By Kim McDarison
The Bark River Woods Historical Society will be hosting its annual “Old-Fashioned Pie Social,” with a few changes.
The society has been hosting the annual fundraiser, which features a plated barbecue lunch and pie, since its inception in 1976, society president Olive Gross said.
Different this year, and as a COVID-19 precaution, members have been asked to donate ready-made pies for auctioning by the slice. Typically, members bake the pies, Gross said.
The event will be held indoors this year, at the Hebron Community Center, W3087 Green Isle Drive, where social distancing will be observed, hand sanitizer will be provided, and masks are suggested.
The plated lunch will be served beginning at noon, Sunday, May 2, and the auction, where those interested in dessert will find a large selection of pies, will begin around 1 p.m., Gross added. The plated lunch is available to all members of the public at a cost of $5.
Those winning pie slices receive their treat with ice cream and a beverage.
How much might a slice of pie cost? Well, Gross said, that just depends on its popularity and who’s there. Slices, during past events, have gone for anywhere between $5 and $20 each.
Monies collected at the fundraiser are used to support the Old Town Hall, located in the town of Hebron, which is 9 miles east of Fort Atkinson along Highway 106. The Old Town Hall serves today as a museum, featuring artifacts from the communities of Hebron and Cold Springs. Funds are also used to support society programming, Gross said.
“Typically the fundraiser makes between $1,300 and $1,500, but last year we lost all that because we couldn’t have it,” Gross said, noting that the event was canceled as a COVID-19 precaution.
An online history about the society and museum notes that the society was formed as a bicentennial project by a group of retired teachers from Hebron and Cold Springs after the area’s former country school became part of the Fort Atkinson School District. The Town of Hebron purchased the school and “moved its business there.” The building also houses the Hebron Community Center.
The Old Town Hall, built in 1902, was leased and eventually purchased by the historical society and is today on the National and State Register of Historic Buildings.
Artifacts found within the museum include memorabilia and genealogies from pioneer families, as well as some history revolving around the Wintermute Circus.
For more information about the Bark River Woods Historical Society, visit its Facebook page.
Bark River Woods Historical Society President Olive Gross holds a pie similar to one the will be auctioned by the slice during the group’s annual fundraiser, the Old-Fashioned Pie Social. The event will be held Sunday, May 2. Proceeds are used to support the society’s programming and the Old Town Hall, a structure build in 1902 which is listed on the National and State Register of Historic Buildings and serves today as a museum housing historical artifacts from Hebron and Cold Springs.
Supplied photo.
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