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Geary County
Historical Society & Museums Current Events & News |
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Volunteers Needed! Do you like to bake? You can help the Geary County Historical Society with our efforts to make up for lost public funds and offer exciting new programs to the community right in your own home. We need home-made items such as cookies, pies and cakes for events like the Ice Cream Social, and educational programs at the Museum throughout the year. If you can help, contact the Museum at 238-1666. We will check with you when a fund raiser or program is coming up. |
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Help preserve of St. Joseph’s! Updated GCHS is working to restore St. Joseph’s Church on McDowell Creek Road to usable condition. The building has been placed on the State Register of Historic Places. The immediate need is to replace the roof. It has been determined that the entire roof of St. Joseph’s Church, including rafters and sills, has to be replaced. We believe John Poole will complete roof work this summer. Eric Stahl also hopes to persuade a local gentleman, who has experience patching a wooden floor and making temporary Plexiglas windows for a church, to volunteer for the St. Joseph’s restoration. The Society and the McDowell community would have to help with labor and supplies. If we could get the roof fixed, the floor patched and refinished, and Plexiglas in the window openings, we could have the Church open this year for a centennial celebration. Many people have donated toward this project already, but we have a long way to go! After the roof, the floors and interior will need extensive work. Then will come the windows, heating and air conditioning, and plumbing. Contributions of any amount are appreciated. Send them to Geary County Historical Society, P.O. Box 1161, Junction City, KS 66441, and be sure to designate the St. Joseph’s Fund.
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