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Sunday, July 31, 2011 Greece Museum , 1-4 p.m.

DOLL & TEDDY BEAR APPRAISAL

HELENE MARLOWE, a local well known dollappraiser, will be at the Greece Museum onSunday July 31st from 1:00 p.m. till 4:00 p.m.

The cost for each appraisal is $4.00 with amaximum of three dolls per person.

Bring your beloved dolls and teddy bears to thisvery popular event.

J u l y 2 0 1 1 E v e n t

Programs 1

Museum Exhibits 2

Museum Events 1,7

Greece History 6

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V o l u n t e e r o f t h e Y e a r A w a r d

In every issue: Points of Interest:

President’s Message 2

Director’s Message 3

Museum Shop 4

Contact Us 8

At our annual meeting onMay 10th, 2011

Betty Fetterwas presented with ourDorothy Schommer

Volunteer of the Year Awardfor her countless hours

and years of admirablevolunteer service.

Congratulations, Betty!



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"President's Message"

It's been a busy spring aroundthe museum and the Strawberry &Dessert Festival plans were a part of that. All the planning and the excel-lent weather on June 20th paid off with over 400 of our neighbors en-joying our most successful straw-

berry festival ever.Everyone seemed to enjoy thefood, desserts, and entertainment. A program likeour festival could not have been accomplished with-out the help of nearly 50 dedicated volunteers, thevendors, and the businesses that donated door prizesand raffle prizes. A special thanks goes to the Signery sign shop, Greece-Ridge Firestone, the Town ofGreece and our sponsor, Northwest Bank, for theirvery generous support. Although the strawberry festi-val is a great fund raiser for us, we still need your con-tinued support. Please check your renewal date and

renew your membership. Tell your friends about us,that we are the only organization in Greece that col-lects and preserves the Town's history.

A special thank you goes to Dave Pandina of Wood Works for repairing our sign in the front yard.Ten years of weather had rotted some of the woodholding the light fixture and a new support systemneeded to be constructed. Thanks also to GarfieldKyte of Diamond Pest Elimination for eliminating abird infestation problem.

Now that the festival is over, we are planning ourfall Tuesday programs at the Town Hall. On Septem-ber 13th, Dave Ruch from Buffalo will entertain uswith stories about "Traditional & Historical Songs of New York State" and will include some songs from theWar of 1812. Then, on October 11th, Dr. Milton Ser-nett, Professor Emeritus, Syracuse University will pre-sent a program titled "Muscles to Motors on the Farm: Henry Ford and the Great American Tractor Wars" . Both these program are made possiblethrough the support of the New York Council for theHumanities, a state affiliate of the National Endow-ment for the Humanities.

We are pleased to announce that CanandaiguaNational Bank & Trust will be our corporate sponsorfor our entire 2011-2012 Tuesday night lecture series.

We hope to see all of you some Sunday at yourmuseum or at our monthly Tuesday programs at theTown Hall.

Thank you for your support.

Bill Sauers, President

“Museum News” JULY 4TH WEEKEND The Greece Museum willbe CLOSED, Sunday, July 3rd, so our volunteercan enjoy the holiday weekend.Beginning July 10th our Sunday museum hourwill change from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. to 1:00p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Society's office hours wicontinue to be Mondays 10:00 a.m. to Noon.

―The Wonderful World of Teddy Bears and Dol

Our popular teddy bears and dolls exhibit will

continue through July. The display includes ou

own collection and items loaned from member

Many visitors have eagerly enjoyed these

nostalgic memories of childhood.

―The Well Dressed Woman‖

In August our planned exhibits will include displays

of ladies’ finery: hats, purses, gloves, jewelry, and

more. It is sure to bring a delightful step back in

time, reminding us of treasured moments in times

past.

Vi White, Curator

Meet Our Newest Team Volunteer

Should your picture be here?

Call today to ask wha you can do to help th

Greece Museum.We need people of a

talents and skills.

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Greetings to all of you – members, friends, families and neighbors!

We had a wonderful day of sunshine and friendship at our annual Strawberry andDessert Tasting Festival on Monday, June 20th.

A heartfelt thanks goes out to all our corporate sponsors who donated the cost of

supplies and/or gifts for our raffles and door prizes.

Another HUGE thanks goes to our many, many volunteers who truly make our eventspossible. We simply cannot do this without their time and energy.

Thank You, everyone.

You are special! We need you – the community needs us.

Lorraine Beane, Executive Director

“From the Desk of the Executive Director“

Please support our current business members and affiliates

We want to thank them for their support:

North Ridge Glass---Long Pond Auto Body—Hose 22 Firehouse Grill—Long Pond FamilyRestaurant—Pettis Pools—Brook House Restaurant—Vay, Schleich and Meeson Funeral Home—Greece

Chamber of Commerce—Butler Insurance—Flower City Printing—Sonitrol Security System---

LIFE MEMBERS

Presently there are 30 life members. Thank you for your support.

Janis Gleason autographs herbook "The Life and Letters of Kate Gleason".

Her popular presentation onMay 10th drew nearly 85

people.

A Recent Presentation



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“Museum Shop”

Summer is here, and with this beautiful weather I can’t wait to lounge

in the sun reading a good book. We have so many great books. We

have books about Lake Ontario, the Manitou Trolley, lighthouses,

Greece, Parma, Gates, Irondequoit and Downtown Rochester. We have

many new children’s books, our latest by Sally Valentine, ―Lost at Sea-

breeze‖. And of course, we have our own ―Eight Miles Along the Shore‖.

Stop in and pick up a good summer read.

All sales support the Greece Historical Society & Museum.

Wendy Peeck, Museum Shop Coordinator

Museum & Museum Shop hours: Sunday 1:00-4:00 pm

Officers & Board of Trustee

Please send information for this newsletter to [email protected] 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 t

and estate planning. We are a non- pro

organization supported by your

*gifts and endowments.

We sincerely appreciateyour donations.

*Tax deductable per (Section 501(c)(9) of the Int

nal Revenue Code

Museum Maintenance

A big thank you to Dave Pandina, ownerof Wood Works Remodeling, for repairinga light fixture on our front yard sign. Thelight fixture and its base were destroyedduring a winter storm.

This past spring some birds started to nest in one or our exhaust vents.Thanks to Garfield Kyte of Diamond Pest Elimination the problem wassolved.

April 24h GI Joe Exhibit

P r e s i d e n t Bill Sau

V i c e P r e s i d e n t Wendy Pe

S e c r e t a r y Sandy P

T r e a s u r e r Jack Wallenh

E x e c u t iv e D i r e c t o r Lorraine Bea

H o n o r a r y T r u s te e Don NewcoT r u s t e e s : Sue Hod

Sandy P

Wendy Pe

Bill Sau

Cyndie She

Paula Sm

Lee Stra

Jack Wallenh

Viola Wh

Roberta You

C o m m i t te e C h a i r s :

G r o u n d s , B u i l d in g NEEDH i s t o r i a n O f f i c e Alan Mue

M e m b e r s h i p B. Wallenho

M u s e u m Viola Wh

M u s e u m S h o p Wendy Pe

N e w s l e t t e r

E d i t o r Cyndie She

M a i l i n g Betty Fe

O f f i c e T e c h Jack Wallenh

P l a n n i n g NEED

P r o g r a m s Bill Sau

P u b l i c i t y Marge Ze

T o u r s , E d u c a t i o n Kathie Firk

Chuck Baylis from theMilitary History Society of

Rochester explains some of the details of a GI Joe

collectable doll to 5 yearold Andrew Sauers during

our GI Joe Exhibit onSunday, April 24th.



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“Tours and Education Committee”

What a busy Spring season we had with school tours and still 4 more to go in June!! On May 17thand May 20th we had over 60 students each day. We divided the groups by starting with one in the liviroom, one at the one room school house and one at the kitchen and then rotated them so that they allsaw almost the entire museum. I positioned myself in the living room first talking about the house andthen showing them a video of how the house was moved to its present location. They were fascinated, were the teachers and other adults who were there to help supervise. Renee Sanger, Faye Cole, CarolynBrewer and Linda Evans were on hand to help and I must say it went very well considering the numberstudents at one time.

We welcome 2 new volunteers - Annette Curatalo who is currently shadowing me on school tours awill soon be ready to "go solo". Our next volunteer is Ryan Hooper who is just 13 years old and hasexpressed an interest in helping us with various tasks. He will be working with Linda Evans at theStrawberry Festival at craft tables. He has said that he is interested in helping build a long house for ourNative American Display which we thought would make a good summer project for him. We are excitedto have both of them on board.

A big thanks to Lucy Kraemer and Jack Heller for their expertise with the June school tours.

“Happenings at the Greece Museum”

Kathie Firkins, Education Committee

Greece Garden Clubs’

Annual Plant Saleheld on

Saturday, May 21, 2011



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Photos, Data supplied by Alan Mueller, Greece Historian's Office, Greece Historical Society

“FROM THE HISTORIAN'S FILE”

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Greece Summer Fun-in-the-Sun 1900 - 1960sWe have many area ponds and the lake, but other recreations, including drive-in movies,boat trips to Cobourg, fishing, ball games, picnics or just "hangin' out with friends" have

endured from generation to generation.

If you have any information to complete identification of these

photos, email or call Alan at 663-1706.

1. Lakeshore Drive-In 07/01/1950 - 09/05/1992

2. Greece playground 19603. Greece women’s golf league

4. Ontario Beach 1910

5. Reis Bros. Carousel6. Learn to swim program

7. Shoe race 1922 picnic

8. Pony League 1950s

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THANK YOU for supporting the Greece Historical Society’s 2011 Strawberry Festival

Animal Service LeagueArikata Martial ArtsBartton's Parkside HotsBBQ FredBill GraysBlanchard FloristBlaze Entertainment

CharbroilCharlotte-Genesee LighthouseCity of Rochester City HistorianClinique Day SpaDistillery Ridge RdErie Canal CommitteeFirestone Greece RidgeGenesee Country Village & MuseumGeorge Eastman HouseGreece Chamber of CommerceGreece PoliceGreece Properties, LLCGreece Senior & Community Center

Greece Special PoliceHose 22 Firehouse GrillKiwanis Club of GreeceLegacy at Park CrescentLong Pond Family RestaurantLooking GlassMarriott Hotel -Ridge RdNew York Museum of TransportationNorth Greece Fire Dept.Northwest Savings BankParty ProductionsPerkins Restaurant & BakeryPetra PlacePier 45

Rochester City HistorianRochester Museum & Science CenterRockcastle FloristSea Breeze Amusement ParkSweet DeansThe SigneryThe Strong MuseumTown of GreeceUltimate Interiors DecoratingUpstate Niagara Co-op, Inc.VanPutte Garden CenterVillages at Unity



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Telephone: 585-225-7221

Email: [email protected]

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