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ANI{UAL MEETIT,rc

Thc Annual Meetiag for the FitchburgHistorieal Sociefy was held ou Suuday April19, 2Al5 at &e F'itchburg Public Library-The speaker for the program was MollyFifield-Murray- Molly received herundergraduate degree in history at theUniversity of Missouri, ffid her graduatedegree ia landscape architectme at the {JW-Madison. She has been oukeach andeducation manager at the UW arboretummore tha& 20 years aad has bee,n a *equentguest on &e Larry Meiller show onWisconsin Public Radio {is6115sing suchtopics as the place of native plants in ourecosystem and in our gardens. She presenteda power point lecture showing the growth ofthe Arborefirm from the early NativeAmericans to the visioa of Aldo Leopoldand others who saw the need of conservinggreen space in a growing wban area Mollythen fielded questions ftom the ardience.We extend our thanks to her for herimpressive presentation. It made us allaware of the wonderful oasis we have in our*neighbor" to the north. Aftsr ths program abrief business meeting was hEld- TheAfllual Meeting is renews.l time fcrmembership and tirne ta hold an election forthe tsoard of Directors. Four members of the

Board had terms expiring: Dan Carpenter,John Darling Rich Eggleston and CatherineSchneider. Dan dectrined to run fer auothertenu due to conflicting time sche&iles. Tfueother three agreed to

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on the slate of candidates. The nominatingcommittee added Alan Tereba to the slate.A request for aomiaations frorn the floorwgnt rrnanswered. A motion was made andseconded to elect the slate of caadidates aspresented. A ,nanimous vote to elect themfollowed. Tho other members of the Boardof' Directors are:. Eric Amlie, yerueBrummel, Kay Harty, Adrianne lmilkcwski,Carotre Kinney, lYinnie Lacy, DianneReynolds, aad Roger Tesch. Regularmeetiags of the Board are held six times ayear on the first Saturday of every othermonth. If thsre 36 *hings you want theBoard to know or if you have questionsabout Fitchburg History you caa send anemail to';+ ** **,:li i: : :r;:;i*.:-g::ia i i

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JTINE PROGRAM

On Tuesday, June 2od'The Fitchburg publicLibrary and Fitchburg Historical Sociaty arehosting Tomlaughlin, producer of

trYisconsin Fublic Television's "AmerieanBara Stories" ssries- Tom will discuss thehistory aad prcservation of WiscousinBarns. The program will be held at T p-a.ia the second floar meeting room at theLibrary.

Dane Comty poster

ln conjunctian withthe preseatation the caseoutside of the Fitchburg Room in the librmynow has a display ofbams of Fitchburg.

FITCITBURG HISTORY 101

Whm Fitchburg beca:ae a township i& 184?it was known as Greeq_field" It was overseenby a Town Board corsistiog of a Chairmanand two Supervisors aloag with c&erofficials: Clerk, Treasurer, Assessor,C-onstable, aad Commissioaers of Highwaysaad Schools- Because of confusion with theTownship of Greenfield near Milwaui<ee thepcst office mandated a nams change aadFitchburg was chosea. Tovm meetings wereheld at the homes of the variaus Supervisorsuntil 1877 when $500.00 was allocated tcbuild a suitable tswn hall. Instructions wereto have it built i]r tinne for the 1STBNovember 1*t electioa. A wooden town hallwas built in secticn 21 atwhatlgnCIw 2377S. Fish Hatchery Road. That building wasused until 1964 when an addition to be usedas a tcwn hall was built on to the alreadypresent garage for town tucks. The newTcwn Hall qras built fsr 9141,00&00.

The wooden buildiag vras soid t* a neighborwho removed it &om the property.Fitchburg's growth contiaued aud in 1993&e torya won approval to become a 4e classcity and the Torm Hall becanae ..Ciry Hall",,Space in that City Hall becaeo very tightan* i., 1989 a new City Hall was built onLacy Road where it remains to this day. Thepopulatinn nf Fitchburg has growa &om 5ggiE i850 to its present population of 26,000(more or less). Addidonat information aboutthe history of Fitchburg calr be foryd in &e

available for purchase at the &ont desk afCity Hall or at the Fitchbuqg HistoricalSocie{r-

VOLUNTEER, EE''LP F{EEI}ED

We have not received any word from FI{Smembers who wouldbe willing to help withsome of the projects we have oa the ageoda.A big help woutrd be someone who cculdenter data into the phato index about ourimages. One day a month would be a bighelp. The voluateer wotld nct have to workatrone- A member af the archives wouid befhere to he1p. Ancther project would involvescanning the 35rnm slide images in ourcollection oato a more retainatrle format.The equipment for this projeet is available tous.

MEMBERSHIP REMIHI}ER

Memberships seem to have fallen by thewayside. If you have not sent ia membershipfor the 2015 - 2A16 year you can still do itby sendiag your information to &e FIIS,5530 Lacy Roa{ Fitchburg WI 53711.Individual membership is $tO-00 and familymenabership is $12.00-