New in June...

Wednesday,
July 28, 2010 Meeting

Time:
6:00 p.m. Please note that this is an hour earlier than the usual meeting time. The meeting location also is different from usual.

Topic:
Ice cream social with Sappington-Concord historical bingo, prizes donated by local businesses, Ted Drewes frozen custard for $2.00,  and free photo  portraits. Each purchase of frozen custard entitles purchaser to attendance prize ticket. There may be some antique vehicles to view or get photographed with.  Bring lawn chairs. Picnic tables also available. In case of inclement weather, the event will move into St. Lucas Social Hall.

Location:
St. Lucas UCC church pavilion. 11735 Denny Road 63126

The pavilion is behind the church, between the cemetery and the ball fields.

See Upcoming Events

New in March...

SCHS Starts Long Range Planning

The board has started a series of discussions on long range planning for the Society. Four general areas are under discussion; purpose and mission; membership; archives; and funding.  The board is seeking input from the general membership on these issues.

To make your voice heard on these issues, you can post your ideas directly here on this web site on this comments page.

To contact board members with your suggestions and requests, go to the Contact page.

We hope you were able to see the exhibit in the display case at Tesson Ferry Library. It was there for the whole month of February. It featured the Maag wedding dress, family wedding photos, and Valentine’s Day and love related post cards. Our next display at the Tesson Ferry library is scheduled for January 2011. See you there then!

See Photos

Sappington-Concord Historical Society Vice-President, Jacqueline Stock, recently assisted in the recovery of a photo of the long lost official Crestwood city flag.

See Story and Photos

Saturday, February 13th, is the 18th anniversary of the Sappington-Concord Historical Society!

See Joining

David Winfield spoke on match safes which  were used for storing matches. The styles and decorations of match safes tell the story of their time. David brought some of his collection.

See Past Quarterly Meetings

See Photos

New in January...

New in December...

Meeting Topics for 2010 Posted

Meeting topics for 2010 are firming up, and are now listed on the page below.
See Up-coming events

Friday, November 27th - National Day of Listening

National Day of Listening is to encourage us to listen to the stories of  family members, and record family stories. When we are together for the Thanksgiving holiday, it is a good time to tell our stories, and listen to the stories of family members.

The following web sites have more info and ideas for collecting oral histories, including suggested interview questions.

National Day of Listening
Story Corps
The Grannie Annie
KWMU-St Louis on the Air

Historic Sites Series Started!  

Announcing the start of the SCHS Historic Sites Series, to feature historic sites in the Sappington- Concord area. Hopefully this series will cover major sites and have relevant information about each site.

See Historic Sites Series

New in November...

What is the Carpenter Gothic Style?

See Links page for web sites related to Carpenter Gothic style of architecture, which is the style of the Mark Sappington house. The web sites on the  links page were the source of the slide show  photos on Carpenter Gothic  houses that Stephen Hanpeter had running during the break time at the October 28th meeting.

See photos of
Carpenter Gothic Style architecture

Tombstone Tales, Halloween Afternoon ,

October 31st 

This special Halloween Performance of the Tombstone Tales came off on the first sunny day in a week. The ground was soggy, but the sky was blue and spirits were high. Interest in these famous local characters was also high. There was much admiration of our ancestors’ triumphs and sorrow at their tragedies.

See Photos

See  Tombstone Tales

Veteran’s Day Ceremony in Crestwood

See Photos

Slate of Officers Elected

• President -  Jim Crooks

• Vice President -  Jacque Stock

• Treasurer - Ray Steinnerd

•  Recording Secretary - Eileen Lischer

• Corresponding Secretary -  Jean Heutel

• Director -  Katherine Spross

• Director -  Rose Marie Karius

1. •Director -  Carl Spinner (Chairman of the Annual Memorial Day Ceremony
   • Director -  Stephen Hanpeter (Web Deigner/Manager)
               Learn more about Steve
   

• Past President -  Scott Debandt

• Newsletter Editor -  Terry Rupp

• Archives -  Ross Wagner

• Membership -  Sue Steinnerd

See Contact      See Board

Sappington-Arban-

Crain House Plaque Placement

A plaque commemorating the location of the Mark Sappington House (the Sappington-Arban-Crain house) was placed Saturday, October 17th, in the parking lot of Sappington Square plaza (at Watson Rd and Old Sappington Rd).

Our Oct 28th meeting will be on the same Sappington-Arban-Crain house and how it was moved to its new location to make way for the Sappington Square Plaza.

See Eye Witness Report

See Upcoming Quarterly Meetings

October General Meeting, Oct 28 

At the October 28th general meeting, John Frey presented his video, assisted by Jacque Stock, on the moving of the Sappington-Arban-Crain house when it was relocated from Watson and Old  Sappington Road to Pardee Lane between Watson Road and Pardee Road in 2006.

John generously donated a copy of his video to the SCHS for its archives. To borrow a copy, email Stephen Hanpeter  at: schs.webmanager@gmail.com

See Mark Sappington House page for photos taken in spring 2009 of the house on its new site.

See Past Quarterly Meetings to learn more about John Frey and his presentation.

See Upcoming Quarterly Meetings to learn about the next meeting in January, 2010.

New in October...

History Books Again in Stock   

For some time, the SCHS History book,  “Sappington-Concord: A History,” was out of print. Well, that situation has been fixed, temporarily. A cache of two cases of the books were found in Lindbergh School District offices in August. To get one of these much-sought-after books.

See History Book

SCHS Bookmark and Business Card Available 

SCHS has updated and re-issued its publicity bookmark. Use it as a bookmark, or put it on your refrigerator. Or take a stack of  these lovely bookmarks to put out at your church or library, anyplace interested people will see them and learn about our society.

Take some business cards to give to your friends or any one you talk to about our society.

Pick up bookmarks and business cards at the next meeting or contact an officer.

See Contact

New in September...

Election for Officers Coming Soon!

Board member and officer nominations are being accepted now. There is one position open and it is a good opportunity to get involved. The SCHS, as you know, is a worthy cause and the people on the board are fun to work with. The board needs help and you are the best candidate! The election will be at the October 28th meeting. Call or email your interest to an officer.

See Contact

See Board

SCHS Display at Tesson Ferry Library Coming  

February 2010 will see an historical display sponsored by the SCHS at the St Louis County Library, Tesson Ferry Branch. Items from the SCHS archive of documents, artifacts and photos will come to light for the whole month of February in a display case at the Tesson Ferry Library. SCHS archivist, Ross Wagner, is contemplating what archival gems will be best to bring out.  On Monday, February 1st, you can be among the first to view this rare display!

Heritage Tour 2009 Sunday, October 4th   

Sappington House teams up with four other historic homes in our area to offer a special day of touring and refreshments. One ticket gains you admittance to all five homes on one single day and with refreshments.

Homes included:
Sappington House, Hawken House, Mudd’s Grove, Oakland House, Fairfax House

For more information, can Ray 314-843-9403

New in August...

SCHS in the News!   

The South County Times wrote a front page feature article on the SCHS historic sites bus tour held on
July 13th, 2009

See SCHS in the News

Newsletter Photos

The summer newsletter has been delivered, and for this issue, there will be a web site newsletter photo supplement. Photos that would not fit in the the published version of the newsletter due to lack of space will be published here. See Newsletter photos

Features and Profiles

There is a new section of pages in the Collect and Preserve area of the web site.

There is also an interview on this site of Memorial Ceremony Chairman Carl Spinner. See Chairman Spinner Interview (more info added 7-25-09)

There is a page for the identification of the children in the Concord School photo printed in the April newsletter

See Concord School Photo

The marriage registry featured in the July newsletter, has an article about the St John’s marriage registry recently located. There are copies of the registry on the page

Marriage Registry

New in July...

The Spinners and More Spinners!

The Summer ’09 newsletter featured an article on the Carl and Irene Spinner family. There are supplementary photos on this web site to that article. There is also an interview on this site of Memorial Ceremony Chairman Carl Spinner. See Chairman Spinner Interview (more info added 7-25-09)

See Newsletter Photos

Hats and More Hats!

See photos of Rose Marie Karius doing her presentation on hats at the summer 2009 General Membership meeting.

See Presentations

See Candid Shots

SCHS History Quiz

Director Stephen Hanpeter  prepared a fun little activity for the July 2009 General Membership meeting. It was a quiz on one of the Sappington- Concord landmarks that is no longer with us. If you missed the quiz, there is a copy of it here. Try it out for yourself and learn more about our history!

See Quiz

New in June...

Memorial Day Ceremony

The Memorial Day ceremony was a great success!  The ceremony organizers felt the pain of rain, and quickly decided to hold the ceremony inside at St Lucas UCC church. Thank you, St Lucas!

See Photos

Date Set for
Bus Tour of Historic Sites

Monday, July 13th

1:00 pm at St Lucas UCC Church on Denny Road

$15.00 per person

See Bus Tour for more information

or email

Dr Simpson Plays Fiddle for Us!

Dr Jim Simpson played his fiddle for us at our April 22nd quarterly meeting. He explained what makes a fiddle and what makes a fiddler!

A great performance and an enlightening presentation!

An entertaining and an informative meeting!

Join us next time in July.

New in May...

Memorial Day Ceremony

Planning  is finished for another terrific Memorial Day ceremony!

Monday, May 25th! The ceremony starts at 10:00 and lasts about one hour. A time afterwards for refreshments will be held at St Lucas UCC church.

See you there!

See photos of last year’s ceremony.

See details of time and place You’re Invited

See Photos

New in April...

Sharing Reflections on SCHS Web Site

Our SCHS web site has a  new page for sharing reflections! (Reflections page) There is a set topic for us to reflect on and share. The topic will remain for the whole quarter. Our first topic was waking up on a cold winter morning as a child. Our new topic starting in April is spring flooding. Please add your bit to the discussion!

New in March...

New SCHS officers installed

The 2009 SCHS officers were installed at the February board meeting by Lindbergh  School District superintendent, Jim Simpson. Installation traditionally is done at the January quarterly meeting, but the big snow led to our no show. All is fixed now. See photos of the installation and a listing of the officers on the Board page.

2009 Meeting schedule rearranged

Again, the big snow and the cancellation of our January meeting has caused us to swap around the meeting schedule for the year. See the revised schedule on the Upcoming Presentations page.

New SCHS web site goes live!

March is the time for renewal, and the Sappington-Concord Historical Society has a new web site to prove it! It is chocked full of features and information for our members and the community at large. Check it out and see what is in it for you. It is all about added value for your membership fees and your commitment to keeping local history alive for us all.

To make comments, go to the Contact page.

Happy Birthday SCHS!

February 13th, 2009 was the 17th anniversary of our organization!

It’s SCHS membership renewal time!

Most of us renew our SCHS membership at the January meeting, but this year we got snowed out. Well, the big snow flow has led to a low cash flow! Only you can fix that! Remember what a value your membership is of $10 for an individual for the year, and $15 for a couple for the year. We have our four quarterly meetings, plus the special events and our newsletter. Then there are the preservation and education activities only we do so well! We are a good value in these tough economic times! Write your check and address your envelope today! Go to membership page for the mailing address.

Or pay in person at the April 22nd meeting. Details

Remember that when you join and renew, we make history together!