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President's Column: Winter 2024/Spring 2025 Issue:
The Society’s Annual Meeting was held on February 24 at the old Shirt Factory (photos page 5). A week later, officers of the Board of Directors were elected at the March meeting to serve for 12 months: President Laura Moore, Vice-President Paul Gilchrist; Treasurer Yvonne West; Corporate Secretary Manu Davidson. On April 24, two dozen elementary school students visited the Museum in the late afternoon as part of the school’s In-The-Zone program. They were guided around the exhibits in small groups by half-a-dozen board members. See photos on page 6. The Society had a good turnout for its first Bingo Games of the year on Sunday, April 27 at the Masonic Lodge. Other Bingo Games are scheduled for June 29, August 24, and November 9. Five happy winners are pictured on page 5. Bingo is a significant fundraiser for the Society. Our third Annual Floyd Bennett Day ceremony was held on May 9 at the Bandstand. This event was originated by Town Historian Sandi Parisi. Former Board member John Franchini has been named Warrensburg Citizen of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce. John has been a full-time Landscape Architect for NYSDOT Region 1 for 32 years. He has devoted his time and talents to our community during those years in numerous ways, first by designing the streetscape for DOT’s Route 9/Main Street Corridor Project in the early 1990s. He designed and built the new landscape for St. Cecilia’s Church 18 years ago and has maintained it for many years. He designed the landscape in front of the Town Hall, the Entrance Garden in front of the Elementary School, the Bicentennial Garden at the Marcus Bruce Park on Hudson Street, the planting beds on Main Street, and the Entrance Garden and Roadside Beds at the Farmers’ Market Park. He still helps maintain the Town planting beds. John was an active director of the WHS for eight years and chaired our Preservation Committee. He has been a Town Planning Board member for 12 years, lending his expertise to various projects. He’s been the photographer for the annual Christmas in Warrensburg event for twenty years. His award and recognition are well-deserved. The Society has been busy with its historic site signage project since winter departed. A photo sign of the Second Avenue two-room school house was put up under the text sign showing students and teachers on the front porch. Our signs for the 19th century Shoe Peg Factory and the Sash & Blind Factory were installed by the Town at the Farmers market Park. We planted signs beside the mailbox on Stewart Farrar Street (formerly School Street) to commemorate the 19th century Warrensburgh Academy and the Union Free School that once occupied that property. We planted a sign recognizing the unusually large basswood tree pointed out by John Farrar on the corner of the lot next to the library. We have installed “Museum of Local History” signs on the front and back of the VFW building, along with a 1926 “cornerstone” plaque for the date of its construction. We have signs prepared for the 1837 William Griffing Homestead in Thurman, for the 1890 stone Mixter Blacksmith Shop on lower Main Street (now a barber shop), for the historic Miller Building across the street, and for the trolley passenger waiting room and freight depot at the upstreet laundromat building. We are planning many more signs. As of this writing, we look forward in May to a visit by Keith Rouleau, the author of the six-part series on the Revolutionary War Diary of Ensign Stephen Griffing, his ancestor. Keep in mind that the further back in history you can look, the further into the future you’ll be able to see. So until next time, keep looking backwards. |
Steve Parisi
Memorial Tree Planted A tree was planted in front of Warrensburg Central Junior-Senior High School to memorialize the life and legacy of Steve Parisi, who passed away in December 2020. The ceremony was held on Thursday, May 20, also serving as a belated celebration of April’s Arbor Day and Earth Day. The tree is a sugar maple provided by Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District. The program was organized by Teresa Whalen, President of Warrensburg Beautification, Inc. Two individuals from Soil & Water, Jim Lieberum and Maren Alexander assisted with the planting. Steve was much involved with the elementary and junior-senior high schools, the students and the teachers, to give them exposure to, and appreciation of, Warrensburg’s history via its museum, of which he was the Director. ♦ |
