Membership in the FCHA
What you read here will also be printed in the upcoming FCHA newsletter. Please read it as a plea for a renewal of dues to save our organization sending a separate mailer in January and save us the cost of printing the plea and the postage for the plea.
The payment of dues to the Franklin County Historical Association is fully tax-deductible and we offer a variety of memberships. The very basic single individual rate is $15 and guarantees you receipt of our newsletter six times per year. The payment of your dues is a tangible endorsement of our goals and objectives. Check out our website for information and a two separate very neat virtual photo galleries of historic photos.
If you still need any Christmas gift, please call the association offices or my law office. We have about 150 copies of the Sweet Heritage Cookbook left – at $17.00 post paid; they offer over 100 pages of dessert recipes with a wealth of historical information relating to the various cooks whose recipes are featured. There are a few living legends included in the book (my grandmother’s shortbread recipe appears with my adaptations for modern times – after all, what is a scoop of butter the size of a hen’s egg, anyway? – and we have Ray Johnson’s collection of beautiful stories of life in small-town America in the 1940s and 1950s. Yes – Mt. Vernon plays prominently but the stories cover such a range of experience that they will interest anyone. Just $15 will get you a great Christmas gift. Or a lot of personal reading pleasure.
We still work to raise funds to replace the depot roof. Donations are needed and will be gladly accepted. We are trying to raise about $14,000 before we lose any more plaster in the freight room as water from the leaks melts the plaster. And we need about $15,000 to finish the fencing of our West End Preserve. You’ll like the West End – 455 acres. A new sign clearly marks the entry on the east side of State Highway 37 just north of the bridge over Big Cypress. You can walk in for a mile on a well-marked trail thanks to Mt. Vernon's Boy Scouts.
In working to fulfill our mission to preserve our natural and cultural heritage, you can’t fault our organization. We are going great guns. We do need your support. We need your dues. And we’ll take orders for books or special donations. Let us hear from you, and come visit our facilities and parks.
