Maids kept in touch and established a tax exempt Melody Maid Foundation, which sponsored a $10,000 scholarship fund at Lamar University. The rehearsal hall of the Melody Maids at the Milam home (called The Harmony Hut) served as the repository for all Melody Maid photographs, costumes and programs. The Quonset building (donated by the City of Beaumont) that was the Harmony Hut was a lightweight structure that began showing its age in the 1980s. Consequently, a new home for all things Melody Maid was needed, and at a museum setting was deemed most appropriate. The Eloise Milam–Melody Maid Rose Room at the Julie Rogers Theater in Beaumont opened in 1990. Scrapbooks, souvenirs, photographs, and other memorabilia are housed there. The room is open to the public by request. In 2000 the Melody Maids performed Song Saga of Spindletop at their annual reunion as a tribute to Eloise Milam. Milam died on October 3, 2008, at the age of 100. References Musicians from Texas Choirs of children Culture of Beaumont, Texas 1942 establishments in Texas 1972 disestablishments in Texas Musical groups established in 1942 Musical groups disestablished in 1972