Wayne & Pat Morrison, Charles Jackson, Carol Bailey, Bob Mead

On Monday evening, April 27th, at the quarterly meeting of the Galen Historical Society a sizeable audience were treated to presentations by five area authors who shared their unique experiences of writing about local history.

Leading off the evening was Charles Jackson, who several years ago had penned an autobiographical account of his experiences as a migrant farmhand in a book titled, More Than One Journey. Mr. Jackson poignantly described his personal reasons for writing of his experiences. He also announced that he is writing a second book, to be called Second Chance - an account of his struggle and determination to overcome the devastating effects of a stroke and the tragic loss of his wife.

Bob Mead, author of Howland's Island History, which is now in its second, expanded edition, followed with his portion of the program, filled with numerous interesting historical information about rich past of the island.

Next, husband and wife team of Wayne and Pat Morrison spoke briefly of their work -- Mr. Morrison, on his definitive work, History of Clyde, New York, which has been an invaluable historical resource for Galen residents for more than fifty years, and Mrs. Morrison, on her writing of a story for children about the stop of Abraham Lincoln's inaugural train in Clyde in 1861, titled For Wood and Water. They passed out printed copies of an announcement of Lincoln's arrival in Clyde which had appeared in the Clyde Times and a N. Y. Central Railroad time card of Lincoln's itinerary between Rochester and Syracuse.

Finally, Carol Bailey, spoke of her writing of The Centennial History of the Wayne County Pomona Grange in 1999. She also read a few passages concerning her personal experiences as a girl growing up on a farm south of Lock Berlin, which she had incorporated in a personal memoir she had written for her family.