Valley Falls Kansas Historical Society: 2011 Memorial Day visitors

June 01, 2011

2011 Memorial Day visitors

Visitors to the Valley Falls Historical Society Museum during the three day Memorial Day holiday were: J. K. Miller, Brazil, Ind.; Richard and Gayle Klose, Laurel, Mont.; Mike, John and Christina Frommer, Lee's Summit, Mo.; Pat Ecord, Cassaday; Linda Blackburn, Hutchinson; Johnnie and Darene Heinen, Berryton; Dee Botkin Hillrish, Emporia; Gwen Marlene Reichart Towle, Opie; Barbara Blanche, Shirley Arthur Allen, Dora and Ron Brown, Lois Reichart Beames, all Topeka; and Mary Herring, Valley Falls.

Museum hosts for the holiday weekend included Anna Irwin, Maxine Hefty, Rosalind Jackson, Dodie Bolz and Betty Jane Wilson.

The society museum will be open Saturday, June 4, at 10 a.m. Admission is free.

Betty Jane Wilson
Society President

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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.