Carlisle Area Historical Society
News and Information
November 19, 2011
Second Floor Construction
Many people have pitched in to get the second floor ready for decorating. Each room will be decorated by a different group for display. The target date was December 3 (Light Up Carlisle night). Andrew Harder has been hired to do the trimming. He has made up trim that matches the rest of the woodwork perfectly. He has installed the new upstairs railing. It looks great. His work has been excellent.
Old trim on the left. Andrews new trim on the right.
Andrew nailing on his new custom made trim. The railing installed Wednesday
Our First Sunday Dinner
Sunday November 6th was our Sunday dinner which included chicken & dumplings with mashed potatoes, green beans, salad, dessert and beverage. We ended up having over 60 people attend. Thanks for all the volunteers who made this happen.
Part of our serving crew. Mary Sue Van Ryswyk, Carol Murphy, Melody Kirk.
The Churchill family enjoying the dinner.
Left to right K.J. Christenson, Meredith Christenson, Kathy Churchill, Keith Churchill, Delaney Churchill
Painted Lady
CAHS was fortunate to receive this donated stove from the Jim and Jennifer Miller family. Arden Owens generously loaned us his time and talent and gave the old girl a coat of much-needed paint . To complete the transformation, Arden worked on the tedious task of painting the silver trim. We think she looks great! Thanks Arden!
Information about the stove
The original Round Oak Stove was developed about 1886 and over the years many models of this stove were sold . The first stove was quite plain with an ash door that lifted off. A hinged ash pit door was added in 1887 and various other improvements and embellishments were made over the years.
P.D. (Philo D.) Beckwith and Round Oak stove were to Dowagiac, Michigan what Henry Ford and the Model T were to Detroit. The Round Oak stove put Dowagiac, Michigan on the map. It was considered the best all-around heating stove in the world.; with a Round Oak you could have as much or as little heat as you desired and burn any kind of fuel--wood, soft coal or hard coal.
Excerpt from "The Round Oak Stove People and other Dowagiac, Michigan personalities." Written and published by Barbara W . and Grafton H. Cook 2001 Updated10/17/2009
CHAIRMAN'S CORNER
The holidays are fast approaching and another CAHS year is almost gone.The last 12 months have been very successful for our organization.Our membership iscontinuing to grow, we madetremendous progresson the Randleman House and wehave brought a number of interesting and historic programs to the Carlisle area. I am so very proud of the countlesshours ofhard work by our members. Thank you to each and every one of you who have participated. We could not continue without your support! Some new and exciting events are being planned for 2012.The Civil War event will be repeated and should be bigger and better than before.With luck we can make this a signature event for our area and draw visitors from miles around. Please consider being on one of the event planning committees. Your input is needed.
We are working on a special event for the Light Up Carlisle weekend (December 3rd and 4th). At that time there will be a grand unveiling of the completed second floor! All the rooms will be decorated for the holidays by different teams in different themes. You won't want to miss seeingwhat they have dreamed up. We will be charging a nominal fee to tour the rooms. All proceeds will go to the Paint- the -House campaign.Last minute renovations are being completed as we speak.
Hope to see you there! Melody
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday November 23 will be the monthly Board of Directors meeting at 7:00 pm
Saturday November 26th will be our monthly Breakfast Buffet from 8:00 am until 11:00 am - $7.00 per person
Monday November 28 the Greater Carlisle Foundation will hold their Awards presentation at the house at 5:00
Saturday December 3 Open House in conjunction with Light Up Carlisle. 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. View the decorated house for $5.00. Proceeds go to PAINT THE HOUSE project.
Sunday December 4th Sunday Dinner from 11 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Sunday December 4th 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. view the decorated house for $5.00.
Monday December 5th Christmas Dinner for the Pandora Club
Saturday December 10th holiday tea Two seatings. 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. $25.00 each. Call Mary Sue at 321-6585 or 989-0210 for reservations.
Saturday December 10th Indianola Veterinary Clinic Christmas Party
Monday December 12th Carlisle Chamber of Commerce Christmas Dinner
Wednesday December 14th Christmas Party for a Carlisle club
Contact Carol to reserve the Randleman House for a meeting or event. 989-0577 or 360-0981.
Editors Susan Robinson Danny Roach