The Corinthian January 2008

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2 PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

t takes many people torun a successfulorganization. The

following are some of thepeople who gave their timethis past year to help theGreece Historical Society.

Cathy Anderson, Lorraine Beane, AnneBerl, Catriona Braun, Carolyn Brewer,Phyllis Brown, Jim Butts, Pat Butts, SteveCantatore, Edie Coe, Bill Coe, Faye Cole,Edith Crawford, Dan DiBernardo, PaigeDoerner, Tracie Doerner, Betty Fetter,Kathleen Firkins, Pat Flugel, Carol Fumia,Evelyn Gardner, Pat Haines, George Haines,

Mary Lou Hartley, Jack Heller, AllisonHopkins, Lois Janiak, Eleanor Kanous,Paula Koerner, Joan Korsch, LucyKraemer, Keith Kroon, Lorna Logan,Sharon Logan, Martha March, AlanMueller, Pat Palumbo, Wendy Peeck, BillPeeck, Andrea Peeck, Chris Peeck, JoeRiesenberger, Carol Riesenberger, ReneeSanger, Julie Sawnor, Dot Schommer, TomSchommer, John Schroedl, Cyndi Shevlin,Betty Smith, Dee Stein, Fred Stock, MaryLou Straub, Lee Strauss, Richard Strauss,Joan Sullivan, Bev Tulloch, BerniceWallenhorst, Jack Wallenhorst, ViolaWhite, Joshua Woodland, Roberta Young,and the members of Lakeview Garden Club,Shorewood Garden Club, Thyme in theGarden Garden Club and Wildwood GardenClub.

To all of you, and to anyone I may haveforgotten(?). THANK YOU

Bill Sauers, President (Thanks to you, too, Bill Sauers , Editor )

From the Desk of the Executive Director

It doesnt mean anything about the Christmasseason, but Humbug! what a time we havebeen having at the Museum!

In November, two men weredoing an energy audit and saidthat we passed theirinspection. But, the upper loftfurnace wasnt workingcorrectly! After three days, wehad a repairman say that weneeded a new furnace damper. We said fix itand it was very frustrating getting the part inand fixed. The next day our security systemcompany called to say an alarm went off andthat a basement window was open. On a bad,stormy, windy Friday it was checked out and itwas broken. Now, we are waiting for a newwindow in a tight, dark spot of the basement tobe replaced.

This job is not humdrum by any means. Its agood thing that I watch all the homeimprovement shows! We do have great servicecompanies in our town. My friend, CraigRistuccia of Straight Line Contractors isquick to run out and check and help us. Manytimes the town employees Steve Cantatore and a coworker show up in a hurry to help too.We really appreciate their help.

Nothing can happen for the rest of the month.Were all going to enjoy the holidays. HappyNew Year to all of you faithful members for allyou do to support the staff.

We are always thinking of what you want us todo and the museum belongs to all of you. Comeoften!

Please read the column in the Greece Post called the Historical Notebook. It appearsmonthly and it gives me a space to talk abouthistory.

Call 225-7221 if you would like to help oradvise us.

Lorraine Beane, Executive Director

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3GIFT SHOP OFFERINGS

Our Museum Gift Shop offers a variety of items for gift-giving. We have local historybooks; books by local authors; Greece tee-shirts, sweatshirts & mugs; tapestry throws

depicting historic Greece Buildings;cookbooks; and a variety of unique one-of-a-kind items. New this year - Jacob's Ladder - thetoy that needs no battery. Or, the perfect gift - aGift Certificate to the Museum Gift Shop. Stopin and check us out Sundays 2:00-4:30 p.m.Happy Holidays.

Eight Miles Along the Shore An Illustrated History of Greece, N.Y. continues to be one of ourbest selling books.

The regular Gift Shop hours are Sundays from

2:00 to 4:30 p.m. and during office hours onMondays and Tuesdays from 9:30 A.M. to 12:30P.M. Call 585-225-7221 for an appointment forany other times. WendyPeeck

See you soon. The Gift Shop Staff

MUSEUM HAPPENINGS

THE EVER CHANGING RIDGE KNOWN AS ADA

The current new exhibit at the Museum iscalled The Ever Changing Ridge (ADA) Athriving little community was located whereLong Pond Road crossed Ridge Road around1900. This was called Ada because the localpostmaster came from Ada, Michigan, andnamed it after his former place. After rural freedelivery was instituted, the name fell intodisuse. Today, the Greece Town Mall is on thesite of the old post office.

Our exhibit includes pictures and artifactsfrom Buckmans, Former Greece Town Hall,Greece Grange, Greece Baptist Church, St.Johns Catholic Church, and other relatedhomes and businesses up to the present time.

Phyllis Brown, Committee Chairperson

If you have questions, contact Phyllis Brown at(585) 865-4168 or 225-7221

QUILTS GALORE

On Sunday, March 2 at

2:30 P.M., the MuseumCuratorial Committeehas arranged to have acostumed person fromthe Genesee CountryVillage to present their Movable Museum of Quilts. She will talk about 19 th century quiltsand bring patterns and samples from that timeperiod.

Also, our committee will feature quilts from

our collection plus from other local quiltersduring the month of March. Come to see theircolorful exhibit, which will be displayed in allrooms on the first floor of the Museum.

2007 WAS A GOOD YEAR

Several activities occurred in 2007 that addedup to a great year for the Greece HistoricalSociety. We were able to make needed repairsto our security system, paint the living anddining rooms (which had not been painted fornearly 20 years), purchase a color photo printerand digital camera for our work with ourarchives, and replace three mannequins indisrepair with Dorfman Museum Figures. Aworkshop for Greece teachers made availableto them our local history archives as theyplanned Social Studies curriculum. The ChiliHistorical Society made a special visit to tour

our Museum.Our monthly meetings were a huge success thisyear due in large part to the talents of BillSauers , our President, Program Chairman, andpublicity specialist. All of the presentationswere excellent, including the Novembermeeting on the First Ferry to Fast Ferrywhich was attended by well over 150 people,


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4many of whom recalled their activities on theOntario ferries. The audience participation wasmost welcome.

Because of our membership base and activitiesserving our community, we were fortunate toreceive two grants from Senator Joseph

Robach and Assemblyman William Reilich ,as well as one from Wal-Mart .

The Dewey-Stone exhibit was seen by over 2000visitors. Our present exhibit highlights Long PondRoad and Ridge Roads once know as Ada. TheEver Changing Ridge exhibit takes us frompioneer days to the coming of the Greece TownMall. The Victorian Yuletide and Christmas Toysdisplay was featured in December. The Gift Shophas added many new books on local history. All inall, we have had a good year. Thanks to all the

volunteers who made all this possible.

Each member is encouraged to join the volunteercrusade to help make more things happen in 2008.Call 225-7221 to get started.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

2008 MONTHLYPRESENTATIONS SCHEDULE

Jan. 8 History of Monroe County SheriffsOffice, Todd Allen Feb. 12 History of the City Parks, Jim Farr Mar. 12 The Street Car System, Charles Lowe Apr. 8 Adventure with Antiques, Bob Klein May 13 Annual Meeting Monthly programs are held on the second Tuesdayof each month at 7:00 P.M. at the Greece TownHall, One Vince Tofany Blvd (off Long PondRoad, north of Latta Road). Reservations are notrequired. Society members are FREE, a donation isappreciated from others. For more information,visit our website at:http://historicalsociety.greeceny.orgPhone: 585-225-7221; or write to Greece

Historical Society, P.O. Box 16249, Rochester, NY14616-0249. Visit the Greece Museum at 595 LongPond Rd.; Open Sundays 2:00 4:30 P.M., or byappointment.

SOME RANDOM ACTIVITIES

Phyllis Brown is busy with archives

Several Garden Clubs keep ourgardens looking beautiful

Greece Town Supervisor John Auberger,right, visits Bill Sauers, Pres.

and Lorraine Beane Exec. Dir.


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Pictures courtesy of Bill Sauers, Alan Mueller, and Bill Coe

There were many stories about theOntario I & II Ferries

Joe Robach and John Auberger helpWendy Peeck open the Ada Exhibit

Visitors came from all galaxies for thescary Halloween Program

The Staff takes time to watch theMemorial Day Paradefrom our front orch

Jim Fleming reviews the biography of Barber Conable, Jr.

Bill and Susan Sauers sample theappetizers at the Christmas Party


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