HELP PRESERVE THE PAST FOR THE FUTURE
Newsletter of the Greece Historical Society &Museum
595 Long Pond Road, P.O. Box 16249, Rochester, NY 14616-0249, http://historicalsociety.greeceny.org
January 2008 Volume 29, Number 1
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Issued Bi-Monthly Telephone: 585-225-7221
OFFICERS:..........................................PRESIDENT:
Bill Sauers
VICE PRESIDENT:
Wendy Peeck
TREASURER
Keith Kroon
SECRETARY:
Roberta Young
EXEC. DIR.:
Lorraine Beane
DIRECTORS:
Phyllis BrownJames Butts
William CoeCarol FumiaPaula KoernerJoan KorschKeith KroonAlan MuellerWendy PeeckBill SauersCynthia ShevlinJack WallenhorstViola WhiteRoberta Young
HONORARY Dir.
Donald Newcomb
COMMITTEE CHAIRS:.....................BLDG. & HOUSE:
NEEDED
GIFT SHOP:
Wendy Peeck
MEMBERSHIP
Bernie Wallenhorst
MUSEUM:
Phyllis Brown
HISTORIAN OFFICE
Alan Mueller
COMPUTER:
Jack Wallenhorst
TOURS:
Kathy Firkins
NEWSLETTER…
EDITORS:
Edie & Bill Coe
MAILING:
Betty Fetter
PLANNING:
NEEDED
PUBLICITY:
Bill Sauers
PROGRAMS:
Bill SauersLorraine Beane
INSIDE:
Sheriff’s History
City Parks
President’s Message
From Desk of Exec. Dir.Gift Shop OfferingsAda ExhibitQuilts Galore2007 Was a Good YearMark Your CalendarsRandom Activities --PicturesBook Order Form
Membership Application
Bring Family & VisitorsTo See Greece Museum
PLEASE SUPPORTOUR BUSINESS &
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERS
JANUARY and FEBRUARY PRESENTATIONS
PLEASE PUT THESE 7:00 p.m. DATE AND TOPICS ON YOUR CALENDAR.
MEETINGS ARE HELD AT THE GREECE TOWN HALL7:00 P.M., TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2008
HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
by Todd Allen
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office was formed in 1821 with the appointment of Brockport merchant James Seymour as the first Sheriff. Seymour served a one-year term and was succeeded by John T. Patterson, who served from 1822 to 1825.In 1825, James Seymour would return to office, this time as the elected Sheriff.The three-year term of office would continue until 1980, at which time it waschanged to a four-year term. Be sure to attend to hear about the other sheriffs since1828 with an emphasis on Albert Skinner.
7:00 P.M., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2008
HISTORY OF ROCHESTERCITY PARKS
by Jim FarrJim Farr
, assistant director of the CityParks & Recreation Department, will
discuss the history of the city’s park
system from its inception in 1888 totoday. He will present many historicslides. Picture shows Seneca Park maypole.
VISITORS ARE WELCOME EVERY SUNDAY FROM 2:00 UNTIL 4:30 p.m.
INVITE YOUR FRIENDS TO JOIN YOU AT THESE ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONSAT REGULAR MEETINGS, AN ADMISSION DONATION OF $1.00 IS APPRECIATED FROM NON-MEMBERS
SERVING GREECE FOR OVER 35 YEARS
The Corinthian
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
t takes many people torun a successfulorganization. Thefollowing 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 doesn’t mean anything about the Christmas
season, 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 loft
furnace wasn’t working
correctly! 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. It’s a
good 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.
We’re all going to enjoy the holidays. Happy
New 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 appears
monthly 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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GIFT 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 throwsdepicting 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 from2:00 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 HAPPENINGSTHE EVER CHANGING RIDGE
—
KNOWN AS ‘ADA’
The current new exhibit at the Museum is
called “The Ever Changing Ridge (ADA)” A
thriving 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 artifacts
from Buckman’s, Former Greece Town Hall,
Greece Grange, Greece Baptist Church, St.
John’s Catholic Church, and other related
homes 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 at2:30 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 fromour 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 tourour 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 November
meeting on the “First Ferry to Fast Ferry”
which was attended by well over 150 people,
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