Josephine, Thank You for All the Cookies

Josephine McMullen of Cayuga and Bill Haartman ~

Members of The York Grand River Historical Society.

This active group meets every third Tuesday of the month.  Please join us next Tuesday at St. Andrew's Masonic Lodge*, Caledonia.  2:00 p.m.
Guest speaker:  Karen Richardson, Curator of the Haldimand County Museum.  Topic:  Our part in the War of 1812.

* Hwy. 6 at the tracks, opposite Tim Horton's.

The York Grand River Historical Society meets next Tuesday, February 21 at 2:00 p.m. in Caledonia at St. Andrews Masonic Lodge.*

For anyone interested in the War of 1812, this is the meeting to attend.  Karen Richardson, Curator of The Haldimand County Museum, is our guest speaker.  Everyone welcome.  (An afternoon with the historians along the Grand is something you don't want to miss!) Coffee and cookies.

Jean Farquharson and Bill Haartman

* Hwy. #6, beside the tracks opposite Tim Horton's.

Collection of Stories from 1783 to 1930

Told by the Folks Whose Families Lived Them

Stories along the Grand ~ The York Grand River Historical Society has published two books.  The latest book, Stories along the Grand, is a collection of historical tales by local writers. Available at The Neat Little Bookshop, this 194 page gem includes articles by people many of you will know ~ including the original owner of The Neat Little Bookshop, Herb Martindale.

(Although the one-room school house depicted on the back cover appears identical to Gypsum Mines school, it is actually Sims Lock school at York.)