STATE OF THE LEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AS OF DECEMBER 11 2008

BY PRESIDENT GARY ALLEN

The first annual meeting of the Society was held on December 11, 2003. This then is our 6th anniversary. On January 6, 2004 we became a tax emempt corporation and the Bylaws were adopted on December 9, 2004. All this was accomplished under Steve Cozzaglio's able leadership.

2008 has been yet another successul year for the Lee Historical Society. Monthly Board meetings were held at the Courtroom in Lee town Hall through October and at the Senior Center beginning in November. Program meetings were held on the 3rd Thursday of every other month.

Programs were presented during the year on East Lee, The Shakers, the Lee Library, and the Anniversaryof St. Mary's Church. In November, our Vice President, Myron Hood led a local ceremony honoring Michael Whalen, whose service medals the Society has on display in the Library.

Once again, we have to thank Mal Eckert for his fine work writing, editing, printing, and distrubuting the monthly newsletter. To keep up with what the Lee Historical Society is doing, we invite you to visit our web site at www.leehistoricsociety.lhomestead.com. If you miss getting a copy of our newsletter, it is on our web site.

2008 has been an especially successfuyl year for our fund raising. The calendar raffle in October raised over $2,000. - thanks to the great team that solicited prizes and sold tickets.

We also have:

1.A color picture packet of Lee– 6 pictures, 8 ½ inches by 11 inches for only $10.00.

2.Three magnets with images of 3 different old post card scenes of Lee for $7.50.

3.A cookbook, “Boiling Water”, with recipes, tips  for cooking, $10.00

4."Historical Lee" - Betty Dennis' aricles, $10.00

5. Mugs, the first in our series of Scenes of Lee - Town Hall, $10.00

Future Activities:

We will continue our displays over the next year at places such as the Lee Library and other locations around town.

Our dream is to some day have a facility that will allow us to preserve and displays items in one place. In the meantime, we have obtained the use of some storage space from the Lee Commuity Development Corporation at the old KayBee warehouse on Route 102. We have begun to store and catalog some items there. We are looking forward to the opportunity to work with elder Housing in the Hyde wing when the renovation poject startw there.

We have many people to thank:

To you members who continue to support us with your membership and donations.

To the Board of Directors who contribute their knowledge and time to help grow the Lee Historical

  Society, particularly Mary and Henry Holt who are leaving the Board after 6 years of service.

To those businesses who faithfully believe in our cause and assist us.

Gary Allen

2008 President, Lee Historical Society, Inc.