MUSEUM

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wiches and coffee, which they sold at local dances and events.

The building, designed by a Stockton architect in the Craftsman style popular during that period, also housed the local library and was used for other community functions in addition to the women’s club meetings.

As the women’s club members aged, the building gradually fell into disrepair. Marie Rozier, a Tuolumne educator, leader in the women’s club and co-founder of the museum, persuaded the club to deed the building to the Tuolumne Progressive association of local business owners in 1974, with the stipulation it be used as a future home for the local museum.

Through a decade of community fundraising efforts and years of work by local contractors and volunteers, the derelict building was renovated and enlarged into a permanent home for the Tuolumne museum.

The program will be presented by Lynne Jerome at the museum at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 3. It is open to the public at no charge. Homemade refreshments will be served following the program.

In July, a program on the history of fire in the Tuolumne township will examine fires from those early in the 1900s which destroyed the original gold mining town of Summersville to the 1987 Stanislaus Complex fire and the 2013 Rim fire. Other programs are planned that will explore the hardships endured by the Native American Me-wuk, early pioneers, immigrants and women. An exhibit entitled “Faces of Resilience” will soon be on display at the museum featuring pictures of people, places and landmarks in the township which represent tenacity and the ability to survive.

The museum is at the corner of Carter and Bay streets in Tuolumne and is open from 1 to 4 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday.

— Submitted by Lynne Jerome