Welcome to the Danvers Historical Society and Glen Magna Farms News blog.

     The Society, founded in 1889 and looking forward to its 125th Anniversary next year, exists to educate present and future generations about the rich history, from pre-Colonial times to the present day, of what is now the Town of Danvers, Massachusetts, originally Salem Village, the site of the 1692 Witch Hysteria. 

   Here's some of the news.

   Yesterday, September 16, 2013, the Society had its first major fundraiser in more than a year: a Golf Tournament at the Black Swan Country Club in Georgetown, Massachusetts.

The weather was notoriously New England.  Overcast, a bit of rain, a few showers, sunshine and temperatures varying between the 50s and the 70s - a perfect golfing day (for it never really rains on the golf course).
    Signing in was from 7:30 to 8:30 in the morning.

   Everyone was off the course by 1 and sitting down for the great buffet lunch in the ballroom by 1:30 which gave them time to look over the Silent Auction items

and the Society's Raffle items

   It was a lot of work for the volunteer Committee and the Society's office staff (kudos to Operations Manager Cathy Gareri and Development Coordinator Laura Cilley), but well worth it.
   The Society thanks all its community supporters:

   -- Gold Sponsor: John Hentschel
   
   -- Hospitality Cart Sponors: 
           Cornerstone Financial Partners, LLS 
           People's United Bank

   -- Hole Sponsors: 
           Ardiff & Blake, Attorneys
           Cabinetry by Design, Peter Carroll
           Colonial Landscaping
           Danvers Automotive
           Danvers Butchery 
           Danversport Yacht Club 
           Dave's Mobil 
           Building and Remodeling Contractor Jim Kieran 
           John Doyle Insurance Agency 
           C.R. Lyons and Sons Funeral Directors 
           Lyons Ambulance
           Northeast Community Bank 
           North Shore Bank
           Phillips Engineered Products
           Phil Richard Insurance
           PNG (Paul Gareri) Carpenty
           Salem Five Bank
           Supinos Restaurant
           Rep. Ted Speliotis
           Touchdown Club of Danvers Inc
           Volvo Village
           WOHLER USA.

   -- Raffle Donors: 
           Black Swan Country Club 
           Boston Red Sox
           Capt's Waterfront Grill
           Celtic Tickets donated by Trustee Joe Todisco
           Chick Fil-A
           Cranney Companies
           Danvers Hardware,
           Frank Bertini,
           Hartnetts All Cloth Car Wash,
           House of Seven Gables,
           Hyundai Village,
           Middleton Golf Course
           New Brothers Restaurant & Deli
           Orange Leaf Yogurt,
           Peabody Essex Museum
           Salem Evening News
           The Finer Image

   -- Special thanks to: 
           Black Swan CC pro Matt Cunningham
           Larry DeLorenzo for doing the live auction
           Tyler from Jon Good (Lowell Spinners, Nashua Silver Knights and KBK Sports) for doing the silent auction
           Joslin Advertising for the golf tees
           Northeast Community Bank for raffle bags, notepads and letter openers
           Salem Five Bank for Goodie Bags and contents
           North Shore Bank for sunscreen
           Essex National Heritage Commission's loan of a projector
           Ashley Mackenzie and Heather Bauman from Danvers High School and Danvers High School Vocational Coordinator James Wood for their help.

     Kudos to the Golf Tournament Committee: 
          Larry Raimondi, Trustee Sheila Cooke-Kayser, Peter Cullen, Grace Dedan, Anna Flynn Bertini, Trustee Joe Joslin, Beverly Raimondi and Trustee Joe Todisco.

   And, finally thanks to Treasurer Michael Morris for sponsoring a hole and Trustees Sharon Taskey-Gozewski and Sheila Moulton-Kelly for co-sponsoring a hole and the other Trustees who donated wine and scratch tickets for the Society raffle. 

   Proceeds of the Golf Tournament fundraiser will be used to support the Society's work and the restoration of is National Historic Landmark Derby Summer House.

Derby Summer House at Glen Magna Farms, Danvers

   Please consider supporting the Society through membership and/or a donation.  For more information please visit the Society's websites: danvershistory.org and glenmagnafarms.org
   Best wishes,
   Wayne Eisenhauer, President
    Email: danvershistoricalsociety@gmail.com