Washington County Historical Society Old Settler's Club Banquet

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Subject: Washington County Historical Society Old Settler's Club Banquet
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 12:41:24 -0600
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Thank you to Lisa Lickel for providing this story..

 

Celebrate The Past

 

Imagine a line of carriages filing down Old Sheboygan Road, turning on off to head for Fillmore and an afternoon of good food, camaraderie and fond memories. The Turner Hall is alight with music and laughter for the Annual Old Settler's Banquet. Your buggy stops at the steps and you are handed down. You didn't realize you were behind Mr. and Mrs. DW Maxon all the way from town. Mrs. Wescott, a pleasure, I'm sure. And Gruhle, back from California. Did you find your gold? Ah, good, Valentine Dhein has chosen to come from Dheinsville this year. He'll have to stay the night, for it's too far to return in a day. And Mr. and Mrs. Frisby! How delightful. Look, poor old Manson Farmer. How he totters. But at least he's upright; that's more than we can say for Mr. Franckenberg who's being brought in now by his man. He'll roll over your feet in his wheeled chair if you don't look sharp. The Jaehnigs will have a full house tonight down the road at their big place. Saxonia House.

 

Generations pass. The century has changed twice over. So have some of the names, but the tradition has been reborn. For the 22nd year in a row, the Washington County Historical Society sponsors the re-creation of the original Old Settler's Banquet on Sunday, February 21.

 

The Banquet rotates among the towns of Washington County and is always held on the third weekend of February to honor President's Day. This year, the town of Farmington hosts the banquet which will be held in the historic Fillmore Turner Hall.

 

Beginning at 11:00 AM, you will be greeted by our hostess, Miss Stephanie Broughton, wearing an authentic re-creation of a Civil War dress sewn by her mother, Dotty Broughton of BackHome Arts. The costume is made from pattern of the era and includes five layers of undergarments. Members of The Kettle Country Kids 4-H will welcome you and help you with your coat and offer you elk meatball appetizers courtesy of Meadow Creek Elk Farms and Monica's County Catering. Besides enjoying the cash bar in the exquisite bar room, be sure to browse among the historic farm, family genealogies, and local business displays. BackHome Arts will also feature a log cabin quilt made exclusively from 1860-1880 reproduction fabric. Members of the Farmington Historical Society are particularly pleased to showcase brand new hand-built models of three buildings on the National Register of Historic Sites. These replicas of the Saxonia House, St. John of God Church, and St. Peter's Church are re-created with extensive detail in the construction of the building, windows, and steeples by Evarist Henke of the Town of Erin.

 

A delicious, locally prepared meal of chicken, tenderloin tips and spaetzel begins at noon. Enjoy dessert from the Cedar Crest Ice cream company, owned by one of our Farmington families. Following dinner is a multi-media presentation titled Farmington: Our Town, Our Story. Video-edited by the talented Jane Lazarevic, the show uses old film clips, historic and modern photos and video melded with the narration of former town chairman James Dieringer and present clerk, Joanne Oneska.

 

Even the school is involved. In a class project learning about Native American pottery, Farmington Elementary art teacher, Susan Seibel, had students of Mrs. Wenzlaff and Ms. Peltonen's fifth grade classes make coil style pottery to be used as centerpieces for the Old Settler's banquet. Students designed, glazed and decorated each piece, and signed their names on the bottom.

 

If you are attending:

Tickets that include a meal, ambience, and program are $17.00. Cash bar. Reservations can be made until February 12 by calling the Washington County Historical Society at 262-335-4678, on line at www.historyisfun.com
<http://www.historyisfun.com/> , or by mailing in a registration form to 320 S 5th Ave. West Bend, WI 53095.

 

Fillmore Turner Hall is located on County H in Fillmore, approximately 5 miles east of Highway 45, approximately 5 miles north of Barton/West Bend, approximately 10 miles west from Highway 57. County A is an alternate route into Fillmore from West Bend or Saukville: take A to County M or Trading Post Trail.

 

 

Lisa A. Rogers

Director of Marketing and Development

Washington County Historical Society

320 S. 5th Avenue

West Bend, WI 53095

262-335-4678

www.historyisfun.com

 

Help "Capture the Past" with a donation to the Society

 

 

 



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