10 am Saturday open house at Heritage Park historic structures

Please attend or lend a hand or donation to this Oconee County Historical Committee endeavor with the open house at the Central Schoolhouse, tenant house and Rose Hill home in Heritage Park in southern Oconee County.
Subject: Saturday



Hi,
            We have agreed to hold an open house of the 3 buildings that are currently part of Heritage Park.  We agreed to gather at 9:30 so we could get organized before the event started at 10:00.  If you can come join us for any part of the day it would be very much appreciated.  The event ends at 1.
            According to my notes from last night here is a list of things people have agreed to do:
            Richard will print out more copies of the flyer about Central Schoolhouse and fix a bucket and sign for collecting donations for the hayride.
            Lisa and Peggy will see if they can locate the short summary that was prepared last time about the cabin.
            Lisa will also send out the word to the DAR to see if anyone there wants to come help with activities at the cabin.
            Peggy will bring copies of our print, note cards and the banner.
            Anyone interested in helping Richard draw up a plan for places to put possible future historical buildings at Heritage Park will meet at his Elder Farm home (4841 Colham Ferry Road) at 2.  Brent, Ben and Peggy are on the committee but anyone who is interested is welcome.
Peggy
Location: Oconee County, Georgia, USA

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