The public is invited to attend the annual meeting of the Wabash & Erie Canal Association on Tuesday evening, April 21, at the Canal Center on North Washington Street in Delphi. Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will follow at 7 p.m.

The speaker will be Amos Schwartz of Berne in Adams County. He directs a crew of Amish craftsmen wherever there is a need for their special skills. They have rehabilitated many log cabins, covered bridges and barns, as well as buildings at several State Parks. Schwartz has a special interest in bridges, and directed the rehabilitation of the Duck Creek Aqueduct at Metamora.

He will be spending the day of the meeting touring Canal Park and Delphi Historic Trails to see the structures that have been rehabilitated or built to bring living history of the canal era to visitors.

Canal Association officers will update the audience on the construction of the replica canal boat and projects that volunteers are undertaking along the canal trails. Several special contributors will be recognized. During a brief business meeting, directors will be elected.