Greetings all!

The Laurel Valley Area Historical Society will hold its first annual “Annual Meeting” on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at the Kenneth A. Stuart Funeral Home in New Florence. I realize that this is just two short weeks after the last meeting, but we are attempting to get on a regular schedule and our draft Constitution and Bylaws call for an annual meeting in April of each year. This will serve as an organizational meeting for the coming year (April 2023 through March 2024) as we hope to plan some interesting and fun activities for the Society. I sent out an ‘event invite’ for the last meeting and it confused a bunch of folks so I’m not going to do that this time — but please join us if you are able.

Along with the Annual Meeting, we will also be opening up the Society to official memberships. We have a bit of a two-edged sword here as we are just getting the society organized and running so we don’t have much to offer yet for your membership dollar but without some early funding, we are not going to be able to develop an organization that will be enjoyable to be a member of! Right now, membership includes voting rights which is critical in defining the direction of the organization and planning the activities for the coming year.

We are currently offering individual memberships for $20 per calendar year but they will be prorated for this first year as we only have 3/4 of a year left — so an individual membership for the remainder of this year will be $15. Family memberships are normally $40 per year (for a family of four — $10 per family member beyond 4) but will be $30 for this year and $7.50 for each additional family member beyond 4. Each family member must have the same physical address. Life memberships are also available — please contact me for details if you are interested. We will offer several levels of corporate membership/sponsorship at a later date. Membership applications will be available at the Annual Meeting and will be posted here also. For now, we will be collecting only cash or checks for dues.

Hope to see you on Wednesday!

Doug Hull

PS:  You can send checks — along with name, address, email — to Laurel Valley Area Historical Society, box 97, new Florence, pa 15944. I will post an application in a few days that will have all the information — but if you want to send now, just follow the instructions here.

If you have any questions, please contact Dick Stuart for more information.  Kathy Mack, the society’s President is taking time off to deal with a family matter.  Thank you.

Richard C. Stuart, Vice President
Laurel Valley Area Historical Society
Email: richard@thestuartfuneralhomes.com
Phone: 724-235-2211