Past Programs / Newsletters
2021 Program Schedule January 10 - No event. February 14 - "History of Valentine's Day" by Sue Warner. March 14 - "History and Mystery in the Graveyards" by Marlene Cook. April 11 - "Rosies, Poodles, and Twiggy: Fashions from 1940s to '70s" by Rhiannon Cizon. June 13 - "All About Butterflies" by Dolly Foster. July 11 - "Father Time" by Fred Schrum August 8 - "American Domestic Architecture--New American Visions" by Mike Wolski. September 12 - "The Dixie Highway in Illinois" by James Wright. Annual Raffle. October 3 - Victorian Afternoon Tea. October 10 - "Pandemics, Epidemics, & other events" by Peg Kapustiak. November 14 - "Fr. Jacques Marquette : The Calumet Area's First European Explorer and its first Christian Missionary" by Prof. Kenneth Schoon. The Annual Meeting. There was no Heritage Day this year. 2020 Program Schedule January 12 - Post Holiday Luncheon. February 9 - Show and Tell. March 8 - "Calumet City's own Tim Bales talks about playing trumpet with The Ides of March Rock Band." April 12 - Easter Sunday - No meeting. July 12 - no program. August 9 - "Lost Hammond, Indiana" by Joseph S. Pete. Sept. 13 - "Remembering 125 years - Early Calumet City History" by Joseph Bigott. Raffle. October 11 - "Victorian-Era Domestic Architectural Styles." November 8 - "Calumet Beginnings: Early Regional History from the Ground Up" by Prof. Kenneth Schoon. 2019 Program Schedule January 13 - Post Holiday Luncheon. February 10 - Show and Tell. March 10 - "History of Homewood" by Jim Wright. April 14 - "Let the Dead Speak: Cemeteries and Symbols - Holy Cross Cemetery" by Rhiannon Cizon. June 9 - "Saint Victor Church" - Presentation & Tour - Plus a special St. Victor Pentecost Concert! July 14 - "Folk and Frontier Houses" by Mike Wolski. August 11 - "Calumet City Forest Preserves" by Stephen DeFalco. September 8 - Heritage Day Americana - log cabin site. October 13 - South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society & Library by Patty Higgins. November 10 - "Ghost Story on Ruth Street" by Chris Roth. 2018 Program Schedule January 14 - Post Holiday Luncheon. February 11 - "Fashion from 1900 to 1930" by Rhiannon Cizon. March 11 - "The Underground Railroad in the Calumet Region" by Tom Shepherd. April 8 - Show and Tell. June 10 - "125th Anniversary of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish" presentation and guided tour by Sue Warner. July 8 - Pictorial from the SouthtownStar Calumet City collection 1990s. August 12 - "The Golden Age of the Circus : How the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train Wreck of 1918 in Hammond Affected the Entertainment World" by showman Al Slaggert. September 9 - Heritage Day Americana - log cabin site - 12:00-4:00 p.m. October 14 - "Why Did My Ancestory Eat Those Kinds of Foods?" by Peg Kapustiak. Nov. 11 - "19th Century Swedish Settlements in the South Shore" by Prof. Ken Schoon. 2017 Program Schedule January 8 - Post Holiday Luncheon. February 12 - Calumet Heritage Partnership by Jason Berry. March 12 - "Former Rural Areas around Calumet City" by David Postma. April 9 - "Pioneer Churches of the Calumet Area" by Prof. Kenneth Schoon. June 11 - "Indian Boundary Line" by Peg Kapustiak. July 9 - "Show and Tell". Aug. 13 - "A History of South Holland and the First Reformed Church of South Holland" by Rich Zimmerman. September 9 - Calumet City Historical Autumn Dinner at the EAT Restaurant, the old Woolworth Building. Annual Raffle Drawing. October 8 - "History of Munster, Indiana" by Prof. Kenneth Schoon. November 12 - "History of American Television" by Dr. Stephen Hofer. 2016 Program Schedule January 10 - Post Holiday Luncheon. February 14 - "African American Heritage" by C.H.P. March 13 - "A Madrigal Feaste" by Marilyn Schultz. April 10 - "Schrumville" by Fred Schrum. May & June - no meeting. July 10 - "History of the Patton Residence" by George Petrich. August 14 - "Let's play Edwardian Jeopardy" by Mary Chamberlain. September 11 - "One Minute After Sunrise : The Story of the 1955 Standard Oil Refinery Explosion." by Whiting Historical Society. October 9 - "West Hammond History" by Prof. Joseph Bigott. November 13 - "Shifting Sands" by Prof. Kenneth Schoon. 2015 Program Schedule January 11 - Post Holiday Luncheon February 15 - "Show and Tell" March 8 - "A History of St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church, Calumet City" by Marilyn Schultz. April 19 - "Globe Rendering Company, The Story of the 'Stink Factory' " by Dave Postma. June 14 - "A Tour of Route 30 - aka The Lincoln Highway - in 30 Images" by Cynthia Ogorek. July 12 - "Italians of the Calumet Region" by Tony Arduino. August 9 - A Tour of the Historic 1892 Michel Residence. September 13 - Heritage Day - Polish Fest - Log Cabin site. October 11 - "Dreams of Duneland" by Prof. Kenneth Schoon. November 8 - 40th Anniversary of CCHS - w/cake and coffee |
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