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 Punch and cookies will be served while guests browse a selection
of Christmas gift items ranging from books to an Abraham Lincoln
bust, Abe placemats, Christmas ornaments and memberships or Pioneer
Certificates.
Books include Bill Donath's Generosity and Gary Duane Blessman's The
Logan Regiment...the 106th Illinois Regiment.
Gold ornaments include the Logan County Courthouses, Lincoln City
Hall, Lincoln Public Library, Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, the
Earl Hargrove Chapel and Lincoln Christian College and Seminary;
Lincoln College University Hall, The Arcade Building, Lincoln
Rallies the People, and the 175th anniversary of Logan County. A
silver ornament of the Knapp/Chestnut/Becker Library in Middletown
is also available. Each boxed ornament comes with its own story.
 In addition Lincoln Centennial celebration wooden nickels and
collectible coins will be available.
The following collectible plates are also offered: Logan County
Fair, Sheer's Auto Supply, Villages of Emden, Mt. Pulaski, and
Elkhart, and Zion Lutheran Church, St. Peter Lutheran Church, First
United Methodist Church, Lincoln; and the Mt. Pulaski Methodist
Church.
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Society memberships at a cost of $15 individual or $20 for two
persons residing at the same address will be available along with
Pioneer Certificates. Family history must be completed prior to
receipt of a Pioneer Certificate. Researchers are available to
assist with this.
CD's of the 1886 Logan County History and the 1860 and 1840-1880
Censuses are also available.
In addition to the open house the LCGHS Center is open Tuesday,
Thursday, and Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on the second and
fourth Saturday's each month. However, it will not be open
Thanksgiving Day, but will be open Friday after 1 p.m.
Donations of family history and other historic items pertaining to
Lincoln and Logan County are always welcomed. Proceeds from the open
house help support the Society's endeavors to preserve and promote
local history.
[Diane Osborn]
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