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Next Saturday, Dec. 18, the chess club will meet at the library
at 11 a.m. All ages are welcome to come sharpen their wits in a game
of chess. Kerri and Kathy Sommers, John and Tammy Rodems are mentors
for the group.
A special Christmas concert is scheduled for Dec. 19 at 1 p.m. at
the library and museum. Two talented musicians, Pat Miller and
MeLane Coulter, will provide Christmas music on guitar and harp.
They invite the public to come listen and sing favorite Christmas
selections with them. There will also be Christmas goodies to enjoy.
The concert, chess club and monthly reading sessions are all free
and open to the public. The Knapp Library and Museum is
wheelchair-accessible.
Recent gifts to the library
Robert Church, executive director of the Illinois Professional
Land Surveyors Association, donated several valuable historical
items to the library and museum during a presentation Nov. 14 at the
New Holland-Middletown School. As the event was described by Brenda
Bowen, writing in the Nov. 15 edition of the Peoria Journal-Star,
"Residents of this small Logan County town followed the footsteps of
Abraham Lincoln on Sunday afternoon." The PowerPoint presentation by
Church and Tracy Garrison indicated that Lincoln had correctly
traced the Musick Ferry Road survey but made some minor errors.
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 The donated items on permanent display are:
- Miniature cold cast bronze statue of "Abe Lincoln, the
Surveyor." The statue is a miniature of the 9-foot bronze statue
at New Salem State Park, Petersburg, given by the Illinois
Professional Land Surveyors Association.
- Print of "A. Lincoln, the Surveyor," by Lloyd Ostendorf.
- Book by Adin Baber: "A. Lincoln with Compass and Chain"
(1967), republished by Bob Church (2003).
- Sangamon County land patent applications: John Sturdivan,
Sept. 16, 1831; David Enslow, Oct. 15, 1834; Bradford King,
March 20, 1837; Moses H. Stone, March 30, 1837; W.A. Stone,
March 30, 1837.
In addition, Margaret Graham Kincaid has given the library a copy
of a March 1835 land survey done around the community of Tice for
John K. Kincaid, grandfather of her husband, J. Kennedy Kincaid.
For hours the library is open or to make appointments to research
these and other items, please call (217) 445-2050 or (217) 445-2708.
[News release provided by Winnie Golden]
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