Volunteers Needed

Members, aren’t you proud?



Can’t you help? We have many people touring Mt Vernon.



We have great facilities. There are many times when we have people come in – 2 families at once – and so we have upstairs and downstairs tours going on. At the December board meeting we discussed the issues of leaving the library open. The library has the set of computer disks so you can read the Optic Herald from 1907 through the present. You could even make a copy for your own use and print out a page. We want to accommodate research. We want people to see our exhibits.



At the moment we have the fascinating Monzingo collection of antique cash registers and silhouette pictures.



Won’t you go by? Help keep the facility open. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. – only four hours a day. And for the time when no one has come by, make up a pot of coffee and capture a few moments to read or bring your laptop and take advantage of the wireless service we have at the fire station.



If we could have two people on duty (and on some days we have teams, such as Libby Milton and Kay Howell sharing days; and some couples both taking a shift) but many times it is just one person. We have a coffee pot. We need to welcome people. We need to help our town remain viable. We need to send them to some of the many restored buildings which gained the Texas Treasure designation for our town (think: library, genealogy, Edwards store, Coe and Co., and many more facilities). AND I am always surprised (and disappointed). People aren’t checking out Charlotte Chaney’s Frame Up Art Gallery; what a beautiful facility in our tiny town.



Please call Ken Greer: Home: 903-537-4953; Cell: 903-588-4065. Ken coordinates the docent schedule for the museum. Please volunteer. Just give us a four-hour session once a month (sure, I wish you’d go each week AND you can – just let Ken know). We need you to help us serve Mt. Vernon and Franklin County.

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