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Newsletter May 2009
Hello friends and neighbors.
If you have driven past the museum, you can see that it’s been a busy off season at the Loveland House. We’re in the home stretch of completing the replacement of the exterior trim and siding on the house guaranteeing many more years to our 1887 home. This effort has been undertaken to preserve our home’s historic presence. We were presented an award in 2008 from the Ocean County Cultural and Heritage Commission for our exterior preservation efforts, and that was before our current efforts.
The BHHS is pleased to note that we have just received a grant from the Sweetgrass Chapter of Quester’s International in the amount of $2000. Pictured at the check presentation are Doris Czarnecki, Marilyn Kilrain, outgoing president of Sweetgrass, Peter Harrington, President of Bay Head Historical Society and Barbara Marino, incoming president of Sweetgrass. The generous check will be used to further our building restoration.
Behind the scenes, we are establishing an archiving, conservation and production office for our volunteers to utilize. This facility will streamline several things we now do offsite and will enable us to enhance the experiences we offer. Now we can begin the formal archiving of our growing collection. In all seriousness, few (including myself) could have imagined where the BHHS is today as we celebrate 10 years as owners of the Loveland Homestead. We have watched as word spread and people now come in droves for our exhibits and events. We are truly blessed with such rich history and a generous community willing to support our efforts. Thank you one and all. As I’ve stated many times; “We do what we do because of you.”
I am happy to tell you that we are entering our second year of organic care for the museum grounds and things are definitely looking green.
I would like to make a personal pitch to everyone, please sign up to receive our e-mail newsletter. Our website is a reality www.bayheadhistoricalsociety.org; postage is going up again, this will help us best utilize our precious resources. An expanded events calendar and BHHS information is available now.
In closing, our building restoration effort, while necessary to protect our 140 year old investment, has been at the same time draining on our modest resources. A friend of the BHHS will match dollar for dollar the all donations of up to $5,000.00. Please take this opportunity to make a donation and help us maximize this generous offer. (See coupon the reverse.)
See exciting events calendar on the following page.
Hope to see you all of you during our 2009 season,
Peter Harrington
President
Bay Head Historical Society ~ 2009 Exhibition Calendar
An expanded version of this calendar can be viewed on our web site www.bayheadhistoricalsociety.org
"Pound Fishing"
Sunday, May 24, 2009 3-6 pm, Opening Reception
at the Historical Society Museum and New Jersey Museum of Boating /closing July 19th.
Pound Fishing was a major industry practiced on the New Jersey shore from the 1880s until the 1950s. The Historical Society Museum will highlight the art of pound fishing; the New Jersey Museum of Boating will showcase the technology of pound fishing with an original pound fishing boat and net on display.
Bay Head Historical Society General Meeting
Saturday, June 27, 2009, 10:00 A. M., Bay Head Borough Hall, all welcome.
Midsummer Saturday Evening Gala
Saturday, August 1, 2009, 5-8 pm
The special relationship between Dick LaBonté and William C. Schoettle will be honored with our Midsummer Saturday Evening Gala at the Loveland House. LaBonté created paintings based on photographs collected by Schoettle. These photographs and paintings will be on exhibit.
"Dick LaBonté: Painting Schoettle"
Sunday, August 2, 2009 1-4 pm ~ One Day Only
On view will be an exhibit of original Dick LaBonté paintings of historic Bay Head, shown with period photographs collected by William C. Schoettle, Bay Head's historian, and upon which LaBonté's paintings are based.
"Lifesavers and Heroes"
Saturday August 8, 2009 3-6 pm, Opening Reception ~ closes August 23
Charles W. Fleming was one of the surfmen at Bay Head in the 1870s when Captain John E. Clayton was stationmaster. Fleming, a surfman at Life Saving Station No. 11, with eighteen other surfmen, rescued survivors of the wreck of the schooner George Taulane off the coast of Bay Head, and received the Gold Life Saving Medal on February 3, 1880. This exhibit will recognize the lifesavers of the George Taulane and other heroes through 100 years of local history.
"Henry Hudson's Barnegat Bay"
Sunday September 6, 2009 3-6 pm, Opening Reception
at Historical Society Museum and Boat Museum/Closing September 20
English sea explorer and navigator Henry Hudson (1565-1611) discovered the Barnegat Bay on September 2, 1609 sailing the Half Moon on his expedition to find a northeast passage to Asia. "Henry Hudson's Barnegat Bay" will mark the 400th anniversary of this Barnegat Bay milestone.
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