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- All General Meetings were advertised to
the Public.
- Notice was sent to
board members for all board meetings.
- By the end of Dec
2003, dues-paid membership was 110 persons
The Board of
Directors met on the following dates:
February 4, February 26, April 30, June 25,
August 27, October 22, and November 11. In the January meeting (February 4), newly elected
Board Members and Officers were installed. Committees were appointed. Committee
meetings were held during the year as needed to accomplish the activities
below.
General Meetings
We invite you to attend our meetings and support us with
dues and contributions to cover the costs of meetings, displays and postage.
Meetings have no admission fee, and are open to all. Please help us in
continuing to discover, reveal, and preserve local area history. Drop by our
office on Third Street and view exhibits at your leisure. If you would like to
participate more fully in any of our activities, please call Faye R. Doyle –
(610) 932-2888. We need help in all areas, especially in window displays,
display case arrangements, and publicity communications about meetings.
| February |
“Oxford History of
the ‘20’s and 30’s, and the moving of Ware Mansion” by John H. Ware IV. Ware
Presbyterian Village. Exhibits: styles, housing, kitchens, automobiles, business and
farm machinery of the 20’s and 30’s. Attendance – 80 |
| April |
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“Highlights of Elk
Township History” by Frances Jackson and 9 local
speakers. Elk Township Hall. Exhibits: Elk Township history, covered
bridges. Attendance 150+
(Left: Rudolph and
Arthur Bridge in Elk
Township)
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| July |
Oxford Town Walk – 14 guides, 2 miles, 20 stops, Attendance 245. Exhibits: Evan
Pugh Project, Oxford history pictures. Co-sponsored by Oxford Historical
Commission. Among some of the stops on the walk were the
Ware Mansion and a house ordered from a Sears catalog in the earlier half
of this century.
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| September |
“The Fight to
Save Goat Hill Barrens” Rose
Eshleman. Ware Presbyterian Village. Attendance: 47. Exhibits:
Goat Hill history, Nature Conservancy Exhibits. |
| September |
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“One Room School House
History” Vivian Miller and “Founding Date History of
Oxford” Faye
Doyle. XYZ Club.
(Left: Penn's Grove one room
school house 1945-46) |
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| November |
“Oxford
School History and Reminiscence” Dr. T. Gillingham. “The
Oxford School Bell Tower Project” Kent
Vendrick. Ware Presbyterian
Village. Attendance: 55. Exhibits: Oxford school history, one-room
schoolhouse history. Bell Tower video and history. West Nottingham
Historical Commission attended. Refreshments. Third Annual OAHA Historical
Preservation Achievement Awards were
presented. Election of Officers for 2004 by the Board: Faye Doyle
(President), John Bradley (Vice President), Malinda Alderman (Secreatry),
Kevin Collins (Treasurer). Board Members re-elected for 3 year term
were John Bradley, Vivian Miller, Gail Pietrzyk, Kent Vendrick; newly
elected, Lynn Catanese. |
Special Projects
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The former marker
before being ruined in an accident
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The new and rededicated marker
| Evan Pugh state
historical marker replacement and rededication. This
project included updated wording on the marker (provided by John Bradley),
relocation to a safer, more visible and appropriate location on the Jordan
Bank Elementary school grounds. Ceremonies included participation
from OAHA, the school district, the borough, Penn State, and state
officials. Members of the Pugh family also attended.
Read all the details about this project here
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Other Activities
Two
newsletters were sent out during the year. Several news items about OAHA
activities appeared in local papers.
Frances Jackson’s historical local area pictures on refrigerator
magnets, for $1, are a fund raising and educational project. Each magnet is sold
with a discussion of the history of the item depicted, and reminiscence of times
past. Occasionally these pictures fade. If yours fades, bring it to a meeting to
exchange for a new one at no charge. She maintains a sizable photographic
archive of such pictures, which she generously shares with all.
Other
fund raising merchandise includes ”Traveling the Eastern Line”, an Underground
Railroad book, an Evan Pugh History booklet, and Historic Oxford Poster post
cards, and prints. Our income continues to come from dues, contributions,
grants, and sale of the above items.
Table and Window
Displays
There were 2 Table Displays and 4
Window Displays.
| February |
Window display, [Third Street office], Black History Month |
| March |
Window display, Women’s history month |
| June |
Summer Festival - Ware Presbyterian Village - rained out |
| July |
Window display, Oxford Town Walk |
| August |
Summer Social Sidewalk festival, ”Back to the Fifties Bash”, despite
rain, a table display, with historical exhibits, and historical magnet
sales was set up |
| September |
“Applefest”, table display, historical displays. magnet sales |
| October / November |
Window Display, Evan Pugh History and Bell Tower Project Display.
Industrial Heritage Day Nottingham Park- rained
out |
Grants and Special
Funding
| October |
W. L. Gore, Inc. |
$200 grant |
| November |
MBNA America |
$500 volunteer service donation (Nicolas V. Yannucci) |
| December |
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission |
$650 for Evan Pugh PHMC historical marker
replacement |
Acquisitions
Thanks to all the contributors. If we have missed mentioning your
gift, please remind us and accept our thanks. We gladly accept small items,
books, photos, and papers of the local area, but no large items. To view or
research these items, call Faye Doyle at (610) 932-2888.
| Union United Methodist Church, Union Cemetery, Octorara ME
Church by Robert Patton Jr. |
Donated by the author through Helen Alport |
| Kernels, 1926, 27, 28, 30 |
Nannie Edwards through E. Sumner |
| Kernels, 1931, 1934 through 1998 [1993 missing] |
Miriam Reisler |
| Kernels [18] 1956-1981; teachers retirement certificate
1947-1975 Ethel Hilton Gray |
Ethel Hilton Gray, through Iris Gray Dowling |
| Set of 1924 Oxford railroad property duplicate blue prints |
John and Barbara Ewing |
| Old school picture, School unknown |
Dorothy Freese |
| Cast iron seal impresser Golden Link Household of Ruth, Oxford,
IOOF |
E. McDowell |
| Maple Grove Schoolhouse picture, Copy, 1895-96, Barnsley High School
Alumni Banquet 1910 program, Oxford Directory of 1927-28 |
Hazel and Tom Windle |
| Oxford Area Deeds, 1890’s to 1920’s |
Helen Collins |
Red Top Boots A
lifetime on the Eastern Shore, George Prettyman
Delaware Becomes a
State, booklet, 1953, John Munroe,
Know your Area,
booklet, 1962
League of Women Voters, Civil War Issue,
Today Sunday Magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer,
1961
Cecil County Historical Journals for
2003 |
F.R.Doyle |
| Place setting of VFW china and Stainless steel
ware |
Waide and Lucille Fulton |
| Post Card Album of Historic Oxford 1989, Nation
Bank Anniv Booklet, 100th Anniversary Union Fire Co # 1, booklet, 1971 |
Catherine Leeke’s estate, F. Doyle |
| Photos [2] 1983, Market Street property beside
railroad before Oxford Terrace |
Donna Simms |
| Oxford Hotel Corkscrew |
Ralph Doss, Parkesburg |
| Little Old and Slow, Peachbottom Railroad
by Ben Kline Jr. |
Florence, Dave Jr. and Ken Morris |
| Oxford Research Club Cook Book and History,
1994 |
Elsa Doyle Honma |
| Video tapes , several, local area meetings and
subjects |
Frances Jackson |
| Oxford Post Cards [2] |
Beverly Morris Renn and Nina Morris Magoun |
| Display easels [2] |
Olen and Roxanne Grimes, Artwork Gallery, Kennett
Square |
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