2011 Mason Arts Festival
Sunday, Sept. 18th from 11-5pm
The Mason Municipal Center
6000 Mason-Montgomery Road
I hope you visited our display at the 2011 Arts Festival located inside the Municipal Center.
We showcased a variety of Needle Art from our museum collection. Our 2011 display featured a spectacular 1916 Crazy Quilt made by Mary Oatley Parkhill; an 1820's Alphabet Sampler by Sarah Mason Wikoff the daughter of our founder, William Mason; Pillow cases trimmed with tatting by Gretchen VanHarlingen Wolfe, Wm. Mason's great-granddaughter; Basket quilt made by Sarah Elizabeth Hall Bowyer; Sun Bonnet Sue quilt made from scraps of dresses made for Mason's 1965 Sesquicentennial pieced by Mattie Zander and quilted by Mason Christian Village quilters; Yo-yo dresser scarf made by mother of Ray Wilt.
Thank you to all who helped in any way and by donating art, setting up and working at our booth.
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: January 26, 2012
2012 Events Calendar
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.
January 17 - "Cincinnati and the Civil War" is the program presented by Mike
Lawrence from the Cincinnati Museum Center.
**Meet at the Mason Municipal Center 6000 Mason-Montgomery Rd.
February 21- "Hidden Treasures at Family Search" is the program presented by
Dana Palmer, President of the Warren County Genealogical Society.
**Meet at the Mason Municipal Center 6000 Mason-Montgomery RdMarch 20 - Local Historian, Fred Compton will speak about prominent visitors to
Ohio's Oldest Inn the Golden Lamb.
**Meet at the Mason Municipal Center 6000 Mason-Montgomery Rd.
April 17 - Mike Schroeder will give the history behind the ever popular
"Mason Bowl".
May 15 - Mason Central Centennial Re-cap. The contents of the "1911" Time
Capsule opened during the celebration will be examined. If you missed
the program the first time here is your chance to see what happened.
June 19 - Ice Cream Social -more details to come
July 17
August 21
September 18
October 16
November - No Program Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
December 7 -Christmas Party & Open House for "Christmas in Mason"
These 2011 Events are History
November 27- Sunday - Mason Central Centennial Celebration and Opening of
1911 Time Capsule
December 18- Sunday --Fire Station Farewell - A tribute to the MasonVolunteer
Company fire-fighters and paramedics who built and operated
this fire station.
Open House from 2-4 p.m. at 135 N. Mason-Montgomery Road Sponsored by the Mason-Deerfield Fire Auxillary & Mason Hisorical Soc. All attending are invited to meet afterward at Brazenhead.
Looking for Mason High School Composite Graduation Photos
Al Voorhis, Richard Grisham, Carole Anderson, Dave Anderson and Freddie Grisham were a few of the visitors from the Mason Historical viewing graduation photos at the Mason High School during the March 2010 meeting.
Many of you may remember the Composite Graduation photos hanging in the halls at previous high school buildings. Many of these photos, from the 1920's and beyond, are now prominently displayed in the halls of the current 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.
Mason High School Alumni Award
Nominations
The December 1st deadline has passed. Hope you were able to get your nominations in for The Distinguished Alumni Award, sponsored by The Mason Schools Foundation.
The Historical Society is represented on the board of the Mason Schools Foundation, who sponsors the Distinguished Mason High School Alumni Award.
Congratulations Al Voorhis!
2011's Distinguished MHS Alumni Award Recipient
American Legion,
Post 194
$1,500.00
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 for 2012.
Society President and VP Judy and Rich Cox are shown accepting the check from First Vice Post Commander, Gerald Behymer.
Society President and VP Judy and Rich Cox are shown accepting the check from First Vice Post Commander, Gerald Behymer.
Donations such as this are greatly needed and certainly help us to continue our work towards fulfilling the "Purposes of the Society".
Information about our various Fundraisers LaRosa's Piece of the Pie, Brick Walkway and Annual quilt raffle have been moved to their own page.
ORDER YOUR DVD
Celebrating Mason Central's
Centennial
1911 -2011
Held Sunday, November 27, 2011
211 North East St.
We are taking orders for the DVD recording of the celebration events including the program speakers, recognition of oldest graduates and opening of the time capsule. It will be available soon.
ORDER NOW!
$19 each.
