Haddam Historical Society

Thankful Arnold House Museum

News and Events

July 15, 2022

Croquet and Chardonnay

Thank you to everyone who supported our Croquet and Chardonnay Fundraiser last weekend. A big thank you to Stephanie Denkowicz and Aydin Caginalp who hosted the event at their beautiful home “Nestledown”.

We would also like to thank all our volunteers and donors who worked very hard to make the event successful.

Donna Brinckerhoff

Tiger Carlson

Marijean Conrad

Sue and Dave Costa

Stewart and Rogene Gillmor

Melissa Gibson

Bill Gresham

Tim Jarrell

Tracy and Kevin LaComb

Lynn MacLennan

Mary Alice and Ron Matulevich

Dianne McHutchison

Amy and Dave Nichols

Deb Rutter

Belle Seggerman

Emily and Chris Smith

Carol and Terry Smith

Tim and Gretchen Teran

(Hope we haven’t forgot anyone)

Also thank you to the Haddam Garden Club and Brainerd Memorial Library for use of chairs and tables.

After considerable competition, including water action on Heartbreak Hill, the sudden death play off was won by Lynn Cooper (husband, Russ Pekrul was a previous golden mallet winner). She received the 2022 Golden Mallet. The overall hat contest was won by Clara Caginalp for her stunning floral bouquet hat design.

Annual Donation 2022

We recently sent out our annual appeal letter and hope you will consider making a donation to the Haddam Historical Society. Those with post office boxes in Higganum should receive their request sometime in the coming week (Printer mistake).

We rely on these funds to continue our mission to preserve, collect, interpret and promote local history. Your donation is an investment in your community- both its past and its future.

Please note that Debra and James Simpson were inadvertently left off the 2021 donor list and we apologize for the oversight.

Digging for Good (and Fun)

Here are the top finds from our metal detecting at the Thankful Arnold House Museum:

A: ID bracelet with "Bill" 1970s

B: Excelsior Shoe Company Medallion. The original Boy Scout Shoe.

1910 with good luck symbols including the swastika (which now is associated with Nazi Party and their atrocities, although some cultures still see it as a good luck symbol).

C: Part of a metal sleigh bell

D: Early 1700s hand-made flat button

E: Key circa 1900

F: Crushed "fancy" spoon

G: Union General Service Button, Civil War 1864-1875

H: King George III half penny 1750-1767

I: Gun part, possibly a toy

Thank you to Digging for Good for a wonderful and exciting afternoon at the Museum.

Below are examples of the items we found in the yard, but not the actual objects. Top left is King George III half penny, Top right is Union General Service Button and bottom is the Excelsior Shoe Company Button

Haddam Historical Society

P.O. Box 97 Haddam, CT 06438

14 Hayden Hill Road, Haddam CT

860-345-2400

www.haddamhistory.org

contact@haddamhistory.org