The newly formed Terrace Park Historical Society held its first meeting on Monday evening, November 5th, 2001 in the undercroft of St. Thomas Church. Forty-eight interested and enthusiastic people attended. Twenty-four joined as Individual and Couple/Family members. 
We have established a group of 9 trustees, 5 of whom are also officers: Carol C. Cole, president; Betsy Holloway, vice-president; Kay Pope, secretary; Bill Holloway, treasurer; Ken Bassett, legal counsel; Helen Barnett, Stan Brown, Lee Cole and Julie Northrop. With the help of Ken Bassett we are a legally incorporated Society as of September 14th, 2001. We also have put together a Code of Regulations and have sent in papers to be a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. We have three levels of membership: Individual $15/yr., Couple/Family $25/yr. and Business/Corporate $50/yr. Members will receive notice of meetings either by regular mail or e-mail and also a Newsletter, we hope quarterly. Pat Henley has volunteered to publish the Newsletter and Jeanette Pruiss is our official photographer. 
We want to encourage people to write down and give us a copy of their Terrace Park memories. As an example, a short article by Flach Douglas was read concerning his childhood memories of the Terrace Park Post Office. Flach grew up in Terrace Park and we hope he will give us more of his memories and that many others will do the same. 
Helen Barnett also grew up in Terrace Park surrounded by family including parents, both sets of grandparents, aunts and uncles. She spoke to us concerning her growing up largely in "northern Terrace Park" (Cambridge, Oxford and Rugby Avenues) in the 1920s and 1930s. She did get out of this immediate area for school and to visit her Bacon grandparents just across the railroad tracks on New Street. Vignettes included descriptions of her neighbors, family, friends, transportation, communication, delivery system, entertainment, school, church and play - also one excursion to see an early house fire at the corner of Marietta and Yale. It is hoped that we will be able to gather more stories through talks, discussions/interviews, tape recordings/transcriptions, written reports and future presentations. 
There was a display portraying some of the history of Terrace Park with emphasis on the years 1893 (year of incorporation), 1901 and 2001. Included were articles and early maps, homes with building dates, subdivision maps, pictures and information from two Terrace Park families no longer living in the area but still very interested, Terrace Park School diplomas and scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings of events in 2001. Virginia Marquette, liaison with the Terrace Park Alumni Association, congratulated Terrace Park on it's new Society and gave some of her Iuen and Cook family background.
There are a great many ways people can become involved in this new Society and many of them were discussed. Interest questionnaires were circulated and we hope to get many volunteers from these suggestions. Right now we are looking for and welcome new members, both people living in Terrace Park and outside. You won't want to miss the Members' Christmas Party at historic "Gravelotte" or our next general meeting, Sunday afternoon, February 3rd, 2002