At their January meeting the Board of Directors of the Jay County Historically Society regretfully accepted the resignation of Larry Hiatt from the board. Larry had been elected to the board in January 2009. He had served as Co-President with Kay Locker from January 2012 through December 2018.

Larry and his wife, Maria, had also served as co-chairs of the ...

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Mr. and Mrs. Larry Eads, who now reside in Berne, Indiana, have donated Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls, a wooden bench, and two chairs which are now on display in the meeting room at the museum.

Moretta Eads made these dolls, along with several other sets, about 20 or 30 years ago. She has given some to their grandchildren and has also sold some of the ...

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Show your pride for Jay County throughout the summer and at our Heritage Festival in September.  Get your "Only Jay in the USA" shirt now!

Jay County was named after John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.  To publicize that we are the only Jay County in the USA, the JCHS is selling t-shirts.  The shirts are ...

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Co-presidents Phil Rager and Rob Weaver have appointed the following committees for this year.

Building and Grounds:  Claudia Jones & Eldon Morrical, co-ch.; Carter Leonard (recycling); Harold Blankenbaker; Jeff Bowen; Richard Jones.

Finance:  Judy Zearbaugh, Karen Resler, Pam ...

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Because of the growth of the Jay County Historical Society and the amount of hours and responsibility required of the president, the board began electing co-presidents in 2012. However, the bylaws had not been revised to reflect this change. At their January meeting, the board approved bylaws which revise the wording to reflect the change to co-presidents and ...

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