The Business Journal - by Owen Covington
June 10, 2011
There are priceless and significant bits of Jaycees history like minutes from some of the first meetings more than seven decades ago and thousands of photographs and slides of popular players like Arnold Palmer on the links. But there are also the more disposable bits of equipment like walkie talkies, projectors, lawn care equipment, hoes and shovels.
Last year, the club moved to auction off some of the memorabilia with numerous duplicates, such as old tournament posters, scorecards and tickets, but dispensing with those memories wasn't well received.
"People have so many memories with the Jaycees. Going through that (memorabilia), you get a sense of how huge this group and tournament has been in this community," Suggs said. "There was a big outcry in the community with that (auction)."
So the club is faced with finding a way to preserve these memories and historic items integral to the club's history without needlessly hanging onto unnecessary items. It's the challenge anyone faces when moving from a larger home to a smaller one. Sounds like the group's storage space might soon outsize their administrative offices."
This excerpt was taken from the following link. To read the entire article go to:
http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/blog/2011/06/where-to-story-75-years-of-jaycees.html?page=all
Two things worth pointing out in this article: Convington mentioned "Jaycees history like minutes from some of the first meetings more than seven decades ago" in this article. Those minutes were tossed into the trash the last time the Greensboro Jaycees moved and were pulled out and save by Frank Harris. (No relation to the ggoblogger.)
Another fun line was: "It's the challenge anyone faces when moving from a larger home to a smaller one." When you move from a large house to a small one, isn't the photo album the first thing you move?
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