Each year we give the visitors of our quilt show the opportunity to vote for their favorite quilt. This year the winner was decided by the slimmest of margins - one vote. Congratulations to Bonnie Pearson whose quilt “Keeping The Blues” won. Second place went to Barbara Brown Schiller’s “Acoma Ladders”.
“Keeping the Blues” 
“Acoma Ladder”
This year’s show had many beautiful quilts, a fine special display of vintage trims and sewing accessories and vendors.
Kate Ogden, a professor at Stockton College, will be the guest speaker at our September 15th meeting where she will present her slide presentation ”From Tomb Stones to Tiffany”. Professor Ogden has featured the society’s Heritage Village on the website Art & Architecture of New Jersey (http://www.ettc.net/njarts/index.htm). Please join us on September 15th at 7:30 p.m. at the Barnegat Bay Assembly of God Church, Route 9 (just south of the traffic light at Barnegat Beach Boulevard), Waretown, New Jersey This meeting is free and open to the public and the location is handicap accessible.
Due to the weather the flea and craft market has been rescheduled to September 5th. Hope to see you then.
The Society will sponsor two flea and craft markets this year - July 25th and August 29th - at the Public Dock, East Bay Avenue, Barnegat.
The markets will feature vendors selling new items, antiques and collectibles as well as crafts. Vendor space is available on a first come first served basis. Spaces are $20 each and measure 19′ x 20′. The Society will host a white elephant table at the July market.
Victorian Tea
May 16, 2009, 11:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m.
Hosted by the Barnegat Historical Society
At the Historic Cox House
Join us for a lovely full tea service, including fresh baked scones, sweets, and savories served on beautiful antique & collectible dishware and linens. The tea will be served in the elegantly appointed Cox House, North Main Street, Barnegat.
Reservations are a must as seating is limited. Please call 609-698-3788
or email barnegat.historical@gmail.com
Tickets are $15 each
Please join us for this fabulous program provided through the New Jersey Council for the Humanities Speakers Bureau. John Burkhalter, an independent scholar and lecturer will present this program, which is free and open to the public. This program will take place on March 17, 2009, at 7:30 p.m., at the Barnegat Bay Assembly of God Church, Route 9, Waretown.
Polymath Thomas Jefferson, the “Sage of Monticello” was ardent in his devotion to music. Jefferson owned numerous instruments imported from London and an extraordinary collection of printed music. He believed that music was indispensable to the fabric of culture and civilization in fact “a most delightful recreation.” A brief illustrated lecture will be complemented with a performance of music drawn from Mr. Jefferson’s 1783 inventory of musical holdings.
Silver Award Project ~by Lori Pepenella
Rachel Nokes and Kimberly Pepenella from Teen Troop 359 finished up their Silver Award Project on Saturday January 10th. Their project, “Promises from the Past, Girls Making a Difference in Every Generation” was an effort to help the Barnegat Historical Society develop a program that would attract school age children to the society’s Heritage Museum Village, East Bay Avenue. The girls created an activity book that references what children in each one of the village buildings would have been doing in the early part of the last century. They also included some facts on what the Girl Scout organization was doing for the country during the same time frame. The historical society volunteers and the silver award candidates recently held a workshop at the Barnegat library where they played simple games and did crafts and various projects from the workbook with visitors. They also had coloring sheets of Barnegat Pete and the village for the children. They served old-fashioned recipes such as cookies and lemonade. The historical society’s Mary Catherine Kennedy was on hand to tell stories of old Barnegat. Jamey and Bethany Stofko from the society also agreed to help the girls with promoting the village as well as Girl Scouts
Our Society is pleased to announce our annual “Quilts Along the Bay” quilt show. This year’s show will take place on Saturday, September 19, and Sunday, September 20, 2009, at theBarnegat Community Center on West Bay Avenue in Barnegat, New Jersey.
Challenge Quilt - Go Green!!!!!!!! Yes, “Think Green”. Quilters have a long history of using leftover fabrics to make something beautiful. This year, we would like to challenge you to do the same. Quilts to be entered in the challenge category must be made from fabrics that are being reused in some way. Fabrics may be scraps from other projects, clothing, bedding, etc. Only the batting, backing and binding may be purchased new. For a complete copy of show rules, registration forms and important information about the show please email us at barnegat.historical@gmail.com or call our show chairperson, Jamey Stofko, directly at (609) 698-3323.
Annual Covered Dish Supper. Please join us for our annual covered dish supper on November 18, 2008, at 6:30 p.m. What should you bring? How about your favorite casserole, entrée, side dish, salad or dessert. Bring the family or invite a friend. This dinner meeting will be held at the Barnegat Bay Assembly of God Church, 378 Route 9 North, Waretown. The church is located just south of the traffic light at Route 9 and Barnegat Beach Boulevard in Waretown. The church is handicap accessible.
Need a Sweatshirt? We will have society sweatshirts for sale at the November meeting. Think about doing some early holiday shopping.
Important Business! This meeting is an important one. The nominating committee chosen at our September meeting will present a slate of officers for election at the November meeting. Officers elected at the November meeting will be sworn in for a two year term in January, 2009.
Dues. Please renew your annual dues at the November meeting or via mail. Please include your email address with your renewal information. We would like to compile an email mailing list so that information can be easily distributed to members. Also, send an email to Barnegat.historical@gmail.com and ask to receive future newsletters via email. E-newsletters will save postage and paper. Keeping your membership up to date is important and the dues help offset our operating costs.
A special thank you to our junior members who happily served as “white glove” hostesses showing guests the exceptional needlework on display.