submitted by Jane Majors
The Monroe Historical Society will meet on Thursday\, July 30 at 6\:00 pm. in the Activity Building at Mt. Pleasant Retirement Village. This will be a carry-in-dinner. Meat\, beverage and rolls will be provided. Members and guest are asked to bring a vegetable\, salad or dessert to share and your own table service. Business meeting will follow dinner. The program\, following the meeting will be presented by Mr. Gary Kersey. Mr. Kersey'\;s topic will be"\; Lincoln visits General Hooker'\;s Army."\; Guests are welcome. Any questions contact Norm Hayes\, 432-6363 or Jane Majors\, 539-7109.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T073849Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090808T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090808T180000Z UID:http://www.monroeobserver.com/content/09-06-02-vintage-baseball-game URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.monroeobserver.com/content/09-06-02-vintage-baseball-game SUMMARY:Vintage Baseball Game DESCRIPTION:The Monroe Historical Society will be sponsoring a day of vintage baseball on August 9 at the Community Park. Festivities will begin at 11 a.m. Mark Bursley of the Red Onion will be providing the “normal ballgame fare” with brats\, hot dogs\, taffy\, popcorn\, peanuts\, etc. Monroe grads Kara Cover and Paul Jutte will be singing The Star Spangled Banner and Take Me Out to the Ball Game. The game will begin at 1 p.m. between the 1869 Cincinnati Redstockings (www.1869reds.com) and a local Monroe team. Former Mayor Elbert Tannreuther will be umpiring the game and Councilman Tracy Shell will be the coaching the Monroe team. The log cabin will be open and games from the 1860s/70s will be available for all ages. A movie is also planned at dusk. Call Tracy Shell at 513-600-0366 if you wish to volunteer to play some ball the “old-fashioned” way\, or you can call Gene Williams at 539-9581\, to volunteer and participate in some fashion\, for a Saturday of fun. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR