FALL 2014 In this issue: From the Director • p2 Board of Trustees• p3 Events Calendar • p4 The Great Volunteer Kickoff • p5 New to the Collection • p7 Fall Classes • p8 Members • p10 Contributions • p11
Tractors parade down Farm Lane
Pumpkins wait to be decorated at the annual Fall Harvest festival
Cause(s) for celebration Fall Harvest, Museum Day, and the countdown to 50 This year, the Ella’s annual Fall Harvest Festival begins a yearlong celebration of the Ella Sharp Museum’s 50th anniversary. In September of 1964, the newly formed Ella Sharp Museum Association hosted a Museum Day on the grounds surrounding the Ella Sharp home which they had leased from the city. The event served as a kickoff for major fund raising and for beginning renovations on Ella’s home so that it could be opened as a museum. Huge crowds attended this event to see the plans for their community museum and to visit booths and
activities hosted by historical and cultural groups from throughout the county. Along with commemorating this auspicious day in the museum’s history, the Fall Harvest festival will celebrate the changing season with activities the community has enjoyed for years, including pumpkin decorating, tractor parades, and archery demonstrations. In addition to these favorites, attendees can look forward to stagecoach rides around the park thanks to festival sponsor Wells Fargo.
Special thanks to Fall Harvest sponsor