and I
think everyone enjoyed themselves.
We want to thank Diana for all of the work she did to make this picnic a
success. The ones that could not come that are usually there were missed. We
missed Dick and his camera to take a group picture. I took a few but have
forgotten how to get them off my camera and onto the computer. So maybe Dick
will get them for the webpage sometime.
Paul Pettit was in from California and he gave a short talk on DNA. Roger
House talked about a Civil War Re-enactment.
Those in attendance were: Diana Johnson, Ted Wolfe, Bertha Webb, Betty Waugh,
Betty Williams of Florida, Darla & Ray Everley, Paul Pettit of California, June
Conrad, John Jones, Susan & Roger House, Bobby & Holly Casto, Bobbi Jean Tidd;
P.J., Nancy & Jacob Roher and Ruby Casto.
Our next social event will be the Christmas dinner. Think about where you would
like to go this year and when.
Ruby Casto
Membership Chairman of HCGS
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