The Jay County Historical Museum is planning a Christmas Open House on Saturday, December 11, from 1 to 4 p.m. As always, admission will be free of charge, but donations are welcomed. Visitors will be encouraged to socially distance and may choose whether or not to wear a mask.

The museum will be decorated for Christmas, with most of the decorating done by ...

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According to the bylaws of the Jay County Historical Society, five board members are to be elected to a three-year term at the organization’s Annual Dinner Meeting.  All five current members were chosen to serve another three year term. In an earlier Journal, members had been invited to nominate other persons to serve on the board, but none were ...

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Because of COVID, the Annual Dinner Meeting of JCHS in November has again been canceled. Election of five board members to serve for a three year period was to have taken
place at that meeting.

Those board members whose terms expire are Kay Locker, Sylvia Morrical, Jane Spencer, Blake Watson, and Rob Weaver. If anyone would like to volunteer, or you would ...

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James A. “Jimmie” Schindler was born in Geneva, Indiana, in 1934. He was put into an orphanage at age three and, following fifth grade, a foster home where he was terribly mis-treated. He graduated from John Carroll University in 1956, served in the U.S. Army, and was the founder and owner of Jimmie’s Pizza Inns and Bandidos. These restaurants were in Fort ...

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Some mannequins have now donned coats, fur stoles, and capes for the colder weather.  They have been placed in various and surprising places throughout the museum.  Thanks to Faye Williamson and Bonnie Coffel for the care, creativity and hard work displaying our clothing items.

JCHS Board Member Blake Watson has been hard at work preparing new ...

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