MINOT — The Minot Historical Society met at the Town Office on March 11. The meeting was called to order by President Hester Gilpatric, who offered a prayer.

The secretary’s report was amended to correct the amount donated by the Minot Bicentennial Committee. The treasurer’s report reflected the correction, showing the amount donated as $1,285.17. The balance in the treasury is $1,599.78.

The president reported that she would like to contact Christi Mitchell of the Maine Historical Preservation Commission to see what is needed to have the homes and historical places in Minot catalogued and the information preserved.

Eda Tripp noted that Minot accepted the gift of land from the heirs of Susie Campbell and the Palmer family at the annual Minot town meeting. The two properties were the land that had been the William Ladd Homestead and the Town Pound/Noyes School land.

Tripp was hopeful that the society will administer the cleaning/clearing of parts of the property as projects in the coming year. It was so voted.

The president called for an executive meeting with the officer at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, at the Town Office.

Nancy Conant introduced the speaker, Lawrence “Punk” House. House is a Turner native and has extensive bottle collection. The collection was started by his grandmother, passed down to his mother and is maintained by him and his wife, Laverna. He spoke of the trips he took with his grandmother to pick bottles from the dumps. He still looks for unusual bottles.

The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. Friday, April 18, at the Town Office. The program will be “The History of the Apple Industry” and the speaker will be George Ricker. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be served after the meeting.