Highlights since 1999
- ESTABLISHED INCORPORATION STATUS!
- ANNUAL MEETING ON MARCH 11 - HOSTED
SWING CHOIR AND ODYSSEY OF THE MIND PLAYERS FROM FARMINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- PARTICIPATED IN GRANDPARENTS DAY AT
FARMINGTON ELEMENTARY
-
PARTICIPATED IN "FIRSTS IN
WISCONSIN" AT FARMINGTON ELEMENTARY
WAGON RIDE AND TOUR OF SHALOM WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
AND EHNE FARM IN JUNE
AN EVENING OF MEMORIES IN AUGUST AT THE TOWN
HALL - MILLER PHOTOGRAPHS SHARED, MEMORABILIA FROM MANY FRIENDS AND MEMBERS
FINISHED CABINET TO BEGIN
HOUSING THE GROWING COLLECTION
- VISIT TO HISTORIC SAXONIA HOUSE IN
OCTOBER
- SIGNS WELCOMING DRIVERS TO THE TOWN
DECIDED UPON
- RECEIVED THREE LIFETIME MEMBERSHIPS
(and five more so far this year)
- PARTICIPATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE RETIRED EDUCATOR'S WORK, RURAL SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY
- ESTABLISHED INCORPORATION STATUS
- ANNUAL MEETING ON MARCH 18 - HOSTED
SWING CHOIR AND ODYSSEY OF THE MIND PLAYERS FROM FARMINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
CARD PARTY WITH DOOR PRIZES FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES
- RECEIVED SECOND CABINET TO HOUSE
GROWING COLLECTION
ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY EVENT HELD
IN FILLMORE IN MAY - BASEBALL AND DESERTS!
- WALKING TOUR OF BOLTONVILLE, HOSTED BY NORBERT DETTMANN,
WITH LUNCH AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH
SIGNS WELCOMING DRIVERS TO THE TOWN FINISHED
- BOAST A MEMBERSHIP LIST OF NEARLY 40 DUES-PAYING FAMILIES,
INCLUDING 7 LIFETIME MEMBERSHIPS
- HOSTED A VISIT OF REMEMBRANCE TO CAMP AWANA, THE FORMER
ZOWASCHKA'S AND LAKE 12 FAMILY RESORT OF THE 1930'S AND 1940'S
- DISPLAYED INFORMATION AT BREAKFAST ON THE FARM IN JUNE AT
THE MUTH FAMILY FARM IN CHEESEVILLE
- DISPLAYED INFORMATION AT THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS AT HE TOWN
HALL
- PURCHASED A PORTABLE SPEAKER SYSTEM
- DEVELOPED AN INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE AND COLLECTOR'S SERIES
BOOKMARK
A trip down memory lane at our annual meeting last March.
Shared items included long-lost family records from the Theusch's, toys, and
many schoolbooks in German.
We held our annual Memorial Day
celebration in Fillmore with a visit from Representative Grothman and music from
the Kewaskum High School band.
In the summer Ralph Eisenmann
presented a talk on Farmington and our historical society for the Washington
County group... we also had a great display! We dropped in on Ray Seideman's
historic homestead, too.
In October, we toured Meadowcreek Elk
Farm
Each year, we publish a bookmark
highlighting a special aspect of our community - last year it was churches.