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NEW YORK STATE COVERED BRIDGE SOCIETY Tentative 2008 MEETINGS / DATES & LOCATIONS As dates & places are confirmed, we will so indicate!
DePacific's Restaurant - Victor, NY 42nd Anniversary Celebration Dinner NY RT 96 at NY RT 332 Just off Exit 44 of the New York Thruway Noon Buffet -
Adults
$16.00 Children 5-10 $8.00 Under 5 free, but they would like a count of
attendees. Reservations made to Jill Michielsen - 9430 County Route 9 -
Cohocton, NY 14826-9437 Telephone- 607-566-3557 and MUST be made &
paid by
February 29th. No refunds for late cancellations.
Please make reservation
and include check payable to: NYSCBS
Menu to include: Roast Chicken, Baked Ham, Escalloped Potatoes, Ziti with Marinara Sauce, Glazed Baby Carrots, Three Bean Salad, Macaroni Salad, Fresh Fruit Salad, Crisp Garden Salad with House Dressing, Assorted Relish Tray, Fresh-baked Rolls, Sherbet/Ice Cream & choice of Coffee, Tea or Milk. As we all know, a buffet means ALL YOU CAN EAT!
APRIL 13 -- CONFIRMED!!
Deposit Historical Society Museum, 145 Second
St., Deposit, NY. Doors will open at about noon. Short meeting will be
held from 1-2 p.m. Sean McDermott (our Courier Editor) will be doing a program
on the history of covered bridges near Deposit in Broome and Delaware
Counties. The Deposit Historical Society will be serving refreshments after
the program and are very excited about our joint effort for this meeting. The
Historical Society's website is
www.deposithistoricalsociety.org and I have been told that Yahoo Map
Services is found to be the most helpful for mapping.
Directions off Rte 17 at Exit 84. Take Rte 8/10 for
1/2 mile and take 1st left (Pine St.). Cross bridge, through caution light and
at only full traffic light in town (Second St.) make left. Museum is 2nd bldg.
on right. Parking is available in rear through driveway to left of building.
Please enter through the rear entrance. Coming from I-88 take Sidney exit to
Rte. 8 to Deposit. When you reach town limits take 1st. right (Pine St.) and
follow above directions.
Lodging is available at Laurel Bank
Motel 607-467-2427 from $55. for single to $65.for double and $5. extra
per additional persons plus tax. These are regular rates and I don't
know about AARP discounts. There is also the Deposit Motel at
607-467-2998 but I only reached a recording.
Food- There is a small diner next to
Deposit Motel and there is a great restaurant in town called Crain's
Restaurant which would be available for dinner for anyone staying in town. Not
much else except Wendy's. I suggest eating before the meeting.
MAY 18-- CONFIRMED!!
Groom's Tavern at Intersection of Grooms Rd & Sugar Hill
Rd, Clifton Park, NY (I will try and get a more specific address).
Groom's Tavern was built in 1820 as a meeting place for the town. It is now
the town's historical center.
The actual address is 290 Sugar Hill Rd., Rexford, NY
Off Exit 8A off the Northway turn left for 4 miles on
Groom's Rd. and it is at the intersection of Sugar Hill Rd. Parking is
behind the Tavern.
The Groom's Tavern website is www.grooms-tavern.org -- On Sunday, May 18,The New York State Covered Bridge Society will hold its monthly meeting in Clifton Park at the historic Groom’s Tavern. A short meeting will start at one p.m. and will include a raffle, news of covered bridges in New York and surrounding states and information on upcoming events. About two o’clock, Charles Elflein, a Schenectady resident, will present a slide show of covered bridges in Europe. Refreshments will follow. We welcome all visitors who would like to attend the meeting or view the presentation, and meet covered-bridgers from around the state. This New York State Covered Bridge Society was formed in the 1960’s with the expressed purpose of being advocates for New York’s dwindling number of covered bridges. Over the last 40 years the Society has raised money for and given advice to those responsible for maintaining and restoring covered bridges. There are 24 historical covered bridges remaining in New York State and many more that are newer or not classified as authentic covered bridges, but as bridges that are covered. Locally, there are four covered bridges over the Battenkill in Washington County. Several more historic covered bridges are within easy driving distance in NYS, and farther afield in surrounding states. Hopefully they will survive to be enjoyed by future generations. The Groom’s Tavern Historical site is located at 290 Sugar Hill Rd., Clifton Park. Pictures, information and meeting schedules can be found at the society’s website: www.nycoveredbridges.org JUNE 8 -- Americana Winery, Interlaken - CONFIRMED!!
Eating, wine tasting and fellowship
from 11-1, meeting from 1-3. We will be provided with Artisan cheese, crackers
and fruit, a veggie platter and homemade chips and salsa. The cost, including
wine tasting, tax and tip will be $12. per person. You can bring your own
lunch if you want. Anyone planning on coming to the meeting, please let
me know as I will need a headcount by June 1 so they can prepare.
Someone from the winery will be coming in to speak to us about the winery. The
food sounds scrumptious (they do a lot of catering) and we are getting a break
on the room rental because we are getting one of their catered options.
Please let me know by email:
dfreeland@hvc.rr.com or by phone: 845-386-8132 / or 914-443-8936 and if
you don't reach me, please leave a clear message with your name, how many and
the date and time you called. This seems to be another venue we can look
forward to having another great meeting at this year.
From the Ithaca area:
Follow Route 89 North and turn left on to East Covert Road. Or… Follow Route 96 North and turn right on to East Covert Road.
JULY 13 -- CONFIRMED!!
Perrine's Bridge and Klyne Esopus Museum Details
have not been totally worked out but a group from the Society of Brothers
(Brunderhof) who own the property across the street from the covered bridge
would like to participate in our meeting, possibly sharing some refreshments
at the Bridge and share with us some of the work and activities they have done
related to the preservation and proper use of the Perrine's Bridge. The Klyne Esopus Museum is in a former
Dutch Church built in 1827 and is located at 764 Rte 9W, Ulster Park, NY
We will be meeting at Perrine's Bridge at 12 noon for a bring your own picnic lunch. Bring chairs, blankets, tables or whatever you feel comfortable with. We will have a few tables with us. We will proceed to the Klyne Esopus Museum for a 1:30 start for the meeting. The bridge is located north of New Paltz on Rte 32. Rte 213, with a sign for Rifton, will be a right turn, go under the NYS Thruway and bridge is on the left, with a parking lot on the right.
The Klyne Esopus Museum's website is
www.klyneesopusmuseum.org and
has great information on their museum as well as Perrine's Bridge.
AUGUST 10 - CONFIRMED!! Picnic / Meeting at Jay Covered Bridge in Jay, NY. Bring own box-lunch style picnic - NOT a dish-to-pass. Come see the newly re-built bridge and reminisce about the "good ol' days" We will be meeting at the Jay Bridge which should be a treat for those of us who have not seen the bridge and the park since it was completed. There are no tables for lunch so chairs, blankets, tables etc. will be in order. We will meet and eat in the bridge in case of inclement weather. The town supervisor and the town historian will be coming by for an informative chat. Jay is off exit 30 on the Northway (Interstate 87) and north on Rte 9N, about 21/2 hours north of Albany. If anyone has a small table of craft items etc. they want to show and sell we will set up at 11 a.m., lunch at noon and meeting at 1 p.m.
SEPTEMBER 14-- Confirmed!! ANNUAL AUCTION and "fun-raiser" or fund-raiser as some will say. This is our MAJOR fund-raiser for the Society. Please donate what you can & bring lots of money to buy what others have donated. Not able to attend or send items for the auction? We will gladly accept monetary donations! We can only help fund bridge repairs and restorations through the monies we have - please help save more bridges. You can bring a lunch and have a nice visit with friends before the auction begins, or look over those treasures you simply can not leave without taking home with you!
Doors will be open from 11 a.m.
for bringing donations, browsing and eating lunch. Wayne and Karen will be
providing beverages and dessert. The auction will be at the Town of Hamden
town hall on Route 10 (same as last year). All donations will be gratefully
accepted. Don't forget this is the Society's big fundraiser of the
year and it would be great to have a wonderful turnout.
Directions: On Rt#10, west of Delhi, NY. Town Hall 1/2 mile North of
Hamden CB. Places to eat picnic lunches: Can eat-in Town Hall, Picnic
Pavilion behind Hamden Town Hall and at Hamden CB Park- picnic tables
available. Dessert: coffee/cake provided by Wayne & Karen Marshfield. Possible
very short meeting before auction as in past.
NOVEMBER - 9 -- CONFIRMED!!
Doors will open at 11:30 am.
Dinner at 12 noon, followed by short meeting. Place: The Crystal
House, 89 Fisherville Rd., Elmira, NY
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