OUR 2011 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

The Museum in Eaton Hall reopened for the season April 12 and will continue on Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. until mid-November. In addition it will be open Sundays 1 to 4 p.m. from July 3 to October 10th.

This year will be unusually busy, with two major anniversaries added to our customary calendar of events.

At the Governing Board’s first meeting in February, Charla Helton, representing the Pittsford Business Community Group, suggested possible town-wide events to commemorate two important dates in our town’s history: laying the cornerstone for the Lothrop School building 100 years ago, and the 250th anniversary of our Town Charter.

The Board agreed to join with Lothrop School officials in celebration of its anniversary on August 28. The School and our Museum will be open to the public, with commemorative exercises on the school grounds followed by an ice cream social.

New Hampshire Royal Governor Benning Wentworth signed Pittsford’s charter, granting land of six miles square to Ephraim Doolittle and 63 others on October 10, 1761. The Board voted to feature the event during our Annual Meeting in October.

The full calendar follows:

April 3 - 5:30 p.m. First members’ meeting

May 30, 12:30 - Memorial Day ceremony,
Eaton Hall open house, refreshments

June 25 - Pittsford Day, Recreation Area
Noon-4 p.m. & 6-9 p.m. Vintage photos

July 16, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Tag & Bake Sale, Eaton Hall

Aug.28 - Times to be announced:
100th anniversary laying Lothrop School cornerstone; open house, ice cream social

Sept. 18, 5:30 p.m. Member meeting, Ernie Clerihew’s old cars

October 16 - 5:30 p.m. Annual Meeting;
Town Charter’s 250th anniversary

The Memorial Day speaker will be retired US Air Force Colonel William Michael Gladski, a Pittsford native and Otter Valley Union High School graduate with a bachelor's degree from St. Michael’s College in Colchester, VT. He now divides his time between the McDevitt/Gladski homestead at Pittsford Mills and another home in Beavercreek, Ohio.