Township supports historical society with $2,000 donation

Coun­cil here has again supported the Mapleton Historical Society, this year with a donation of $2,000.

There was little discussion on May 13 in response to a request from the society’s secretary, Lori Flewwelling, who provided a summary of the group’s activities over the past year.

“We had a well received dis­play at the farm show, a very successful annual meeting … a genealogy 101 course, identified the cemeteries in Mapleton Township and at present have 14 family and 13 individual mem­bers,” Flewwelling told council in a letter.

The society has also joined the Ontario Historical Society and has started to record and photograph old barns and chur­ches in the township, she added.

Council unanimously ap­proved the donation of $2,000 – which makes up a large portion of the society’s $5,750 budget for 2008-09.

 

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