Current membership 139

Programs

• PHHS switched Venues from Parma Town Hall to Village Community Center due to increasing attendance. Thank you to the Town and Village for their hospitality!
• Emma Watts, a student at HCS, attended each program and videotaped it for our social media sites.

Cemetery Report

• Work has begun to restore the historic cemeteries in Parma/Hilton. People may designate donations to this fund.  
• In October, 2022, Amanda Dudley led a tour of the Wright Family Cemetery with Board members and Friends of the Society re-enacting some of those who are buried there. 

Digitization Project

• Frank Hubbell is digitizing our archives and written material. 
• Registrar Ed Gable drew up a report on how the Registrar will be involved in this process and how it will be recorded.

Master Plan

• Under the leadership of Jeri Pickett, a process for developing a Master Plan for the Society has begun.  
• The initial project is to put together an Operations Manual detailing the duties of each position/person connected to the Society.  

Historian

• Dave Crumb continues to hold office hours on Wednesday evenings 7-9 in his office at the Village Community Center.  
• Dave has led walking tours of West Avenue, Gorton and Henry Street, Main Street, Hazen and Smith Streets and part of South Avenue, in partnership with the Parma Public Library.
• He has written several pieces for The Westside News on the history of the area. 
• In April, Mike Heise began doing a podcast with Dave on topics of historical interest in our area.  This Podcast can be found on Spotify under The Big H Podcast.  

Historical Markers

• A new historical marker was placed at the corner of 259 and Parma Center Road highlighting the first Methodist Episcopal Church in Parma.  
• Another marker will be placed for Walter Vond at the end of 259 and Hilton Beach. 
• The Village has approved a marker for the 1965 Main St. Fire. 

Social Media / Website

• www.parmahiltonhistoricalsociety.com
• Facebook:  Parma Hilton Historical Society
• YouTube:   Parma Hilton Historical Society
• Podcast:  The Big H – Conversations with Crumb

Museum

• The museum is open on Sundays from 2-4 welcoming visitors and giving tours of the collection.

School Tours

• John Corcoran, Frank Hubbell and Ed Gable presented a talk on the Native Americans in our area to 4^thgraders in the Hilton School District. 
• In April this year the museum hosted the 1^st and 2^nd graders from Quest on three days to tour the museum.  Docents made the history come to life for the children. 

Display Windows

• In July, 2022 the PHHS partnered with the new Hilton Alumni Association to do a display of Alumni through the years beginning with our first graduate, Jennie Mitchell in 1898. 
• Windows at the Village Historian’s Office at the Community Center and the Town Hall have been used to display Jennie Mitchell, famous Hilton women, 1920-30 Valentine Collection, 1950 Christmas Card collection, Lanterns, Hilton Baseball, and Spring Planting.  
• Amanda Dudley designs the Village Office window and Ken Freeman and Nancy Leport design the Town Hall window.

It has been a very busy and successful year!