July 11  &  12,  2008

Entertainment Schedule for Friday, July 11

ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, JULY 12

7:00 p.m. - "Keepsake" Girls of Harmony

FIREWORKS

SATURDAY AT 10:30 FOLLOWING DRAWINGS

VIEWING AT THE HAROLD D. MILLER Memorial PARK

FOR FUND RAISERS

Suggested Possible Skill Games:  BINGO  -  THROW DARTS AT BALLOONS  -  LADDER GOLF

BASKETBALL THROW  -  ROLL BALL THROUGH SLOTS  -  GOLF ONE IN HOLE  -  DUCK POND

CORNHOLE - BEAN BAG TOSS

County Line Historical News

Guest speaker was Gerald Payne when County Line Historical Society met January 19 at Miller Museum. Payne is an impersonator of Abraham Lincoln, and talked about his speeches and letters.

Helen Sprowls and Nancy Raymond were thanked for the December and January window displays and hosts for the museum, James Pennell, Ron Junkin, Jody Long and Nancy Raymond were also thanked. Several guests were welcomed.

New board member, Mary Lou Frost will serve a three year term along with the officers, president Ron Junkin; treasurer Helen Sprowls; secretary Jayne Neal; vice president James Pennell; advisor Wes Plant; corresponding secretary Carrie Brown; board members Glenn Bower, Jr. and  Frank Garrett and publicity, Bill Fought.

The Antique Roadshow was held on Sunday afternoon, January 27 with a good crowd bringing in older items to be valued by local Antique experts. A full report will be given at the next membership meeting on March 15 at the Miller Museum. Speaker will be Dean A. Freytag from Ashland giving a slide presentation on the "Fascination of Steel Mills."

Progress on the new County Line Historical Society of Wayne and Holmes Counties Museum located downtown Shreve across from Shreve Mobil is shown here as carpenters restore the front of the building that was used by Fought's Bluebird Bakery from 1904 to 1917. John Troyer and his crew have restored the original historical Victorian front of the building which will be used by the Society as a Library/Visitor Center.

This restoration began in the fall of 2007 and is a part of the new museum which will also include the previous Tin Shop located next door to the north that used to be the home of Geeseman Grocery and later both buildings housed the former Grosjean Roofing.

Miller and Sons this past fall built a new roof including many of the rafters over the former Tin Shop which will become the new Museum.

At the back of both buildings W. T. McKee Construction cleared and excavated the rear lot  with drainage and two catch basins and connecting to the storm sewer system on Market St. 3D Construction did the cement work on the parking area. The retaining wall, consisting of large 5000 lb. blocks of cement, was put into place by Menuez Bros. Sand and Gravel, Inc.

B&B Painting is shown here getting the outside painting done before winter settled in on them. They will be back to paint the inside when that phase is completed to the new museum. Water-Watts about the same time put a new furnace in the basement and ran enough duct work up to the main floor to keep the inside warm for the winter.

This photo shows how the Museum looks at this point in time as the buildings are fully enclosed for the winter. The building is being funded with local donations and a $100,000 grant provided by the state of Ohio through the Cultural Facilities Commission, Ted Strickland, Governor. The County Line's Construction Administrator is Dan Moorefield of Shreve. Ron Junkin, president, Wes Plant advisor, of the Society have been instrumental in putting this project together with the support of their members and the community of the Shreve area. The $200,000 project is now into phase two of finishing the buildings as an additional $25,000 was given to Society by the Shreve Business and Community Assoc. to allow the project keep a more productive schedule.