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Sheard's/Clymer's Mill

On May 23. 2009 , Jim Deegan accepted a plaque from Haycock Historical Society's president, Chris Handschin, honoring his late father, Gerard F. Deegan who passed away in 2008. The plaque, inset with the first produced Haycock Historical Society 2008 Commemorative red clay tile commemorates the senior Deegan's achievements. Scanning Pen

Scanning Pen

Officer's announced the purchase of a Scanning Pen at the September, 2008 General Meeting. The pen, (more like a wand), has a memory card onboard, USB plugs and ports as well as batteries for remote use. It can be taken into a library such as the Spruance Archival Library where documents, files and maps and newspapers can be scanned and stored on its card, later to be downloaded to our laptop. Documents are copied in color or black & white simply by running the wand over the desired area. This easy process not only saves our researchers hours of time writing down the information we find, but it also save the expense of having the documents photocopied. It is considered the safest way to copy archival documents because they are not excessively handled by this duplicating process. The pen will be kept and used by our research department.

Singer Redware Plate

Officers and members wish to sincerely thank member, Nancy Singer for her recent Memorial Contribution.

At the September General Meeting, Mrs. Singer donated a Singer Redware plate from her private collection to the Haycock Historical Society in memory of her late husband, Webster Singer. Webster was the great-grandson of the famous Haycock Redware Potter, Simon Singer. Webster and Nancy gave a presentation on the workings of Singer Pottery for the society in 2006.

The plate will be on display at the township in the glass display case.

Beth Kerdock Memorial Fund The Kerdock family has graciously directed Memorial contributions in Beth's name to be sent to our Haycock Historical Society. To date we have $1680.00 in contributions. To honor Beth's memory in the best possible way and remembering her amazing computer research abilities, we have decided to purchase a laptop computer which we will christen "Beth." Beth will contain all our archival data and pictures and will be available to assist all our members in discovering the history of Haycock. The laptop will be housed at the Haycock Township Building and will be available to all members during the hours of operation. It will be a part of our functions as well, sharing slide presentations of our many and varied endeavors.

Help Wanted: Paper Clippers for Daily Intelligencer Needed We've begun a campaign to capture the history being made today in our Haycock for it will one day become the history the next generation of historians will seek out. Thanks to Cathi Gelwicks and Bill Peischel the Morning Call will soon be covered! Thanks to Heather Radick, the Bucks County Herald will be covered! We are actively seeking a member (or members) to clip articles from the Daily Intelligencer about Haycock, it's residents or accomplishments. H.H.S. will provide archival quality scrap-book journals and supplies to participants while they work independently, collecting clippings. At periodic intervals, the clippings will be scanned into our database and be made available to members from "Beth", our memorial laptop.

Connect with our Living Historical Treasures (Retired Residents!) in a Real & Beneficial Way H.H.S. is fond of our long time residents. They hold the keys to the secrets of our recent past! We are seeking to provide a service to any of those seniors in that spirit of preserving history. The Haycock Township office has enlisted our help identifying those senior citizens in our township who may benefit from the services of Meals On Wheels. If a need exists, we are challenged to fill it by scheduling a few of our members to volunteer, delivering hot meals from St. Luke's Hospital in Quakertown to folks in need in the township. This is not a charity, rather a very reasonable fee-based service providing seniors with the healthy diet and hot meal, which may have been difficult to get before. If you are, or know of someone who could benefit, please contact Chris Handschin (215) 490-4940 or  . If you would like to be put on a list of those who are willing to deliver meals occasionally, should such a service become available, please contact Chris as well.