Valley Falls Kansas Historical Society: 42nd annual meeting

October 23, 2009

42nd annual meeting

by Betty Jane Wilson, society president

The Valley Falls Historical Society’s 42nd annual meeting and dinner were held Oct. 11 at The Barn Bed and Breakfast Inn.

The following officers and directors were elected for the 2009-2010 fiscal year: Betty Jane Wilson, president; Lesa Brose, vice president; Maxine Hefty, secretary; Gary Coleman, treasurer; Kyle Quasebarth, James Durand, Joan Reichart, and Rosalind Jackson, directors; and Frank Shrimplin, historian.

Entertainment featured the Lecompton Re-enactors, a theatrical group of amateur historians garbed in period costumes who created a townhall atmosphere revealing personalities and opinions, both male and female, which existed in the Kansas Territory from 1854 to 1861.

The Valley Falls Historical Society Museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17. Admission is free.

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Statement of Purpose - Valley Falls Historical Society

The purpose of this Society shall be to bring together those people primarily interested in the history of Valley Falls and Delaware Township [Jefferson County, Kansas].
The Society's major function will be to discover and collect any material which may help to establish or illustrate the history and this area: It's pre-history, exploration, settlement, development, and activities in peace and war; its progress in population, wealth, education, arts, transportation, business activity, and manufacturing.
It will collect such items as histories, genealogies, obituaries, biographies, reminiscences, letters, diaries, charts, surveys, church, school and cemetery records, either in the original or as copies, and material objects illustrative of life, conditions, events, and activities of the past and present.
The Society will copperate with the State Historical Society and the Jefferson County Historical Society in collecting and preserving materials of historical significance so this material may be available to those who wish that information and for those engaged in research.