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To Discover, Identify, Restore and Preserve the Heritage of Kent Island Newsletter of the Kent Island Heritage Society, Inc. Winter 2020-21 Officers President’s Message PRESIDENT The message in this newsle er will echo some of the thoughts Jack E. Broderick included in the mailing for our annual dues. 2020 has been VICE PRESIDENT quite a year for all of us. It looks like the pandemic challenges Robert Lowe will con nue un l the vaccine becomes widely available in the coming year. As you know, we cancelled all of our in-person RECORDING SECRETARY events through 2020 out of concern for our members and our Nancy M. Cook community. However, we remain as commi ed as ever to our CORRESPONDING SECRETARY mission to discover, iden fy, explore, and preserve the heritage Carole P. Frederick of Kent Island. Our board meets virtually and con nues with plans to keep our historic proper es in good repair. TREASURER Lynne Riley-Coleman Our ongoing projects include maintaining the Stevensville sites, refurbishing the Kirwan General Store sign, improving the interior of the Kirwan House, and comple ng DIRECTORS Linda Collier the blacksmith shop. We are in twofold contact with archaeologist Dr. Darrin Lowery John Conley in planning for the return and display of the Marks’s Indian ar facts collec on and in Lou Crouch suppor ng the Parson’s Island project, now extended through 2021. Jay Gibson Toni Gibson Currently, we are brainstorming the feasibility of buying the Stevensville Bank to ensure Kristin Green its preserva on as an historic site. The bank is for sale so we are studying various ways this Mark Lidinsky Leslie Moore possible purchase might be funded. Ross Perot famously said, “the devil is in the details”. Linda Moore We are also suppor ng the eff orts of the Friends of Historic Christ Church Founda on to Annie May Price preserve the 1880 church in Stevensville. The Queen Anne’s County Comprehensive Master Plan is slated to be updated in 2021, PAST PRESIDENTS and we an cipate input in that project. Our main focus con nues to be the protec on of Marian Steuart 75-77 all important historic and cultural resources. Becoming more comfortable in the virtual Gordon Seward 77-79 Julius Grollman 79-81 world, we have compiled stories of events and characters from our history, modeled a er Mary White 81-82 the Kent Island High School program developed by board member, Mark Lidinsky. These Walter T. Denny 83-84 programs are available upon request and can be tailored to your situa on. In addi on, we Eva C. White 85-86 are developing online tours of our historic sites through our website, YouTube, and other C. Gilbert Dunn 87-89 pla orms, coordina ng with QACTV and commercial video companies. Our website, Audrey Hawkins 90-92 Charles Koegel 93-94 Facebook, Twi er and Pinterest are up and running. Your sugges ons are welcome. Hugo Gemignani 95-98 Nancy M. Cook 99-08 Since we are not able to host our annual brunch and elec on of offi cers, our format is changing. The new slate of board members for 2021 was presented at our November mee ng and is in this newsle er. If you have any recommended changes or addi ons, please respond by December 15. No response will be considered your affi rma on of Continued on page 2 KIHS Committees Continued from page 1 Membership John Conley, Chair the new slate. The swearing in of the 2021 board is Budget CALENDAR planned for our virtual board mee ng in December. Bob Lowe, Chair 2021 Jay Gibson We call your a en on to the change in our recording Linda Collier secretary posi on. Nancy Cook will be assuming the JANUARY 20 Lynne Riley-Coleman role of board member, a er having served several BOARD MEETING Newsletter years as secretary, and many years in other key leadership posi ons including president. Many thanks Carole Frederick, Editor FEBRUARY 17 John Conley, Managing Editor to John Conley for accep ng the task as recording BOARD MEETING Library/Genealogy secretary. Bob Lowe, Chair To help keep the holiday spirit alive, we are hos ng MARCH 17 Lynne Riley-Coleman a socially distanced Santa event in Stevensville on GENERAL MEETING Kirwan House Sunday, December 13. From 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., Santa Linda Collier, Curator will be waving from the door of the historic post offi ce APRIL 21 Gina Cuza where a special mailbox will be placed to accept BOARD MEETING Cray House le ers to Santa. Tables will be set up with candy canes Sally Lewis, Curator MAY 15 and fresh holiday greens from the Kirwan farm to add KENT ISLAND DAY Post Offi ce to your holiday joy. Please stop by with your kids, Fran Peters, Curator grandkids, or just your wonderful selves and share MAY 19 Docents our holiday spirit. BOARD MEETING Sally Lewis, Coordinator Butch Collier We extend our warmest gree ngs for a safe, happy, JUNE 16 Linda Collier and healthy holiday season and a Happy New Year to John Conley GENERAL MEETING you and your families. Nancy Cook Betty Folz JULY 21 Carole Frederick Jack Broderick BOARD MEETING Jay Gibson Toni Gibson AUGUST 18 Gary Haigley BOARD MEETING Chris Kilian Carmen Mendez SEPTEMBER 21 Fran Peters BOARD MEETING Hanna Wall Marilyn Wilson SEPTEMBER 26 Cheryl Valentine ANNUAL PICNIC KIRWAN HOUSE PROGRAMS 1:00 PM 5:00 PM Kent Island Day Jack Broderick, Chair OCTOBER 20 John Conley BOARD MEETING Nancy Cook Carole Frederick NOVEMBER 17 Bob Lowe BOARD MEETING Picnic Carole Frederick, Chair DECEMBER 11 Toni and Jay Gibson ANNUAL MEETING/BRUNCH Linda and Butch Collier ELECTION OF OFFICERS June General Meeting ZOOM across the Bay. William Claiborne (aka Jack Broderick) and Jack Broderick, Chair Senator James Kirwan (aka John Conley) made a Zoom presentation Annual Election Brunch on Kent Island history to the Vintage Ladies of Maryland, Anne Other than board mee ngs, Toni Gibson, Chair Arundel Chapter in October. The women asked several good all other dates depend on questions and look forward to visiting our sites in the future. KIHS the state of COVID19. has speakers on various historic topics that would be happy to make similar virtual presentations to help share our history. 2 “Do you see said she, he’s Thank You, Thank You as tame as he can be…” by Carole Frederick Historic Christ Church is now being prepared for use as a community resource for weddings, meetings and cultural events. We are most thankful to the Kent Island Heritage Society, who has donated $500.00 toward that eff ort and to the president Jack Broderick, who provided much vocal support at the Queen Anne’s County Commissioners’ meetings and throughout the community that the church ownership be given to Cassie Karns, Friends of Historic Christ Church (FHCC). daughter of Kara Davidson. As the FHCC board plans for community usage of the 1880 facility that needs painting, maintenance Oh no! Wrong reptile! That was a crocodile – this upgrades, and operational funds, we will be sending is a terrapin – all 2,500 pounds of it! Russell Kent out notifi cation of our existence in December. obtained it from his parents who bought it in St. FHCC is 501(3)(c) component fund of Chesapeake Michaels, MD. Don’t most U of Maryland alums Charities and therefore, donations would be most have a terrapin in their yards? welcome and could be sent to Friends of Historic Christ Church, 124 Bryce Road, Queenstown, MD Russell tells me that Mom and Dad spied it when they 21658. went to St. Michaels for dinner and fell in love with it. They went back a month or so later and decided to check on the price of it. On the way they also decided This venue will be the gem of the community on their top off er which was only half of the selling price. Mom said no. What a downer…maybe. as soon as it is ready for occupancy. Several weeks later when Mom arrived home from work, there sat the terrapin in her yard! Dad appeased Mom by also buying decorations for it for every holiday and their favorite sports teams (she’s an interior designer)! That was years ago and now it is one of Kent Island’s landmarks. Everybody knows the “turtle house”. Random people stop by to get pictures while sitting on it. This is especially true after 2:00 a.m.! It is made of bronze and took a fl atbed truck and a special forklift to transport it from the “other (No events are being held until 2021 and until we side” to Kent can safely off er space in the ongoing pandemic era.) Island to the tune of $1,000. 3 Clara Rebecca Bryan Davidson 100 years old in November!! CHARTER MEMBER OF THE KENT ISLAND HERITAGE SOCIETY By Carole Frederick Women’s right to vote came along A homemaker extraordinaire, her most and so did Clara! She is a remarkable impressive attributes were cooking and centenarian: she walks (only sometimes hand-sewing. She could cook anything with a cane) she converses (maybe from wild game to the basic casseroles. reading lips a bit) and she knows Her recipes have been passed around everything about times past and the family and enjoyed to this day. present. Most meals were accompanied with homemade biscuits. We have all heard stories of dancing at the Matapeake Club House Clara and her mother, Cora Bryan, and going to Sheel’s Old Mill Restaurant got together every summer and canned (located at the corner of Duke and Main) to vegetables and fruit.
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