The Hamilton County
historical Alliance met Wednesday morning at 10:00 AM in the Randall City
Hall. Present were:
*Representing Randall: Linda
Wild, John Halleland, Darrell Henderson
*Representing Stanhope: Wayne
Romp, Billie Shelton
*Representing Webster City:
Loween Getter
*Representing Ellsworth:
Janet and Stan Adix
*Representing Jewell: Dick
Steffen, Bruce Johnson, Alan Spohnheimer
The following topics from each community were discussed:
Randall - Linda shared
with the group a picture of the former Randall Creamery, which she has
recently mounted for display. Discussion ensued. Darrell
invited attendees to visit his building across the street from the City
Hall to see historic items he has on display there.
Stanhope - Billie and Wayne
reminded all about the upcoming Watermelon Day (Saturday, July 20, 2019)
and passed around copies of event fliers. Wayne also
announced that he has been working with Webster City on the Wilson Brewer
Park project.
Webster City - Loween discussed
events at the Jane Young Home, including the Bridal Exhibit which opened
in June, and the fact that the facility has seen some 300 visitors since
opening in February. She also updated the group on the Boone
River Valley Legacy Learning Center. And finally, she announced
that some railroad tracks have been installed in front of the old depot,
and there are plans to display a caboose on them once it has been moved
into place.
Jewell - Dick updated the
group on recent acquisitions received by the Jewell history Museum, including
a set of scrapbooks celebrating the 1964-1965 Shout Hamilton girls’
basketball season. Bruce updated the group on the museum entrance-improvement
project, and on the Museum’s open hours. Alan shared some Randall
memorabilia with the group.
Ellsworth - Janet and Stan
passed around a copy of a 1974 edition of the South Hamilton Record-News
in which there was an article describing a hailstorm which caused much
damage in the community and in surrounding areas.
Other discussions - News of new buildings being constructed
in Randall:
*New business on Main Street
*New home being built near
the old school bldg.
*Discussion of the history
of the Randall Bible School
*Randall Lumber Yard bldg.
will become an antique business.
*Violin Repair business soon
to move to Randall from Ames
Farmsteads of Hamilton County -
*Alan indicated that there
should be an effort to document these farmsteads and/or the barns which
are or were on them.
*Janet discussed publications
available in Ellsworth which have much of this information which could
be a good starting point.
Adjourn
The meeting ended at 11:00 AM |
