Again
we will sponsor The Hour Glass Readers at Jones Hall. The
performance of “Cyrano Bergerac” will be Friday, May 15 at 7:00 pm
at Jones Hall.
Our
regular May program will be a continuation of our Oral History
Project: “The Age of Aquarius, Marlow in the 1960’s”. We will have a
round robin discussion of Marlow life during that period, recording
it for our archives. We brainstormed a list of people whom we know
were in Marlow during that era such as members of the Strickland
family, Allen and Shirley Plumb, Ron and Lucille Gorges, Vic Reno,
Joe Marcotte, the Huntley family, the Elliot family, Jonathan
Reinhardt, Tony Davis, and Joe Feurer and others. We also
brainstormed questions to stimulate the discussion. Were there
hippies? Communes? Where were you when... ? (JFK and MLK
assassinations), Did Marlow youth trust anyone over thirty? What was
the entertainment? Theater? Old Home Day? How did the folk revival
play out in Marlow? What about the Civil Defense drills?
Our
current project at Murray Hall is doing the windows. Our next Murray
Hall (Grange) project will be wiring. We will get three bids on the
wiring. Later we will buy appliances for the kitchen. Looking ahead
to heating the hall, we are considering “going green.” We will
explore the possibility of solar heating for the building and look
into government and private funding.
As
membership chair, Maria reported that our sustaining members are
renewing and several lifetime members upgraded to sustaining
memberships. Others made donations in addition to their membership
dues.
We
decided not to do the MHS information table at the Town Meeting this
year. The meeting may be short and folks may not have a chance to
see what is offered.
Candy
suggested that we have Loisanne’s MHS photo cards professionally
copied to sell at the Harvest Fest and it was agreed.
We
discussed a search for new board members. For health reasons, Mary
has resigned as President while keeping the office of Treasurer.
Candy will soon be leaving the area. Adam will be off to college. We
are grateful that Gen Ells has agreed to fill the previously vacant
Board of Directors position, but that leaves two Board of Directors
positions soon to be empty. We need people to step up to the plate
and help fulfill our important mission. Loisanne agreed to write a
blurb for the Marlow Gazette pleading our cause.