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Notes from the President

I was happily working away as Vice President under the leadership of Liz Mard when her personal circumstances required her to step down. She asked me to assume the duties of President and with the knowledge of having an excellent, proactive board support me I agreed. Gloria Thorne continues in her far-reaching role as Curator and Hildi Grob has been elected our Vice President and appointed Program Chair.

As President I have reiterated four commitments that guide our work:

1) Cover the history of Sherman broadly from the 18th through the 20th Centuries.

2) Continue our active involvement with the Sherman School.

3) Team-up with other town organizations to carry out our activities.

4) Continue to promote Roger Sherman, our greatest historical asset.

To this end our very successful “Kids @ Cobbler Shop” summer program continues, with double enrollment and a focus on mid-20th Century life in Sherman. We are working again with the Naromi Land Trust and have reached out to the Sherman Chamber Ensemble and many Sherman senior citizens for support. Our music programs on the Cobbler Shop Field continue, with a repeat Big Band concert and a Civil War family summer concert by the Sherman Chamber Ensemble as part of the Sherman Library’s One Book One Lake program commemorating the Civil War’s Sesquicentennial.

We have located and are in the process of getting the funding for the acquisition of an outstanding collection of early shoemaker’s tools to be used to outfit an operational Shoemaker’s Shop, and we have just the place for it. Roger Sherman became America’s most famous colonial shoemaker, as his life’s work advanced from farmer and shoemaker to founding father and statesman.

I would be remiss (and possibly admonished) if I didn’t acknowledge the great success of The Old Store Museum & Gift Shop. The Old Store is a prime example of the type of highly effective volunteer work that is done around here. There’s always room for more volunteers, so give us a call we’d love to hear from you!

John Jenner

2011 Calendar of Events

Dec 4 (Sun) Holiday Open House at Northrop House Museum and The Old Store