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Open Houses: Tour our museums the first Sunday of each month April to December

from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Or by appointment.  
 
 
 

Grant Received from John Deere

 

        Front row: Tina Battani, Bonnie Ballard, Norma Righi, Marge Swartfager
        Back row: JoAnn Adamson, Barb Agan, Joyce Lundstrom, Roger Spahr and John Teeple

On October 26, the Ankeny Area Historical Society received a $5,000 donation from John Deere Des Moines Works. The donation will be used for a permanent and traveling displays about the Des Moines Ordnance Plant and how it effected the world with the making of .30 and .50 caliber bullets for World War II and the effect it had on the little town of Ankeny, population 700. Also as part of the display, the John Deere Des Moines Works story and how it has influenced central Iowa and Ankeny will also be told.

Presenting the check to the Historical Society from the John Deere Des Moines Works were Factory Manager, John Teeple and Kate Ferree, manager of Program Development.

 

Annual Cookie Sale

 

 

The annual Cookie Sale was a great success again this year. We sold 78 tickets for 156 dozen cookies. People had so many cookies to choose from it was hard to make a choice. Thank you to all who baked cookies for the sale and to all of you who bought 1,872 cookies. Be sure and save one or two of those cookies for Santa!

 

Program on Depression Glass


 We would like to thank Jeff Settell for his program on Depression Glass that was given on September 10, here at our museum. Jeff is a member of the Iowa Depression Glass Club. You can see some of Jeff’s glass on display here at the Ankeny Area Historical Society on Sunday, October 4 and November 1 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.


  

  

Spring Tea Luncheon – April 25
 24 guests at the annual tea enjoyed a luncheon of Quiche and ham balls.
   

  

  

  

 
 
Ankeny Area Historical Society
301 SW Third St., PO Box 1111
Ankeny, IA 50021		  
Phone: (515) 965-5795
Email: history@ankenyhistorical.org