Historical Society Minutes
The Loudon Historical Society meeting was held July 06, 2016 7:00 pm
Attendees: Michele York, Stanley Prescott, Andrew Parrella, Bruce Yeaton, Dustin Bowles, Ashley Simonds, Lucy Gordon
Four members of LHS toured the Grafton Historical Museums. It was a very informative trip. We came back with a lot of ideas about things we can do differently in Loudon. We also decided it would be beneficial to tour a few more local Historical Societies. Michele and Dan toured the Sugar Hill museum. Michele purchased a Sugar Hill History book which she donated to the LHS. She has been in contact with the Chichester Historical Society. Michele will be setting up a date and time for a tour there.
We need to renew efforts to get oral histories completed. Andrew stated we can use a smart phone to record any histories. We will make a list of potential people to speak with. The plan is to pair up LHS members to get to as many people recorded as possible.
The bound copies of Town reports are available to be picked up. The bindery company is closed for vacation until July 11th. The reports will be picked up when they reopen.
We discussed putting an ad in the Loudon Ledger looking for old pictures, diary's and family histories. The pictures and histories will be scanned and returned to the owners.
We have ordered a new laptop. We have also purchased a new scanner and camcorder. This should make the scanning and archiving much easier!
Ashley is putting together a float for the Old Home Day parade. It will be a baseball theme float. We are looking for any old baseball pictures to add to the float. We need to make sure the Museum is open and has coverage on Old Home Day.
We will have a Reminisce Day on Sunday August 28 from 1 – 4. This will be recorded to capture all the stories of Loudon's past.
Deerfield is holding there 250th town anniversary. Loudon is only 7 years away from our 250th. Michele suggested we start contacting other town organizations so we can get a group of people started on this project.
The next meeting is August 03rd at 7:00 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Lucy Gordon