Roselawn Chimes in the Tower of Memories to be Revived

Dick Lichtfeld expressed an interest in seeing the 24 Deagam chimes operated by the two-octave Wangerin Organ in the Roselawn Cemetery's Tower of Memories be made operational again. The cemetery currently broadcasts recorded music from the tower but the music is not created by the chimes and organ.

In July Board members visited the Tower and heard about its history from James and Tim Stanley (former and current Cemetery managers). Dick and Bill Podell examined the chimes and organ. The cemetery gave them permission to remove the chimes and organ to Dick's workshop where they are making the necessary repairs. HBGHS will host a concert in the Spring when the equipment has been re-installed in the Tower.

Recent Acquisitions

Michael Seeliger - 1 lb. can Grocer Boy Tomatoes, packed by Seeliger Farm Cannery

Monona Senior Center - "Monona Memories" appliqued and embroidered wall hanging

Dorothy Haines - elaborate silver-plated inkstand and an old American adding machine

Maryie & Alfred Hays - Title abstract for 4603 Allis Ave.

Tim Stanley - Old Songs of the Church and Music America Loves Best record catalog

Gary Hess - sterling silver cream & sugar, silver plate tray & pot, mustache cup

Lynnan Casper - candy tin "Famous Yankee Taffy made by Peter Pan Candy Co. Madison", letter opener "Monona Motor Sales Co.", 2 portraits of Henry Hess Sr., East High School Class of 1940 playing cards, Hawk Eye Box Camera and other items

Burr Angle - Biographical Sketches of Several Contractors, Developers, and Others who built single-family housing on the east side of Madison 1945-1965

Lindsay Adjavor, WTDY - 5 radio spots about Monona

Beckett Horowitz & Chris Hommerding - DVD titled "Tonyawatha's Healing Waters"

Judy Taylor - "B is for Battle Cry: Civil War Alphabet" and other children's history books

Sue Retzlaff - old issues of American Woman, Gentlewoman, McClure's and Collier's magazines

Frost Woods article in Wisconsin Magazine of History

Not only did the Frost Woods Homes Association celebrate its 75th Anniversary on Sept 10th but Mary Ellen Gabriel wrote an article for the Autumn 2011 issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History about the "forgotten tale of Frost's Woods." It is a heavily illustrated 13-page article about Charles E. Brown and the Lake Monona Wildlife Sanctuary Association's efforts to create an "outdoor museum and perpetual campground for groups of traveling Winnebago Indians".