GHS Events - April 2008
The Galen Historical Society hosted the Quarterly Wayne Historians Organization (WHO) meeting on April 16. The event allows historians and historical society representatives from all over Wayne county to meet and share information and ideas to use in our own communities. The WHO is led by Peter Evans, our Wayne County Historian. Members bring a bag lunch and besides sharing news of what is going on in each of their museums, they provide information on any upcoming events they will be sponsoring.
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The Galen Historical Society was well represented at the Wayne County Antique Dealer's Show in Newark on April 27. Ruth and Bob Gillette, Sherryle Godkin, Wayne and Pat Morrison and Cheryl Bonnell manned the booth promoting our Society. Myron and Shirley Schmoldt stopped by to visit, offer assistance and check out our display. The display board with photos of both museum’s was set up in addition to a mini video tour being shown to encourage visitors to come to Clyde and see what we have to offer. Gift items were on display and available for purchase. Flyers were passed out with our contact information and times. Many visitors complimented the members on our display. It was a great way to promote our museums and what they have to offer.
The Quarterly meeting of Galen Historical Society was held at the Brick Church Museum on April 28. Following a short business meeting, Carolyn Adriaansen, Town of Marion Historian, presented a program on Sears, Roebuck & Co. houses. Like her last program on outhouses (which could also be purchased from Sears), Carolyn presented an evening of information and humor that had us all chuckling at her stories. We learned that these houses came ready to assemble from precut materials with a list of instructions on how to build it for under $3000. Sears houses has been an ongoing project and Carolyn was delighted to learn that two of the Galen Historical members own Sears houses. Janet Hughes showed those attending a picture of her home and Mary Knapton said that she and her husband, Rev. Roger, own a Fullerton model in Endicott, Broome County, that they lived in for years and are now selling. The Knaptons had also owned another Sears home at one time.
Pictured on the left is Janet Hughes holding a picture of the house owned by her family on Daboll Road in the Town of Galen. Center is Carollyn Adriaansen with the Sears sales book, "The Houses that Sears Built" by Rosemary Thornton. She points out the Fullerton house found on page 59 that is owned by Mary (on right) and her husband Rev. Roger Knapton in Endicott, Broome Co. The pieces for these houses were pre-cut to fit, numbered, and shipped. The Fullerton house sold for $2,243 and Sears advertised that a good man could build it in 90 days.