Speaker at DAR meeting is Chet Peters

The Col. Wm. Prescott Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet September 19, at the Chapter House, 119 High Street, Newark.

The Board meets at 10:15, business meeting at 11 and lunch follows at noon.

The program at 1 p.m. features Chet Peters presenting 'The War of 1812 and Early Pultneyville.' Peters has been the Williamson Town Historian since 1964 and has a plethora of artifacts and knowledge to share with his audience. The public is invited to hear his lively and informative presentation.

The hostesses for this meeting are Rosalyn Keifer of Lyons, Peg Cohen of Fairport, and Pauline Harper Of Wolcott.

Inquiries about the D.A.R. and prospective members are always welcome. For more information, please contact Regent Patricia Petty: 589.3661, or Registrar Anne Hotchkiss: 589.8011.

Historic Nugget: April 11, 1823, Wayne County was separated from Ontario County to become an independent municipality. Instead of 15 towns as it is today, only eight towns existed at that time.

Sodus was established in 1789, shortly after Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham purchased about six million acres from Massachusetts. The Phelps and Gorham purchase started the series of events that led to the settlement of Western New York by non-Native Americans.

(SOURCE: Walworth Historical Society, 2004)

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