Fort Crook Historical Society

Board Meeting - June 2, 2009

  The meeting of the Fort Crook Historical Society was called to order at 7:00 P.M. by President Charles Thomason.  All stood for the flag salute.

  Those present were board members John Fenn, Chuck McCulley, Billie Albaugh, Betty Stoltenberg, Charles Thomason, Jeannette Ciriello, Glorianne Weigand, Tim Glaze, Milly Lakey and Past President Robert Ingram.  Also present were Curator Dorothy Mason and guests Shirley French and Dan Macmillan.

  The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as read.  A motion to accept the minutes was made by John and seconded by Chuck. Motion carried.

  The Treasurer’s report was given by Betty.  There is $28,617.43 in the General Fund and $17,369.91 in the Round Barn Fund. We have taken in $558.00 in Raffle money for the Pioneer Day Raffle.

Jeannette made the motion to accept the treasurer’s report and Chuck seconded it. Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS: Robert reported on the Round Barn.  We have not heard from the McConnell Foundation as to their decision about the grant.  Robert talked to Plumas Bank about a line of credit and Betty talked to Tri Counties Bank about a loan.  They thought we could get a loan with some one guaranteeing the loan. Betty said she and Bill would be willing to sign on the loan.  If we do not hear soon that we get a grant, Betty and Bill will proceed with the paperwork for the loan.  Tim made the motion that we go with a line of credit or loan for $57,000 and Jeanette seconded it. Motion passed.

  A lightning rod is needed on the barn.  Charles has a lead on some material for the cable Chuck will make a horse weather vane to put on the top of the pole and the lightning rod cable will be attached to that.

  John got an update on the price of plywood for the loft but we thought we needed to save what money we have for the roof and hold off on the plywood.

  Billy has another tree to be cut for boards for the loft.

  Shirley French was present to talk about the Antique Truck Show that will be held June 27.  He is planning on over 30 Trucks and he said everything is on track.  He will need us to supply the tables and chairs and he will take care of the barbeque.  Some of the trucks will be arriving Friday night and camp on the grounds. He appreciates the use of the Museum facilities and we appreciate the crowd it brings to the museum.

  A report was given on the yard sale and we brought in $1262.00 and were sold out by 2:00.  It was a great turn out and we had six others that bought booth space at $20.00 each. The Burney Yard Sale will be June 12 & 13 at Chuck’s house.  We will price and put things out June 10 & 11.  We will start at 8:00 A.M.  We will need two cashiers as there will be two sale locations across the street from each other.

  The Historical Societies meeting was a great success and we had representatives from twelve museums.  John did a great job on lunch and we fed around ninety people. Everyone was very impressed with out museum facility.

  West Shasta Museum has said they would like to host the meeting next year.

 Chuck reported on Pioneer Day which is this Saturday.  We have sixteen craft booths.  Jeannette has the plaques made for the Dutch Oven Cook Off and there are blacksmith items also for prizes. Travis Hickey and Chuck will judge the Dutch Oven Cooking.

 The Dragoon Soldiers will be here and would like to use the Fort Crook Cabin as their headquarters.  The Manton Band, Virginia Dye and her band and two young girls that do old time fiddling will share the music portion.  The Cattlewomen, Museum and Manton Church Ladies will have food booths. K&K Distributing from Alturas donated our hot dogs and popcorn kits. A thank you has been sent.

  The Masons will take care of the parking, Don Hendrix will pull the shuttle wagon and we will ask Paulette Hendrix and Laverne Thomason to sell Raffle Tickets.

  We will get some of the things taken care of on Friday and Tim is still trying to secure the use of the tent.

  The Library is complete and InterMountain Floors donated the linoleum to complete the floor.  David Baker finished the doors on the book cases. Thank you letters have been sent to both.

  The Fort Crook Cabin is near completion and needs a little more chinking up at the top before winter. It is open for display as the Fort Crook Officers Quarters and a Logging display.

  Glorianne sent out 125 Thank You letters to all who donated or bought auction items at the Round Barn Dinner and everyone who helped or donated in any way.

NEW BUSINESS: Milly would like to look in to getting a credit card machine for the Gift Shop.  She will check on this and report next meeting.

  Charles reported on the Haynes Freight wagon that will be donated to the Museum.  There was discussion on where to store it until the Round Barn is finished.

  Dan talked about the restoration of the Mail Stage and he has talked to several people who are willing to help with this project and he will follow up on those leads.

  The proposed archway over our entry road is not something that the county will allow so that is no longer an issue.

  The ladies bathroom has been painted by Glorianne and now we need some repair on the men’s bathroom before it can be done.  Chuck, Glorianne and Dorothy will work on that to be completed by Pioneer Day.

  Stan sanded and stained the four large benches that were donated to the museum by the Ewer Family that were originally used in the Fall River IOOF Hall.

  Anita is willing to do the Golden Anniversary Dinner at the Fair again if we can help.  After some discussion it was tabled until next meeting.

  The Christian Science Church is no longer in use by the church and it is up for sale.  Robert talked to Bob Shaw and it is listed with a local Realtor.  It would be a nice addition to the Museum if it were donated to us.

  If Ramiro is no longer able to host our web site John may have to take it over and if he does the Museum would be willing to purchase the software he would need.

  The flower border at the Fair has to be planted by June 30 so we will plan a planting day for Saturday June 27 at 8:00 A.M.  John and Jeannette have been raising plants for it.

  There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 P.M.

  The VFW have loaned us their popcorn machine for Pioneer Day so we tried it out and enjoyed the popcorn.

 Respectively Submitted,

Glorianne Weigand, Secretary