We’re delighted that we will be meeting Tuesday evening February 26th, 7:30PM, at the Scotch Hills
Country Club, 820 Jerusalem Rd., Scotch Plains, NJ 07076. Our program is “Youngs Paint and Varnish Company”. We’re lucky to have one of the family members that last helped managed what once was a premier decorating store for this area: Larry Andrews, grandson of the founder of Youngs in 1925. The local high school TV will be filming so we will we be able to have a record in our museum.

You are invited to the Osborn Cannonball House for the free annual open house and Christmas party on Sunday, December 2nd from 2pm to 4pm at 1840 Front Street in Scotch Plains. Join us for hot mulled cider along with goodies to eat. Featured is our Victorian Christmas tree and 1800s winter clothing display. Join us for caroling around our restored 1885 Mason and Hamlin reed pump organ. Costumed guides will conduct tours. The museum will be closed for January and February. It will reopen Sunday, March 3rd in the New Year.

As part of the Union County “Four Centuries in a Weekend” event, join us in celebrating a Victorian Christmas. Learn why people decorate trees, sing carols, send cards, and exchange gifts. How and when did these activities become part of American culture? Many of these customs developed during the Victorian Age.

• Victorian feather tree surrounded by antique toys
• Mannequins dressed in their holiday best
• Enjoy carols played by Dave Bierman on an antique Victorian organ.
Everyone’s invited on Saturday October 20th from 10am to 5pm and on Sunday October 21st from noon to 5pm at 1840 East Front Street in Scotch Plains.