The South Dorchester Folk Museum
continues its efforts to collect and preserve the history of Dorchester
County by recording the memories of knowledgeable people who have a story
to tell. David Owens’ lecture in February about Roscoe Leonard in World
War I actually received both local and “Nation-Wide” news coverage. Scott
Todd’s lecture in May about the restoration of his skipjack, the “Lady
Katie”, was interesting to listen to, and was supported by some fine old
pictures. In June, Jack Brooks, President of the J. M. Clayton Seafood
Company, drew a large audience to hear about the history of the Dorchester
County seafood business. If you check the future schedule in this newsletter,
you will see that other interesting lectures are scheduled throughout the
rest of this year.
We continue our working relationship
with the Dorchester County Historical Society (DCHS), and enjoy a first-class
place for our meetings as well as space for the display of artifacts our
followers have collected from the South Dorchester area. We provide our
speakers with recordings of their presentations, and copies are placed
in the Dorchester County Library and the Nabb Research Center in Salisbury
for public access. Safe keeping and preservation of our recordings is assured
by storing the original camera tapes in a secure location, and by computer
back-ups maintained in two separate locations.
Sale of recordings of the lectures
provides income for a significant portion of our operating expense. We
invite you to purchase those of interest to you by mail order, by placing
an order at the Dorchester County Historical Society, or by calling me
at 410-228-6175.
Lynne Schulman, our Program
Manager, has a full schedule of lectures for 2010, as you can see in this
newsletter. We continue to search for interesting speakers for the
year 2011. If you know of someone who has a story to tell, contact me,
or one of our officers.
Finally, I hope you will attend
our “free” lecture programs whenever you are able, pay your dues if you
have not done so, and continue to encourage and support us in our efforts
to preserve the history of Lower Dorchester County.
John S. “Pat” Neild, Jr., President
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