You are invited!
First Saturday of each
month. 1:30 PM
"LDS Church, Mason
City, Iowa
2010
December 4, 2010
Marie Thompson presented the
program "This and That". The program included highlights of her
travels during September and October.
November 6, 2010
Carlyle Merritt (from Mason City) was the guest speaker. He
presented the program
"THE VISUAL
APPROACH"
"The Scrap Booking Approach"
for
Recording Your Family Genealogy.
October 2, 2010
Max Handley, who gave a wonderful talk on Marble Rock and the
Historical Society. They have 3 buildings on main street for use
as museums, he also showed slides.
AUGUST 7, 2010
Back in Time
Linda Hughes, who came in costume, and spoke on Carrie Chapman
Catt, Who was an activist for women's rights.
June 5,
2010
"Today's Quilts; Tomorrow's
Heirlooms"
History of
Quilting and Feedsacks, Now and Then was
presented by
Linda Jacobs
May 1,
2010
"The Early Depression Dilemmas of Rural Iowa, October 1929-
November 1932" presented by Lisa L. Ossian; program sponsored by
Humanities Iowa
March 6, 2010
Terry Harrison, archivist for the Mason City Public Library,
presented a PowerPoint program a few interesting events in Mason
City's history from the building of two settlements to combining
them to become Masonville and later Mason City. Forward from
that were murders, political arguments, scandals, street fairs.
He recommended reading historical newspapers for insights into
daily life in Mason City in the late 1800's right down to a
graphic description of the embalming process.
