A membership meeting will be held for active members of the Williamson County Historical Society on Sunday, October 30th, 2016 at 1:00 PM at the museum. Elections for the 2017 board of directors will be held. Nominations for the board can be made ahead of time or on the day of the election. Your dues must be paid up to vote. We will discuss the latest and future activities of the society and a program will be given on the United States Public Land Survey System. Be sure to mark you calendar and attend.
The Marion Cultural and Civic Center will be hosting the Moscow Ballet’s “Nutcracker” on December 5, 2016. If you are planning on attending, be sure to use promo code “Historical” when purchasing tickets and the WCHS will get a portion of the ticket sales. Help support our museum.
The Williamson County Historical Society held a membership meeting on Sunday, July 31st, 2016 at the Williamson County Museum located at 105 S. Van Buren Street in Marion. Current society and museum projects and business were discussed and a “show and tell” program was held in which members brought in various historical objects and family heirlooms and discussed their significance with the group. Items presented ranged from civil war era tintype photos to Native American artifacts.
A highlight of the meeting was the induction of current Vice President Helen Sutt Lind into the societies honor roll. Lind, a citizen of Johnston City, has been an active society member for well over 2 decades. She has served in most all board positions from President to Director and has been editor of the societies quarterly since its inception in 1994. Lind has contributed heavily to county history by authoring 22 books alone and has coauthored 17 more. She is also active in the Franklin County Historical Society and in her spare time likes to paint, crochet & read books. Society President Sam Lattuca was quoted as saying, “Helen is a dream member who is always willing to help and we are honored to have her as a member and a friend.”
The Williamson County Historical Society will be holding a membership meeting at 1:00 P.M. on Sunday, July 31, 2016. at the museum. All active members are invited to attend. We will be discussing society activities and museum business as well as hosting a “show and tell” program. If you have an historical artifact or document or an interesting family heirloom with a story, bring it along and tell us about it. If the object is too large to bring, take a photo and bring that. Refreshments will be served.
Due to the death of one of our own, Mary Jean DeMattei, the museum will be closed on Thursday, July 21, 2016. We will reopen on Friday, July 22nd.
To view Mary Jean’s obituary, click here.