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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-06-14 Historical Preservation Committee Minutes June 14, 2010 CALL TO ORDER Chair, Betty Fuller, called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. The meeting was held at City Hall in the Pre-Council Chamber at 201 North Ector Drive, Euless, Texas. MEMBERS PRESENT Mavy Wright, Gary Fieldsend, Iris Elliott, Helen Voss, Faye Stinneford, Leah Bennett, Don Martin, James Gathings, Beth Gathings, Bill Golden, David Massey, Doris Brown, Shirley Mercer, Donna Mickan, Betty Fuller, Weldon Cannon, Joe Cannon and Norma Lively. RECOGNITION OF VISITORS Council Member Leon Hogg Perry Brockmeyer STAFF PRESENT Ray McDonald, Director of Parks and Community Services Ofa "Mary" Faiva-Siale, Projects Coordinator Michael Davenport, Recreation Superintendant APPROVAL OF MINUTES Don Martin made a motion to approve the minutes. James Gathings seconded the motion, motion approved. TREASURER'S REPORTS Donna Mickan reported on behalf of the Treasurer, Robert Nail, a balance of$6,386.72 DOCENT'S REPORT/RECRUITMENT I. David Massey reported a total of forty-two people during open house on Saturday, June 12, 2010. Larry Pelzel with the Parks Department got married on the front porch of the Log House and about thirty people were there for the wedding. 2. Doris Brown and James and Beth Gathings volunteered to docent during open house on Saturday, July 10, 2010. 3. Helen Voss, Faye Stinneford, Mavy Wright, Leah Bennett, Betty Fuller and Bill Golden volunteered to docent on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Little Tyke will be touring. 4. Shirley Mercer, Iris Elliott, Gary Fieldsend and Betty Fuller will docent during open house on Saturday, August 14, 2010. 5. David Massey, Donna Mickan, Helen Voss and Faye Stinneford volunteered to docent during open house on Saturday, September 11, 2010. STATUS OF CURRENT PROJECTS 1. Plaque Sub-committee: Donna Mickan, Robert Nail and Faye Stinneford met regarding the plaque project and provided the following recommendations: • Names can be included on the plaque for gifts of$50 or more. HPC MTG 061410 Page 1 • Make a plaque, about 16"x12" in size, to display a predetermined rectangular size gold plate noting "in memory of" names for deceased individuals and "in honor of" names for those still living. The Committee briefly discussed the Sub-committee's recommendations. Faye Stinneford made a motion to accept the recommendations and allow the Sub-committee to acquire the plaque. Helen Voss seconded the motion, no one opposed, motion approved. 2. Ruth Millican Center Sub-committee: Helen Voss reported that it's a matter of time until the center can be released to the Committee. Various members expressed concerns about other groups using the building once it is turned over to the Committee. 3. Display Sub-committee: Mavy Wright and City staff has been working on the project. Mrs. Wright and Bill Byers will proof the text for the signs one last time before staff can have the signs permanently set. They will also provide instructions for where to place the signs. 4. Website Sub-committee: Gary Fieldsend gave a presentation about the Committee's Flickr account. He has invested over one-hundred hours on maintaining the account. The Committee complimented Mr. Fieldsend and expressed their enthusiastic appreciation for the project. 5. Calloway Cemetery: An old burial site of a young child at Calloway has a very small homemade marker. Bill Golden reported that relatives of the family recently volunteered to have a larger marker installed at the grave. Mr. Golden noted that awareness about the cemetery has increased due to increase publicity about the cemetery through the efforts of the Committee and the Board of Trustees. Mr. Golden still needs help identifying "lost burials" at Calloway. 6. Historical Marker: • Local Euless Marker: Betty Fuller will submit an application for the house on south Main. • Texas State Historical Marker: Weldon Cannon has been in contact with Randy Belcher, principal of South Euless Elementary School, regarding details for the Euless School marker dedication. Two dates were approved by Mayor Mary Lib Saleh and Mr. Belcher for the dedication, October 17 and 24, 2010. After a brief discussion, Weldon Cannon made a motion to have the dedication on October 24. Helen Voss seconded the motion, motion approved. Staff can help with the invitations if needed. David Massey is still compiling names of Euless School alumni's from between 1914 and 1955. 7. Bayless Well: Staff reported that Susan Ellis had asked if Bill Byers and Bill Golden could schedule a date and time to meet with Mrs. Ellis to assess the work needed in order to restore the well. Mr. Golden will coordinate a meeting however, he did not have contact with the owners of the well. Mavy Wright offered to provide Mr. Golden with the contact information. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT 1. It was reported that Helen Payton, Susan Ellis, Helen Gleghorn and Robert Nail could not attend today's meeting due to various conflicts. 2. Reported that Sue Stover is home now. Donna Mickan indicated that there wasn't a need for people to make food anymore. Members expressed their concern and love for the Stover's. 3. Mrs. Fuller and Helen Voss expressed their desire to acquire a plastic display horse for the fly net. 4. Betty Fuller displayed and discussed an article about Chisholm Trail. Several members including Donna Mickan and Weldon Cannon indicated that historically the Chisholm Trail never actually HPC MTG 061410 Page 2 came through Texas. Cattle drives from Mexico and south Texas went through various local trails which eventually met up on the Chisholm Trail near the Red River around the borders of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Over the years the trail that went through Texas leading to the actual Chisholm Trail also became known as the Chisholm Trail. It was mentioned that quite possibly cattle drives came through near Euless and very likely went through Fort Worth on its vv-ay to the Chisholm Trail. Mrs. Fuller stated that there used to be a Chisholm Trail marker down near the bottoms in the area around south Euless and Tarrant but is now gone. Donna Mickan stated that Loretta Getchell, Deputy City Manager, offered to have Parks make a Chisholm Trail marker for the Committee to install wherever it wants. STAFF REPORT Staff will include a write up in Euless Today asking for help with various projects discussed at today's meeting, including the plastic horse. OTHER REPORTS 1. Everyone sang happy birthday to Helen Voss, who requested that she be called "Sweet Helen" in order to help differentiate between all the Helen's in the Committee. 2. James Gathings discussed a recent Dallas Morning News article about Raymond Saleh and the medals he received during WWI. He suggested asking the Mayor for permission to allow the Committee to display the medals at some notable location in honor of Mr. Saleh's services. Mrs. Fuller also added that Sam Herrington has medals he previously indicated he'd like to donate to the Committee. Everyone agreed it was a great idea for Mr. Gathings to approach the Mayor for permission to display the medals. Mr. Gathings will report back to the Committee in September. 3. Donna Mickan indicated that Perry Brockmeyer discussed with her as well as staff the need to re-chink the Log House. Signs of wear are evident. Staff will look into correcting the problem. 4. Bill Golden donated several South Euless Baptist Church documents from the 1950s. Weldon Cannon expressed great interest in collecting historical information on Euless churches as the Committee hardly has any historical data on the subject. Mavy Wright attends the South Euless Baptist Church and has contact with them; she volunteered to work on the history of the church. Council Member Leon Hogg added that he was ordained a deacon at the church. 5. Weldon Cannon indicated he has a lot of documents similar to what Mr. Golden donated. He would like to donate said documents but expressed great concern about the security of storage provided for the documents. ADJOURNMENT Mavy Wright made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Bill Golden seconded the motion. Motion approved. The meeting adjourned at 12:06 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Ofa "Mary" Faiva-Siale, Projects Coordinator City of Euless Parks & Community Services HPC MTG 061410 Page 3