Okay, I think we're good. >> Awesome. Okay. All right. So, to order it is 6:02 p.m. Please stand for the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands.
One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Just for the record, um, I'm chairing until Pat gets here. She's coming from a meeting that started at 5:30. She's supposed to be first on the agenda, so we're hoping that she'll get here in
time to hear most of the meeting. Um, just before we go into anything, but under unfinished business for the walking tour, um, after meeting with Pat, uh, we can talk about like, uh, Pat, I know you had some comment about the
Somerset walking tour, but in terms of the discussion regarding us going about our own walking tour. I told Pat that we could move that to the end of the meeting or until she gets here, if I think of all the things on the agenda tonight, that's something that would because we're not going to meet again before we have the walking tour, right?
So, I feel like I wouldn't mind going into a lot of discussion, but she's not going to be here for that. So, um, if I can just have a motion to take the agenda out of order and do the walking tour segment when Pat gets here. >> So, move. >> Any discussion? All in favor?
>> Oh, sorry. Second. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? >> All right. Going down to the secretar's report. Um, I guess Rafa, so are we going to have
meeting minutes at all for the ninth or just based on um Pat's notes at a later date? Pat wanted me to ask you if >> Yeah. >> Okay. Okay. So, um, is there a motion to table the approval for the September 9th, um,
minutes to our next meeting? >> So, moved. >> There second. Any discussion? >> All in favor? >> I. >> Going down to the minutes of September 28th of this special meeting. Um,
did everyone have a chance to review those? >> Yeah. Just a couple like I saw instead of one of the walking it says waking. >> We're not awakening tour. >> No
awakening. >> Yes. >> That's what you guys hair. Yeah, that's what >> um anything else in terms of anything that was missed or
>> I see anything else. >> Okay. And then is there a motion to approve the U meeting minutes from the September 28th special meeting? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? I.
>> All right. Going down to remembrances. Pat, do we have anything >> on people passing away? If it happened that I don't know of any of anybody. So, going down to the budget, um, we have no expenditures. The balance is at
$600. Uh the donations account balance uh was at 335 and the printing of the brochures has been paid for $215 and that leaves $85 from the big host bank uh grant. Pat said that that's not
going anywhere. Um we can use it to print more if we need to. Um but other than that, so we have 85 remaining from that. Um, under unfinished business, uh, the preserving memories tour, preserving
memories recording, I'm going to be recording with, uh, John either the next week or the week after, uh, on either Monday or a Thursday for his session. Um, Irene, I was talking with Pat yesterday about uh, Jeff. Um, so I know
you said he's probably not one who wants to talk about himself or his personal history, but Pat gave me a lot of ideas for talking points for the fire department history. >> Okay. >> Um, how long do you think he would need to prepare in terms of like how I mean I
I don't know if I can, you know, just looking out when to uh contact Cable. I'm thinking >> if you've got a tenative date. >> I mean, well, we don't have anything there. If he says I I need a month, then I'm not going to you know what I mean? It just it depends
on what what he thinks he needs. I mean, um, some of the I can email you the topics that Pat talked about, but you know, the history of the fire department, um, you know, some of the significant events like burning of the school, dog track,
um, early parades because he would have been involved in those, the qualifications, you know, then and now for firefighters. Um, I guess the historical society has a fire department history notebook. Yeah.
That Pat is going to pick up and give I guess more she felt like Jeff would be better if I gave him questions as opposed to like >> Yeah. >> kind of thing. So, I think the pictures would be good for sparking questions from me as opposed to as opposed for
him. Um, one thing that I want to bring up if it's true, I was talking with Pat yesterday. Is he the oldest like one time fire chief in town? >> I think Ray Costa is old right now. >> Yeah. Okay.
>> Or if not, they're pretty I can ask >> like something that I I would want to mention, you know, during the recording if it's true. But as Pat was another name that she mentioned, but it was Ray >> Ray Costa. >> Chief was a chief for about two or three
years. I think Jeff would know more than I would. Jeff was chief for eight. >> Eight. Um. All right. That sounds good. And so you said what dates you have dialysis? >> Uh, Tuesday, Thursday, and you wouldn't
be doing it on Saturday anyway. >> Okay. and and he so I when talking with cable I assumed that weekday nights were like out but I assume that when they were having a meeting they couldn't do anything but he said the the only thing that matters is if if the lower level
>> has a meeting the same time of a recording that would be tough >> but if there's nothing going on in the lower meeting they can record even though something's going on here I didn't know like how many people were you know going to be involved so I guess now that lower town hall is now going to
be more of a meeting space. >> I know zoning is going to be meeting there now. So our fourth Tuesday, the any fourth Tuesday of the month is now going to be taken up. >> Okay. >> Which I couldn't do that to anybody that would have zoning, but I don't know how many other boards do you know. I know
you don't focus on the meeting calendar, but do you know have a lot of boards shifting down there yet? >> Most >> most have. >> So >> it's either here or here. It's either here or downstairs um at the town hall.
>> Well, the library at the town hall, what will take that spot? >> So, that is the that's the meeting room. >> That's the meeting room. Yeah, >> it's just one big meeting. Yeah. >> Yeah, it was it was a long time not you know kind of long time ago back when my dad was chairing board. It was >> two or three years ago, right? Three years ago now.
>> So, more than that before the library, right before the library, >> it was also part food bank too. Oh yeah. >> And it came up with a much smaller like essentially >> right. >> Are you here for anything? >> Do I have to do I have to like make a
motion to y my >> No, you can keep going. >> So you said next week you do with John. >> Uh either uh next week or the week after once cable I mean we have handful of bases whenever cable cable I have to pick on networks and and we're good. So,
obviously it wouldn't be that that soon, but um not that we need to decide to vote for a date for Jeff right now, but >> it looks like it'll put him until like November. >> Yes. Obviously, obviously, you know, before Thanksgiving. So, >> yeah. Okay.
>> Um no, no for Thursday. >> All right. Sounds good. Well, I guess now that Pat's here, we can go right to the right right order. We don't have to take anything out of order. So there you discuss and acts on the walking tour and
then Pat I guess this Pat said you have lots of comments based on the Somerset one. >> Do you want to do some sets first? >> Yeah, do your >> I think we can learn so much from them. Okay. The walking tour was held on September 19th. >> Sort of important to remember because think about how late how late it was
like at night. Oh, >> I'll get on to that, but it was September 19th was the date. They advertised for this walk on Facebook and they had a posting in the library. That was it. That was how they attracted people. >> What posting on Facebook? Do you know?
>> Oh, several. >> They did not limit the number of people attending. Mistake number one. >> Oh, >> we had a lovely evening. Um, over 50 people showed up. >> This is what they handed to everyone who came. pass it around. Beautiful
pictures. >> Really, this is a floss. I mean, really, really nice. They also gave us these three pages on like a oak taggy kind of thing. I don't know if they're postcards or they're two-sided. >> Those actually when I went >> nice pictures of old Somerset. So, I
thought that was really, really nice. Now then, >> 50 people were walking on Main Street in Somerset. If you know where that is, it's down by cuz it's all the seafaring captains. I mean, we're all going after the same thing. Those are the old houses, you know.
>> So, we sat walking. 50 people. >> Oh my god. >> One person brought their dog. >> Did they have a microphone? >> No. >> No microphone. A woman was videoing it for uh some cable. All she did was have a free holding camera. She did not have
a tripod. It was a young girl. I forgot her first name. She's very nice. So, she did video him speaking when it was light out. >> Was there a police detail? >> None. So, 50 people are on the street. >> That's insane. >> So, there's no police detail. There's no
flashlights or whatever. So, by 8:20, I'm sorry, by 7:20, it's dark. Okay. So, we started out light. We started out. And here's our 50 plus. >> We start walking around. You're walking on uneven. >> Yes.
>> Sometimes there's a sidewalk, sometimes there isn't. Sometimes it's brisk. Sometimes it's sidewalk material. Sometimes they are so fortunate no one tripped. >> Yes. >> Because when it got dark, you couldn't see where you're going. So there's these really attractive street lights,
but they're very, very attractive. >> So some parts had no sidewalk. >> That's correct. So the 50 group, you're not going to get them to all pay attention and get off the road. So they're in the street and here come cars not expecting to find 50 people
and you say oh my god and no one's even directing them or put a put one of your vests on you know >> having it at the evening that was like crazy so it started at 7 o'clock probably because I was the time >> conducted it >> um John Lassen the gentleman who was
here so he's the he's the director of the Somerset Historical Society >> and he's the one who prepared this information. So, we start walking around and he's talking to various talking points and we're walking around and we're walking around in our group. There
are they allowed them to ask questions during your talk. >> Okay. >> So, some people were very knowledgeable, some people lived along the site and they had really important things to say. >> And then there was like, swear to God, there was like a boy, he was like 12 and
he thought anything that he thought of, we all needed to hear. So he interrupted him several times. I'm assuming the kid had a mother or father or an adult there, but anything he thought of like, well, why was our house painted white? I mean, anything. So, we all had to stop
and listen to he interrupted the speaker talking. So, I didn't know if you were going to allow for comments as you talked >> or questions. >> So, then we had this woman again seemed very knowledgeable, but her English English was not her first language. We
couldn't understand her. So, she kept Excuse me. And she's trying to tell him something historic, which was probably really interesting to know, but we couldn't understand what she's saying. Now, there's 50 people. There's no microphone. Of course, I stay right with him. I'm not stupid. I can't hear way
over there. So, I did hear everything that he had to say, but 50 people cannot stand next to him. Absolutely. So, limiting the size of your group was smart to begin with. The time of day, of course, you never considered evening. No, >> they realized that was a mistake, you know. That was a mistake. You have the
>> Have they done one before? >> Yes. And it's always been in the evening and he thought he should he thought it had to be done in the evening. >> Oh, yeah. Those I want back. I just I brought if it was hypothetically a week day, I can understand why evening would be better if it were work, but if it's not
a week day, >> he thought he had been on tours before, but that other groups had put on and he said, "I thought we had a problem at night." No, that was that was the biggest mistake ever. So, it started at 7 promptly, remember? So, at quarter 8 when we were walking and walking and
walking, I said to myself, I'm going to my car. He's half done at quarter 8. I'm not staying for this whole thing. Well, I wasn't the only one who felt that way. So when the walking tour hit a street that I was parked up.
>> Okay. So you slowly just your wife did it. His wife said, "He's going to be so mad at me, but I've had enough. I'm going to go sit in the car until he's done." So he realized that was dwindling down. You're losing your effectiveness. You're losing your audience. And honest to God, there seemed to be so many more pots that were
more interesting than the ones we've already at. >> So he talked about, you know, the sea captain. that seat captain blah blah blah. >> Do you feel like the length that was he too verbose on things and needed to trim it or was there just so much that he should have split it into two parts?
>> He had the 12-year-old boy interrupting him every two minutes. He had the woman from I think she was from the Ukraine and we couldn't and then there was an older gentleman who went in these you know where the homes were and you know that was their sewage. Come on. The river was their storage. So he said in
the 40s this guy was a kid there and yet he was walking on our tour in the middle of the I mean come on the guy must be old. So in the 40s when he was a kid he said we used to go in these tunnels and he said uh we were told that that's part of the um slavery the underground
railroad. And then John says we have no recorded knowledge of the Underground Railroad in this portion of Somerset kind of thing. And then someone else said, "Well, wouldn't that have been like storage?" >> You were told that, "Oh, go play there." It was a >> But this guy, you know, thought, "I'm in
the Underground Railroad now. I'm gone up to the house." So, you have a variety of people who contribute good information and bad, but the boy was just a nuisance. And then when the woman brought her dog, it's like, you think the dog's getting a dog? Well, man, the
dog didn't belong there. You got 50 people trying to walk on a sidewalk and now we're going to watch out for a dog. Yeah. Yeah. >> Um, yeah, that's pretty much. So, I left after an hour 15, an hour 20. >> How long went on for? >> She said he cut it short and they didn't
even go to parts of Main Street that were, you know, on his original. So, in here, it's every house that he was going to have something to say about. So, I thought this was beautiful. >> I know. I The books are beautiful. >> This is beautiful. just as if they're
someone's photos or if they're um postcards or whatever. I thought this was lovely. The time of day they realize is wrong and to open it up to everybody and his brother. You can't have 50 people. You can't. They're too disruptive. But you're smart to say, "I
want 15." >> How you intend to get that 15? That's why I said they had a Facebook posting, but you're going to ask for like a registration kind of thing. How do you know somebody doesn't come who didn't register? Oh, you're gonna have >> something for your arm or something.
>> Well, well, first you check the names, but that's that could be your problem. You >> people joining in. >> Yeah, if you like for Taton when you do the Taton walks, you have to register for those. >> So, and then they I think they're 25
because they have a microphone. They have a portable microphone that the leader uses. >> And of course, they walk down they have sidewalks to this down the main streets of >> Yeah. >> Taton, you know, downtown. Um, but us being such a I mean, not to not be optimistic, but us being such a smaller
town and also a a smaller district, do we think we have to is there a potential that we're going to get the same turnout that you register? >> Oh, yeah. We should register. I'm saying, do you think crowd control is your bomb for us?
>> Someone feels like that's, you know, Yeah. You don't know, >> right? What are you going to do? Say, I'm not moving till you leave. I don't know. you're not going to do that. >> I think if it did not hold like that one would probably bring a lot of people especially from other towns because of how the promise of not hold like
hypothetically but I just know our districts would bring out that one. I think they will. >> You think so? >> I'm not saying it won't. I'm just curious. >> So that is a good point. You know how you going to maintain the 15 >> what's it with the uh what's it called? The um is event bright.
>> Yeah. There's a website you can you can make like >> for free you can do like a QR code for things and then people could print or on their phone show it with a QR code and then you and then you can with your phone scan the QR code and accept it >> or if you don't want to do QR code just
say print your ticket or show me your ticket when you get there but then she's right what if you oh I have a lot I brought my aunt to town okay what if everyone everyone brought their aunt there like now we tripled the crowd but Like I mean do you allow a plus one
per ticket to like I know for real I don't know what >> when you register though when you register on the street with no police presence. >> I mean we could get that would cost money. >> You don't want that. Yeah. You don't >> like that would
that's a detail that you pay for. Oh that's right. Right. That's right. >> The last I knew it was like 30 $40. Oh, I think we're I think it's more than that. >> Oh, it is. >> I say I say regardless, the first thing like you were talking
about was vests. I don't daytime or not. Especially >> I think we were talking about that >> because we have those sidewalks. >> I think we were talking about that. >> And I think if a if a police person happens to go by when you're on your tour or if they get windy, you're going to have this. I'm sure they're going to
want you to have a police presence because of course that's overtime and running for them. And that's understandable and they're interested in the safety. I'm not saying they're not, but at least if you have some vest, I don't mean everybody's going to have one. Side of the road and you have some
brightly colored something. >> You look good. Yeah, exactly. You're doing what you can do. >> I mean, I think highlight department has Yeah, the society has borrow. Oh,
>> good. But I'm perplexed by your point that if somebody extra comes along, >> that's a good point though. What do you do? >> Yeah. >> Over 50. We did not register. They just assumed whoever comes. That's nice. It
wasn't nice. >> So I mean that's >> when you register though, can't you have something on there that says how many people? You know what I mean? So like they immediately can put two. Well, >> I mean obviously you might get one or two stragglers. There are different
ways. I mean, I've never used Eventbrite as a >> host, but I've used it several times as some I've actually never used Eventbrite for paid things. I won't use it for free things. >> And I think they're probably You can do it like concert tickets where there's 15 and when they're it we'll say sold out.
It will say sold out when 15 are all gone. I don't think it's like a reservation where tell us what time you're coming and how many. I bet you probably could do that if that's the event format you wanted to. for events bright you can put in how many tickets you're reserving because I've done it
for free things too so they'll say how many tickets and it's you know so you say one because you could register yourself in your you know >> so I would if we choose to do that route then I would say put in bold letters one
does not mean one party it means one person so if you are bringing your aunt and your uncle and your grandma then please put four but that's fine but put you going to do two >> now? I think we should like especially >> well one of the things that we noticed
when we were walking was um because we started at 11 and the traffic wasn't wellwater street the traffic there was a car here or there but there wasn't it wasn't a fact >> it was a Sunday >> it was a Sunday but and water street's like that you know but Pleasant Street
like when we got to Tricenti Park there wasn't there was some traffic going by but the closer I got to noon time there was more traffic That's a big dog there. >> So, um doing it early. >> So, learning it earlier at least by
10:00 in the morning, you know, because the traffic, yes, there is some, but it's not as much. And then, of course, we walked Water Street, started Tric Park, walked Water Street, then walked back and then started on Plymouth Street. We go right out to the street
and start walking and we go to the bridge and we stop there cuz um we found a little spot that you could kind of stand as a group >> and then we're walking back. We're like, "Oh, we could have walked right through Tesentennial Park instead of on the main road." >> The main road, you know, so you weren't
on the main road that long. >> That actually might be a good thing to do. Like stay like please hold questions until we get to that point. That's so if you're gonna want if you're gonna stop for like we will take questions but >> not just because we don't want you interrupting anything that's going to be
annoying but also we can't the longer we stand here talking for questions the longer we're standing here talking >> so like reserve questions until that point >> when you're on Pleasant Street you know to hold questions until you're >> back in tric and you're kind of in a
group water street you know you're kind of like walking along and uh I put some stuff in the narrative about the back sides of the the buildings on Fuzzy Street like Philip's garage and you know and you can kind of talk about the the river a little bit as
you're walking you know um to kind of fill up the the void um until you get to you know the National Register District. When Pat and I were talking yesterday, getting over the meeting, we're talking about, you know, she had the idea like, do we do two like at the same time, but
like starting from other sides and then crossing, but if we're using the library as a potential rende point, we could like end there for refreshments and then start the next one, like they can have their
refreshments beforehand. But also, if someone does come with their XYZ number of people, you could say, "Well, stick around for the next one or we're doing another one in about an hour." However long it takes as opposed to turning them away completely because you're right. What
what what do you do? I mean, strictly say because of >> I think we cannot accept >> because of safety. Everybody is concerned with being safe. So, they certainly wouldn't object to that. >> Right. Yeah, >> but I think the tone of it too is like you are requiring registration, you
know, so people tend to say, "Oh, I didn't register or I did reg." You might get a flippy one here or there, but that might help to >> at least as opposed to, "Oh, that sounds cool. Maybe I'll go and then the next thing you know have 20 people doing that." It almost makes it more formal.
>> Yeah. >> Yes. Yeah. Because of the increase, you thought around noon time of traffic, were you thinking doing one earlier and then one later? So, it wouldn't be an hour. It would be like if you did something 10ish and then maybe like two
twoish three 2:30ish. >> We could >> just the noon time traffic is the you think >> I think people getting out of churches. I don't know. >> I don't know what it was. It was a Sunday because the 25th that we're talking about is a Saturday.
Um, >> I don't know. I mean, Pleasant Street is tough with people flying from Somerset. >> People travel fast on >> Okay, that's a whole different topic, but but but yeah. And that also makes it noisier. A car going slowly once in a while on Water Street, but cars zooming.
I mean, a truck can go down and that's going to be what hear you no matter how many people are there. So that's also >> say to break it up to two different do you want it do you figure it's going to take an hour >> not two different two different
districts I mean like both two different tours I have two and I got it too like yes you'll have you know you might have the oh I volunteer every Saturday morning which you have one in the afternoon I could have done that like there might be some people that can do one or the other if only do one
time. >> I think breaking it up into two different times might help with registration. >> Right. That's what I was thinking too.
>> So do like 10 and two. >> Doesn't the library close at two? >> It does close at two. Yeah. >> Right. So So, >> we can we don't have to have refreshments at the library.
We could just start and end at Tsentennial Park. >> Okay. >> Sure. They have benches there. >> And the picn picnic tables there too. >> They have a trash barrel. >> Depends what kind of day you get. Really? Cuz >> Good point.
>> Because if it was like Sunday, no one lot of weird people out there. the same. >> Is he No in Wonderland? Let's get him. Let's get him. >> We're all mad here, right? We're all mad here. >> Oh my god.
>> That was Where's his chest shot? >> He's there seven times. You don't see him? >> All right. So, if we do registration now, we could either do it by do you know about setting up event, right? Or >> you mean how about doing it?
>> Yeah, I'm sure it's stressful. Or we can just have an email. >> I think the event, right, is better because it makes it more funnal like you could like >> like what if you miss an email or it goes to your junk by accident or oh shoot I didn't check today. Do I do the first three that I see? Do I see like oh
I respond to someone but no wait for them then respond before I tell them yes or no event I mean event bright I think is more like a >> hey when those 15 are fil >> right is to like be corresponding with people
>> I mean you could leave an email for yourself if you want say if you have questions but >> we should also say this has only been good for like 15 spots >> right and >> reserve your spot right I'm just going to double check and see like to host an
event bright that's free but do you have does one have to pay anything to use bright >> and publish it start >> I'm wondering now if that is if it is free >> back in the day >> event bright fees >> should be free >> I
ask the people at old colony they're very nice and I'm they do theirs through event right I'm sure they'd talk to you >> yeah yeah >> yes It's free to use Eventbrite for creating and publishing free events, but there
are fees for paid events. >> All right. So, >> organizers can publish an unlimited number of tickets on pre-planned. Yeah, I mean I don't think so. Yeah, Facebook has events, but that's more like an RSVP thing. I don't think
there's a way to like >> No, I think the event right sounds good. >> There's no one in there. >> And then you can post that on Facebook. Yes, it does. Yes. >> Yeah. have an app that >> Oh, there is an Eventbrite app.
Um, >> Zach, you want to take charge of >> setting up? >> Yeah, setting up the Eventbrite. Are you still looking at the 25th of October? Okay. I can't make the morning one, but if I wanted to, I can make the
afternoon. >> That's not allowed, right? >> I That's a good answer. >> That's not encouraged. >> Kids are not encouraged. >> Talking to kids are not invited. >> Oh, where's the educator is not
inviting. Well, the educator wants to know maybe that boy was alone because if that boy had a parent who say >> when he left and the No, no, I think there was a parent. I I think >> and then some Yeah, they just let him talk because he talks too much at home. So,
>> it's an outlet for parents. >> All right. So, on the 25th, we'll do a 10:00 a.m. and a 2:00 p.m. >> 15 people max to register >> and we because of the 2:00 being the cut
off. I guess we still could use the library for references in between. >> I would just keep everything at tricep >> for people to park their cars and you know, it's a good idea. Um, as much as
including the library, we could go to the library in between, you know. >> Yeah. >> So, >> some people don't know try some kind of parking. >> Well, it's up to them to find it. I asked my dad. I was like, isn't the one that's right? He goes, "Shut
you drive by it all the time." Okay, I'll just drive until I see it. >> What Eagle Scout was it? I don't know. That's one of the things I wanted. I think >> I think it was his one that newest
>> younger than me. But >> what group would he have been from? You could always ask them. >> 44 of >> 45. Sorry. >> 44. >> She took her number right off. 44. >> So who was the officer of 45?
>> You know when somebody you can contact >> when I was it was Paul St. George. >> Yeah. But I'm >> fairly certain it was Brendan Shalikus project. >> When is that being minutes? >> Yes. And I believe it might even might
even be on the sign. >> So 2012 tricential park. You could look that up. Shar. Yeah, that would be great because we could add that. >> All right. So, talk about the date. No more than an hour. If it gets to an
hour, who's ever leaving stops talking >> because people lose interest. 45 minutes to an hour. >> Funny. >> It was Brendan Shelikas. It's on the sign. That's there. >> It's on the sign. >> Yeah. >> I didn't see a name on this.
>> Parked by that. I mean, I did not see that. Unless that sign's not there anymore. >> No, it's >> Well, then we had to read that. >> The only sign there. >> It's not like they were reading the
other ones. >> So, the part after >> No, it was the eagle. So, that part did not exist. >> It was what? >> That that part did not exist. I mean, it was probably a pastoral scout project. It it was always I told you what it was
>> to be an eagle I forget when you're to be one of the qualifying things to be an eagle you have to do a project for the community or something for the community. Um one when I was there someone cleaned up the old oak tree that's not council oak but >> did they tie a yellow ribbon around it?
>> Tie a yellow >> tree. Um, and for his he was supposed to create that mark. >> I'm not sure. >> There's always a a little spot where people parked to look at the river >> whether it was morning, noon, or night.
>> I was going to say, you want to elaborate on what they did? >> Well, I think it was >> that's the road commission after hours. We talked about something. >> There was a lot of business that might have taken place there. >> Might have. I don't I don't know.
>> I'm Imagine talking to someone. Hey, you want to go parking? Like imagine doing that today? I just I don't know if you ever talked about you just kind of like when [Applause] >> I
do that. I think >> that's >> okay. So, the narrative. So, did everyone get a chance to read my narrative >> and memorize it?
>> Just one note. Um, looks funed by a young resident. >> Okay. Well, his name sounds like an old woman that an old woman. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> I'll put his name now. That would be my
way. >> How do you spell his last name? >> Donald. >> I'll have to go read it. >> Go back. Start. >> It is uh S H I
L E I K I S. And it's Brandy. B R A N D O N. Brand. [Applause] enough information. Too much information. >> I like that it's more information than the brochure. Like I think if we had
this much information, >> this isn't this is actually This is good. Great. >> Yeah, I was reading through >> I said we had this much for the brochure, we could have done this both. Well, when we did the brochure, we said when we wanted to do the walking tour, we wanted more. >> No, I know.
>> The brochure was just to like make someone want to learn about >> Yeah. Right. >> Okay. Um, I know we had talked about, you know, at the library opening, you
and I had talked about possibly doing a virtual tour instead of the walking tour, but then decided, well, part of the thing is are to have events and everything. Do you think we want to do at some point not utilizing cables but a recorded
version where or even at the same time if I someone just videotapes the walk and then you record >> after I know the date record over it for document for uh documentation purposes and like as a
memory or if you want to watch it after I mean that's you can do it anytime. when it hasn't actually that day, but that was something. >> I mean, that might be food for thought to archive it for >> um you know, maybe in the spring or something. You want to do something like
that. >> Yeah. >> See how successful it is. You know, we'll know if we need to do another one in the spring or what we need to do after >> we do our first run. You may get more interest as it's
chocked up and people talk about it, >> right? >> And maybe those that didn't get into the 10:00 showing or the 2 p.m. showing might say, "Hey, >> when someone dies at the funeral home, you have a showing me. Do
>> you want you want to have a dry run now? You have all the information you No, cuz some of it I think um not that I didn't really matter how long it takes you. It sounds if we're having
the other one be back to back with milk. because you wouldn't want to take >> No, we're going to make it fit into a, you know, um, we want to make it long enough so that way it's interesting but not too long where people lose interest. Right. >> Exactly. >> So, you might not say go over every
bullet point you have. >> Right. Right. >> Yeah. >> You know, and some of it you can obviously say as you're walking too, you can talk about it like prior too. You know, kind of >> you want someone walking with you telling you what time it is.
That's probably a good idea. >> It is because all they have to say is like that's 15 minutes or that's a half hour. You're on 45 and then after 45 you go to try to >> right >> and I have to >> I won't be at the morning. I will
certainly be at the afternoon >> only because I haven't. >> Why do you do it for some sex? You see the time? >> Because I was a surrender friend of John early and he didn't have a watch and I said, "Oh, I do. I'll tell you." >> Okay.
>> I have one of those. >> Except you didn't tell him when I was done. I have one of those hourglass that you >> Oh, an hourglass. >> Are you read from this? >> I'm going to try and I hope not. I'm I don't know. >> Oh, only because I have a I don't have a
big iPad, but I have a mini iPad. So it' be easier for you to scroll as opposed to having sheets and clipping kind of thing. Easier for just like >> I was trying to think, you know, how would it be the best to organize it? You know, it's really
>> I mean order by thinking, you know, it's like it's going to start in Fry County Park. They talk about the, you know, >> yeah, >> how it was created. just real brief about the National Register of Historic
Places. Um there's, you know, and then we can start walking because if you walk in back of 20 2022 19 Pleasant Street, um you walk in back of all of those and
you can kind of do it as you're walking. I know when Taton did it, they actually had a U laminated like flip book that they used. >> The host like that the host used the guy used. >> Yeah. Yeah. But she referred to it. >> Yeah. She didn't sit there and read no
word for word. Some of it she did read word to word for word. >> I have I have eliminator. You decide you want to do that. >> You have what? >> Eliminator. actually decid you know because as you're giving your presentation I was trying to think in my head you know it's kind of like you're
doing a PowerPoint but >> yeah not on the computer >> I know they have teleprompter apps like you can put text into it and like they start it will scroll automatically for you as you're walking >> that's Yeah, I can just hold it up like
behind someone and package look at the whole time. Then I'll put my own little notes there. >> You know, like when we were walking along the river, you know, when you talk about that's when I talk about the Totten River details just to kind of like, you know, >> I talk about when I went swimming there
one time. >> It's not that Gail's walking for >> you. Sure. >> Yeah. I can't make that one. >> Oh. Um, so it covered basically everything that we need. >> And then some. What if they asked you
about tunnels going from the houses to the river? >> About what? >> Tunnels going from the houses to the river. >> I believe we're at the same tunnels that were in summer. >> You don't think it was for the slave train? You don't think?
>> No. You wouldn't want to go in one of those. >> Exactly. >> You know, some like a lot of it I you know, there's some a lot of details about some of the houses um that I might just skip. Oh, I know. I
had a thought. Are you going to talk I read I did read your So, you're talking about the boats that were built over here. >> The boats that Yeah. Okay. Any chance you wanted to bring a And I mean a good size photo, you know, like a of the type
of boat that was built just so you could say, >> you know, that's something they can't visualize, right? >> You can't. >> So like you had some >> like because that's in on the 1912 by centennial. >> But what did we get up to a fourmastered schooner?
>> Threemastered schooner. if you could get your hands on just a nice picture of a threemasted schooner to say and this would this would be typical of the type of boat that was built here. >> I thought of that when I read your opinion. >> Yeah, >> I know people when you think I thought
this too. You think that they they're bigger because they're going out on the ocean. You think they're going out on the ocean because they're going on the West Indies and >> to South America. But they what they really did was hunt the coast, >> right? You know, they're just going down the coast of it.
>> They're not They're not They're not whailing ships. They're not like Yeah. >> Oh, no. You forgot. >> You forgot. We've been recording. >> I know, but he won't be able to hear it. >> I know. What? Well, you do the minute, not me.
>> We'll have to put Rapid in charge of microphones. >> Yeah. A picture of a kind of boat we're talking about. >> I did the I think once a year in the fall. uh inter interlocking or interation where when the Bordon houses
was in Fall River with the old ice house >> they have like the ruins you can go back there it's usually a city property now for like the water department but once a year they open it up for like a walking tour and they have >> table not that we don't have tables but like they have pictures of things like
to show like this is what the house looked like before it was in ruins not that we're passion on pictures but I think visuals like that would be a good idea >> side it won't be long has anyone Haven't seen the Falls and Fall River. Do you know where they are? >> As in like what the falls of Fall River are named after? >> I've lived I've lived here all my life.
You can go to the Falls and Fall River. Google it. >> It's behind a mill. They tell you not to take people's spaces because it is private property, but you can see the existing waterfalls in Fall River. And that's what >> Yeah, >> the Fall River was named after. >> Yeah. The Ketchan River. >> We lived there all this time and I've
never seen >> the Ketchacon River. It's it's quashan. So the translation is for the falling rivers and it's it's for that. >> So it's down where the mills would have been. >> Yeah. >> Google it and it'll tell you where you can even park. >> Oh wow. >> Yeah. I never knew that.
>> It's very it looks like it's just like a you know water rushing under a sewer pipe. What kind kind of looks like but >> because of that? >> Yeah. >> You know I've never I didn't know that. >> You know why called Troy.
>> Exactly. And then um but that area was because that area was so notable for the mills after the river that power the mills. >> Seriously, you know it was Fall River. One word. One word, not one word. They
changed and they changed back river. >> It was Troy. I think because one one of the citizens uh went to Troy, New York and just had a good time there and mentioned it during a meeting arbitrarily and they were like
there's no objection like all right we'll do it. >> I love Troy New York. >> Yeah. But it was voted back because PE because Faroo was like starting to become this industry city. >> People just referred to it as Fall River anyway. So they're like all right we'll call it Fall River again. And there were like seven other Troys. So the mail kept
getting >> lost and there was so much confusion. >> People people just kept calling it Fall River. So they back then that's when that's when they separate to Fall River. >> Interesting. >> All right. So we're going on the narrative. I'll work on the little
organization of it. It's not like reading word for word for word. Now, who's going to be prepared if something happens to me to take over? >> Then we might go word for word. >> I was going to say I I'll do memorize it
as a backup. I'm not not memorizing all that to be your understudy path. I'm go I'm going to be on book if I'm going to be your study. >> I have to do it work for my classes. >> And you will project. Bye. >> Anybody reading September?
>> Were they reading now? It's just all talk now. >> You're all talk. >> So, you should be able to Well, he's probably been doing it for many, many, many years. >> Well, he hadn't done one. He had This is the first one he'd done, which is done at night time because he went on one and
it was in the night time and then he goes, "That was dumb." >> Oh, man. >> Well, that by us, >> right? >> I thought it would be a great tool to What did you do that we liked and what did you do that Stay away from that's all. So
>> night time is stay away from last summer where it's still light out. >> Hey, he came to our meeting to talk about our brochure. >> He Pat went to his to talk about the actual >> Well, I'd like to offer him a a brochure. Offer him a slot during one of
your when you have them available. >> Okay. >> Um, when are we going to advertise? This is for the 25th, which is like tomorrow. >> We should do this ASAP. I'll do thing ready to almost ready to go or how
are we going to >> we're just plug in the dates that you >> Okay. Yeah. The two times and then the event, right? >> Which I I mean I could set it up tonight. I don't I'll have to look to like when's it go live per se like if you don't have a chance to look at it tonight but you know I don't I wish it
wouldn't go live people have to know to go look for it. So I can just make it and then >> Okay, get it as quickly as we can. Why don't we save that? >> You're going to post something in the library? >> Yeah. And we'll have we'll print out some things to post in the library.
>> Do do we have a we have a historical commission email address, right? >> Y >> that you have access to. >> So when I make the account, >> do you want me to use that email address that so you can like I'll just set up any questions and stuff that can just go to you. Okay. What's the email address?
historical commission at dyon-mma.gov. >> Oh, one commission. >> Yep. Lower case. All lowercase. >> Okay. And I'll just create and obviously tell you the password for the account and then all right.
So, I have the letter. I found the addresses and stuff for all of the property owners. So, they're um they're ready to mail. Get them in the mail tomorrow. >> Okay. >> Amazing how many um post office boxes and trusts there are.
>> Oh, yeah. Yeah. >> All right. Is there anything else? I We're finally going to get this off the ground. >> Yay. We've done well. >> Yeah. >> Do you want to continue or do you want me to? >> All yours.
We'll continue, but I do want to step on your toes. >> All yours. I for the record, I yield my chairmanship. >> Um, rapper, anything on historical markers? >> Nothing. >> Have you started bugging him yet?
>> No, school started. So, I mean, >> no, but I had to speak with Mike. Mike, what's his face? Kevin Smith because they're colleagues now. Oh, he works for you. >> Yeah. So, I mentioned to Kevin, you know, if there's any way maybe you can talk to Mike about it, maybe push him a
little further. >> Yeah. >> Because I just don't want to like bug people. >> I would say by now that like they're settled into school year. So, I mean, I would like I could understand at first in September like he's that's, you know, trying to get the school year going, but I would say I don't think he'd be bing at this point now.
>> I would reach out to Mike. Yeah. I'm just saying we're ready for another visit. Are you ready for us? M because we have two markers for Chase Street. >> And then I had someone contact me that's
interested in market. >> Yeah. So there was still interest out there for it. >> Aren't you interested in the market? >> Yeah, I am. >> This one right there. She's like, "Yeah,
you know, I know I can get one. We'll help you with the >> Yeah, I love looking at January. Um, Mark at the library, the library director is planning a workshop on how to research
your house history. >> Oh, good. >> Um, and this woman, Marian Pierre Louie, is doing it. I've seen her. she's talked to she does a lot of genealogy stuff. So he asked for some suggestions of houses to do. So I gave him like three
or four suggestions in that neighborhood. Um >> ones that haven't been done a lot. One's Dr. Souza's house because it was just mentioned in the survey for South Dyon. >> Um Charles Whit Marsh's house down on Water
Street was just mentioned in the survey. and um the William Cobb's house which is on the corner of Pleasant Street and Main Street. Um was there one more? I think that's
that was that so that she had a choice because a lot of a lot of our houses have been done because I thought like my mom's house I did um other people might be interested. >> Karen Gon's house >> Karen Ganon had done her house, you know, for the markers. So, um, but then
I thought, oh, maybe I thought Dr. Souza's house right across from the library might be of interest because people could really see it, too. >> Yeah. >> You know, so just an aside. >> Um, for our national register nomination for Mount Hope Finishing Company and the
village area. So, Stacy has begun the research. She research um did a little more research about the Mstead brothers involvement. um they were involved but it's not enough to include as an area significance because the under criterion
C which deals with the architect and the landscaping pieces of it but definitely they'll be mentioned under criterion A which is the history she's looking at some properties that Mount Hope had rented but that weren't in the scope of
our survey. So, in the nomination, it'll include um justifications for properties that are included and those that are excluded in the reasons why for the proposed district. Then she should be in town in
November to take some more pictures um to add to the building descriptions and to firm up the boundaries of the proposed district. So, it might be a little tighter than our original survey form. >> She's also taken a close look at the Taton properties. We know the ones that
are right over the line, they were definitely Mount Hope and um the small cottage that's on Autumn Autumn Street >> because that was a garage that was on the Yeah. >> park there. >> So, the Carnegie building. So, we all
know the library is open at 207 Main Street. Um, so do we want to talk with the town administrator about the uses of the Carnegie building? And I kind of mentioned this to Ralph in passing. I said we need to talk about that. Um, so
I can set up a a meeting with him. >> Um, to talk about what we to see. >> Of course, we need a a space that belongs to us, >> you know. And plus, um, >> is the building empty now? >> No. library still has some stuff there.
Okay. >> So, um all of the books and everything are out. Um some of the stuff will stay with the building because it's um building related stuff, >> you know, not >> um some of the furniture. I think
there's some um lights that were original to the building, you know, that things that don't belong at 207 but still need to remain with the building. some of the building plans that are there. >> No, it's cool. >> You know, still be there.
>> Um, >> which comes to worse like what happened to that building, we should make sure those plans are saved. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> It's a beautiful building. >> It's >> I think we need to start >> I think we have to start adding >> making our request.
>> When When does the building officially considered no longer its use? I mean, stuff being in there, is that still considered >> to the trustees when they're when they're satisfied that everything that belongs to them is out, you know, that they turn it back to the town. It's no
wonder no longer under their jurisdiction. Um, our build, that building is locally significant, and I looked at our records. We never voted it to be locally significant. Uh, we do have a form B that was
completed by Stacy. um in one of our surveys and on it she checked that it's individually eligible to be considered for a national register designation. I do know that when um you go for a single
building to be uh recognized on the National Register, you have to do inside and outside pictures. >> Oh, that's right. That's why we couldn't really do it before. Yeah, it it's easier to do it if it's a part of a district because then it's just the outsides of the buildings, but when it's
an individual building, I mean, we certainly can go ahead and, you know, try and get it on the register. It has not changed. It's architecturally in, you know, um has the integrity. >> Yeah, definitely. >> Um doesn't the ramp on the outside do
something? >> That's removable. So >> if it gets removed, then you take the pictures cuz >> Yeah, >> good point. >> No, the ramp. >> No, it's a good point. >> Yeah. >> Um like there would have to be some kind of ramp there to for access
removable like >> how removable is it? Yeah, but >> like is it easy to put to put it back and take a picture >> from being a national register building >> think nowadays with handicap and American ABA and stuff like that ADA you
would think that like nothing would then be able to be qualified because everything has to be up to code for that >> you're building Yeah. >> Also might be worth mentioning too I don't know what the number is but it's one of the very few Carnegie >> left. I mean, >> Berkeley has one.
>> Swansea has one that's now being refurbished. I think they open in November. Like, is it like 20 or less? Is it that feel? >> I don't know how many. I know there's I was one in one in Wisconsin. >> They're all over. They're all over. >> There's a whole web page devoted to it.
And it what you might need is what will the building be used for? If you're going to put it on the National Register, they talk about the use of the building. So I mean if it's just empty doing nothing >> don't look good you know. So, do you want to wait and say, "Oh, it's it's the
office of >> I think at least now what we should do is declare it that it's locally significant like we did for Smith Memorial Hall for the Winslo Davis Museum. Um, what else
did we do?" We we did three of them, Mount Hopeville, you know, company. >> You know, that that has to huge significance. And it's architecturally, you know, >> I mean the same >> almost nothing has changed.
>> No, it has local pudding stones on it, you know, so it >> we could do that vote tonight. >> I was going to say, what are we waiting for? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I'll entertain a motion to declare the Titan
Carnegie building, also known as the Titan Public Library, as locally significant. >> Some moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Okay, now we can. That's done. Thank you.
um [Applause] a reading on you know the national register too and Carnegie buildings. So next is I put on the agenda the flag for um Kathy L and the town flag. So
that flag there, Kathy El designed and made and I had I was looking at it one night and I was like, you know what? There's nothing there that indicates who who made that. >> Who was responsible for the town of
Dyton to have that? And there's also a two-sided flag like that up at the state house. >> Yeah, I read your little piece on that. >> She should have done put her initials on the rock. She and >> that would have been cool. >> She do that. >> That would that would
that would have been a really good idea actually. >> In plain sight. >> Good in Greek. >> Did you know her? >> Yes, I did. You know, you know Kathy >> very No, at all. I know her by sight. >> Very talented um woman. Very She could
make quilts and applique and you know, she was just very artistic. Um very vivaceious too. Um >> when did she pass away? >> Oh no. >> Good 10 years ago or so.
>> So I was thinking you see how there's a plaque under this flag here. if we got something compliment, you know, that's similar to that to put underneath that. But because my thought was once the
people that knew Kathy go, no one will be there's no one left. >> I I wouldn't have known if you didn't tell me. I knew we had a flag. I knew we had one in the state house, but it's all I I don't didn't know anything much about it besides that.
So, I guess the the process would be um to ask the board of selectment permission to hang a plaque first and then we go about um working on the pricing and the wording for it to know when she died. >> Yes.
>> She was 61 when she died. She lived on County Street in Dyon and she passed away on October 18th, 2007. >> Does she have any relatives that you know of still in the area? Yeah, her sister Margaret is still around and >> it might be worth when you know the
plaque goes up to if you're doing one of our meetings. >> No, Margaret was the one that did the chair for us at the historical society. >> Right. And Kathy had a son too and I'm not quite sure. >> Can we read you a bit fast? >> Yeah, sure. Yeah. >> Fast. All right. Uh Katherine Yell, 61 of County Street in Dyon, passed away on
Thursday, October 18, 2007 at the Country Gardens Nursing Center in Swansea. She was born in North Denon, the daughter of Louise Gracia Gomes of North Diden and the late Joseph S. Gomes. Mrs. Yel was a graduate of Dyen Rehobath High School with the class of 1964 and then attended the Rhode Island
School of Design. She began her professional life working as a land surveyor for the Otis Dire Surveying Company in Rehobath. She then worked for the Mary Kay Cosmetic Company. Subsequently, she owned her own business, Cats Prints, which specialized in upholstery, crafts, and graphic
design. She was very involved with the town of Dyen for many years, serving as secretary of the planning board, a member of the historical society, and helping restore the old schoolhouse. She also helped design a logo for Dyton Rock. See, I think that's what they meant. That's how they put it, a logo
for Dyson. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Uh Mrs. Joe was very active uh was a very active member with Grace Gospel Church in Swansea where she taught Sunday school to young children and illustrated and implemented a curriculum for the children. She also enjoyed photography, writing and spending time with her family and friends. In addition
to her mother, Mrs. Yao is survived by a son Joshua Yell of Dyen, four sisters, Barbara Haywood of Adelboroough, Rosemary Lopes of Taton. I think I might know her. I think I might know Rosemary Lopes. Um, Margaret Philbrook of
Smithfield and Joanne Ransley of >> and many nieces and nephews, >> right? >> Wow. >> So, Joan's still around. Margaret's around. That's >> I think I think they might know her. >> I think it would be cool to uh
>> invite them, >> you know. >> All right. So, I I think the first step is to go to the board of select them and say we want to do it before we invest the money in doing it. Mhm. >> Yeah. And then once we get that,
contact a plaque maker and get quotes and then write it up. >> Yeah. Yeah. Because we have the plaque maker that we use that did the Boston Post came. >> Mhm. >> Especially if you're doing that size, you can actually like include a blurb without not it's not necessarily this
>> but but some of it like is certainly like >> right. >> Okay. I will ask to get on the Boris selectman's agenda and present this to them and then um
we'll go from there. Good. I just had this feeling like all of a sudden no one will know. >> Yeah. You know cuz there's nothing there. It really doesn't say where did this flag come from. I wasn't aware it
went up to the state house. It's funny you said I was doing I have a project about all like the town flags and like sometimes I'll like email a town clerk and be like hey like if your town had a flag and like the town like I don't know like Adabaro is one but no north Adabaro is one that like I've seen it in the
town like in the state house but it's kind of hard to see like what it looks like and I went I even went down to the city and they were like yeah we have one flag don't know where it is it's not hanging up anywhere it's like in a vault somewhere and they were like I don't even I couldn't begin to tell you where it is now that you're mentioning it. It's the first time I had to think about
it in like 20 something years, but like that's how some some flags are. So, so like like you're right. We don't have anything about it. No one's ever going to know, >> right? All right. Um well, the library building committee, as you all know, the library
grand opening was a huge success. It was well attended. The public's been using the library. There's people there in and out all the time. >> I was there one night and the kids were there doing some kind of coloring project thing. Um the building committee will be meeting on October 16th and um
kind of like to make sure that all of the last minute details of things you don't know about until you move in kind of things are taken care of. Um >> did they finally get their phones? >> I don't know. I >> the other day I was there when the phone guy was
being gone almost a couple of weeks with no phones. That's >> that's insane. So, um, still have to get the proper heat grates have to be in order that are antique looking. Do any of you know like a website to find antique
rates, exact rates? >> I don't spend a lot of my time in that part of the web >> marketplace. So, I've been looking, you know, I do, you know, just and they do have one big one that's in a wall that I took a picture of to see to make sure that it's
going to match that. I'm going to work with Mark to make sure that those are proper because right now they're just um modern looking ones that are put into >> for the time being. >> Um but it's a I just love it. I just think
>> it's it's it's Yeah. So America Oh, I forgot the coin. >> Oh crap. >> They're cool. I saw them. >> I did, too. They are really cool. >> So for America's 250, we have the coin. I was going to bring one to show you. They're very nice. I still have to work
on getting some to town hall to um to sell. Um we met tonight with Bristol Aggie regarding the location for the Florida living history encampment and um they tabled it because we have to get some financial stuff to them but they
were very positive about you know hosting um as farm um I sent you a calendar our calendar is filling up with the events for 2026 so it's looking really good Um
and Vern is doing the old Bristol path in January. We have the rendevous with Rachel River. So on Sunday I went to Berkeley's um fe that they had over at Chamberlain Farms and they had this Judith Kora who is um does Rachel River
too. She did Deborah Samson. She was fantastic. She was really good. Um so I'm really excited about that. Um, so we're trying to, you know, figure out different things. Joanne Renee is planning, um, some children's
activities. Um, she's ordered some toys, we've ordered toys and things that they would have been doing in colonial times. And she's going to, um, talk with Lori at the library to see if she can arrange some programming there with them, too. >> That's a great idea. >> Y um talked with uh, Superintendent
Rooney, you know, to see about including schools at different things. So, you know, we trying to get all kinds of connections, get everyone involved. >> You know what's cool? I maybe I can bring a copy. I don't One of the Swansea elementary schools for a project, the
kids had to like each kid like wrote a page about this is like third grade did like drew a picture of like a certain house in town in Swansea or a neighborhood or something and the kid would like draw like write four or five sentences about it and they published it into a book. Oh,
>> it be cool to involve the schools that way like like to like and I know with schools I don't know how much it would be but like to like kind of the coloring book they have in the library kind of thing but be a good way to possibly involve the town kids. >> Oh, that's kind of cool. >> Yeah, I'll see if I can get a copy of
it. >> Yeah. Okay, great. Um the CPC met on September 18th and Timothy Ryan's playground, the one in South was scheduled for to to begin I said the second week in August, but that
should be October. Good thing I came. >> What? >> The historical society project fixing their wall is completed. Um as we know the HVAC library project is completed. They were going to schedule the annual
public meeting for February. Um thought process that's happened typically in the spring but they're going to do it in February because that would be before town meeting when the different um CPC articles would be on the warrant
and then um they'll review CPC financial reporting in October because there's all of the state for the do reporting that has to be done. So those are the committee things. Is there anyone that has any other historical sharing for today? >> Well, I don't know whether anybody else
saw this or not. The survey by the Massachusetts Historical Commission, >> there's a young gentleman that was doing >> Did you click on it? >> Yes. >> And did you complete it? >> Yes, I did. >> Okay. I did not. >> Aiden, can I under my correspondence
because I got an email to forward it to commission members. Did you all get it? >> No. Yeah. >> September. You would have got it if you would have got it. >> Oh, they sent one today, too. I got one. >> Oh, >> you forwarded to all our emails. >> Let me I didn't forward it yet. I >> Oh,
>> I completed the survey, but I did not add to enter a lottery for a gift. >> A little question about that. >> What were the questions about? >> No, no, about putting your name in to get a No, no. The question that the survey was about >> It was about
I can't even think. It was It was too political for me that I got it. I got half through it. I filled out all the little answers, you know, describing you and whatever. And then u it asked about your relationship to different organizations in the town. Okay. The relationship of our committee. Yeah.
>> I don't mean my relationship, I mean committees. But then it got into do you want to run for something and do you agree with it got into politics and as soon as that >> I answered you know not applicable or whatever you >> Oh no. as soon they when you began the
survey it said you can answer it you cannot you can choose not to answer it that's fine you can start answering it and then decide you don't want to answer it anymore and that's the option that I took so I did >> waste enough time filling it out and then it's like no I don't see why you're asking these kind of questions this
isn't what I would ask >> you say what what the project's for like what his research will go >> it does he tells you what it's for and >> no I chose not to did say at one point there was something about the politics you know, yeah.
>> And I I answered it however I felt, you know, and I probably wrote, you know, choose to answer this at this time or I don't think this is >> appropriate. >> So, >> but I did complete the survey and I also did not add to have my name put in for
that gift because I was a little leerary about that because of >> Right. Right. >> conflict of interest. >> Correct. >> Right. So I did not >> Yeah, that's a >> you know I don't even know why they put that in there. >> Yeah, you would think someone a grad student at Harvard doing this kind of
would know confidence of interest like that. How that I mean I'm sure it's probably a good faith but >> that's a big uh >> I looked at his profile and he is a political >> science major. No, he's a >> Ph candidate in government at Harvard
University >> and um he teaches a a political course and uh one other he teaches two courses you know >> at Harvard. >> Yeah. One was politics in America I think.
>> Um >> so you guys got Sharon did you get it? >> I did not see it but I do I am getting a lot of stuff in my junk. forwarded to from you. Like, how would I have gotten it? >> I don't I'm guessing they used an older list.
>> They might have been shipped and I'm guessing you weren't on that list at that time. >> Unless it went to my junk mail, but I mean >> that's what I'm thinking if I got it. >> It didn't go to my junk mail. >> No, it didn't go to my junk mail either. >> I'll forward it. >> I'll stack and wrap it and you can make
your decisions whether you want to. >> Like I said, I did not add the thing to for the lottery thing. I said, "Yeah, I'm not going to get into that mess." >> Right. >> Okay. Um >> I just wanted to let you know that >> Yeah, >> I did >> cuz I had that under correspondence that
I got mail. So, perfect. >> Um >> sorry, wrong direction here. >> That's okay. Um because I just got that today. >> So, under other I put the Wellington Dyon anniversary is like the wedding that was in um 1826. So it is what I
tell you 200 years ago. >> Um. >> Wow. >> So it's the anniversary of the two towns merging back together. So do we food for thought. Do we want to com commemorate this event and do we want to contact the brick church?
>> I think it'd be cool. >> Especially because one as with kind of our quoteunquote mission statement for history. I wonder how many people the newer or younger residents who like probably never knew. I didn't till we started this. >> Think about think about the whole what
if thing. What if it didn't like what if it never went in our favor and it was a separate town? I mean there are a lot of towns that have split and stayed split and became other things but >> are there actual meeting minutes
somewhere >> like or not not meeting minutes but I guess like like the wedding quote unquote wasn't a was it was it a >> there was like a >> town meeting or like a ceremony? It was like a ceremony church probably would have been like minutes a report from it. But
>> would the brick church have information? >> Does someone want to take the lead on that? >> Why you looking at me? >> Who would be the person that you would contact at the brick church? >> The pastor. >> I would start with the pastor. Or do they have a board of trustees?
You want to take the lead on it, Irene? >> Yeah, I'll try it. >> Okay. >> Do we talking yesterday, was there a 100th anniversary one done? >> Like, do they do they do they recognize Do you know have you se Have you seen any mention of the actual date? >> It was in um 1826.
>> In May, right? You said >> May. May. >> And it's in the It's written up in the 1912 bsentennial book. >> It is. >> Um as the wedding of two towns. Do you have hard copy of that book or extra hard copies? I I have one I have a PDF version online, but is there like
>> uh I have I have one that was my mom's. Um >> I understand it was one of those things had like extras. >> I can chat. >> That's my own look at it. >> I think we should react. >> That's why that's why I said a tie too.
We should do like a pageant or like a special nice cake like a wedding cake with initials WD on top. >> That is >> that'd be awesome. Right. >> Put the W and like lay a little broom like a groom's hat and then the the D
with like a little veil. >> So it's interesting enough in the 1820 census I think you know we've talked about this. Wellington was actually bigger had more people than it was like twothirds of the town and Dyon was a smaller.
>> Oh my goodness. >> Yeah. >> And when you think about it like it was separate for a long time. >> Was north D. >> I mean that's a 14 that's I mean it's not it's not a long time but it's significant that it's no but it's like it's not like it's like a like a two year thing that didn't
last. It's like it was a 14 years of a whole separate town. >> All right. So, Irene's going to take the lead on that. Very good. Thank you, Irene. >> Go, Irene. >> You want to have me have something for the November meeting? Sure. >> That would be awesome.
>> So, our November meeting is on the 18th because the 11th is Veterans Day, the second Tuesday of November. >> I won't be here. >> Oh, >> I'll be in Thailand. >> Oh, so you won't be zooming in? No,
>> but what time would it be there for him? >> You're going to Miss Universe. >> Yeah. I bring >> That's Wow, >> that is cool. >> That's really cool. Actually, >> we didn't check your calendar. >> I guess I can join depends on the time. We'll see.
>> No, you will not be joining. >> No, you will not. >> Bang is 11 hours. >> If you do join though, it won't be video because I want to see like that be I really want to see it. >> November 18th 6. It's 7 in the morning there. November 19th. >> Oh, you don't know.
>> No, you'll still be up partying. You still be up. >> True. >> Is anyone with you? >> He hates pageantss. Serious. >> Yeah, but Thailand. I mean, tell me. >> Thailand. >> Him not liking pageantss, that's why he's not going. I would, but I don't
like pageantss. >> All right. And we will be meeting at the lower level of town hall because it's already a scheduled meeting here, >> a regular meeting. I think that's everything unless anybody
has anything else. Oh, Pat, I hate I I want to ask, but I hate to ask. >> Wow. >> What happened with the stuff that was donated to a time capsule? Where is it? Oh, I have it in the basket at home. >> Okay. Well, the box was the library.
>> Oh, that's right. >> The library wasn't ready. So, you can't keep leaving it in the basket in your home >> to possibly like put it in like a thing kind of like that like the thing that Somerset has. >> Puck was and he was getting measurements and having, you know, blah blah blah
blah. It's just one of those things you don't want to forget about and it's going to get forgotten. And people did donate some things that Girl Scout troop, you know. I mean, so there's a book in there that's Girl Scout. And if they ask, "Well, where's our stuff?" >> Yeah. Right. I don't know. >> It's in a basket rapper's house.
>> Time capsule at his house. As of right now, it is. >> It's in Thailand with Miss Universe. >> We ain't going to get that back. >> That's right. >> So, we just don't want to forget about it. Do you want responsib
Give it to Dan? >> Yeah, for safekeeping. >> Um, >> put in a little a safety box or something. >> We'll put it on the December agenda. Time capsule stuff. And we have to figure out how what we're
going to do with it and how we're going to, you know, have it. >> Is there room in our portion of the of the vault? >> Is there room in our Is there room in our portion of the vault? >> Yeah, I mean, we could other people stuff. I mean, I think put time caps on
it that way, but like >> we could make room. >> I'm not >> I was just gonna say, do we have room? >> No. Can we make room? >> Sure. >> I mean, what's is it literally like that? How big is how how big is a >> square box be big enough?
>> Well, what about the old trailer? >> That's leaving. >> Yeah, let's put it in something temporary. >> Would all of our stuff fit in the two foot by two foot by two foot box? >> It's in your basket. How big is the basket? >> Okay. Well, that's about that's it would
fit. So, that's how much room you need. Two by two by two. We can make that work. >> It's mostly like paper products anyway. So, >> you want to send a list of what we have? >> Is there an index or inventory?
>> It's about strawberry three editions of strawberry vine newsletter. >> Okay. And then should we talk about things that we wanted to add to it or >> the articles that you gave me? >> Yeah. With the menus and um
There's other stuff. Yeah, I don't remember. Top of my head. >> Is there a copy of a cookbook? Was historical society cookbook? No. Was that something? >> A maybe a card copy of the town report whatever year we do it. >> Those menus. >> The Girl Scouts gave it and they gave their book.
>> Oh, didn't you bring the um three No, not 3D glasses. The solar eclipse glasses. No, >> I thought someone brought had an extra pair of the eclipse glasses and thought that would be a good one to put in. >> I'm sure I have an extra pair somewhere. >> But I don't know. I thought someone
bringing it or maybe talking about bringing it because it was happening around I think it was happening around the time of our meeting. We thought oh that would be but it's not really for that like what year like that year's passed now. So >> should there be a little tag on all the stuff saying why it's in there? So if if someone did open it up and saw these
glasses, it's like what the hell was this? >> Right. Sorry. >> That's how people look used to see back then. They all walked around with these things. >> I'd like I'd like to I'd like for people to donate like family photos, photographs, um you know, stuff like that.
>> Yeah. >> Like black and white vintage photos. That' be great. >> Are we trying to are we trying to archive the time period that we buried it or history in general? I'm just curious.
That's like not that you wouldn't want old pictures, but like if you're burying it, if the whole point is opening up, >> 100 years from now is like do you want to see stuff from >> Bearing 2024. >> So do you want to see stuff like people >> date it that way? >> 2024 50 years from now.
>> For now it's only 48 years. >> No, I'm serious. No, we didn't really there but that was when you made your movement and that's how all this stuff came together. >> So we'll still be alive, >> right? for all intended purposes. It's buried. It's just not buried. But we can still
>> We can still put stuff in it, though. >> It's digitally buried. There we go. >> So, if I guess if we do it for 2024 and we add stuff in it, we don't want anything dated past, right? Don't we don't want a news from 2025.
>> Then they'll be confused. Let's do it. >> And this get >> which means that get rid of those news um strawberry newsletters dated 2025. >> I would say probably good. Yeah. >> Very nice copies from 2024. >> I have and they're they're
electronically saved here. You can just print one hard copy ones. >> Right. >> All right. So that'll be on the agenda for December. >> How come we can't get on in November? Are you busy? >> I know. He's not going to be here. >> Well, he can do business without me.
>> But it's your project. >> It's your project. >> Okay. >> That's why it's sitting in a basket in his house. >> All right. Rafa hearing none. Seeing none. Moving on. >> Oh my god. I love you. >> Okay.
All right. Anything else? >> All right. All right. So, uh, so, >> so we have a motion to adjurnn. Is there a second? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> 7:30 p.m. >> We are.
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