GTHS: About Us

Membership

Membership in the society is given to anyone who subscribes to our quarterly publication The Greene Hills of Home. Subscription cost is $20.00 per year. Issues are mailed in March, June, September and December. Please download and print the membership application form and mail it with your make check payable to "GDHS" to:

GDHS
PO Box 176
Greentown, PA
18426-0176

If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download the program for free by following this link: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The official registration and financial information of Greene-Dreher Historical Society, Inc., may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.

Greene-Dreher Historical Society

2008 Board of Directors

President: William P. Brennan; Vice President: Web Gilpin; Treasurer: Bernadine Lennon; Secretary: Doris Jann; Ruth Altemier (Greene Township Representative); Peggy Bancroft (Greene Township Historian, President Emerita and Founding Editor of The Greene Hills of Home); Bob Lederer; Jeanne Brown; Roy Richmond; Betty Roach; Attorney Jack Spall

The board of directors normally meets the last Monday of the month at the WSCS Hall. Members are welcome to attend.

History of the WSCS Hall

The WSCS Hall was originally built for the Patriotic Order Sons of America(POS of A) Washington Camp 422, South Sterling in 1904. Meetings and events were held there through 1946 when the building was sold to the South Sterling Methodist Church Ladies Aid which later became known as the Women's Society for Christian Service (WSCS). After the South Sterling Methodist Church burned, the WSCS Hall was sold to the La Anna United Methodist Church. In 2006, it was acquired by the Greene-Dreher Historical Society.

The society's home is the WSCS Hall.

465 South Sterling Rd, South Sterling, Pennsylvania.

Directions:

From Points North: Take Exit 20 off of I-84. Go South onto Route 507. Proceed approximately 2 miles to Newfoundland where there is a Stop Sign which joins with Route 191. Continue on Routes 507 and 191 for approximately 3 miles (Route 507 will split off to the right but you should continue on Route 191). The WSCS Hall is a 2 story white building on the right (west) side of the road and resembles a grange hall. A township road (Osborne Road) intersects Route 191 where the WSCS Hall is located.

From Points South: From Stroudsburg, take Route 191 North. The WSCS Hall is located approximately 2 miles north of Route 423. The WSCS Hall is a 2 story white building and resembles a grange hall. A township road (Osborne Road) intersects Route 191 where the WSCS Hall is located.

About Us

Organized in 1980, the Greene -Dreher Historical Society is a tax-exempt (501(c)(3)), non profit organization dedicated to preserving the history of Greene Township, Dreher Township and surrounding communities of Newfoundland, South Sterling and La Anna and remembering those who settled and built this community. We are located in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania. We are registered with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Charitable Organizations.

The Society meets monthly (except January and February) on the 1^st Monday at 1:00 PM, normally in WSCS Hall, 465 South Sterling Road, South Sterling. The meetings are open to the public. We frequently have special programs of historical or local interest following a short business meeting. Click on "Events & Programs" to see upcoming programs.

Besides monthly meetings and programs, we have committees which work with the Wallenpaupack Area School Elementary School Partnership Program, artifact collection, publishing local and oral histories in The Greene Hills of Home, preparing local exhibits and participating in special events.

For the past several years, society members have prepared a display at the Greene-Dreher-Sterling Fair and exhibited a variety of items on loan by members and from our permanent collection. Some of the exhibits have included photographic display of barns and sample display of our artifacts; history of ice harvesting through a display of tools and photographs; “Then and Now” photos of the local area; and a collection boarding house photographs, memorabilia and oral histories.

Bob Lederer and Bill Brennan worked hard this winter painting and decorating the second floor of the WSCS Hall.

Bill Brennan and Roy Richmond (left) stand next to flag pole which

Bill Livesey (right) donated in memory of his wife, Mickey.