President's Reports 2010 & 2011

(Editors note: Our beloved President, Betty Inglis is recuperating from a serious operation in 2011 and wanted to submit this report)

Another successful year at DAHS!

We have completed the room renovations on all three floors. We have our website up and running with our webmaster, Phil Reynolds.

A very successful tea, "Remembering Grandma", was held on Sept. 24, 2011. Over $1500 was realized on this project. Thank you ladies! Also, we appreciate all the efforts of the men.

Thanks to Wendy Baker and the DHS Key Club as well as the Dover Boy Scout Troop #64, the first Halloween Haunted House has been completed. People have been enjoying this project.

We have received a grant, which has helped us with our operating expenses. We will hold a flea market in the Spring of 2012.

George Laurie continues to draft interesting and entertaining newsletters for the Society.

Our ghost, Dorothy, creates great interest from all.

Stan Schoonmaker has provided some interesting programs. His outreach program has led to an increased interest in the Society and attendance at the events.

We have held some class reunions at the museum. We have had flea markets with Stan's clam chowder. There is a special program on our ghost, Dorothy. Stan has created some DVDs of various events.

The house is utilized by many organizations such as, Dover Reading Circle and College Club of Dover, for meetings.

Where to next DAHS?

Respectfully Submitted,
Betty R. Inglis, President

Fund raisers included the profitable tea party "Music of the Decades" thanks to our gracious tea ladies. Special thanks to Brenda Woodhull and Phyllis Casey. The Flea Market in July with the root beer floats and the October event with Stan's delicious clam chowder which sold down to the last spoonful. We even made money on the talk by Ulla Shuler when she spoke on Paul Gruenther. In the daytime, the German students enjoyed the information which Ulla had compiled with a visit to the mill. Buy-A-Brick fund raiser is moving forward thanks to Joan Bocchino.

Stan Schoonmaker, our Vice President, has presented special programs each month and keeps us informed on the latest progress of the Route 46 bridge building process. He has DVDs available for sale of many programs. Check our website for a list. George Laurie continues to write very informative and interesting newsletters.

My special thanks to all of our friends who gave donations in loving memory of my husband Stuart. The donated picture is a small replica of the mural from the Dover train station. It is presently located on the third floor of the Museum House. Venture up if you have not seen it. Stuart always enjoyed the DAHS and would have been proud to be remembered in such a fine way.

We continue to outreach in the community - a program by Stan was presented at Dover General Hospital. The local Scout troup spent a night hoping to see the ghost and other groups meet here: Rebekas Lodge, Dover Reading Circle, Dover College Club, students from Dover High School and Dover Renaissance.

Renovations continue: The side porch needed painting, and thanks to Bob Wagner it was accomplished. Stan has done much with the second and third floors. Special thanks to all those who have worked on this. Beth Olney refurbished our sign by the front door. Thanks Beth, also for directing the children's Holiday Ornaments program last year. They were displayed in the Dover General Hospital lobby. Our officers have worked diligently and continue to serve the Society.

Donations are continuing to come in since the Museum opened. Now that people are settled in here they are anxious to give.

We get requests for various items of information. Just recently a woman from Maryland needed to find a picture of the 1919 graduating class. Stan found, not only the picture which he reproduced, but also an extra program from the event (no yearbook that year.).

I have been happy to see growth of the significant number of members. Vivian Endahl Berg, our longtime president, would have been very happy. Thanks, Vivian for keeping us alive and well.