Annual Floyd County Historical Society xmas open house today at the Crushing Civic Burden of Extractive Industrial Tyranny (a.k.a. Padgett) Museum.

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The Floyd County Historical Society's Padgett Museum Auxiliary will have their Annual Christmas Open House on Saturday, December 10, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. The Padgett Museum is located at 509 West Market Street, New Albany, The Museum will be decorated for the holidays and homemade cookies and refreshments will be served. The meeting is free and open to the public.

About the Floyd County Historical Society Padgett Museum:

The Padgett Museum is housed in the historic Wm. Young House - Built in 1837. Located at 509 West Market Street in New Albany, the house was donated to the Society by Jim and Beverly Padgett in 2006.

Snarky editorial embellishments:

Tomorrow at the Carnegie: "Base Ball in a River Town: New Albany."

I hate having to miss this one. After all, I named my keg box after NA's best-ever baseball player.

Now on the Jouett Meekin Memorial Keg Box ...

That's right. Billy Herman was second best.

Here's the lowdown.

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New Albany celebrates 150 years of playing baseball this year (1866-2016).

Come find out how it all began in New Albany and who threw the first pitch. Meet some of the first players. See how the history of baseball in New Albany is intertwined with the history of New Albany itself.

Mr. Justin Endres will present the program entitled: "Base Ball in a River Town: New Albany." Mr. Endres is a local attorney and is President of New Albany Little League Softball and Vice President of New Albany Little League Baseball.

Program time is 7 PM in the Carnegie Center for Art & History, 201 E. Spring Street, New Albany.

Note the meeting is not at the library, but at the Carnegie Center at Bank and Spring Streets. Use the Bank Street entrance.