By Dian Ver Valen
The Times
Loss Leaves Many Local Museums Short-handed
Volunteers interested in becoming docents are encouraged to apply
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The Smith Hollow School, moved to its location on East Commercial and North Front streets in Dayton in 2010, last served as a school in 1933. Now the Blue Mountain Heritage Society operates it as a museum.
DAYTON – The March-December museum season is underway for Dayton's Smith Hollow School and the Palus Museum, but both are suffering the loss of local advocate Elizabeth Thorn, who passed away in February. Thorn helped make both local museums possible.
"Elizabeth is missed, but we carry on," said friend and fellow history lover Diane Longanecker. However, with Thorn gone the museums now lack a cadre of docents to fill all the shifts. Longanecker said the Blue Mountain Heritage Society is having to cut back on the hours that the Smith Hollow School and the Palus Museum will be open.
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