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Member's Newsletter -- December, 2004
HISTORIC MILLBURN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC.
38757 N. U.S. Highway 45
Millburn of Old Mill Creek, IL 60046
December 2004 Newsletter
Annual H.M.C.A. Christmas Tea
The Annual H.M.C.A. Christmas Tea will be
held at Millburn Manor, 19020 Grass Lake
Road, Millburn, Sunday, December 19th from
4:00-6:00 p.m. Please bring an hors d’oeuvre
or Christmas sweet to share. We look forward
to seeing you to celebrate the season.
A Generous Donation
We owe a debt of gratitude to Ruth White
and the Questers, Old Plank Road Traveler’s
Unit 724, for their $400 donation. The Illinois
State Questers matched the donation. These
generous donations, totalling $800, made it
possible for the H.M.C.A. to restore the
Millburn Cemetery gate with the brass letters
that spell out the name.
Fall Picnic
The Annual Fall Picnic held at Mildred
Haisma’s home in Millburn was a big success.
The weather was beautiful. It was nice to
have some new members present who recently
joined the HMCA. Good food and good
friends! It was a lovely event.
Membership
If you know of anyone who might be
interested in joining, please have them call
Dorothy Berthold at 847-265-1967. We are
always looking for new members. You don’t
have to live in Millburn to join the Historic
Millburn Community Association.
Museum Hours
The museum will close for the year on
Sunday, December 12th. It will reopen again
in mid-April, 2005.
Volunteers Needed!
We desperately need volunteer shopkeepers
for Martin’s General Store Museum for 2005.
Please consider volunteering an afternoon of
your time. It’s an easy job! NO EXPERIENCE
IS NECESSARY!
New Website Address
The H.M.C.A. has a new website address.
Visit www.hmca-il.org. There you will find so
much wonderful information, including
photographs, old newspaper articles,
biographical sketches, etc.
In Appreciation
Thank you for your continued support. We
count on your participation to continue
operating the Martin General Store Museum
and local preservation efforts. Wishing you
and yours a blessed and healthy holiday
season.
From the Archives
from the pages of the Waukegan Daily Gazette
19 December 1903
A big sleigh load of ladies and children went to
the city Saturday morning to attend the
Matinee. Their train was so delayed with the
snow storm they did not get home until
midnight. John Thain went to Lake Villa after
them, and got home at 12 o'clock.
19 December 1885
Santa Clause is coming.
Our young ladies are going.
It speaks well for our girls and shows good
sense in the boys when the latter go off and set
themselves up in business and return here for
their better halves. Not every ambitious young
man can find the business that suits him, in this
quiet place; but there are plenty first-class
partners.
Haul your wool while sleighing is good.
Inquiries:
Contact Dorothy Berthold at 847-265-1967
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