Judy Rose

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Nant-Y-Glo Tri-Area Museum and Historical Society update

August 22, 2009

It's no secret the active members of the Nant-Y-Glo Tri-Area Museum and Historical Society are always busy trying to find ways to raise funds in order to keep our ongoing Liberty Museum project afloat, and last weekend's car wash was just the latest project (in a list of many) to help us raise money for what has become known as the "Cause" ... 'cause the Liberty Museum is so near and dear to our hearts. The Historical Society "regulars' and a group of Jim Toth's community volunteers showed up to do whatever, wherever, however we could to make the car wash a success. To throw some humor into the mix, I dubbed the ladies of the day; The Maids in the Mist because when I was operating one of the hoses, no one was safe from the mist. Jim Lauffer, our local roving reporter showed up to give us some positive press coverage in the way of photos carried in the August 20 edition of the Journal. Thank you Mr. Lauffer! Our planning and efforts paid off. At the end of the soggy day, we had netted $208 in donations. Hmmm...I wonder how many sheets of drywall $208 will buy?

The next day, John and Helen Dropcho hosted the Historical Society members at a Sunday afternoon bar-be-que in the back yard of their lovely Indiana, Pa., home, where we enjoyed good food, good conversation, and what John called a "Blood and Guts" game of croquet I.e., no rules, no whining, and no crying. Helen, the croquet champion of the Dropcho family sat out the game and entertained the faint of heart while the rest of us were put to shame by John's skill with the croquet mallet (we were so easily manipulated!). And as one of the guests observed: "We play well together."

This past Thursday night, the Historical Society had its monthly "work night" meeting.We discussed some very promising future fund-raising items and changed the theme of the Historical Society Gift Shop, currently housed in the Nanty Glo Library, to a more Autumn-like appearance (well, Renee' Barosky did the more artistic things while the rest of us functioned as 'assistants' I.e., fetching and go-fer-ing.... You get the picture.lol).

For those of you who don't visit the NTAMHS page on www.nantyglo.com: plans are to have a separate Liberty Museum website included as part of the Nanty Glo Home Page. Webmaster Jon has kindly agreed to revamp the current page and keep the new one updated. Notifications re; the Liberty Museum website to be forthcoming.

As some of you know, the Historical Society is raffling off a hand-made queen-sized quilt. Our goal is to raise a much needed $1,000 to replenish up our always depleting Liberty Museum bank account. A few of you have already been so kind as to purchase tickets. If any others would like to contribute to the "Cause," the tickets are $1 each or 6/$5.00. Cash or checks made out to The Liberty Museum Project are accepted. Your name and phone number will be written on the tickets. We will draw the winning ticket the week after Labor Day...probably around September 10. The drawing will be videotaped and available for viewing on the GloTube page on Nanty Glo.com. The quilt will be shipped free of charge to the winner. This is for a good cause, folks. We know the down-sized economy has affected some people rather adversely, but if you can see your way to support us in this quilt raffle endeavor with the purchase of a few tickets, the folks at the Historical Society would be extremely grateful. My address is: Judy Rose, Box 363, Revloc, Pa. 15948. Ph: 814-471-0190. Oh..and don't forget; for those of you planning to come home to The Valley for the 2009 Pizza Party, our projects manager, Jim Toth, will give a tour of the Liberty Museum Sunday, Sept 20, at 1 p.m.

Below is a scan of the quilt ticket.

Here's something you might enjoy.

http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/c1bEwRnziHrKoNe3

See if you can recognize any of the any of good sport (albeit unknowingly) participants!

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