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About Us 

Membership Information
Scheduled Meetings
Board of Directors
The Beginning of the Society
Charter Members

Membership Information  

Join us in preserving the history!

 $15 Individual / $25 Family / $200 Life

Mail your name, address and dues to:
Union County Historical Society
PO Box 552
Elk Point, SD 57025-0552
Membership includes a subscription to our quarterly newsletter "The Sands of Time"

  Scheduled Meetings  
The Union County Historical Society meets the third Monday of each month at 7:30 P.M. in the museum, located at 124 East Main Street, in Elk Point, South Dakota.

  The Early Days  
The Centennial Historical Society of Union County was organized at the Spink Store, Spink, South Dakota, on Monday evening, November 2, 1987.  Joe Cash, Professor of History of the University of South Dakota, was present as advisor.  He suggested "Centennial" as an appropriate name, with the upcoming state centennial in 1989. 

At this first meeting, Vivian Abraham was appointed Chairman and Fern Chicoine as Secretary.  The board of directors included:  Glenadine Aamot, Cathleen Curry, Pastor Arthur Erickson, Marty Erickson, Derald Keiser, Fay Kerr, Myrtle Twedt and Clarice Yttreness. 

By the third meeting a motion was made by Derald Keiser that we be known as the Union County Historical Society.  The issue of Charter Membership was addressed at the fourth meeting, with the decision that those who joined by November 1, 1988 would be considered Charter Members.  The records show there were 74 Charter Members. 

Board of Directors
Sherri McKee, President  sherrisautoranch@acsnet.com
Marlo Waterbury, Vice-President
Roland Rosenbaum, Secretary  rolandr@sd.cybernex.net
Emma Ballinger, Treasurer
Evelyn Vincent, District Representative
Fern Chicoine, District Representative
Ray LaFleur, District Representative
Bill Merrill, District Representative
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Don Lane, District Representative

Charter Members
A
Aaker, Marian
B
Ballinger, Emma
Bergdale, Les
Bierbaum, Bill
Bovill, Geraldine
Briggle, Ladelle
C
Callahan, Kevin
Cemansky, Ruth
Chicoine, Alex
Chicoine, Delores
Chicoine, Evelyn
Chicoine, Fern
Chicoine, Francis
Chicoine, Roland
Cowell, Lora Lee
Curry, Cathleen
Curry, Ed
E
Eidem, Amos
Eidem, Craig
Eidem, Marie
Eidem, Ruth
Erickson, Arthur
Erickson, Marilyn
Erickson, Marlys
F
Fennel, Forrest
Fossum, Mildred
Fossum, Richard
G
Gubbrud, John D
H
Hatton, Joanne A
Hedburg, Blaine
Herried, Les
Horton, Earl
Horton, Dorothy
J
Jacobsen, Berline
Jensen, Marianne
Johnson, Harris
Johnson, Melvin
Jorgensen, Lois
K
Keiser, Derald W
Kerr, Faye
Kerr, Zora
Klemme, Glen
Kneebone, Hazel
L
Landeen, Nada
Lane, Donald R
Langle, Dorothy
Leckner, Dorothy
Leckner, Kenneth
M
McCarthy, Ray
Mikkelson, Darlyene
N
Nygaard, Carol L
Nygaard, Douglas
O
Ottman, Bonnie J
P
Peterson, Darleen G
Primm, Rose
Primm, William
R
Rick, Kathleen
Rosenbaum, Ralph
Rosenbaum, Roland
S
Scarmon, Linda
Scarmon, Michael
Staum, Arthur
Staum, Mildred
Stenstrom, Roger
Stickney, Clela
T
Twedt, Myrtle
W
Waterbury, Jean
Waterbury, Marlo
Wilcox, Harold
Wilcox, Mary
Y
Yttreness, Clarice L

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