Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
New board members elected
DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Historical Society held the annual member meeting at the museum Thursday, Oct. 19.
Board President John Stiles announced the newly elected Board: President John Stiles, Vice President Jim Golden, Secretary Phyllis Luiten, Treasurer Irene Wilkie and Board Members Gabe Gants, Jessica Ellis, Lynn Maurer, Gene Stuckle and Herman Sunderman.
Committee Chairs are as follows and reports were given.
Accessions: Phyllis Luiten, Collections: Lynn Maurer (Donna Mathis reported), Events: LaVon Stiles, Exhibits: LaVon Stiles, Facilities: Herman Sunderman (John Stiles reported), Fundraising: Jim Golden (John Stiles reported), Membership: Phyllis Luiten, Print & Social Media: LaVon Stiles, Research: Deb Schultz (LaVon Stiles reported), School Outreach: Tony Hein, Scrapbooking: Rita Guhlke and Vintage Harvest: Gene Stuckle.
Museum Director LaVon Stiles reported that this year the museum was open every day except Monday from noon to 4 p.m. from May 20 - Sept. 30.
Employees Phyllis Luiten, Kelli Wilkie and Denise Bennett each worked two days a week accompanied by a volunteer. There were 18 trained docents this year.
From Jan.-Sept. 2023, volunteers worked 2,058 hours.
Rural Resources paid qualified part-time employees from 18-24 years old to do cataloging, photographing, transferring oral histories from cassettes to CDs, transcriptions, photo accessioning and more.
In 2023 the museum sponsored six events with one more to come.
In June, Steve Whiteside presented “Our Musical Heritage” to the public.
211 visitors came to the museum during Pioneer Days. Bob Guhlke demonstrated butter churning and cotton candy.
Whiteside showcased our newest music exhibit to members in August, which will be repeated in May 2024 for the public.
A Harry Tracy short play written by Eileen Paulson and characters portrayed by a troupe with over 50 attending was presented in September.
An animated historical World War I movie by the heavy metal band Sabaton that can only be presented by museums, “The War To End All Wars – The Movie,” will be shown in November. Date and place will be finalized soon.
The society has 93 memberships at this time and members are encouraged to invite others to join this great organization.
Tony Hein has contacted Lincoln County schools and offered school tours including museum scavenger hunts for certain age groups.
The museum has too many Roxy Theatre seats that the donor says we can sell. They will be offered to members then to the public.
If anyone is interested, contact the museum by November 30 via email (lincohistorical@gmail.com) or call (509-725-6711) with their bid and how many they want.
The meeting lasted one hour and refreshments followed.
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