In Years Past

In 1914, this week, Thursday and Friday and Saturday, were the recognized official high shoe days. Those who cared anything about propriety in dress would not be seen out after Saturday with a pair of oxfords. Those who cared nothing about their personal appearance would change anyway for reasons of comfort, as nothing felt more uncomfortable than a cold wind playing upon unprotected ankles. So in whichever class people put themselves, they were bound to procure a pair of high shoes this week.

Realization of the necessity of a high birth rate to offset the deaths due to the war had led to a movement in England to reduce marriage fees and to encourage soldiers and sailors to take wives before leaving for the front. The archbishop of Canterbury had addressed an open letter on the subject to a London paper and he had likewise sent a strong letter to all the bishops urging them to reduce the marriage license fees so that soldiers and sailors summoned to active service might marry before leaving home. The wholesale encouragement of marriages on the part of the soldiers and sailors of Germany, Austria and France had attracted much attention in England and probably inspired the archbishop’s action.

In 1939, the Little Theater of Jamestown took off to a dramatic start toward a goal of 2,500 members for the fourth season of plays at the opening dinner of the team workers in the Scottish Rite Consistory dining room. Covers were laid for about 175 at an elaborate smorgasbord. Enthusiasm ran high from the moment the first enthusiastic enlistment worker entered the gaily decorated dining hall with its artistic riot of autumn bouquets and lighted yellow candles in crystal and festoons of clever top hats for the Diplomats, Feathered Hats, Alley Cats and Brother Rats, as the various teams were designated from the names of the past season’s plays. The decorations were an artistic triumph of scissors and paint brush.

First session of the fall and winter schedule of physical department activities at the Jamestown YMCA would be held the following Monday. Organized classes for both men and boys under the direction of F.B. Demarest, physical director, would get under way on that day. The schedule of classes was arranged so that every member would have an opportunity to participate if he desired. There would be classes for businessmen which would start every afternoon with the exception of Saturday. Boys’ classes would be arranged after school hours so that every boy had opportunity to attend.

In 1964, the N.Y.S Dept. of Public Works would be urged to abandon its proposed Southern Tier Expressway route past Jamestown at a meeting at Jamestown Community College. All affected groups along the proposed route along the city’s northern boundary had been invited to the informational meeting. The Jamestown bypass was part of the section of the expressway, from Levant to Bemus Point, which the state was presently pushing. According to Mr. Price, the proposed alignment would cut through the 100-acre lot owned by JCC and considered in the institution’s future expansion. The area, he said, in addition to being a long-standing recreational spot for local residents, was currently the college’s biological field laboratory. The tentative route also would cut off property owned by the Lake View Cemetery for its future expansion.

Chautauqua County’s fire department coordinators would meet Saturday afternoon with members of the county Fire Advisory Board and Fire Chiefs Association to discuss details of the disaster drill and demonstration planned for Oct. 10 in Falconer in observance of Fire Prevention Week. More than 100 firemen from at least 20 county departments would take part in the simulated disaster. Also involved would be the county Civil Defense, Red Cross and Boy Scouts units. “Victims” of the “disaster” would be rushed to Jamestown General and WCA Hospitals for emergency treatment.

In 1989, four area elementary schools were setting up artist residency programs to help students better understand the natural world. Teachers from those schools met for workshops in the Nature Center at the Jamestown Audubon Society in Frewsburg to discuss the programs. The one-week artist residency programs would be held between the present and March and April 1990 at Celoron Elementary School, Lakewood Elementary School and Jamestown’s Washington School. Springville-Griffith Elementary School in Springville would also participate.

Nellie, a matronly looking lady made of nylon and clad in a homespun dress, had been moved from her chair and table in the window of Nellie’s Deli but she was still the official mascot of the popular 210 N. Main St. eatery. Nellie and her deli, celebrating 13 years of supplying the luncheon needs of the downtown Jamestown business district, was owned and operated by Kathy Roschy and her husband, Bill. “A friend of ours, who makes dolls made Nellie for us at my husband’s request,” said Mrs. Roschy. As for the name Nellie, Mrs. Roschy said, “We just thought that sounded good. It’s not named after anybody in particular. We thought it was kind of catchy.”

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In 1914, after Oct. 1, all low cut shoes would be pass. They might be saved for shying at a howling cat on a winter night or sold to the old clothes man but as wearing apparel, they would positively be off. Reputable physicians had for years declared that exposing the ankles in cool weather was responsible for many human ailments. The nerves leading from the ankles were far more sensitive than the average person supposed. Severe colds, rheumatism and even pneumonia sometimes resulted from wearing low cut shoes too late in the season. Aside from this, there was the matter of harmony in your clothes. A fall hat, a fall suit or dress were poorly set off by a pair of low shoes, so the fashion experts said.

A raccoon hunt in the woods a few miles north of Lansdale, Pa., ended in the fatal injury of Mrs. John Felver, who died an hour later at home, and the almost fatal injury to her mother, Mrs. Mary Owens, who lay in a critical condition with some hope of recovery. Mr. Felver, an automobile dealer, led the party, which located a ‘coon in a hollow oak 75 feet high. It was found necessary to cut down the tree so the party moved to an apparently safe distance to watch the excitement with the aid of lanterns and flashlights. As the tree fell it struck another tree. All of the party escaped with the exception of Mrs. Felver and her mother, who were struck by the second tree.

In 1939, nearly 300 neighbors and other friends held a “cheer up” party for Harry Lindholm, former Jamestown city council president, who had been ill for several months. The party was held at the Willard Heights chapel the previous evening. Rev. E. Roy Myers, pastor of the First Methodist church of which Mr. and Mrs. Lindholm were members was the first speaker. In opening, he expressed his appreciation of the invitation to attend the affair and the privilege that went with it to “attend a real neighborhood party.” Rev. Mr. Myers spoke out of personal experiences of such neighborhood interest in earlier days. He said that one of the things that had been lost in modern advancement was that all too frequently people had lost the fine, friendly, neighborly touch.

Another case of infantile paralysis was reported this day to Dr. William M. Sill, superintendent of public health, bringing the total number in Jamestown at the present time to three. The latest victim was a five-year-old girl residing on the south-western part of the city, who attended the afternoon kindergarten at the Fairmount Avenue School. The other two cases were also of five-year-old children who were attending the Charles Street and Milton J. Fletcher schools respectively. Dr. Sill said the latest case was mild in nature.

In 1964, The Jamestown Optimist Club had been such potent force in bringing the finest musical entertainment to Jamestown over the years that it was distressing to see such a theatrical egg laid on the stage at Jamestown High School Auditorium the past night through no fault of the organization. The Harry James band and accompanying talent could not be placed in the same category as the shows which had thrilled us for years. The attitude of the performers toward the audience, the lack of any kind of printed program or proper introduction of numbers, the poor lumping of talent and extremes of presentation left much to be desired.

A low bid of $6,335, submitted by L.H. Ludwig and Co., Inc., 15 Cross St., Falconer, for construction of a stairway on the Washington Street Bridge approach to accommodate pedestrian traffic between Brooklyn Square and the foot of Forest Avenue, was accepted by Jamestown City Council’s Highway Committee. Councilman Benjamin Spitale, who made the original recommendation for constructing the stairway, noted that pedestrians, using a shortcut between Forest Avenue and Brooklyn Square, had worn a path in the steep embankment. He warned that the path would become hazardous during the winter.

In 1989, despite nearly repeating the past year’s ill-fated budget request, the head of the State University of New York’s Board of Trustees said he saw “no portents of gloom and doom” for this year. SUNY Chancellor D. Bruce Johnstone recommended an 8.3 percent increase in state aid for the nation’s largest public university system, the first step in a tortuous budget process that would end the following April. His request was just a fraction under the 8.4 percent recommended the past fall, which drew immediate heated criticism from Gov. Mario Cuomo.

Peter DeBernardi and Jeffrey Petkovich, on Sept. 27, became the first duo to go over Niagara Falls and the fourth and fifth men in the 1980s – a record for a decade – continuing the daring string of successful attempts started by Karel Soucek in 1984. Dennis Schafer, general manager of the Ontario Parks Commission, said their patrols would be on the lookout for attempts in the near future. “We can’t afford to be having people on watch 24 hours a day,” said Niagara Parks Police Chief Wilfred Derbyshire. “That’s what it would take. It’s not economically feasible.”

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In 1914, Catherine Carlson, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Carlson of Long Point who was run down by a trolley car near Long Point on Saturday morning, died in the Woman’s Christian Association hospital Saturday evening at 11:15 o’clock. The child was 2 years of age and beside her parents was survived by a sister, age 5 and also grandparents residing in Jamestown. The funeral would be held from the home of the grandparents on Tower Street on Tuesday afternoon.

Fire was discovered at about 5:30 in the morning at the one-and-a-half story frame building at 57-59 Winsor St., Jamestown, owned by William Bjork. The fire was discovered by John Gustafson, who ran to the fire house nearby to turn in the alarm. When the firemen arrived they found the fire burning fiercely in the south portion of the building occupied by the People’s Bottling Company. While they were fighting the fire a 50-pound gas tank exploded, throwing the fire into all portions of the wooden building. In a few minutes the entire structure was a mass of flames, spreading into the liquor store conducted by David Giltenan in the north portion of the building. Portions of the exploding gas tank were blown across the road with such force as to break some of the windows in the Jamestown Lounge Company’s factory.

In 1939, as he approached his century milestone, William Frank Strunk, one of the prominent nonagenarians in Chautauqua County died Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock at the home on the East Lake Road where he had resided for 70 years. He was 99 years of age, born May 7, 1840, in the town of Ellicott in a log cabin built by his grandfather, Jacob Strunk in 1816. Mr. Strunk was the last of the family of William Strunk. On July 3, 1866, he married Edna Parker in the town of Ellicott, who died Nov. 16, 1881. On July 29, 1884, he married Gertrude Carter of Randolph, who died eight years later.

There was many an adult angler aching to snare one of the larger muskies in Chautauqua Lake but a 10-year-old boy hauled one in Thursday night while fishing with his dad off Long Point. The fish weighed 26 pounds, being 47 inches in length. The proud lad was Jackie Nordbusch of Johnson Street, Jamestown. He had been fishing with his father, John Nordbusch, about 10 minutes when he got the fish on his line. He thought at first he had tangled his line but as it began to give, he continued to pull the fish up the side of the boat, where it was gaffed and hauled in by his dad. The fish was nearly as long as the boy was tall.

In 1964, Lee Harvey Oswald, hostile to the world and hungry for fame, assassinated President John F. Kennedy and shot his way to infamy without the help of any conspiracy, the Warren Commission reported. And Jack Ruby also acted as a loner when he gunned down Oswald in the Dallas jail two days after the President’s death, the commission said in its report to President Johnson which was made public Sunday night. It told Johnson there were loopholes in presidential protection and urged that the murder of a president or vice president be made a federal crime. It also criticized some operations of the Secret Service, The FBI, Dallas police and the news media.

A few general admission tickets were still available for this night’s performance of the Harry James Band at Jamestown High School, according to sponsoring Optimist Club officials. The world famous trumpeter was bringing other big names in the jazz world here including drummer Buddy Rich, who starred with such bands as Tommy Dorsey and Artie Shaw. Harry James was noted as one of the world’s best performers on the trumpet and one of the most versatile, playing such tricky numbers as “Flight of the Bumblebee.” Also appearing with James would be Ruth Price, new to show business, as a talented song stylist; Nina Simone, pianist and John Byner, an impressionist comedian.

In 1989, where were Ellery Landfill officials going to find the money to pay wages and the costs of keeping the landfill open during the last three months of 1989? That was the question Jamestown Mayor Steven B. Carlson and Dunkirk Mayor Madylon Kubera would like to have answered. The question came up because as of Oct. 1, all Chautauqua County municipalities had to begin paying a landfill user fee based upon cubic yardage of waste but collection of the money had been delayed until January 1990. Money was not budgeted by county officials to cover the cost of landfill operations during the last three months of the year, according to Carlson.

Marketing the city of Olean and the benefits available there for businesses in Cattaraugus County’s Economic Development Zone was a major focus of zone developers. George Schanzenbacher, operating officer for the EDZ, told county legislators the problem had been identity. “No one ever knew Olean existed before,” Schanzenbacher said. He said advertisements promoting the benefits of owning a business or industry within the zone were now in national publications.

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In 1914, fire destroyed the cable rooms of the Federal Telephone Company at Buffalo, putting out of commission for at least 10 days more than 25,000 telephones. A large number of telephone girls, driven from their stations by the flames, made their way to safety by the fire escapes. Both Jamestown telephone exchanges were notified early of the fire for this put all Buffalo business out of commission and stopped all communication between the two cities over the independent lines. Communication stopped some time about four o’clock, a special call at that time from Jamestown to Buffalo failing to elicit any response.

Fifty men, well armed, on foot and in automobiles, were scouring the southwestern part of Cattaraugus County and watching all stations on the Erie and Pennsylvania railroads, hoping to capture the two men who shot Lewis Brown of Bowen Thursday night while attempting to rob him when he was locking up his store shortly before midnight. Sheriff Colver, Deputy Sheriff W.A. Bragg, Officers Quinlan and Hayes of the Jamestown police force and officers from Randolph and Salamanca had been engaged in the search. Brown was at the Jones General Hospital in Jamestown in a critical condition suffering from two revolver bullet wounds. Brown was able, after being shot, to stagger to the home of his sister, who lived nearby, to give the alarm before he collapsed.

In 1939, two crews of Erie Railroad workmen were still busily engaged on this afternoon at the scene of the previous morning’s derailment of 22 freight cars just inside the Jamestown city line along Jones & Gifford Avenue. Working like beavers after their arrival here at noon yesterday, the crews of workmen from Meadville, Pa., and Salamanca had made sufficient inroads on the pile of wreckage and debris by 7 the past night that a temporary siding was installed to permit the passage of trains through the crash area. To onlookers (and there were thousands of them) the work of clearing a track for the mainline Erie trains, preceded like magic. What remained of the salable fruit was given to Jamestown fruit dealers who set up in business at the scene of the wreck.

Workmen at the scene of the train derailment built a small fire the past evening to keep warm and also to dispose of accumulated rubbish. A wind came up causing the fire to spread into nearby wreckage. Getting beyond control, Fire Company No. 5, Fairmount Avenue, was summoned about midnight remaining on the scene for an hour. A police guard was placed about the scene of the wreck during the night.

In 1964, Frederick C. Heinz, 65, retired vice president of H.J. Heinz Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., died at 8:30 p.m. the previous evening at Harmon’s Steak House in Mayville. Mr. Heinz, who maintained a summer home on S. Lake Drive, Chautauqua, apparently died of a heart attack. Mr. Heinz was named assistant superintendent of the Pittsburgh factory in 1928 and in 1938 was made assistant to the president. He was elected to a three-year term as director of the National Canners Association in 1948.

Mrs. Clive L. Wright, Jr., of 4 Westminster Circle, West Ellicott, had resigned as Chautauqua County jury commissioner and special deputy clerk, effective Nov. 20. The announcement was made by Nathaniel Elliott, county clerk. He said William G. Young, Cassadaga, would take over her duties on Dec. 1. Mrs. Wright, the former Anne L. Bentley, was appointed to the post in 1959, succeeding the late William M. Bemus of Jamestown. Her position was a unique one in that she was one of three or four women in New York State to hold the post of jury commissioner.

In 1989, the remains of Kathy Wilson, missing from Jamestown since May 18, 1988, were discovered by two boys Saturday in a wooded area near Lander, Pa., along Lindell Road. Police and members of the task force were working under the assumption that Mrs. Wilson died in Pennsylvania. This was being done as a point of criminal law in Pennsylvania. The fact that Mrs. Wilson was missing from Jamestown and found across the state line near Lander did not increase the difficulty to the case, said Warren County District Attorney Richard Hernan. “The cooperation by District Attorney John Ward and the task force he has put together has been absolutely fantastic. There are more people on the case now and the more the better,” Hernan said.

Construction at Southwestern Central School wasn’t moving along as fast as originally planned. The bleachers at the football field were ready for fans but the football field and track were still scheduled for work after the fall football season. The tennis courts were supposed to be finished Sept. 15 but the fencing company had not received the fence posts as yet. Work on the soccer/softball field was supposed to have begun already but it wouldn’t begin until mid-October. Track meets and football games would be held at other sites in 1990 and return to SWCS in 1991.

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In 1914, in an altercation at the Erie depot at Cherry Creek the past night, Constable Peters shot a foreigner in the leg. The man who was wounded was resisting arrest and had been causing previous trouble in and around the depot, according to the statements made by witnesses. The man who was shot was fighting with another foreigner earlier in the evening and Constable Peters had been sent for to eject them from the railroad property. The man who was later shot resisted at this time so the constable went home for his gun. Returning, he found the man still there and when he tried to arrest him, he was attacked. The first shot ended the trouble. The wounded man was taken to the Jones General Hospital in Jamestown. Dr. Benjamin stated that the wound was not a serious one.

It would be good news to citizens of Jamestown and to others to learn that the financial difficulties of the Bailey Table Company of Jamestown were in a fair way to being satisfactorily solved. The stockholders of the Warren Furniture Company, a strong corporation, had secured a controlling interest and would put in enough money for working capital and continue the manufacture of the product. The creditors of the concern some time ago gave the company an extension of time and this course would continue with the new concern but sufficient money would be put in to provide working capital and the business would be extended and developed to its fullest extent.

In 1939, 21 heavy laden freight cars piled up in a 200-yard mass of litter and debris along the Erie Railroad right-of-way when a truck frame collapsed on a car of the second section of eastbound Train 174 just inside the city line of Jamestown along Jones & Gifford Avenue at 8:40 this morning. The wreck was undoubtedly the most serious ever to occur near this city. Traffic over the line would be seriously hampered for at least 24 hours. None of the members of the train crew were injured. The train was fast for a freight and cars behind the first to leave the rails crashed into the wreckage at a fearful rate. Most of the cars in the pileup were refrigerator cars loaded with fruit from the Pacific coast. Cases of pears and grapes predominated in the shattered cargo.

Former Jamestown Mayor Leon F. Roberts, who was defeated by 36 votes when he sought a second term as the city’s chief executive two years previously, had formally announced his intention to seek the office once more at the Nov. 7 election. Mr. Roberts’ committee to fill vacancies was composed of Theodore Lawson, Dr. Richard A. Kinney and George Gokey, Jr. He was the second candidate to announce himself, Mayor Harry C. Erickson having stated a week ago that he would seek reelection.

In 1964, the Inter-Racial Home Visiting Committee had scheduled Sunday, Oct. 18 for the third in a series designed to bring together white and Negro citizens in an “Adventure in Understanding.” Dr. and Mrs. Homer Servoss, chairmen, emphasized the inter-faith aspect of the program as a recognition of the moral and religious basis for inter-racial harmony. The Jamestown committee had joined similar groups in more than 150 other cities in sponsoring the Inter-Racial Home Visit Program. Visitors’ reservations could be made by calling Mrs. Homer Servoss or Mrs. George Lawn. Negro families wishing to participate in the Home Visit Day could do so by registering with Mrs. Bernard Dobbins or Miss Isabelle Jackson.

State Police and a Niagara-Mohawk Power Corp. crew were summoned to the William Intihar residence, 24 Water St., Frewsburg, about 6 a.m. where a falling tree limb had loosened an electric line allowing it to sag across the highway. An auto carrier driven by Joseph Whittaker of Newburgh, caught the power line, tearing it from the house and the pole. The windshield of one of the new cars on the carrier was broken and a piece of the cable also smashed the back window of a parked car owned by George Richards, 26 Water St.

In 1989, Joseph Gerace, director of the state Office of Rural Affairs, had called on the U.S. Department of Transportation to implement a national rural transportation policy so rural areas could compete for industries. “There is no way that rural towns and cities can attract new industries and hold onto existing businesses and farms without good roads, good airports and good railroads,” Gerace said.

The relative success of the third annual “Great I Love New York Balloon Rally” was expected to be discussed when the committee met Oct. 10 to discuss plans for the 1990 event. This year’s rally was set for Friday through Sunday but the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo produced winds and rain that made it impractical to attempt launches of the huge air bags the first two days. Six balloons of the 24 initial crews, remained throughout the three days and made use of available crews for liftoffs on Sunday.

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In 1914, Stanley L. Morse, 19 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Morse of Winsor Street and employed as a carpenter by the Jamestown Construction Company on the work of rebuilding the First Baptist Church, was seriously injured early in the afternoon by falling from the balcony of the Sunday School room in the north end of the church, to the main floor, nearly 25 feet below. Several other carpenters who were working about the building rushed to his aid. He is understood to have been able to get to his feet and take a step or two and then collapsed. He was removed to WCA Hospital by the city ambulance. He died at 2:35 in the afternoon.

Because the man who owned the gun did not know it was loaded and the man who had borrowed it and used it last did not know it was loaded and three boys who got it to play with did not know it was loaded, one boy, George Dowd, 9 years old, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dowd of Sinclairville, was shot and almost instantly killed at that village the previous afternoon about 4 o’clock. George and his brother, Edgar, 11 years old, and a playmate, Albert Clark, had come from school and were playing about near the rear of the Telephone exchange. A barn near that owned by Clyde Ticknor was one of the places where the boys were playing and inside this barn they found the rifle. The gun, it was later learned, was one which Deputy Sheriff Ticknor had bought to use in enforcing the dog quarantine.

In 1939, fire of unknown origin discovered at 3:45 the previous morning destroyed the barn, house and all outer buildings on the Arthur Reynold’s place at Charlotte Center, the former William Higgs farm. Mr. Reynolds discovered the blaze when he arose to begin the day’s work. The barn at the time was blazing, apparently having started in the part filled with hay. He sent his son to the nearest telephone to secure help from the Sinclairville Fire Department. Before the company could arrive, the fire had communicated to the house and other small buildings and all burned to the ground. Most of the winter supply of produce, including 50 bushels of potatoes and canned goods burned with the buildings. The only livestock burned were 200 chickens and five or six dairy goats that returned to the burning building after they had been released.

Lakewood’s new and beautiful school at Summit Street and Lakeview Avenue featured in the past week’s news on the public inspection of its recently completed addition. This week there was cause for reminiscing, for the old school house on Highland Avenue sold recently to Herman Thomson, was being torn down. For many years it had been unoccupied, windows broken or boarded up, a ghostly sort of place, continually reminding one of hundreds of little feet that passed in and out of its doorways, now out in the world of greater action. It was understood that dwelling houses would be built on the old school grounds. The first school in Lakewood was a log school house built on the present state road, Fairmount Avenue, in 1813.

In 1964, drilling of a second well in what might develop as the area’s first commercial natural gas well field was slated to begin late in the week on Springbrook Road about 2 miles east of Dewittville. The enterprise was being undertaken by Minard Run Oil Co., Bradford, Pa. A cable tool rig would be used in drilling the well and was employed in installing about 3,500 feet of two inch tubing in a gas well recently sunk on the farm of Chauncey Gage. The initial or discovery well had been rated as producing about 700,000 cubic feet of gas daily, sufficient to classify it as a commercial producer. The second well would be on the Joe L. Boswell farm, which joined the Gage property. Edward Murphy, Jamestown, consulting geologist, explained that Medina sand formation in New York state was noted for gas production longevity and that fractured wells, such as the one on the Gage farm, produced gas at a faster rate.

A successful five-day fall furniture show ended at 5:30 p.m. at the Jamestown Furniture Mart. Heavy depth buying continued Wednesday and this morning from furniture store owners and representatives, who were unable to attend the first few days of the market. The depth buying was noted for reclining and swivel chairs, home furnishings, such as wall plaques and pictures as well as lamps. As to furniture, buyers bought across the board in bedroom, dining room and living room suites for Christmas sales. Sales, unit and dollar volume, for all exhibitors, was about twice as much as a year previously.

In 1989, Joseph Gerace, director of the state Office of Rural Affairs, had called on the U.S. Department of Transportation to implement a national rural transportation policy so rural areas could compete for industries. “There is no way that rural towns and cities can attract new industries and hold onto existing businesses and farms without good roads, good airports and good railroads,” Gerace said.

The relative success of the third annual “Great I Love New York Balloon Rally” was expected to be discussed when the committee met Oct. 10 to discuss plans for the 1990 event. This year’s rally was set for Friday through Sunday but the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo produced winds and rain that made it impractical to attempt launches of the huge air bags the first two days. Six balloons of the 24 initial crews, remained throughout the three days and made use of available crews for liftoffs on Sunday.

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In 1914, somebody was in the New York gun market with an order for 100,000 rifles and 50 million rounds of ammunition for shipment abroad. Local gun dealers had been approached by commission agents during the past week and asked if they could fill a substantial part of the order. The agents failed to state who their principal was, but there was no doubt in the minds of the gun dealers that it was either the Russians, the British or the Belgians. There was even a slight belief that it might be Turkey or Italy.

The Gabrielson Car Parts Manufacturing Company, which was incorporated in New York state during the latter part of August, was installing machinery in its factory at 100 Steele St. in Jamestown, the old Chadakoin factory, and arrangements were being made to begin work in the near future. The company had already installed about $3,000 worth of machinery and a large quantity in addition to this was on the way. The principal product of the company would be a honeycomb radiator for automobiles. Mr. Gabrielson, the patentee of the new radiator, had moved to Jamestown from Buffalo and would act as superintendent of the new plant. The company would be under the direction of Mr. Gabrielson, Gustaf Lawson and Oscar A. Lenna.

In 1939, a “First Day Questionnaire” presented to the pupils of the Cassadaga Valley Central School district disclosed some interesting facts. In response to the question, Which subject do you like best?, 33 pupils expressed a preference for history; 27 for English; 17 each for science and home-making; 10 for music; eight for agriculture; and five for language. There were 24 who expressed a dislike for history; 29 for English; 23 for mathematics; 10 for languages; nine for science and seven for home-making. In response to the question, What vocation are you interested in? it was found that there were 22 who “didn’t know.”

At Penn Yan pretty Evelyn Reed, 13-year-old school girl, was still missing four days after she was last seen walking toward her home on Tuesday afternoon. Some 300 students of Penn Yan academy combed the hillsides above the Reed home seeking Evelyn’s schoolbooks or some other indication of her whereabouts. State police bloodhounds traced the child to Penn Yan reservoir but search of the artificial lake was fruitless.

In 1964, the deteriorated condition of certain areas of Jamestown’s City Hall was slated for discussion when the Parks and Public Projects Committee would meet on Sept. 30. Roger C. Burgeson, director of Public Works, called attention to the situation at Monday night’s City Council session. Councilman Harry Holroyd, committee chairman, said discussion of the problem was on the agenda of the next meeting. Burgeson informed the council that the possibility of more bricks falling to the sidewalk, particularly from the building’s tower section, constituted a dangerous situation.

Taylor-Jamestown Corp. had discontinued its Randolph-Davis plant operation at Randolph and the some 70-odd production and office employees had been absorbed by the firm’s plants in Jamestown and Salamanca. Ralph W. Taylor, president, made the announcement at the plant in Randolph as all machinery was auctioned off. Taylor-Jamestown purchased the plant in 1955 to manufacture some of its dining room lines in Early American. The large three story frame building was built by the late Mr. Davis about 1890. Davis manufactured bedroom furniture.

In 1989, songwriter Irving Berlin, who celebrated his adopted homeland with memorable melodies and simple but heartfelt lyrics in such standards as “God Bless America,” and “White Christmas,” died the previous evening. He was 101. Berlin died in his sleep said his son-in-law, Alton Peters. Asked if Berlin had been ill, Peters said, “No, he was 101 years old. He just fell asleep.” Berlin, whose musical career began when he got a job as a singing waiter, wrote nearly 1,000 songs, from his first big hit, “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” in 1911, to “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” which was revived in 1983 by Dutch singer Taco and was a hit on the rock charts.

The Jamestown Engine Plant of Cummins Engine Co. had received the “Q1 Preferred Quality Award” from Ford New Holland Canada Ltd., in Winnipeg, Manitoba, for continued excellent quality performance in providing parts. Cummins produced engines at its Jamestown plant for versatile farm equipment operations. The Canadian customer was a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company and was the world’s third largest manufacturer of agricultural and industrial equipment. The award presentation was made in Winnipeg where the area plant also received a “flag of distinction” to fly at the factory.

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In 1914, a persistent rumor on the streets of Jamestown that local textile mills were feeling a serious shortage of dye stuffs, owing to the European war and stoppage of trans-Atlantic commerce, caused The Journal to make a detailed investigation of the situation so far as it affected the half dozen local textile plants. As stated in The Journal immediately after the outbreak of hostilities in Europe, the dye stuff situation was about the most serious local effect of the war. Dyes came in very large proportion from Germany and when war was declared there was an embargo placed on all foreign exportations. Steps were taken here to buy for the future and one big mill here reported that they had at least an eight months supply on hand.

Some boys playing about the Chadakoin river in the vicinity of Water Street in Jamestown Sunday, saw what they thought to be the remains of a dead boy in the water under an old boat. The lads tried to remove the boat but it was so heavy with a load of sand and dirt that they could not do it. The matter was not reported to the police until on this morning when an investigation was immediately made. No boy could be found under the boat nor anything resembling a human body. It was thought that the lads might have seen the head of a dead dog which had been in the water a long time and imagined it to be a boy and spread the report without a careful investigation.

In 1939, Mrs. Johanna Rapp celebrated her 100th birthday Wednesday at open house at the Old People’s home at Frewsburg, where she had been a resident for 17 years, the first to enter the home. A large group of friends was present to congratulate her and the many flowers throughout the home were a beautiful tribute. Mrs. Rapp had four children, of whom only one was alive – Frank A. Rapp of Buffalo who was 70 years old and who was present at the celebration. The program opened with the group singing of a favorite song of Mrs. Rapp, followed by devotionals by Mrs. George Holmberg, a missionary to South America, home on furlough.

Eighteen automobiles, possessing new features which were reported to make driving more fun, more comfortable and safer than ever before were announced by Nash for the 1940 automobile year. First models to arrive in Jamestown were unveiled for public inspection at the showroom of Nash-Buskist Sales and Service, 2100 Washington St. Nash, which broke many sales records during the 1939 model year when public acceptance for its cars increased, would make a drive in the low-price market this year with an extra large and high powered car, the De Luxe Lafayette.

In 1964, a small abrasion on his chin and a bruise on his hand marked 4-year-old Jamie Miraglia as the only “casualty” of an accident which might have had tragic consequences. Jamie was playing in the dining room of the family home on E. 2nd Street in Jamestown. Suddenly there was a grinding crash and the lower part of the wall facing the street caved in. Ripped from its fittings, a heavy cast iron radiator hurtled across the room, narrowly missing Jamie. Jamie’s father, Joseph Miraglia rushed outside to investigate and found the front end of a station wagon rammed into the wall of the building. Owner of the vehicle was Theodore Langworthy of Bowen Street, which consisted of a steep hill with a dead end on East Second Street, directly opposite the Miraglia residence. Langworthy said that after he had parked the car something had happened to put the vehicle in motion and it rolled down the street unattended with gathering speed.

The dangerous situation of bricks falling from the tower portion of City Hall in Jamestown was called to the attention of City Council by Roger C. Burgeson, director of Public Works. Mr. Burgeson asked council to take steps to correct the deteriorated condition of certain areas of the building. He said brick and mortar had been known to fall to the sidewalk as well as broken glass from windows. Such incidents, he told the council, could result in serious injury.

In 1989, Hurricane Hugo slammed into Charleston, S.C., the 300-year-old city of antebellum mansions, with winds of 135 mph this day, leveling dozens of buildings and peeling others open “like a can opener.” At least five people in the Carolinas were killed. At least 700,000 people were without power in the Carolinas, officials said, including 200,000 or 85 percent of the customers in Charlotte, N.C., which felt Hugo’s wrath even though it was 200 miles inland. Near Myrtle Beach, S.C., the elite vacation retreat community of Garden City Beach was smashed. “Garden City for all practical purposes, is gone,” said. M. L. Love, a Horry County administrator.

The remnant of Hurricane Hugo, which hit hard at parts of the Caribbean and the Atlantic coast, was expected to have a major impact on weekend activities in this area. Principal among them was “The Great I Love New York Balloon Rally” set for this day through Sunday at Lakeside Park in Mayville. Balloons needed good weather to fly in and the outlook for favorable conditions was poor. Gale warnings had been posted by the Weather Service for lakes Erie and Ontario, with signs of rain already observed on radar as of this morning.

In Years Past

In 1914, “New York state is engaged in building 12,000 miles of roads which would will wear out 40 years before they are paid for.” With this striking statement, Gov. Glynn began an interview at the Vanderbilt Hotel, for he wished to emphasize the enormous waste in the present method of highway construction before presenting a plan whereby roads might be made more durable and the taxpayers relieved of a terrifying future. “Unless the state makes a radical change in the type of roads it builds,” he continued, “it will cost from $20 million to $30 million yearly to maintain and rebuilt New York’s highways when the present system is completed.”

The Jamestown City Hall fire department was called out by a still alarm at 5:50 p.m., Sunday afternoon to a blaze in an awning at the corner of Main and Third streets in front of Clark’s Drug Store. When the fire department arrived, the awning was afire and the blaze had caught in some birds nests back of the sign near where the awning was fastened. The loss was small.

In 1939, a second case of infantile paralysis was reported to local health authorities this day, according to the superintendent of public health, Dr. William M. Sill. Both cases were on Superior Street in Jamestown, according to Dr. Sill. The victims were a pair of five-year-old playmates. Both had been placed under stringent quarantine. Until Tuesday of this week, when the first of the two current cases was reported, there had been no case of infantile paralysis (Poliomyelitis) in Jamestown for more than two years.

The Wellness and dental clinics, held Wednesday at the Bemus Point High School, attracted over 30 babies, 24 of whom were seen in the well baby department and nine in the dental department. Some of the youngsters were seen in both clinics. Dr. Luke H. Boyd, Miss Dorothy Donnelly, state health nurse, Miss Agnes Peterson, county health nurse and Miss Saeli, dental hygienist, were assisted by Mrs. Carl Brown, a registered nurse and Mrs. Arthur Brown.

In 1964, work on the foundations for the chalet at the new Eagle Ridge Ski Resort started this day. Eagle Ridge would be located on the north side of Route 17, about midway between Westfield and Mayville. It was scheduled to open in December. The chalet to be built at the top of the slopes was designed by cooperating architects Nelson Palmer of Dunkirk, George Brown of Westfield and Jerry Fisher of Warren, Pa. It would include a large lounge, huge fireplace, cafeteria and rest rooms. Clearing and grading of the slopes and trails was continuing.

Each Wednesday The Post-Journal would carry a column especially for women written by Bonnie G. James, assistant home demonstration agent for Chautauqua County. It would be called “The Proper Shopper” and would contain helpful hints on best food buys for the week, nutrition, feeding groups, clothing for the family, new trends in materials and fashions, new products for the home, financial and management tips, decorating information and child development and family relationship information.

In 1989, there would be more than balloons at the coming weekend’s Great I Love New York Balloon Rally. A wide assortment of events would provide a variety of activities at Mayville’s Lakeside Park. Liftoff of the 25 hot air balloons was set for dusk Friday evening, dawn and dusk Saturday and dawn Sunday, weather permitting. When the balloons landed, they would have landowner’s certificates to present to the property owner, according to rally officials. Along with balloons, there would be a boat show. Chairman John Akers had lined up Amo Marine, Nautical Cove and Smith Boys Marina to exhibit 18 to 22 of the latest models of sports, fishing and luxury cruiser craft.

The Ellicott Town Board voted to deny a request for annexation of some town land into the village limits of Falconer. The request, made by United Methodist gardens, was denied because it was not in anyone’s best interest, according to town Supervisor Frances Morgan. The annexation of the land, a parcel on East Avenue, would be a disadvantage to Ellicott, according to Councilman Clarence Ellison. The parcel considered in the request contained the Ellicott Town Highway Building and would have put a part of the garage within Falconer.

In Years Past

In 1914, the annual gymnasium rally of the Young Women’s Christian Association was scheduled to be held in the association building on Tuesday evening, Sept. 22. All members of the gymnasium classes of the past year, their friends and all interested were urged to come and have a good time. There would be no definite program but Miss Carrie De LaMater, physical director of the YWCA, would give a talk on the physical work of the association. Games would be played in the gymnasium after which refreshments would be served and a general good time enjoyed.

Mayor Samuel A. Carlson had again been invited to deliver an address at the annual meeting of the League of American Municipalities, whose convention this year was to be held at Milwaukee. This was the fifth consecutive time that Jamestown’s mayor had been honored by an invitation to speak before this body which was made up of the Mayors and other official delegates from a majority of the cities of the United States, called together to consider the needs of municipal government. Mayor Carlson was invited to name his own subject.

In 1939, tentative plans for the program marking the dedication of Jamestown’s municipal airport Sunday, Oct. 1, were formulated at a meeting of the air show committee of Ira Lou Spring post, American Legion, in the Governor Fenton mansion, Soldiers’ Memorial Park. The dedication ceremony was to get under way at l:45 o’clock, continuing for about 30 minutes. City, WPA and other officials were expected to attend. The air show would follow, being in progress until 4:15 o’clock, when planes would take up passengers for rides. Music would be provided by the American Legion fife, drum and bugle corps and the high school band.

Wholesale prices of food commodities, which foretold figures on housewives’ grocery lists, showed substantial declines from the peaks reached in the rush of “speculative hoarding” at the outbreak of Europe’s war. In that respect, market experts said, they followed at least thus far the pattern of food prices in the first weeks of the World War a quarter century ago. Two items, potatoes and wholesale pork loins, were lower than on the day preceding the start of German hostilities.

In 1964, Monty J. Conklin, about 40, of Steamburg, was killed the previous night when he fell from a moving freight train, according to the Cattaraugus Sheriff’s Department. Deputies said Conklin and Clark Elderkin, 18, also of Steamburg, had been working on a cemetery relocation project in Steamburg. Police said the two men hopped an eastbound freight train of the Erie-Lackawanna line about 11 p.m. Elderkin told Capt. Haudenshield of the railroad police that Conklin fell from the train about 15 minutes out of Salamanca but he was unable to report the accident until the train stopped in Hornell.

More than 100 firemen from at least 20 Chautauqua County fire departments would take part in a simulated “major disaster” at Falconer on October 10 at 10 a.m. The simulated “disaster” would test for the first time the combined skills and readiness of emergency units and hospitals to react to a real disaster. A disaster plan for future use would evolve from the drill. The “major disaster” would occur when two trains “collided” at the junction of the Erie Lackawanna main line and the New York Central line immediately east of the South Work Street bridge over the Erie Lackawanna tracks. A freight train was actually derailed on this spot several years ago.

In 1989, officials of Paragon Cable Television promised better picture quality, better programming and better customer service as they began to rebuild the local cable system from the ground up. Tom Kinney, Paragon’s new general manager, introduced several other company officials to members of Jamestown City Council at Monday night’s work session. Kinney gave a brief report on what the rebuilt cable system would mean to Jamestown area customers. “We want to make Paragon a resource for the community,” Kinney said.

A contract to house overflow prisoners from Chautauqua County in the Cattaraugus County Jail would be considered by legislators. Cattaraugus County would charge Chautauqua County $55 a day per inmate for the balance of 1989 and next year in the contract. Lt. Thomas Winship said the population at the Cattaraugus County Jail on Monday was 80 and its capacity was 82.

In Years Past

In 1989, officials of Paragon Cable Television promised better picture quality, better programming, and better customer service as they began to rebuild the local cable system from the ground up. Tom Kinney, Paragon’s new general manager, introduced several other company officials to members of Jamestown City Council at Monday night’s work session. Kinney gave a brief report on what the rebuilt cable system would mean to Jamestown area customers. “We want to make Paragon a resource for the community,” Kinney said.

In Years Past

In 1914, between $1,250 and $1,300 was the amount netted by the Jamestown Visiting Nurse Association as the result of the Red Letter day campaign which was concluded Wednesday evening. Mrs. G.W. Critchlow, Mrs. Elmer Johnson and Fred W. Hyde were the members of the association board who opened the contribution envelopes and counted the subscriptions to the cause, a task that kept them busy in the council chamber of City Hall until 9:30 in the evening. The association had requested $3,000 to carry on the work of the ensuing year but even when the few districts that had not as yet been heard from, were counted, it could not begin to equal the amount desired. Should there be persons who were missed by the canvassers, they were asked to send their contributions either to Mrs. Critchlow, president of the association or Fred Hyde, the treasurer.

“Don’t talk,” was the admonition to every federal employee, great and small. There was a real censorship in the departments at Washington and it was effective, too, because to disregard it might mean the loss of position. President Wilson meant to have those who were responsible to him live up to his injunctions for strict neutrality. The president could not control the expressions of individuals nor of newspapers who might take sides one way or another in the great struggle of Europe but he could make the officeholders keep still. It was worth the price of his position for a clerk to be caught talking and arguing about the war. And a good thing, too, for much time was wasted and some of the clerks became so wrought up and overheated that they were ready to fight.

In 1939, Jamestown was to have another visit from Swedish royalty. Count Folke Bernadotte, nephew of King Gustaf Adolf V, having signified his willingness to come here at his own expense in connection with the Boy Scouts movement. The Count held the office of chief scout of the Swedish Scout Association. In addition to the Chautauqua Lake Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, others interested in the coming of the Count were members of the Jamestown-Philadelphia committee, which sponsored Jamestown participation in the Swedish-American Tercentenary celebration the past year and members of the Norden Club, made up of Swedish business and professional men.

Circulatory failure as a result of an undetermined infection of the blood stream and not typhoid fever caused the death of Cleveland Jackson, 35, of Pinehurst, N.C., it was announced by Dr. Robert L. Vought, state health officer following an autopsy at Jamestown General Hospital. Dr. James MacFarland, acting director of the municipal laboratory and Dr. Carl Hammerstrom, performed the post mortuum in the presence of Dr. Vought, who had previously announced that Jackson’s death was due to Typhoid fever. No trace of this disease was found. Jackson was employed at the Point Chautauqua Inn, being admitted to the hospital in Jamestown on Sept. 5.

In 1964, a 53-year-old Bradford police officer was dragged a distance of 100 feet by a car while attempting to make a routine check of its occupants. Jack Arbuckle, a member of the police force 13 years, suffered from bruises about the face, arms and hands. Shortly before 2 a.m., Olean police reported that they had picked up two men answering the description of the alleged assailants. Arbuckle said he stopped the car to make a routine check and noticed the trio, one believed to be under 21, had an open package of beer. As he asked the younger man if he was old enough to drink beer, one of the other men grabbed him, hauling him partially into the car then pushed him out with his foot. Somehow his clothing caught on the car door. He was dragged 100 feet on the highway before he managed to free himself from the speeding car. A taxi driver, Ernest Heysham, happened by and assisted the officer.

Study of the parking situation at Jamestown General Hospital to determine the need for future expansion of facilities was in progress, Joseph Valone, chairman of the building and grounds committee, reported at a meeting of the Hospital Board. He said the study was being made so that information on the need for additional parking space could be made available when the board began work on the following year’s budget. Noting that an increase in employees who required parking space while they were at work, Mr. Valone said that something would have to be done to insure adequate parking for doctors and visitors. He indicated that it might be necessary to provide a separate parking area for employees.

In Years Past

In 1914, John Tingley, William Murphy and Clinton Dodge were arrested late the previous afternoon on an Erie freight train bound out of Jamestown and were held on a charge of larceny. It was alleged that the three men broke into a freight car at Falconer and stole a case of whiskey. They were all intoxicated when arrested. Officers found eight bottles of whiskey in their possession. The men were turned over to the Erie Railroad detectives and taken to Falconer and arraigned before Justice M.H. Davis. They pleaded guilty to petit larceny and were fined $15 each and sentenced to 15 days in the county jail. They claimed their home was at Kane, Pa. and they were on their way to the grape country when arrested.

Jamestown lodge, Knights of Pythias, celebrated the one-hundredth anniversary of the writing of the Star Spangled Banner with appropriate exercises held in its hall on South Main Street. This was a custom followed out by the lodges of the order all over the country. The attendance was very large, practically every seat in the large hall being taken and the hall itself was appropriately decorated for the occasion with large and small American flags.

In 1939, Lakewood High School opened its new addition Friday evening to a large gathering of Lakewood and vicinity residents at the combined inspection and first meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association. There was a large attendance and the fine building was heartily commended. Student guides were at hand to conduct the tour of inspection. The school area consisted of a plot of 3 acres at Summit Street and Lakeview Avenue upon which the original building was constructed. A 14-room addition was built to be added to this past summer with six classrooms and several basement rooms for athletic activities and playground use. An 11-acre athletic field, a PWA project, was located diagonally across on Summit Street and Bentley Avenue. It would be ready for use the following spring.

Completion of East Second Street’s new “hot mix” surface was celebrated in the sweltering heat of the past evening in Jamestown with speeches by city officials and a street dance. Police blocked off a large portion of the street from Curtis Street to Hopkins Avenue for the affair. The city park bandstand had been taken to the scene for a speaker’s stand. Mayor Erickson said, in part, “This is the second time in the past few weeks that citizens have had the opportunity to inaugurate a new pavement. This ‘hot mix’ pavement which you have heard so much about is the pavement that 16 city officials are going to be arrested for. It is a fine pavement and we are going to enjoy it as much as you.” There had also been a Willard Street “hot mix” celebration.

In 1964, Cattaraugus Sheriff’s Department reported a tractor-trailer accident at 2 a.m. blocked the southbound lane of Route 219 for a time and necessitated use of a portable power plant and conveyer to salvage 800 cases of beer. Police said the driver, Harold Bender, 31, of Flintstone, Md., told them he was crowded off the northbound lane by an oncoming coal truck which did not stop. The truck shot across the road and overturned on its side in a ditch. Police said the cargo of 800 cases of beer was scattered over the highway. Bender was taken to Salamanca District Hospital complaining of rib and chest pain.

Plans for a huge civic celebration in tribute to Jamestown progress moved along with an announcement that the “city’s own Lucille Ball” would be invited to attend the event which would be held within a few weeks. Speaking on behalf of sponsors, Samuel J. Conte said Miss Ball would be issued an invitation to attend the event, expected to draw some 1,500 persons to the Hotel Jamestown. Purpose of the affair was to spotlight Jamestown’s current progress as a booster for brightening the economic picture here and also to publicize city and area attractions for increased business in tourism.

In 1989, police and fire officials examined the scene of an accident late Friday night in Falconer. An unidentified man died when his motorcycle went out of control and struck the wall of a building along West Main Street. Town of Ellicott police and Falconer firefighters blocked off the area in front of Adventure Travel while they cleared the street of debris and removed the victim. No additional information was available early today.

The Chautauqua Health & Racquet Club on Fairmount Avenue in Lakewood was taking on a new look. Plans had been announced for expanding its present 5,600-square-foot facility. The renovated interior would include a 14-laps per mile indoor track, a complete line of Nautilus and free weight equipment and cardiovascular and stretching areas. The new facility would also provide a multi-purpose sports court for volleyball, tennis instruction and other group activities. The location already had five indoor tennis courts, three racquetball courts, three wallyball courts and a 2,000-square-foot aerobic studio.

In Years Past

In 1914, Charles E. Weeks, sentenced for a term of not less than five years in the Western penitentiary at Pittsburgh, for the shooting of Leo Ganey, left the Warren County jail early this morning and paid a short visit to Jamestown before departing for Pittsburgh. Weeks had had the run of the jail at Warren ever since he gave himself up after the shooting and his wish to visit Jamestown before commencing his term of imprisonment was acceded to. Accompanied by a Warren County officer, he came to Jamestown on the morning car from Warren and walked up Main Street to the cigar store which he formerly conducted on Third Street. The officer was not in evidence while Mr. Weeks was in the city but joined the auto party which was to take Mr. Weeks to Pittsburgh.

This day was Red Letter Day in Jamestown. Two hundred and fifty women had been tramping all day about the city, distributing red letters, each containing a small envelope in which to place contributions, no matter how small, toward the $3,000 the Visiting Nurse Association was desirous of raising. It was hoped that the residents of every home in the city would give something toward promotion of this humane work.

In 1939, the Jamestown Board of Appeals and Planning Commission granted a permit for construction of a proposed municipal stadium at the site of the old Baker Street airport when there were no appearances either for or against the proposal. City Council approved the site and it was at Council’s request that the building permit was granted. Most interesting feature of the previous day’s session was the appearance of Rev. August Anderson with an informal request for permission to erect a temporary tabernacle at 205 Forest Ave. near McKinley Avenue. It was suggested that Rev. Anderson might find a site for his prospective tabernacle which was not situated in a residential district.

Early every morning six blue-clad workers, each carrying a black leather kit, left the Welfare House at Fenton Place and went their separate ways into homes where sickness and disease were. Winter and summer, fair weather or foul, the ill and the bed-ridden were cheered and comforted by the ministrations of these public servants. They were the Jamestown Visiting Nurses. A small boy from a family on relief contracts diphtheria. The city physician quarantines the home and prescribes the treatment but the family has no money to pay a doctor to take care of him. The Visiting Nurse Association would take the case and nurse him back to health.

In 1964, firemen and Sheriff’s Department deputies were investigating cause of a fire which destroyed the century old former Howe schoolhouse, Colt Road at Route 380 near Brocton on this morning. The one-story, frame structure was reported owned by William Harris, Portland, and occupied by the John Schultz family. The Brocton Fire Department was called at about 8:45 a.m. A mutual aid call brought the Portland pumper along with eight firefighters. The converted school house was engulfed in flames when firemen arrived and they were unable to remove any of its contents. No one was in the structure at the time of the fire.

Harry J. Murray, supervising principal at Frewsburg Central School reported enrollment of 1,082 students. The enrollment figure had increased nearly 17 percent in the past three years. Because grades kindergarten through 5 all had 90 or more students, it was estimated there would be a need for about 15 more classrooms within five years. There were three classrooms maintained outside the school building currently.

In 1989, hundreds of rowdy protesters in Albany, repeatedly disrupted a meeting of the panel considering where to site a radioactive dump, vowing the dump would not be built in their communities. Demonstrators also presented the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting commission with “the first annual black skull award.” Under the watchful eyes of several state Capitol Police officers, about 250 demonstrators interrupted Chairman Angelo Orazio and commission members with jeers, shouts and chants.

Opponents of the planned resettlement of the Love Canal neighborhood mostly cited health concerns but they also didn’t want to lose a national symbol of an environmental disaster, an activist said. Eleven years after officials evacuated hundreds of families from the Niagara Falls neighborhood when chemicals from a dump seeped into homes, state health officials said people could move back into the area after years of cleanup. Resettlement opponents, however, questioned whether the neighborhood was safe.

In Years Past

In 1914, a serious motorcycle accident occurred Saturday evening on the road between Stillwater and Jamestown. John Preston, who lived on a farm just below Stillwater, was coming to Jamestown in a one horse buggy. He had a lighted lantern in the buggy and hearing a motorcycle approaching from the rear he turned off to the side of the road to let it pass but the motorcycle, going at a terrific rate of speed, struck the buggy. Mr. Preston was hurled into the air and landed on the back of his horse. He jumped back into the buggy but the horse became frightened and ran across the road and endeavored to climb over a wall beside the road. Mr. Preston got the horse under control and returned to the injured man on the pavement. He was evidently hurt seriously but an auto soon came along and took him to this home.

Sunday was the last night of the season at Celoron Park and though the lights were as bright as in midsummer and the band played as lively as ever and the crowds were as large as ever, and the weather was better than it was at times in summer, nevertheless one could not help but feel a twinge of regret at the thought that the season was ended and that winter was approaching. There was a larger crowd than usual and everything was running at high pressure. It was late at night before the last visitor left and the lights were turned off.

In 1939, Jamestown Mayor Harry C. Erickson formally announced his candidacy for a second term as the city’s chief executive with the statement that he would campaign for reelection at the head of a complete slate of candidates for city council and members of the Chautauqua County board of supervisors. He would not reveal, however, whether or not his ticket would include any members of the present city council. Mayor Erickson was one of three men who for several months had been regarded as certain candidates for mayor at the Nov. 7 election. He was the first to make formal announcement of his candidacy.

Among the agencies which contributed directly to educational activity for adults in Jamestown was the Public Evening school which would open Monday, Sept. 18 in the high school auditorium. Exclusive of the industrial, commercial and Americanization departments, the evening school program contained a wide list of courses in corrective English, public speaking, current economic problems, art, music, home economics and other courses designed to appeal to adults in general who desired to keep abreast of complex and changing times.

In 1964, temperatures throughout the area plunged below freezing over the weekend, giving a sample of what was ahead. In the event that the recent warm midday temperatures had deluded people into ignoring the calendar – it was later than it seemed. Yesterday morning’s 31 degrees in Jamestown served as a good reminder. Temperatures on this morning were a little higher but they still reminded people that the lazy, hot days of summer were on their way out.

Fredonia State Police were investigating a plane accident late Saturday in which the Piper Vagabond plane was damaged but its three occupants escaped injury. The accident occurred on the Robert M. Miller farm, Route 39, Forestville. Police said Mr. Miller and his wife Arlene were passengers in the plane which was being piloted by Earl Howard Dubert, 35, of Hanford Road, Silver Creek. Officers said the plane was attempting a landing in an open field when the tail wheel caught on two power lines, causing abrupt loss of altitude. They reported the plane landed on its wheels, veered to the right and struck a pasture fence. It continued out of control for about 40 feet before spinning around and stopping.

In 1989, Triborough Bridge in Manhattan was near the Marania 440, a tank barge that ran aground and spilled 75,600 gallons of gasoline into the East River Wednesday night. Most of the spill was expected to evaporate. When the tide came in during the morning, the barge was floated and towed to an east Bronx dock. A second barge, the Ekloff 20, arrived early in the day to begin offloading gasoline from the grounded tanker.

Robert Frost said, “Good fences make good neighbors.” The community of Brocton would find out first-hand if that was true when the Lakeview Correctional Facility started sending inmates to do community service chores. “We’re extremely happy to be here and we expect to be good members of the community,” Deputy Superintendent of Administration Thomas Sanders told The Post-Journal. The inmate “community gangs” would paint buildings and do similar work. The Lakeview Correctional Facility would provide inmate labor and supervision for various chores within the community, Sanders said.

In Years Past

In 1914, a slight accident occurred on West Third Street in Jamestown about noon the previous day when a Celoron trolley car crashed into another car of the same line opposite the post office. Car number 147, in charge of Motorman W. H. Stroupe and Conductor W. H. Risley, was running east on West Third Street. Car number 65 was standing on the eastbound track, waiting for a traction car to leave the waiting rooms. The motorman of car 147 did not estimate the space he had to stop correctly. The car crashed into the one in front. The windows in the rear of car 65 were demolished but there were no passengers on either car and no one was hurt.

Charles Nelson, a chauffeur employed by W. C. Patterson of Jamestown, was held up and robbed at the point of a gun, by a masked robber in the Ashville swamp about midnight Friday night. Nelson only had a few dollars but the robber got all he had. Nelson was on his way to the Sportsman’s Club to bring William Patterson back to Jamestown. He had left Sherman’s Bay and was going up through the swamp road when, nearly to the bridge, he saw a log across the road. Thinking it was a warning that the bridge was dangerous, he stopped the car and got out to investigate. He then suddenly found himself looking into the muzzle of a gun with a masked face behind it and a hand holding a flashlight. The robber was masked by a handkerchief over his face so Nelson had no idea how he looked. Residents of Ashville told that two strangers were about the village and had disappeared. Their descriptions were known and officers throughout that section of the county had been notified to look out for them.

In 1939, Montgomery Ward & Company, mail order house, had announced plans to establish a retail department store in Jamestown and it was expected that the concern would locate in the Amidon block at the northeast corner of East Second and Spring streets, a four-story brick structure erected in 1893 by the late A. A. Amidon and occupied until recently by the Klock Furniture company on the first floor and apartments on the three upper floors. L. L. Amidon, owner of the property, could not be located on this afternoon but alterations to the building were being made and it was understood that the concern would take possession as soon as the work was completed.

Anglo-French determination to fight to the end to end Hitlerism was no mere propaganda designed for American consumption, Representative Daniel A. Reed said as he and Mrs. Reed returned to Dunkirk after a summer spent in an extensive trip through Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Reed were among a large load of Americans leaving the war zone on the liner Manhattan, which arrived in New York City the past week. The ship left Southampton, England, on Sept. 1, only a few hours before the outbreak of war. Talking with Englishmen in the streets only a short time before the empire entered the conflict, Mr. Reed said he was met with this statement: “We’ve been kept in suspense and uncertainty as long as we can stand it and we’re now going to fight it out to the end.” That seemed to be the general attitude in the British Isles.

In 1989, two Falconer junior high school students said they hoped President Bush’s speech to the nation’s schoolchildren would help. “I hope what he says works for people and they understand what it’s doing to them,” one girl said of the president’s speech on drug abuse. Both the girl and a boy said they didn’t use drugs but they knew people their age and older who did. “Most of the college students can get it from – I don’t know where – and they sell it to younger kids for parties,” the girl said. Both said the drug abuse problem among people their age was not insignificant but said they didn’t know how extensive it was.

The sound of pounding hammers and roaring bulldozers echoed through the woods and valleys at Peek’n Peak Resort and Conference Center at its Media Day. The activity heralded between $4 million and $5 million in capital improvements being made at the center this season. Skiers arriving at the resort for the coming snow season would find five new slopes and as many new lifts awaiting them, according to Becky Faulkner, recreational services manager. Ms. Faulkner said all of them were of intermediate rating and up to 2,500 feet long – bringing the total number of slopes at “The Peak” to 24.

In Years Past

In 1914, Col. Thomas Snowdon who in his long career in Jamestown had presided at more clambakes than one could conveniently count, Friday celebrated his 75th birthday by giving a bake to a large number of his personal friends in the business and professional circles of the city. The bake was held on the shores of Chautauqua Lake at Heineman Park, a 16-acre tract owned by Louis Heineman at Greenhurst. A more ideal location for an affair of this kind could not be found in this section. Tables were spread under the big trees that fringed the shore and about 60 men gathered at the tables and enjoyed the good things that were prepared as only Snowdon knew how to prepare them.

Steps were being taken by a committee of union boilermakers to have the American Locomotive Company assign to the Dunkirk plant a share of its locomotive building business. Action was taken by the boilermakers union recently at a meeting addressed by Lewis Weyand, third international vice president and at that time a committee was named. Reports of various kinds to the effect that the Dunkirk plant was being discriminated against in the assignment of business would be probed and an effort to find out the reason for it would be made.

In 1939, the United States could not remain neutral in the present war with moral issues at stake and eventually would enter the conflict, Frederic Snyder, Kingston, N.Y., news commentator and former foreign press correspondent, told 500 Kiwanians and their ladies, assembled at a joint luncheon featuring the session of the 22nd annual convention of New York State district, Kiwanis International at the Hotel Jamestown. Snyder, who had spent considerable time in Europe where he had come to know Hitler, claimed to have predicted the German-Russian agreement 15 months before it was consummated. “Hitler is a column of pus, high enough for a small mustache. The question now is one of drainage,” Snyder said.

Prolonged drought had lowered production of practically all late crops in New York state and forced many farmers to haul water for household and livestock use, the state Agriculture Department reported. Even should adequate moisture arrive, the department said, crops would benefit little because they were too nearly mature or had too little time to grow before the arrival of killing frosts. Many dairymen reported their cows were getting no food from pastures.

In 1964, preparations for a massive “community testimonial” to dramatize the Jamestown area’s progress in recent years, moved forward with an announcement that 250 business, professional and civic leaders were being invited to share in sponsorship of the project. Initiated by a group of nearly 60 civic-minded residents representing a cross-section of local labor, business and industry, the project was expected to take the form of a gigantic “Boost Jamestown Day” dinner at the Hotel Jamestown within the next month. Tentative plans contemplated that the affair would be attended by an estimated 1,500 persons.

Jamestown sparkled the past night under its new downtown lighting system with colorful floats and marching units. Thousands lined the sidewalks to watch the 50-unit parade, called to mark the major downtown improvement. Despite chilly weather,the thousands were warmed under the glow of the city’s new lights. Even the political atmosphere was warm, with Democrats and Republicans manning the reviewing stand in what appeared to be complete harmony.

In 1989, about half of Chautauqua County’s $9 million debt had resulted from borrowing for road and bridge maintenance, according to county Finance Department records. To halt the borrowing immediately would result in a tremendous increase in county property taxes because road and bridge work was critical, George Riedesel, county Department of Public Works director told The Post-Journal. If borrowing for roads and bridges should be eliminated now, “either taxes will go up tremendously or a lot of projects will stop dead,” Riedesel said.

Amid warnings of possible violence, the head of the state commission that was targeting Allegany and Cortland counties as the possible site for a nuclear waste dump called for an end to “hysteria.” Angelo Orazio, chairman of the state’s Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting commission, said the proposed facility could even be built safely near an earthquake fault line. “I hope that logic and reason will replace hysteria and the opposition will diminish” now that five sites had been recommended for further study, said Orazio.

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In 1914, After the Ball, a motion picture or photo play of high character, would be shown four times daily, afternoon and evening at the Samuels theater in Jamestown. Richy W. Craig’s Queen of the Follies Bergere, a program of vaudeville feature acts, would be the offering for Sept. 14. The program opened with the satire, Hotel Topsy Turvy, which introduced the entire company of comedians, songsters and dancers. Special numbers by Al Watson, Rose Levitt, Sprague and Dixon, Nellie Mason, Frank Collins and May Belmont would follow and then would come a merry burlesque A Day At the Sea Shore.

The first electric passenger car on the Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad ran from Jamestown to Westfield this forenoon. The electrification of the line was completed to the Westfield station and the following Tuesday a regular service would be inaugurated. Cars would run on an hour schedule. The first car would leave Jamestown at 6:20 a.m. and the last car would leave Jamestown at 11:20 p.m. The last car would leave Westfield for Jamestown at 10:50 in the evening. The improvements on the Westfield branch were not, of course, completed down to the last detail but the trolley wires were strung and the cars would be operated.

In 1939, severe wind, rain and hailstorms, which lashed upstate New York late the previous day, took four lives and injured three as gales uprooted trees, sheared telephone and telegraph poles, felled power lines and damaged many homes. Edward Snyder, 27 and his fiancee Lucille, 25, both of Rochester, drowned in Irondequoit Bay when the storm capsized their sailboat. Carl Stemmler of Syracuse suffered a broken collar bone when the wind blew him 75 feet through the air while he clung to his garage door. In Lockport, Mrs. Gertrude Dennison, 40, was injured when a tree limb crashed down upon her. Virginia Gunnip, 10, of Syracuse and Charles Sager, 62, of Deforestville, were killed by falling trees.

Plunged into the dark waters of Chautauqua Lake, with one foot severed at the ankle as a result of a collision between the outboard motor boat he had been piloting and a heavy speedboat, Richard Turner, 26, of Buffalo, displayed rare courage which saved his own life as well as the lives of his mother and a friend shortly before 8 the past night. The accident occurred at a point 200 feet offshore from the Chautauqua Sports Club. All three in the outboard boat were hurled into the water. Despite his grave injury, Turner remained cool and collected and showed unusual heroism and grit in holding up his mother and his friend, Miss Mapes until the speedboat came back to his assistance.

In 1964, the School of Nursing of WCA Hospital would write one of its last chapters in its 70 year history with the graduation of a class of 12 at the First Lutheran Church. The school was closing, bowing out to the Associate Degree Nursing Program at Jamestown Community College, after graduating a total of 800 nurses. The changes that had taken place over seven decades and something about the life of the student nurses when the school first began, were told by Mrs. Rollin A. Reading, in a paper she prepared for the capping exercises of this last class.

Thousands of area residents were expected to turn out this night to witness one of the biggest parades in Jamestown to mark the new downtown lighting system improvement. The floats were ready, the beauty queens were at their dazzling best, the musical instruments were tuned up, and the colorful uniforms pressed, all in preparation for the “Parade of Lights” which would leave from the vicinity of Brooklyn Square at 8:30 p.m. Threatening skies brought an announcement that the parade would be held this night, despite rain. Only a deluge would keep the colorful procession from taking place, officials said.

In 1989, thousands of ecstatic East German refugees poured into West Germany after Hungary defied a Warsaw Pact ally and boldly threw open a door to the West. “You made it!” yelled one young emigre, hitting the hood of his Wartburg minibus after arriving in the largest mass migration from East Germany since the Berlin Wall went up in 1961. East Germany angrily denounced the exodus and accused Hungary of “smuggling” human beings.

The battle against a proposed radioactive dump in upstate New York had moved to Allegany and Cortland counties, where a state commission had picked five sites for further study as a possible dump site. A pared-down list of possible sites from the state Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Commission brought relief to several upstate New York communities, where citizens fought to knock their neighborhoods out of the running. “I’m relieved,” said Curtis Drown of Clinton County, one area that did not make the commission’s latest round of cuts. The commission was “walking into a real hornet’s nest” in Cortland and Allegany counties because opponents there were very organized, he said.

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In 1914, many Jamestown residents would read with regret of the tragic accident which occurred at Warren the previous evening in which Mrs. J.P. Jefferson, one of the most prominent women of Warren, was struck by a D.A.V.&P. train and instantly killed. Mrs. Jefferson’s maiden name was Wetmore. She was a niece of the late Mrs. A.M. Kent of Jamestown. The accident occurred in front of the residence of W.W. Rankin on Fourth Avenue between Market and East streets. The railroad occupied the streets at this place, curving from East Street to Fourth Avenue. Mrs. Jefferson was a frequent caller at the Rankin home and she was crossing the track at this point when the special train swung around the curve. Engineer Charles Kepple applied the emergency brakes but could not stop the train in time to save her. The deceased was a prominent member of the First Presbyterian Church of Warren and conspicuously identified with the social activities of the town.

One of the most enjoyable outings ever held by Jamestown L.O. T.M., took place the previous day in Allen Park. About 18 ladies attended the affair and spent as thoroughly delightful a day as could be enjoyed. Only one thing marred the perfection of the day and that was an accident which beset Mrs. Will Jones, who injured her side and back when she evidently became dizzy and fell from a see-saw. A delicious dinner was enjoyed at noon, after which an afternoon of rare entertainment was provided. A ball game and program of various sporting events was also carried out. It was the sincere desire of everyone who attended that there might be an annual repetition of the outing.

In 1939, Ernest L. Caflisch, 72, one of the best known men in the Clymer area, lumberman, former supervisor and active in town affairs, was fatally injured Friday afternoon when a log being unloaded from a truck at the Caflisch sawmill, knocked him down and rolled over him. His death occurred four hours later in the Corry, Pa., hospital. Mr. Caflisch was directing the hauling of logs to the mill yard at the time of the fatal accident. The 6 p.m. whistle sounded and the men were about to leave the yards. Mr. Caflisch, standing by the truck, was struck by a heavy but short log that rolled from the truck. Workers took him to his home. Later, he was taken to the hospital by ambulance where death followed.

The Rev. O.J. Lundberg, pastor of the Elmwood Avenue Methodist Church of Falconer, Warner F. Liedblad and Miss Lois Lund, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. F. Lund of the Swedish Methodist Church in Jamestown who were stricken ill early in the week while at the meeting of the Central Northwest conference of the Methodist church at Moline, Illinois, had returned home accompanied by their families. About 100 persons were stricken during or immediately after a meeting of the conference early in the week. According to Lund, the delegates had eaten dinner at the church when about 50 persons became suddenly ill during the meeting after dinner and as many more were stricken later after they arrived at the homes of Moline church members. Lundberg and Miss Lund were among the eight persons to require hospitalization.

In 1964, the cost of living was at the highest level in history and it would creep upward to still loftier peaks in the foreseeable future. There was nothing on the economic horizon to reverse this basic trend. There were no policies which reasonably could be adopted by either a Democrat or a Republican in the White House that would result in lowering living costs across the board. The buying power of the dollar was at the lowest level ever and would shrink more in the future. There was nothing on horizon to reverse the basic trend. Nor were there policies which reasonably could be pursued by either President Johnson or Senator Goldwater, should he become president, that would make the dollar buy more. It was imperative that people understood these facts, particularly in the weeks when 1964’s election oratory would encourage distortion, exaggeration and befuddlement.

Enrollment the first day of school in the Southwestern Central School District showed a decrease of 14 pupils from the past year’s total of 2,851. This year there were 2,837 students. The figure was expected to increase during the next few days when late registrations were accepted, Holland W. Rood, supervising principal, told the board of education members. Although there was a slight decrease in the total enrollment, high school registrations had increased. There were 30 more high school students than the previous year. Mr. Rood announced that there were 150 teachers in the school system this year.

In Years Past

In 1914, it would be good news to residents of Jamestown irrespective of creed, to learn that Rev. Father Luke Sharkey had been designated by Bishop Colton of Buffalo as the successor to Father Coyle as pastor of SS Peter and Paul’s Roman Catholic Church. In so doing Bishop Colton had complied with the wishes not only of the members of the church in Jamestown but of many Protestants as well, who knew Father Sharkey during his residence in this city as assistant of the beloved priest who recently went to his reward. He was assigned to the pastorate because he was educated in Rome and spoke the Italian language fluently and, moreover, was well qualified to handle the finances of the church, which was as important in the priesthood as elsewhere.

Among the different persons from Jamestown who were in Europe at the outbreak of the war, was Miss Sarah Dickinson, a teacher in the Jamestown High School. Miss Dickinson had been making a tour of Europe and was in Venice, Italy, when war was declared. A mass meeting of Americans was held in the city at which the American consul addressed the people and told them what to do. Miss Dickinson was greatly impressed with the attitude that the American Express Company took toward the situation, they doing everything possible to help the Americans. They offered to furnish a ship to take the Americans home if no other ship could be obtained.

In 1939, expectations of increased production due to the European war brightened the outlook for the nation’s 20 billion dollar coal industry, which, as a whole, had not shown a profit in 15 years. Operators agreed coal undoubtedly would flow the upward trend in steel output and visualized a possible expansion in foreign markets which were dropped by belligerent nations. Anticipation of demand from the steel industry prompted the H.C. Frick Coal and Coke Company, U.S. Steel subsidiary, to order its closed Fayette County, Edenboro and Gates mines prepared for reopening.

Donald Burnsides, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burnsides, Smith Street, Brocton and Howard Turner, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Turner, Central Avenue, Brocton, aged 17, were struck by an automobile driven by Mrs. Gladys Delcamp of Portland. According to the injured boys, they were riding their bicycles west on Main Street, going to their work of picking tomatoes, when at a point about opposite the new Brocton Central School building, the car driven by Mrs. Delcamp struck them. Mrs. Delcamp rushed the lads to the office of Dr. B.W. Varco at Brocton where their injuries were treated. Later, they were taken to their homes. Their bicycles were demolished.

In 1964, Jamestown gave a tousle-haired Robert F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, a tumultuous welcome the previous afternoon. Something close to Beatlemania hit the city when Kennedy stopped here on his campaign swing through the southern tier. He evoked earth-shaking screams both at Jamestown Municipal Airport, where he landed at 5:30, and on Cherry Street. He came here aboard the “Caroline,” a plane once used by President Kennedy. The crowds at both places, according to Police Chief John Paladino, were in excess of 5,000. Authorities said only Jamestown’s Lucille Ball produced a greater turnout. That was in 1956 when she returned home for a world premiere of her latest movie.

Jamestown’s Democratic Mayor Fred Dunn charged that his own party handed him a political snub the previous afternoon during the visit here of Robert F. Kennedy, Democratic candidate for the Senate from New York State. Practically moved right out of the picture during the ceremonies, the mayor said, “to say I’m burned up is a mild statement.” He charged that he wasn’t even invited to sit on the platform from which Kennedy spoke on Cherry Street. “I went up there uninvited,” he said. “I received about 50 phone calls last night from people wanting to know what was wrong and why I wasn’t afforded an opportunity to make an official greeting to Kennedy on behalf of the city.

In 1989, Willard and Thelma Kennedy would remain out of house and home until state environmental officials could complete an investigation into what was causing a natural gas leak at their Beech Street home in Warren. “They’re not going to live in the house but they do have possession of it. We’ve cautioned them to ventilate it,” said Warren City fire chief Frank Viola. Heavy concentrations of natural gas from an unknown source exploded Tuesday night in Kennedy’s basement. The blast caused extensive damage to the home and burns to the 81-year-old Kennedy, who remained hospitalized in fair condition.

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee had approved spending $20 million for the unfinished Southern Tier Expressway in Corning. And Rep. Amo Houghton, R-Corning, had expressed confidence that the same amount would be contained in the final version of the bill, which would be sent to President Bush for approval. Money for the stretch of road known as the Corning bypass was in a Transportation Department appropriations bill that was headed for the full Senate. The Transportation Department appropriations bill passed by the House did not include any money for the Corning bypass.

In Years Past

In 1914, the various schools of Jamestown were opened this morning after being closed during the summer vacation. The grade school pupils commenced their studies in the morning while in the High School, the time was spent in registering for the fall term’s work. Shortly before the close of school the past June, the students made out registration cards of the work which they desired to take up in the fall. By doing this the students saved a good deal of time in not having to figure out their studies at the opening of school. However, a number of changes had to be made in the proposed schedule through failures and unforeseen things and the entire morning this day was taken up in the revising of schedules.

Over 800 veterans attended the reunion of the Cattaraugus County Grand Army of the Republic Association in Little Valley. One of the principal features of the day’s program was the dedication of the new soldiers’ and sailors’ memorial hall. Among the well known men who spoke at the dedication exercises were James Whipple and the Rev. S.M. Tripp of Salamanca. Albert Fancher of Salamanca was chairman of the day. A big parade took place at 1 o’clock in the afternoon in which were the veterans, the Sons of Veterans and nearly all the lodges and organizations of the village. Dinner was served at the fair ground.

In 1939, disposition of a charge of operating a gambling establishment against Earl Stahley, 51, was postponed until the day after the election on November 8, when Stahley appeared before Judge Allen E. Bargar in Jamestown city court the previous day. Stahley was circulating nominating petitions as an independent candidate for sheriff of Chautauqua County. Stahley was arrested on Feb. 10 when police raided a horse race betting establishment on Washington Street. On Feb. 14 Stahley appeared and entered a plea of not guilty. The case was then set for trial on March 31. On March 31, the case was adjourned until July 7. On July 7 it was adjourned until Sept. 7. Yesterday the case was again adjourned, this time until the day after the general election in November.

Supervisor W.L. Nuttall of Sherman, whose name was ordered stricken from the GOP primary election ballot as a candidate for the sheriff’s nomination, by Justice Parton Swift in Supreme Court at Buffalo the previous day, would not contest the court order but would seek election to the office as an independent candidate at the November general election, he had announced. Thus Sheriff Roy Chadwick, who successfully challenged Mr. Nuttall’s primary nominating petitions, would have opposition at the general election despite the fact that he had succeeded in eliminating all opposition in the Republican primary. The Democratic candidate was A. A. Shepherd of Jamestown.

In 1964, Lady Luck with a capital “L” was riding with 20-year-old Betty Frey of Silver Creek the previous morning. Sheridan Town Officer Leonard Zimmer said her car struck the railing of a bridge spanning the New York Central Railroad tracks. A section of the bridge collapsed and sent her car tumbling 40 feet to the tracks where it landed upside down. She was in Brooks Memorial Hospital with back and hip injuries. Her condition was listed as fair. Police said the accident occurred about 4 a.m. when she glanced into the rear view mirror and lost control of the car. A passing motorist, Gerald P. Grutcher, 34, of Dunkirk, notified Officer Zimmer who lived nearby. Trains were forced to move at reduced speeds until the bridge debris was cleared away. Officer Zimmer said the car was equipped with a safety belt but Miss Frey did not have it fastened.

Earl Christy of Dunkirk, the truck driver critically injured in a crash at the Lamphere Street crossing of the Nickel Plate Railroad in Dunkirk, was reported to be improving in Brooks Memorial Hospital. At the time of the accident, Aug. 25, it was believed Mr. Christy drove his truck around the crossing gate. The tower operator had since signed a statement for Dunkirk police saying he was “a little late” in getting the gate down. The operator said he had been notified by the Brocton station that the train was on its way but before he realized it was time to lower the gate, the train was bearing down on the crossing.

-In 1989, a major fault system in upstate New York had shown signs of becoming active again after an earthquake in Canada the past year, researchers of the state University of Buffalo said. Robert Jacobi, an associate professor of geology, said natural gas emissions along the Clarendon-Linden Fault, which ran through Western New York and into northern Pennsylvania, had increased since the earthquake centered in Quebec on Nov. 25, 1988. Geologist were alerted to the phenomenon after a farmer in Pike, N.Y. said he noticed gas bubbling from a swamp on his property. The first emissions of gas, which occurred just after the Quebec quake, were powerful enough to blow mud into the tops of trees surrounding the swamp.

Gusty winds and the threat of rain canceled a planned demonstration flight late Thursday afternoon at Lakeside Park in Mayville by Carol Weiner, the balloon coordinator for the Sept. 22-24 Great I Love New York Balloon Rally at Lakeside Park in Mayville. Ms. Weiner arrived at the park after a three-hour drive from Medina, Ohio, near Akron where she operated Unlimited Ballooning Adventures.

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In 1914, Charles E. Weeks, who late on the night of May 31, shot and killed Leo Ganey, employed as a farm hand at the Weeks’ household, was arraigned in court at Warren on an indictment charging murder in second degree. Weeks pleaded guilty to murder, second degree, which was not so serious an offense in the state of Pennsylvania as in New York state, because of the fact that the law did not make mandatory the sentence that should be pronounced. In New York state, sentence must be for at least 25 years in state prison. Formerly, sentence was for life and the court had no discretion. In Pennsylvania, the maximum was 20 years and the minimum at the discretion of the court.

It had been more than a week since Harrison Lincoln was last seen. Many clues had been followed up without success. Persons had reported having seen Lincoln in Jamestown and elsewhere but when followed up, had been found to have been mistaken in dates. A clue being followed was that he was seen in Westfield the past Monday morning by a small boy relative who said the missing man bought him a bag of popcorn and the man who sold the popcorn corroborated the story. Many people believed he would be found ill in some farm house within the county. Lincoln was a man of about 75 years with an iron gray beard and more than 6 feet in height.

In 1939, Gov. Lehman called for a “truce on politics” in New York state and throughout the nation because of the “devastating conflict that is raging abroad.” Foreseeing development of “many highly important and difficult problems,” the Democratic chief executive asserted “partisanship and political interests must, at this time, be outlawed.” Accordingly, the governor said he would invite Republican Assembly Speaker Oswald Heck, Republican Senate Majority Leader Joe Hanley and other legislative leaders of both parties “to counsel and cooperate with me on all important social and fiscal matters that may come before the next regular session of the legislature.”

Chautauqua County chapter American Red Cross, joined forces with all other Red Cross chapters now organizing for the receiving and disbursing of contributions for the use of alleviating the distress of civilians who were wounded, driven from their homes or rendered destitute by military operations in Europe. Its executive committee, at a meeting at the YMCA voted to notify the WPA and the city of Jamestown that the Red Cross would require the use of the Creche building on East Third Street. In view of information received from national headquarters, the executive committee felt that it was necessary to begin preparations for activities which would require the entire floor space of the building known as the Creche house which was presently being used as a clothing center and sewing center by the WPA.

In 1989, the last vestige of the 111-year-old Randolph Children’s Home crumbled under the wrecker’s shovel this week. The final transition to the new and modern campus on East Main Street was now complete. Vacant and outdated, the old recreation building was the last of the campus’s classic brick buildings constructed in 1908. Removed earlier was the bronze plaque indicating the building was “Erected in memory of Marilla Clark Wheeler of Portville, N.Y., for her lifelong interest in the welfare and right training of the young.”

A decision on whether there would be a 1990 Chautauqua Overland Ski Marathon was expected in a few days. That decision appeared to hinge on whether organizational talent within Chautauqua Lake Snowmobile Club was willing to shoulder responsibility for planning the event. Acting Chairman Robert E. Beach said, “With the efforts we’re making here, I find it extremely difficult to fill some of the large jobs essential to the race.” Beach said the principal needs were for a chief of the race, a large number of volunteers and someone to recruit them.

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In 1914, a special meeting of the board of managers of the Warner Home for the Aged was held in the parlors of the First Presbyterian Church on Thursday afternoon. The meeting opened with repeating the Lord’s Prayer in unison. The principal object of the meeting was to engage a matron for the home to take the place of Mrs. Bishop who resigned in August. A vote of thanks was given to Mrs. M. E. Lakin, who had served so efficiently during the interregnum. A number of applications for the job of matron had been received and investigated. Several of the applicants were splendid women but after careful thought and consideration, Mrs. Jennie Hazeltine Andrews was selected for the place and asked to assume her duties immediately. Mrs. Andrews was well known to many in Jamestown, having spent many years of her life here.

The work of the steam shovels to the Honeysett cut near Mayville was practically completed Thursday. The main track of the railroad was laid in the bottom of the new cut and trains were passing over it on Friday for the first time. A small amount of work yet remained to be done on the north end of the circuit, which could not be done with steam shovels. A large force of men would engage for some time in completing the work of cutting down the grade at that end of the cut. The cutting down of the Honeysett hill would enable the Pennsylvania Railroad company to haul trains nearly twice as large over this section of the road as heretofore. The cut also would do away with the dangerous crossing where the Honeysett Road crossed the railroad at that point.

In 1939, Rural Day was observed Tuesday at the Chautauqua County Fair and the 6,000 persons who attended had for weather a day exactly opposite to the Labor Day opening. Bright skies furnished plenty of sunshine, while cool breezes swept acres of ground devoted to the big show. Tuesday attendance was usually light, following the Labor Day holiday and so the 6,000 persons present was a better than average number on the grounds.

Great Lakes shippers prepared to put all available boats into service to take care of rush orders for iron and steel, in expectation of a war boom. The Bethlehem transportation pressed its 16 ore-carrying boats into the movement. At the Bethlehem Steel Company docks at Lackawanna the past night, officials reported one of the busiest nights of the navigation season as five boats unloaded their cargoes. Several shipping executives predicted that the war boom would boost the total movement to 40 million tons before the freeze-up of waterways in late November and added “that would be more than enough to provide full stocks for the eastern steel plants for the entire winter.”

In 1989, Margaret McKinley hugged her daughter, Abby, 6, and said goodbye to her son Dave, 9, as the children entered SS. Peter and Paul School in Jamestown on this morning. Students in Little Valley, Mayville, Panama, Salamanca, Sherman and Westfield central schools began the new school year the previous day. Students at schools elsewhere in Chautauqua County and in Cattaraugus, Gowanda and Randolph, began this day. Warren County students began the 1989-90 school year the past week.

Many Americans should avoid tax-deferred savings plans such as IRAs because they merely shift income to a time when they’ll be subject to higher tax rates, a private research group said. Many middle-income retirees “are discovering their marginal tax rate is up to four times higher than the rate they paid while working,” the National Center for Policy Analysis, a non-profit group based in Dallas, said in a report released Tuesday. “For many people, the promise of tax deferred savings is a cruel hoax,” the study said.

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In 1914, the new Fairmount school was nearly completed and when it was completed, the taxpayers of Jamestown had a school building that they could well be proud of. It was undoubtedly the finest and best equipped of the school buildings of this city. The location of the school was ideal, sitting on nearly the top of Fairmount Avenue hill. The school building overlooked the entire city and was one of the most conspicuous structures in the whole city because it sat well above the majority of other buildings. The building was dignified and plain in architectural appearance and in keeping with the best modern thought in school construction.

The beauty baby show at the Chautauqua County Fair took place on the east verandah on Thursday with Solon West in charge. There were fat babies and thin babies, fair babies and dark babies but all fine, beautiful babies and very well behaved under the circumstances. The four judges had no easy task but decisions were made, there being nine prizes in each class except the twins class.

In 1939, Wall Street experienced one of the most spectacular upsurges in prices of stocks and commodities in its history this day. Resumption of trading after the holiday found a feverish urge to buy in expectation of “war” prices. Stocks – particularly steels, nonferrous metals, oils, chemicals and machinery makers – jumped $1 to around $15 a share. Buying orders appeared at the opening of the exchange in such volume for some of the steels that specialists were not able to straighten out their books and make an opening price until an hour later.

Victims of the war’s first great sea tragedy, 600 shaken and weeping survivors of the torpedoed British liner Athenia, arrived on rescue ships in Scotland with tales of horror. Two hundred of those arriving were injured. The passenger list was made up almost wholly of Canadians and Americans returning to their homelands. One survivor, John McEwan of Glasgow, said a Nazi U-boat torpedoed the Athenia and then twice shelled the vessel as her lifeboats were being lowered. German Secretary of State Ernst Von Weizsaecker told the United States charges d’affaires, Alexander Kirk, that “German sea forces could not possibly have been responsible.”

In 1964, Rep. William E. Miller, formally opening his campaign for the vice presidency, charged that Democratic vice presidential nominee Hubert H. Humphrey had a record that was “clearly one of the most radical in Congress.” In his statement, given in his hometown of Lockport, N.Y., Miller devoted much of his speech to an attack on Humphrey’s connection with Americans for Democratic Action, which he termed “unquestionably the most influential organization in our nation’s capitol attempting to subvert and transform our government into a foreign socialistic totalitarianism.”

Two 14-year-old boys whose ingenuity and mechanical talents were demonstrated by a pair of midget motorcycles powered by lawnmower engines, were “grounded” when they were found operating the contraptions on streets and sidewalks in the McDaniel Avenue-Hunt Road area in violation of a whole string of traffic laws. The youths were apprehended by Patrolman Armand Daversa and taken to the Police Headquarters, along with their machines which were temporarily impounded.

In 1989, two juveniles were expected to be arrested by Dunkirk police in connection with a Sunday afternoon fire that destroyed McClenathan Office Supply at 223 Central Ave. Fire Chief Charles Mancuso said the youths were trapped inside the three-story brick-and-wood structure and rescued by passerby Neftali DeJesus of Lake Shore Drive East. DeJesus broke down a door to free them. Mancuso said the structure was built about 1890 and was like a tinder box. He said flames engulfed the building when firefighters arrived from less than a block away.

The opening of the Cattaraugus County Living Arts Center in the old Seneca Theater Saturday at Salamanca attracted a large crowd of people anxious to see how renovations to the old movie house turned out. Various dignitaries cut the ribbon that had been holding the crowd back. Among those taking part in the ceremonies were Tom Sharbaugh, and Assemblywoman Patricia K. McGee.

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In 1914, the Falconer plant of the Jamestown Mantel Company was closed at the conclusion of the day’s business Wednesday and did not reopen Thursday morning. It was still closed this day and the statement was made that owing to difficulty in the reorganization which was begun about three weeks ago at the time when Caflisch Brothers of Jamestown and Union City took over the controlling interest in the plant, a temporary receivership had been decided on and went into effect Wednesday afternoon. There were ample assets to pay all the claims but owing to business conditions, those could not be realized in full.

The Seaburg Manufacturing Company which had conducted a furniture factory on Steele Street in Jamestown near the Municipal electric Light plant for a number of years had broken ground for a substantial addition to its plant. The addition would be of brick and three stories in height and of modern factory construction in every way. The company was a typical Jamestown concern, beginning business in a small way a number of years ago in an old house. The old house had been moved off the site and the excavating was about completed for an addition where the house once stood.

In 1939, a citation certificate for “exceptional meritorious and outstanding service” of the 174th Infantry New York National Guard of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda, Jamestown and Olean, during the recent army maneuvers at Plattsburg, was received by Colonel Joseph W. Becker, commander. “As a part of the 44th Division in maneuvers of the First Army at Plattsburg,” the citation read, “this unit completed the most strenuous training program ever undertaken by the National Guard and distinguished itself by an outstanding performance under the most trying conditions of adverse terrain and fatigue.” The citation was signed by Major General C.E. Powell.

Jamestown was returning to Eastern Standard Time on Monday morning at 2 o’clock, after operating on daylight savings time since June 4. Timepieces should be set ahead 11 hours on retiring Sunday night, instead of being set back one hour, as the latter procedure was said by watch and clock repairers to be likely to cause damage.

In 1964, two boys were taken into custody Thursday by Sheriff’s Department Deputies in connection with a fire at Mayville late the past Friday. Deputies said the blaze occurred at the unoccupied cottage of Byron B. McCulloh. Damage was confined to an upstairs bedroom. Police said the boys admitted entering the building and setting the fire. They were adjudged as juveniles and their names were not released.

Possible sights for a new municipal golf course in the event that ultimate expansion of Jamestown Community College forced relocation of the present facility were discussed at a meeting of the Jamestown Recreation Commission. Whether a site selected for the new Science Building and Cultural Arts Center to be built at the College would involve property that was part of the golf course to such an extent as to make it impractical to continue use of the facility, was uncertain at this point, according to Russell E. Diethrick Jr., City Recreation director.

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In 1914, Prince Frederick William of Lippe took his own life following a mistake by his regiment, according to Lady Randolph Churchill, formerly Miss Jennie Jerome of New York, who had just arrived in London from Germany, coming by way of Holland. “The true story of the death of Prince Frederick William of Lippe,” she said, “is that he committed suicide. He was commanding a German cavalry regiment before Liege when his regiment, in the darkness of evening, annihilated a German infantry regiment which he had mistaken for Belgians. The prince shot himself, fearing to face the anger of Emperor William.”

Mr. and Mrs. Chauncy Moon and Miss Annie Dunderdale were among the number of Jamestown people traveling in Europe when the war broke out and they were fortunate in securing passage home as soon as they did. They arrived home this week, sailing from Naples on the steamer San Giovanni and landing in Brooklyn Aug. 31. Although they had no particular thrilling experiences they were inconvenienced in many ways. They were in Venice when war broke out and were preparing to go to Switzerland. They were advised, however, to stay in Italy. They were further advised by the American counsel to be careful of their money as there would likely be a shortage in funds. Surrounded by these conditions, they decided to leave for home as soon as they could.

In 1939, Sunday, Oct. 1 was set as the date for the dedication of Jamestown’s new municipal airport at a meeting of the city council airport committee at City Hall with Councilman Carl Fagerstrom, chairman, presiding. Ira Lou Spring post in cooperation with Fred Larson, lessee of the port, would have complete charge of the air show at the dedication. Informally, it was planned to invite governmental commercial and private planes to the show and several of those present expressed confidence that outstanding aviators and large fleets of planes would attend. The flying program was expected to include maneuvers by military planes, stunt flying by outstanding aviators, races by sportsmen pilots and various stunt contests such as dropping paper bombs into circles.

Exhibits covering Chautauqua County’s various activities, outstanding harness horse racing, the most elaborate vaudeville program in recent years and countless other features were expected to attract thousands of Jamestown residents to the Chautauqua County Fair in Dunkirk next week. The county exposition would open the morning of Labor Day and continue throughout the week with afternoon and evening performances. Joe Basile’s band, always a favorite with Chautauqua County fair patrons, would be on hand again, coming directly from the Canadian National Exposition at Toronto.

In 1964, the auto might have replaced the horse but the Old Gray Mare still had a healthy kick as David Lawergren Jr., 40, of the Fluvanna Town Line Road found out the previous afternoon. Mr. Lawergren was driving his pickup truck along the Fluvanna Town Line Road about 5:15 p.m. when a horse belonging to Mrs. Lillie Robinson, also of the Fluvanna Town Line Road, ran onto the highway. The truck and the horse collided. Deputy Ronald Hess said the truck was wrecked. And the horse – well, he was knocked down but got up and nonchalantly trotted away.

It appeared that after years of an apparent standoff between the mailman and his canine antagonists, science had stepped in to knock it off center. Over the years it had been debatable as to who had the edge – the mailman or the barking dog. “Halt,” a mixture of pepper extract and mineral oil in an aerosol spray can, was about to be distributed to the nation’s mailmen, including Jamestown’s 43 battle-scarred carriers. “The mail must go through,” and with the introduction of “Halt” it left only rain, sleet and snow to contend with for the mailman in carrying out his duties. The weapon, which had been on the top secret list lest the canine corps develop a counter weapon, was expected to arrive in Jamestown this fall, according to Postmaster Raymond W. Gould.

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In 1914, an accident in Jamestown which might have resulted much more seriously, happened on Cherry Street near First Street on Tuesday afternoon. A team owned by the Johnson Ice & Coal Company was drawing a load of coal down Cherry Street and just below Second Street the neck yoke broke. This let the load slide into the horses and they started to run. At the corner of First Street they tried to make the turn and the wagon was overturned. The wagon was in charge of Gust Anderson of Whitley Avenue and Charles Johnson of West Second Street. Johnson had his right leg injured in the accident. It was not known whether it was broken or not. He was in the WCA Hospital, where an X-ray examination of the leg would be made.

Instead of the usual beauty contest for babies at the Ellery town picnic next Saturday there would be a Better Babies Contest. This would be open for children of the town of Ellery only. A rest room would be provided for the mothers and children and the examinations would be made by competent physicians and nurses. Each child would be given a score card with its rating. The child between the age of 6 and 12 months having the highest rating and the child between the age of 13 and 24 months of age receiving a like rating would be awarded first prizes. The child receiving the highest score of all would be given a medal.

In 1939, armed and ready, Great Britain and France decided this day upon at least a slight delay in throwing down the gauntlet to Germany. Premier Daladier told the chamber of deputies if eleventh hour efforts were made to prevent a continuation of the German-Polish conflict, France would support them. He made it plain, however, that France would fight for Poland unless Germany halted “aggression.” Prime Minister Chamberlain deferred his statement on Britain’s stand until later in the day. It was presumed he still awaited an answer from Germany to Britain’s and France’s “last warning” to halt the Reich’s armies.

“The German army will use its guns but it is not certain which way they will shoot.” That was a statement heard by the Rev. Charles J. Bready, pastor of St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who was a guest at the Hotel Samuels in Jamestown for a few days. The Rev. Mr. Bready, who had traveled extensively in Europe as special correspondent for midwestern newspapers, declared that internal revolution against Hitler was an imminent possibility should war break out. “Two years ago when I visited Germany, the enthusiasm for Hitler was very obvious,” said the clergyman. “Last month, when I talked with friends in Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Leipzig and Dresden, I sensed a very different attitude. “Before, Hitler’s praises were sung on every hand. This year my inquiries were often met with significant silence.”

In 1964, a new major ski resort was planned to open in December on a site on Route 17, between Westfield and Mayville. Named Eagle Ridge Corp., the resort would be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kissing Bridge Ski Corp., of Glenwood in Erie County. The development would be guided by a group of Chautauqua County business and professional men, headed by Dr. Robert F. Horsch, physician, of Westfield, president of Eagle Ridge Corp. The resort would begin ski operations in the coming winter with a deluxe chalet at the top of the slopes, a 2000-foot double chair lift, 1200-ski-an-hour “T” bar, a series of slopes and trails and a 500-car parking lot.

Senate Democratic leaders pinned their hopes on freshman liberals to swing the tide in favor of the Johnson administration’s health care for the aged program. A crucial vote was set on a compromise proposal to provide hospitalization and nursing care benefits for 18 million elderly persons financed through higher Social Security taxes. Senator Barry M. Goldwater, the Republican presidential nominee, was flying back from the West Coast to cast his vote against the proposal.

In 1989, on Friday, Sept. 1, 1939, as area residents were preparing for the Labor Day weekend, The Jamestown Evening Journal, in its regular and special extra editions, broke the news of the German invasion of Poland. A second consecutive generation of Europeans was off to war, and, in a few years, a new generation of Americans would be, too. The Jamestown Evening Journal merged with the Jamestown Morning Post in 1941 to form The Post-Journal.

Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti, who left the presidency of Yale University for the game he loved, died the previous day after suffering a heart attack just five months into the sport’s top job. He was 51. Giamatti died at his weekend retreat on Martha’s Vineyard eight days after he banned Cincinnati Reds Manager Pete Rose from baseball. The decision followed a six-month battle over allegations that Rose bet on his own team.

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In 1914, E. St. Elmo Lewis commenced his duties as vice president and general manager of the Art Metal Construction Company of Jamestown. The Journal two days previously gave a brief sketch of the work in which Mr. Lewis was engaged in Detroit and of his success as advertising manager of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company of that city. Mr. Lewis was asked if he had any plans definitely fixed which he would care to announce. “Of course, I have in mind,” he said, “some plans but only in the most general way, as I want to get acquainted with my job and my fellow workers first. The Art Metal organization is exceptional in quality of its personnel and I do not expect there is much to do there save some minor rearrangements.”

Miss Mary J. Nelson, who was at the head of the department of French and German in Jamestown High School, would be back at her post of duty when school opened next Tuesday after a year long leave of absence for study in France and Germany. Miss Nelson was caught in Paris when the war broke out but fortunately managed to secure passage home after some troublesome delays and reached Jamestown the previous afternoon.

In 1939, war had begun in Europe. German troops and warplanes had invaded Poland. Poland had called for aid from Britain and France. King George VI signed an order for complete British army, navy and airforce mobilization. France ordered general mobilization, decreed a state of siege and summoned Parliament to meet in quick reaction to Germany’s invasion of Poland. President Roosevelt appealed to the European powers to soften the horrors of modern warfare from the skies. To Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Poland he addressed before daybreak identical messages asking each for a public pledge not to bombard civilian populations and unfortified cities during “the tragic conflagration with which the world is now confronted.”

At least seven Jamestown residents were in Europe as hostilities began and might experience considerable difficulty and delay in getting home. Oscar A. Lenna, president of the Jamestown Metal Equipment Company and the Blackstone Manufacturing Company, was in Sweden when last heard from and had been joined in that country by his son, Reginald Lenna, who had been spending several weeks in various European countries on a business trip.

In 1964, they came by land and sea. A motorboat, a pair of water skis and a car were used by Falconer State Police patrol Sunday to raid and confiscate fish bowl lottery tickets at the Jamestown Moose Lodge Chautauqua Lake summer home where many of its members were enjoying the organization’s annual clambake. A majority of the members were unaware of the raid, state police reported. The raid was made following an anonymous complaint filed with the state police.

A request that the term of the franchise granted Jamestown Cable Vision, Inc. for the inauguration of a local subscription television service be increased from five to 25 years was received by City Council’s Highway Committee. A letter from Corporation Counsel Samuel S. Edson advised the committee that sponsors of the enterprise, headed by Simon Goldman, president of James Broadcasting Co., were requesting that the term of the franchise, granted the past Dec. 16, be increased from five to 25 years, to facilitate financing of the project, expected to entail an investment estimated at one million dollars.

In 1989, an agreement to sell Blackstone Corp. of Jamestown to Paris-based Valeo S.A. for $310 million, including assumption of $65 million of debts, was announced by Mark IV Industries of Williamsville, the local firm’s parent company. The announcement said the sale was expected to be completed by Oct. 5, pending regulatory approvals and other customary conditions involved in such a transaction. Blackstone had headquarters in Jamestown and Solvesborg, Sweden, and was acquired through Mark IV’s purchase of Blackstone’s former parent company, Armtek Corp, in October 1988.

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. must take the initiative in improving its financial condition under a plan that would freeze the utility’s rates and cut top executives’ salaries, state officials said. “Today’s settlement turns a potential financial crisis into something positive,” said Consumer Protection Board Chairman Richard Kessel after the plan was announced. Under the plan, upstate New York’s largest utility also agreed not to pay dividends to stockholders and pay all additional costs to clean up radioactive waste spilled in 1981 at its Nine Mile 1 nuclear power plant. That spill was made public the past week.

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