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Home My WebLink About2018-01-09 Historical Preservation Committee Minutes January 8, 2018 CALL TO ORDER Chairperson, Mavy Wright, called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. The meeting was held at the Euless City Hall, Euless. MEMBERS PRESENT Doris Brown,Al Browning,Joe Cannon,Weldon Cannon, Iris Elliott, Gary Fieldsend, Norma Lively, Marilyn Long, Don Martin,Anniece McKanna,Suzy McCormick, Gary Parker, Helen Payton, Faye Stinneford, Helen Voss,Any Weinzapfel and Mavy Wright. VISITORS PRESENT Mayor Linda Martin, Patty Benoit and James Ellis. STAFF PRESENT Projects Coordinator, Ofa Faiva-Siale; Director of Parks and Community Services, Ray McDonald and Recreation Manager, Frank Ocampo. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Andy Weinzapfel made a correction to item #3 under Chairman's Report. Mavy Wright spoke at the Mid-Cities Genealogical Society and not the Geological Society. Al Browning made a motion to approve the minutes with the correction. Don Martin seconded the motion. All were in favor, minutes approved. TREASURER'S REPORT The previous balance was $10,770.30. There was a total deposit of$74. $32 was from the moneybox and $42 was from the money jar. Leaving a current balance of$10,844.30. STATUS OF CURRENT PROJECTS 1. Docent Reports/Recruitment a. Docent volunteer sign-up sheets were passed around for the January and February open house dates. 2. Acquisition—Staff was asked to report on the inventory. Staff gave a list of items to Barbara Collier that needed to be photographed and have their locations identified. Mrs. Collier dropped off about a fourth of the list that she has completed. Staff is almost done updating the information into PastPerfect,the inventory database the City uses to log artifacts. Mrs. Collier will be contacted for the rest of the list. HPC Mtg. Page 1 of 4 3. Library Display—Marilyn Long will contact staff to double check the list of items that are currently displayed at the Library. The current display will remain as is since the Library will be closing in a few months. 4. Facebook—No Report 5. Plaque—No Report 6. Euless Marker—Weldon Cannon noted that the marker program is in place and if anyone is ever interested in obtaining a Euless marker,the process for acquiring one is ready for the committee to use. 7. Display Signs—Norma Lively asked if an "open" sign could be acquired to hang at the kitchen entrance to let visitors know they can enter through the backdoor. Staff will acquire a sign. 8. Publicity/Program/Speakers—Mavy Wright asked the members to look into programs that the committee could host at Heritage Park. 9. Historical Albums—Marilyn Long and Doris Brown will meet with Euless Police Chief Mike Brown soon to show him the "Fallen Officer" album.After that, Ms. Long will call a meeting with the sub-committee to discuss possible topics for the next album. 10. Heritage Park—No report 11. Photography/Oral History—No report 12.Artifact Recovery—Andy Weinzapfel has a couple of properties the he may metal detect once the weather becomes warmer. a. Mavy Wright suggested the airport property as a possible location for metal detecting. She mentioned Art Shalstein as a great contact with access to the properties at the airport. 13. Historical Tree Program—Andy Weinzapfel and Parks Leadman, Randy Leach, collected nuts from key locations around the area as well as nuts from the old Birds Fort location to propagate. Mr. Leach is"tricking" the nuts with special lighting to help them grow and it seems to be working. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT 1. Entertained a motion to approve Doris Brown to continue as the committee's treasurer for 2018.After a brief discussion, Don Martin made a motion to approve Ms. Brown as Treasurer for the next year.Al Browning seconded the motion, motion approved.All were in favor, motion carried. 2. Displayed giveaway fans that could be used for a promotional item for the committee. The members discussed the idea and after discussion,Al Browning made a motion to allow staff to research costs, etc. and report back to the committee at the next meeting. Suzy McCormick seconded the motion. No one opposed, motion carried. 3. Mrs.Wright and Doris Brown will be taking down Christmas decorations at the Fuller House after the meeting. If anyone is interested in helping,they are welcome to help. COMMITTEE REPORT HPC Mtg. Page 2 of 4 1. Weldon Cannon introduced James Ellis. Mr. Ellis contacted the city to inquire about information about his grandfather,Woodrow Himes. Weldon Cannon contacted Mr. Ellis and after some research, they confirmed that they were cousins. It also turned out that Mr. Ellis is a distant relative of Andy Himes, one time owner of the Himes Log House. 2. Al Browning asked if the committee could review the "Project List"that the committee and staff work on in 2017. He would like to see which projects need to be worked on and which ones to have removed from the list.Andy Weinzapfel asked if copies of the list can be sent to the members for review. Staff will email and mail the list to the committee with the minutes. 3. Norma Lively asked if new Christmas ornaments /decorations can be purchased for the Christmas tree. Mrs. Lively and/or Mavy Wright will purchase the ornaments/decorations and turn in the receipt to staff to be reimbursed out of the committee's account. 4. Weldon Cannon was asked to provide a presentation and he gave one about two women who were "influential" in his life: "Aunt Mollie Daniel" and Pat Riddle. Mr. Cannon and Pat Riddle knew each other as far back as 1946.Years ago, Ms. Riddle, returned to college and received her Bachelor's degree at age 54 from the University of Texas at Arlington. She went on to become a writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram until about age 80. Back in October 1987, Ms. Riddle wrote an article featuring Weldon Cannon. The article pictured Mr. Cannon with a homemade tombstone that his grandfather,Arch Cannon, made years before. Arch Cannon made the tombstone with the name and photograph of a political rival who lost her bid for reelection as Texas Governor. Her name was Miriam "Ma" Ferguson.Arch Cannon kept the tombstone in his backyard and proudly showed visitors where they"buried" "Ma" Ferguson. After a while,the "Ma" Ferguson joke wore off and Arch Cannon's widow, Idella Cannon,was bothered about her"Aunt Mollie Daniel" having been buried at Calloway Cemetery without a marker for some 15-20 years at that point in time. Idella Cannon took the old tombstone and had a thinner veneer glued atop the original marker with "Aunt Mollie's" information and placed it at her grave. In 1984,Weldon Cannon found the veneer and concrete marker deteriorating and falling apart, so he made another marker out of concrete and placed it on "Aunt Mollie's" grave. For many years, Weldon Cannon searched to find the exact relations was with "Aunt Mollie" since no one alive seemed to know how they were related. In 2006, Mr. Cannon finally, positively identified "Aunt Mollie" while studying records in the Coffee County Court House, in Manchester, TN. "Aunt Mollie"was indeed, Idella Cannon's HPC Mtg. Page 3 of 4 aunt, sister to her mother, Sarah Jane Redden Whitener. "Aunt Mollie"was born Mary Ann Redden in 1849 in Coffee County and died in Tarrant County, Texas, in 1914. Through Mr. Cannon's research, he found that the reason it was difficult to trace "Aunt Mollie's" connection to the family was that she was widowed and remarried three times to a Mr.West, a Mr. Sutherland and finally to a Mr. Daniel. Over the years, Mr. Cannon always felt a kinship and the responsibility of caretaker of"Aunt Mollie's" grave and tombstone so in 2008, he bought a professionally made marker and put her full name on it; Mary Ann Redden West Sutherland Daniel, a.k.a. "Aunt Mollie". Pat Riddle passed away this past Friday, January 5, 2018. She will be buried today at 3 p.m.,the day of the Historical committee's meeting and Mr. Cannon thought it fitting that on this day, he would honor two women of history,who were influential in his life. The members enjoyed the presentation immensely. ADJOURNMENT Faye Stinneford made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Helen Voss seconded the motion. Motion approved. The meeting adjourned at 10:58 a.m. Respectfully submitted by: Ofa Faiva-Siale City of Euless Parks and Community Services HPC Mtg. Page 4 of 4