The primary order of business Monday night, April 11 at the Historical Society was the preparation for an event to celebrate the good ole days of making things by hand to be held May 14 from 10am to 3pm on the street around the Chickasaw Bank building in Tishomingo. Janis Stewart, Norma Chaney and Sherrie Adams are in the process of contacting people to come and demonstrate their personal handmade items. People have been contacted who will demonstrate old fashioned cooking, quilt making, candle making, butter churning, early day means of entertainment, old time children's games, and lots more.
During lunch time, an early day style lunch with beans & ham, corn muffins, with drink and dessert will be available for participants. Throughout the day, between 10am and 3pm, there will also be music and other entertainment. If your church choir or musical group would like to schedule a time to perform contact Janis Stewart at 580- 371-8989 or www.electionlady1@yahoo.com
Richard "Dickie" Craven was a guest and shared with the group a project he is working on with a collection of early day aerial photographs of Johnston County. He is hoping to get some technical assistance from the Chickasaw Nation to graphically integrate all the photographs into one large mural so folks can see what the county looked like in the early 1900's. One very interesting feature will be the ability to see what Washita/Chapman Farm looked like before Lake Texoma was built.
The Historical Society is recruiting new members and invites anyone interested in learning about and working on the preservation of county history to come and get involved. The society meets on the 2nd Monday of every month. For more information contact Mary Jane Nelson, 580-443-5788 or www.redrabbit@wildblue.net.
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