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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-10-08 Historical Preservation Committee Minutes October 8, 2007 CALL TO ORDER Chair, Betty Fuller called the meeting to order at 10:01 a.m. The meeting was held at City Hall in the Pre-Council Chamber at 201 North Ector Drive, Euless, Texas. MEMBERS PRESENT Betty Fuller, Doris Brown, Ralph Williamson, Boyce Byers, Bill Byers, Michele Burger, Norma Lively, Helen Lightbody, Weldon Cannon, Robert Nail, Dan Clark, Shirley Mercer, Helen Payton, James Gathings, Beth Gathings, Donna Mickan. RECOGNITION OF VISITORS Mayor Pro Tem Leon Hogg Council Member Linda Martin Gary Fieldsend Sandra Crowley Don Martin STAFF PRESENT Gary McKamie, City Manager Ray McDonald, Director of Parks and Community Services Michael Davenport, Special Events/Projects Supervisor Ofa"Mary" Faiva-Siale, Projects Coordinator Kate Lyon, Library Administrator APPROVAL OF MINUTES The following corrections were made to September's minutes: 1. Under Status of Current Projects: a. Item#1; It should say there are three display cabinets at the Library. One cabinet has the Euless Museum artifacts. This cabinet will be changed out periodically with items such as a Christmas display, etc. The second cabinet has Willie Mae McCormick's scrapbooks and other items. A third cabinet will have the Willie Byers display. The bottom shelf of the Willie Byers cabinet will have some items from the Museum. b. Item#4; It should say Reverend Lloyd Austin, instead of Reverend George Austin as this is what Mr. Austin preferred. c. Item#9; the Summit will be at Mansfield, Texas instead of Weatherford, Texas. EHPC Mtg. 100807 Weldon Cannon made a motion for the minutes to be approved with the corrections. Bill Byers seconded the motion. Motion approved. TREASURER'S REPORTS Treasurer, Robert Nail, reported a balance of$8,885.84. DOCENT'S REPORT/RE CRUITMFNT 1. The following were discussed regarding various Heritage Park tours: a. Mrs. Fuller thanked Doris Brown, Boyce and Bill Byers, Helen Gleghorn, Norma Lively, Donna Mickan and Helen Payton for serving as docents on the Stonegate Elementary School tour on October 2, 2007. b. South Euless Elementary School will tour the facility on October 9, 2007. Eighty- eight students are scheduled to tour that day. Doris Brown, Boyce and Bill Byers, Helen Payton, Donna Mickan, Iva and Robert Nail and Beth and James Gathings volunteered to serve as docents during that tour. c. Robert and Iva Nail will docent during regular open house on Saturday, October 13, 2007. Bill Byers, Ralph Williamson and Shirley Mercer also volunteered to help that day. d. Donna Mickan, Bill and Boyce Byers, Norma Lively, Helen Payton, Doris Brown and Betty Fuller volunteered to docent on October 19, 2007. Police Chief, Mike Brown, is bringing a group to tour the Museum. e. Upcoming tours are Midway Park and Oakwood Terrace on October 23, 2007 and November 13, 2007 respectively. f Dan and Michele Burger volunteered to docent on November 10, 2007. The "featured organization" for November is a Cub Scout group. STATUS OF CURRENT PROJECTS 1. Commemorative Mural Display: Sandra Crowley with the Euless Library Foundation discussed the Foundations proposal to do a commemorative mural of significant City of Euless landmarks, people, achievements, etc. to go at the Library. The Foundation expressed their interest in having two representatives from the Historical Committee work with them on the project. Together with Kate Lyon, Ms. Crowley provided samples of tiles, photos of a similar mural to what the Foundation has in mind for Euless, possible price ranges, length of time for the project, sizes of tiles and mural as well as answered various pertinent questions from the Committee. The Foundation inquired as to the Committee's thoughts on the proposal. Committee members were very interested in the project. Boyce Byers made a motion for the Committee to undertake the project and include two members from the Historical Committee to work with the Library Foundation on the project. Dan Clark seconded the motion. There was no opposition to the motion, motion approved. 2. Calloway Cemetery: a. Chair, Betty Fuller, indicated the need to verify and organize the five hundred and forty census sheets previously collected by the Committee. She mentioned EHPC Mtg. 100807 the need to verify the collected data with Evelyn Cushman's 1981 "Cemeteries of Northeast Tarrant County" book and copies of the 1956-57, Vol. 7, DAR "Texas Tarrant County Cemeteries Records" research. b. Since Mr. Byers is the sole trustee of Calloway Cemetery, he agreed to be in charge of the "Verification Committee". In addition to verifying the collected data, he will also oversee the updating of recent burials starting from 1981. The following people volunteered to work on the verification process: Bill Byers, Iva Nail, Helen Payton, Beth and James Gathings, Weldon Cannon, and Betty Fuller. c. It was mentioned that there may be a computer program that can store a master list of the files once the verification process is completed. Dan Clark will research such a program and report back to the Committee. d. Mrs. Fuller mentioned that Mr. Cannon has been working on marking graves without markers on a map to help the group easily identify graves without markers. It's possible that David Allen, G.I.S. Manager for the City, could help with this process. Mr. Byers spoke with him previously about the idea. 3. Photo Project: Original volunteers for the Photo Project are Doris Brown, Donna Mickan, Sue Stover and Helen Payton. Dan Clark was asked to chair a Photo-Taking Sub Committee to photograph current locations in Euless for the photo album. Don Martin and Gary Fieldsend volunteered to help Mr. Clark with the project. The following are locations that need to be photographed: Old Library site, Old Fitch home, McGinnis home, Tolbert, Glinkerman Gas Station, Rock House, Huffman house, McCormick house, Ross Cannon house, Weaver Birch house, Tarrant RR Section house, Warren Fuller house, Earnest Millican house, Hubert Fuller house, Norma lively home, Shorty Longfellow house and Dickey house. Staff reported that a write-up was included in Euless Today asking the public for photos as well as volunteers. 4. Oral History Project: Dan Clark showed the Committee the current oral history documents available on the City website. The most recent addition is the Mosier Valley accounts by Reverend Lloyd Austin and Beatrice Green. Key members of the Committee expressed concerns about the wording of the Mosier Valley introduction page. Tom Stover, Beth and James Gathings, David Massey and Dan Clark were thanked for diligently working on recent oral history projects. Staff reported that the Tubby Huffman account should be completed soon. 5. New Donations: a. Bill Byers reported that the Windmill can be moved to Heritage Park soon. An estimated cost of$1,500 was reported for moving the Windmill. Members were asked to decide on a location for the Windmill. Weldon Cannon motioned for the Treasurer, Robert Nail, to release the funds to pay for moving the Windmill. Ralph Williamson seconded the motion. Motion approved. b. Harvey Little has an old wagon wheel on his property that was recently donated by Gaylon Jack. A donation form needs to be turned in for the item. Bill Byers will get with Harvey Little on relocating the wagon wheel to Heritage Park. 6. Library Display: Committee members were invited to go by the Library and see the current Historical Cabinets. Additionally, the Committee was asked for ideas and suggestions on EHPC Mtg. 100807 future change-out items. Some items may be collected when the Committee meets at the Fuller House in November. MCCORMICK BARN /OUTDOOR UPDATE 1. Signage Project: Mr. Byers will get with staff on wording for the signs to go with the farm implements at Heritage Park. HIMES LOG HOUSE UPDATE FULLER HOUSE UPDATE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT 1. Thanked Weldon Cannon for the Euless history presentation he gave at the Library on Thursday, September 27, 2007. 2. Gave a reminder and invited members to attend the Tarrant County Historical Committee's 4th Annual Summit on Thursday, October 25, 2007 at Old Mansfield School. City staff will set up the Committee's display table for them. 3. Asked city staff to provide docent packets for various Committee members. 4. An old photograph of Albert A. Fuller was recently donated to the Museum. The photograph will be hung in the Fuller House. 5. November's meeting will be held at the Fuller House at 203 Cullum Drive. COMMITTEE REPORTS 1. Weldon Cannon will write a historical description of Euless that will be included in the Texas Historical Commission's"tourism brochure". The deadline for the project is October 20, 2007. 2. Helen Lightbody suggested that a computer with a possible slide show of historical photographs might of great interest to children visiting Heritage Park. She suggested that this could be available during open house. VISITORS REPORT 1. Gary Fieldsend moved to Euless three years ago. He indicated his interest in being able to work with the Historical Committee. It was further mentioned that the company Mr. Fieldsend works for is agreeable to his attending the Historical meetings during work hours as they are also interested in supporting community projects such as these. 2. Don Martin is married to Council Member Linda Martin; he retired from American Airlines and has lived in Euless since 1983. He looks forward to serving and working with the Committee. EHPC Mtg. 100807 3. Council Member Linda Martin displayed a City of Euless commemorative afghan for the Committees viewing. Mrs. Martin indicated that the Citizen's Fire Academy is selling the afghans if anyone was interested. STAFF REPORT 1. Staff reported that the computer from the Fuller House has been relocated to the Parks and Community Services office. Elizabeth Wilcox was contacted regarding the computer and she indicated that the computer could be donated or re-used however the staff feels most beneficial. 2. Staff showed a video of the "Good Morning Texas" program about the Faun Boyd cookbook. Mr. Cannon and Mrs. Fuller were featured on the show on September 18, 2007. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 12:02 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Ofa "Mary" Faiva-Siale Projects Coordinator Euless Parks & Community Services EHPC Mtg. 100807