AGENDA
Gill Historical Commission
June 30, 2025, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Riverside Municipal Building
Call to order: _______
Notes: Today’s meeting is being recorded, in part to support minutes of our meeting.
1. Minutes of the June 17 meeting with visitors Barbara and Christian Mendes will be passed over until our next meeting on August 19.
2. Treasurer’s Report and business: Today is the last day of FY 25!! All receipts are due!
Budget total as of 6/16: $356.20
Expenses: magnetic paint $33.22 Budget Total: $356.20
Magnets $6.99 --$150.00
digital photo frame $109.99 $206.20
$150.00
Donation total as of 6/16/25: $3,648.30 Donation Total: $3,606.02
Revenue: Mendes donation $250.00
$ 3,898.30
Expenses: Deposit for Hale sign
for RMB -$296.02
(part of GHC’s share for sign) $3,606.02
Pennies from Heaven (donations made by Summit Mobil) - recent changes
3. Old and continuing business
A. Sign update: second estimate and contract with Hale Custom Signs; deposit (vote)
B. Severance House conclusion (Bob)
1. Volunteer help to move NMH stones (discussion; pay from donation account (vote)
2. Fireplace: a display in our new space?
C. Conclusion: Mendes visit of June 17 (discussion): Barbara’s email thank-you, pdf from
Christian, genealogy from Bob (how he is related to Barbara)
D. GHC Collection: Acquisitions
1. Two Drafts of FERC Program Agreements to limit damage to historic properties
at FirstLight stations at Turners Falls and Northfield Mountain
2. Pat Haigis, now living in Florida, donated six shadow-box pieces of Wert art
Acquisitions, continued.
3. From Barbara and Christian Mendes, handed down from their Stoughton family:
a. Two framed documents signed by Moses Gill
b. An original copy of Ralph Stoughton’s family genealogy
c. A photo of Barbara’s father, Robert Wadsworth Stoughton
d. A copy of Vol. I History of Gill by Ralph Stoughton
e. A teacher’s bell, used by Barbara’s aunt Lucy (research by Becky)
f. A donation to GHC of $250.00
4. New Business: New Space at RMB
A. Moving large pieces (empty contents and store them?)
B. Closet in museum room
C. Summer Work Bees (discussion)
D. Explore WIFI connections at RMB to get internet access going for GHC
5. Other topics not listed at time of posting
Adjournment: _______
Next meeting: Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m., RMB
