We are in the planning stage foran "Old Fashion Picnic" July 2211 a.m. - 3 p.m. It use to becalled "Old Settlers Picnic" buthasn't be held for about 9 years.It will be open all)especially toformer Wheelingnites and members.Bring your lunch and the Societywill furnish desserts, coffee andlemonade. Maybe we can get a lotof new people to come and thenbecome involved with the Society.

NEWSLETTER OF WHEELING HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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I sincerely hope you all had awonderful Easter or Passoverholiday.

OUI March meeting was really agood one. Many things werediscussed or decided upon.

If you know any old timers, let usknow and we will contact them.

The February buffet and auctionbrought us a $443.00 profit and weagain thank those who participated.

The Nominatinag Committee presentedtheir slate of officers for theApril election.

Vice President .. Elaine SimpsonTreasurer .. Dolly HeinSecretary .. Patti HancockDirector// Barbara Forke

Dr. Taylor entertained us with atalk and display of his pictures,boxes and wastebasket decoratedentirely with stamps. It wasvery interesting to learn a littleabout stamping. Doc collects stampsfor the Lions Club projects. Ifyou wish to donate some stamps,bring them to the meetings or mailthem to the Society.

Until next time.It was decided to purchase a muchneeded slide projector and a mapcabjnet & stand.

W~ were invited by Nancy Jansen ofthe Pavillion to again share theirfloat, but it was decided we wouldtry one of our own. It was suggestedwe use our "bicycle built. for two"on ~ small flat bed. Help will beneeded. It shouldn't be too hardas the parade is at 6 p.m. so we havemost of the day to get ready.

Our installation banquet wjll beheld May 23rd at Chevy Chase in theDevonshire Room .. 6 p.m. cocktailsand 7 p.m. dinner. $20.00/ person.Great buffet and musical entertain-,mente If anyone would like to donatea prize for the raffle, it would beappreciated. Bring a friend, we alwayshave a qood time. '

Sincerely,

Lorraine Haben, President

NAMES inthe.The Wheeling Historical Societywould like to congratulate ourmember JUDY ABRUSCATO forreceiving the Illinois Women ofAchievement Award for theVillage of Wheeling from theIllinois House of Representativeson March 19th.

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This m6nth the our "Portraitsfrom the Past" presents a morerecent picture, the HistoricalSociety's Board of the past fewyears who have done an.ex~ellent

job in keeping our socletygoing. We would like to commendall of'you, Lorraine, Elaine,Dolly, Barb and the Directors(not pictured) Frank, ~leanor .and Marilyn for your tlme, servlceand loyality to our historicalsociety. Thank you all.

A very special thankyou t~ Cu:ator,Linda Reading for her dedlcatlon,time and exemplary work at themuseum. It wouldn't be done withouther. Thanks Lin.

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Received from W. Hancock, 1 nailpuller wi wooden handle, 1 knife(I.P. Hyde-Southbridge, Mass.) w

wooden handle. 1 large indiandream catcher.

Received from Marilyn Chromy,1 1950 40 cup coffee pot wlwoodenlegs.

Received from Wheeling HistoricalSociety, 2 brown mini crock pots5 small spice jars wi glass topsand 1 cast iron nutcracker (manfigure) wired wood base.

.~ HOUSEHOLD HINTS

A discarded clothes hamper makesa good storage place for rubbers,overshoes and boots. It isventilated and you can paint itto go with the decor on yourporch or in the hall.

Instead of buying white shelfpaper, line your shelves withheavy freezer wrap with thewaxed side up. It can be wipedoff with a damp cloth and out­wares regular shelf paper.

MIX cream ch~ese, sugar, and vanilla wilh demic miser until wellblended. Add eggs; mix ulllil bknded. 51ir in 113 cup of Ihe whitechocolate.

POUR into crust. Sprinkle with remaining white chocolate.

BAKE at 350'F for 35 minutes or until center is almOSt set. Cool. .Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Makes 8 servings.

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PHlLADElPHlA@ 3·Stcp White Chocolate Cllcescl-AAe2 pkg. (8 oz. each) 4 squares BAKER'S@ PremiumPHILADELPHIA'" Cream White Baking Chocolale,Cheese, softened <hopped, divided, or 213 <upliZ cup sugar white choculate <hips, divided

112 tsp. vanilla I ready.10·use chocolate Ravor2 eggs crumb crust (6 oz. or 9 in.)

TRIVIAApril, 1921 Potato chipsare the latest craze forsnackers.

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April 3, 1926, Hershey's Syruphits the market.

April 6, 1926 Q-Tips cottonswabs were introduced.

April 1, 1924 Popsicleswere some of the kidsfavorites.

April 12, 1927 the first Oscarwas awarded by the newlyfounded Academy of MotionPicture Arts and Sciences.

April 18, 1927 Wonder Breadwas introduced.

April 24, 1929 the Yo-Yocame into being.

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77ie {}reaLflrtistHis canvas is the whole wide world,

The brush, His mighty hand,His palette made up beautifully ­

He's the Teacher in comrnand.His clouds are white and billowy

With a hint of pink and gray,He paints each ~lender blad~ of grass

To make a perfect day.The flowers are carefully tinted

In shades of red and blue.The water added, so to match

The sky of azure hue.Surely such a picture

Could only have been plannedAnd brought before our very eyes

By God's artistic hand!

Susan Walter

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RESEARCHED BY: Barbara McIntyreNovember, 1984

Sandy Altieri discovered a pamphletin the Chicago Historical SocietyLibrary written October 4, 1830 inWheeling West Virginia. It describeda utopian, future working men'scommunity based on equal rights andopportunities to be located inIII inoi s and named "Whee 1ing, 111."

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/1118~@fIlffc-L--------:--Our presentation program for theIndian Trails Library programwill be July 31, 2001 at 1-2 p.m.We will be showing the video"Celebrate Tomorrow with Yest:er­days Memories" and Shirley McConnellwill be helping me with a Q and A.time. We would also like to haveanyone wanting to hel~ with ~

hands-on table with some artlfactsfrom the video or museum.

Our museum exhibit at the library'sexhibit case is on-going and EleanorBuerger is helping me assemble somepictures and artifacts. I do needpeople to help with labeling,framing, transport and set-up thelast week in May. This exhibit willrun from June through August.

I have sent a copy of Forbacb's RelicHouse (what years were they there?)to David Iglior owner of Hangouts a~

322 N. Milwaukee Avenue. He isrequesting history on the house.Anyone with information, please letme know. I have a person by the nameof A. Kokocus living there in 1966-67.

Linda Reading, Curator520-0125

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.~PDATEWe would like to thank for parkdistrict maintenance crew for fixingthe sump pump in the museum. A newsash lock has been put on the frontwindow. Thanks guys.

We are as usual, framing pictures,doing inventory and research.Help is always appreciated if youhave time on Thursdays, from9- noon.

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A BIT OFHISTORYBack in Time .

April Fools Day History

Charles the 9th of Francedeclared during his reign, thatNew Year's Day would be Jan. 1stinstead of March 25th.

He was only 13 years old so theTraditionalists were up in armsabout the change of date.

As time moved on, the Progress­ionalists started to ridicule theTraditionalists about celebratingNew Years' Day on March 25ththrough April 1st.

Therefore a new tradition wasstarted: If you were stillcelebrating New Years on April 1st,you were an April Fool.

NOTE;Traditionalists celebrated NewYears March 25 - April 1st.

Progressionalists celebratedNew Years January 1st.

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'L APRIL l8 •. BOARD MEETING ~~~ APRIL 25 .. REGULAR MEETING ~

:.." MAY 16 BOARD MEETING r~_MAY 23 INSTALLATION DINN~R"t- __ . Chevy Chase . "1~~~ -" =.....~::::d

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'11:~m~!'~~Jm'"'' II Discovery, preservation;m ., mm)" and dissemination of

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