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Minutes – Tuesday, February 17 2026
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Minutes – Tuesday, February 17 2026
The SJI Historical Society met at 2:00 pm, Feb 17, 2026 at the St Joseph Twp Public Library. Will called the meeting to order at 2:17 pm
In attendance: Will, Bernie, Grant, Paul, Carole and Debby.
Minutes from Jan 20 2026, were read by Bernie. Motion to accept by Debby, second by Carole. Carried
Financial Report for Jan 31 2026 was read by Will. Motion to accept by Paul, seconded by Grant. Carried
New Business
Elections for President for 2026 – Will and Dave have sold and are moving to London. There were no volunteers at this time so put over to next meeting.
Dues – Members paid – Will, Paul & Diane
Meeting locations – It was decided we will have our May and June meeting at the Twp of Jocelyn Hall. Bernie will reserve the dates and request forgiveness of the rental fee.
Committee Reports
Fundraisers – Maps – Will turned over the maps and tubes he had. The extra post for our Historical signs will be picked up by Grant.
- Recipe Books – Kentvale and Moose Sweats restocked, have 6 on hand
- Historical Signs – Still no response from Twp of Jocelyn regarding our sign at the U Line Cemetery or our request to place a plaque for Alice Ward. Bernie will once again request a response.
Plaque for Alice – due to the trouble getting a response from the Twp of Jocelyn on matters, Bernie suggested we perhaps forgo requesting permission to attach the plaque to the pudding stone at the school. We will just get Lock City to put it on a base.
It was discussed getting an updated map from St. Joseph Township prior to printing, and Perry will check on this. (Perry not at meeting)
Cemeteries – Bernie still working on updates. Perhaps in the spring we can visit a few cemeteries and to some headstone cleaning.
Members Open Forum: - Bernie advised we received a copy of Nancy Haight Penrose’s new book – Between a Rock and a Hard Place. This has been put on the shelf.
- Will reported the Twp of St Joseph – Sherry Gladhu – has requested access to some of our files re the 100th celebration of Twp. of St. Joseph. She will contact Bernie.
Next meeting: Twp of St Joseph Public Library Mar 17, 2026 2:00 pm.
Meeting Adjourned 2:54 pm
