Please join us on Monday, June 18th at 6 pm at 4890 Thursby Road. We will retrace the tour developed by Bev Kepler-Coss including 52 noteworthy citizens buried in Greensburg Cemetery. Lemonade and cookies will be provided. Attendees will receive a print copy of the noteworthy persons tour guide and a copy of the Deaths Book compiled by the Garmon Family between 1848 to 1986.
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Come out to Dues & Desserts and meet our Inaugural scholarship recipient, Shannon Bales. Shannon is a Senior at Green High School. She is the daughter of Robert and Mischelle Bales. Shannon will officially receive her award at the Dues & Dessert event at MAPS on April 23, 2012.
Read more about the GREEN IS AMERICA scholarship and our 2012 recipient. Our very successful Dues and Desserts event will be held at MAPS on April 23, 2012. This event is free and there are exhibits for children of all ages. Please join us for a free evening of desserts and fun! For more details, click here.
Check out the new calendar, new 2012 events, and our new newsletter.
A general meeting will be held tonight, November 7th at 7 pm in CAB Conference Room 2 to discuss the 2012 calendar, budget, and membership .
Our next general meeting will be held on October 17th at 7 pm at the Torok Community Center on Massillon Road.
Our next event will be "One-room Schoolhouses" on November 21st at 7 pm at the City of Green Central Administration Building. Featured speakers include Patty Stiles and Carol Baltrinic. Please note that this event is confirmed for November 21st - despite early discussion regarding postponement into 2012. Please see our updated Calendar of Events, available here. Please note that the Historical Walk and Talk program has been postponed until Spring.
MAPS will host the Wings of Freedom Tour on August 12, 13, 14 & 15. This event will host three WWII era aircraft, B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator and P-51 Mustang.
Rides will be sold on all planes.A special event will be held on Friday to Welcome the Planes for all area WWII Veterans. Please call to reserve for this event 330-896-6332, we need to know special accommodations. We will have the support of the Honor Flight, Red Cross, and the National Guard. All WWII vets will be free for the entire weekend and one guest will be free for the Friday Welcome party. The local landmark plaque was installed today at the Aaron Swartz Homestead/Walnut Woods Preschool. Photographs of the installation of the local landmark plaque at the Aaron Swartz Homestead/Walnut Woods Preschool are available at http://www.greenhistoricalsociety.com/aaron-swartz-home.html. The property owners, Greg and Laura Frank were on hand to witness the installation of the plaque, as well as the preschool staff and students and members of the Green Historical Society.
The Walnut Woods Preschool will host an open house on Friday, August 5th from 5 – 7 pm and Sunday, August 7th from 2 – 4 pm. Anyone interested in learning more about the preschool or in viewing this historic property are welcome to attend. Walnut Woods Preschool is operated in the historic Aaron Swartz Homestead located at 4950 Massillon Road in Green. Please call 330-896-2052 or 330-494-5555 for more information. TRIP TO AKRON-SUMMIT PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR RESEARCH The Green Historical Society will be hosting an outing to visit the Kepler-Coss Collection of Green Local History at the Akron-Summit County Public Library Special Collections Department on Saturday, July 16th at 9 am. Members and scholarship competitors (Green High students) will meet to caravan to downtown at Boettler Park near the tennis courts. The Kepler-Coss Collection contains the life's research of the late Bev Kepler-Coss on the history of Green Township . The description of the boxes and files available in the Kepler-Coss Collection can be found at http://www.akronlibrary.org/internetresources/sc/finding/keplercoss.pdf and see the attached pdf. There are not many topics in Green's history that Bev did not begin to research and document. If you are interested in researching a local history topic or would like to just learn about the collection, please join us on this outing. If you are unable to attend this outing, you may contact the Special Collections Department at speccollections@akronlibrary.org or 330.643.9030. I recommend reviewing the Kepler-Coss Collection Description (see attached) and determining which boxes may be relevant to your research prior to the outing. If you are planning to attend the outing and there is a particular box or file of interest, please contact staci.schweikert@greenhistoricalsociety.com so that she can arrange to have the box pulled for you prior to our arrival. Please note we will plan another outing to the Bev Kepler-Coss Collection in the Fall. Thank you. |
AuthorStaci Schweikert, Secretary GHS Archives
September 2022
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