Historical Society schedules fundraiser

Van Wert independent/Historical Society information

The Van Wert County Historical Society is hosting a chicken barbecue and a Fall Family Fest on Saturday, October 22. The dinner is eat-in or carryout and includes half a chicken, cole slaw, baked beans, dinner roll and sheet cake. The meal will be served from 5-7 p.m., with activities on the museum campus until 9 p.m. The Van Wert Fire Department is preparing the chicken.

Adult tickets are $8 each and are available from any of the historical society’s trustees or at the museum’s annex. Tickets for children under 12 may be purchased for $2, which also includes a hot dog and marshmallow roast.

Activities for the children include pumpkin painting and a rendition of Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Re-enactors will also be present in the museum’s buildings.

For those who eat in, there is plenty of parking near the barn and drinks will be provided with the meal.  Those who choose to carry out dinners may pick up them up by driving west on East Third Street and stopping at the annex driveway, where meals will be delivered to vehicles.

This is the major fundraiser for the historical society and it’s one of the avenues used to raise the $14,000 needed to meet the repair costs of the museum. The trustees are eager to give everyone a great meal and an enjoyable evening for the entire family.

Trustees with tickets include Jon Amundson, Linda Mechling, Jeanne Zeigler, Larry Webb, Dee Howell, Jan Dunlap, Marie Sanfilippo, Art Weber, Fran Neiswander, Terry Eikenbary, Lionel Enyart, Lisa Van Wynsberghe, Ron Kessler, Tom Mosier, Ronda Davis, Ray Etzler, Barbara Hunt, Joe Steffan, Ron Kessler, and Theresa Mengerink.