Mason Historical Society
We are a 501(c) (3) non profit organization.
Your membership and donations help preserve the history of Mason, Ohio.
This page was last updated: March 2, 2010
2010 MEETINGS
Free and Open to the Public
Regularly scheduled meetings are held the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm in the Gathering Place behind the Alverta Green Museum located at 207 W. Church Street, unless stated otherwise.
Upcoming Meetings
January & February- No Program Meeting March 16 - Tour of Mason High School "Walking History" Meet in the Lobby of Main Entrance at 7:00PMApril 20 - Ohio's Wild Flowers - Robert Henn, speakerMay 18 - Speaker Not confirmed at this timeJune 15 - Ice Cream Social 5:30PM Museum Grounds Gene Steiner as Cake Auctioneer July 20 - Baysore's Flowers - Cathy Harbison Saturday, August 28 - We'll participate in the Mason Heritage Festival. Visit our booth, Car show and Museum Open House. Congratulations to our
2009 Quilt Raffle Winner
Paul Johnson!
Paul, society member and California resident, is our long distance winner. His name was drawn by our Car Show Queen and top ticket seller, Frances Gilbert at the Heritage Festival. Paul sent us a photo with the following note: "Here is a picture of my new quilt. A perfect fit. Thanks to all those hard working volunteers who made this possible."
Thank you to our members and all who contributed so generously to make this fundraiser so successful!
Congratulations
to our additional raffle winners!
Dennis McAninch won 2 Bengals Club seat tickets
Carol Smith won an Apple I-Pod Nano
Courtesy of Al's Heating & Cooling, Inc.
Steve Prescott won 3 months free Storage
courtesy of Mason Self-Storage 3950 Bethany Road
2009 Mason Arts Festival
The Mason Historical Society was honored to be included once again this year at the Mason Art Festival.
Our display included several museum pieces along with borrowed art. Pieces from the museum were an oil painting of Jack Nicklaus Golf Course and watercolor of a Red Mill by Donna Beavers, oil paintings of Don and Mary Snider's house and the Alverta Green Museum by Jeanne Harpen, watercolors of the Alverta Green Museum and Snider Road Sunflowers by Dolores Wilt. Al and Helen Voorhis allowed us to borrow a a painting of the Voorhis Farm house on Tylersville Road by their daughter Elaine Voorhis Luttrell. Frances Gilbert lent four of the wooden building replicas cut by Bill Gilbert and painted by Jeanne Harpen. Also, she allowed us to display a large painting from the 1850's painted by Mason resident David Bennett. The background of this painting was copied from a postcard of a scene near London, England. The foreground included a young lady, Louisa Muncey Gray (Bill Gilberts' Great Grandmother) who came from England in 1851. Bennett painted the wings and backdrops for the stage at the Opera House located above the Fifth Third Bank building.
Thank you to the Mason Art's Council for allowing us to show Mason's history through its' art.
October 2009 Meeting Program
Angilo's Pizza, a local favorite since 1963 was represented by Christine Guess, granddaughter of Sherry & LeRoy Eickenhorst founders in partnership with the Duke & Sarah Blevins. She shared some history and a few samples.
Photos by Becky Osborne2009 ICE CREAM SOCIAL
The Mason Historical Society celebrated our 30th Anniversary at this year's social by honoring our past Presidents.
Thank you to our returning favorites, Gene Steiner our favorite auctioneer, Frozen Custard donated by Culvers and homemade desserts donated by our members. Flower arrangement donated by Miami Valley Floral Co. and donations from Kroger Arbor Square and 741. Musical entertainment this year was the Irish band Gallagher's Ramble led by Mason Violin Shop owner Jerry Witkowski.
Past Presidents in attendance were Frank Batsche, Jr., Bruce Hendricks, Don Wolfe, Dee Wilt, Freddie Grisham, David Batsche, Alma Federle, Ken Cornett, Judy Cox, Jerry Mullins and Sherri Federle.
If you weren't there, you missed a very fun filled evening!
$1,500 Donation
We are truly grateful to the American Legion Post 194, a Lifetime member of our Society, chose us as the recipient of a $1,500 donation.
Society President Judy Cox is shown accepting the check from Post Commander, John Looker during the January 26, 2010 board meeting.
Society President Judy Cox is shown accepting the check from Post Commander, John Looker during the January 26, 2010 board meeting.
Donations such as this are greatly needed and certainly help us to continue our work towards fulfilling the "Purposes of the Society".
No Cooking Tonight!
What better way to raise funds than to go out to eat! All you have to do is dine at a local restaurant on the designated night with a coupon we provide. The Mason Historical Society will earn a percentage of the sales for the evening. We have tentative plans for a weeknight in April. More details coming soon!
This is a great opportunity to have non-members participate, so bring your friends and neighbors!
Looking for Mason Composite Graduation Photos
Many of you may remember the Composite Graduation photos hanging in the halls at Mason Central. Many or these photos, from the 1920's and beyond, are now prominently displayed in the halls of Mason High School. Over the years, some photos have been damaged or lost. We need graduation photos for the class beginning in 1886 to 1919 also, 1922 and 1924. If you have any of these photos, or know someone who may, the historical society and the high school are working cooperatively to complete this project. We would only need to borrow the photo, it would be scanned into the computer and enlarged to match the others. Contact the Historical Society at 513-398-6750 and ask for Sherri.
