When
Sumner County Historical & Genealogical Society President Jane
Moore saw a calendar at a genealogy meeting, one filled with fascinating
historic old photos and interesting historic tidbits, she knew she
wanted to do that for Sumner County.
I had seen another one from another county,” Moore said, “I just thought it was a cool idea.”
So
for the past several months, Moore, Elaine Clark, and Photoshop expert,
Jerry Sayre gathered and tweaked photos, researched newspapers,
double-checked facts, and put together the SCHGS Calendar “A Look at
Historic Sumner County.”
Getting it back from the printers, Wheatland Services, this week had everyone excited.
“The
calendar itself has historic information on every page and with every
photo,” Moore said, adding that facts and photos representing Oxford,
Belle Plaine, Wellington, Caldwell, Geuda Springs, South Haven,
Hunnewell, Perth, Mayfield, Argonia, Milan, Millerton, Corbin, and
Conway Springs cover each month of the calendar, and include such
interesting tidbits as location of the first lynching in the county,
where the first post office in the county was located, and when the
Baptist Church was organized in Wellington.
Moore
said that the calendars can be purchased at the SCHGS Research Center
(north door Memorial Auditorium, 208 N. Washington, Wellington) on
Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., or from the Wellington Chamber of
Commerce, and sell for $10.00 per calendar, with discounts for orders
of five or more. Mail orders are welcome. Address orders to SCHGS, Box
402, Wellington, KS 67152, and add $5 shipping and handling for one
calendar. Contact the society for shipping rates on orders of multiple calendars at schgs@sutv.com, or contact President Jane Moore directly at bjmoore@kanokla.net.
Moore
said that the proceeds will be used to support SCHGS’ family history
preservation activities and equipment needs at the SCHGS Research
Center.
“If
you are interested in Sumner County History,” Moore said, “you will
really enjoy them and they will make a nice gift for folks who no longer
live here, too.”
