Et cetera : CENTER POINT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEMEBERS "˜VISIT' VIETNAM AND AFRICA

  About 30 people enjoyed the Center Point Historical Society's annual Harvest Potluck October 27. The program was a slide show on modern Vietnam by Paul Schantz and Jon Sholes, both of whom had recently visited the country. Admission was a non-perishable food item for the food bank at the Freedom Foundation, a Cedar Rapids service center for veteran's in which Paul and his wife Kim are active. The following Saturday four Historical Society members took a field trip to the African American Museum of Iowa in Cedar Rapids. Attending were Dennis and Linda Schlicht, Teresa Scheeler and Sharon Hannen. Historical Society members also made the desserts"”as a fundraiser"”for the Center Point fire department steak supper Nov. 5. Those baking were: Teresa Scheeler, Linda Schlicht, Virginia Benson, Jeanette Elgin, Sharon Hannen and Barb Aarhus. The last Historical Society regular meeting of 2016 is Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Depot Museum. Officers for 2017 will be elected.