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Preserving the Heritage of Fond du Lac Is a Worthy Goal

Monday Morning

There were 12 members and one guest present at the Monday meeting. Tracy Reinhardt was our guest. John did the grace. Marlin was our greeter. Happy dollars, John was happy for 2019. Glen was happy for his newest grandchild. Pete was happy for the holidays. Charlene had the humor. Harry was winner and loser. He picked the Jack of Clubs. There are 48 cards left with a pot of $60.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Tracy Reinhardt, Building on a Legacy

Tracy gave us recap of the Historical Society and the Galloway House. In order to insure the continuation of both, they need volunteers. Prior to the Galloway Village, the Old Settlers club was started in the 1800’s. Galloways donated the house in 1954. It had been vacate for twenty three years. The family collected and donated a number of pieces of furniture back to the house. The start of adding the others buildings began with the Log Cabin in 1962. They continued adding buildings thru the 2000. The Welling House was added in 1971. In 1972, the Railroad Depot and Caboose were added. The Firehouse with original doors from the North Main Fire Station were added in 1975. The Blakely family built the Blakely Museum in 1980. In 1987, the Pavilion was built by the Exchange Club. This is all located on 16 acres. It takes lots of money and volunteers to keep the buildings in good shape. They try to work on three buildings a year.

History from Stones

Monday Morning

There were 17 members plus two guests, Tracy Reinhardt and Jim Serres at the Monday’s meeting.  Jackie and Jim were the greeters. Gary Miller did the grace. Charlene had the humor. Dawn had happy bucks for the hay harvest and kid’s baseball games. Gary Miller had a happy buck for the great life Donna’s aunt had. She passed away at 102. Charlene had two bucks for kids’ game and her son’s band. Glen had a happy buck for his eight grandkids. Mark had a buck for all his relatives. Steve had a happy buck for his newest grandchild born 8 minutes ago. Special thanks for all those who set and attended the Annual Picnic. We had over sixty people there. We had both baseball teams, Key Club, band boosters and Family Resource Center. Bonnie has the sign up for Dock Spiders on July 30th. If you are signed up, please get your money to Bonnie. Bonnie was winner and loser. She drew the Six of Diamonds. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Rienzi Cemetary, Tracy Reinhardt

If stones could talk, this is the third of Tracy’s presentations to our club. She talked about the Night the church’s burned and Lakeside Park. Rienzi Cemetery was started by Governor Nathaniel Potter Tallmadge in 1845 He donated eight acres to bury his son, William. Today, it covers 100 acres and has 24,000 individuals buried here. In additional to Rienzi there are another 119 cemeteries in Fond du Lac County. James Doty and Mason Darling were two of the original land developers in Fond du lac. For more information, visit Tracy at the Fond du Lac Historical Society’s Thorton Library. Then, take a walk thru Rienzi.

Fond du Lac History in Pictures

Monday Morning

There were 16 members plus five guests. at our Monday  meeting. Lois Towne joined Marlin for breakfast. We had an interclub from the Noon club. They were Don Kurki, DickTaddey, Ray Farr and Ann Calnin. Glen and Pete were our greeters. Marlin and Chris had happy bucks. Father Glen had the grace. Steve had humor. Harry announced preliminary numbers on Pork Fest. We had 1,375 tickets turned in for dinner.  Profits look to be around $8,900. Reminder from Anne Lemke be sure to “Like” our Kiwanis page on Instagram.  Melissa Schmidt represented the club at the Boys and Girls Club Annual Spelling Bee last week. Their team came in the middle of pack. She was teamed with a 3rd and 6th grader.  Reminder from Harry, Rewards Winners be sure to fill out and return your form. Sharon was our winner and loser. She drew the Ace of Clubs. There are 35 cards left and a pot of $230.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, like our page.  We have a projector for our speakers; please contact John if you need it. Speaking of programs for the future, get information to Peter or myself. Member names are being added under Programs for your future dates.

Tracy Reinhardt, Lakeside Park Photo History

Tracy has collected a number of Langdon Divers’s photos of Lakeside Park. Lakeside was just a marsh on Lake Winnebago in the early days. There was more water than land in the beginning. The first pavilion was built at the end of Main St, in 1905. In 1921 the trolley ran to the park along Main St.. Other attractions to the park in the early days were camping, boat houses, and skating. They had races on the ice. As part of beach, a 60 slide was built in 1921. The beach and bath houses closed in 1965 due to the poor water quality. In 1924 they built the present band stand and a giant sandbox. The band stand is still there. Tracy works at the Galloway house and loves to collect history on Fond du Lac. Tracy has a great program on the night the churches burned in Fond du Lac.