About Us

Lilly-Washington Historical Society
2006 Board of Directors

President                                                                                             
        James M. Salony       
        522 Main Street
        Lilly, PA 15938
        (814) 886-7282
        email:   j.salonyt@yahoo.com

Vice-President
        John Gides
        5221 Portage Street
        Lilly, PA 15938
        (814) 886-2292
        email:   jgides@aol.com

Treasurer
        Thomas McCabe
       116 Hemlock Drive
       Portage, PA 15946
       (814) 736-3967
       email:   ytmccabe@aol.com

Recording Secretary
        Beverly Mandichak
        503 Main Street
       Lilly, PA 15938
       (814) 886-2961 (Office)
       (814) 886-4261 (Home)
       email:   gallsins@aol.com

Directors
        Scott Steberger                                  Barry Walters                                            Frank Klayko
        110 Maple Drive                                    390 Jefferson Street                                   252 Piper Street
         Lilly, PA 15938                                      Lilly, PA 15938                                            Lilly, PA 15938
        (814) 886-2894                                     (814) 886-8610                                          (814) 886-2221
        email: MTAG110@aol.com                 email: blws@pennswoods.com

        Patrick Barlick                                     James McCabe                                          John Barlick Jr.
        471 Jefferson Street                               615 Willow Street                                       235 Piper Street
        Lilly, PA 15938                                        Lilly, PA 15938                                            Lilly, PA 15938
        (814) 736-4415                                      (814) 886-8729                                          (814) 886-4694
                                                                                                                                        email: pappyjack56@aol.com

       Judy Smith                                            Melvin Fees
       163 Jones Street                                     612 Penn Avenue
       Lilly, PA 15938                                         Cresson, PA 16630
       (814) 886-4075                                       (814) 886-7169
        email: Jitterbugdanser@aol.com

The Board of Directors have adopted by-laws and proposed the following goals:

- recruit as members ALL current and former residents of Lilly Borough and Washington Township
- set up an office equipped to accomodate and administer the on-going business of the LWHS
- establish a museum to preserve and display artifacts from the community's past and to serve as a resource for historical and genealogical reserach
- discover and collect any materials which may help to establish or illustrate the history of the community
- establish a geneological base for families of the community
- record the oral history of our senior citizens and incorporate the interviews into a ninety minute video for the Bicentennial
- create a website to further the objectives of the LWHS
- publish a timely and informative newsletter
- publish a series of historical calendars for 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006
- offer educational programs and workshops for the community
- establish historical programs for the youth of the community with in-school presentations and workshops as well as poster and essay competitions
- establish monuments, memorials, and markers throughout the community to commemorate persons, places, and events of historical importance
- publish a map/brochure to facilitate a tour of the historical sites in the community
- establish and implement an annual theme for 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006
- form a Bicentennial Committee to organize a celebration of the year 2006, as the 200th anniversary of our community
- publish an extensive history of the community for the 2006 Bicentenial