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The Elkhart Historical Society is excited to
introduce Janet Roney as the featured speaker for our Friday, April
25th dinner lecture. Her presentation, "How Racoons Saved Illinois
from Canada, and Other Frontier Tales", is guaranteed to either
enlighten you, or refresh your memory of the formation of our great
country. Hint, you may want to review the facts surrounding the
Northwest Territory. Speaker Roney is a multi-faceted individual
with a background steeped in history, farming, authoring a column,
“Remembering Who We Are,” for her local paper, the Sullivan News
Progress. An accomplished artist as well, she traveled the Midwest
art fair circuit for over thirty years. Her realistic and detailed
watercolors, oils, and prints of the central Illinois prairie
landscape are in many public and private collections. Her continuing
interest is locating early trails of central Illinois and sharing
the stories she finds along the way. Janet is a 1959 graduate of
Sullivan High School and a 1963 graduate of the University of
Illinois, with a degree in the teaching of history and social
studies.
The evening includes the lecture and dinner featuring an entree
choice of Baked Chicken or Pork Loin with gravy. For a complete
menu, cost, and reservation form, please see the website:
www.elkharthistoricalsociety.org or click
here. You can also click the photo below.
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Reservations are required and
must be made by calling 217-947-2238. The deadline for
reservations is April 18. Please leave a message and you will be
called back to confirm your reservation. Once confirmed, checks
should be mailed within 5 business days to The Elkhart
Historical Society at P.O. Box 255, Elkhart, IL, 63634, or
dropped off at the Country Bumpkin Shop at 103 Gov. Oglesby St.,
Elkhart, IL Weds-Sun 10 a.m-3 p.m. The venue for the event is
the Elkhart Christian Church’s Fellowship Community Center at
206 South Gillett St., in Elkhart, Illinois. Doors open at 5:00
p.m., and dinner is served promptly at 5:30 p.m.
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