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Playing tennis on Union Street, notice the second Baptist Church in the background
CHESTER MUNICIPAL HERITAGE SOCIETY
May
4, 2010 –
The
regular meeting of the Society, held at the Chester Train Station, was
called to order by Chair Carol
Nauss, at 7:05 p.m.
Present: Carol Nauss, Glenda Redden, Mickey Lantz, Gary
Zwicker, Bobby Harrington, Jim
Barkhouse, Duncan McNeill, Gail Smith, Fran
Underwood, , Joyce Hiltz,
Danny Hennigar, Sandy Dumaresq,
Wayne Cameron. Regrets:
1.
Minutes.
Moved by Gail,
seconded by Danny, that
the minutes of March 2nd be
approved as circulated.
Carried.
2.
Treasurer’s Report.
Sandy Dumaresq presented
the financial report as of April 30th . Total
revenue to date for 2010: $81,119.39,
with $71,836.55 designated for the Lordly House Restoration Project.
3.
Business arising from the
minutes.
a.
Building Committee. Fran
provided an update from the
Building Committee: $400
was raised at the AGM for “bundles of shingles”;
Chester Building Supplies have offered to help sell “shingles”;
Syd Dumaresq has prepared engineering drawings for Maple Cottage in
its present state, and also has shown where adjustments are needed;
this information sent to Jim Rafuse for pricing;
current work known as “Rehabilitation for New Use”. Barry
on stand-by, waiting for new money; plans of cross section
of structure needed for permit.
b.
Fund-raising.
Danny proposed a
“poker rally” for October 2nd.
He explained the process and said he would make al the
arrangements.
c.
Program
.
(1)
Margrete Kristiansen and Sally Warren have completed their program
work and submitted their final reports.
There was high praise for their work.
(2) Sally
Warren (and others) field tested their
program with grades 6s in
Correspondence
1.
Cadet
Corps invitation was extended
for their yearly review of the Corps.
2.
Heritage
Advisory Committee, Municipality of District of Chester --
Larry Ryan and Marina Davidson were recommended to
this committee as representatives
of CMHS.
3.
4.
Tourism,
Culture and Heritage – letter approving request for $4,850. for “Back
2 the Future” series of video vignettes.
5.
Government
of
6.
7.
8.
Todd
Labrador – although “
pleased with the opportunity” to
work with the CMHS on cultural activities , the Acadian Band
and their Cultural officer Judy “already has full plate with
working in Queen’s County”.
There is no cultural officer in
9.
Culture
Days Nova Scotia Task Force – letter advising that for one week-end in
September, provinces and territories will each designate a week-end for
Culture Days in their regions.
10.
Dept.
of Natural Resources --- want
a completed map of the train station property.
Art Backman will need to mark with special tags as a. requirement
for Crown leases.
New
Business
1.
Appraisal
of “Theodore Tugboat” –
2.
Space
for
3.
Summer
Student --
Venessa Countway has been
hired to work for 10 weeks, starting the end of June, at the C@P site at
the Train Station. She will be
the sole employee at this site for 2010.
4.
No
Jobs Too Odd --
Maple Cottage will be cleaned out on May 7th:
books and pictures taken to the Station:
bigger furniture, bookshelves, cupboards to go to Lordly House for
now and be covered. Most
items in the
5.
House
& Harbour Tour --
there was a brief discussion of possible buildings.
Janet Freda will be asked to help.
Next
meeting – June
1st, Chester Train Station.
Meeting
adjourned ---
8:30 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Glenda Redden,
Secretary
March
2, 2010 – Chester Municipal Council Room
1.
Minutes.
Moved by Danny,
seconded by Fran, that
the minutes of February 2nd be
approved as circulated.
Carrried.
2.
Special Presentation.
Ben Wiper, Chair of the Chester Chamber of Commerce, was invited to
speak to the Board regarding a letter he wrote to a number of
organizations, including the Heritage Society. This letter asked for the
organizations to indicate
their support for a proposal regarding economic development by signing the
letter. See
Correspondence, below, “for the rest of the story.”
3.
Treasurer’s Report.
Sandy Dumaresq verbally presented the financial report
as of March 1. Revenue for the period of Jan. 1 – Feb. 28 amounted to
$16,510.65. Total expenses were $5,233.59, leaving a balance of $11,277.06
for that period. At
present, $41,706.47 is available for the Lordly Project; this figure
includes “Endowment for Program”, Maple Cottage and Lordly Manor. There
are still pledges of $6,000 outstanding from 2009.
Total financial details are attached to the official
minutes. Moved by
4.
Business arising from the
minutes.
a.
Building Committee. Fran
reported that plans are progressing for Maple Cottage.
A “foundations specialist”, Jim Rafuse, after examining the
cottage, says the floor and base
of building can be repaired and a foundation put in place.
Recently, an old picture of
b.
Fund-raising.
Carol reported that another funding application has been made to
the Donner Foundation, and that a request for additional funding has been
made to the Municipality. No
report from the Fund-raising Committee. The
next meeting to discuss
funding options will be on March 5th at Carol’s house.
c.
Programming.
Programming is being developed for school and summer use.
(1) Sally Warren (and
others) has been developing a school program for use with grades 6s on
“trade and commerce” and involving a board game, presentations,
artifacts. This will be field
tested in
d.
Dating
of Wood. Nothing
to report at this time.
e.
“Take
the Roof Off of Winter”.
f.
Chairing a meeting.
This
presentation will take place on March 22nd.
g.
Nominations.
Mickey
is working on nominations.
h.
Policy
on Rental. Not
yet available.
Correspondence
1.
Letter
from Ben Wiper, Chair,
2.
Chamber
Gathering.
The Chamber wants to use the Train Station for a “March Business
After Hours”, March 23rd. 5 – 7 pm.
Agreed.
New
Business
1. Program
for March 22nd.
Danny Hennigar will give a presentation
on
2.
3.
Annual General Meeting, April 9th,
St. Stephen’s Parish Hall, 7:30 pm
The following reports will be required:
Treasurer’s, Building, Program, Auction/House and Harbour Tour,
Craft, Roof of Winter, Fund Raising.
The speaker for the annual
meeting will be Jeffrey Reed. Members
are asked to bring a “munchie”.
4.
C@p Site.
Funding for this project is uncertain at this time.
5.
6.
ACOA. Carol
and Barbara Richman will meet with ACOA representatives to discuss funding
for Lordly House.
7.
Accessions/ Auction.
8 July
and August. Glenda
indicated that she would not be available during July and August because
of demands of
Next
meeting – AGM
Friday, April
9, 2010, 7:30 pm. at St.
Stephen’s Parish Hall
Respectfully submitted,
Glenda Redden,
Secretary
P. 4
Annual
General Meeting, April 3, 2009
The minutes of the 2008 Annual Meeting were distributed as part of
a package of annual reports. Moved
by
Glenda
Redden introduced the speaker, Paul Collins, Community Museum Assistance
Program, NS Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage.
Using transparencies, he identified three main types of museums in
Carol
read her Chairperson’s report. Following the call for approval of all
reports,
The
Arbic Business Plan was on the agenda for approval;
however, several people requested more time to read the report and
the decision was made to bring this item to the next regular Heritage
meeting.
Kerry
Keddy presented a new item: that of the “tea house” on the
Eva
Lantz presented the Nomination Report.
Further nominations were called for from the floor; none responded.
Alberta Duffney moved that nominations cease. The report was accepted as
presented.
It
was moved by Janet Freda,
seconded by Jim Barkhouse, that
the signing officers for the year be the Secretary, Treasurer, Chair and
Vice-chair, and that the auditor be Art Mattson.
The
meeting adjourned on motion by Gary Zwicker.
Refreshments were then served.
Chester
Municipal Heritage Society
The
regular meeting of the Society, held at the Chester Municipal Council
Room, was called to order by Chair
Carol Nauss, at 7:05 p.m.
Present:, Carol Nauss, Glenda Redden, Mickey Lantz,
Bobby Harrington, Joanne MacInnis, Gail
Smith, Fran Underwood,
Marina Davidson, Joyce Hiltz,
Danny Hennigar, Sandy Dumaresq.
Guests:
Wayne Cameron,
Frank Metzger (briefly).
1.
Minutes.
One correction to
November 3rd minutes: Bunch,
not Suzie, Fraser. It was
moved by Fran, seconded by
Danny, that the minutes of
November 3rd be approved as
corrected, and those of December 8th as circulated.
Carrried.
2.
Additions to the Agenda. Gingerbread
House,
3.
Treasurer’s Report.
Sandy Dumaresq presented a very detailed financial
report for 2009, with some updates to January 31, 2010.
Although there is an excess of $134,805 for 2009, most of this
money is earmarked for the Lordly Estate project.
250th Anniversary expenses were $41,548.25 and income $33,568.83.
Total financial details attached to official minutes. Moved
by Sandy, seconded by Gail,
that the financial report be accepted as presented. Carried.
4.
Business arising from the
minutes.
a.
Building Committee.
14 of the 19 windows have been “sold”. Barry
will start to work on these soon. [As
of February 8th, all 19 windows have been sold.]
b.
Fund-raising
Committee. Frank
reported that he is working on pledges. Eileen Heisler and Jim Barkhouse
are working on corporate sponsors. Bank
of Nova Scotia has turned us down; it
appears that the Lordly Estate Restoration project is not supported by the
local branch. “Green”
seems to be the theme for Scotia Bank;
we need to find a “green” focus. We
are also looking into ACOA possibilities and are still waiting for
approval of the Legacy Grant [Canadian Heritage].
Pledges of $27,200.00
are outstanding for 2009;
$26,500.00 has been pledged for 2010.
c.
Programming.
Fran reported on meetings
with Sally Warren and Margrete Kristiansen , two educational consultants
who have been contracted for four months under the Strategic Initiatives
Development (SID) program of the provincial government.
One public meeting was held in
December to solicit ideas for stories we want told about the Municipality.
A second meeting, mainly
members of the CMHS’s Program Committee,
examined these ideas as organized by the consultants under themes,
and discussed ways of getting input from various organizations and
individuals throughout the Municipality.
A survey will then be sent out through e-mail and mail to the
Heritage Society’s mailing
list, asking for input. Among
suggestions for summer programs: an astronomy program for those ages 8 –
12, a trading game, study of
cemeteries, mapping activities.
d.
Ryan Cameron/Website. Even
though Ryan has secured a domain name for the Society, we are not ready to
proceed with new website work at this time. It was suggested that we wait
until Lordly House is ready.
e.
Basket
Making. Only
three people attended this December 14th presentation.
The presenter said he would do another presentation at a later date.
f.
Victorian Christmas
g.
Rental Policy for Station and Lordly House.
John
Chandler will be asked if he would write such a policy.
h.
Date for House
and Harbour Tour. Although
the fourth Saturday of August has been the usual date for this event, the
Arts Centre has asked if we would consider changing to one week earlier.
After a brief discussion, it was agreed that the H & H
Tour would be August 21st, the 3rd Saturday.
Wayne, Sally Warren, Margrete Kristiansen, and Bunch Fraser will
meet the Arts Centre people to co-ordinate plans in relation to the House
and Harbour Tour.
Correspondence
a.
OITS
Inventory. Danny
and Yvonne Hennigar have
compiled a detailed inventory of all Oak Island
Tourism Society items. Items
are currently in storage boxes
at Danny’s house.
b.
Dating
of Wood at Lordly House.
It was suggested that some of the wood in Lordly House be sent for
a dendrochronology study to a University
of New Brunswick. Sandy
will find out more information.
c.
Chairing a Meeting.
– A list of ways to chair a good meeting.
d. Website.
Letter from Ryan Cameron
indicating work which will need to be done to set up the website.
e.
f.
Volunteer Nomination.
Forms were received from the Municipality requesting a
nomination for volunteer recognition. It was agreed that Carol would be
nominated and one of our Board members will prepare the information.
Volunteer Week will be April 18-24.
p. 2
g.
Request from Chamber. The
Chamber has decided to pay the monthly rent for the winter months as
agreed to in the lease
New
Business
1.
Program for February
8th. “Back to
the Future and Lordly 2010”, at St. Stephen’s Parish Hall, 7:30 pm.
It is hoped that Gerald Keddy, MP for
2.
3.
Furnace at Station. As
a result of the continuous cold weather, there has been a major
problem with freezing of the fuel line to the furnace. Consequently, the
location of the fuel tank has been moved and changes made to rectify this
situation.
4.
Skating Rink.
A hole in the tarp, which caused leveling problems and water
retention, has been mended. We just need sufficient freezing
temperatures to create the ice.
“Take the Roof off Winter” will be held in the Park on
Saturday, February 20th.
5.
Maple Cottage. Fran
has agreed to be project manager for this work; a committee has been set
up to assist her. An
engineering study is needed but the Society first
needs to determine the various uses for the cottage.
We cannot restore it to its original type of building, but can
straighten, strengthen and stabilize the building, and replicate in
places. How authentic do we want
the building to be? Do
we dismantle the building, build a basement, re-construct the building?
Do we put the old “municipal office” into a new building?
Accessibility ramp and “handicapped” bathroom will be modern.
Fran will do a more complete write-up on all aspects of Maple
Cottage.
Suggestion: washroom
(at back, facing Lordly House),
“Municipal Office” (current location), and project room (all of
side facing down hill) on first floor;
workspace and storage on second floor.
There will also be a basement.
This is to accommodate year round use.
There are three
sources of funding: Accessibility
Grant (federal) -- $50,000,
Municipal grant $20,000, Legacy
Grant (federal) -- $170,000. Still
waiting to hear about the
latter.
6.
Accessibility
Grant. We will
receive the cheque for the Accessibility Grant by the middle of March
following the start date for the work of March 1, 2010.
7.
Presentation to Council . Carol
made a presentation to Council at their January 25th meeting,
giving a summary of last year’s 250th events and activities,
as well as financial and volunteer contributions, and an outline of
plans for 2010.
8.
Theme for
9. Gingerbread House. This is to be picked up from the Kiwi and taken to St. Stephen’s Parish Hall for display at the presentation on February
10.
11.
Hooked Rug. Yvonne
Hennigar has offered the Society a rug she hooked depicting
12.
February 8th Gathering – “Back to the Future”.
The community will be asked to join the Society at St. Stephen’s
Parish Hall on
Monday, February 8th to view a rough video copy of an
interviewing project between students and seniors in the community. This
projected was funded by a federal government
grant.
13.
Heritage Presentations.
On February 25th, former town planned Bill
Plaskett will make a presentation entitled “Lunenburg – The Little
Town That Could”. It will take place at the
14.
Helen Scott/Prints.
This lady , a Lordly, has offered the Society a number of small
prints from paintings she has done, and the Society is free to use these
in whatever way they wish, e.g., as note paper or as pictures for sale.
15.
Summer Use of Station. Gail
reported that the Art Group in
16.
Wood Plaques.
These are being completed and will be given to donors who have made
donations of over $500.
17.
Nominations Committee. Mickey
and Joyce have agreed to serve on the Nomination Committee.
18.
Important Dates. AGM
– Friday, April 9th or 23rd.
Heritage Auction – July 10.
Next
meeting – Tuesday,
March 2, 2010, 7 pm.
Municipality Council Room
Meeting
adjourned --- 9:50 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Glenda Redden,
Secretary
P. 4
Regular
Meeting, December 8,
2009
This
short regular meeting of the
Society was held at Carol Nauss’ house, and following a delicious “pot
Luck”, was called to order by the chair, Carol Nauss, at 7:30
p.m. Present:
Carol Nauss, Glenda Redden,
Gail Smith, Fran
Underwood, Marina Davidson,
Agenda.
1 – Motion
re: Oak Island Tourism Society; 2
– Banners;
3 - Update re:
tourism proposal
- Motion.
Following
presentation of information, it was Moved
that when a suitable organization is established,
under the rules of the Nova Scotia Societies Act , and a
permanent interpretation centre is established within the Gold River
Western Shore area, that
the Chester Municipal Heritage Society will release the artefacts
owned and entrusted to the
Chester Municipal Heritage
Society by the Oak Island Tourism Society,
subject to the rules of the Nova Scotia Societies Act,
with the understanding that they are to be placed in a
new permanent interpretation
centre. Moved
by Gail Smith, seconded by Marina Davidson.
Carried.
2.
Banners. The
Society has been advised that the 250th anniversary banners
will not hold up over the winter. Following discussion, it was decided
that the Works Department be asked to take down the banners.
Agreed. Two of
the banners are missing.
3.
Tourism Proposal. Wayne
Cameron gave an update regarding the tourism proposal presented at the
November meeting. Departments
of Transportation and Highways, as well as the Municipality’s Planning
Department, are all in favour
of creating a tourism site on
Central Street, between Valley Road and Highway #3.
The Municipality has issued a permit to proceed with the project.
Rather than build a ship, it is now suggested that a currently
existing ship, e.g, a 1916 tancook schooner,
offered as a donation, be put in place on the site and that plaques on
rocks direct tourists to specific historical locations in the village.
Further information was presented about signs, banners, involvement of
various groups, group to
assume overall responsibility, receipts
for materials. One person expressed concern about using the
donated schooner , safety concerns, and the possibility of vandalism with
a wooden boat. This person
also suggested that a cement boat be built. Further information will be
presented at the next meeting.
The
next meeting will be held
Tuesday, January 5, 2010, at 7
pm at the Train Station if it is deemed necessary.
Respectfully submitted,
Glenda Redden,
Secretary
June
1, 2010 –
The
regular meeting of the Society, held at the Chester Train Station, was
called to order by Chair Carol
Nauss, at 7:05 p.m.
Present: Carol Nauss, Glenda Redden, Mickey Lantz, Gary
Zwicker, Jim Barkhouse, Duncan
McNeill, Fran Underwood,
Joyce Hiltz, Danny
Hennigar, Hilary McCarron, Marina Davidson. Regrets:
Sandy Dumaresq. Guest:
Laurie MacNutt, new Society member.
1.
Minutes.
Moved by Mickey,
seconded by Jim, that
the minutes of May 4th be
approved as circulated.
Carried.
2.
Treasurer’s Report.
There was no Treasurer’s Report as Sandy Dumaresq
was out of the country.
3.
Business arising from the
minutes.
a.
Building Committee. Fran
unveiled Syd Dumaresq’s engineering
drawings for Maple Cottage; permit application now at Council.
The Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee will meet June 14th
to review the plans and make a decision on the heritage aspects of the
plans. Maple Cottage is
identified as a “rehabilitation for new use” project.
Jim Rafuse (
b.
Fund-raising.
No report from the committee. (1)
An additional $60 raised from the sale of
“shingles”. (2)
Laura Jean York is looking after the coin boxes in the stores.
(3) Items continue to
be assembled for the auctions – regular heritage auction and the special
one with Bill Brayley. (3)
It was suggested that tickets be sold on
c.
Program
.
(1)
Publicity flyer for the “Star Camp” will
be a joint project of the Heritage Society, the Arts Centre and the
Chester Playhouse. A Star
Party will be held at Graves Island and will be open to the public.
Washroom facilities need to be established for the camp – Babe’s
Cottage? portable toilet?
(2) Ads have been
placed to determine interest
in the “Trading Game” for October and May.
There was discussion regarding
the best way to transport the game
because of the weight of the total items.
Both Gary and Carol have dollies which might work.
a.
Lois MacLeod, former
resident of
b.
Grant money has been
received from the Legacy Grant (Canadian Heritage) for $88,750.
A request has been made for additional funding, given the
additional building changes..
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c.
C@P site will be
employing one worker this summer. There
were 14,000 log-ins at the C@P site at Julien’s
last year.
d.
French Camp for
children ages 6 – 12 will be offered August 25-27 at the
New
Business
1.
Groups are welcome to use the station for a
farmer’s market as long
as they set up/ take down/ clean up.
2.
A grant has been received to hire a student for the summer
from the Lunenburg Queens Community
Access Society for the C@P site.
3.
Tickets will be sold on an Alberta Heisler painting
of the Whim.
This sailing boat was
built by Reuben Heisler and is being refurbished at Heisler’s Boat Yard
with the assistance of the NS Museum of the
4.
Auction Plans.
The Heritage
Auction and Flea Market will be held on Saturday, July 10th,
at the train
station, beginning at 9:30.
Other
Assignments:
Jim & Gary – pick up of items,
and tables from Legion; Mickey
& Joyce – appliances; Gail,
Fran, Hilary – flea market;
Marina – books, and
sound speakers; Carol
– extension table and letter for businesses authorizing pick-up;
Cindy, Sandy, Carol, Bobbi, Laura – record keeping and finances;
Fran – two tents for shade and protection.
Glenda – calling list for
5.
House & Harbour Tour.
Saturday, August 21st,
beginning at 10 am from train station.
Suggested houses/ buildings:
Zoe Valle Library, Cochrane
house on Freda’s Hill, Lynn
Rafuse’s house, John
McCurdy’s house, Susan
Fraser’s house. Janet Freda
working on this. Need to know
by mid-July. Glen
MacLeod not able to do brochure this year;
Laurie has offered her help.
Next
meeting – July
6th, Chester Train Station.
Moved
by
Respectfully submitted,
Glenda Redden,
Secretary