In 1909, Thanksgiving Day would be appropriately observed by the people of Jamestown. A union service would be held at the First Congregational Church and at the Swedish Mission Church. Two association and two rugby football games were scheduled along with the Y.M.C.A. cross-country run.

The Municipal Hospital Commission at a special meeting the previous afternoon, made arrangements for laying the corner stone of the new hospital to be known as the Orsino E. Jones General Hospital of Jamestown. The ceremony would occur on Sunday at 2:30 in the afternoon. James L. Weeks, who was mayor of Jamestown at the time the bequest was made, had accepted an invitation to speak on that occasion.

In 1959, an unknown blight was affecting elm and maple trees in Lakewood, the Village Board was told. Fred Bowen, street commissioner, said he noticed it when he received requests from property owners to cut down two maple trees in the past week. Mr. Bowen said the cause ''might be from old age.'' When questioned by Village Trustee Sydney Anderson, Mr. Bowen said he did not know how many trees were affected, but ventured to say, ''there are a lot of them.''

Chautauqua County Sheriff Charles C. McCloskey, Jr., issued a stern warning to the county's motorists to drive carefully or face the continued vigilance of the county's law enforcement officers. Prompted by the recent onslaught of area traffic deaths, which could make this a record highway fatality year, and the forthcoming Thanksgiving holiday and winter season, the Sheriff repeated a plea for strict adherence to good driving habits. Thirty-seven had been killed in traffic accidents in 1959.

In 1984, the world's second permanent artificial heart implant was scheduled to take place at Humana Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, officials said. The recipient, William J. Schroeder, 52, of Jasper, Indiana, would undergo surgery to implant the Jarvik-7 artificial heart on the following morning. The implant would be performed by a team of doctors headed by Dr. William C. DeVries, who performed the world's first artificial heart implant in 1982.

There had yet to be any official reaction to a report on tourism in Chautauqua County, which was completed in July. As a result of inquiries into the fiscal affairs of Chautauqua County Vacationlands Association in 1983, Legislature Chairman Thomas J. Harte, R-Lakewood, appointed a 16-member Tourism Commission. Its purpose was to scrutinize tourism in the county in general, comment on CCVA's role in the promotion of tourism and to make recommendations to the legislature.

In 1999, for the second year in a row, more than 50 members of Carpenters local union 66, a division of the Western New York Regional Council, dedicated hours of their free time to manufacture wooden toys for the Salvation Army. Rattle mowers, puzzle trucks and toolboxes were handcrafted from a ''bulk of lumber'' anonymously donated to the carpenters for the ''good cause.''

In the time of counting one's blessings, the students in one Washington Middle School class realized they had a real live blessing walk in their door every Tuesday morning. So in keeping with the November tradition, the kids in Mrs. Lisa Peterson's sixth-grade class decided to combine a standard birthday party with a heartfelt ''thank you'' for their weekly volunteer Fred Bonaker. Bonaker, who turned 85 on Tuesday, walked in to the classroom to the sounds of the school's Music Ensemble playing ''Happy Birthday to You.'' ''I think this is really super,'' said a pleasantly surprised Bonaker. Slices of birthday cake were passed out.