The Historical Society Museum Is Now Open Every Saturday & It is Awesome!

Judy Jacobs and her colleagues at the Falls Village-Canaan Historical Society have done a heroic job of cataloging the collection and creating displays that are esthetic and educational. Everyone who has made this little gem of a museum possible deserves congratulations. Please visit any Saturday from 10 AM - 1 PM. You will be awed and delighted.


Wouldn't you like to see this sign reproduced and posted at the borders on Routes 7, 63 and 44?


You get a real sense in the museum of the hard-working and dignified people who helped build this town


This is what a "cannonball" looks like that was made in Amesville when it was an industrial center



The Historical Society has lots of railroad memorabilia. After all, it was the railroad that determined Falls Village's destiny.


This hand-made mouse trap is a fine example of old-time ingenuity and craftsmanship.


The old switchboard that operators used to connect Falls Villagers to one another

Bingo for Education, Friday May 1

Time Out

I believe in free speech but I fear that the exchanges on this blog about the proposed cell phone tower have played themselves out for now. I hope those parties who want to resolve this situation will work together face to face for the good of all.

Loving Up the Library

Some two dozen volunteers showed up at the DM Hunt Library on Saturday morning ready to get down and dirty to make the library clean. They climbed on ladders to wash the windows inside and out, and they got on their knees to weed the perennial borders. They pruned bushes, raked the sod, dug up and divided hostas and left our library, the pride of Falls Village, looking tidy and terrific. Erica Joncyk sent in these photos.

Your Library Wants YOU!

SPRING CLEANING DISCARDS NEEDED FOR TAG SALE FUNDRAISER

Friends of Lee Kellogg School (FOLKS) and the Falls Village Day Care Center ask that when people do their spring cleaning and uncluttering, they help both local organizations by donating their usable items for a colossal cooperative tag sale to be held on the weekend of June 6th and 7th at Lee H. Kellogg School in Falls Village. Donated items, large and small, clean and in good working order, can be dropped off at Kellogg School (on Rt. 126/Main Street) June 2nd through June 5th from 3:30 to 630 p.m.

“This joint-effort tag sale has been a wonderful way for people to contribute to two worthy institutions, without having to purchase a fundraising item or give money,” says Laurie Wadsworth, member of the Day Care board and a FOLKS member.

Items such as furniture, clothing, books, videos, CDs, sports equipment, kitchen and house wares, lawn and garden gear, electronics, hardware, lamps, pottery, artwork, toys and games, etc. are welcome (no large exercise equipment, obsolete electronics, or damaged bulky furniture please). Spring cleaners are asked to set aside a corner of their basement, attic, or garage for tag sale items, adding good condition items that they no longer want or need to the corner pile as they clean. During the first week of June, these prepared items can then be brought to Kellogg School for the Tag Sale.

FOLKS is the volunteer parent and teacher group for Lee H. Kellogg School. The proceeds from the giant tag sale will be used to help support sports and arts programs, field trips, and special equipment purchases for student activities.

Funds raised will also support the Falls Village Day Care Center’s needs such as art supplies, science materials, playground equipment, books, music, toys and games, as well as capital improvements.