STATE OF THE LEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AS OF DECEMBER 14, 2006
BY PRESIDENT STEPHEN A. COZZAGLIO
The year 2006 has been a successful year for the Lee Historical Society. Monthly Board meetings were held at 6:30 p.m. at the Courtroom in the Lee Town Hall, except for one meeting which was held at the Holts’ residence on Golden Hill Rd. Membership/Program meetings were held on the 3rd Tuesday of every other month at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall. Programs that were presented during the year were: two by Professor John Hyde, “Berkshire Home 1792 – 2006” and “Interesting Stories of the Hyde Family and of Their West Park Street Home from 1792 to the Present Day”, Brendan Ronayne of Mead spoke about the past 200 years of history of the Hurlbut Mill in South Lee, Kinsley Goodrich spoke and showed slides on the Huckleberry Line, Field trip to High lawn Farm presented by Mike Whitman of High lawn Farm, Tour of Downtown Lee by Carol Young, two activities were jointly sponsored with the Lee Land Trust and the Lee Historical Commission – one, the Evening with George Westinghouse, a relative of the great inventor, and a train trip to Stockbridge from Lenoxdale and back on the Berkshire Scenic Railroad, and this evening, December 14th, Kathy Riley will speak on “How to Look Up the History of Your House.”
The monthly newsletter has continued and tells of the happenings in Lee with historical look backs at some episodes in Lee. past articles by Betty Denis, autobiography by Victor Mottarella, a Lee fellow now living in California, and information on those from Lee who served in the Civil War along with other tidbits. We thank Mal Eckert for his fine work in writing, editing, printing, and distributing the newsletter. Gary Allen, our Vice President, is researching the History of the Lee Fire Department. He has written a short history of what he has found in his research. Gary also did a power point presentation and talk on what he has found thus far. If any of you have any information that might be helpful to Gary on the History of the Lee Fire Department, we would be thrilled if you would share it with him and us. During the coming year, we plan on having Gary as one of our programs.To keep up with what the Lee Historical Society is doing, we invite you to visit our web site, www.leehistoricsociety.homestead.com. By the way, if you miss getting a copy of our newletter you will find it on our web site.We are still doing our fund-raising activities which are:1.A color picture packet of Lee– 6 pictures, 8 ½ inches by 11 inches for only $10.00. We thank Country Curtains, Fox Modular Homes, Lee Bank, Lee Car Wash( (Comalli Group) and L. V. Toole Insurance
Agency for their support in this project.
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, $10.00On December 4th, I had the opportunity to be interviewed as President of the Lee Historical Society by Tom Jay on WSBS, 860 AM. I thank Tom Jay and WSBS for allowing us the time to spread the word about our society.
Future Activities:
We are planning to set up displays over the next year at places such as the Lee Library, banks in Lee, and in the Lee Schools. Our dream is to some day have a facility that will allow us to preserve and displays items in one facility, but until then we will continue to provide opportunities for members of our community to learn about and appreciate the History of Lee.Thank you:
To you members who continue to support us with your membership and donations.
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.
To the Board of Directors who contribute their knowledge and time to help grow the Lee Historical Society. To those businesses who faithfully believe in our cause and assist us.
To those businesses who faithfully believe in our cause and assist us.Stephen A. Cozzaglio
2006 President, Lee Historical Society, Inc.
