Portland & District & Area Heritage Society

Ken Brown | Sep 13, 2012

The big news for the heritage society is the signing of a three-year lease with South Frontenac Township for the use of the Old Limestone School in Hartington. At present the school will be used for artifact storage, meetings, general working area, paper and genealogy archives. We have been busy moving items in, cleaning and doing general maintenance. The accompanying photo shows some the workers - Doug Lovegrove, Irene Bauder, Barb Stewart, Homer Card, and Brian Norris. Ken Brown took the photo.

The Strawberry Social in June, Canada Day in Harrowsmith, the Cattail Festival in August and the Garlic Fest in September were all very successful. Thank you to all volunteers for their work, and a special thank you to all those who stopped by for a chat or were seeking/giving information on their heritage.

Coming up on September 19 at 6 p.m. Bellrock Hall is the site for our annual potluck supper. There is generally a pretty good turnout of members and, of course, it is open to those with an interest in preserving their heritage. So bring your favourite potluck contribution and join us for supper. The last General Meeting for 2012 will be held on Wed. Oct 17, 7 p.m. at the new/old meeting room in the Hartington Limestone School.

Thanks to all those who helped the Portland District Heritage Society have a great 2012.