An original Tom Clifford painting will be raffled off at the Brookfield Historical Society’s annual meeting on October 18, 2009, starting at 4:00 PM at the Pond Village Church. The painting is a scene of Malletts Bay at night.
Brookfield Historical Society Annual Meeting
Cranky Yankees: All Together, Now! and Potluck Supper
The Brookfield Historical Society is holding its annual meeting on Sunday, October 18th, at the Pond Village Church in Brookfield starting at 4:00 p.m.
Jim Cooke will be presenting his much acclaimed “Cranky Yankee” presentation and you are all invited. He is known for Calvin Coolidge: More Than Two Words—a one-man show that has changed popular perceptions and challenged scholarly misperceptions of Vermont’s only elected president. Jim has created other one man performances based mainly on New England characters. “Cranky Yankees: All Together, Now” is a chance to see Calvin Coolidge, Daniel Webster, and John Quincy Adams joined by Ethan Allen, James Whitcomb Riley, Samuel Sewall, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Joseph P. Kennedy, to name but a few. While not exactly a “How to…”, this lecture/performance features Jim’s. The program is sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council (VHC) Speakers Bureau and the Brookfield Historical. It is free, open to the public, and accessible to people with disabilities.
The potluck supper is free and open to all as well, but donations will be accepted and tickets distributed at the door to donors. After the presentation, there will be a drawing to raffle off door prizes, which will include an original Thomas Clifford painting, maple syrup, and historical photographs and calendars. We hope to see you there.
Ice Cream Social & Antique Quilt Exhibit
The Brookfield Historical Society is hosting an Ice Cream Social on Sunday, August 2nd from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Marvin Newton House (headquarters of the Society), located on Ridge Road in Brookfield. Attendees may also view a special exhibit of Brookfield quilts from the late 18th to the early 20th Century. Public Invited. Donations accepted.
Local Quilts
“INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT OLD QUILTS”
With
MARY FLOYD
JULY 19TH, 2:00 P.M.
Featuring
BROOKFIELD QUILT
COLLECTION
Late 1700’s to Early 1900’s
MARVIN NEWTON HOUSE
The collection will also be on exhibit
each Sunday from July 12th thru
Aug. 30th at the Historical house.
2009 Victorian Tea
The Brookfield Historical Society presents a “Victorian Tea.” The event will take place at the Marvin Newton House on June 28, 2009, with seatings at 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. Tea and a variety of sweet and savory delicacies will be served. For reservations, please call 276-3394. Join us for a glimpse of the past in the elegant setting of the Museum of the Brookfield Historical Society– $5.00 per person.
Come and enjoy our 2009 exhibit featuring quilts from Brookfield. The exhibit will be on display at the Victorian Tea.
2009 Ice-Out Contest Results
The sixth annual “Ice-Out Contest” sponsored by the Brookfield Historical Society came to a conclusion on April 17th at exactly 5:56 a.m.
That was three days earlier than the event occurred in 2008.
The winner of the contest was Raymond H. Doane, Jr., of Brookfield, who submitted an estimate of April 17 at 10 a.m.
Half of the contest proceeds of $585 will be distributed among three prize winners including the contestant with the closest time after the winning time, Ellen Cole of Brookfield, who estimated 10:20 a.m., and the contestant with the closest estimate before the winning time, Jarid Wheeler of Brookfield who estimated 3:15 p.m. on April 16th.
The timing apparatus, positioned on Sunset Pond north of the Floating Bridge, was designed by engineering students in Professor Greg Wight’s Mechtronics class at Norwich University. Ice-out occurs when a cement block secured to the apparatus, positioned north of the Brookfield Floating, plunges through the ice and stops an attached alarm clock.
The ice-out contest, in addition to benefiting the Brookfield Historical Society, is a celebration of spring and an attempt to predict the vagaries of a Vermont winter.
Brookfield Town Meeting Results
The Herald of Randolph, Vt., March 5, 2009, article “Brookfield Votes ’stimulus’ Package” by Norman Runnion provides a good review of the meeting.
Brookfield Village Historic District
To view the complete National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form of the Brookfield Village Historic District submitted in 1973 click on the following PDF:
Brookfield Town Meeting
The Brookfield Town Meeting starts at 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at the Brookfield Elementary School. The school meeting follows the noon lunch. Balloting on all elected offices and on the school budget is 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the elementary school.
6th Annual Ice-Out Contest
Winter Greetings! This is to invite your participation in what has become a rite of spring in Brookfield. The 6th Annual Ice-Out Contest is in progress.
Tickets are on sale through March 31st at $5.00 each. Ticket purchasers have the opportunity of guessing when a cement block, attached to an alarm clock, plunges through the ice of Brookfield’s Sunset Lake. The timing apparatus, designed by engineering students in Professor Greg Wight’s mechatronics class at Norwich University, is set on the north side of the Floating Bridge and in a central position on the lake.
Fifty percent of the receipts from the ticket sales will be awarded as prize money on the following basis:
- 25% of prize money for the nearest estimated time to the actual “ice-out”
- 12.5% of the prize money for the closest time before the winning estimate
- 12.5% of the prize money for the closest time after the winning estimate
- 50% of the receipts will benefit the Brookfield Historical Society
Here is an opportunity for you to exercise your powers of prediction, test theories of global warming, win a prize, and enhance the Brookfield Historical Society’s resources and ability to carry out a variety of programs and initiatives.
Copy as many of the tickets below as needed and send the tickets with the appropriate entry fee to the designated address. Your continued support of the Society is important and appreciated.
To access the ticket form click on the following PDF file:
