ONGOING AND Future events
ANNUAL APPLE PRESSING
AT HURD & BRIGGS MILL
10/8 DURING PUMPKIN FEST
Our annual Apple Pressing Event will be held during the Town of Elma Pumpkin Festival. Please see flyer for details.
ANNUAL FALL DINNER
AND BASKET RAFFLE
Our annual basket raffle and pork & chicken dinner will be held Monday, October 24th at the Elma Senior Center. Doors will open at 5 PM and dinner will be served at 6 PM.
The cost of the dinner is $20 and raffle tickets are $5 a sheet. Reservations are required. Please call Eileen at 716-652-0648.
We are hoping that members can donate a basket or gift card for the raffle. Completed baskets can be dropped off at the museum. Call your friends and make your reservations.
See you at the dinner.
MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS are on the 2nd Monday of the month at 7:00-pm at the Elma Senior Center. None in July or August. Refer to the latest newsletter on the News page.
HURD & BRIGGS SAWMILL OPEN FOR SAWMILLING DEMONSTRATIONS
See how timber was sawed using only water power just as the many mills in Elma did 100+ years ago; every Thursday afternoon and every 1st & 3rd Sunday afternoon from 1:00-to-3:00-PM the Sawmill will be open for sawmilling demonstrations. We've recently completed a major rebuilding of the Sawmill, and have upgraded the antique machinery as well, so please consider a visit. The Hurd & Briggs Sawmill is also open by appointment, and is handicapped accessible. Any visitor will receive a free refrigerator magnet to show they've visited the Sawmill. The 3"x3" flat magnet honors the 175th anniversary of the founding of the Hurd & Briggs Mill. It's designed to emulate an old Magic Lantern slide. While supplies last.
The Hurd & Briggs Sawmill commemorative magnet is at left. The Sawyer logo is adapted from the one of a kind weathervane on the Mill's cupola, designed by famed Elma artist and metalsmith Louie Zimmerman.