The Corinthian October 2010

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"President's Message"In the past few weeks we have

acquired several new items includ-

ing a 1964-65 letter sweater from

one of Greece Olympia's star ath-

letes, John Dubois, along with a

story of his winning team. At the

same time we had to turn away a lovely Buckman's

ice cream cart because of its size and condition.

It is hard to imagine that items from the 1960's

or 1970's are now considered "history". Much of

our museum collection concentrates on the 19th

century and the early 20 century. Our attic is full of

clothes, tools, furniture and a thousand other items,

mostly relating to Greece history, but many of the

items could be classified as just "old stuff". Although

the attic is nearly full we still must consider that our

town continues to grow and change, that we are

creating history everyday, and that history needs to

be saved for future generations.

Take a look through your old 35mm slide collec-

tions, your old scrap books, diaries, etc. If you have

something you think that the Greece Historical Soci-

ety might want for our collection, give us a call.

Remember, we cannot take everything because we

have limited space for proper storage and our col-

lection needs to concentrate on the Town of

Greece. Photographs must be labeled, and dated (if

possible), individual items should have some specific

link to our town's past. Unidentifiable, unlabeled

photos are not something we want, but labeled

photos of any building or event in the Town of

Greece we would treasure. If you don't want to part

with your family memories, we will take digital filesof your photos. All donations to the Greece Histori-

cal Society are tax deductable.

Bill Sauers

**Museum Exhibits**Our Fun at the Beachdisplay featuring bathingsuits of the past will closeOct. 10th.

A display honoring Gordon Howesyears ofpublic service and accomplishments as Greece

Town Supervisor is now open at the GreeceHistorical Society home, formerly the HoweHouse.

SEWING EXHIBITMore than a dozen sewing machines dis-

played at our "Notions of Sewing " exhibit from

an 1860's Grove & Baker machine to a 2000Bernina attached to a laptop computer, plus tetiles, notions, patterns, magazines and toy sew-ing machines. On Sunday Oct. 3rd, the BOBBINCASE INC, a Bernina dealership in Brighton, wbe demonstrating the Bernina 830, the ultimatsewing machine system. On Sun Oct. 10th, seetatting demonstration.

Vi White, Curator

THE NOTIONS OF SEWINGDubbed "The Queen of Inventions" by Gody's

magazine in 1860, the sewing machine offerewomen a relief from the countless hours

and tedium of hand sewing.

See a collection of sewingmachines and accessoriesfrom the 1860's to presentday at our "Notions of Sewing" exhibit from Septembe12th through October 10th


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Dear Friends,

Along with other historical societies, we feel the need to stabilize our current membership and en-

courage new memberships. Our small committee is composed of Bernice and Jack Wallenhorst and

Sue Hodge. They faithfully maintain our membership list, handle the financial re-

cords, and send correspondence. Sue is a busy volunteer at Genesee Country Mu-

seum, but will return in October to manage our business memberships. Business

members are our partners in sharing the history of Greece, NY with our community

and deserve our support.

As a reminder aid, we will be notifying all members of their upcoming expiration

dates. We dont want you to miss receiving our great newsletter, The Corinthian.

We value your membership, too. Without you the town of Greece wouldnt have a great museum

and popular programs the second Tuesday of the month. This years programs will be even better

than the previous ones, if thats possible. ( See President Bill Sauers column for that information.)

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

Lorraine Beane

From the Desk of the Executive Director

Please support our current business members and affiliatesWe want to thank them for their support:

Long Pond Auto Body;Hose 22 Firehouse Grill; Sarah R. Taylor; Wolfert-Butler Agency; Long Pond Family Restaurant; Vay, Schleich and MeesonFuneral Home, Brook House Restaurant; Greece Chamber of Commerce .

LIFE MEMBERSPresently there are 30 life members. Thank you for your support.

Coming January 11, 2011 Greece Town Hall 7:00 p.m."The Women in George Eastman's Life" byKathy Connor This program will highlight a variety ofwomen who influenced George Eastman beginning with his mother, his niece Ellen Dryden, ladyfriends, Josephina Dickman & Mary Mulligan & his secretary for 42 years Alice K. Whiting Hutchison.

Ms Connor is the curator of the George Eastman House & George Eastman Legacy Collection


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Museum ShopNeed a gift? Stop in for a quick visit of browsingor to select that special gift or book.

Now that summer vacations are over you may find some time to stop in

and visit us any Sunday afternoon 2:00-4:30. During your visit to our Mu-

seum dont forget to stop by our beautiful Museum Shop. Our childrens

books continue to be popular. We pride ourselves in carrying unique gift

items and collectibles as well as a large variety of books for every reader.

You know its not too early to shop for the holidays. Murano glass pen-

dants, lighthouses, Greece NY travel mugs, local history books they are

all here. See you soon.Wendy Peeck, Museum Shop Coordinator

Museum Shop hours: Sunday 2:00-4:30 pm

Officers & Board of Trustees

Newsletter NewsIf you have any questions, comments, or other important information for the

Corinthian, please email me at: [email protected]. Thank you for yourinput.

Cyndie Shevlin, EditorThis newsletter is published bi-monthly by the editor for the Greece Historical Society.

Please RememberThe Greece Historical Society in yourand estate planning. We are a non

profit organization supported by

your *gifts and endowments.

We sincerely appreciateyour donations.

*Tax deductable per (Section 501(c)(9) of th

Internal Revenue Code

WELCOME NEW DOCENTS

Congratulations to our newest volunteers.

Welcome to the Museum!

We continue to look for more people like you!Docents show our guests the Museum. It is fun and interesting because

we meet so many great people who come through for tours. It is easy to

learn about the Museum and we will train you on how to docent. We

docent on Sundays from 2-4:30 p.m. You will be able to choose whichSunday each month works best for your schedule.

Call me now to join our group for just a few hours once a month. Youll

be glad you called and youll be helping us, too.

Paula Koerner (227-5365)

President: Bill Sau

Vice President: Wendy Pe

Secretary: Sandy P

Treasurer: Jack Wallenho

ExecutiveDirector: Lorraine Bea

Honorary Trustee: Don Newco

Trustees: Sue Hod

Sandy Pe

Wendy Pe

Bill Sau

Cyndie Shev

Lee Stra

Jack Wallenho

Viola Wh

Roberta You

Marge Zer

Committee Chairs:

Grounds,Building NEED

Historian Office Alan Mue

Membership B Wallenho

Museum Viola Wh

Museum Shop Wendy Pe

Newsletter

Editor Cyndie Shev

Mailing Betty Fet

Office Tech Jack WallenhoPlanning NEED

Programs,Publicity Bill Sau

Tours Kathie Firk

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Tours and Education CommitteeGEORGE HAMELL TO EXHIBIT IROQUOIS ARTIFACTS FOUND IN GREECE

Rochester Museum and Science Center anthropologist, George Hamell, will bring a display of spear pointsarrowheads, pottery, and pipes that have been found in Iroquois sites at Cranberry Pond, Long Pond, and Char-

lotte. Some are about 4000 years old. We are very excited about his visit.

He will talk about the Seneca-Iroquois and will identify artifacts collected by people in the community. Th

is no fee for the appraisal information. Please feel free to bring in your arrowheads, baskets, pottery, rattles, tools

etc. and George can tell you what tribal area they are from and give you some background. Students will enjoyseeing the ancient artifacts in the Native American collection of the RMSC, a major repository for Indian culture.

The Education Committee has met with Mr. Hamell at the museum, attended a music and dance festival aGanondagon, and most recently visited the Seneca-Iroquois National Museum in Salamanca, NY. After researchi

the Seneca-Iroquois who camped in Greece during the summers, we are planning an exhibit about them, some o

which we will have on display Nov. 14th.

Events at the Greece MuseumBOOK SIGNING Sunday Nov 7th

Joan Winghart Wilcox Sullivan will be at themuseum Nov 7th to review and sign her new book

Bernie, You're a Bootlegger!When Prohibition arrived in the 1920's it changed

the lives of almost every person living in America, in-

cluding her relatives, the Wingharts. Learn about

their escapades as Rochester area bootleggers. Told

thru the perspective of the bootleggers daughter,

Bernie, You're a Bootlegger!gives a glimpse into how Prohibition affected

one family and an entire nation.

Faceless cornhuskdolls in costume of theSeneca on display atthe Seneca-IroquoisNational Museum.

George Hamell assists GHS volunteers Linda

Evans, Alan Mueller and Lee Strauss withstudying archived documents relating to

early Native Americans in Upstate NY at the

Rochester Museum and Science Center.

Kathie Firkins , Education Committee

Please put the date on your calendar you wont want to miss this rare event.

Native American Research


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

FROM THE HISTORIAN'S FILE

Scant information is available for many of our early

town supervisors. The following few paragraphs are

all that has come to light thus far. Unfortunately, the

same is true for images of the early Supervisors; none

exist including Farmer Langworthy.

L.. B. Langworthy,Greece Supervisorin the 19th century.

A view of the 2nd

Monroe County

Court House as it

looked in the1880s. The present

County Court

House replaced

that building on

the same spot at

West Main and Fitz-

hugh Streets. Its

cornerstone, which

holds this forecast,

was laid in the

Summer of 1893.

Lyman B. Langworthy, Supervisor of Greece, NYFirst election - 1839 to 1841Second election - 1850 - 1851The U.S. Census of 1850 lists Lyman B. Langwor-thy as age 62, living in Greece. His occupation isa farmer. He was born in New York State about1788. The value of his real estate is $12,000. Thevalue of his personal estate is $1,000. His wifeAnn was also age 62, living in Greece. She wasborn in Canada. They married Dec. 31, 1848.Both of their graves are in Mt. Hope Ceme-tery. According to the Cemetery records Mrs.Langworthy was buried May 20, 1862 at theage of 74. She had been living in Greece. Thecause of death was given as "old age". Lyman B.

Langworthy was buried March 29, 1880 at theage of 92 years, 6 months. His cause of deathwas the same as his wife Ann. They are bothburied in Quadrant II - Section G22. Section G isoff Indian Trail Avenue and turns southeast to"Sylvan Waters" (a small pond).The 1858 Map of Monroe County shows theLangworthy farm located on the south side ofWRidge Rd, a distance east of what would be-come Dewey Ave.

Found in a file from the Greece Press in 1953.AN INTERESTING 100-YEAR FORECAST

On June 20, 1850 Lyman B. Langworthy, supervisorof the Town of Greece was called upon to dash offa set of predictions to be enclosed in the corner-stone of Monroe Countys second court house.

This is the gist of his 100-year forecast:

1. Rochester would become a great industrial cen-ter with a population of 125,000 by 1950.

2. In the event of war with the English, the citywould be destroyed.

3. During unusually heavy Spring freshets, floodwa-ters of the Genesee River would flow throughthe First Ward.

4. Wheat would become a very uncertain crop lo-cally. Peaches would fail and eventually wouldnot be worth attention.

5. Caledonia Springs or Allens Creek would beRochesters principal source of water supply.

6. Railroad trains would be lighter and achieve aspeed of 60 miles an hour.

7. Motive power would replace muscle for tillingthe soil.

8. The Atlantic Ocean would be crossed in 12 to 18

hours, less than a week.

9. No great discovery would be made to equalthose of the last 60 years.

10. The United States would be divided into threeparts, each with independent governments.

11. No benefits ever would be derived from bal-loons. Microscopes and telescopes would not beimproved to a great extent.

12. Flying would never be accomplished.

13. Various cults and sects would thrive until com-mon sense prevails over superstition and big-otry.

14. There would be changes in governments in theOld World.


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A Gift of History"History is the account of things said and done in the past. In this sense, each of us has a history - an ac-count of where we come from and how we got to be who we are. Communities, likewise, each have ahistory. So, too, do nations, families, and human groups of every sort. History serves us in many ways. Itcan inspire us with stories of exemplary lives or caution us with tales of human folly and wickedness. Hi

tory can inform and educate us by providing the context and perspective that allow us to make thoughtful decisions about the future, and history has the power to delight and enrich us, enlarging and intensifying the experience of being alive."

An article about the importance of history organizations and what they give to their communitiesfrom "A Gift of History" published by the American Association of State & Local History.A full copy of thearticle is available athttp://www.aaslh.org/documents/GiftOfH.pdf.

Home schooled students toured

our Greece Museum on Aug 9th.
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