Volume 1, Issue 3 April 2015 Toledo Colony Chronicle Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Ohio Toledo Colony Officers Chartered June 20, 1940 From Your Lt. Governor Lt. Governor Susan Fisher 517-238-5302 [email protected] Deputy Lt. Governor Judy Rand 419-924-2613 [email protected] Recording Secretary Sharon Bannister wishes to retire 419-874-5269 Treasurer Jeffrey Stoll 906-440-5088 [email protected] A. Treasurer Roberta Cook 937-890-4527 State Board of Assistants and Jr. Member Chair Paula Niederhauser 419-836-8823 [email protected] Elder Open Program Chair Open Newletter Editor Dawn Carr [email protected] State Webmaster Diana Kiser [email protected] The second of our three meetings for 2015 will be the 117th Annual Assembly of the State Society, and this is your special invitation to attend. Toledo Colony is hosting. We have the reputation of doing the best job at welcoming new members to the colony. Now we are asking you to attend on the evening of May 15 th and/or during the day on the 16th to welcome our Mayflower cousins from around Ohio. Meet others whose ancestor is common to yours. Join in conversation with others for whom history is intriguing, important, and inspiring. Your colony officers are committed to acquiring quality history programs for our meetings. The same is true for the Annual Assembly. Retiring Program Chair Ric Harner has arranged for Mr. Brian Dunnigan, Associate Director and Curator of Maps, of Clements Library to be our speaker. He has been at the library since 1996 and has a Master’s Degree in History and Museum Practices. Mr Dunnigan’s talk will be about the Clements Library’s purchase of the Pilgrims’ Pastor John Robinson’s book Justification of Separation from the Church of England, published in 1610. The book will be available for viewing after the luncheon on Saturday. The Clements Library at the University of Michigan is a premier repository of historical American documents. It is home to rare books, letters, maps, prints and photographs that document American history from 1493 through the 19 th century. Take this opportunity to attend this quality program. Come as usual; come back if you have been away for a while; join us for the first time; come for a relative who can no longer attend. If you live in Pennsylvania or Indiana or even further away, time a visit with Ohio relatives with the Annual Assembly. Come from Michigan (Ypsilanti, Albion, Williamsburg, Grand Rapids area), as our speaker will. (The member from Coldwater, MI, has already sent in her reservation!) Come! You are an important part of this May meeting! 117th State Annual Assembly Next Colony Meeting When: May 15 & 16, 2015 Where: French Quarter Speaker: Mr. Brian Dunnigan Meal Cost: $20 See Reservation form on page 5 Mark Your Calendars! Our Compact Day meeting will be November 14. by Susan Fisher, Lt. Governor Inside this issue: Lt. Governor’s article 1 Upcoming Meetings 1 Our Birthday Celebration 2 Have You Heard 3 Planning Ahead 3 State Records at Hayes 3 Children’s Corner 4 Annual Assembly Invite 5 Page 2 T O LE DO C O LO N Y C HR O N I C LE Our Birthday Celebration! At the March 21st meeting, we celebrated our 75th birthday! March 20, 1940, was the first meeting of Toledo Colony. Lois Hall, one of the charter members who lived to age 100, so some of our current members remember her. Marge Waterfield spoke about Lois Hall, Faye Scott, and several other charter members. Marge related that meetings back then were very casual. There were usually about 15 people at meetings, there were no elections of officers, no programs, no minutes, and thus much was lost in the way of records upon the death of Lois. What records we do have are stored at Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont, OH. John MacDonald led the group in the singing of “Happy Birthday,” and then we ate cake! Toledo Colony children ages 1-10 had been asked to make birthday cards for us. They were displayed on a poster near the cake. Thank you to Camden (2-blue boat with sail on blue paper); Graeme (2—ship upper left); Karsten (3—yellow card); Sonia (5—Pilgrims); Caven (5— black card); Maylee (7—red card); Kenneth (7—ship upper right). Thank you children and parents! After lunch, Ric Harner introduced Dr. Mary Robinson, Chair of the History Department at Lourdes University. Her program was titled “The Pilgrims’ Progress: Religious Changes that Led to the Pilgrims; Journey to the New World.” She began with the reformation of Martin Luther (1483-1546) through the reign of King James I (16031625). She then continued with the exodus to Leiden, Holland, in 1607, followed by a second exodus to North America in 1620. The program was very impressive and well done. The meeting continued with a wonderful memorial service for the members that we had lost in 2014: Elise Hutchings (died July 27th) and her husband Charles (died May 18th), Jerry Bannister (April 5th) husband of member Sheri Bannister, and Alfred Carkin (March 17, 2015), father of Governor Sandra St. Martin. Governor of the Ohio Society Sandra St. Martin and husband Steven were present to help celebrate our 75th birthday. In her address, the Governor praised Toledo Colony for its work and knowledgeable speakers. We are the only colony with a newsletter, the only colony to actively contact Junior Mem- bers, thanks to Paula Niederhauser who chairs that activity, and one of two colonies to offer a scholarship. Governor St. Martin also encouraged members to take an active part, as the colony needs an Elder, a Secretary, 2 or 3 people to share the job of Program Chair, a Publicity Chair, and some people to join the board that makes decisions. In 2016, we will need a colony representative to the four State Board meetings per year. In 2017, any member of the Ohio Society can be a delegate to the General Assembly in Plymouth, MA. Newest member David Martin of Defiance received his member pin from Deputy Lt. Governor Judy Rand. David is a son of Natalie Wiseman. Welcome, David! Thank you to Wayne and Paulette Brewster who have taken the job of emailing the newsletter to colony members. Your help is greatly appreciated About 20 members stayed VO LUM E 1, I S S UE 3 A P R I L 20 15 Page 3 State Records Stored at Hayes In April, Julie Mayle, Manuscripts Assistant in the Genealogical Library of the Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont, OH, accepted the final four handwritten Membership Rosters of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Ohio. The ledgers cover 1974-1994, 1994-2002, 2003-2010, and 2010-2012. Hayes already houses the Membership Rosters from 1898-1929, 1929-1941, 1941-1954, and 1954-1973. These valuable resources are available for research and are close to home for residents of north-western Ohio. Many records at Hayes are available on-line also. Copies of all eight Membership Rosters are now stored also at the Ohio Genealogical Society in Bellville, OH, and in the Genealogical Section of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, IN. From 2012 forward, membership records of the Ohio Society have been maintained/stored digitally, accessed through the State Historian. Plan(ning) Ahead In May of 2015, our colony will host the Annual Assembly for the five colonies in Ohio. We will need the help of many members. If you can sit and smile, you are qualified to greet guests and distribute materials late Friday afternoon/evening of May 15 and Saturday morning of May 16. If you have Pilgrim figurines, please take them Saturday to decorate the tables. Other members will be needed for 15 minutes to put Pilgrim figurines on the dining tables before the luncheon on Saturday. Please volunteer your time to John MacDonald at 419-868-3039 or [email protected]. Have You Heard... The idea for this article came from Diana Kiser, who encourages us to share joys, concerns, and prayer for others. To have your special event included, send the information to Susan Fisher. PRAYER FOR: Sandy Schmitt’s mother and daughter are both in ill health. Sandy has resigned her position as Elder to care for them. HAVE YOU READ: The book 1491 by Charles C. Mann tells about Native American life before the arrival of Columbus. If you have read this book, please contact Susan Fisher. NEW ADDRESS: Ken and Carlene McCartney have moved to 20300 Fort St., Apt. #242, Riverview MI 48193 Welcome to: Newsletter editor Dawn Carr. Dawn has two full-time jobs who are 13 and 14 years old. She is a home educator, teaches piano lessons, and is a Mary Kay consultant. Dawn and her husband have been a “friendship-family” to many international students. Cont’d from page 2, Our Birthday Celebration! after the meeting to help prepare the mailing of the invitations for the Annual Assembly which Toledo Colony will host on May 15th and 16th. Many hands made light the work! We stuffed all 800+ envelopes in less than 1 hour. Minutes by Sharon Bannister, Recording Secretary VO LUM E 1, I S S UE 3 A P R I L 20 15 Children’s Corner … Page 4 This article from The Courier (Findlay, OH), October 20, 2014, highlights Junior Member Olga Budke. We would be glad to print accomplishments of other Junior Members of Toledo Colony in “Have You Heard...” or “Children’s Corner” of the newsletter. Please submit information to any officer or email it to Dawn Carr or Susan Fisher. VO LUM E 1, I S S UE 3 A P R I L 20 15 Page 5 If you need another copy to make your reservation, the invitation mailed to you is below. Mail it in today!
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