Annual Meeting

Thursday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m.

Annual Meeting Bonus: Chocolates, Dessert Wines and Mr. Lincoln

We’re hoping to see you at the Annual Meeting at the Delafield History Center. As with our past few annual meetings, the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory will provide an assortment of their delicious chocolates and we’ll have some dessert wines, dessert bites and coffee or tea. In keeping with being surrounded by the unique Lincoln Exhibit, Nicholas Bur from the Association of Lincoln Presenters will join us.

Bring a friend and come to the History Center on Thursday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. and hear about the plans for 2019. On the brief agenda will be the election of officers, a review of our 2018 season and a summary of the upcoming summer schedule. Our Delafield photo collection is still growing. Please let us know if you’re planning to join us. Leave a message at 646-4794 or email: HawksInn@wi.rr.com. We look forward to seeing you.

2019 Events Schedule

May 4 Inn Opens for Tours.................................................

June 26 Friends of the State Historical Society ............. .

tour of Lincoln Exhibit and Hawks Inn.............................

August 10 Ice Cream Social, Inn Tours and

Perennial Sale by the SumMerDel Garden Club...............

August 31st Lincoln Exhibit Closes.................................

October 26 Inn Closes for Tours.......................................

November 9 5th Annual Progressive Dinner...................

and Silent Auction................................................................

December 7 Christmas at the Inn......................................

2019/20 Board of Directors Mary Daniel President...................................................

Mernie Williams Vice President...................................

Jean Yeomans Secretary.................................................

Kathy Sidders Treasurer................................................

Gayle Maney Archives...................................................

Todd Hillmer Social Media...........................................

Bob Mertins Building Maintenance.............................

Tim Aicher At Large......................................................

Jean Ericson At Large....................................................

Jim Babcock Curator.....................................................

The nominations will be open for any other candidates who wish to be considered.

Hawks Inn Newslet ter

Volume 53, Issue 2 Annual Meeting, 2019

If you have already paid your 2019 dues, there will be a 19 on your label.2019 Membership Renewal

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Delafield Mayor Kent Atwell presents Jim Babcock with his framed commendation.

PROCLAMATION Commendation - James Babcock 

WHEREAS, James Babcock was a founder of the Hawks Inn Historical Society in 1960; and 

WHEREAS, as an authority in American Decorative Arts of the Hawks Inn era between 1846 and 1865, he was instrumental  in the selection of the furnishings for the restoration of the Inn and also donated many period antiques of his own; and 

WHEREAS, after his retirement from his antique business, he served as the volunteer curator of Hawks Inn for 20 years; and 

WHEREAS, he donated over 800 valuable reference books of his own to create the James Babcock Library in the lower level of the Delafield History Center; and 

WHEREAS, he has faithfully pursued the mission of teaching and preserving the history of the Town and City of Delafield for the past 59 years. 

NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the City of Delafield, we express our formal appreciation for James Babcock’s service and dedication to the Hawks Inn Historical Society and extend the thanks of a grateful community for his considerable role in preserving a Delafield treasure and National Historic Site. 

Dated this 18th day of March, 2019. CITY OF DELAFIELD 

_____________________________ Kent Attwell, Mayor 

ATTEST: 

___________________________________ Michelle Luedtke City of Delafield Clerk Waukesha County 

Many of Jim’s Hawks Inn family were able to attend the brief ceremony at the Delafield City Hall.

Jim Babcock’s Service to Delafield Recognized At the March 18th meeting of the Delafield Common Council, Jim Babcock’s nearly 60 years of dedication to the Hawks Inn Historical Society was acknowledged with a proclamation. Council President Tim Aicher introduced the presentation with comments about the importance of preserving our history and how that has impacted the development of Delafield. Mary Daniel, Hawks Inn president, added thanks to the Council because ”Jim is a special man who deserved this recognition.” Jim’s comments were brief: “Come visit Hawks Inn!”