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HISTORY IS YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROWMARCH 2016

ANNUAL MEETING

Mark you calendar for the FHS AnnualMeeting to be held at the Fitchburg PublicLibrary on Sunday, April 17& at 1:30. Thespeaker for the program will be Ed Janus,

author of Creating Dairyland His topic forour meeting will be How Cows CreatedWisconsin.It will be an interesting look intothe early agriculture that was prominent inFitchburg before we became "citified".Before the speaker takes the podium we willhave a very brief business meeting. Therewill be four openings for members of theBoard of Directors. If you would like to bepart of the planning{dm. of the FHSplease contact Carole Kinney who is thechair of the nominating committee. She canbe reached by leaving a voice mail on thesociety's telephone 608-729-1783 or email:woodedarchives@gmail.com. Membershiprenewals are due at the same time. If you are

not able to attend the meeting you can mailyour renewal to: FHS 5530 Lacy RoadFitchburg WI. 53711. Please use theattached renewal form. In order to save thecost of postage an email address isappreciated. We do not share emailaddresses with anyone else. They are onlyused to send newsletters or messages ofimportance to the FHS.

DISPLAY CASE

The display case outside of the FitchburgRoom at the library is being changed toshowcase some of the things that will beincluded in the April talk by Ed Janus. Stop

by and see how the dairy business was thecenter of Fitchburg's agricultural scene inearlier years.

ARCHIVES

Recently several committees working on thearchives have turned up some veryinteresting stories about Fitchburg's history.One of the interesting files contains thestories about the Blaney - Jones connection.For instance here is a photo of Tom Jones

taking milk from Fitchburg into theKennedy Daky in Madison. The photo wastaken along University Avenue in Madison.

Other stories of Fitchburg dairy connectionscan be found in the frles. Bancroft Dairy hadits start in Fitchburg, as did the BowmanDairy on Fish Hatchery Road. Stories aboutthem will be featured in later newsletters.

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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

Several years ago land abstracts had beendonated to the Dane County Historical froma company that was clearing out their files.Because DCHS did not have room to storethem they offered to local societies t}osethat pertained to their area. FHS two boxesof said abstracts. A wealth of interestinginformation can be found in them.Ownership trails and wills are two of themost obvious. A searchable database needsto be made In order to make them availableto researchers. If someone has an afternoona week that they would like to devote to thisproject we car make the resources availablefor them. It is a job that can be done at yourleisure with no time limit. The task would beeasier by a team of two people. Initialtrading can be provided. If you areinterested, leave a telephone message atFHS: 729-1783

FACTv

A Fitchburg Historical Society member,Verne Brummel, recently recorded atelevision interview with the FACTv stationhere in Fitchburg. Verne spoke about therailroad history of Fitchburg. The programis called Talking Fitchburg.It airs live dailyfrom nine to ten in the morning and isrepeated at other times during the day. It isarchived on the FACTv site which can beaccessed through the City of Fitchburg'sweb page.. Look for the CommunityChannel 2. The FHS is scheduled to do aonce -a-month interview with FACTv. Thetopics will vary through the year. They arescheduled for broadcase on the thirdThursday of the each month. Tune in!

STATE HISTORY DAY

The Wisconsin Historical Societycoordinates National History Day (DHD) in

Wisconsin, a year-long academicenrichment program that helps 10,000student annually. Students in grades sixthrough twelve research historical issues,people, and events and create presentationsof their findings. .Iudges and volunteers arekey to the success of the NHD program!Each year hundreds ofvolunteers are neededfor Wisconsin's National History Daycompetition cycle. Opportunities areavailable at every contest level. Judges androom monitors are needed in Madison onApril 23'd.Volunteering at a NHD event is arewarding experience. You can help studentslearn history by supporting this event.Information can be found at' tl :.til .1,,::-' l,. Of by

calling 608-264-6487.Volunteer opportunities are needed at thestate event in Madison on Saturday April23'd. Meals are provided.r A.M. Room monitori P.M. Room monitori Wherever most neededi Judge (8 3 p.m. includes orientation)

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL

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Family lr 12.00

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