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Wilmot Historical Society Report for 2004
It's been a memorable year for your Historical Society, and we hope you were among the many people in the area who visited the Historical Room and enjoyed our programs. We heard stories from Wilmot's past, Around the Cracker Barrel in February. The Winter's End Contra Dance held in March drew a capacity crowd at the Town Hall, and we'll be repeating this program again on March 20th, so get out your dancing shoes! Fred Ogmundson presented a delightful program entitled "When Laughter was Fashionable: Pop Songs of the 20's" which also proved to be very popular. In October, Don Hinman led about 25 people on a hike to Fowlertown, showing us the cellar holes and remnants of the once-thriving community there. In November, Don was joined by Fred to give us more details of the family histories of those who
lived in Fowlertown.
As memorable as 2004 was, we anticipate a really exciting year in 2005 as the Society is presently working with the Town and the Community Association to explore the possibility of saving the historic front section of the Community Association building on Village Road. This building has been an integral part of village life since it was built in 1834 or '35, having been a hotel, a tavern house, the G.A.R. hall, the Grange hall with a branch library upstairs, and now the Community Association. We sincerely hope to be able to save it from demolition and restore it for use as a museum. This will be a huge, maybe even a little frightening, undertaking for the Society but one we are very excited about, nevertheless.
Please join the Historical Society if you haven't already this year. Membership is only $5 per person per year. Send your check to the Society at P. O. Box 97, Wilmot 03287. We need your encouragement and interest as we try to save a bit of Wilmot history.
Respectfully submitted,
Janet Howe, President
Julie Morse, Vice-President
Kate McKibbin, Secretary
Don Novak, Treasurer
Board of Directors: Fred and Mary Jane Ogmundson, Barbara Sanborn, Dana Dakin, Anne Rowe
Janet Howe
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