Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Greece Town Hall 7:00 p.m. Journey in the footsteps of Arch Merrill some 60+ years after his journey along the Genesee River as related in his book ―A River Ramble‖. See how the Genesee River has fared over the past 60 years and what the future may hold for the Genesee and the people who live and play on it. January 2010 Program Program Events 1 Museum Events 2 Vietnam Veterans Exhibit 5 Greece History 7 G R E E C E H I S T O R I C A L S O C I E T Y a n d M U S E U M T h e C o r i n t h i a n January-February 2010 olume 31, Issue 1 January 2010 Program In every issue: Points of Interest: President’s Message 2 Director’s Message 3 Museum Shop 4 Contact Us 8Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Greece Town Hall 7:00 p.m. “Attacks on Charlotte in the War of 1812” by Jim Fischer Charlotte was attacked four times by the British fleet during the War of 1812. Jim will describe those events and the details of those attacks which occurred on Oct 1,1812, June 15, & Sept 11,1813 and May 14,1814. Sponsored by Mary Lee Strauss ―Rediscovering the Rambling River‖ by Jeff Blackwell and Max Schulte , Democrat & Chronicle journalists
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Greece Town Hall 7:00 p.m.
Journey in the footsteps of Arch Merrill some 60+ years after his journey along the Genesee River asrelated in his book ―A River Ramble‖. See how the
Genesee River has fared over the past 60 years andwhat the future may hold for the Genesee and the
people who live and play on it .
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Program Events 1
Museum Events 2
Vietnam Veterans Exhibit 5Greece History 7
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January 2010 Program
In every issue: Points of Interest:
President’s Message 2
Director’s Message 3
Museum Shop 4Contact Us 8
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Greece Town Hall 7:00 p.m.
“Attacks on Charlotte in the War of 1812”
by Jim Fischer
Charlotte was attacked four times by the British fleetduring the War of 1812. Jim will describe those eventsand the details of those attacks which occurred onOct 1,1812, June 15, & Sept 11,1813 and May 14,1814.
Sponsored by Mary Lee Stra
―Rediscovering the Rambling River‖by Jeff Blackwell and Max Schulte ,Democrat & Chronicle journalists
Volunteers are the lifeline of every non-profit organization, but especially ours because we are opento the public. We need help to greet visitors and escort them through the house and museum, which isnot only a very pleasant job but your time helping here is also very rewarding!
Our visitors enter through the front door and immediately admire our beautiful farm house, now anhistorical center. Greeters are necessary to guide and welcome them. As they proceed to the exhibit hall,they are very impressed and often say “I didn’t know that we have such a great museum in Greece!”
No one is expected to be here every Sunday; however, even once a month on Sunday afternoons from2 until 4:30 pm would be great! Some groups come by appointment on other days and people who have flexible availability find thiappealling. Special events that draw visitors and a great museum shop are also opportunities to welcome people. You can choose yohours to volunteer and training is quick and easy. We also have an annual Volunteers Luncheon which we all enjoy.
We truly value our volunteers and have initiated an annual Volunteer of the Year award in honor of Dorothea Schommer, whopassed away this year. Dorothea was the epitome of what a volunteer should be. She was cheerful and optimistic, had great skills inrelating history to adults and children, loved to meet people, was expert at creating exhibits and was always very willing to work asneeded in many aspects of our Greece Museum. The Volunteer of the Year award will be presented at our annual May meeting.
Lorraine Beane
“ From the Desk of the Executive Director “
Please support our local business members and affiliatesWe want to thank them for their support:
Flower City Printing, Greece Chamber of Commerce, Long Pond Auto Body,Wolfert-Butler Agency, Carolyn Stiffler Realty, Pettis Pools, Straight Line Contractors,
Fedele's Restaurant, Long Pond Family Restaurant, Savage & Son Roofing,Vay, Schleich and Meeson Funeral Home and Greece Lowe’s.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
―History of the Erie Canal‖ by Nellie Gardner ―the Rose Lummis‖
UPCOMING PROGRAMS PAST PROGRAMS
Our November 10 th program ―Greece-from a Rural Communityto a Booming Modern Town‖ by Don Riley, was recorded by Educable Communications. A DVD copy of that program isavailable from Educable for $12.50. Call them at 227-7710 formore information about obtaining a copy or copies of some of our other programs which they have recorded.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
―The Powers Art Gallery– In Search of the Lost Orchestrion‖
by Craig Smith
Promote your business and support the Greece Museum
For information on being a part of our new ―Society SponsorBoard‖, email Cyndie Shevlin at: [email protected]
We hope you’re having a wonderful holiday season. Taketime to relax and stop by our Museum on a Sunday afternoon.Drop in to our Museum Shop and check out our new children’sbooks. Reading about history can be fun, with books like ―If YouLived 100 Years Ago‖, or ―Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who?‖.100 years ago do you know what were the latest new inventions or what everyday things cost?
Mark your calendar forJanuary 31 st. to join us for asample reading of some of our new children’s books.Books can be fun and educa-tional.
We will continue to offer a free copy of ―A GROWING LEG-
ACY An Illustrated History of Rochester’s Parks‖ to our gueststhat renew or purchase a Museum membership. Stop in and pickup your copy. We hope to see you soon.
Wendy Peeck, Museum Shop Coordinator
Museum Shop hours: Sunday 2:00-4:30 pmPLEASE NOTE: See closed dates on back cover.
Officers & Board of Trustees
Newsletter “News”
If you have any questions, comments, or other important information forthe Corinthian, please email me at: corintheditor @yahoo.com (type GHSin subject line). Thank you for your input.Cyndie Shevlin, Editor This newsletter is published bi-monthly by the editor for the Greece Historical Society.
Please Remember
The Greece Historical Society in your and estate planning. We are a non-profit organization supported by your *gifts and endowments.
We sincerely appreciateyour donations.
*Tax deductable per (Section 501(c)(9) of theInternal Revenue Code
President Bill SaueVice President Wendy Peec
Secretary Sandy Pec
Treasurer Jack Wallenhors
Executive Director Lorraine Bean
Honorary Trustee Don NewcomTrustees: Phyllis Brow
Bill CTerry Hoga
Lucia McEntAlan Muell
Sandy PecWendy Peec
Bill SaueCyndie Shevl
Lee StrausJack Wallenhors
Viola WhiRoberta Youn
Committee Chairs:
Museum Shop Wendy Peec
Grounds & Building NEEDE
Historian Office Alan Muell
Membership Bernie Wallenhors
Museum Viola WhiNewsletter
Editor Cyndie Shevl
Mailing Betty FetterOffice Tech Jack Wallenhors
Planning NEEDE
Programs Bill Saue
Publicity Bill Saue
Tours Kathie Firkin
Receiving the ―Marguerite Hare Brown‖award are ( l to r ) Cathy Anderson, FayeCoe, Alan Mueller, Linda Evans, Kathie Fir-kins & Bill Sauers. The award is given forexcellence in the support of education inthe Town of Greece.
Thank you to all who donated an ornament to the Community Christmas Tree. The tree was beautifully filled with a variety of interesting ornaments that truly depicted their donor. Vi White made a photo col-lage of her father’s Dewey -Stone area store – Cooper’s Store . It brought back memories. Pettis Pools donated a whimsical frog, all ready with his inflated ring for a swim in the pool. Charlotte-Genesee Light-house gave us a brass rendition of the lighthouse, which they sell in their gift shop. Mary Lou Hartley loaned us an ornament Vi painted a few years ago of the ―Howe House ‖ and it says, ―Greece, New York‖.Our gift shop sold them that year . Hilton Applefest was represented, as was Kiwanis (they gave us four!),Rotary, the library, Bethany Presbyterian, Aldersgate Methodist , and Messiah Lutheran churches . VanPutte Gardens gave us a seed packet from the original Van Putte Seed Company – which we prize! An-other ornament we cherish is a Christmas post card dated 1910 from Charlotte, loaned to us by RodneyLowe from his collection. Dr. Deborah Fox made a quilted round ornament with ―teeth‖ wearing braces.Avery PC donated a Christmas stocking with their business card inside.
The garden clubs were very creative. Shorewood Garden Club made a miniature version of the southside garden they planted and maintain for us. Lakeview Garden Club celebrates their 50 th Anniversary this year and submitted a miniature sprinkling can filled with red berries. Lakeshore Garden Club’s was aHallmark Keepsake ornament, ― Winter Wonders ‖, which shows a garden gate with a red cardinal on topand flower pots lying on the snow in front with sprigs of holly. hyme in the Garden Club has a hand
made felt ornament with an appliqué poinsettia.Flemming Point Residence gave two ornaments with their logo and name adorning them. The FairportMuseum’s ornament is a replica of their historic museum building. Animal Service League made a candy cane ornament with a cat crawling up on it. St. Joseph’s Villa’s angel ornament was made by the Com-munity Service Club . Betty Schmidt made a shiny red bell ornament, while George Werner made a feltreplica of a vintage steam engine – his hobby is model trains . Gloria Latragna submitted a photo framewith a picture of her home, known to history buffs as ―Dr. Carpenter’s House ‖, a lovely historic home onLatta Road. Alan Mueller’s Christmas stocking ornament has a photo of The Greece Historical Societyand Museum. Mary Hunt made a whimsical ―Mrs. Claus‖. Kathy Anderson gave a ―scholarly‖ ornamentfrom her group, the Retired Teacher’s Association. Dr. and Mrs. Scott Wiley loaned two ornaments: a redtrain – The Bushnell’s Express – which runs at Rotary’s Camp Haccamo and the Aldersgate MethodistChurch ornament.
Thank you one and all for contributing to the Community Christmas Tree. It made our tree memorablenot only for our Museum but also for the community. — -The Museum Curatorial Committee
HELP WANTED – RESEARCH
Help is needed in finding information from old newspaper accounts, marriage and death records, landtransactions, and plat maps about some of our early settlers. We use genealogy records, the Monroe County Li-brary, farm and street directories, old maps, Fultonhisotry.com, Webgen.com, census records, immigration recordsand military records to find what is needed. Training provided. Work from the office computer or yours at home. Itis an interesting project which will add valuable information to our archives.
Presently, we are researching families who lived in our 1850’s farm house, Samuel and George Latta, thenurseries and flower growers in Greece, Native Americans as they summered along our shores, the hamlets of North Greece and Greece Center.
Please contact me at the Society office (I work Monday 9:30am-12pm), 225-7221, [email protected] , or you may reach me at home, 225-5305 or [email protected] , to help take partin this much needed project even for a limited time.
