Upcoming Events of the Delavan Historical Society
Thursday, March 19th – Regular Membership Meeting/Program
· Gene Lee of Whitewater. “Clowning Around Delavan, 1pm
Thursday, April 16th – Regular Membership Meeting/Program
· Bob Betzer: ”History of the Betzer Funeral Home or “The Ups and Downs of the Last Hundred Years of Final Care of Delavanites”, 7pm
Thursday, May 21st - Program
· Gordon Yadon will give program on the Mausoleum at Spring Grove Cemetery, 6pm
Thursday, June 18th - Regular Membership Meeting/Program
· TBA 7pm
Thursday, July 16th - Regular Membership Meeting/Program
· Gordon Yadon speaks on the G W Borg’s plant, 7pm
Thursday, August 20th - Regular Membership Meeting/Program
· “The Village Supper Club, from 1880-Present”, Patti Marsicano, 7pm
Thursday, September 17th - Regular Membership Meeting/Program
· “Living Thru the Depression in Delavan.” Gordon Yadon, 7pm
Thursday, October 15th - Regular Membership Meeting/Program
· TBA
Thursday, November 19th - Regular Membership Meeting/Program
· TBA
Thursday, December 17th – DHS Christmas Party
Regular Membership Meetings/Programs of the Delavan Historical Society take place at the Delavan Community Bank, Community Centre, 826 E. Geneva St., Delavan, unless otherwise specified.
Special Events
April 4th – May 17th, Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00pm, the DHS will host a tour of the Allyn Mansion at 511 E. Walworth Ave., Delavan. $5.00 Donation for tour to benefit the DHS.
Saturday, May 9th, The DHS will host a program on “The National Register of Historic Places: The Process, Advantages, and Common Misconceptions” at the Community Bank, Community Centre, 826 E. Geneva St., Delavan, 10:00am – Noon. No admission charge.
Saturday, May 16th, The Delavan Historical Society will be hosting two short movies at The River (Formerly the Delavan Theater), 405, E. Walworth Ave, Delavan. The first movie is called “Delavan Lake: A Diamond in the Rough”, a retrospective on the draw down and rehabilitation of Delavan Lake produced in 1990, and the second feature is the “Faces of Delavan in the 1940’s”, a film made by Life Magazine of Delavan residents in the 1940’s originally shown at the Delavan theater.. The double-feature will begin at 1:00pm. Admission price - $5.00.
For more information on any of the events listed,
please contact Patti Marsicano, 745-9473.