Dutchess County Historical Society Yearbook Vol 052 1967

SECRETARY'S MINUTES ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the Dutchess County Historical Society was held on Saturday, May 20, 1967 in Champangna Hall, Marist College. President Baltus B. Van Kleeck presided.

The minutes of the meeting held September 24, 1966 at Quaker Hill were read and approved.

The Secretary reported the following new members, all of whom were duly elected to membership: Charles J. Mylod, Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Branson Erskine. The Secretary reported that the Society had lost the following members by death: Mrs. William M. Hadden and Mr. Charles L. McCann.

In the absence of the Treasurer, Mr. George M. Gill, his report was read by Mr. Van Kleeck and was accepted.

President Van Kleeck reported the receipt of One Hundred Thousand Dollars from the Estate of Carolyn T. Wells. He stated the matter had been in the Surrogate's Court for many years and spoke of the efforts of Mr. John A. Wolf, attorney for the Society to bring about an accounting and a final determination of the matter. Mr. Wolf had succeeded in bringing about a solution which was satisfactory to the Surrogate whereby the Society was to receive the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars and the Northern Dutchess Health Center was to receive the decedent's house and the other assets. The proposal had been presented to our Board of Trustees and approved by it, and the matter was closed upon that basis. The Society had received the money in accordance with a Decree of the Surrogate's Court.

Mrs. C. Robert Southworth, chairman of the Society's Glebe House Committee was not present and her report was rendered by Mrs. Peter R. IVIund. The president gave high praise to the efforts of the committee in restoring and refurbishing Glebe House. Mrs. Mund announced there would be "Open House" at Glebe House the following day.

It was announced that the Trustees had appointed Mr. Van Kleeck Editor of the Year Book to succeed Mrs. Amy Ver Nooy. Mrs. Ver Nooy had asked to be replaced as Year Book Editor since she was spending a great deal of her time away from Poughkeepsie. Mr. Van Kleeck recalled that she had been assistant editor of the Year Book under Miss Helen Wilkinson Reynolds and had been editor since 1943. Miss Emeline Guernsey moved that a vote of appreciation be given to Mrs. Ver Nooy for her excellent work over so many years. The motion was enthusiastically carried.

The president reported that Mr. Edmund Van Wyck had given a lock for Glebe House. Mr. Van Wyck described it as a large wooden lock with a wooden case and large key, in weight almost one-half pound.

The lock was from the grist mill of Moses DeGroff at Manchester, 6