HORNBY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUSINESS NEWS
May 18, 1999 meeting: Election of
Officers
held.
Susan Moore was elected as Vice
President and the remaining three posts were
reelected
all for one year terms. Laura
Lehman and Susan Moore were reelected as members
of the
Board of Directors for
three year terms. President Richard Johnson has
ordered
pens with "Hornby
Historical Society/Hornby Museum" imprinted on
them. They
are a high quality,
refillable pen and will be available for a $4.00
donation.
A supply will be on display at
the museum this summer and they will also be
available
at the Hornby picnic. They
should prove to be a successful fund raiser for
the
Historical
Society.
June 15, 1999 meeting: Dick Pierce
brought
two early
1900's era scrapbooks that had
been owned by his father. They were large, hard
bound
books in excellent condition
containing early advertisements, postcards and
greeting
cards. We all enjoyed tooking
through them and being reminded of how life was
"in the
old days". Under the
Queries category, some interesting questions were
asked.
Does anyone know of a
hospital in Hornby that was in existence about
1900 in
the Dry Run Road area? Also,
a Hornby farmer mentions in his 1890's diary that
he made
a delivery to "Minkville"
and it took him one day to complete the round
trip. Does
anyone know where
Minkville was? And last, but not least, what
about
"Muttonville
Road" in Hornby?
Several members remember hearing the name when
they were
growing up but there is
no road named that now. Does anyone know where
Muttonville
Road was? Answers
to any or all of these questions would be greatly
welcomed!
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HISTORIAN'S NOTES
By
Susan Moore
In the museum's book collection there are three
ledger
books that, when filled, were
then put into use as scrapbooks for newspaper clippings and
other
family
mementos.
(Waste not, want not). One of these books, once owned by
Jessie
Humphrey
Wheat,
contained a letter dated from Hornby, September 8th, 1872. It
reads
as follows:
Dear Sister Margaret,
Your Mother Gardner wished to send Peter 's
letter
to you & wanted me to write a few
lines on the back, to let you know how she is prospering.
She is about as usual, not very strong but
does her
chores [illegible] to her house-
[illegible] Peter's visit was so [next line on fold
of letter
- illegible] realize that he has
been here.
She wants to know if there is a girl there by
the
name
of Fannie or was she left in
Homer. She thought perhaps she was left behind as she has
not
heard
from her as late.
Lettie came home to visit with her Grandma Coryell &
Mrs.
L--gles,
but returned to
Barrington last Sat.- She liked them very much & seems
to
improve
for her [next 2 words
illegible] fast. Ma is very feeble this summer & has a
very
bad cough & seems failing in
strength.
Mr. Gardner* was buried a week ago last Wednesday.
Has
been
a great sufferer for a
long rime, but now he is at rest. Emily is at
Williamsport
now. Mrs. Hill went to Big
Flatts last week & does not intend to return to H again
before
she goes west. Wish she
would not go back we all want her to stay.
Will not write much at this time. Seems a pity
to
spoil
Peter's nice letter with such
scribbling. Tell Will I shall not write from Warsaw at
present.
Your Mother sends lots of
love to you all. Write to us soon. Will write more &
better
[illegible] time.
Your
Friend
Vira
*Mr. Gardner is Henry Gardner b. 1783 and d. 1872, buried at
Central
Valley Cemetery,
Hornby.
Some archived "Historian's Notes"
are on
the History page.
