At the June 2016 General Membership meeting our special guest speaker was Eileen Wagner, author of The Ghost City of San Luis Island. We also viewed our digital copy of an old promotional move about Alvin.

AMS had the annual membership meeting Sunday, June 28. Thanks were extended to outgoing board members and introduction of new board members. We were treated to a skit with dancing cows to point out our newest exhibit of dairy equipment showing the history of the dairy business in Alvin.

Don't forget !!! On Saturday, April 18th, 2015, Alvin Museum Society will sponsor the Fifteenth Annual Alvin Area Garden Tour. Touring hours are 10:00 A.M. til 4:00 P.M., and the tour price of $8.00* is a tax-deductible donation to AMS. The event includes tours of three private area gardens (listed below) plus the Marguerite Rogers House Museum, as well as a plant sale out of the House Museum garage and Alvin Garden Club's Annual Flower Show at the Senior Center. Garden of Joe Sumners at 703 Old Galveston Rd. Garden of Bob and Judy Webb at 1404 Highland Dr. Garden of Roger and Jeannette Stuksa at 2185 Troon Dr. This year’s Tour theme is "Conserving, Recycling, and Winterizing." The theme of this year’s Flower Show is "A Fantasy Fairy Tale: 'Jack and the Beanstalk.'" *$8.00 Tickets with flyers and maps will be available on the day of the tour at each garden. Advance tickets are available for only $7.00 each until April 17 at several places in Alvin: the Alvin-Manvel Area Chamber of Commerce, Helen’s Flowers, DaVinci Salon, and during open times at Alvin Historical Museum. Please purchase tickets for yourself and a companion to join in the fun, or give tickets as gifts to friends or loved ones. Even if you are scheduled to work a two-hour shift, there will still be plenty of time for going on the tour. Proceeds from the event will fund maintenance of the House Museum and grounds. For a nominal rental fee, there is boothspace available on the Museum grounds for venders of garden/patio art, furniture, accessories, etc. For further information, call 28l-393-l538 or consult the Alvin Museum Society blogspot: amuseums.blogspot.com. (Calls and e-mails will be done during the 2 weeks before the event to remind AMS members who have signed up to work shifts at the sites and lend support by doing other necessary tasks before, during, and after the Tour.)

The October General membership Meeting of the Alvin Museum Society featured a program by James Glover who is a well known researcher on the descendants of the founding families of Brazoria County. According to Mr. Glover, the families, including the Thomas family, from which he is descended, have “intertwined throughout time and territory, “creating an interesting family story which he enjoys telling.

Alvin Museum Society to look at its “FAMILY ALBUM” Program on Founding Family Descendants

The October General membership Meeting of the Alvin Museum Society will feature a program by James Glover who is a well known researcher on the descendents of the founding families of Brazoria County. According to Mr. Glover, the families, including the Thomas family, from which he is descended, have “intertwined throughout time and territory, “creating an interesting family story which he enjoys telling. In keeping with its continuing work to collect information The Society is extending a special invitation to local residents who have a connection to early settlers to attend the meeting , at which group or individual photographs will be taken to add to the Society’s archives. In addition, participants can share old family photographs which will be scanned and added to the museum’s collection. Documentation on the photograph will be recorded, along with the image to be stored. For the enjoyment of the group some of the photographs currently in the collection will be shown in a film presentation. The meeting is 2:00p.m. Sunday, October 26, 2014, at the Alvin Senior Center. For more information call 218-33-4469 or email- alvinms@att.net.

Our October meeting featured a presentation by Michael Bailey of the Brazoria County Museum, and Les Pettigrew of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. They gave us a presentation of the fortifications along the Texas coast during the Civil War. Photos are at the link below.
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PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS
We have been busy with our membership drive. We sent out letters to all of our 2012-2013
members encouraging them to join us again and help preserve Alvin’s History for the future. A
letter also went out to all Alvin-Manvel Chamber of Commerce members inviting them to support
the Museum Society. And, if that is not enough, two of our members are making the rounds to area
organizations presenting programs highlighting the roll of the AMS in our community. If you have
not joined for the year, please consider doing so. Check the new memberships listed in this
newsletter and in the 2013 June newsletter to see if your dues are paid.
The Civil War permanent exhibit is installed with just a few things yet to complete. We hope to
have it ready in time for our October 27 meeting. The Karankawa exhibit has had some additions as
well. Come by to see your Museum volunteers at work.
At our Annual June General Membership Meeting, we had a “Mystery Item.” Lois Horner
guessed that the item was a corn husker and received a Christmas ornament as a prize. She
remembered using a husker like that one when she was a child. Congratulations, Lois!
See you on Sunday, October 27.
–Mona

ALVIN MUSEUM SOCIETY
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Sunday, October 27, 2013, 2:00 P.M.
Alvin Senior Center, 309 W. Sealy St., west wing
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Be sure to put October 27th on your calendar!!! The General Membership Meeting
will start at 2:00 P.M. with Michael Bailey and Les Pettigrew (in period garb)
introducing our latest AMS exhibit, “The Civil War Years.” Their Civil War
presentation, entitled “The Blue and The Gray,” is about Confederate Forts on the
Texas Gulf Coast. Bailey and Pettigrew are both members of the 13th Texas Infantry
Regiment, Camp #1565 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
There will be announcements and refreshments after the program.