Reminder: No Cambridge Historical Association Meeting In December

Just a quick reminder that we do not meet in December.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! See you at our meetings next year.

Cambridge Historical Association Meeting - Tuesday November 16, 2010

The next meeting of the Cambridge Historical Association will be Tuesday, November 16, 2010.  Join us at 7 p.m. at 504 3rd Street.  (the old Masonic Lodge) and learn more about Cambridge, Iowa and its people. Also, we will be having the election of Officers for the next year.  Contact information:  515-220-HISTORY (515-220-4478) has an answering machine or you can email us at cha@huxcomm.net.  For further information, see our website at cha-notes.blogspot.com. 

Remember there is no meeting in December.

Cambridge, Iowa: The First 150 Years - Additions and Corrections

Our first book, published during Cambridge's Sesquicentennial in 2006, Cambridge, Iowa: The First 150 Years has continued to be so popular that we are almost out of copies.  As we look at reprinting it, this seemed like a good time to include corrections and possibly additions.  The community has provided a number of both from reading the first edition.  Florence Wheeler collected many of these comments and we have started an online page with them.  These can be seen at this page.

Please add your additions and corrections as comments below or let members of the Cambridge Historical Association know and we will add them to the record.

Cambridge Historical Association Meeting - Tuesday October 19, 2010

The next meeting of the Cambridge Historical Association will be Tuesday, October 19, 2010.  Join us at 7 p.m. at 504 3rd Street.  (the old Masonic Lodge) and learn more about Cambridge, Iowa and its people.  Contact information:  515-220-HISTORY (515-220-4478) has an answering machine or you can email us at cha@huxcomm.net.  For further information, see our website at cha-notes.blogspot.com.

Cambridge Fall Fest - October 16, 2010

The Cambridge Jubilee Committee is sponsoring the Cambridge Fall Fest at the Community Center on Saturday, October 16, 2010 beginning at 5 p.m..  Support the Jubilee Committee and have a great time!

Sources for Flood Conditions Updates

With the heavy rainfalls throughout Story County, you may want to check some of these sources for flood conditions updates.

• Story County Home Page has links to maps showing road closures.
• Story County Facebook Page lists road re-openings on a frequent basis.
• Story County Receives Presidential Disaster Declaration ( August 15 and update added 8/15) - this page has information and links on how to apply as well as links suggesting how to clean up.
• Iowa State University Extension Service has some flood clean-up resources available. (added 8/16)

As we receive more links we will add them.

Cambridge Happenings - An Experiment

Some of the items we include on our website are announcements of local events.  Our most recent examples are the Cambridge Fire Department Open House and their raffle.

As an experimental way to provide more of these notices, we have begun to place them on their own site - Cambridge Happenings.  Its address is:  cambridge.posterous.com.  Thus far we have the Cambridge Fire Department Open House, the Cambridge Fire Department Raffle, the Methodist Vacation Bible School, and the Cambridge Library Summer Reading Program.

We still will include some events here (and maybe there as well).  The meetings and other events of the Cambridge Historical Association will definitely be here, as will Cambridge Jubilee Days notices and coverage.

Please let us know what you think.  You can leave comments on this site (see below) or at Cambridge Happenings.  And if you have an upcoming local event we may have missed, please let us know about it.

Cambridge Fire and Rescue Open House - July 31, 2010

The Cambridge, Iowa Fire and Rescue Department is having an Open House on Saturday, July 31, 2010 from 4 to 8 pm including a BBQ dinner.  Also see their raffle prizes!

See the pictures for more details.  (Click on the pictures and click them again for a larger poster.)

Flag Disposal Ceremony at Jubilee Days

The American Legion Post 233 of Cambridge, Iowa conducted a flag disposal ceremony so that people could properly dispose of their tattered United States flags.  This slideshow has photos from the June 12, 2010 ceremony during Jubilee Days. The color guard provided a gunfire salute followed by Taps played by two buglers.

Thank you to the Post for this service.

American Legion Flag Disposal

View more presentations from Cambridge Historical Association.

Cambridge Iowa Garage Sale June 19, 2010

The City Wide Cambridge Garage Sale will be this Saturday, June 19th, from 8 am to 3:30 pm.  Click on the photo for further details.

Cambridge Historical Association on the Front Page of the Tri-County Times

In case you missed it, the Cambridge Historical Association appeared on the front page of the June 10, 2010 issue of the Tri-County Times.  Just in time for Jubilee Days 2010, we appeared next to the Jubilee Days article.

Thank you to the Tri-County Times for featuring us in this article.  It and the other Jubilee Days festivities made for a great turnout at our new location despite the weather.

If you did not get a chance to see our new location, please attend one of our meetings - the third Tuesday of the month at 7 pm.  The next one is this evening, June 15, 2010.  Or contact us: 515-220-HISTORY (515-220-4478) has an answering machine or you can email us at cha@huxcomm.net.

Jubilee Days - June 11 - 13, 2010

Always the second weekend in June, this years Jubilee Days in Cambridge, Iowa are Friday, June 11 through Sunday, June 13, 2010.  The complete schedule is available on the Cambridge website or download a printable schedule (PDF) here.  You can read about the Jubilee Days plans in the Tri-County Times front page article.

Among the events is the open house of the Cambridge Historical Association in our new location, 504 Third Street, from 11 a.m. (after the parade) to 4 p.m. on Saturday.  This will be the first opportunity for many to see our new location, displays, and the exciting things we are doing.  Learn more in another Tri-County Times article.

Just a reminder:  The next regular meeting of the Cambridge Historical Association falls shortly after Jubilee Days.  It is the third Tuesday of the month, which means that this months meeting is Tuesday, June 15, 2010.

Des Moines Register Old Time Photos

The Des Moines Register has an online feature - Old Time Photos - which features new old photos each day.  These currently range from 1913 to the 1980's. 

The April 29, 2010 entry was a picture of justice of the peace W.T. Harrison, 79, of Cambridge, Iowa in a picture from 1945.  The picture was part of a story about the state conducting a drive to change from the justice of the peace system to a county court system.

In addition to the Old Time Photos of the Day, the Register has other collections of old photos from the Register's archive.

Thank you to Margot Eness of the Gilbert Historical Society for pointing us to the Cambridge photo.

Silent Auction and Wine Tasting - April 24, 2010

The Cambridge Jubilee Committee is doing something different this year. Rather than a White Elephant Auction (where you end up going home with someone else's *ahem* junk)... we're going to have a Wine Tasting!!  Sample wines from White Oak and Snus Hill wineries. NO ADMISSION FEE. Wine samples for $1 each. Food and other beverages can be purchased.

Saturday, April 24, 2010, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the Cambridge, Iowa Community Center

Door prizes every fifteen minutes!

Chair massages from Lyn Hook of A Healing Touch  for $1 per minute.

Gift baskets and packages with new, donated items and services will be auctioned. For example:
- Beach basket (beach towel, bag, spray tan certificate, ect)
- Doggie goodies (treats and dog food)
- Home basket (candles, home decor)
- Reiman gardens (annual membership and anniversary book)
- White Oak wine tasting at their winery
- Fishing basket (rod and reel, tackle)
- Adventureland tickets
- ICubs tickets
- Barnstormers tickets
- Song bird packet (20 plants designed to entice song birds to your yard)
- Spa package (massage, hair cut, spray tan, ect)

Remember:  The Cambridge Jubilee Days are June 11-13, 2010.
 

Cambridge Historical Association Meeting - Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The next meeting of the Cambridge Historical Association will be Tuesday, February 16, 2010.  Join us at 7 p.m. in our new location, 504 3rd Street.  (the old Masonic Lodge) and learn more about Cambridge, Iowa and its people.  Contact information:  515-220-HISTORY (515-220-4478) has an answering machine or you can email us at cha@huxcomm.net.  For further information, see our website at cha-notes.blogspot.com. 

Book Discussion Group - February 15, 2010

The next Cambridge Memorial Library book discussion is Monday, February 15, 2010, 7 p.m.  The book will be The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks.  More details in the flyer picture.

New Contact Information for the Cambridge Historical Association

With the move to our new building, we have a new mailing address and a new telephone number.  While the old ones will still reach us, please begin using the new ones now.

The new mailing address is:

Cambridge Historical Association
PO Box 461
Cambridge, Iowa 50046

The new phone number is:

(515)-220-HISTORY
  
which is the same as (515)-220-4478.  Most of the time this will reach our answering machine.

Our email address remains:

cha@huxcomm.net

The building itself is located at 504 3rd Street.  You can see it from the Cambridge Post Office - it's the gray building in this picture from the Post Office.

Ames Historical Society 2010 Lectures

The Ames Historical Society Lecture Series begins Tuesday, January 26, 2010, at 7 pm with Treasures from the Tribune Trashbin by Alan Spohnhemier.  It and the other lectures are at the City Auditorium, 520 6th Street in Ames.  The other topics, all on the last Tuesday of the month  at 7 pm are:

• Mischief and Mayhem: Stories from the Ames Police Dept. - Kathy Svec, February, 23.
• The Bells of Iowa State: An Enduring Tradition - Bob Lindemeyer, March 30.
• The Burning of the Froning-Deppe Elevator - Bob Deppe, April 27.

Next Meeting Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The next meeting of the Cambridge Historical Association is this Tuesday, January 19, 2010, at 7 pm.  Come see us at our new location 504 3rd Street (the old Masonic Lodge) and learn more about Cambridge, Iowa and its people.  Contact information:  515-220-HISTORY (515-220-4478) has an answering machine or you can email us at cha@huxcomm.net .

Library Events - January 11 and 12, 2010

The Cambridge Memorial Library has a couple of meetings this week.  Monday evening, 7:00 - 8:00 pm, is the monthly board meeting.  See the agenda in the picture.

Then Tuesday, January 12th, also at 7:00 pm, I believe, is the first 2010 book discussion group.  The first book is The Killing Game by Iris Johansen.  See the picture for additional details.

 (Note:  You can click on either picture for a larger version of it.)