Museum fundraiser to be held June 12

There will be food, live music, and boot scootin’ this Saturday, June 12, at the COEA Dance Slab to benefit a new “Wheels of History” Transportation Complex at the Saints’ Roost Museum.

Due to COVID restrictions in December 2020, the Museum was unable to host its Annual Christmas Reverse Drawing Benefit. Now, the Museum and Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department are working together on the event to raise funds for a new transportation building.

Tickets are $50 and may be purchased at the Donley County State Bank or from any Museum Board Member or Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department Member. Gates open at 6 p.m. The Martin Band will provide live music. Some lucky person will win $5,000 with the remaining proceeds going toward the building project.

The “Wheels of History” Transportation Complex will be built on the museum grounds to house: a 1906 Bain chuckwagon, restored and donated by Johnny Brumley; a 1927 Seagraves fire truck donated by the Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department; a 1923 Model T donated by Dr. Keith C. Hudson; and a buggy purchased by W. J. Lewis, Jr., and donated by Bobby and Jenks Boston.

A total of approximately $200,000 will be needed to construct this new building to preserve these valuable pieces of transportation history.

If you purchased a ticket for the original Museum Christmas Party Benefit that was scheduled for December 5, 2020, your ticket remains valid for the upcoming fundraiser on June 12.