Farewell from past President: I would like to say thank you to our

Volume 1, Issue 7
January/February 2012
Scott
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Farewell from past President: I would like to say
thank you to our Board Members, Lynn and Don
Hargrave, Secretary and Treasurer, for their hard
work in helping to establish the Society. Also a
big thank you to all our members, for believing in
this board to create the first Historical and Genealogical Society for Scott. It has been an exciting 6
months for all of us. What started as a few people
getting together to say “yes, we want a Scott Historical and Genealogical Society” to
having over 40
members has been
amazing. We set up
a Scott Historic District committee
which provided Fenstermaker with over
35 buildings that we
felt should be included in an historic
district. We were able to receive Non-Profit 501
(C) (3) status from the IRS, which makes the
society eligible to apply for grants. A big thank
you goes out to Dennis Carr for establishing our
own website and creating our monthly newsletter,
the Scott Crier.
Merci beaucoup to Becca Begnaud, we have
started monthly musical fundraisers. Through the
fundraisers we have been able to purchase some
video equipment to record not only the musical
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O r g a n i z a t i o n
n o t e s
events but other events. We have been fortunate
to have a few monetary donations to help with the
purchase of supplies. There is a French Café
every Wednesday at The Coffee Depot for not
only members but others to be able to enjoy an
afternoon with French conversation.
There are many members who have helped in
many ways. June Broussard is always there to
lend a hand. These are
just a couple of the outstanding members that
we have in our society.
The Society voted to
publish a book through
Arcadia Publishing
about the city of Scott as
a major fundraiser. It
was decided the time
frame for the book
would be from 1860s to
1960s. We have a deadline of May 2012 to have
the book completed and sent to the publisher.
On a personal note, it has been a privilege to
serve as your president this year. I believe Scott
has a great future and I am looking forward to see
what the society can accomplish in the next 12
months!
Thank you again,
Pam Carr, President, SHGS
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CAFÉ FRANCAIS’
This little group has been
continually active since its
start. Ms Becca Begnaud
started the group back in
June of this year, and has
met religiously every
Wednesday since. The group
is never the same in terms of
who shows up. However,
one thing remains constant,
interested people show because they are interested in
preserving the Cajun language.
The group’s objective every
week is to talk every day
Cajun French. This writer
has attended several of the
sessions, and they are very
committed to uphold this
great gift and most willing to
pass it on to those to wish to
learn.
They interpret: menus,
books, newspapers, articles
in French, and letters. They
even discuss what you would
find in each room of a house,
and the French name of each
item.
What is happening
Thank you again, Jeff and
Sarah Laughlin.
GUEST SPEAKER AT
THE NOVEMBER
MEETING
Jean Kiesel, author of the
“Lafayette” Images of America book published by Arcadia Publishing will be our
guest speaker for the November meeting.
This is the same
type of book that
the SHGS will
publish for
Scott. Jean Kiesel has been the
Louisiana room
librarian for
more than 20
years at the
Edith Garland
Dupre’ Library
at ULL. She will have a slide
presentation and talk about
how she put together the
“Lafayette” book.
SHGS BOARD
MEETING
12 Jan 2010
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absence of the position of
treasurer for the year 2012.
Members present:
Dennis Carr, Pam Carr and
Cassie Blair
The agenda for the first
The board discussed the new
SHGS meeting of 2012 was time line approved for the
discussed.
"SCOTT" book. Arcadia
Publishing approved a 2
Pam Carr will open the
month extension. The extenmeeting and officially hand sion was requested to allow
over the office of President for time lost in gathering
to Dennis Carr.
pictures and information due
Pam will talk about the
to the holidays and Mardi
SCOTT book and the need to Gras. Some of the people to
get more members to help
be contacted for pictures and
with the sorting of pictures information were reviewed
and the actual write-ups.
and a new Contact List will
Sign-up sheets will be avail- be done.
able.
Pam will talk about the com- Current membership is 50.
ing year and the focus on
The membership list will be
genealogy. Possible meetupdated.
ings to discuss family life in
Scott, work on family gene- The board decided to send
alogy trees and what the
out a letter to all members
hope is for the future. (Trees prior to the March meeting
in Ancestry, binders with
with upcoming events and a
documents and photos avail- reminder about yearly dues.
able for everyone to use)
More advertising for the
monthly meetings and events
Dennis will remind everyone was discussed.
that dues for 2012 are now
due.
The agenda for the February
Membership monthly meeting was set up.
Members present:
Dennis Carr, Pam
Carr and Cassie
Blair
SPECIAL
NOTE***
Prior to the first
board meeting,
Don Hargrave advised he
would be unable to fulfill the Dennis will provide the fiposition of Treasurer.
nancial status of the society,
coming events and what the
Remember, meetings are
The board decided they
future holds for SHGS.
every Wednesday, 12:30 pm would ask for a volunteer to
at the Coffee Depot.
help with the treasurer posi- SHGS BOARD MEETING
tion but would be able to
complete all duties in the
16 Feb 2012
A reminder to all members
that yearly dues should be
paid within the first 60 days
of the year.
The need for more pictures
and information on the existing pictures is needed for the
book and general information. There will be a book
with copies of pictures that
need more information or
identification.
Next month meeting will be
March 18th at 1pm at The
Coffee Depot
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Café français
Ce petit groupe a été continuellement actif depuis sa
création. Mme Becca Begnaud commencé l'arrière du
groupe en Juin de cette année, et a rencontré religieusement tous les mercredis
depuis. Le groupe n'est jamais le même en termes de
qui se présente. Cependant,
une chose reste constante,
les personnes intéressées
montrent parce qu'ils sont
intéressés à la préservation
de la langue cajun.
Les groupes de l'objectif
chaque semaine, de parler
Qu'est-ce qui se passe au
Jean Kiesel, auteur des
"Lafayette" Images du livre
de l'Amérique publiés par
Arcadia Publishing sera notre conférencier invité à la
réunion Novembre. C'est le
même type de livre que les
groupes d'entraide publiera
pour Scott. Jean Kiesel a été
le bibliothécaire salle de la
Louisiane depuis plus de 20
ans à la bibliothèque de
l'Edith Garland Dupré à la
boucle locale dégroupée.
Elle aura une présentation
de diapositives et de parler
de la façon dont elle a préparé le "Lafayette" livre.
les aider avec le tri des photos et la réelle d'écriture-ups.
Des feuilles d'inscription seront disponibles.
Pam va parler de la prochaine année et l'accent mis sur
la généalogie. Réunions
pour discuter de possibles
dans la vie de famille Scott,
travailler sur des arbres généalogiques de la famille et
ce que l'espoir est pour
l'avenir. (Les arbres dans
Ascendance, reliures avec
des documents et des photos disponibles pour tout le
monde à utiliser)
Dennis rappelle à tous que
les cotisations pour 2012
SHG CONSEIL sont maintenant en raison
RÉUNION
Dennis offrira la situation
12 janvier 2010 financière de la société, les
événements à venir et ce
Membres pré- que l'avenir réserve à des
sents:
groupes d'entraide.
Dennis Carr,
Pam Carr et
SHG RÉUNION DU
Cassie Blair
CONSEIL
NOTE SPÉCIALE ***
Avant la pretous les jours le français ca- mière réunion du conseil,
dien. Cet écrivain a participé Don Hargrave a signalé qu'il
à plusieurs des séances, et serait incapable de remplir le
ils sont très comité de faire
poste de trésorier.
respecter ce grand don et
les plus disposés à le trans- Le conseil a décidé qu'ils
mettre à ceux souhaitent
seraient demandez à un vol'apprendre.
lontaire pour aider à la position trésorier, mais serait en
Ils interprètent: menus, limesure de remplir toutes les
vres, journaux, des articles
fonctions en l'absence de la
en français, et les lettres. Ils position de trésorier pour
ont même discuter de ce que l'année 2012.
vous trouverez dans chaque
chambre d'une maison, et le L'ordre du jour de la premiènom français de chaque arti- re réunion des groupes d'encle.
traide de l'année 2012 a été
Rappelez-vous, les réunions discuté.
sont tous les mercredis,
12h30 à la Café Dépôt.
Pam Carr ouvrira la réunion
et officiellement la main sur
Merci encore une fois, Jeff et le bureau du président à
Sarah Laughlin.
Dennis Carr.
Pam va parler du livre
Conférencier invité à la réSCOTT et la nécessité d'obunion de novembre
tenir plus de membres pour
16 février 2012
Membres présents:
Dennis Carr, Pam Carr et
Cassie Blair
Le conseil a discuté de la
ligne de temps approuvé pour le
"SCOTT" livre. Arcadia Publishing a approuvé une prolongation de 2 mois.
L'extension a été
demandée afin de
permettre le temps
perdu dans la collecte de photos et d'informations à cause
des vacances et de
Mardi Gras. Certaines des personnes à
contacter pour des
photos et des informations ont été examinés et une nouvelle liste de contacts
sera fait.
Les membres ac-
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tuels est de 50. La liste des
membres sera mis à jour.
Le conseil a décidé d'envoyer une lettre à tous les
membres avant la réunion
avec Mars événements à
venir et un rappel sur les
cotisations annuelles. Plus
de publicité pour la réunion
mensuelle et les événements a été discutée.
L'ordre du jour de la réunion
mensuelle des membres
Février a été mis en place.
Un rappel à tous les membres que les cotisations annuelles doivent être payées
dans les 60 premiers jours
de l'année.
La nécessité pour plus de
photos et d'informations sur
les images existantes est
nécessaire pour le livre et
l'information générale. Il y
aura un livre avec des copies de photos qui ont besoin de plus amples renseignements ou d'identification.
Réunion du mois prochain,
ce sera Mars 18 à 13:00 au
Café Dépôt Le
We are on the Web: www.rootsweb.com/~lashgs
S C O T T
H I S T O R I C A L
To apply for membership, attend one of our
membership meetings or contact us through the
address below.
Scott Historical and Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 1882
Scott, LA 70583-1882
E-mail: [email protected]
A N D
G E N E A L O G I C A L
S O C I E T Y
The mission of the society shall be the collection, preservation and dissemination of
knowledge about the history of Scott and the
genealogy of the families of the city of Scott.
Meeting Minutes
Scott Historical and Genealogical
Meeting 20 Nov 2011
Election of Officers was held. The
election results were:
President – Dennis Carr
Vice-President – Pam Carr
Treasurer – Vacant
Secretary – Cassie Blair
Dennis Carr gave an update on the
Historic District. He provided a
map showing the proposed historic
district area. The Historic District
committee worked closely with
Fenstermaker to define the historic
district boundaries.
ering information for a possible museum.
Members were reminded there
would not be a December meeting
and the next meeting would be 15
Jan 2012.
Guest speaker, Jean Keisel, author of
Images of America, LAFAYETTE,
was introduced. She gave a
presentation with photographs of
putting together the book and
described some of the photos in the
book.
SHGS Membership Meeting
Jan 15, 2012
Pam: Announcement of New
Board
Dennis-President
A year in review was presented.
Pam-Vice President
The society was established in May
Cassie-Secretary
2011 and currently has 42 memTreasurer-Available
bers. Non-profit status was awarded
to the society. At year end, the soDennis: Thanks to the previous
ciety has a website and a monthly
Board for getting through the first
newsletter. Monthly musical fundraisers and Café Francais were also year
Recognition of Mrs. Noelie
established. There have been sevProvost
as the corner stone for the
eral generous donations to include,
money, computer and office equip- start of the Society
Becca-Proposed the idea of
ment and memorabilia. The next
year will be busy with finalizing the dedicating the Scott book to Mrs.
SCOTT book, fundraisers and gath- Noelie
Dennis: Review calendar.
Is every one still on board
for 3rd Sunday of the month for
the membership meetings?
Try to be better at notifying members for meetings
Reminder of renewal for
Membership Dues
Review of the Financial
Statement
Wanting to do more Genealogy
Needing a Museum
(building) to house the Society
Pam: Update on the Book
Deadline in May
Review of Guidelines of
the Book
Genealogy
Dennis: June Broussard is interviewing residents for stories of
old Scott.
Next meeting Feb 19th at
The Coffee Depot
Becca: Discussed Possible Musical Fundraisers
Dennis: Closed the meeting by
adding to bring old pictures to
share and discuss.