Livingston county history
LIVINGSTON COUNTY GIRL SCOUTS
Download 1.01 Mb.
|
- Navigate this page:
- GRAND OAKS BAPTIST CAMP
LIVINGSTON COUNTY GIRL SCOUTSGirl Scouting in Livingston County has been increasingly active in this century especially in the last decade. In 1944, which is the oldest record that can be found, the officers were Mrs. Belmont Bradley, commissioner; Mr. Otis C. Korslund, treasurer; and Mrs. Ross Diehl, registrar. Some women who were active before this charter were: Mrs. Ed Dolan, Mrs. John Rupp, Sr., and Mrs. Paul Rupp, Sr. Among others who contributed to Girl Scout leadership were: Mrs. Jessie Wright, Mrs. Ernest Wood, Mrs. Lloyd Ogan, Mrs. Lee Jackson, Mrs. Lee Fitchett, Mrs. John E. Yeoman’s, and Mrs. James Maberry. One of the most significant boosts to our program was the drive to raise $9,000 in 1957, to build the Little House in Simpson Park. This land, 11/2 acres, was donated by Murrey Windle. The successful drive was headed by Ed Wolter. We had approximately 350 scouts registered then and we were in dire need of a central meeting place. A year after we had constructed the building it was suggested by National that we join Midland Empire Girl Scout Council in St. Joseph, Missouri. This necessitated turning over our assets to the Council. This met with opposition from some of those leaders who had worked on the drive. However the advantages of this merger would be profitable to us, including professional assistance, and help with maintenance and training. Women who were active in Scouting during this 1959 merger were: Mrs. Mike Alt, Mrs. Emory Brown, Ms. Ann Cleaveland, Mrs. Jo Shy, Jr., and Mrs. Bill Coleman. Some distinctions Neighborhood Twenty has had are: Delegates to National Conventions - 1972 in Dallas, Susan Murphy and Charlene Coleman and 1978 in Denver, Paula Coleman. Some trips that girls have taken are: Soul Flaritage New York, New York a GSUSA - sponsored opportunity, Kathy Campbell; Maine Schooner Trip and Our Cabana, Becky Thatcher G.S. Council sponsored trips and HikeA-Peak at Nat’l Center West, Ten Sleep, WY, a GSUSA - sponsored opportunity, Rosemary Teegarden. The Community Action Patch has been earned by: Norma Hussey, Janet Thompson, Dana Thompson, Paula Coleman, Charlene Coleman 4nd Cindy Meek. Our Council Trainers are Charlene Coleman, Mary Dusenberry and Eleanor Schmidt. 1980 Council Board of Directors are Janet Thompson and Renetta Teegarden. A selection was published in the 1980 Senior Handbook by Paula Coleman. Council Program Services Committee members are: Charlene Coleman - 1972-1980; Eleanor Schmidt 1975-1978; Paula Coleman 1977-1979; Mary Dusenberry 1978-1979. Counselors at Camp Woodland Albany, MO have been: Paula Coleman, 1977-1979; Becky Ernst, 1978-1979; Janet Thompson, 1978; Barbara Wolf, 1980; Shelly Hussey, 1979; Counselor for Heart of Missouri G.S. Council Lake of the Ozarks, in 1966 was Donna Jo Weston. Counselor for Dogwood G.S. Council Ozark, Missouri in 1972 was Christa McCoy; Claudia McCoy took her Counselor in Training in 1972 in Becky Thatcher G.S. Council Hannibal, Missouri. Jane Moss in 1972 took her Counselor-in-Training at Heart of Missouri G.S. Council Lake of the Ozarks and was on staff at a Camp Siedeman Girl Scout camp near Leon, Kansas in 1973-1975. Participants in the 1978 Wyoming Trek to National Center West, Ten Sleep, Wyoming were: Paula Coleman, Sherri Meek, Melanie Eden, Mary Beth Schnitkner, Janet Thompson, Barbara Schmidt, Eleanor Schmidt, Charlene and Bill Coleman. The Thanks Badge, which is the highest award for adults, has been awarded to Carol Ingraham, Pat Meek, Betty McCoy and Charlene Coleman. Our Neighborhood has earned the distinction of selling the most cookies in our council the past three years. Norma Hussey, our Neighborhood Cookie Chairman, reports that in 1980 we sold 1,306 cases or $19,590.00 worth of cookies at $1.50 a box. We are proud that Neighborhood 20 has had the largest Senior Troop that has ever been registered in this council and as far as records indicate in this country. Under the direction of Betty McCoy, Charlene Coleman, Eleanor Schmidt and Terry Wedlock there are 80 registered in the troop this year. Our most recent achievement has been a new bridge built behind the Little House the Fall of 1980, by Lloyd Wedlock Construction Company. Poles for the bridge were donated by Farmers Electric Cooperative, Inc. Dedication was December 2, 1980. Neighborhood 20 Service Team members are: Mrs. Earle Teegarden, Jr., Neighborhood Service Unit Director; Mrs. Trent Gann and Mrs. Don’ Tullos, Organizers for Chillicothe schools; Mrs. Ralph Ratliff, Organizer for Southwest school at Ludlow; Mrs. Lois Turner and Mrs. Thomas Olson, Brownie Troop Consultants; Mrs. Richard Canterbury, Junior Troop Consultant; Mrs. William Hulett, Cadette Troop Consultant; Mrs. Dale Price, Senior Troop Consultant; Mrs. M. R. Dusenberry, Program Consultant; Mrs. Floyd Gabel, Registrar; Mrs. Jack Hussey, Secretary; Mrs. Don St. John, Publicity; and Mrs. Bill Coleman, Camp Promoter. In October 1980, we had nearly 300 girls register in 17 troops and 134 adults. There are 10 Brownie Troops, 5 Junior Troops, 1 cadette, and 1 senior. For the past seven years Neighborhood 20 has offered a Summer Program for Girls. The girls have had the opportunity to take a variety of classes including macrame, horseback riding, swimming, crafts, singing, learning about Girl Scouts around the world, and ceramics. Also, for the past eight summers Neighborhood 20 has held a five day Day Camp at Ki-Li-Ro-Co, which is a camp for youth of Chillicothe, located northwest of town about five miles. Renetta Teegarden has been the director or assistant director all eight years. The last several years we have served about 200 girls in Livingston and Caldwell counties at this Day Camp. Hundreds of other people in our community have contributed to the successful and exciting world of Girl Scouting whose goals are to honor God, Country and Mankind. -- By Charlene Coleman and Renetta Teegarden. GRAND OAKS BAPTIST CAMPOn August 26, 1945, LIVINGSTON Baptist Association met at Zion Baptist Church, a camp site for R.A.’s and G.A.’s was being sought, and it was announced that the old Campbell’s Country Club was available. It consisted of 57 acres, a lodge hall made of hewn logs, a caretaker’s home and several cabins, located 4 and one-half miles N.W. of Chillicothe on the banks of Grand River. The price was $7,000. An option on the property would cost $500.00, but no money seemed available. A blind man, G. W. Midyett from Missouri Valley Association rose and said he felt led to offer $500 that he had laid aside for burial purposes. Others spoke up and money was raised and a motion was made to appoint a committee and empower them to secure an option of six months on a proposed camp site. The committee appointed to secure the option was Lee Steen, Burl Beckner and Rev. A. S. Day. By June of 1946, the assembly had progressed, pipe lines were laid, electricity installed, 200 beds had been purchased, and kitchen equipment obtained. Campers brought their own blankets and pillows and the first assembly was held in a large tent on July 4, 1946. Thirty-five thousand dollars was paid on the 98 debt the first year with A. S. Day as president and Lee Steen as treasurer. Those attending that first assembly shared the beginning of something that has become a great blessing to this area of our state, as many a young person has found and accepted the Lord Jesus Christ there. The camp ground was incorporated in 1955. In 1968, the Assembly board composed of fifteen cooperative Associations in North Missouri commended Howard Judah of Maryville for his seven years service as president and Herman Shiflet for his 17 years as treasurer. Earl and Inez Moore are the present caretakers. We are proud of “Grand Oaks” and hope the future will make it a greater blessing than in the past. LIVINGSTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY In the summer of 1954, George W. Somerville, a Chillicothe resident, since 1921, with a reputation as a Missouri historian, began conversations that led to a called meeting that November, to set up a temporary organization for the founding of a historical society and museum for Livingston County and the surrounding area. This meeting was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Somerville, Mrs. Ira Hedrick, Miss Roberta Perrine, Howard Rion, Joseph Stewart, Miss Kate Johnson, Miss Mabel Cranmer, Mrs. Alice Kesler, Mrs. John Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Meinershagen, Mrs. Harriett Casebeer, Harry Cole, Bill Cole, Kirk Marshall, Leo Hopper and William Stilwell. Mr. Somerville was elected president of the new society, Mrs. Hedrick vice-president, R. S. Casebeer, second vice-president and Leo Hopper, secretary-treasurer. The name of Grand River Historical Society and Museum was adopted, by-laws written, and the purpose stated, “to provide a place for the safekeeping of articles pertaining to the history of this area.” Mr. Somerville served as president of the society from 1954 to 1966 and the society became well established as an educational and service organization to the community. Mrs. Catherine (Meek) Racine served as president from 1966 to 1968, Earle S. Teegarden Sr. served part of the term of Mrs. Racine’s and the following year. Harry Cole was president 1969-1970 and Howard Leech has served as president from 1970 to the present year, 1980. Leo Hopper served continuously as secretary-treasurer to 1977 and then as treasurer to the present. In 1969, the society was granted the use of rooms, rent free, in the remodeled library located in the former government building and post office at 450 Locust. Historic items were received and exhibited here as the beginning of the museum collection of the society. In 1972 the Society was bequeathed a $25,000 gift from the 1. W. Waffle estate, providing the sum would be matched by the community within a ten year period. Also, the residue of the estate would be placed in an escrow account to provide interest income for operation and maintenance of the Museum. In 1973, a gift of three lots and a 40’x 80’ building on Irving Avenue was received from M. N. Windle. In 1976, a fund drive, headed by Dr. John R. Neal, was successfully conducted and the money from the Waffle estate was received. The board of directors voted to proceed with a building program to remodel the Windle building and the Irvinbilt Company completed the project in 1978-79. In the summer of 1979, the museum collection was moved from the library to the new location and the Society held the dedication and formal opening in October of 1979. Judge Ronald L. Somerville, son of the founder, gave the dedication address and Richard S. Brownlee, director of the State Historical Society of Missouri and Mayor Tom Oliver cut the ribbon to make the opening official. The museum has been dedicated to our forebearers in appreciation of their perseverance, ingenuity, craftsmanship and love of freedom. The museum will serve to perpetrate these qualities to future generations. Directory: History History -> Developed for the Ontario Curriculum History -> A chronology 1660-1832 The Restoration Settlement History -> History and Social Science Standards of Learning Enhanced Scope and Sequence History -> Evolution of the National Weather Service History -> Chronological documentation for the period through 1842 Copyright Bruce Seymour blio, Cadet Papers of Patrick Craigie History -> History of the 14 History -> History of the ports in Georgia History -> That Broad and Beckoning Highway: The Santa Fe Trail and the Rush for Gold in California and Colorado History -> Capitol Reef National Park List of Fruit and Nut Varieties, Including Heirlooms Prepared for the National Park Service through the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit by Kanin Routson and Gary Paul Nabhan, Center for Sustainable Download 1.01 Mb. Share with your friends:
|