The Shelby County Historical Society would like to thank our many volunteers for a wonderful 1999. Over 4100 volunteer hours were donated toward the preservation and conservation of our history and museum objects. *The Museum was open to serve the public some 1500 hours - Monday-Saturday!!! *Our largest day of visitation was 310 people. In 1999 the museum had over 2800 visitors! *We reached our $25,000 goal for 1999. *1999 membership reached 490 active members *We reached all Shelby, San Augustine, and Sabine county schools and libraries with our newsletter *Over 5000 newsletters were mailed in 1999. ***The year 2000 brings new challenges for the Society - Need volunteers for assistance on restoration, preservation and conservation work - Need volunteers for working on one of the days open and assist in genealogy research and provide tours - Need articles submitted for the monthly newsletter - Family histories submitted to the Genealogy and Research Library at the Museum - Fundraising goal for 2000 - $35,000 *Roof, *restrooms, *kitchen.*handicapp ramp, *garden fencing, *landscaping, educational programs for county students, preservation work on museum artifacts For further information contact the museum at 409/598-3613 or [email protected] or SCHS, PO Box 1542, Center, TX 75935-1542 **REMINDER** Reprinting of HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY BOOK for sale $130 prepay to the Shelby County Historical Society, ATN: History Book, PO Box 1542, Center, TX 75935 Order by April 2000.