306 S. Saginaw St., Holly, MI 48442 248-634-9233
[email protected]
Spring 2015
Meeting Schedule
President’s message…..
Hi Members and Friends!
I think we are all glad that another winter is behind
us. Spring is coming and we will be able to enjoy
the out of doors.
We had more visitors to the museum this year
during the Holly Dickens Festival than in the past.
The festival is new and improved and I am sure we
will see more changes in 2015. We will need to be
open during the Thanksgiving weekend.
During the winter we did some cleaning, organizing
and painting. Our thanks to member, Linda
Dagenhardt, for repairing the plaster in the upstairs
closet. Thanks to volunteer, Terry Sizemore, for
painting the closet. The museum is just like your
home, always in need of repairs. Our next big
expense will be painting the outside. If you can
help or know of someone who can, give me a call.
We will need docents for our summer open houses.
The sign-up sheet will be available at our spring
meetings. If everyone takes one time, then no one
has to do two.
Sometime this summer we are also going to go on
a field trip to the Durant Dort Carriage Museum in
Flint. Watch our Facebook page for details.
I look forward to seeing you at a meeting!
Linda Smith, President
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April 15- 7pm Civil War Chaplains by Worley Smith
May 20- Elections and Joe Mishler will talk about
the Hollyhock articles that were written in the
1940’s Business meeting at 6 pm followed with
fellowship and presentation at 7 pm at the
museum
June 17-6:30 pm Our annual Picnic on the Porch.
We will eat at 6pm. Hot dogs and toppings
provided. Bring your place setting and a dish to
pass.
Please mark your calendars or clip and save this
portion.
Victorian Tea
April 18th at 11:30 am or 2:00 pm at Hadley House
Museum.
This is a joint fundraiser with the Dickens Festival
Committee. Women from Holly’s past will wander
among the guests.
Tickets are $35.
Contact Pam
Krantz to purchase
yours!
248-634-7135.
We need
volunteers for setup, serving and cleanup. Flyer
with registration form is available on our websitewww.hsmichigan.org/holly
Wish List
Spring Into Summer
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Art & Craft Market
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Mark your calendar for June 20th 9 am to 4 pm at American Legion Hall.
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There are still booth spaces available. Rental is
only $40. This is an outdoor show. Exhibitors
should call Sue at 248-634-5338 to reserve a
booth.
There are also openings for the Holly Holiday
Art & Craft show on November 7, 2015.
Donations
Thank You for supporting your
local museum!
Monetary donations from Mark & Linda Smith,
Joe & Dee Hansard, Allen Smith, Barbara Soloko,
Sara Bachman Ducey, Kaye Thorsby, Peg Thorsby,
Bill & Debbie Hamilton.
Bob Montgomery- Holly High yearbooks and
newspapers.
Bill Brody- painting of the museum
Marie Smith- wooden chairs
Elizabeth Murcko- school yearbooks
Holly Real Men Read- Saturday, May
16th and June 20th, 1 to 4pm at the museum. Bring
your reading material and join others for an
afternoon of reading on the porch. Folding chair
provided or bring your own. For more info contact
A.C. Alrey at 248-245-0975.
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Male mannequin to display military
uniforms.
A load of Topsoil to fill in ruts in the
backyard.
Wheels for the sleigh platform ($50)
and installation.
Lumber to replace the front porch.
Funds to paint the outside of the museum.
Summer Open Houses
The museum will be open Saturdays during June,
July and August from 1 to 4 pm. Come and see our
mini displays for the 150th Anniversary of the
Village of Holly.
Special arrangements can be made for groups.
Call 248-634-9233.
150th Anniversary
of the Village of Holly
There will be a celebration for the 150th
anniversary of the village’s incorporation (1865) on
September 12th. The historical society will organize
the parade that will start at 10 am. If you would
like to have an entry, leave a message at 248-6349233. Applications will be available in June.
The museum will have some mini displays
reflecting Holly’s timeline. If you would like to be
involved with developing these displays, come to
the April meeting.
Dues are payable May 1st. They are $10 per
household. Invite family, friends, and neighbors
to join us! Membership form is on the last page.
GoFundMe
The Hadley House Museum needs the outside
painted. Since we have spent our savings on the
heating system repair and a new roof in the last
couple of years we need funds to do the painting.
Our museum is the depository for Holly
memorabilia and the preservation of a Victorian
House. If you are willing to donate to this cause,
visit www.GoFundMe.com/ra3bf4s
Coming Soon…
Worley Smith and Linda Smith have been compiling
names and burial information of Holly men that
served in the military during World War I. This list
will be available in the near future at the Holly
Township library and the Hadley House Museum.
FREE EVENT-In recognition of April being
Jazz Appreciation Month and the week of April 12th
starting National Library Week, join the Holly
Township Library and the Holly Historical Society as
we present “Historical Perspectives of Art, Culture
and Entertainment: A Jazz Series”. There will be a
special Showing of a Jazz documentary on
Thursday, April 16th at 6:30 pm in Zanie Janie’s
Coffee Shop, 127 S. Saginaw Street in Historic
Downtown Holly. The public is invited to the FREE
event. Additional historical Jazz events are being
planned for the near future.
Holly Township Library had its
Start in 1877
Taken from articles in the May 5, 1977 Northwest
Advertiser
In 1877 the Ladies Library Association was formed
by a group of ladies who felt the need and had the
foresight to form the nucleus of a library. The
association had membership of 75, with Mrs. L. L.
Morrison as its first president. They met in the
Presbyterian Church basement. The rent for the
room was $26 for the year and the hours were
Saturday from 2:30 to 4:30. At the end of their first
year, the association had received $314.60 derived
from dues, contributions from the town’s
gentlemen and socials held by various members.
They had 287 volumes and these had been
circulated 1550 times, which was a very good
beginning.
The Ladies Library in 1892 was incorporated under
the laws of the State of Michigan and made
available to more people. At this time it was
located in the Stone Block, now the Citizens Bank
building. In 1895 1350 books were owned. As time
went on other attractions besides books were
added, such as courses and a course of popular
entertainment under the direction of the Detroit
Entertainment Bureau was offered. In 1906 the
Library opened its rooms to the public and the
state librarian was consulted about extending their
services. The State Library also made a loan of 100
books and assisted in classifying the local books.
As the library grew and more demands were made
on it, the people realized a more stable form of
help and income was needed. So in 1911 the
Township voted to take over the Ladies Library.
The vote was 233 for and 84 against. Now the
library was housed on the second floor of the
Steinbaugh Block on the corner of Saginaw and
Maple, which is now the Wheeler Motor Sales.
(now the Coleman building) It remained at this
location until 1976 when it moved to a
reconditioned ranch house on North Saginaw
Street, (its current location, which has had several
additions)
In 1927 the Library moved into a building of its own
on Martha Street. Mr. W.P. Webb of Pasadena,
California purchased the building which had been
built by the Citizens Saving Bank and gave the
building, plus the sum of $2000 to the Library. Mr.
Webb was a former business man of Holly and his
wife had been a charter member of the Ladies
Library Association. The location was described as
being “in the heart of the business section, ideally
housed for a library.”
The depression of the early thirties was keenly felt
by the library. But in 1934 the board took
energetic measures to cure some these ills. Some
of the old volumes were sent to the Pontiac Library
where a W.P.A. project mended the books at 10
cents per book. Organizations were solicited for
money, magazine subscriptions of suggestions for
getting new books, and a rental library was tried
for a time. The Mothers Club sponsored and
conducted a children’s story hour, later they
sponsored a puppet show. The Library began
loaning “book units” to schools in the township and
also to the High School.
The need for more room, both for reading areas
and book shelving was badly needed as the Library
grew, so in 1957 the Library moved from its Martha
Street location to its present location on Saginaw
Street. Three years later the Library bought the
building. The Jaycees built the shelves, made up
the new sign, painted the inside of the building and
then transported the books and furniture to the
new building.
The State Library started the North Oakland Library
in 1958 and the local Library participated in this.
The project met the needs of the small libraries in
this section, so in 1961 it was made a permanent
system, now called the North Oakland Library Cooperative. Through this system the library can
draw on a larger book collection (housed in the
Adah Shelly Branch of the Pontiac Public Library) to
meet its patrons needs, and also have professional
help and consultation as is needed.
People and organizations have always been
interested and helpful with time, money and talent
where the Township Library was concerned. Clubs
have had bake sales, socials, card parties to raise
money for books or other necessary items. Some
have made gifts of books directly, especially books
of special interest to their clubs.
They have helped with story hours, book reviews,
and in “fixing up” the building. The largest gift to
be received was from Mr. Webb, a building plus
$2000, the former Monday club gave $425 to the
Library and the Pontiac Town Hall gave $100. With
such continued help and encouragement the
Library is sure to keep in step with the growing
demands of this age for individual improvement,
education and pleasure.
The present members of the Board of Trustees are:
Mr. William Lankton, President; Mrs. Charles
Lippincott, Secretary; Mrs. Jack Montgomery,
Treasurer; Mrs. Abram Krikorian, Mrs. Jess
Furbush. The Librarians are Mrs. Harold Hayward,
Miss Minnie Gordon and Mrs. Roy Lively.
YOUNG HOLLY BOY
WILL BE HONORED
To Receive Medal for Saving Companion from
Drowning
For saving the life of a young schoolmate, Clement
E. (“Bud”) Miner, Jr., of Holly, will be signally
honored by the Automobile Club of Michigan at the
Detroit and Michigan Exposition on Jan. we. At
that time he will be presented with a National
A.A.A. Heroism Medal. ON the evening of Jan. 22 a
Heroes Banquet will be held at the Hotel Statler.
Bud was in Detroit late last week, a month in
advance to invite James Melton, radio singer and
motion picture star, to the banquet. The Detroit
papers featured them in an illustrated article on
Sunday.
Bud, 16 years old, is the youngest son of Attorney
and Mrs. Clement E. Miner. The playmate whose
life he saved was Junior Schooley, 14 year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. George Schooley. The boys were
skating on Simonson’s Lake just after Christmas
when young Schooley broke through thin ice into
deep water. His companion crawled to within four
feet of the hole, extended a hockey stick and pulled
his friend to safety. Taken from newspaper
clipping January 23, 1938.
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