We will soon be scheduling volunteers for the Heritage Festival on September 24th and 25th. If you have a special place you would like to work, please call Pam at the museum between 10 and 4 on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and tell her your preferences. We will honor as many as we can. Among those needed are cookers and servers in the food tent, volunteers for ...

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Many of you have been asking when Monthly Program Meetings will resume. If nothing causes us to cancel meetings again, we will plan to have our first meeting on Tuesday, October 25.

Keep your fingers crossed and watch for more information in the October Journal.

We’re keeping our fingers crossed that nothing will prevent us from resuming the ...

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The Jay County Fairgrounds, the town of Portland, and all of the Jay County area will have a population explosion as thousands of people come to town for the 57th Annual Tri-State Gas Engine and Tractor Show. The actual show is August 24 through 27, but visitors will begin arriving long before that. Streets and roads will be filled with cars and trucks from all parts ...

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At their July meeting, the JCHS Board of Directors regretfully accept-ed the resignation of Karen Resler from the board because of health rea-sons. Karen has been an active mem-ber of our board since 2016.

Although Karen helped in many capacities, she was responsible for writing our grants for the Portland Foundation. We thank her for her service to JCHS. Our ...

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A Scan Day has been scheduled for Saturday, July 30, between noon and 6 p.m. at the museum. As a benefit of membership, JCHS member may have five free scans with regular fees charged for more than five scans. Scanning fees will also be waived for anyone who wishes to donate to the museum a digital copy of your item(s) which are not already in the museum’s ...

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Thanks to two ladies stepping up to take charge of making the very popular JCHS caramel corn, it will be available at the Heritage Festival this year. Vicki Leonard has agreed to take charge of the project, and Bonnie Coffel will be her back-up.

About 500 bags of caramel corn will be made in four half-day sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 20 and 21 ...

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To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Jay County Fair, a special commemorative book has been put together by historical society volunteers, with assistance from Debi Gillespie. Many hours have been spent compiling pictures and the history of the fair.

The 124 page book is currently at the printer’s and will be available later this month at a cost of ...

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After canceling the event because of COVID for the last two years, JCHS has once again scheduled an Annual Dinner Meeting for the evening of Tuesday, November 15, 2022.

The dinner is to be held at the Asbury United Methodist Church in Portland. The evening will include a meal, served by the JOY Circle of the church, election of five members to the JCHS ...

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This year’s Heritage Festival, to be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, September 24 and 25, will highlight the 150 years of the Jay County Fair. As in the past, there will be food, entertainment, displays, reenactors, crafters, and vendors, and will include many free activities for the children. Admission to the festival is free.

Letters ...

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Several items which were donated by the family of the late Jerry Landess are on display in a showcase in the museum library. Jerry, an Indiana Standardbred racing legend, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at the age of 90.

Jerry was a 1948 graduate of Port-land High School. Besides horse racing, he drove a truck for Marhoefer Packing Company for 27 years, ...

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