The Corinthian

Newsletter of the Greece Historical Society &Museum

595 Long Pond Road, P.O. Box 16249, Rochester, NY 14616-0249, http://historicalsociety.greeceny.org
May 2008 Volume 29, Number 3 – Issued Bi-Monthly Telephone: 585-225-7221

OFFICERS:.........................................
. MAY PRESENTATION
PRESIDENT: Bill Sauers
VICE PRESIDENT: Wendy Peeck
TREASURER
SECRETARY:
Keith Kroon
Roberta Young
MAY MEETING — AT THE GREECE TOWN HALL
EXEC. DIR.: Lorraine Beane 7:00 p.m., TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2008
DIRECTORS: Phyllis Brown
James Butts ANNUAL MEETING and ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
William Coe
Paula Koerner
Joan Korsch President Bill Sauers will conduct a short Annual Meeting. Most importantly, you are
Keith Kroon
Alan Mueller needed to vote on the Board’s election slate of Directors to elect those who will guide us
Wendy Peeck
Bill Sauers next season. Please put it on your calendar now. The Nominating Committee (Chair Jim
Cynthia Shevlin
Jack Wallenhorst Butts), report to the Board is presented here as the slate for your consideration. These are
Viola White
Roberta Young
for three-year terms and five are to be elected. The officers are elected by the Board.
HONORARY Dir. Donald Newcomb
COMMITTEE CHAIRS:.....................
BLDG. & HOUSE: NEEDED SANDY PECK, WILLIAM SAUERS*
GIFT SHOP: Wendy Peeck
MEMBERSHIP Bernie Wallenhorst
CYNTHIA SHEVLIN*, LEE STRAUSS, JACK WALLENHORST*
MUSEUM: Phyllis Brown *Incumbent members of the Board of Directors.
HISTORIAN OFFICE Alan Mueller
COMPUTER: Jack Wallenhorst In accordance with the bylaws, no nominations will be accepted from the floor.
TOURS: Kathy Firkins
NEWSLETTER…
EDITORS: Edie & Bill Coe
MAILING: Betty Fetter
PLANNING:
PUBLICITY:
NEEDED
Bill Sauers  ALSO TO BE PRESENTED 
PROGRAMS: Bill Sauers
Lorraine Beane
FROM THE BEGINNING: THE LIGHTHOUSES OF THE
INSIDE: PORT OF ROCHESTER?
Annual Meeting By: Fred Amato, President of the
Lighthouses
President’s Message
Charlotte Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society
From Desk of Exec. Dir.
Docent Luncheon Fred Amato will discuss the different Light Stations in
Gift Shop Offerings Charlotte starting in 1792 when two butternut trees on the sand
Bloomin’ Good Plant Sale
Quilts Draw Crowd bars were the first ‘lighthouses’ for the Port of the Genesee. The
Greece Olympia 50 yrs. current Charlotte Genesee Lighthouse Tower (1822) would be
Under Tent in June
Editor to Retire considered the second light station in Charlotte. Fred will show a Power Point
2008-2009 Schedule presentation of other light stations as they were built on the Charlotte Pier at the mouth
Business Members of the Genesee River from 1822 to the current light station on the pier, which was built in
Strawberry Festival
Membership Form 1995.
Bring Family & Visitors
To See Greece Museum
VISITORS ARE WELCOME EVERY SUNDAY FROM 2:00 UNTIL 4:30 p.m.
Please
Consider INVITE YOUR FRIENDS TO JOIN YOU AT THESE ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Upgrading Your AT REGULAR MEETINGS, AN ADMISSION DONATION OF $1.00 IS APPRECIATED FROM NON-MEMBERS
Membership
SERVING GREECE FOR OVER 35 YEARS

HELP PRESERVE THE PAST FOR THE FUTURE

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 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 
MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT NEEDED:
ur mission is to “help
O preserve the past for
the future”; and for
over 35 years dozens of non-
paid volunteers have been
doing just that while owning
and operating a 5,000 square
foot Town museum.
Unfortunately, even with an un-paid staff, it
still takes money. Just like your own homes,
there’s heat, insurance, and general
maintenance; and this year we need a new roof!
Many of our grants and additional funds we
receive are based on the community support
through memberships and attendance at our
museum and various programs. Most everyone
receiving this newsletter lends their financial
support through their membership and for this
we are grateful.
Please take a moment to check the date on your
address label. If the date has passed, please
consider renewing your membership. If you are
reading this and are not a member, consider
becoming a member. We are the only
organization in the Town of Greece dedicated
to the preservation of your history. Help us
preserve that history for you and future
generations. A membership application is
available on the last page of this newsletter.
Bill Sauers, President
From the Desk of the Executive Director
It seems as if spring has really
sprung. Gardening plans are
in the works. The Lakeview
Garden Club is planning to
renovate the rose garden in
front of the Exhibit Hall. The
cupola garden out by our big
sign will be replanted by
three Boy Scouts. The Thyme in the Garden
Garden Club will continue their stewardship of the
rose garden behind the house. The Shorewood
Garden Club continues to monitor the fabulous
flower display in front of the fireplace chimney.
Because of a grant from Wal-Mart on West Ridge
Road, our old parking lot will be recovered and
striped after 15 years of use. This is the third year
of this grant and we are very grateful to Wal-Mart.
Included in this newsletter are important social
dates! Please mark your calendars now and
enjoy the fun! We’ll see you soon, I hope.
Please read the column in the “Greece
Post” called the “Historical Notebook.” It
appears monthly and it gives me a space to talk
about history.
Call 225-7221 if you would like to help or
advise us.
Lorraine Beane, Executive Director
DOCENT LUNCHEON
The Museum
Curatorial
Committee will
hold their annual
Docent
Recognition
Luncheon on
Monday, May
19, 2008, at the
Greece Historical Center at 12 noon. This is the
day that we thank all our docents for their
dedication and the time spent at the Museum. The
docents are the informed people who guide the
visitors through the exhibits on Sunday afternoons
and at other special tours.
The after-luncheon program will be a talk and
slide-show presentation on “Rochester – Way to
Wealth – Counterfeiting” by Gerard Muhl, Past-
President of the Rochester Numismatic
Association.
The luncheon will be prepared by the Museum
Curatorial Committee. Reservations are due to
Phyllis Brown by May 12.
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GIFT SHOP OFFERINGS
Keep an eye on our Museum Gift Shop as it offers
a variety of clearance items at greatly reduced
prices during the Plant Sale and the Strawberry
Festival. Also, we have local history books; 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 -
the toy that needs no battery. Or, the perfect gift - a
Gift Certificate to the Museum Gift Shop. Stop in
and check us out Sundays 2:00-4:30 p.m.
The regular Gift Shop hours are Sundays from
2:00 to 4:30 p.m. Call 585-225-7221 for an
appointment for any other times.
From the Gift Shop, Wendy Peeck
Bloomin' Good Plant Sale
SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2008
9:00 A.M. to Noon
(or until all plants are sold, whichever comes first)
Five Greece Garden Clubs - Lakeview,
Shorewood, Thyme In The Garden,
Wildwood, and Woodside - will hold their
Eighth Annual
Plant Sale on
Saturday, May
17th. It will be held
on the grounds of
the Greece
Historical
Museum, 595
Long Pond Road,
Greece. Perennials, annuals, dahlias,
hostas, houseplants, and garden related
items will be for sale from 9:00 a.m. until
noon (or until sold out – whichever comes
first), rain or shine. In event of severe
weather, the sale will be postponed until
Sunday. The GHS Donut Shop and Gift
Shop will be open. The Gift Shop will be
offering a big clearance sale you won’t
want to miss!
Photos Courtesy of Bill Sauers & Bill Coe
QUILT EXHIBIT DRAWS
AN ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD
We can’t say thank you too many times to
the generous quilters who made our exhibit the
success that it is. The quilts are varied and colorful,
and reflect not only the skill, but the artistic use of
fabric to tell a story. They are:
Sally Dickerson Merrilee Mac William
Al Mac William Ana Wemes
Sue Bryant Faye Cole
Janice Adanski Beth Mitchell
Sue Sauers Debbie Haskins
Vi White Ginny Robinson
Thanks, too, to our quilt lovers who loaned us their
quilts: Alan Mueller, Bill & Edie Coe, and Lee
Strauss.
Our oldest quilts were a Log Cabin Pattern
quilt from a family in Brockport dated 1865, a
Signature quilt date about 1850-60, and a Crazy
quilt dated 1903. The women of the Parma-Greece
Congregational church in West Greece (called
Hooksik), which was abandoned in 1890, added
their signature to the square they quilted.
Traditional patterns were the well loved
Texas Star, Dresden Plate, Log Cabin, Tumbling
Blocks, Grandmother’s Flower Garden, Bridal
Bouquet, Court House Steps, Bow Tie, etc.
One special quilt has a history behind it
that is important to all GHS members. An early
member of the Greece Historical Society was
Annie Foos, whose home was a cobblestone house
on Mill Road, which is still occupied by her family.
She passed away in 1997 at the age of 99. Her
generosity was shown in the time and financial
support that she gave to the Society. Her quilt and
her framed story were displayed. Her family was
always first with Annie and she showed her love by
making quilts for her children, grandchildren, and
for future generations.
“Aliens”, a rag quilt, and “Chicks and
Checks” were among the fun, newer quilt designs.
“Alaska”, “Hawaiian Flowers” and “Quilt-Across-
America” told the story of the quilters’ vacations.
Each square in the Alaska quilt represents a facet
of life in Alaska: a salmon, a moose, trees, etc.
(Merrilee even took her sewing machine with her!)
Amish quilts were represented by the
Double Wedding Ring and Bars patterns. Six
miniature quilts demonstrated other Amish
patterns.
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Alan Mueller’s mother made a Penny
Square Quilt with Red Work embroidery when he
was born but never finished it. He had it quilted
when she was in a retirement home. She said she
didn’t have time to finish it once he came along!
The Block of the Month quilt – truly lovely
– was the result of Ginny Robinson’s quilt club’s
endeavor to make a different quilt pattern each
month.
Bill and Edie Coe loaned us quite a few
quilts made by Bill’s aunt. He found them in his
mother’s hope chest – and never knew they were
there!
Carline Wiley did a great job of making
attractive and informative labels for our quilts.
Hubby Scott and daughter Beth helped, too. Bless
Bill Peeck for driving to Kendall to get the hanging
quilt racks from the Brockport Quilt Club and
Jim Beane for putting them together. Our Museum
Committee members and Sue Sauers helped set the
quilts in place.
We very much appreciate the work of Sue
Sauers in making a reproduction of the old (1875)
quilt pieces she and Bill found in an old chair they
found along the curb! Bill made a display board
with pictures showing the different steps taken in
removing the six layers of fabric from the chair and
how the seat looked with the old quilt pieces
stuffed into the springs. That has to be the best
story of all! Bill made our flyers and handled
publicity.
Our speakers Jan Almstead of Genesee
Country Village and Chris Leibold of Apple and
Bear Studios gave us interesting facts about the
history of quilts from the 1800’s and what quilting
is all about in modern times. Lorraine Beane did a
great job in taking reservations.
Ruth Schroedl made a lovely lap robe
sized quilt for our quilt drawing. Our winner will
be selected April 27th and we will let you know
who it is next issue.
Thank you one and all for all your efforts
in making our quilt exhibit a success. Especially,
the public is commended on attending and we love
their favorable comments for our efforts. Lee
Strauss
(Lee Strauss was the driving force for the project
and we very much appreciate her efforts and
leadership. Editor)
GREECE OLYMPIA 50 YEARS AGO
Fifty years ago, on May 6th 1958, Myron White
announced that the name of the first high
school in the Town of Greece would be
GREECE OLYMPIA. The high school was
still under construction in 1958 and would open
the following year. Can you remember how that
name was chosen? Send your answer to Greece
Historical Society, P.O. Box 16249, Rochester,
NY 14616 or e-mail bsauers@frontiernet.net,
Subject: OLYMPIA. One winner, chosen from
the correct answers, will win a GREECE coffee
mug. The answer and the winner will be
announced in the next issue.
UNDER THE TENT IN JUNE
On June 14th, the Greece Performing
Arts Society will conduct their annual house
tour with a special event at the Museum. It is
called “The Gardener’s Market.” The store
under the tent will offer beautiful handmade
and natural garden items. Music will be
provided for your listening pleasure. The
Museum Exhibit Hall will not be open for tours
that day, but the Gift Shop and the restrooms
will be available.
On June 18th, is our famous Strawberry
Festival and Annual Fund Raiser. This is a
great picnic for everyone. Our luscious
homegrown strawberries from Green Acres will
be on homemade biscuits topped with whipped
cream. All this is included for only $4.50!
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We’ll have music to entertain you. If you are
hungry for a picnic plate, we will have food
and beverage booths offering low cost
refreshments.
This will be under the big tent outside,
and inside we will have Museum tours. The
Gift Shop will be open to help you shop for
wedding or graduation gifts --- or just buy
something to please yourself! Reservation
information is in this newsletter.
Corinthian
EDITOR TO RETIRE
Eleven years ago in 1997, Lorraine Beane
came to me (Bill Coe)
and said, “You are
retired and don’t have
anything to do, how
would you like to be
the Society newsletter
editor?” With a little
arm-twisting I agreed
to try it. I started with
the March 1997, issue
of the Corinthian.
And I have been at it ever since. As you know,
I have been the Society President and continue
to be a Board Member. However, I have some
needs for more time for personal family matters
and I must reduce some of my volunteer time. I
have concluded that I must relinquish the
editorship of the newsletter.
I would like to thank all of the Society
members who over the years have contributed
information and ideas for the newsletter. I
apologize for the prodding I did along the way
to help meet production deadlines. I especially
want to thank my wife, Edie, for her countless
hours of proofreading. And thanks to Fe Noble
at Minuteman Press for her guidance.
Thanks again for the opportunity to serve you
and to do the really fun job of editing the
newsletter. I wish good luck to my successor
and will provide historical background for the
previous issues. Bill Coe
2008 — 2009
MONTHLY PRESENTATIONS
SCHEDULE
Monthly programs are held on the second
Tuesday of each month at 7:00 P.M. at the
Greece Town Hall, One Vince Tofany Blvd
(off Long Pond Road, north of Latta Road).
Reservations are not required. Society members
are FREE, a donation is appreciated from
others. Please mark your calendars for the
second Tuesday of each month for the rest of
the year starting in September. For more
information, visit our website at:
http://historicalsociety.greeceny.org;
Phone: 585-225-7221; or write to Greece
Historical Society, P.O. Box 16249, Rochester,
NY 14616-0249. Visit the Greece Museum at
595 Long Pond Rd.; Open Sundays 2:00 – 4:30
P.M., or by appointment.
Special Thanks
Thanks to John Baum and Fe Noble at
MINUTEMAN PRESS for another
season of professional printing of our
Corinthian newsletter.
1577 W. Ridge Rd., 585-621-8910
E-mail: mmp1000@aol.com
BUSINESS MEMBERS WHO
HAVE RENEWED THEIR
MEMBERSHIPS FOR 2008
 STRAIGHT Line Contractors, 2018
Latta Rd., 621-1100
 Long Pond Family Restaurant, 496
Long Pond Rd., both business and
family, 225-1560
 PETTIS Pools & Patio, 1186 Manitou
Rd., 392-7711
 Flower City Printing, 1725 Mt. Read
Blvd., 663-9000
Please support our local businesses. We need
them and they need us. We invite other
businesses to become members of our
Society.
Quilt Exhibit Planning Committee Jan Almstead Gives Quilt History

Reviewing Old Greece Photo Album Studying Old Trolley Snow Plow Photo
 Strawberry Festival and Fund Raiser
The Greece Museum
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:00 to 7:30 P.M.
(UNDER THE BIG TENT)
MUSEUM OPEN OPTIONAL:
FOR TOURS 595 Long Pond Road
FOOD
Admission Includes
STAND
MUSIC
CHIPS
ENTERTAINMENT
BEVERAGES

5:00 to 7:00 pm BAKED GOODS

Real Fresh Strawberries on Shortcake
FREE PARKING
Great Musical Entertainment BRING YOUR
BEHIND
TOWN HALL $4.50 each FOLDING
SHUTTLE BUS LAWN CHAIRS
GIFT SHOP WILL BE OPEN
For Groups of 5 or More, please notify 225-7221 in Advance
For admission tickets, make check payable to Greece Historical Society.
Send it and a self-addressed stamped envelope before June 10th to:
P.O. Box 16249, Rochester, NY 14616-0249 Information at (585) 225-7221
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2008 Strawberry Festival & Fund Raiser Ticket Order

GREECE HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2008
Mail by June 10 to: P.O. Box 16249, Rochester, NY 14616-0249
(please print) DATE__________________________
NAME__________________________________________________________________________________ PHONE_________________________
(Last) (First)
ADDRESS_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(Street) (City/Town) (State) (Zip Code+4)

Check Included for Number of Tickets ______ at $4.50 each = $ __________

This is our Annual Fund Raiser  Optional Donation: $ __________ 

Check Total $ __________
+ Self-Addressed, Stamped Business-size Envelope
GREECE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Non-Profit Org.
595 Long Pond Road U.S. POSTAGE
P.O. Box 16249 PAID
Rochester, NY 14616-0249 Rochester, NY
Permit #1188

STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2008
http://historicalsociety.greeceny.org

Strawberry Festival and Fund Raiser

Greece Museum Under the Big Tent 595 Long Pond Road
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:00 until 7:30 p.m.
The Strawberry Festival and Fund Raiser will once again be a feast of fresh strawberries heaped on a biscuit
topped with whipped cream. This is our main annual fund raiser.
Planned activities will make the event special:
There will be Musical Entertainment from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.
There will be an optional Food Booth. So, you can eat before your dessert.
Beverages and Baked Goods will be optional.
The Gift Shop will be open and will feature many new items and special sales for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries,
graduations, and Christmas. Look for this year’s clearance sale!
Bring your families! The children will have lots of fun. They can play games on the large lawn on the north side of
the Museum. Tickets will be available at the May 13th general meeting.
Free Parking is plentiful behind the Town Hall. Ride the shuttle bus. Bring your folding lawn chairs.

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Please Make Check Payable and Mail to:

Membership, Greece Historical Society • P.O. Box 16249 • Rochester, NY 14616-0249
(Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope to receive your membership card.)
OR BRING COMPLETED FORM TO THE NEXT MEETING