First Ohio Company The Jamestowne Society
Information about our meetings and our members
Membership
In addition to our company officers, the following members have agreed to allow their names to be posted on our website. If you know any of our members listed here, feel free to contact them for more information about our company.
Mr. John Bourne
Mrs. Jean Dones
Mrs. Coralee Hugo
Dr. Greg Kenney
Mr. John Latham
Dr. Joanne Yeck
or you may contact our governor:
Governor@Jamestownesocietyohio.org
or
Contact the national society at:
http://www.jamestowne.org/
PAST MEETINGSSpring 2008: We enjoyed a lovely luncheon at Scioto Country Club. The after-lunch presentation focused on archiving old photographs into a photobook.
Members voted to increase our annual dues to $10 and re-elected the current officers for another 2 year term.
Fall 2008: Our luncheon featured Mr.Herman Rueger a former historical interpreter at Jamestowne. Mr. Rueger wore his indentured servant costume and regaled us with tales of adventures and misadventures during his lengthy experience as an interpreter in Jamestowne, Yorktown and Colonial Williamsburg.
Spring 2009: Our speaker was Dr. Alan Gallay, who holds the Warren R. Woodring Chair in the Department of History at Ohio State University. He has published numerous scholarly books and articles about colonial America. His topic: "Before Jamestown: The Origins of English Colonization of Virginia."
For more information about Dr. Gallay's work see: http://history.osu.edu/people/person.cfm?ID=1920
