Attendance was on the shy side: Chris Corey, Gina Bent, Marcia and Clarence Farwell, George Winters, Annett Quimby and Peter Webb. There was apparently something else going on. We weren’t invited. Unbowed, we took it out on the refreshments.
The minute-taker was harshly criticized once again for taking excessive liberties with the facts. He argued that he is expressing opinions consistent with his First Amendment rights, including the right to say stuff that has no basis in reality because people like to hear stuff like that. After consideration, everyone agreed that that seems to be how it works now and the minutes were approved.
Chris, FYI, BHS’s CFO, gave us a P&L. Receipts: $80 – cribbage, $625 – donations (including one from an especially generous Brookline couple who has a tradition of kindness to us and one in memory of Arthur Fessenden), $100 for the mural project, $1,100 in calendar sponsorships, $65 from sale of town history and index. Expenses: $267.95 phone and electric, $25 for a Lion’s Club flag. Our Treasury has a balance of $29098.05. We now have $1184 of that in the mural fund, $316 short of the $1,500 required. We voted to approve payment of $1,200 for the calendar publishing costs. It was thought that family calendar sponsorships should be tried next year. Thank you to Gina Bent for her diligent work in rounding up this year’s calendar sponsors. And thank you to the businesses who stepped up to be a calendar sponsor. They will be noted on the calendars. Please let them know that their contribution is appreciated
The recent torrential rains caused some wetness in the basement. The work party will muster the necessary hydrological expertise and elbow grease for remedy. Cribbage continues every Thursday night. The public is welcome. The Leo Austin, Jr., recognition piece is in the works. Brookline’s 4th of July Parade featured Bobby Canada as Grand Marshall. Congratulations, Bobby, and thank you for 45 years of service as an EMT. Marcia and Clarence proudly rang the Krom bell on a float in the parade, paying tribute to an ancient Brookline tradition. Word is that the Brookline Community Church’s bell also did its Independence Day duty. Thank you.
A shadow box with several retired Brookline moderator’s gavels has been given to the BHS to display and share with the public. The town’s Boston Post Cane fits nicely, so creative people will set about to enhance the display. A prized Brookline Bellringer tee shirt was donated. Thank you. There is a rumor that the Milford Street School property has been sold.
We were delighted to learn that Annett Quimby has bought the ancestral Quimby Family home on, coincidentally, Quimby Road. What is now known as Quimby Road used to be a section of the primary north/south road in town: South Main Street, to Main Street, to Milford Street to Quimby Road and north from there. The new and improved Route 13 as we know it was built shortly after World War 2. Congratulations, Annett.
We were delighted to learn that Annett Quimby has bought the ancestral Quimby Family home on, coincidentally, Quimby Road. What is now known as Quimby Road used to be a section of the primary north/south road in town: South Main Street, to Main Street, to Milford Street to Quimby Road and north from there. The new and improved Route 13 as we know it was built shortly after World War 2. Congratulations, Annett.
The next meeting of the BHS is August 9. Refreshments will be pot-luck. Bring what you got. Or just bring yourself.