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 NORTH MANCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
 North Manchester, Indiana

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Our monthly meetings begin with an evening meal at 6 p.m. If you want meal reservations, please contact Karl Merritt kbdmerritt@resident.timbercrest.org by Friday noon before the Monday meeting. Cost of the meal is $7.50 per person. There is free admission for the program generally starting at 6:40 p.m. in the Timbercrest Assembly Room. Free-will donations are encouraged to defray program expenses. The public is invited to join us!

N.M. HISTORICAL SOCIETY PROGRAMS FOR 2011
Timbercrest Assembly Room

Date

Title

Presenter

Person in charge

Jan 10

Annual Business Meeting & Review of 2010 plus 1938 Film, “See Yourself in the Movies,” made in N. Manchester

Bill Eberly

Darlene Bucher

Feb 14

Past & Future of the Cigar Factory

John Knarr &
Jim Chinworth

Jeanette Lahman

Mar 14

Unknown Famous People of Wabash County

Pete Jones

Bonnie Merritt

Apr 11

Construction of Vintage Clothes for Reenactments & Movies

James Townsend

Darlene Bucher

May 9

Geological History of N. Manchester Area

Bill Eberly

Bob Nelson

June 13

Traveling the Oregon Trail

Randy Polston

Bob Nelson

July 11

Local Outdoor Photography

Ted Rose

Arlene Deardorff

Aug 8

Chronicles of Wabash County

Ron Woodward

Grace Kester

Sep 12

Activities on Wabash & Erie Canal

Susie Jones

Bonnie Merritt

Oct 10

National Register of Area Historical Places

Paul Diebold

Grace Kester

Nov 14

The Blacksmith: Top of the Tradesmen

Norman Gable

Jeanette Lahman

Dec 12

Musical Program

Lee Maloney

Arlene Deardorff

 2011 NMHS Program Committee: Darlene Bucher, Ch.; Arlene Deardorff; Grace Kester; Bonnie Dee Merritt;
Bob Nelson, Jeanette Lahman      


MONTHLY PROGRAMS FOR THE NORTH MANCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 2010

Our monthly meetings begin with an evening meal at 6 p.m. If you want meal reservations, please contact Karl Merritt kbdmerritt@resident.timbercrest.org by Friday noon before the Monday meeting. Cost of the meal is $7.00 per person.
There is free admission for the program generally starting at 6:40 p.m. in the
Timbercrest Assembly Room.
The public is invited to join us!

Month                         Topic                                             Presenter      Person in Charge

 January 11     What's New at the Center for History         Bill Eberly       Darlene Bucher 

February 8     How Early Americans Dressed & Why       Esther Ruppel  Arlene Deardorff 

March 8         Story of Lewis & Clark                                Pete Jones        Peggy Gilbert 

April 12         Appalachian Trail Adventure                       Larry Ray         Grace Kester 

May 10          Railroads of North Manchester                   Bill Eberly        Bonnie Merritt 

June 14          Silent Movie & Sing Along by                     Lee Maloney    Arlene Deardorff
                                 Chicago Organist 

July 12           The Fascinating Story of Roann                  Ellie Draper      Nancy Tiger 

August 9        100 Years of Boy Scouting                        To be named      Grace Kester 

September 13 Underground Railroad in Indiana        Jeannie Regan-Dinius  Nancy Tiger 

October 11     Modern Ku Klux Klan in Indiana             Worth Weller     Peggy Gilbert 

November 8   Tales of Early Businesses                         John Knarr         Bonnie Merritt                       

Decembe 13  The Timbercrest Choir                               Mary Coe          Darlene Bucher
                       
  A Christmas Gift to the Community

 


 2010 Program Committee: Darlene Bucher, Ch.; Arlene Deardorff; Peggy Gilbert; Grace Kester;
Bonnie Dee Merritt; Nancy Tiger               



 

 2009 Calendar -- North Manchester Historical Society Programs

January 12 Bill Eberly, Pres., State of the Historical Society
February 9 Jerry Sweeten, Middle Eel River Watershed
March 9 Conrad Snavely, Our Sea Going Cowboys
April 13 Remembrances of High School 1930s-1970s
May 11 Bonnie Freed, Impact of Liegh & Florence Freed
June 8 Nancy Reed, History of the North Manchester Fire Department
July 13 Tom Dunwoody, History of the Circus
August 10 Shirley Willard, Potawatomi Trail of Death
September 14 Margaret Fritzel, A Pioneer Woman in First Person
October 12 Bernie Ferringer, History of the North Manchester Greenhouse
November 9 Leesa Metzger, America in Bloom & Local Flower Gardens
December 14 The Peabody Entertainers, Christmas Program--Carol Davis, Director