Author: Gene Bavis

The Topping Ladder Company – April 18, 2022 at 7 PM

The Topping Ladder Company – April 18, 2022 at 7 PM

On Monday, April 18, 2022 at the Lodge in Ginegaw Park, Doug Topping will present a program about his family’s manufacturing business in Marion, NY.  Topping Ladders were made for many years and shipped...

The Lincoln Area, Part 2 – March 21, 2022 at 7 PM

The Lincoln Area, Part 2 – March 21, 2022 at 7 PM

The first program about the Hamlet of Lincoln was so popular we decided to do a Part 2.  We have a number of photos related to farming in the Lincoln area so we will...

Kodakids Program 11/15/21 at 1 PM

Kodakids Program 11/15/21 at 1 PM

On Monday, 11/15/21 (1 PM)  at the Lodge in Ginegaw Park, Mary Jo Lanphear, Brighton Town Historian, will present a program about the children of Kodak employees in England coming to live in Rochester...

Marker Dedication, Open House & Walking Tour – October 3

Marker Dedication, Open House & Walking Tour – October 3

Please join us for a celebration of our newest historical marker at 3634 High Street, Walworth at 1:30 PM on October 3.  Following the ceremony we will return to a big tent outside of...

HELP – Weeding Party at WHS on 8/16 at 9:30 AM

HELP – Weeding Party at WHS on 8/16 at 9:30 AM

The WEEDS ARE DOING GREAT!  BUT we don’t like them, so please come to the Walworth Historical Society on Monday, 8/16 at 9:30 AM to help us ATTACK those weeds.  Many hands make light...

The Hamlet of Lincoln – September 20, 2021

The Hamlet of Lincoln – September 20, 2021

We had originally planned this program for March, 2020 and then COVID-19 hit us, so we postponed it a couple of times.  Because so many people have expressed an interest in it and due...

COVID 19 and US – Update on 4/4/22

COVID 19 and US – Update on 4/4/22

We are not “out of the woods” yet with this Pandemic, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel as more and more people get the vaccine.  The Walworth Historical Society...

Wayne County Memories

Wayne County Memories

This is NOT a program in the traditional sense.  Amber Linson is heading up a project to create a BOOK of Memories about Wayne County as a part of the Bicentennial Celebration of our...

Annual Meeting – May 17, 2021 at the Lodge – 7:00 PM

Annual Meeting – May 17, 2021 at the Lodge – 7:00 PM

UPDATE 5/5/21 –  At the 2/8/21 Board Meeting it was decided NOT to have the traditional meal, so the meeting will begin at 7 PM.  Current COVID rules limit attendance to 50 people.  Masks...

Program Update as of 5/5/21

Program Update as of 5/5/21

Unfortunately COVID is still with us though there is now a light at the end of the tunnel.  As vaccinations increase the number of cases should decline and of course we all will still...