March 19, 2016, meeting of the Fox Lake/Grant Township Historical Society in Fox Lake, Illinois.
Business before we had the talk on Model Trains.
I put in my dues for 2016.
Five postcards of old Fox, Lake, Illinois were donated as well as some old photos. The roof is leaking in the back. The building is over 100 years old and was formerly the home of the Grant Township Road Department. The replaced windows upstairs have done a lot toward keeping heating costs down this winter.So far we've had 424 likes on FaceBook.
The Cub Scouts visited with their dads. The dads did not know anything about Fox Lake's ice industry back at the turn of last century. The scouts were most interested in the train room and enjoyed the scavenger hunt for museum items.
We made $3,800 in 2015, not bad for an organization that depends upon dues for most of its money. Sadly, part of it came from members who died and had their bequests to the society. That put us to $425 in the black.
On June 16, 2016, the society will give a presentation at the Fox Lake Library on "The Early Years of Grant Township Little League Baseball: 1954-1963."
--HisCooter
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