The Corinthian November/December 2012

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By Michael LasserSuburbs began in America long before Levittown after WorldWar II. In fact they first became popular in the early years of the 20th century. “Halfway to Heaven” focuses on the suburbswhere most Americans ultimately longed to live. America’sfirst suburbs combined city and country, the built and thenatural, to become the middle class ideal – and it’s all in ourpopular songs.

is a lecturer, writer, broadcaster, critic, andteacher. For 20 years, he was the theater critic for The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle . He is co-author of the book,

America’s Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway,Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley , which will be for sale after thislecture.

Programs 1

Museum Events 2

Museum Education 5

Historian’s File 7

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In every issue: Points of Interest:

President’s Message 2

Board of Trustees 4

Museum Happenings 3,5

Contact Us 8

Holiday Open House

Visit our museum onfor our holiday open house.

Meet our volunteers and board members, enjoy

the holiday decorations, snack on some treats

supplied by area businesses, and visit with

“Father Christmas”.



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Only a few years ago we pub-lished our upcoming events inthe Corinthian and maybe sent apress release to the local pa-pers. Today technology is allow-ing us to reach the public in a

variety of ways. Although theGreece Historical Society does not“tweet” or “text,” we have instituted new ways tocommunicate our programs and events besidesthis newsletter. We now send out monthly e-mailblasts to everyone who has given us their e-mailaddress. We have created a Facebook page andwe seem to be adding new “friends” every week.Several local history blogs are beginning to addour content to their pages and the RochesterRegional Library Council informs all Librarians in

our area about our programs. We have also had aweb site for several years. These initiatives havehelped increase attendance at our programs andvisitors to our museum but we still need you! Yes,YOU are our best advertisement. Tell your friendsabout us. We are the organization in theTown of Greece that saves our past for the future.Thank you for your support.

In the past couple months we have taken the

Historical Society on the road with programs atthe Greece Library and the local AARP, and hadan information booth at River Romance. We havepublished a booklet on the history of NorthgatePlaza and we are now working with a local retire-ment community to develop programs for them.We met with the new director of Social Studies forthe Greece Central School District and in Septem-ber began collaborating with the Parma-HiltonHistorical Society on a proposed project next yearinvolving several western Monroe County histori-

cal societies. Several of our volunteers have at-tended a seminar on policy development and aclass on publishing local history and our historian,Alan Mueller also attended the GovernmentAppointed Historians of Western New Yorkannual meeting.

Bill Sauers, President

Sunday museum hours are

The office hours are Mondays 10 a.m. to Noon

The Greece Museum will be Sunday De23rd and Dec 30th so our volunteers can enjoy thholidays with their families. We will re-open Sun

day, Jan 6, 2013.

Community Room A-B Greece Town HallStory Teller, Activities,

Displays from .

Visit our museum on Sunday December 2nd 1:30 -4:00 p.m. for our holiday open house.

Our campaign through the mail and at our Tueday programs has resulted in a number of new

volunteers but we still need a few more docentgreeters, gift shop help and other volunteers.

For more information about volunteering pleascall Kathie Firkins, 621-2869.

Many of you who attended our May program at

St. John’s Church with architect James Johnson

were disappointed with the quality of the sound

system in the Church. Others, who missed the

program, have requested viewing the video that

was recorded that evening. The raw footage is

not yet ready for viewing but fortunately, thanks

to a promised grant from the Latta Road branchof Canandaigua National Bank & Trust we are w

now be able to finish editing the video and hope

fully, will soon have a finished, professionally pro

duced, video of that program. The finished video

will include additional footage, including more

about St. John’s Church. Check the Corinthian,

our monthly e-mail or Facebook for information

on the progress of this project.



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, a day for giving, is coming upsoon! On , the United Way of Greater Rochester will hold a 24 hour donationdrive for not-for-profit organizations in the Roch-

ester community. On this epic one-day givingevent, thousands of community members will beable to make an end-of-year gift to help advancetheir philanthropic passions. We are asking youto support the Greece Historical Society onDecember 12th by going to www.roctheday.org and making your donation.

The Greece Historical Society couldn’t exist without

folks who faithfully renew their membership each year, and we are very appreciative of your interestand help. Thank you to those of you who add a donation when renewing or renew at a higher level.Dues account for 25 % of the Society’s income,which help support our Museum.

It is always a joy to welcome a new life member,and we are grateful to new life memberShe joins the following list of life members:

You can help KeyBank and the Greece Post decide

where to donate $5,000! Three $1,000 and four

$500 gifts will be awarded to nonprofit community

organizations in Greece receiving the most

votes. Pick up a ballot and cast your vote for the

at the Mt. Read or

Dewey Britton KeyBank branches from November

thru 23, 2012. There will be signage in the branche

during this time and KeyBank will have ads in the

local papers to publicize this initiative.

The winner of ourSept-Oct Photo quizwas John Dickson IIIwho won a GreeceTee shirt for correctly guessing that thephoto of the plazapictured below, wasRidgecrest Plaza onW. Ridge Rd., whichopened in 1951.

http://www.roctheday.org/





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The holidays are just around the corner. Come inand check out the holiday specials. We continually add more children’s books to our collection andremember our new, popular

by Marie Poinan is only availablefrom our Museum Shop.

To make your holiday shopping even more specialwe are including, with this newsletter, acoupon for your entire purchase at our Museum

Shop

From all of our Museum

Shop Volunteers,

have a wonderful

holiday season.

Wendy Peeck,Museum ShopCoordinator

For newsletter input, please contact:

This newsletter is published bi-monthly by the edito

for the Greece Historical Society and Museum.

in your ta

and estate planning. We are a non-pro

organization supported by your

*gifts and endowments.

*Tax deductible per (Section 501(c)(3) of the

Internal Revenue Code

Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 7 p.m. Greece Town Hall

by Bob Marcotte

Sunday, January 13, 2013, 2 p.m. Greece Museum

By Bill Sauers

Tuesday, February 12, 2012, 7 p.m. Greece Town Hall

With Fran Carlisi-Paxton and Allen Hopkins

President: Bill Sau

Vice President: Wendy Pee

Secretary: Sandy Pe

Treasurer: Jack Wallenho

Executive Director: Need

Honorary Trustee: Don Newco

Trustees: Sue HodSandy Pe

Wendy Pee

Bill Sau

Paula Sm

Cyndie Shev

Lee Stra

Jack Wallenho

Viola Wh

Roberta You

Committee Chairs:

Grounds, Building Scott Bow

Historian Alan Mue

Museum Viola Wh

Museum Shop Wendy Pee

Newsletter Editor Cyndie Shev

Programs Bill Sau

Publicity Marge Zer

Registrar Need

Tours, Education Kathie Firk



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Kathie Firkins, Tour Director and Education Consultant

The Girl Scouts and Civil War displays continue to be of high interest with people stopping in every Sundjust to see those areas. On Sunday Sept. 9th we had a group of Girl Scouts come in specifically to see whinformation we had. They had never been to our museum before and were amazed at what we had to fer. They ended up staying for a complete tour of our facility. On Fri. Oct. 12th we were the first stop foLeadership Training group. There were 9 participants from various businesses in Greece. Bill explained

history of our organization and the house with Alan and Kathie giving tours in the museum. As usual Lewas on hand with her wonderful expertise in being able to answer any questions.

I would like to introduce and welcome our newest volunteer: Mr. Dennis Ruger. Dennis lives in Greeceand comes to us with high interest in history of the town.

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We are pleased to have with us anthropologist, George Hammel, the Native AmericanCollection manager of the Rochester Museum and Science Center.

He will bring rare artifacts from Greece’s early Iroquois fishing and hunting summer camps. Storyteller Barbara Bethman-Mahooty will engage us with Seneca tales and

Robert Dobson will bring photos and artifacts from his family farm, which is now Northgate Plaza.

The Greece Historical Society owns and maintains the Greece Historical Center and Museum at 595 LonPond Rd. We lease the land the house sits on, located on the north east corner of the Greece Town Capus. We are grateful for the superb job the staff of the Town D.P.W. does on the campus which includecutting the grass around the museum and especially for the recent improvements and enlargement of

the parking lot adjacent to the museum. Thanks for a great job!

We are looking for someone willing to volunteer theirtime to clear our sidewalks in the winter. We have an

excellent snow blower on site and would need thesidewalks clear of snow any time there is a significant snowfall.

If you are willing to volunteer your time please call Bill at 225-3760.



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Working times are very flexible. Please contact Lee at 225-7221(office) or 227-5305(home)or email us at [email protected].

. Scan onto archival discs Society records, exhibit information, history rec-

ords, slides, photos, documents. You will be surprised at how much you learn.

Our Pastperfect Museum Software is waiting for eager hands to enter the informationabout the artifacts in the Society’s collection. It is an easy, user friendly program. If you like antiques,this will be a fun project.

Clerking in the gift shop is an opportunity to meet new people, helping guestschoose a gift of history for someone on their Christmas list, along with greeting visitors and directingthem to the museum. Volunteers usually work one Sunday afternoon (from 1:15 to 4:00 p.m.) a monthor every other month. Plus, you can browse our books.

Filing, answering the phone, typing letters, helping with the newsletter mailing,

just typical office work. It never ends! You would be doing the Society a great service if you could woron a Tuesday or Wednesday morning from 9:30 to noon once a week or as little as once a month.

We want to thank them for their

continuing support:

Bowlin's Remodeling 585-944-9234

Canandaigua National Bank www.cnbank.com

Doan Dealerships www.doandelivers.com

Greece Chamber of Commerce www.greecechamber.org

Long Pond Auto Body www.longpondautobody.com

Long Pond Family Restaurant www.longpondfamily.com

North Ridge Glass 585-458-4041

Northwest Savings Bank www.northwestsavingsbank.com

Tops Friendly Markets www.topsmarkets.com

Vay-Schleich & Meeson www.meesonfamily.com

Wegman Food Markets www.wegmans.com

Tour will include: Bus Transportation, Hot Lunch,

Tour of Susan B. Anthony House, Tour of Dawn Noto’s home, Madison St. Neighborhood Gardens. $55.00 Members, $60.00Non-members. Call 225-3833 for reservations, ask for Sue.

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.cnbank.com/


http://www.doandelivers.com/


http://www.longpondautobody.com/


http://www.longpondfamily.com/


http://www.northwestsavingsbank.com/


http://www.meesonfamily.com/


http://www.wegmans.com/









mailto:[email protected]



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1. Historic property map. 2,3. Recent pictures of the Ivins home and barn.4.The Ivins Clock.

The Ogee veneered case, weight driven shelf clock recently found its way back toGreece and will now be a permanent part of our museum artifact collection. Manufac-tured prior to the early 1870s by the William L. Gilbert Clock Co. of Winchester CT, theoriginal owner was George Snowhill Ivins of North Greece, a blacksmith.

Several weeks ago a descendent of Mr. Ivins visited our museum with a small binder ogenealogy information on some of theearly families of Greece: the Ivins, Bridge-man, Barnes and Brown families. It wascasually mentioned that he had a clock inhis car that he thought we might like tohave for our collection. The photo is theclock he had brought with him. It has re-sided in numerous locales, including the

west coast and, in recent years, in centralNew York State. It is not very often an ob- ject is offered for our collection that hassuch a strong provenance linking it to anearly Greece family. The next time you visitthe museum and wander into our muse-um shop, glance to the left as you enterthe living room. There on the glass frontbookcase is the Ivins family clock, enjoyingits retirement years, just a few miles from

its original home on North Greece Rd.

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Photos, datasupplied by

GreeceHistorian's Office.If you have any

information on

our photos, call

Alan at 663-1706



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