Chapter Meeting Abstracts
North Fork Chapter 29
Meets at 7 pm on the 3rd Friday of each month except December, June and July at the Presbyterian Church Education Building,
Corner of Main and White Street
Brookville , PA 15825
Everyone Welcome
Contact ken Burkett
kenburkett@comcast.net
(814) 229-2816
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Chapter Meeting
Friday, August 21
Bill Black
Pitted Stones
Bring your examples to show and share
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North Fork 29 Artifact Show
Saturday, September 5
9:00 - 3:00
Jefferson County Fairgrounds
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Chapter Meeting
Friday, September 18
Leon Briggs
Guii:wëo (the good word)
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Eastern States Rock Art Conference
October 8 - 11
Granville, OH
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Chapter Meeting
Friday, October 16
Walter Skrypzek
HOBO Art
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Chapter Meeting
Friday, November 20
John Cornman
Primitive Technology
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No Chapter meeting
December
Bill Black
Pitted Stones
A show and tell discussion about the mysterious pitted-stones. How were they used, what are they for. Bring your examples to show and share
Leon Sam Briggs
Guii:wëo (the good word)
Leon will present a discussion about living between two worlds, Seneca people before contact and present time and how we keep our terdional ways and also living in a modern world. How we have changed but still holding on to our traditional ways through language, ceremonies, food and political views.
Walter Skrzypek
HOBO Art
We’ve all heard the term "hobo” gut most don’t know about these men who often traveled by rail to find work opportunities. Hobos developed in an intricate system of communicating through hobo signs in the form of engraved designs or symbols on various surfaces near small towns and around the railroad and near bridges and tunnels This program will explore some of that history.
John Cornman
Primitive Technology
I will be talking about primitive tools and weapons, as well as the technology used to create them. From flintknapping, to peck and grind, to cordage, I will discuss some of the ways our ancestors met and conquered the every day difficulties of surviving