CLOCK

Description: WOODEN DESK CLOCK. ROUNDED ARCH IN SHAPE WITH RECTANGULAR BASE. WOOD IS STAMPED WITH TEXT THAT READS "LEGACY RIDGE 2005". BLK METAL CIRCULAR BORDER AROUND WHIT CLOCK FACE. CLOCK FACE DISPLAYS ROMAN NUMERALS AND TEXT "QUARTZ" IN BLK. MINUTE AND HOUR HANDS ARE ARROW SHAPED AND BLK, SECOND HAND IS GLD. BACK OF CLOCK FEATURES A ROUND PLASTIC CIRCULAR AREA THAT CONTAINS COMPARTMENT FOR A BATTERY ALONG WITH ALARM SETTING BUTTONS. BASE OF CLOCK IS COVERED IN BLK VELVET.

History: DONOR RECEIVED THIS CLOCK AS A MEMENTO WHEN MELCOR DEVELOPMENT HAD FIVE HOUSES ON MILDRED DOBBS BOULEVARD COMPLETED AND READY AS SHOW HOMES. THE LEGACY RIDGE SUBDIVISION WAS LAUNCHED ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2005. ABOUT 300 GUESTS INCLUDING THE DONOR AND HER HUSBAND WERE INVITED TO ATTEND. THE DONOR RECALLS THAT SOME OF THE DIGNITARIES RECEIVED A WRAPPED GIFT, BUT THAT SHE DID NOT SEE WHAT THEY WERE. BOTH HER AND HER HUSBAND RECEIVED A CLOCK SO SHE DONATED ONE TO THE GALT MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES, PLACING THE OTHER ONE ON HER COMPUTER DESK IN HER HOME. DONOR WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE FOR RECOGNITION OF WOMEN. THIS COMMITTEE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING A MAJOR PARK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY NAMED LEGACY RIDGE ALONG WITH ALL THE STREET NAMES IN THE AREA BEING NAMED AFTER WOMEN. FOR COMPLETE HISTORY ABOUT THE LEGACY RIDGE SEE PERMANENT FILE.