Announcments

2012 UMSSC MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS HAVE BEGUN.  MAIL OR BRING IN YOUR MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION TO THE CENTER.  NEWSLETTER RED LABEL REMINDERS BEGIN IN FEBRUARY.  IF YOU HAVE NOT RENEWED THE FEBRUARY ISSUE WILL BE YOUR LAST NEWSLETTER.  INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP IS STILL ONLY $15.00!

UPPER MERION TRICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION: BE A PART OF UPPER MERION HISTORY!

PHOTO ACQUISITION:  The photo collection is an ongoing project.  If this date and time are not convenient, we still want your photos, videos and/or memorabilia.  Contact us at Tricentennial@umtownship.org, or call Marianne Hooper at 610-265-4805 to arrange for an audio or videotaped interview.

COMMEMORATIVE COOKBOOK: In honor of the Upper Merion's Tricentennial in 2013, the Committee is collecting family recipes for a Commemorative Cookbook.  Bring or Send us your favorite, best, and/or family heirloom recipes.   Include your name, the person whose recipe it is (if different), how long you or your family has been a resident, and the neighborhood/area of the township where you reside (Gulph Mills, Sweetbriar, Swedeland, etc.)  If there is a special story that goes along with the recipe, send that along, too!  Recipes can be e-mailed to:  Tricentennial@umtownship.org or send to Tricentennial Cookbook, 175 W. Valley Forge Road, King of Prussia, PA  19406.

WE WANT YOUR STORY: In Upper Merion, we will soon be celebrating the 300th birthday of our great township.   The Tricentennial Committee, along with the Library and  the Public Information Office are teaming up to make sure that our past is preserved.  We want to hear and record (in writing, in an audio file or on video) YOUR memories and recollections of life in Upper Merion (or even those stories that your parents and grandparents passed on).  Contact us at Tricentennial@umtownship.org, send your written recollections to Tricentennial Stories, 175 W. Valley Forge Road, King of Prussia, PA  19406, or call Marianne Hooper at 610-265-4805 to arrange for an audio or videotaped interview.