Sebastian, Florida
Indian River County
Indian River County
TCAS Monthly Meeting Notes
June 2011
Minutes
of the
Treasure
Coast Archeological Society Meeting
June
1, 2011
The
next meeting is on Wednesday, July 6, 2011.
The
meeting was called to order at 7:40 PM by Richard Hart, Sr., President of TCAS.
The
Pledge of Allegiance was led by Richard Hart, Jr.
The
minutes can be read on the club website, www.tcas.us.
They are also emailed to members with email addresses on file on the last
Wednesday of the month.
General
Notes:
20
Members present with no quests.
Beach
Hunt winners were announced. See the May Minutes for a list of winners..
The
club has new t-shirts and lanyards for sale.
Along
with our library room rental, it is suggested by the “friends of the
library” that we order a magazine subscriptions. The subscription is generally
suggested to the club by the “friends of the library”.
A
motion was made to order a subscription to a Treasure type magazine, one which
goes for what our club does. This motion was discussed along with the specific
magazine to order. Then the motion was seconded and voted on. Motion passed 19
to 1 in favor of ordering Western & Eastern Treasures magazine when our
current subscription is due for renewal.
A
suggestion was made for TCAS to have a competition hunt with another club. This
was attempted earlier this year (for our Beach Hunt) and it was determined to be
too difficult to coordinate between three different clubs. A discussion was
continued and it was determined to look into this possibility with just one
other club, which should make the coordination issues simpler.
Will
Rose’s mother-in-law passed away and a request for donation was made. The club
will send a card and flowers for the sad occasion.
Neil
Normando spoke to the club of how one can learn about history from items found
with our metal detectors as he spoke about the GAR Souvenir Medal.
GAR is Grand Army of the Republic, a Fraternal Organization of Union Army
Veterans. It was founded on April 6, 1866 on the principles of "Fraternity,
Charity and Loyalty," and was the first Army advocate group in America. The GAR grew to a
“de-facto” political arm of the Republican and was organized into
departments at state and Posts at the local levels. This organization was later
used to form the American Legion (WWI) and the Veterans of Foreign Wars
(WWII).In 1867 John A. Logan (commander-in-chief) established May 30 as
Decoration Day to commemorate the dead of the Civil War. Later this became
Memorial Day. Political power grew in the late 19 century and helped elect
Presidents Grant and McKinley.Five members of GAR were elected President of the
United States. GAR’s largest enrollment was in 1890 at 490,000 members. They
held encampments every year from 1866 to 1949 where they covered official
business, elected new officers and many social events.GAR monuments (obelisks)
can be found in many cities with the names of the local individuals who served
or were killed in the Civil War.Albert Woolson was the last member of GAR when
he died in 1956.
After
Neil’s short presentation, a good discussion (with stories) about where to
find treasure in/around old houses was held.
Find
Winners:
Ring:
Mark Holshoe
Group Coins: Joni Hart
Jewelry: Mike
Kurczy ??
Artifacts: Jerry Davis
Single
Coins: Mike Kurczy ??
Fossils: Marty Hufnagel
Miscellaneous:
Joni Hart
Find of the Month: Jerry Davis
Drawing
Winners:
50/50:
$22.00 Mary McGee
Badge: Marty Hufnagel
T-Shirt:
Skip Watson
Hat: Richard Hart
Doughnuts/coffee/cooler:
Doughnuts
will be brought by: Marty Hufnagel
Coffee
will be brought by: Kira Thesenvitz
Cooler
with drinks will be brought by: Mary McGee (She will need help lifting the
cooler).
The
meeting adjourned at: 9:20 PM.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Dale
T. Thesenvitz
TCAS
Secretary
