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Updated March 9, 2008

Programs & Events


March 12, General Meeting
7 p.m., Cherry Hill School.
Martin Hershock
“Railsplitters to Robber Barons” Explores the history of the Republican Party of Lincoln to its later support of railroad excesses and the industrial elite

April 9, General Meeing
7 p.m., Cherry Hill School.
Larry Arnold
“Lydia Pinkham & the Patent Medicine Frauds”
A humorous look at the rampant patent medicine industry in the early 1900's - before the Food & Drug Agency came into being.

May 14, General Meeting
7 p.m., Cherry Hill School.
Martin Brosnan
“You Ought To Have An Auto”
A humorous slide presentation on the move from the reliable horse to the early autos on the dusty city streets by a popular area speaker.

September 10, General Meeting
7 p.m., Cherry Hill School.
Fred Priebe
“The Election of 1864“”
A popular Abraham Lincoln reenactor who speaks in character speaking on one of the most important elections in American history.

October 8, General Meeting
7 p.m., Cherry Hill School.
Cindy Blake
“Michigan Ghost Watchers”
A presentation in time for Halloween on paranormal investigations by a local Canton author and Society member.

November 12, General Meeting
7 p.m., Cherry Hill School.
Dick Waldecker
“C. S. Lewis and the Chronicles of Narnia”
A look at the unique author whose children's fantasies sold over 100 million copies in 30 different languages.