Monroe County NyArchives History - Books .....Dedication, Foreward, And Acknowledgments 1957 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 23, 2007, 2:51 pm Book Title: Irondequoit Story IRONDEQUOIT STORY A History of the Town of Irondequoit (Suburb of Rochester, County of Monroe, State of New York) COVERING THE YEARS 1839-1957 Collected and Compiled by MAUDE I. WEST, Town Historian Published by The Town of Irondequoit DEDICATION No more fitting dedication for this book could be found or written than that which is inscribed on the Centennial Plaque in our present Town Hall, which reads as follows: "To THE CITIZENS OF IRONDEQUOIT IN HONOR OF THE PIONEERS WHO LEFT THEIR PEACEFUL HOMES AND LOCATED BEFORE 1809 IN THIS FEVER-BREEDING, DESOLATE, AND FORBIDDING LAND AND WITH THEIR SUCCESSORS CLEARED THE FORESTS AND EXCITED THE EARTH TO PRODUCTION, THEREBY CHANGING IT TO A GARDEN SPOT AND ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE WORLD TO LIVE." FOREWORD At the request of the students and teachers of Local History in Irondequoit schools, your Town Historian has attempted to present in the following pages and as accurately as possible, a picture of life as it was lived in this area more than a century ago, and to bring up to the date of this writing a story of our inheritance and a reminder of the privileges we have of living in this community. Irondequoit, New York Maude I. West April 1957 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In collecting material for this book, grateful acknowledgment is made to the following: Mr. Louis Dubelbeiss, a former Supervisor of Irondequoit, and one long interested in collecting Irondequoit history, who has permitted me to read his material and use it as I saw fit. Mr. Charles Peiffer who prepared the Irondequoit Album, published in 1939, furnished information on the Unique Social Club and gave me other material that has been helpful. Mrs. George Hunt who has furnished much valuable information on the very early days, through anecdotes and papers of her father, Mr. Hosea Rogers. Mrs. Lillian Wright for the Union and Advertiser paper of 1858-59 concerninq the Union Race Track and her Grandfather Mr. George Wimble. Mr. Arch Merrill for permission to use material and a picture from his book The Ridge. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Claver for help with the story of the Algonquin and Newport Yacht Clubs. Mr. Douglas Stoffel's help with information about Birds and Worms and the Club of the same name. Mr. H. Robert Johnson for his facts concerning the Rochester Canoe Club. Mr. Robert Evershed for the story of his father's boat the Lookout. Miss Emma Swift, of Rundel Library Local History Division, for help in research. Misses Grace and Nellie Schneeberger for the history of No. 2 School District and the picture of the Irondequoit Central Chapel. Mr. Julius Goers and Mr. Frank Grant for their assistance in locating the sites of the old watertowers on the boulevard. Mrs. Harry E. Sherman for her many contributions of old papers and booklets in which I have found interesting bits of information. Dean and Wesley Bell for the air views of the Heffer greenhouses and the West gardens. Mr. Woodworth of Webster for the picture of his father's boat, the Woodworth. Mr. Edmund DeMaecker for the picture of his boat, Point Pleasant I. Mr. Harold Hebing for his story of the Philosopher of Glen Haven. Rochester Transit Corporation for some of the Railroad and Resort pictures. County Board of Supervisors for the list of Supervisors and Town Clerks. Church and School Officials who have so graciously furnished requested information. Eastman Kodak Company for courtesy of copying several pictures. Miss Helen Rice for suggesting the name for the book, "The Irondequoit Story." Mrs. Ralph Evans for information on the Library Association. Various organizations of the town whose members have furnished the history of their group with date of charter. (Histories on file) Mrs. Albert Krischke and her brother Mr. George Kalmbach for information about their father's carryall. The many other unnamed people with whom I have visited from time to time and who have clarified obscure data and furnished photographs which illustrate this book. The following Town Officials and appointees of town affairs Building and Planning Department—Mr. Earl Pugsley. Draftsmen who made the map showing annexations of Rochester. Civil Defense—Mr. Donald Sawyer and Mr. Leonard Pawley Health Department—Dr. Willis Bradstreet, Health Officer; Mrs. Laura Reynolds, Town Nurse; Mrs. Ralph K. McCumber, Chairman of Health Committee. Police Department—Chief Harold McFarlin and Lieutenant Stewart LeBarron. Public Works Department—Mr. Joseph Bevacqua; Secretary, Mrs. Peter Skerrett. Recreation Department—Mr. Gordon Perry. Tax Department—Mr. Clifford Drullard for material on functions of the Supervisor, Town Council, Town Attorney, Peace Justices and Assessor as well as his own department. The Town Board who have encouraged the writing of this book and financed its publication. Special thanks go to my niece, Miss Wilma L. West, who has given so generously of her time in helping to arrange the material for the book and proof read the manuscript. Additional Comments: Extracted from: IRONDEQUOIT STORY A History of the Town of Irondequoit (Suburb of Rochester, County of Monroe, State of New York) COVERING THE YEARS 1839-1957 Collected and Compiled by MAUDE I. WEST, Town Historian Published by The Town of Irondequoit File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/ny/monroe/history/1957/irondequ/dedicati5ms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/nyfiles/ File size: 6.1 Kb