RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION - Genesee County

D. Armstrong & Co. of Rochester coming. 5-9-1890RUTH McEVOY COLLECTIONSUBJECT TEXT DATEArmstrong Shoe Company (cont)Another shoe company may be interested - A. J. Johnson Shoe Companyof Rochester inquires. 5-15-1890$15,000 needed for shoe company. 5-16-1890Only $5,000 of $15,000 subscribed. 5-28-1890Public meeting called. 5-29-1890Money in - shoe company coming - "Now see Batavia grow" 6-7-1890Offer made for Rupprecht site on Ellicott St. 7-7-1890Rupprecht won't sell for factory site. 7-11-1890Site on Ellicott St. purchased from William Watson. 7-19-1890King and Redshaw to build shoe factory, subcontract masonry toJohn Lennon. 8-12-1890Tall chimney being built by Oh & Fox, fashioning 900 iron braces for. 10-1, 21-1890Factory practically done. 12-20-1890Produces first pair of shoes - sent as complement to Mrs. Dean Richmond. 2-5-1891Shoes now on sale at Bosworth's Shoe Store. 2-21-1891Picture - Armstrong factory. (Progressive Batavia) 3-20-1891Opening sample office in Rochester. 3-21-1892Employed 125 males, 82 females. 12-10-1892People to go to Grand Island. 7-24-1894Water mains connected to factory. 8-6-1894Returning to Rochester. 7-13-1895"Who would like a good factory building?" 7-22-1895PW Minor to take part of Armstrong building, EN Rowell the rest. 12-17-1895Ground floor cleared of machinery, finishing department going full blast still.May be here until January 1st. 12-24-1895All out by Saturday (Thursday 2nd) 1-2-1896EN Rowell buys building for $24,000. 1-15-1896Army and Navy Union Batavia Garrison to meet at Brown Hall. 5-29-1914Elects A. C. Holdridge, president. 6-13-1914Not to affiliate nationally yet. 8-15-1914Army ReservesCompany M of Reserves [391st Infantry - 98th Div.] founded - mainly onpaper. 10-13-1921To handle machine guns. 11-8-1921Company C of 386th Field Artillery to be here as well as Battery M. 11-12-1921Company L of 391st Infantry organizes - Albert D. Salesbury, Capt. 10-13-1924Meets with W. W. Robinson. 11-25-1924Organize - Robinson, president. 12-2-1924Meet at Hotel Richmond. Major E. F. Dukes, instructor. 12-28-1938At school at Hotel Richmond. 12-21-1939School at Hotel Richmond. 5-9-1940Final session: Army Reserves Officers School. 5-22-1940New Medical Corps to be transferred to Buffalo. 10-24-1955390th Regimental Medical Co. meets tonight. 11-10-1955Batavia has one Reserve unit, a Medical Co. of 390th Infantry - recruiterhere. 6-27-1956Picture: First ten recruits. 7-12-1956Organized in 1957. Trained in Haitz building on Ellicott Street. Had one