2006 CONTINUED
TROUBLE IN THE BELFRY!  IT
BEGAN TO LEAK. RAIN WATER WAS
COMING INSIDE
THE FLOOR OF THE BELFRY  HAD
ROTTED AND NEEDED REPLACING.
SEE THE  "BELL" PAGE FOR THOSE
PICTURES. (LEFT) IT IS BEING
BROUGHT INSIDE TO DISPLAY .
(BELOW) A PICTURE OF  THE 1879
BELL ON DISPLAY INSIDE THE
MUSEUM
BUT THE REALLY BIG JOB WAS ;
TAKE UP THE PINE FLOOR, HAVE
THE WALL JACKED UP , NEW SILL
PUT IN PLACE, NEW FLOOR JOIST,
NEW SUB-FLOOR, REPLACE THE
PINE FLOORING, PAINT THE ROOM.

FRANK TOOK UP THE BOARDS,
JOHN NUMBERED EACH ONE,
RUDOLPH CARRIED THEM TO THE
TROPHY ROOM AND STACKED
THEM.  AFTER THE CONTRACTOR
FINISHED THE WALL AND FLOOR
REPAIR, FRANK REPLACED THE
PINE BOARD FLOOR AND PAINTED
THE ROOM.
ALL THIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED
AND NOW  WE WILL BEGIN TO  
MAKE THIS INTO A DISPLAY ROOM
MIKE AHEARN HAS  FIXED THE
HAND RAILS FOR THE SIDE STEPS.
WHAT A GRAND JOB HE DID!
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO MAKE
EXHIBITS. THIS MIDDLE PICTURE
SHOWS A BARN LOOM FROM A
BEAUFORT COUNTY HOME. EVERY
ONE  HAD TO USE THESE IN THE
EARLY TIMES, TO MAKE THEIR  
MATERIAL FOR CLOTHES.
WASH EXHIBIT. WRINGER
WASHER, WASH TUBS, SCRUB
BOARDS
CLASSES HOLD REUNIONS AT THE
MUSEUM. THIS IS THE CLASS OF '51
THE SPRING TEA FUNDRAISER WAS A
SUCCESS.  NOTE THE PICTURE ON THE WALL
OF THE  BRICK PHS. IT WAS PAINTED AND
DONATED BY  DORAINE C. SMITH AND
MARGARET T. EBRON .
THE MANTLE HAS BEEN ADDED AND THE
FIREPLACE STOVE INSTALLED.