Ruth McEvoy Collection 02 - Genesee County

RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION 1
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BAW Construction Co. of Buffalo BAW demolition choice for north side of Main Street in financial trouble.
Urban Renewal replaces with Werner-Spitz Const. Co. of Rochester. 2-9-1973
BEX See: Business Equipment Exchange
BID See: Business Improvement Dist.
B. J.'s Warehouse Said by Benderson, developer of plaza off Lewiston Rd., to be firm tenant. 4-5-1995
18,000 sq ft wholesale outlet promised approval by June. 5-3-1995
Hoped to open by September. 5-12-1995
Arena drops suit aiming to stop construction of Plaza. 4-18-1996
Vesper Associates of Livonia to design Plaza. 4-18-1996
Arena protests survey for access road to. 4-22-1996
Setting up employee interviews. 8-2-1996
Opens this week - big article. 9-16-1996
Winegar visits, comments on. 10-9-1996
B.J.'s & Jackson School working together to raise funds for Athletic equip., etc. 10-16-1999
Plans expansion, says all three of Batavia Centers now full. 4-8-2000
BPOE Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
BS & D Development Co. Purchases Grants, Endicott-Johnson buildings. Shoe store to go into
111 East Main - OTB into corner. 2-13-1976
Babbage, Alden N. Marries Lillian Merritt. 3-13-1933
Printer of Daily News - dead at 55. 8-19-1963
Winegar on letters written by Alden and Sis Babbage during World War II. 12-14-1990
Babcock, Daniel Gets law degree from St. U. College Buffalo. 3rd generation enters law firm. 6-6-1964
Passes bar exam. 10-26-1964
Becomes District Attorney. 1-4-1966
Babcock, Elizabeth Makes Santa suits for Santas all over the country - made Jerry Brinkman's
suits - learned at Santa School in Albion. (Scott DeSmit column) 12-26-1992
Babcock, Gary Graduates Phi Beta Chi at Brown University. 6-22-1972
Dead in California - 46. 7-2-1996
Brief appreciative letter from father Raymond (Torchy) Babcock. 12-18-1996
Babcock, George Reading law in office of Wood and Dunham. 1-16-1895
Enrolls in school of Law, University of Buffalo. 9-16-1897
Passes bar exam. 2-1-1899
Forms law firm with James H. Huntington. 10-27-1899
Home from wedding trip. 8-7-1902
Referee for District Court - portrait. 12-31-1923
Williams case goes to Babcock. 7-13, 14-1925
Office stormed by Williams creditors.
Married 40 years. Served as City Judge 1915-1921, Justice of the Peace
7-28-1925
1904-1916. Took law degree in 1899. 7-16-1942
Babcocks observe anniversary 7-16-1947
Babcocks celebrate fiftieth. 7-16-1952
Dead at 78. 7-6-1953

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Babcock, Mrs. George W. To Albany to take position as secretary to Senator Hooker. 1-23-1906
Obit - 78. 12-5-1962
Babcock, Raymond T. (Torchy) Purchases 22 acres on Clinton Street for drive-in theatre. Former
proprietor of Babcock Motors.
Drive-in theatre open.
4-16-1949
Sells drive-in on Clinton Street to Don P. and Lois Drake. 3-2-1953
Of Babcock Oil Co. 2-21-1959
Garage on Clinton Street Road damaged by fire - $25,000 damage - pictures. 1-2-1963
To have Open House to show new model pre-cut homes on Clinton Street. 5-21-1964
Asks City to supply water to Stringham Drive. 4-8-1967
Exhibits factory-built homes on Clinton Street Road. 8-2-1967
Picture: Babcock home under drifts. 3-10-1971
Ban lifted on work on Babcock Service Station at 669 Ellicott St. 2-2-1972
Arrested for dumping on his own property - picture. 8-16-1973
Judge adjourns dumping case.
Turns 80 on 8/8/88. Has had five successful business ventures. Came to
Batavia in 1945. Sold trucks at International Harvester place. Owneroperator
of Babcock Mobil Home Park. Former owner of Genesee Drive-in
Theatre. Had search-light business before Country Kitchen opened.
9-18-1973
A gasoline, gas and oil business - all on Clinton Street. 8-8-1988
Has quadruple by-pass surgery on heart - doing well. 7-17-1989
Interview with. 12-1996
Obit - 92. 6-6-2001
Tribute to. Editorial. 6-5?
Babcock, Sherman Marries Edith Mantor. 10-2-1937
Passes bar exam. 12-22-1938
Joins father as Bobcock and Babcock, 106 Main St. 4-3-1939
Appointed transfer tax attorney.
Buys Curtis Building, 8-10 Jackson site (not building) where father started.
George Babcock had first office on Jackson Street in building now replaced
1-9-1959
by Curtis Building at 8-10 Jackson St. 4-18-1962
President of Genesee County Bar Association. 12-5-1968
Retires from Mental Health Board. 9-25-1970
Babcock, Mrs. Sherman In hospital. 4-30-1968
Obit - 56. 3-7-1973
Babcock, Thomas Married Ann. L. Rieman in Hilton, NY. 7-1-1967
Babcock & Babcock Formed - 106 Main St. 4-3-1939
Plans building in UR area - sketch. 12-22-1965
Moving office from Washington Ave. to 334 East Main. 4-12-1967
Zoning changed on East Main for. 5-9-1967
Law firm now 100 years old - picture of four present members. 9-11-1999
Babcock Motors 385 West Main St. George W. Babcock.
Gerald H. Post buys 32 foot trailer - picture - at Babcock Motors - for long
distance trucking - tandem axels - 8 tires. 3-29-1946
Harold Northrup going to 385 West Main. 12-23-1946
Leases little Quonset recently built for display. 1-8-1947
Leases place on West Main Street Road. 1-8-1947
Full page ad - Elmer Roach, manager. 1-10-1947

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Babcock Motors (cont) Hill Society Circus breaks down - Babcock Motors to supply truck - picture. 10-23-1948
Sold to Boyle Motor Company, south side of West Main St. - west of City limits.
Raymond Babcock sells Babcock Motors to Boyle's Motor Sales Corp.
3-22-1949
Babcock to sell trucks & trailers. 3-22-1949
Ad: Babcock Service Station on Clinton to carry flight gasoline. 12-31-1957
Babcock Service Station Police investigating a break-in at. Ellicott Street near Cedar Street. 1-6-1964
Babe Ruth Stadium New Little League baseball stadium in Williams Park to be called "Babe Ruth
Stadium." 6-21-1959
Picture: Ceremony to be August 4th. 8-1-1959
Picture: Dedication of Stadium. 8-5-1959
Babies - Abandoned Baby found in Cooley's warehouse. 2-22-1892
Testimony says was born alive. 2-25-1892
Locke's to adopt baby left on doorstep in February.
Beautiful blue-eyed baby left on doorstep of Rev. A. F. Colburn -
5-26-1892
Methodist Pastor. 12-23-1892
Augusta Schelling of East Oakfield offers to adopt Colburn doorstep baby. 1-6-1893
Baby above adopted by Mockfords of West Bethany. 2-16-1893
Body of infant frozen, in bundle, found by two boys on Seaver Place. 12-26-1906
No info on baby. Apparently born dead, not killed. 12-27-1906
Infant found on doorstep on Walnut Street adopted. 5-21-1912
Murdered baby found under building, end of Ross Street. 2-23-1919
Bertha Hale and daughter Viola held. 2-24-1919
Hales held for Grand Jury. 3-14-1919
Infant girl left on Ross Street porch. 10-30-1926
Infant wrapped in towels found on Denio Street - newly born.
Body of infant found on bank of creek near River Street bridge.
11-1-1927
See: Mary C. Reed. 8-12-1938
Body of a new born infant found in tool shed at St. Joseph Cemetery. 7-8-1939
Body of baby found under tree on Bank Street farm. 4-30-1942
Trio held in baby death: Hella Mitchell, Mr. & Mrs. Harry Schra…..? 6-1-1942
Baby case dropped - lack of evidence. 6-3-1942
Baby girl found in basket near Children's Home. 3-19-1945
Offers to adopt baby girl pour in. 3-20-1945
Patricia Ann (above baby) doing well. 3-16-1946
Body of infant found in creek on Boles farm, Creek Road. 1-9-1946
Abandoned infant found in Darien Service Station (Baby X) 11-22-1948
Baby X - one year old - doing fine. 7-6-1949
Baby X named William Samuel (fostered by Dipson) doing well. 11-19-1949
Five day old baby found at Thruway stop. 1-20-1960
Mother found - child to Children's Court. 1-23, 25-1960
Infant of 2 or 3 days left with Median. 4-29-1960
Baby girl found, St. Joseph's parking? Picture. 7-8-1966
Baby X on way to adoption. 7-12, 15-1966
Victoria Mayne delivers baby in toilet - abandons it.
Mayne charged and case to Grand Jury. Child now with adoptive family -
9-2-1998
doing well. 10-8-1998
Victoria Mayne charged with endangering newborn infant in toilet. (See Mayne) 12-1998
Baby Farm All during 1887 - didn't note dates.
Cynthia McDonald tried. 3-1-1988
Jennie Greenbaum Drock of Bank Street Road accused of running baby farm. 3-11-1940

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Babysitting Certification of babysitters - cost $600 a year - scares off many babysitters. 5-2-1989
Baccalaureate Services For second year baccalaureate services to be at each church. 6-18-1937
Bach Machine Shop At 44 Swan Street started by William Bach in 1985, expanding -
1250 sq. ft. to 2750 sq. ft. 6-28-1989
Bachellor, Donald Son-in-law of Bachellors, elected congressman in Honduras.
Bachellors returned from Honduras, say recent trouble there greatly
2-22-1986
exaggerated by Press. 5-5-1988
Bachelors Harry L. Rider entertains friends as agreed two years ago when all were
free men. He is the first to be engaged. Newell K. Cone; James L. Kelly;
Guy E. Lown; Milton R. Miller; Frank Thomas; J. Blaine Thomas; John C.
Pratt; Marshall C. Rumsey; John B. (Sloan?); George W. Watson. 5-26-1911
Bachelor's Club Meets.
To dissolve. Met in home of Ralph Chandler Parker, 16 Summit St. since
11-2-1920
last fall. To disband June 1.
Reunion - next to last member recently married. Club started in fall of 1908
when 14 young men were celebrating the re-election of Charles Evans
Hughes as governor. All then bachelors. Each entertains as gives up
single state. Latest, Blaine Thomas. Only one still single (now out west) -
Clifford Van Lowe. Members: George W. Watson; John B. Seaver;
Guy E. Lown; Marshall Rumsey; J. Frank Thomas; Harry L. Rider; John C.
Pratt; Newell K. Cone; Milton R. Miller; James L. Kelly; all above present
plus not named guests. Not present: Raymond Walker; George P.
4-14-1921
Southworth. 7-23-1924
Bachulak, Joseph G. Killed in France. 7-24, 28-1944
Backhoe Joe's Former Kornarski's - Tiffany Lounge - Angel's becomes Backhoe Joe's in
1986 or 1987.
Two brothers stabbed at. 4-7-1989
Backus, Charles Backus and P. P. Bradish form association to manufacture the Backus Heater. 7-10-1883
Demand for Backus Heater brisk.
New company: Batavia Manufacturing Co. set up to manufacture Backus
10-20-1883
Heating apparatus and other plumbing furniture. 3-22-1884
Column on Backus heating apparatus by Bradish and Backus. 4-3-1884
Backwash Local rock group, ready to release CD. Jim Lowe, Vincent Pastore, Tony
Pontillo & Howard Cotton, Jr. - picture. 9-28-1995
Lowe and Pastore taking Backwash south on tour.
To tour south under name Aardvark because there is a southern group
7-18-1996
Backwash. 8-10-1996
Bacon, Lavern C. Dead in Europe. 9-18-1944
Baggs, Joe Raymond Russell makes the police the butt of his Joe Baggs drawings. 3-11-1912
Russell displays nine drawings at McLaughlin Cigar store. 3-8-1912
Baglio, Joseph Padlock proceedings started against Baglio proprietor at 36 Main. 3-20-1931
36 Main Street padlocked - furnishings cleared out. 4-7-1931

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Baglio, Samuel Liquor still found in barn burning at 227 S. Liberty - rented by Baglio. 10-9-1922
Baglio, landlord of Ellicott Square Hotel, arrested for still. 10-10-1922
Baha: of Western New York State Baha Convention at YWCA this week. 10-30-1969
Baha is to meet at Salvation Army Citadel. 7-9-1976
To meet in Clarendon. 5-12-1990
Convening at Sheraton. 10-4-1991
Bailey, Claude Buys Orpheun(?) Theatre - will open it - has had theatre in Le Roy. 10-20-1910
Bailey, Capt. L. R. Obit. 6-12-1886
Bailey, Nicodemus Chapin on Bailey - picture. 10-14-1961
Bailey's married 50 years. 12-22-1961
Dead on Reservation. 1-7-1966
Bailey, Raymond K. Moves his radiator service from rear of 39 Center St. to 247 West Main St. 10-22-1936
Bailey Radiator Service Moves from rear of 39 Center St. to 247 West Main. 10-22-1936
Baird, John Buys brick yard of Royce, opposite fairgrounds on Ellicott St. of
of W. C. Woolsey and John Schafer. 3-22-1887
Tally Olmquist tells me John Baird owned the brickyard in Bergen, NY
and is said to have supplied the bricks to build the NY State School.
Baird, Malcolm Obit. 7-6-1953
Baker, Dr. Ellis W. Bakers of Syracuse Forging interested in Batavia. 12-6-1888
Dr. & Mrs. Baker here. 1-16-1889
Has exploding bullet injure eye.
Dr. & Mrs. Baker and son, W. E. Baker, moving to Virginia because of
7-11-1892
Dr. Baker's health. 4-28-1898
Dead in Norfolk, VA. Mrs. Baker a second wife - sister of S. D. Howard.
To settle Dr. Baker's estate, 80 shares of Baker Gun Co. stock sold to
2-16-1899
Dr. H. S. Hutchins and J. W. Leseur. 4-18-1902
Baker, Dr. Harrison V. Announcer at Downs, resigns. 4-4-1986
Baker, Herbert F. With Louis F. Walz to open auto supply store at 47 Main Street. 3-10-1919
Sells Batavia Auto Supply to Porter M. Davis and Webster H. Tuttle. 2-28-1923
Baker, Herbert L. Obit - 100 Summit St. Real estate dealer. 4-26-1960
Baker, Jacob Shoemaker.
In 1883 Directory - not in 1896.
Mrs. W. E. Webster has contracted to purchase from F. S. Wood, executor
and trustee, the Baker building, 78 Main Street. 11-13-1894
78 Main Street - Shoemaker there in 1869. In 1888 Jacob Baker lived at
36 West Main.
Baker, Jennie Cowdin Second wife of Dr. John F. Baker who died 5-16-1898 aged 83. Married
Philadelphian, Samuel Newburn. 3-7-1907
Died - aged 78 - in Kansas City on 9-11-1914. 9-14-1914

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Baker, Dr. John Follett Health Officer. See also: Silver Ash
Dr. Baker and son Dr. John W. Baker dissolve partnership. Dr. John F. at
5 bank St. Dr. John W. over Hewitt's Store. 4-1-1890
Commences an addition on south side of 5 Bank St. for private quarters.
Later a patient leaving 5 Bank Street fell into the excavation. 3-24-1891
Purchases from J. L. Swan the right to use Silver Ash treatment for
alcoholism. 3-31-1893
Oldest local practicing physician, dead in 83rd year. 5-16-1898
Daughter, Fannie Baker Hartley, died 9-9-1902
Baker, Dr. John W. To Albany on business. 10-31-1902
Sues William H. Watson to recover dollar for treating thumb. 12-18-1902
Moves office from Bank Street to Walker building, over Pattersons Drugs. 4-16-1902
Appointed Health Officer for four years. 4-11-1904
New Health Officer. 2-4-1919
Obit - 97. 8-8-1936
Baker, Louis Once associated with Walker, Shaw and Baker - dead at 72. Had purchased
bakery of R. C. Page on Exchange Street. Ran it until March 1894 when
firm dissolved. Since then Baker baked at New York State School.
Once Mayor. 3-17-1900
Baker, Miss Marjory Dance instructor at Dance de Luxe Studio. 9-12-1914
Baker, Dr. Peter Moving office to 24 West Main St. - former Dellinger House. Son of Matron
at State School. Moved from Syracuse. 3-19-1940
Survives ship lost in Pacific. Picture. 11-12-1942
Picture: Recovering in Pacific after rescue. 10-9-1943
Promoted to major. 7-21-1945
Taking PG course. 4-12-1947
Dr. and Mrs. Baker of 117 Bank St. 3-3-1951
Baker, Philip City cat and dog mortitian, finds cost of driving to animal cemetery on
Lewiston Road more than the dollar he is now paid. Gets $1.50 for dog,
$1.25 for cats. 4-3-1947
In hospital in Syracuse with eye infection. 9-29-1949
Baker, William H. Baker Gun Co. Baker - inventor of gun parts - dead. 10-10-1889
Baker Constrution Co. Sign on location Off Track Belt area. 5-1989
Baker Gun Co. Gun company contemplating moving from Syracuse. Committee trying to
raise $5,000 to get Syracuse Forging to come here. Syracuse Forging
burned in Syracuse a week ago. Bakers interested.
Mr. Wiard and Dr. Hutchins visited Syracuse and brought back a favorable
report. Syracuse Forging & Gun Company proposes coming here.
12-6-1888
Favor former Portable Engine Co. building. May need $88,000. 12-11-1888
Gun company would help town. 12-21-1888
Definite offer received. 12-22-1888
Committee hopes to buy old Engine Company for Syracuse Forging. 12-27-1888
Dr. Baker and Mr. Mylcrane here. 12-31-1888
Money for Syracuse all in. 1-2-1889
Work begun on buildings by Bakers. Mr. & Mrs. Baker here. 1-16-1889
Gang of men altering old Engine Works for Gun Company. 1-17-1889
New company to start as Syracuse Forging and Gun Company. 1-19-1889

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Baker Gun Co. (cont) Gun Company machinery on way. 2-11-1889
Last of Gun Company machinery arrives. Setting up Gun Company engines today. 2-19-1889
Gun Company to make 6,000 guns a year. 2-26-1889
Term "Baker Gun Co." first used for Syracuse Forging and Gun Company. 7-19-1889
Guns being shipped to every part of the country. 8-22-1889
Gun works running night shift - 100 at work. 12-11-1889
Getting sprinkler system. 9-11-1890
Gun Company great asset here - had good year.
Gun Company to erect brick building on corner of Liberty and School streets -
1-21-1890
use present building as office. 3-29-1890
Ground broken. 4-4-1890
Change name Syrcuse Gun to Baker Gun. 4-9-1890
Name change made official - now Baker Gun & Forging Co. 4-28-1890
Office still incomplete - scene of party for employees. 7-1-1890
Being enclosed by tight board fence. 10-31-1890
Begins making ball bearings for bicycles. 7-10-1891
To run night and day. 11-3-1891
To double stock. 1-20-1892
Expects to put out 10,000 gunes in year. 3-30-1892
Supt. Frank A. Hollenbech invents machine to put ribbing in rifles. 7-30-1892
Came here partly due to influence of William T. Mylcrane. ?
Has new hammerless gun - to be exhibited at Worlds Fair. 10-13-1892
Turning out expensive guns, beautifully engraved - one costs $250.
To settle extate of Dr. Ellis F. Baker, 80 shares of Baker Gun Co. stock sold
10-5-1896
to Dr. H. S. Hutchins and J. W. LeSeur. 4-18-1902
J. M. Farwell, brother-in-law of Arthur G. Hough, new secretary/treasurer. 11-19-1902
William T. Mylcrane retires as President. 1-26-1904
E. J. Mockford heads company. 2-3-1904
New whistle - three tones that blend. 5-6-1905
Company in fine shape.
To enlarge - to install drop forge department in new space - 120 employees.
1-9-1906
Mockford to retire due to illness - D. W. Tomlinson new superintendent. 1-15-1907
Frederick M. Farwell new president. 2-1-1907
Stockholders vote to reduce capital stock from $200,000 to $100,000. 1-14-1908
Office renovated. 4-26-1908
Running night and day. 11-22-1909
Charged with infringement of patent for Febinger. 1-11-1910
Gets restraining order for making Faberger rifles - 25 laid off.
Pres. Farwell says legal trouble developed between Baker Gun and
Faberger Arms Co. of New Orleans. Baker has contract to make 20,000
Faberge guns. New Orleans company says infringement of their legal
rights, deny contract.
6-2-1910
Owner of Febinger Rifles sues Baker - story outlined.
J. C. Febinger - here a year - interested in (own) manufacture of rifles at
12-29-1910
Baker Gun - returning with family to New Orleans. 2-22-1911
Henry B. Febinger case in court. 4-5-1911
Also making auto parts. 4-18-1911
Wins Febinger case - may continue to make Febinger Rifles. 5-20-1911
Doing drop forge castings for Gould Coupling Co. of Depew. 9-25-1911
Doing drop forge steel work for Massey-Harris. 12-12-1911
New model called "Holland-Batavia" - orders in several thousand. 2-27-1912
To manufacture Universal Joint.
Company in shake-up. Frederick M. Farwell, president, to resign March 1st.
Buying Jamesville Manufacturing Co. of which Hugh Brugman of
Syracuse is president. Brugman to run gun manufacturing, D. W. Tomlinson
5-31-1912

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Baker Gun Co. (cont) to continue as superintendent. Jamesville Mfg. Co. makes auto parts.
Strikes in Belgium have limited manufacturing of gun barrels - limiting
gun construction. 2-15-1913
Making parts for aeroplanes for Curtis orders. 7-3-1915
Old wooden fence around company being replaced by cement posts & wire.
See: Past & Present December 8, 1900
8-17-1916
Sold to H & D Folsom Arms. Short history of Baker Gun. 12-26-1919
Stops making guns - to make auto parts. 4-19-1920
To manufacture auto parts under name Batavia Auto Products Co.
Daniel W. Tomlinson and William Adsit making regeneration for auto engines.
9-9-1921
Regenerator perfected by Tomlinson. 1-16-1922
Bank of Batavia bid on Baker Gun property after foreclosure. 7-31-1922
To make small tools and hammers.
On Baker Gun Co. finances in 1920 when W. W. Buxton signed note he is now
1-6-1923
refusing to pay. Tomlinson testifies. 2-10-1927
Buxton sues Bank of Batavia on settlement above. 2-9-16,3-9-1927
Reminiscent article on - products now collectors items. 6-26-1946?
Winegar recalls. 6-22-1965
Article on. 7-17-1965
Chapter from McEvoy book. 5-11-1995
Bakeries Bakeries in city in 1882:
1. Baker and Walkenshaw, 63 Main. 2. Uebele, 18 Main. Rebuilt in 1886.
Flames threaten old bake shop in rear of Tomlinson block at Exchange Place
August 17, 1894. Many big fires in area spare old shop.
Smith & Cheeseman in Guiteau block on Jackson St. dissolve partnership -
Smith to run. 1-29-1895
Smith Bakeshop on Exchange being torn down. 3-12-1895
Part to be saved to store hose cart. Alerts. 3-15-1895
Smith moving across Jackson St. from Guiteau to Tranier Building. 3-27-1895
C. W. Richmond of State Street Bakery. 4-25-1895
Mrs. W. W. Kinney opening bakery at 32 Jackson St. - formerly Blodgett Bakery 4-2-1896
O. A. Blodgett at 70 Main - lunches, baked goods, ice cream parlor. 5-6-1896
Otto Fricker to open bakery at 507 East Main Street. 11-13-1896
G. W. Smith Bakery - corner of Center and Main - closes. 12-28-1896
A. B. Clark of Pittsford taking bakery corner of Center.
O. A. Blodgett sells bakery at 70 Main to Albert J. Burns of Stafford (Now at
1-6-1897
146 State St.) 9-6-1897
D. M. Jones at 507 East Main.
A. B. Clark sells bakery at 119 Main - corner of Center St. - to Albert Lawyer
10-9-1897
of Medina.
Frank E. Stevenson bought bakery - 32 Jackson Street - from mother
10-20-1897
Mrs. W. W. Kenney. Stevenson's in 1900 Directory. 12-18-1897
Horace Williams opens bakery at 59 Jackson. 1-27-1898
J. M. Thomas bakery corner of Main and Center.
Walter W. White leases Heal block - 32 Main - to open bakery, confectionery
8-8-1898
and temperance restaurant. 9-15-1898
New bakery opens Monday - 59 Jackson. 9-17-1898
J. M. Burns sells bakery - 59 Jackson St. to Byron Osborn of Byron.
Ad: Stephenson, F. E. of 32 Jackson St. - bread kneaded under perfect
5-1-1899
conditions - picture of 4 men around kneading pan. 11-10-1899
Louis Baker - once with Walkenshaw and Baker - dead at 72. 3-17-1900
Frank E. Stephenson - baker on Jackson St. - marries Cora Blumerick.
New sign for bakery of Horace Williams - corner of Main and Center -
6-13-1900
unsatisfactory. 7-6-1900

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Bakeries (cont.) Mrs. Martha Cheeseman sells Ellicott Square Bakery in Kraft building to
to David Streamer of Buffalo. 8-14-1900
Valentine Koralewski to build house and bakery at 215 Ellicott St. 9-14-1900
Walter Koralewski opening Vienna Bakery at 115 Ellicott Street. 11-17-1900
Negotiations for sale of Williams Bakery to Charles Lefevre falls through. 11-20-1900
Williams Bakery sold to Mrs. Sarah Lathrop. 11-30-1900
Sarah E. Lathrop sells bakery at Center and Main to Mrs. William Page of Vine St. 12-15-1900
J. M. Fuller has taken East End bakery with D. M. Jones. 12-19-1900
L. J. Morgan sells bakery at 59 Jackson to J. C. DeShon.
DeShon sells bakery on Jackson St. Sold to W. J. & E. C. Jacks - to be
2-24-1901
Jacks Brothers.
Bakery corner of Main & Center - fixtures sold to pay mortgage by
7-29-1901
Mrs. W. E. Page against Sarah E. Lathrop - for $200. 8-26-1901
Mrs. Lathrop sells bakery to William L. Burke of Washington Ave. 8-27-1901
Horace G. Williams buys East End Bakery. 11-30-1901
Burke, in Center St. corner, discontinues bakery after three months. 12-2-1901
Horace G. Williams buys bakery corner Center St. from Mrs. Sarah Lathrop. 12-13-1901
Jenks Bros bakery on Jackson St. in business 5 weeks, discontinued. 12-23-1901
Charles O'Brien opened East End Bakery. 1-20-1902
Albert Lear leases East End Bakery - will put in line of groceries.
Sophia Ayres exchanged bakery on Liberty St. with S. B. Darfey for house
1-29-1902
and lot.
Waldron and Crossland Bakery - 59 Jackson St. - closed; stock seized.
2-7-1902
Crossland left town, location unknown. 7-24-1902
Crossland still in town. Mrs. Crossland hopes to reopen. 7-25-1902
C. W. Folger opens bakery at 509 E. Main. 10-7-1902
S. B. Durfey - Ellicott Street baker - has dough mixing machine.
C. W. Chappel sells bakery at 10 State St. to Albert J. Burns. (James White
5-21-1903
ran it for Chappel.) Burns owned it earlier when it was on Main Street. 9-5-1903
Burns Bakery closed under bankruptcy - 10 State St. 2-4-1904
Burns sold bakery - repurchased it. 5-16-1904
Williams bakery advertising bread. 11-4-1904
Kerslewski's Bakery - 325 Ellicott - damaged by fire. 8-7-1905
Ad: Churchill & Barber - corner of Main & Center - homemade bread & pastries. 10-5-1906
Churchill Bakery gets new bread mixing machinery.
James A. White on way to work Hiscutt Bakery 240 Ellicott Ave. at 4am hit
3-27-1908
by train.
Alvin A. Wilkes purchases Williams Bakery from J. M . Smith - Main & Center.
4-29-1908
Wilkes of Albion - Smith to Holley. 1-20-1909
C. W. Richmond open bakery - 35 West Main St.
Richardson moving bakery from Hough Building to vacant store in
2-8-1910
Williams building. 7-8-1910
Walter Koralewski, the Ellicott St. baker, shot at burglar - luckily poor shot. 8-18-1910
H. B. Silvernail to sell home baked goods at 456 Ellicott St. 2-25-1911
Charles Richmond closes bakery. 3-30-1912
G. H. Coulson advertises bakery at 38 Jackson St. - to open soon.
Sarah Andrews sells bakery at 115 State St. to Mrs. Mary L. Osborn
9-28-1912
of Hornell. 12-3-1913
Ellicott Street Bakery - 325 Ellicott St.
Peter H. Smith bakery in Pan Am Building closed - Herbert Hampton
11-12-1914
selling fixtures.
Horace G. Williams sells bakery corner Main & Center Sts. To George E. Lear.
4-2-1915
Mr. Williams conducted for past 18 years. 8-3-1916

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SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Bakeries (cont.) Mrs. Nancy D. Lear sold bakery at corner of Main & Center- formerly
Williams Bakery - to Florence Sprague. Was run by Mrs. Lear's son
George D. Lear.
Adolph G. Henning to move dry goods store to above corner. Mrs. Sprague
1-9-1917
must move.
Bakery at Main and Center sold on judgment against Lear. Hiscutt to buy
1-26-1917
machinery.
Past and Present column: Henning, now going into building at corner of Main
and Center Streets - the first business not a bakery at that location.
Frank Gast opened The Vienna Bakery there over 35 years ago when
3-22-1917
the building was completed. 5-5-1917
Thompson and Coventry of Lockport to open bakery at 114 Main St. 12-27-1919
Langs of Buffalo to open store at 35 West Main St.
Dibble rents one of stores in former Post Office building to open (Clark's)
4-1-1920
Housewife Bakery. 12-31-1921
Hiscutt to double size. 8-17-1925
John R. Bojanowski the baker at 421 Ellicott St. fined for having liquor in truck. 6-22-1927
Howard Schmuck and Fred G. Hartman, Oakfield bakers, bankrupt.
Ferdinand W. McCosken, formerly with Hiscutt, buys Andrews Bakery,
1-17-1928
3 State St.
Rena W. Wilson and Mrs. Emma Lowe to open home bake shop at
8-30-1933
235 West Main. 1-12-1940
Home Bake Shop, 11 Bank St. 4-15-1941
Fire in Batavia Sanitary Bakery, 421 Ellicott St., Quilitiarco(?) Prospero, owner. 5-1-1941
Ad: Batavia Pastry Shop, 3 State St. made wedding cake for Valle wedding. 7-13-1948
Richard Gervase opening Bake Shop at 216 Ellicott St.
Country Pride Bakery on Liberty St.
Dunkin Donuts on West Main St.
11-11-1965
Bãla, Irene See: Eagle Window Cleaning
Balbick, Paul Trietley on Paul Balbick - picture - polio victim. 6-5-1954
Sues college (GCC) for making access to his office difficult. 10-29-1999
Balbick, Robert J. Balbick passes bar exam. 12-20-1974
Joins Harris Gardner. 11-15-1975
Has been Police Attorney 6 years. City studying plans to reduce work load. 3-10-1990
To replace Schultz as City Court Judge. 3-23-1992
Winegar on. Wife Jane. Address 105 Richmond Avenue. 3-31-1992
Interview with. 4-6-1992
Picture: article on courts. 6-1-1995
Says increased case load burdening the court. 8-7-1996
Running for second term as City Court judge, opposed by D. Michael Murray. 6-16-1998
Letters to Ed on Balbick for Judge. 9-11-1998
More letters commending Judge Balbick. 9-12-1998
Letter to Ed outlines credentials. 10-23-1998
Wins - calls it vote of confidence. Picture. 11-4-1998
1,096 signatures gains Balbick "Families First" line for September election. 8-22-2000
Ad for Balbick plus picture.
Balbick, a Republican, running on Independent and Family First party.
8-29-2000
Letter to Ed about, picture of family. 9-7-2000
Articles by and about Balbick and Adams, candidates for Family Court. 9-9-2000
Loses to Adams. 9-13-2000

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SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Balbick, Kristen Continues family tradition by graduating first at Notre Dame High. Picture
with father Robert who was second in his class at Notre Dame,
grandmother Ethel Marzolt who was first in her class at St. Mary's Academy. 6-21-1997
Balcom, Roy Retiring - head of GLF for Western New York area. 7-3-1948
Baldwin, Howard J. Buys Spa Restaurant at 46 Main St. from Paul Hanley who lost license. 9-25-1941
James P Carrubba to open bakery 119 Liberty St. 4-15-1948
Baldwin, Janet Quait To replace Ella Renkert as Exec. Sec. Of YWCA. 10-10-1989
Mentioned in article on Mrs. Renkert's new position. 1-8-1990
Baldwins, Raymond & Virginia (Hickernell)
Going to Bangkok. 5-27-1972
Return from Tehran. 1-5-1976
Obit. - Raymond - 84. 8-29-1997
Balicki, Edward F. Obit. - age 61. Former manager of Sleghts. 12-18-1986
Balkwill, William 18 - killed in Minuteman Service Station robbery. 1-17-1974
Many murder tips. 1-18-1974
Joseph Pawlowski arrested. 1-29-1974
Ball, Catherine A. Catherine Ball Jensen graduates from Rosary Hill, Magna Cum Laude. 6-5-1976
To speak in Germany on Business Management. 4-28-1987
Daughter of Donald Ball admitted to Supreme Court bar - picture. 6-11-1988
Ball, Chester Black youth employed at Stafford Country Club murders employee of club. 8-18-1927
Police searching for Ball. 8-19-1927
Ball traced to Linwood. 8-20-1927
Ball held. 8-23-1927
Ball on trial. 11-2-1927
Ball sentenced without trial. 11-10-1927
Ball sent to Auburn. 11-17-1927
Ball, Donald Marries(?) Cecilia Tessitore. 1-14-1953
Ball, Juanita Opens photo studio - Juanita Ball Photograph Studio - in Genesee Toy &
Gift Shop, 116 Main St. 10-9-1931
Ball Grain and Feed Co. Mae W. Ball, Florence J. Ball and Harold W. Ball of 112 Bank St. start
new business. 10-10-1930
Ball Rubber Co. To take Hewitt-Robbins building in Industrial Park. 8-9-1974
Leases Litton Systems facility in the Industrial Park. 10-17-1974
Bets permit to enlarge building. 12-11-1974
To open in March. 1-9-1975
Acquires assets of ACS (Computer Systems) in Bradford, CT. 1-27-1975
Planning second shift. Manufactures Twin Weld welding hose. 5-9-1975
Official says no bottle lids available here (canners find shortage in groceries)
Sells Ball Rubber Division to newly formed Chardon Corp. - will become
7-30-1975
Ball Rubber Division of Chardon. 8-31-1978
Chardon phases out Twin Weld, moves division from Ohio to Industrial Park. 8-15-1987
Twin Weld sharing building at Industrial Park. Workers told us. 10-22-1987

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SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Ballard, Byron To retire - 29 years at State School. 3-17-1967
Article on - Kathy Smith. 8-5-1967
Obit - 75.
First scout in school's history to attain Life rank. Not a local boy - student
at State School.
11-14-1980
Ballard, Mrs. Byron Kathy Smith on - she is one of 40 teachers teaching Hadley Correspondance
School for the Blind. 11-18-1967
Ballard, E. F. Sells flour and feed business at 14 Main to C. A. Husk. 3-1-1905
Ballard, Frank W. Marries Mary F. Osborn. 1-12-1910
U. S. Commissioner. Lives at 120 Jackson St. 9-11-1940
Obit - 84. Dean of Genesee Bar. 4-19-1945
Ballard, Mrs. Frank Obit. Formerly of 120 Jackson St. 2-26-1947
Ballard house - Jackson St. Frank W. Ballard bought Watson-Easton residence and property, west side
of Jackson Street from Mrs. C. F. Bissell. 11-2-1893
Dr. D. B. Horton leases Ballard home, Jackson and Maple St. 2-26-1894
J. D. Ballard and family to move to Watson house next door. 2-26-1894
Dr. Horton and family now in Ballard house. 4-21-1894
Mrs. Cora Wilford to open hospital in Ballard house, corner Maple & Jackson St. 7-21-1900
Balloon Hot Air Balloon: Pauline Zuczuski, 5 South Lyon St.
Ballooning Edward Allen, nephew, Leonard Radley (Buddy Radley)
Second balloon meet a success. 9-14-1981
Winegar on ballooning by friends of Eddie Allen.
Balloon meet advertised for Darien Lake all through July 1983.
Balloons over Batavia for Fair Grounds June 26 and 27. Program. In place
1-4-1979
of air show of past years. 6-24-1999
Ballymore House of Mrs. & Mrs. John A. Coon on State Street Road. 11-13-1903
Balonek, Tim Moved to write history of Batavia Little League in researching Ernie Parks,
of Ernie Parks Stadium. 6-7-1999
New book out - picture. 6-9-1999
Bancard System Opens office in Amherst. 12-12-1990
Banas, Gary Gary Banas Auto Sales Inc. of East Main Street charged with not forwarding
permanent ownership papers to new buyers. 8-1-1997
Also charged with not paying for cars on consignment, charged in child
support. 10-31-1997
Given probation, must pay $140,000 restitution. 2-27-1998
Sentenced Tuesday to pay $90,000 to the other car dealer, David Mancuso,
do 300 hours of community service. Other charges include failure to pay
child support, etc. Probably not do jail time because he owes so much
money. 3-18-1998
Sentenced to year in Onondaga jail for grand larceny there. 3-26-1998
Bandits See: Football.

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SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Bands Past & Present Column: 22 years ago Batavia had four bands;
1. Batavia City Band - made up of members of Moose Club -
J. M. Wood, Director.
2. Genesee Band - Eugene L. de Voll, Director.
3. Italian Imperial Band - Dominic Sabia, Director.
4. Polish Band - George Forbes, Director. 4-5-1937
Bandstand Twenty men at work on Ellicott Square bandstand. 5-28-1895
Subscription started for bandstand in Court House Park. 6-5-1897
No new bandstand this year. 6-15-1897
Bids too high. 8-26-1918
Council deciding fate of Ellicott Square bandstand. 9-16-1941
Ellicott Square bandstand being razed.
Winegar gets comment on Ellicott Square bandstand washed away in
5-26-1942
1942 flood.
Winegar describes bandstand proposed by Rotary as gift to Centennial Park -
12-2-1976
also picture.
Rotary members offer bandstand to City Council with three members
12-9-1998
opposed to Park as location. 12-15-1998
Planning Board recommends accepting. 12-18-1998
Council may hold hearing on bandstand. 12-23-1998
Most of those at hearing oppose bandstand. 1-12-1999
Rotary, park neighbors, to confer. 1-20-1999
Editorial on. 1-22-1999
Question of bandstand put on hold for period of cooling off. 2-10-1999
City Council seeking compromise suggestions.
Rotary withdraws offer of bandstand - says has other ways to meet needs
4-13-1999
of capital project. 4-23-1999
Bank of Batavia Joins Marine Midland. 7-16-1931
Picture of in 1924. 9-4-1976
Bank of Castile Acquires Anchor Savings - will open in Batavia. 12-26-1991
Looks for location to buy or to build. 12-11-1992
Now in trailer in Mancuso Parking lot. 6-1993
Appoints Robert J. Bennett and Sandra Weiler bank officers. Ad & picture.
Bank opens today in trailer, corner of School and Liberty St. - to locate in
Brand Names Plaza. Says has many customers here. Some history
6-21-1993
of the bank. 6-28-1993
Going into former Bank of Le Roy, 408 E. Main St. Sign on building. 2-1994
Reports record earnings. 5-2-1994
Home bank reports record earnings for 1994. 10-31-1994
Officials foresee growth. 5-21-1996
Encourages volunteerism for manager - Bob Bennett in Batavia, Le Roy.
Round the clock banking at 2 locations - 408 East Main and Genesee
6-24-1996
Memorial Hospital. Ad.
Reports increased earnings, believed due to customer service. Parent
7-25-1996
company: Letchworth Independent Bankcorp, James W. Fulmer, president. 5-9-1997
Earnings continue to climb. 7-28-1997
Chamber of Commerce choice as Business of Year - picture.
Parent company approves split in B of C stock "Letchworth Independent
2-21-1998
Bancshares" 5-11-1998

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SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Bank of Genesee See: Manufacturers & Traders
Picture. 7-25-1912
Bank of Le Roy See: Genesee Country Bank
Central Trust in 1987
Bank Street H. E. Smith to place electric lights in handsome house Mr. O. Moulton is
building. 122 Bank in 1900.
110 Bank St. John G. Russell sold house and lot south of his residence to
10-14-1885
Irving D. Southworth, the liveryman. The Progressive Batavian
George D. Kenyon sold house on Bank St. occupied by Dr. J. F. Baker to
10-29-1886
Mrs. Baker. The Progressive Batavian
Two houses change hands: 135 Bank St. - Loomis place; 137 Bank St -
1-21-1887
Prescott place. Sold to Charles Moore, a carpenter.
47 barns behind the houses on the two sides of Bank between Main and
9-17-1906
Noacks greenhouses.
Doehler Die Casting Co. buys tract on east side of Bank St. north of North St.
5-1-1913
to erect 12 houses for workmen. 4-25-1925
Past and Present column: Paragraph on Bank St. once called Dingle Alley.
Past and Present column: Another explanation of name Dingle Alley. Bell
foundry of Cochran and Fisher was north of Washington Ave. Most
5-29-1926
of bells in this part of the country were cast here. 10-2-1926
Picture: 229 Bank St. - new house for sale. 2-18-1927
Picture: 105 Bank St. - house of late Mrs. Mary Kinsey. 7-2-1928
Picture: 30 Bank St. - for sale.
Dr. Homer Harvey and Dr. Ward Manchester buy 4 Bank St. - former
7-17-1929
Moynihan home. 11-29-1927
4 Bank St. now ready for occupancy - 2 office suites, 2 stores & residence. 6-11-1928
Business zoning asked for Bank. 6-8-1948
Bank St. changed to Business A.
Picture: 118 Bank St. - new house of Superintendent of NY State School.
7-20-1948
Formerly owned by Morris ? 4-26-1949
Eber(?) Palmer moving to 118 Bank though work not yet completed. 1-8-1951
Picture: 33 Bank St. - built by Dr. Spofford in 1905 - for sale.
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Russell buy 33 Bank St. - to remodel for two families - owned
7-5-1956
by c. T. Piehl.
Dr. Homer Harvey sells 4 Bank St. to Averill A. and Marie Ticen - Marie's
11-23-1956
Elite Beauty Shop. 2-2-1957
Picture: 26 Bank St. - former YWCA residence for sale. 4-22-1957
Picture: Bank St. north from North St. - to lose trees. 5-28-1958
Bank Street work nearly done. 8-13-1958
Picture: new look for Bank St. 8-22-1958
Being widened between Main and Washington. 7-10-1974
Reopens - wider. 9-5-1974
Bank Street Greenhouses Formerly Noack's - new owner? - name used in ad in Special Section Elderly.
Formerly Noack's Greenhouse has been run by new owners James and
Pat Crocker for over a year. They apply for a permit to rebuild some
5-21-1994
greenhouses, rebuild sales office. 10-20-1974

RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION 15
SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Banks See: Bank of Batavia - Marine Midland: Liberty Bank - First National:
M & T Bank - Genesee Trust - First Empire: Rochester Savings -
Bank of Genesee: Genesee Country - Bank of LeRoy - Citizens Bank of
Attica: Lockport Savings: Home Federal - Erie Savings: Farmers Bank -
Doty …..
National Bank purchases site. (Liberty) 2-10-1915
New officers, Bank of Batavia. (MM) 6-25-1917
Bank of Batavia passes three million. (MM) 5-15-1920
Bank of Batavia to expand, purchases land next door. (MM) 6-2-1920
Bank vault - Main & Jackson - costs $20,000. (M & T) 8-18-1922
Bank president found dead in woods. (M & T) 9-29-1922
Banks due to get tax refunds - up to $30,000 - from City. 12-3-1932
Banks claims may be settled. 12-19-1932
Roosevelt closes banks. 3-4-1933
Two day banking holiday - as in rest of country. 3-4, 8-1933
Banks in Genesee County open again. 3-15-1933
Article on area banks. 1-18-1957
Bankers see bank posting machines. 6-27-1957
Eight local banks set up fund to help economic growth in County.
In 1995: Marine Midland; Manufacturers & Traders; Fleet Bank; Key Bank;
Lockport Savings; First Federal Savings & Loan Assn.; Bank of Castile;
Pavilion State Bank.
3-30-1984
Bannister, Charles E. To run Park Hotel for his mother, Mrs. J. K. Perrin. 3-31-1914
Bannister, Richard D. Barre resident has exhibit of sculpture at Kenan House, Lockport. 1-6-1996
Baptist Thrift Shop Winegar on. 4-11-1990
Baptists See: Grace Baptists; Calvary Baptists; First Baptists; First Baptists
Settlement House; Emmanuel Baptists (formerly Free Baptists);
Zion Baptists; Batavia Baptist Chapel; Victory Baptist Church in 1989;
Two Baptist churches form …..? 7-12-1906
Baptist Conventions now united. 8-1-1910
Bar Association, Genesee County Formed. Frank S. Wood, president. 2-26-1910
Incorporated. 6-8-1912
Meets. 7-23-1912
To meet. 2-28-1936
To hold final meeting so season. 5-29-1936
Baranowski, Francis A. Obit. Polish attorney. Former Police Attorney. 12-29-1942
Barbeau, Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Claim son John - aged 10 - cured of crippled leg by visit to Brother Audre of
Mt. Royal Montreal. 8-30-1924
Barbecue Chicken Poultry men to demonstrate barbecuing chicken - a unique idea! 9-15-1942
Report of first barbecue. 9-18-1942

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SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Barber, George A. Appointed County Superintendent of Schools. 12-28-1929
Picture: Barber - head of District Rotary with 67 clubs. 5-11-1936
Picture. 12-11-1937
Retires. 8-3-1960
Trietley on Barber. 10-22-1960
Picture: Tribute to Barber on retiring. 5-5-1961
Feted on retiring. 8-3-1961
Obit. 7-10-1964
Barber, Henry I. Head of rural schools, succeeds H. William Dyer, retired. 1-19-1925
Picture. 1-21-1925
Superintendent of Schools, killed by Erie train at crossing. 12-6-1929
Barber, Ward Found unconscious, bruised in cellar at 329 Ellicott St. 11-26-1927
Death due to poisoned liquor. 11-28-1927
Barbers Barber licenses - being sought - none yet taken.
Edward Hanley sells barber shop at 112 Main St. to Lawrence J. Phillips who
8-14-1903
sells barber shop at 54 Jackson St. to Clarence Dibble. 5-6-1910
Charles W. Vincent, well known barber, opening shop at east end. 1-28-1918
Hair cutting, Glen Fisher, 302 Ellicott Square. 1-28-1918
L. J. Phillips, barber at 110 Main, sentenced for indecent exposure. 6-7-1918
Phillip's barbershop sold to William Marshall of Avon. 7-18-1918
Arthur Kellogg, barber, dead. 12-5-1918
Part & Present column: Paragraph on Charles Genthner, barber for 56 years. 1-25-1919
John Osborne opens barber shop at 7 Harvester. 3-8-1919
Ad: Hair bobbing and razor honing at Wilber's, 44 Main St. 4-5-1921
Mansnet moving shop to over 10 Jackson St.
Past & Present column: Paragraph on consternation in barber shop when
5-26-1922
girl enters to get hair bobbed on busy Saturday morning. 6-17-1922
Past & Present column: Barbers approve girls with bobbed hair. 7-15-1922
Paragraph on John Mansnest - barber 25 years - in Past & Present column.
Doty moving barber shop from first floor at 10 Main to second floor,
12-29-1923
17 Jackson Street.
Clarence Porter leaving Pfann & Vincent shop to work for Joseph Sweeney,
246 West Main. Started with Bergman and Fricker in 1910 in shop in
8-14-1925
Hotel Richmond. 10-4-1932
John Mansnest, area's oldest barber, hangs himself in shop. 11-1-1932
Thomas J. Varco, barber. 9-6-1938
Paul Fricker's barber shop. 9-8-1938
Vincent Fisher, barber at Blue Bus Terminal, gets $9,500 for fall on walk. 7-1-1939
Barber Lewis S. Metzler dead. 7-5-1939
George Wilber barbering member 4th generation - picture. 11-28-1939
Parker Brothers barbershop - over 114 Main - Warren H. Parker, barber.
W. E. Davey's Barber Shop over 108 Main St. Emmett W. Johnson, formerly
3-9-1940
of Metzler's Barber shop, 4 State, now with Davey. 7-25-1941
Vincent E. Fisher offers new schedule - in Blue Bus Terminal. 7-31-1942
Paul Fricker celebrating 50 years as barber - picture.
Corey's barber shop ruined by exploding water tank - picture - Thomas J. Cory,
12-3-1943
proprietor. 7-20-1944
Pfann and Vincent plan to move to 5 State Street. 3-15-1946
Barbers, beauticians need licenses. 8-18-1946
Frank Meleca, proprietor of Frankie's Barber Shop. 3-23-1950
Ad: Fay A. Ring opening Blue Bus Barber Shop. 5-15-1950
Barber shops and Beauty Parlors now inspected by State. 3-20-1950

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SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Barbers (cont) Thomas Varco, proprietor of Barber shop at 14 Jackson St.
Charles E. Kraft, proprietor of barber shop on West Main, going to the
4-8-1950
Bus Terminal. 2-23-1951
Anthony S. Mancuso - picture.
Martha's Bargain Shop expanding into space formerly Robert L. Mitchell,
3-1-1952
barber shop. 3-10-1952
Louis Fanara opens shop at 41 Central Ave. 1-24-1956
J. E. Brown on barbering.
Barbers organize - Carl Meleca, president - new organization sets schedules.
3-23-1957
Don't raise prices. 3-28-1957
Trietley on Thomas Cory - now 80. 1-17-1959
John J. Parker, proprietor, Parker's Barber Shop, 116 West Main St. 5-18-1959
Fisher Barber Shop, 506 East Main. 6-28-1962
Charles E. Kraft, proprietor, Kraft Barber Shop in Trailways building. 8-14-1963
Barbers must raise price of haircuts to $1.75 or $2.00 for butch & crew cuts.
Jackson Burling new barber in Parker Barber Shop - over 108 Main St.
10-7-1963
Warren Parker, proprietor. 11-13-1963
Anthony Meleca of Carl's Barber Shop gives boy shaved head - picture. 2-15-1964
John Parker, barber at 246 W. Main, cuts hair third generation - picture. 4-4-1964
Picture: Frankie's new barber shop (Frank Meleca) 319 1/2 Ellicott St. - Ad. 5-7-1964
Kraft Barbers in Trailways Barber Shop. 7-13-1964
William L. Cecere, prop. Cecere's Barber Shop over 55 Main St. 7-15-1964
Obit: Charles Kraft - veteran barber. 10-17-1964
Joseph Gerace to open barber shop at 16 Vine (he worked for Charles Kraft) 1-15-1965
William Cecere over 72 Main.
Ad: Grand Opening of Parkers Barber Shop, 246 W. Main. Two chairs -
8-31-1965
no delay. John Parker, prop.
Ad: Suozzi Barber Shop, 23 West Main St. Tony's Barber Shop,
5-7-1966
115 West Main St. 8-26-1968
Louis Fanara, prop Louie's Barber Shop on Ellicott St. 7-3-1971
Ad: Louis Fanara, 229 Ellicott St. 4-20-1972
Carl Meleca and Frank S. in 8-1972
Obit: Frank P. Patti - retired. 8-14-1972
Louis Fanara of Louie's Barber Shop and Louis Gerace of Gerace's.
William L. Cecere moves barber shop from over 72 Main to home ahead of
9-19-1972
Urban Renewal.
Ray Fisher barber for 49 1/2 years - 504 East Main St. - retires "Gone Fishing"
12-26-1972
Picture. 3-26-1973
Winegar on Fisher Barber Shop. 3-27-1973
Frank Meleca re-opening shop at 319 1/2 Ellicott St. after eye infection. 9-11-1973
Ad: Vine Street Barber Shop and Boutique, Joe Gerace, barber and stylist. 10-31-1973
Benny's Hair Styling burned out in Gentner fire - moves to Kings Plaza. 4-3-1974
Article on Benjamin P. Martino of Benny's Barber Shop. 11-22-1974
Benny's at Kings Plaza. 1-17-1975
Ad: Joseph Deni, 13 Ross St. - Barber Stylist.
Winegar on Vincent (Stub.) Fisher - at Blue Bus barber shop for years -
2-17-1975
maybe a record. 6-6-1975
Jackson Burling buys 544 East Main from Pelkey. 8-1-1975
Benny's Barber Shop a Uni-sex shop. 1-23-1976
Charles Puccio still cutting hair at age 65. 5-2-1986
Thief steals 2 bags of suckers from Louie's Barber Shop, 229 Ellicott St.
Winegar remembers Louis Fanara barber shop when kids got haircuts before
11-7-1988
school started. Also remembers Glen Fisher, Barber. 8-24-1990
Ad: Benny's Barber Shop, 379 West Main. Paul Mitchell barber. 4-22-1991
Obit: Raymond Fisher, barber. 11-19-1991

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SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Barbers (cont) Winegar remembers Fisher family, barbers.
Article on old-time barber shops. Among those mentioned, Louis' on
12-9-1991
Ellicott St., now run by Richard Lamkin (Louis Fanara.) 9-27-1997
Picture: Benny's Barber Shop - Benny Martino at work in shop (2 pictures.) 10-12-2000
Barbershop Singing Barbershop singers organize. 8-27-1946
Singers to meet at YWCA. 10-12-1946
Singers to give concert. 11-26-1946
Charter received. 12-5-1946
Singers to entertain at VA Hospital. 10-8-1947
Singers at VA Hospital. 4-1-1948
Twenty meet at Presbyterian Church to form branch. 7-20-1955
Barbershop singers draw up by-laws. 8-22-1955
Singers to meet at Moose. 4-9-1957
Group forming - picture. Ray Ferrigno, director. 12-8-1992
Batavia Barbershop Harmony Chorus offers concert at BHS. 10-13-1994
Barden Houses Ad: Barden Houses, Gerald Logne, Seven Springs Road. 10-9-1970
Ad: Barden Custom House Building - Medina, NY. 1-5-1991
Barellari Excavating Co. Offers low bid to demolish buildings on Ellicott west of Exchange St.
of Williamsville Trailways Terminal, Emens Food Store, Franklin Mill, RA Haitz warehouse.
On Exchange: Hasselbeck Garage, former William S. Gerber bowling.
ball repair shop. 6-11-1965
Given until July 28 to do job. 6-30-1965
Barge Canal On underpass under Canal at Medina. 12-6-1976
Picture at Albion - article on hopes for tourism in Orleans County. 2-26-2000
Barker, William E. Chosen Principal of BHS. 6-11-1971
New face at BHS to start Monday.
Barker to take early retirement June 30. Came from Greece District 9 years
ago. Wife, Ruth Donley Barker - artist. Daughter Laurie - Senior at
Geneva College. Son Charles - teaches in the Philippines. Son William -
9-4-1971
Graduate of West Point now at Dartmouth. 3-14-1980
Temporary head of AROC. 8-7-1981
Barlow, Donald Nominated to West Point. 1-2-1953
Gets appointment. 4-16-1953
To West Point - picture. 7-6-1953
To graduate. 5-29-1957
Aide de campe to Gen. Pochyla - Arizona. 9-8-1964
Capt. Barlow gets medal. 7-7-1965
To Taiwan. 7-11-1972
Lt. Colonel Barlow tells Rotary about West Point. 7-2-1976
Now a Colonel. 1-17-1979
Barlow, Mortimer M. D. Austin and C. W. Way buy carriage shop on Seaver Place from
Mortimer Barlow. Ready to do business - Ad. 11-6-1907
Barlow, Robert A. Dead at 70. 8-24-1979
Barlow, Willard Winegar on Barlow the milkman. 5-22-1972
Retires - picture. 5-27-1972

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Barnard, Charles and Jean Barnards opened book store in Valu Plaza in January 1996 - named for
Charles' father G. W. Barnard - picture. 10-7-1996
Barnes, A. S. Steam Appliance Mfg. Co. moving from Lockport.
Steam Appliance - water heater an purifier moving. 3-6-1907
Barnes, G. H. Opens shoe store at 28 Main St. 8-30-1919
Barnes, J. C. Barnes moving stock to Schafer building - to open October 1st.
Joseph C. Barnes: merchant, tailor & clothier, new place commended -
9-27-1897
fine shop - 81 Main St. 10-9-1897
Store in Commercial Building be redecorated. 3-22-1902
Bankrupt. 11-28-1911
Obit. 8-10-1914
Barnes, M. E. Of Buffalo, buys shoe store at 82 Main from Albert E. Brown. 6-11-1907
To rebuild front of 82 Main St. in glass. 8-5-1907
Nick Pappos to shine shoes just inside Barnes store - 80 Main. 9-6-1907
Store has small fire. 9-9-1910
Barnes Bros bankrupt - 82 Main. 12-6-1912
Bauman of Pittsburgh buys shoe stock - to sell it off.
Accounts of Barnes Bros examined - until Nov. 13 had two stores -
1-3-1913
clothing at 101 Main, shoes at 42 Main. 1-4-1913
Opens sample shoe store at 30 1/2 Main St. on September 1st. 8-28-1913
Buys stock of bankrupt Smith & Holmes of 79 Main - to move it to 55 Main St. 5-24-1921
S. B. Thing replacing M. E. Barnes at 55 Main St.
Leaving 55 Main after 15 years. To go to Utica to work in wholesale
mercantile business. Building owned by George W. Watson rented to
11-8-1921
Boston Shoe Company for S. B. Things Shoes. 11-18-1921
Barnes Bros Michael E. and John H.
George Watson to put new front on 55 Main - where Barnes to move from
7 State. 3-17-1919
Barnes, W. A. To do tailoring in Commercial Building. 1-3-1912
Barnum, D. G. F. Veterinarian - dead. 10-4-1889
Baron, Frank Interview with Frank Baron, model railroad buff. 2-2-1998
Barone, Anthony T. Obit. Sons: Louis & Joseph. 1-18-1928
Barone, Anthony T. Formerly of Le Roy, buys Dustin pharmacy on Ellicott Street. 8-12-1924
Sells 303 - 305 Ellicott St. to Frank and Russell Tempio. 3-25-1931
Gets contract to build pipeline to County Home in Bethany. 9-14-1934
Leases 141 Jackson St. formerly Delanos - for grocery. 8-27-1935
Gets contract to extend water lines on West Main St.
Obit. Retired general contractor - 71. Born in Italy July 2, 1888 - about 4
when he came here. Wife - Carrie Joy Barone. Two Sons: Samuel and
Frank. Brother of Joseph C. of Le Roy, Mrs. Grace Marshall and
1-19-1940
Mrs. Rosemary Kujawski.
Anthony T. Barone entries are a bit confusing.
1-4-1960
Barone, Carmello Obit. - 90. One of founders of St. Anthony's Church. Four sons: Charles;
Leonard; Samuel; Lawrence - three daughters. 7-30-1966

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Barone, Charles Buys 19 Hutchins St. from Cecelea Gaczewski.
Obit. - 70. Son Charles of 20 Farwell Dr. Brothers: Former Councilman
9-3-1909
Samuel, Lawrence and Leonard. 7-21-1971
Barone, Charles, jr. Officer in charge Marine Midland branch at Kings Plaza, now opening.
Came here in 1951 to establish Overhead Door Sales Co. on
Lewiston Road. 6-1-1972
Promoted by Marine Midland. 7-10-1974
Barone, Diane Nine years old - polio victim. 8-22-1953
Barone, Mrs. Dominic L., Sr. Obit - Mary Barone. Three sons: Dominic; David; Michael. 8-9-1968
Barone, Francisco Barone and sons Louis and Tony now citizens. Came to Batavia about 1898? 1-19-1904
Barone, James E. Of 4 Central Ave, directing construction from hospital bed by telephone.
Building Hamburg gravity water system. Plans to bid on Seneca Falls
water system.
Right leg gone, left leg now amputated - has rare blood disease that
5-14-1928
interferes with circulation - at St. Jerome Hospital. 6-6-1928
Picture of Barone in hospital "office", plans to be out driving his own car soon. 6-20-1928
Gets contract for water works in Casadaga. 7-12-1928
Low bidder for Sonyea job. 5-31-1929
Gets contract to build at Industry. 7-2-1929
J. E. Barone Construction Co. given license by state. 4-3-1930
Low bidder on Fredonia job. 5-29-1930
Gets contract for laying water lines in Lockport.
Dead. Born in Batavia on January 29, 1894. Moved to Le Roy while very
young. Father Salvatore. Moved back about 8 years ago. Lived at
4 Central Ave. Brothers: Salvatore, Joseph, Anthony J. He was in
service where he may have contracted disease. He and family in Europe
last summer after which he got worse. Two children: James E. and
10-29-1930
Mary M. Wife, Angeline Laguzzi Barone. 2-2-1932
Barone, J E Construction Co. Licensed by state. J. E. Barone, Frank Barone, Charles A. Barone. 4-3-1930
Barone, Karen M. Killed in car crash - 16 years old. 4-28-1969
Barone, Louis Mr. & Mrs. Louis Barone married 50 years - picture with 10 children.
Obit - 76. Born Vallifeugo, Italy. Son of Frank & Florence Ferari Barone.
2-8-1954
Nine sons. 2-26-1957
Barone, Mrs. Mary 605 Ellicott St. - home from hospital. 1-15-1960
Barone, Michael Student of Elaine Zalacca - now a teacher of ballet. 4-7-1990
Barone, Peter Dead - one of earlist of Italians here - came in 1888 to work in Johnston
Harvester Co. No parents given. 3-13-1925
Barone, Robert G. To have workshop at Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Son of
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Barone. 9-26-1975
Barone, Salvatore Obit - 60. Born Vallefeugo, Italy in 1885. Son of Salvatore & Mary Seone Barone.
Wife - Stephana Tubulle (died 5-20-43). Sons: Salvator, Anthony,
Joseph, Charles, John J. 18-1945

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SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Barone, Salvatore J. Obit. Of California in Nome Alaska. Aged 67. Son of Anthony T. & Carrie
Jay Barone. Brother of Frank Barone. Mary Grace Marshall of Chili, NY
Rose Mary Kujowski of Batavia. 10-2-1996
Barone, Mrs. Salvatore (Mary) Obit. Born 60 years ago - ca 1870. Sons: Anthony and James E. of Batavia
Salvatore, jr and Joseph C. of LeRoy. 9-18-1929
Barone family Past & Present column: Barone family has ten members working at Doehler's. 6-3-1950
Barons, Christopher Son of Kenneth & Virginia. Interview with: Says always has an opinion. 12-5-1994
Barons, Virginia Picture as fencer. 6-9-1964
Contest for position of County Historian. 3-7-1970
Appointed. 6-25-1970
Winegar on. 6-2-1972
Organizing historical tour of region. 5-21-1973
Head of History Planning Committee for the Anniversary of the American Rev. 5-23-1973
Report Baron's Historical Tour. 6-11-1973
Heads State Association. 10-16-1973
Picture: With old bell bound in cupola of Court House. 1-20-1976
Obit. Killed in accident. 10-6-1979
Zinni gets 2 charges in accident which caused death. 10-9-1979
Barr, Leo Joseph Letter to ed by Genaro Fasano telling story of grave of World War I vet,
in paupers section, cared for by his sister Kay Alianell, now buried
under rubble and abandoned. Mentions earlier article on Kay and the
grave - May 23, 1981. 5-28-1999
Two letters to ed about Barr's grave. 6-2-1999
Fasano thanks all for end of job (almost)
Barr's grave honored with rifle salute. Marines give Kay Alianell certificate of
5-18-2000
appreciation. Hansen Brothers Marine Corp. League. 5-30-2000
Barrett, David Mr. & Mrs. Barrett co-chairmen of Notre Dame antiques show. 10-29-1968
Barrett, David R. Bought Colt Clamp Co. from John C. Sliker, on tip from mutual friend who said
Sliker was eager to get rid of the business. It was then near bankruptcy.
Mr. Barrett has worked in machine shops, for Gypsum Co. in Oakfield, for
auto repair places. Then owned Batavia Marine Supply Company on
West Main Street, Batavia. This is now run by his son. He has put time
into Colt clamp, put profits back into business and the business is showing
a good profit (20%). Ten years ago one workman, he himself, worked
half time. Now three employed. Could expand present business or sell
out at good profit. Says he is 70 years old. 3-3-1989
Barrett's Marine & Sporting Goods Store to celebrate 35th Ann. Mar 26-31. Ad. 3-8-1990
Obit - 73. 5-19-1993
Longer obit. Sons: Michael & Paul. Two daughters - unmarried. 5-20-1973
Barrett, James W. Of LeRoy, buys business and furnishings of Genesee House on Jackson St. 8-3-1905
Dead from typhoid fever.
Mary Barrett (Mrs. James) sells Genesee House to William Pereault
12-1-1905
of Cohocton. 2-1-1906

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SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Barrett, Ken Of Detroit, buys Heinrich Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Cadillac at 227 W. Main St.
from Dave Heinrich. 11-9-1994
Full page ad - picture of staff. 11-17-1994
full page ad with info and picture. 11-9-1995
Barrett, Nelson T. Owned farm taken for Veterans Hospital site. See Veterans Hospital.
Wins spelling contest in Buffalo. 2-15-1933
Barrows, George W. Moving livery stable from rear of 57 Jackson to rear of 34 State St. 2-24-1912
George N. Barrows sells livery at 45 State St. to George Roda. 1-23-1913
Bar-Rox Farms East Bethany. Owned by Pat Provenzano (obituary) 9-10-1977
Barry, Pvt. Edward Funeral. War hero. 9-12-1921
Barsuk, Harry House on Bank Street Road burned a week ago - insurance settled $350.
Moves Second Hand business to building he recently purchased at
4-11-1910
59 Jackson. 3-14-1922
Accused of having liquor at furniture store, 59 Jackson St. 8-21-1924
Second fire at Barsuk's, just before opening.
Sells 59 Jackson to Max Pies and Joseph Goldberg for ca $12,000. Barsuk
2-27-1926
had furniture store there for about 8 years - bought building 8 years ago. 1-7-1928
In court, accused of taking stolen property - case to jury. 6-17-1941
Acquitted. June
Barsuks married 50 years. 2-26-1944
Accused of buying stolen parts as junk from boys. 8-16-1949
Obit - 90. Sons: Jacob & Max. Daughter: Mrs. Rose Davidowitz. 8-21-1958
Barsuk, Jacob Obit - 79. Son: Joseph. Two daughters. Brother of Max.
Sister: Rose Davidowitz. 12-12-1968
Barsuk, Joe and family Four Barsuks own and train horses, and drive to win at Batavia Downs -
picture. 10-20-1983
1989 Directory list Joseph Barsuk as president, Scrap Metal Wreckers -
recycling, processing.
Niagara Mohawk claims they allowed Barsuk to buy scrap metal cheaply,
1970 to 1990. Shows up in audit. 4-1-1998
Barsuk, Dr. Joseph J. Son of Joseph & Mary Barsuk
With Chiropractic degree from Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis. MO.
in 1990 opens office in Liberty Square Mall in Batavia in June 1995. 11-13-1995
Teenager accuses Dr. Barsuk of sexual abuse. 4-18-2000
Free on bail - detective says there have been other complaints. 4-19-2000
Other complaints reported. 4-20-2000
Case to Grand Jury June 6. 5-23-2000
Judge orders Barsuk case to proceed. 8-25-2000
Trial starts today. 1-11-2001
Mother plays tape recording as testimony. 1-13-2001
Takes stand in his defense.
Jury finds Barsuk guilty on one count, deadlocked on four issues. Judge
Robert Newman declares mistrial. Barsuk guilty of endangering the welfare
1-18-2001
of a child. 1-20-2001
Pleads guilty to sex abuse to avoid trial, loses license. 1-31-2001

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SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Barsuk, Nellie (Mrs. Max) Former Batavian given liver transplant in Pittsburgh (Winegar) 12-21-1987
Barsuk, Max Obit. 5-11-1979
Barsuk Family Chiropractic Ad for - with picture (of Dr. Joseph?) 1-9-1999
Bartell Power Products Terry Barker of Alexander starts power tool business at 56 Harvester Ave.
Now deals across the world.
Name on former Batavia Machinery Company, 840 Lewiston Rd:
10-3-1994
Bartell Power Products. 9-?-1995
Bartenders Union
Batavia Branch No. 144 Bartenders organize. 1-8-1901
To meet. 4-9-1902
Elect. 12-11-1909
To meet. 1-16-1917
To give up charter, members to join other unions. 10-2-1918
Bartholomew, Ruth and Raymond Head Salvation Army. 9-24-1980
Bartholomew, Jeri Shot at Holland Ave. home - picture. 11-2-1988
Platten named as killer. 11-3-1988
Bartholomew Brewing Co. Mrs. Thomas Perfield sells Perfield's Saloon, 56 Main St. to Bartholomew Co. -
to become hotel as Thomas Perfield planned to comply with new license
law of Oct. 1. William F. Crickler manager for Bartholomew Co. 6-10-1910
Bartlett, Harry D. Partner in furniture store with H. E. Turner, 111 Main St. 11-30-1926
H. E. Turner store to become Turner and Bartlett Co. 4-27-1927
Bartlett, Kenneth Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Bartlett commit suicide at Point Pennesula after learning
of death of son on June 16 - Young Bartlett's car went into Cassadaga
Creek. Kenneth worked for F. E. Mason & Son. 6-28-1945
Barton, C and R Barton Inc. Charles Barton and son Robert opening women's dress shop in Mall. 2-22-1977
Bartons open - picture. 3-5-1977
Bartons expand in Mall. 11-22-1977
Barton, Charles Picture: Charles Barton, a model at men's clothing show in Chicago.
Vice president, McAlpine & Barton - with firm 25years. After McAlpine &
3-10-1958
Barton closed he worked in Charles Men's Shop. 8-17-1973
Barton, Eva M. (Mrs. La Ray) Obit. 3-29-1980
Barton, Major Isaac R. 18 Park Av.
84 - picture 8-15-1924
Article on. Only local member of Order Loyal Legion Civil War Veterans.
Past & Present column: Paragraph on Major Barton and town of Branle,
11-20-1924
Nebraska he founded. 3-17-1928
Picture: Barton, Civil War Vet. 8-15-1931
Bartons celebrate 50 th anniversary. 12-28-1932
Bartons came here in 1890. 9-4-1935
Obit. Daughter Olive Barton Tomlinson. 9-11-1935
Estate: $64,097. 8-5-1936

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Barton, John Marries Virginia Panzone. 9-4-1935
Barton, LaRay Married Eva Hayward at First Baptist Church.
Joins McAlpine & Brumsted as junior partner. Has been with the firm since
11-1-1923
1920. Name to remain McAlpine & Brumsted. 3-17-1944
Joins firm - to be McAlpine & Barton. 1-21-1948
Kiwanis honors Bartons - picture. 8-17-1973
Dead at 81. Died Tuesday, February 21, 1984. 2-23-1984
Barton, Olive (Pauline Olive) To Boston to compete musical education. 10-7-1904
Home from Boston - studying with Whitlely's School. 12-17-1904
Marries Everett Tomlinson. 9-2-1908
Marries Everett Tomlinson under smilax pergola. 6-30-1909
Obit. 2-25-1980
Barton and Panzone gravel pit Picture: Machinery. Started by Alexander Parzone - Ellicott Street Road -
widow created partnership after his death several years ago.
Special section. 8-21-1939
Bartz, John Alexander farmer kept wife in harness for years. 2-20-1931
Pictures. 2-21-1931
More. 2-23-26-1931
Extenuating circumstances? 3-3-1931
Mrs. Bartz able to leave hospital. 3-11-1931
Mrs. Bartz to Attica to relatives. 3-13-1931
Mrs. Bartz and eight children now living a mile east of Daws. 4-6-1931
Case opens. 4-4-1932
Case opens. 4-5-1932
Bartz gets year in jail plus $500 fine. 4-7-1932
Sentence suspended by judge. 4-15-1932
Indicted on 3 counts. 5-11-1932
Case postponed indefinitely. 6-10-1932
Contrary to rumor Bartz not living with family. 9-16-1932
Baryshnikov Batavia Work Pictures? 12-8-1977
Baseball Asking for funds to support a team.
Baseball league being organized: Perry, Attica, Batavia, Caledonia,
Geneseo, Mt. Morris, Pavilion. Later in summer LeRoy replaced
5-19-1896
Caledonia.
Grand Stand being built - Permanent Club started. President, R. L. Knisey;
5-21-1887
Treasurer, A. T. Miller; General Manager, Joseph Fl. Hall. 6-11-1887
Diamond on Swan St. Grand stand to west seats 500. 6-20-1887
Front page news all summer. 1887
Season over for Baseball Club. 8-11-1887
Batavia to be in State Baseball League. 4-28-1897
State League players arrive. 5-6-1897
Baseball reorgainized under State Baseball League. 7-12-1897
Second organization under George H. Phelps, president. 7-13-1987
League games to end. 7-22-1897
No professional baseball this year. 2-15-1889
May form county baseball league. 5-23-1889
Batavia baseball team organized. 5-22-1900
No Sunday games allowed. 6-16-1902
Ball Club moving to Kibbe Addition. 5-25-1903

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SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Baseball (cont) Plans made to build grandstand on Jackson Street. 6-10-1903
Fitting up ball grounds at Ag. Park. 5-10-1906
Four town league formed: Batavia, Attica, Corfu, LeRoy.
Past & Present column: Baseball remembered over 60 years: Rough and
4-17-1909
Readies, Indians. 7-2-1910
$25 wanted from 100 men to finance baseball club. 3-28-1914
"All-Batavians" defeated by Lockport. 7-26-1913
Austin Park hired for Batavia Nine. 5-2-1914
Baseball club puts up canvas fence along Jefferson. 7-8-1914
Fred F. Dwyer trying to form baseball company. 3-14-1914
$25 from each of 100 men wanted. 3-28-1914
Suitable park between Batavia & LeRoy taken stands being built. 4-17-1914
Much enthusiasm for baseball. 4-18-1914
Baseball fans meet tonight.
President Thomas of Batavia Baseball Club says must sell 2,000 tickets to
4-24-1914
meet expenses coming game. 8-18-1914
Batavia Rangers to play at Meadowbrook Park. 8-31-1914
Past year greatest season for baseball. 12-26-1914
Baseball team "The Cubs" through 1919. 6-11-1919
Past & Present column: Paragraph on game played 30 years ago - score 44-21
Baseball reported on Page 2 in 1919.
Bi-County Ball League formed. Church (Emmanuel Baptist) protest Sunday
7-26-1919
baseball. 5-13-1919
Local team determined on. 4-20-1920
Contract for grandstand Austin Park. 5-5-1920
Baseball Association elects F. E. Osborn President and Manager.
Story of Factory Baseball League broken up in 1905 by Harvester-Wiard
5-27-1920
rivalry. 8-25-1921
Fans must support team if to have season. 4-17-1922
Doehler Die Casting Co. backs baseball project. 4-26-1926
Sunday baseball legalized. 4-23-1931
John J. Casey remembers games played years ago on Mix Lot.
Past & Present column: Paragraph on early baseball - played on Common now
site of County Building, Robert Pease an ardent player, hitters tried to have
2-23-1935
ball hit Eagle Tavern.
Mayor J. J. Mahaney wants big league stadium and field here. Baseball Park
7-6-1935
to be built with WPA funds.
Game between Batavia Bees and Canadian Clowns called in 12th inning
6-8-1937
when batter hit last ball out of park. Left score 7 - 7.
Foul ball hit Charles Hamilton, in first base bleachers, in face, breaking nose
7-29-1937
and blackening eyes. 7-29-1937
Mayor declares half holiday on Wednesday for Baseball Day. 8-23-1937
First use of term "Clippers"? 4-16-1938
Baseball diamond ready. 7-16-1938
Picture: New ball park - opened yesterday - Bees won. 7-28-1938
Representatives of eight clubs meet in Olean to form league. 11-28-1938
Only Jamestown and Olean ready to put up Class D baseball club. 1-9-1939
Professional ball club still possible.
Winegar, John M. Connor of News, Callahan of Times to Buffalo on
2-14-1939
baseball club. 2-16-1939
Batavia to have club this year. 3-6-1939
Leaders meet to organize Pony League - picture. 3-9-1939
Callahan of Chamber of Commerce reveals plans for Batavia Baseball Club. 4-4-1939
Stockholders in Baseball Club to meet. 4-6-1939
Joseph M. Ryan elected president of Batavia Baseball Club. 4-11-1939

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SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Baseball (cont) Fans asked for name for Club. 4-12-1939
Ryan elect President of new Club. 4-13-1939
Leo J. O'Brien first to propose "Clippers." Five others also suggested it. 4-25-1939
History of baseball in Batavia. Picture of "Clippers." Schedule of games 5/10-9/6. 5-8-1939
First season opened with parade. 5-10-1939
Picture: Flag raising at State Street Park. 5-11-1939
Jack Sanford to manage Clippers. 5-26-1939
Lights ready for night games. 6-1-1939
Ballpark fence completed. 6-14-1939
Pictures: parade opening season. 6-26-1939
Jack Sanford signed to manage Clippers. Picture - article. 1-15-1940
Special section for opening of season. 5-6-1940
Knothole Gang instituted - accompanied by American Legion Drum Corps. 5-17, 18-1940
Baseball Club asks financial aid of Council. 1-10, 21-1941
Ball club to pay city for each day it uses park.
Eddie Howard, manager, Baseball Club for 1941. Team captain last year.
2-1-1941
White Sox will help club. 2-3-1941
Secret meeting ousts officers, Joe Ryan, president of club. 5-5-1941
Opening day - 1939 - remembered. 5-5-1941
Draft affecting Clippers.
Trio meet secretly (other members believed meeting had been postponed)
elect new officers: Fellner out - MacLaughlin in as president;
W. W. Robinson, v. president & executive secretary; John S. Palmer,
also v. president & secretary. Joseph Lyon also at meeting.
Two of club's seven directors were present, the two owning 28 of club's
50 shares. Out are; Howard Fellner as president; Dr. E. G. Ruby as vice
president; Vincent Callahan as 2nd v. president; Robert Noonan as
executive secretary. Group plans to have donor pay the present $2,500
deficit. To be paid back to him from receipts. No plan for future deficits.
5-28-1941
Fellner does not like sound of plan. 10-23-1941
Baseball trio offer to resign if stockholders wish.
Stock to be offered to fans - Fellner's plan - to raise $5,000 - to keep a
10-25-1941
team here.
Fellner plan approved - to offer stock to fans at $25 a share. Fellner is
temporary president three temporary directors to go ahead with Fellner's
10-30-1941
plan. Recently elected officers out. 10-30-1941
Stock sale reaches $2,300. 11-8-1941
Clippers assured for 1942 season.
Club reports about $4,000 subscribed - not enough for a season but enough
11-11-1941
to ensure a team for next year. 11-27-1941
Jack Sanford to manage Clippers. 1-23-1942
City Judge Philip Weiss, president of Clippers. 2-16-1942
Clippers organize - hope for Yankee deal. 2-16-1942
Yankees go with Wellsville - Clippers to go it alone - no sponsor. 2-25-1942
Clippers get support from Cleveland. 4-13-1942
17 from Clippers now in service. 7-6-1942
Directors decide Clippers to continue in PONY league. 2-15-1943
A. B. Kleps heads Clippers. 2-18-1943
Six teams in League in 1943 - Brantford and Hamilton war casualties. 3-10-1943
Past & Present column: Most improbable early game remembered. 7-17-1943
Walganot, manager for Clippers. 8-6-1943
Gate receipts down - Baseball club lost $688 for season. 10-19-1943
Deficit wiped out - year ends with $1,000 in treasury. 12-10-1943
Article on early baseball. 2-1-1944

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SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Baseball (Cont) Probable League this season: Jamestown, Erie, Bradford, Wellsville, Batavia,
Olean, Lockport, Hornell. 2-10-1944
Club shows profit second year. 10-20-1944
C. J. VanderPoest, president. 1-23-1945
Six teams in League: Hamilton and Brantford war casualties. 3-10-1945
Clippers open 7th season tomorrow - pictures of team.
Clippers win PONY League pennant, Kokos hitting .369 Aug. 25, 1945.
4-30-1945
Picture: Pennant winning team. 8-27-1945
Jack Tighe given check for $1,000 by fans. 8-31-1945
Paul Caito buys 84 shares in Baseball Club - now largest stockholder. 10-2-1946
Jack Tighe to return. 12-26-1946
George Susce Clippers manager. 12-29-1947
Knothole Gang revived. 5-1-1947
George Susce signs - picture with VanderPoest. 2-4-1948
Susce here to take charge. 5-1-1948
Complaints about children at games - must be with adult or sit in special section. 5-25-1948
Fans visit game in Cleveland to see dick Kokus play. 10-2-1948
Fans attend series game in Boston without reservations. (Past & Present column) 10-9-1948
Full page ad: Welcome back Clippers - with new manager Ed Kobesky.
Past & Present column: Paragraph on Batavia's first team, the Rough and
Ready team - played on diamond in Court House Park. Robert B Pease the
4-23-1949
star pitcher. Aim of every batter to smash ball into Eagle Tavern.
Past & Present column: Paragraph on baseball player now with Philadelphia
4-21-1948
Athletics. Once played for Batavia - pitcher here in '30s - Dick Fowler. 5-21-1949
Future of Clippers in doubt - fan response poor. 10-26-1950
Club gets pledges of $3,000 assuring season.
Baseball Club to hold Diamond Celebration for 50 years of baseball here -
11-14-1950
without exhibition game. 6-8-1951
Clippers facing deficit - meeting called. 7-2-1951
Campaign planned to support Clippers. 7-11-1951
Community campaign may save Clippers. 7-14-1951
More on drive for Clippers. Dick Raymond signed by Indians. 7-16,17-1951
Baseball termed community obligation to kids. 7-20-1951
Clippers to complete season - get more support. 7-24,27-1951
Clippers deficit near $8,400. 8-28-1951
Clippers deficit near $8,400.
Clippers to remain in Batavia - aided by gift from Racing Association - sale of
10-16-1951
stock to raise $4,000. 1-22-1952
Clippers to be part of Pirates Farm System. 2-7-1952
Edward Dwyer reelected president of Baseball Club, Labruzzo, business mgr. 2-27-1952
George M. Genovese to manage Clippers. 4-8-1952
Full page - pictures - Clippers opening day May 4 as part of Pirates organization. 5-2-1952
Miss Clipper contest on - pictures. 7-19-1952
Thelma Baily crowned Miss Clipper. 7-30-1952
Clippers have $3,295 deficit. 9-19-1952
Pirates agree to take Clippers if deficit erased.
Clippers welcomed back. (See Miss Clipper contest) George Kinnamon
Clippers 11th manager. Other managers: Jack Thierney (brief stay)
Jack Sanford, George Palle, Eddie Howard, Earl Wolganot, Jack Tighe,
9-24-1952
George Susce, Eddie Kobesky, Joe Vosmick, George Genovese. 5-1-1953
Picture: Miss Clipper contestants. 7-28-1953
Clippers face deficit of $8,000. 8-20-1953
Clippers $11,139 in debt, surrender franchise - owe too much. 12-31-1953
Future of stadium in doubt. 1-5-1954
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Baseball (cont) PONY league franchise goes to Erie. 1-11-1954
Baseball Club in trouble for non-payment of taxes.
Edward Dwyer named president of Baseball Club. He was president during
1-15-1954
1953 but resigned for health reasons and Judd Perkins finished out his yr.
Batavia Baseball Club to sponsor semi-pro team The Genesee All-Stars -
manager Eddie Howard. Regular PONY league team failed in the winter
2-8-1954
for lack of funds. 2-23-1954
PONY league to take new name. 11-23-1954
Batavia starts first year in NY-P League. 4-26,5-4,5-1956
Hamilton leaving PONY league.
Baseball could get PONY league franchise this year.
5-15-1956
Ed Dwyer head of revised Baseball Club. 11-2-1956
PONY league meeting held. 11-9-1956
Vincent Callahan president.
Batavia files for franchise, Edward D. Dwyer, William F. Brown, jr the
11-15-1956
spokesmen. Chamber of Commerce spearheads. 11-19-1956
Class D ball to return to Batavia. 12-10-1956
Sylvania aide head Baseball Club. Picture: Leaders of baseball drive.
New club signs lease - Genesee County Baseball Club. Incorporates.
12-13-1956
Story - Non-profit organization. 1-3-1957
Ball Club starts membership drive. 1-10-1957
Batavia signs with Cleveland Indians. 1-21-1957
Club launches membership drive. 2-1-1957
Don Richmond, former Clipper, now manager for Cleveland Indians. 2-6-1957
Don Richmond named player-manager 2-6-1957
Name PONY dropped - Ontario no longer in league. 2-11-1957
Ball Club to hold pre-season ticket sale. 3-21-1957
Don Bradley, club president. 4-11-1957
Season opens. Indians start first year here. 4-26-1957
Club at Jamestown folds. 6-25-1957
NYP League future in doubt. 6-27-1957
Ball Club shows profit of $204.
Edward Dwyer elected president of Baseball Club. In past three years
brought club back to success. (Good article) Don Bradley was
9-26-1957
president last year. 12-5-1957
Baseball Club pans Sports Night. 1-10-1958
Ball Club reports $571 deficit. 11-13-1958
Colorful ceremony planned to open season for Indians Saturday. 4-24-1959
NYP League baseball dead issue. 2-2-1960
Penn League cut to six teams - Batavia and Olean both cut. 2-2-1960
Club keeps door open for baseball continuation.
Pirates to have farm club here - had agreement with Batavia in 1951, 1952 &
1953 but was then out of baseball for three years before returning in
1957, 1958 & 1959. In tie-up with Cleveland Indians. Pirates form farm
2-5-1960
club here in 1960. 10-13-1960
Pirates to have farm club here - professional baseball to return in 1961.
Many assist Baseball Club to bring back professional games. Pirates return
10-15-1960
to Batavia - picture of officers of Baseball Club. 1-24-1964
Winegar on PONY league - picture of first Clippers team. 3-22-1961
Another article. 3-23-1961
Another article. 3-29-1961
Pirates to launch season Saturday. Picture of players. 4-28-1961
Gene Baker to manage Pirates of NYP League. 6-19-1961
Elwood Clear to manage 1962 Pirates. 1-13-1962
Buddy Hackens to manage Pirates in 1963. 12-28-1962

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Baseball (cont) City to build fence at ball park. 3-18-1964
Winegar remembers when a team could call a game for "threatening weather." 2-16-1965
Trojan ball club in New York Times article. 7-25-1965
Future of baseball here questioned. 12-3-1965
Batavia sure of being 6th team in NY Penn League. 1-19-1966
Industry follows lead of Trojan Div. in help to Baseball Club. 2-7-1966
Picture: Dwyer & Baseball Officials. 2-9-1966
Pictures: Trojans. 4-23-1966
Del Plato throws out first ball - picture. 6-28-1967
Winegar on fete for Dwyer - and a good deal of baseball renaissance. 9-6-1968
Picture: Officers of Baseball Club. 12-26-1968
Pictures: Trojans. 6-21-1969
Baseball season open.
Some of the local players who went on to national fame - remembered by
an old-timer for Winegar: Dick Kokus, with rifle arm; Jerry May; Walt Loos;
6-23-1969
Bob Lee; George Patte; Lou Palmeseano; Al Abner; Steve Blass.
Ball Club spent $8,000 to improve MacA. Stadium. Made profit of $3,076
7-17-1969
last year. $307 goes to City. 1-27-1970
Baseball season opens - pictures of Clippers. 6-26-1970
Picture: New Clippers club house. 6-27-1970
Winegar column quotes Jim Gerrety on the Trojans. 9-10-1970
Winegar recalls former baseball leagues.
Baseball Club signs lease on stadium at dollar a year plus percentage of
4-12-1971
profits. 5-25-1971
Open season - pictures of players. 6-26-1971
Picture: Progress on Club House at ball park. 6-10-1972
Trojans launch season - pictures. 6-22-1973
Stadium named Ed Dwyer Stadium Sunday night - pictures. 6-25-1973
Dwyer honored by stadium name. 6-26-1973
Winegar on early days of Clippers. 5-17-1974
Picture of players.
Season opens Sunday June 22. Article on start of PONY League. Mrs. Thee
6-21-1974
has boarded players since 1940. Hal White manager in 1975. 6-21-1975
Batavia signs with Cleveland Indians. 11-14-1975
Early baseball by Callahan. Special section. 7-2-1976
Winegar on baseball players who went on to big leagues. 7-15-1976
Batavia wins Pennant - 10-2 win over Geneva. 9-1-1977
Lou Isaac appointed manager of Trojans. 6-5-1978
Winegar remembers professional baseball started 30 years ago. 6-4-1979
Section on the Trojans 1979. Jacubowski manager - also new players.
Batavia charter member of PONY League, which became New York - Penn
League when Hamilton left. Longest existing franchise in Class A
baseball. Since 1939, 17 cities in and out of league - the longest continued
operation Class A team in area. Bernice Garrah - first female umpire in
US. Umpired game in Batavia vs. Jamestown then quit. Jean Baker came
as first black manager in professional ball - sent by Pittsburgh as trial
manager in Batavia to see if a black manager would be accepted.
Jack Tighe, Eddie Kobeski, Blanko (Foster) Smith, Dick Kokus all played
here. Hornell manager ordered pitcher to hit Smith, as did in head, ending
career. Vin Callahan wrote story - got sued for $150,000. In 1939,
Vin Callahan worked in Times Office. Men from Rochester came here to
start interest in starting league - went to times. Joe Ryan, William Mahaney,
Howard Fellner, others met. January 1939 League started - $630 for each
club of which charter members put in $130 a piece. Harold Rutger,
Oliver Craigie of Rochester. State Street Park had backstop and bleachers
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Baseball (cont) and put up snow fence as law required fence. Frank Homelius designed
grandstand. Mahaney got WPA to build. Ready about middle of season.
Not much different today. First game sponsored by Jaycees-Dwyer.
Name Clippers suggested. Phil Marcello. 1950 became Indians. 1970
became Trojans. John Jakubowski at Historical Society. 6-1980
Vanderpoest feted ant Nursing Home - 90th birthday. 10-21-1980
Dave Oliver to manage Clippers. Clippers allied with Cleveland Indians. 5-1-1981
Trojans report $6,600 loss for 1981. 11-19-1981
Winegar remembers beginning PONY League Baseball Assoc. Games in 1939. 5-10-1984
Winegar remembers more. 5-11-1984
Batavia baseball season approaching - supported by Cleveland ball club. 4-10-1985
Season opens - Trojans arrive. 6-11-1985
Trojans sign two year contract with Cleveland Indians. 6-17-1985
Trojans want new lights in stadium another season. 9-30-1985
Rotary Club gives Baseball Club $9,446 for sales at stand in Park. 9-11-1986
Cleveland Indians drop Trojans. 9-14-1986
Batavia looking for new sponsor - will have baseball team in 1987. 9-16-1986
Trojans fail to get support of a major club.
Pettenilla blames "Cold-hearted Cleveland" for Batavia's loss of deal with
12-10-1986
Big League. 12-12-1986
Reader blames Bradley for allowing split from Cleveland.
Mazmarrian to manage in 1987 - support by Baltimore said possible - Trojans
had profit of $3,587 in 1986. No support from Trojan Company this
12-19-1986
season yet.
After failure to get support of major club, Mancuso Industrial Center to support
1-29-1987
with $1,500 a year - return to name "Clippers." 3-5-1987
Winegar on revival of name "Clippers" and reminiscence of earlier day. 3-26-1987
Winegar on choice of name "Clippers." 5-1-1987
Clippers televised for airing on station Channel 7 Monday night (13th). 7-11-1987
Clippers expect to sign with Philadelphia. 9-15-1987
Phillies send manager and coach. 1-11-1988
Clippers about to open season sponsored by Phillies. Picture of players. 6-15-1988
Clippers begin season under optimism. NY Penn League: "I will survive."
City advised future of baseball in Batavia may depend on building or repairing
6-26-1988
stadium. 9-27-1988
Winegar remembers early days of Dwyer Stadium and before. 10-3-1988
Mike Dickinson estimates economic value of baseball to the area. 12-14-1988
Winegar on possible new stadium.
Addition of Pittsfield, Mass. to NY-P League suggest change of name for
1-5-1989
league. 1-26-1989
Winegar on baseball 50 years ago. 5-4-1989
Winegar remembers 50 years of Clippers.
Phillies tell club they want improvements at stadium clubhouse and infield -
8-23-1989
Council pledges help. 9-26-1989
Council questions who will fund work on baseball field. 10-11-1989
City finds the money to rebuild infield.
Council votes $30,000 for stadium improvement though disapproving of
10-19-1989
Gamble giving go-ahead. 10-24-1989
Clippers hope for funding from State as incentive to tourism. 10-30-1989
Clippers looking for extension of arrangements with Phillies.
Manager Rogers says club has enlarged club house, improved infield -
11-4-1989
demanded by Phillies - hope player development course soon.
Japanese magazine has pictures, article on baseball in Batavia - Brad Rogers
6-18-1990
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Baseball (cont) Wife of manager starts flap over gesture by mascot - Clipper Flipper -
manager transferred.
Talk about reorganization in upper circles puts local team without possible
backing. (Major leagues propose that they move all farm teams to spring
7-13-1990
training areas.) 11-23-1990
Ball Club gets State funds for improving ballpark. 12-14-1990
Phillies again sign Clippers as Farm Team. 1-3-1991
Brad Rogers says Clippers put $300,00 into area. Special business section. 2-21-1991
Baseball season opens - pictures. 6-19-1991
Picture of Chipper the Clipper's mascot - at game. 7-1-1992
Chipper the Clipper again in trouble. 7-22-1992
Paul Hartwick on local support of, attitude toward baseball. 8-15-1992
Paul Hartwick recalls double no-hitter played here 40 years ago.
Rumsten says report that World Games baseball to be played at Dwyer
8-20-1992
Stadium premature - $20,000 security deposit the block. 1-20-1993
World Games contract imminent says Rogers.
Baseball Club needs new stadium to match up-to-date field - suggests
2-6-1993
matching funds by Batavia and State. 2-13-1993
Ball Club, fans hope World University Games will bring culture & tourists here. 2-20-1993
Call for players over 30 to form new league. 3-6-1993
Batavia will host World University Games July 9-15 at Dwyer Stadium.
Baseball club elects Dr. Lawrence Roth, president Edwin Dwyer, president
3-23-1993
emeritus.
Future of Baseball in Batavia requires new stadium - cost $3 million. Story
4-15-1993
of 53 years of baseball here - picture. 4-17-1993
Season opens in Batavia - pictures of players.
State Legislature okays funds for stadiums - one for Batavia - to renovate
6-17-1993
Dwyer Stadium.
Rogers says perhaps half new stadium must be paid for locally - necessary
7-8-1993
if Batavia is to keep Class A franchise.
Baseball Club to as Council for $15,000 for stadium work - to go with State
8-7-1993
money. 8-11-1993
Council suggests Baseball Club seek funding elsewhere. 8-12-1993
Winegar remembers Dick Kokus who went from Batavia to big leagues.
Group to visit Binghamton to see stadium built by contractor who may do
10-7-1993
Dwyer - Highland Associates Architects.
Rogers outlines changes in League will have for Batavia - more challenging.
10-12-1993
Changes in locations of teams also noted. 10-16-1993
Visit by Committee to Binghamton gives committee ideas. 10-19-1993
Clippers organize task force to rouse community support for rebuilding stadium. 11-12-1993
Roth tells Task Force on Stadium immediate needs of baseball club.
Brad Rogers says the franchise for the Batavia Clippers is owned by the
Genesee County Baseball League, Inc. The original Batavia Baseball
11-13-1993
Club was reorganized and incorporated in 1957 with the above name.
Dr. Roth on aims and requirements of the Baseball Club in rebuilding
1-1994
Dwyer Stadium. 2-24-1994
Winegar remembers beginning of league play in Batavia in 1939. (3 articles.)
College World Series at Dwyer Stadium next week - not well supported in
10-3, 5, 7-1994
Jamestown, hence the move here. 5-19-1995
Batavia's first attempt to host College World Series called success. 5-30-1995
Clippers back - articles, pictures of squad. 6-13-1995
Clippers win title - beat St. Catherines, 21-3.
Shawn Smith, formerly manager at Auburn, to manage Dwyer Stadium
9-1-1995
and Clippers. 10-19-1995
Tickets to Clippers games to cost less. 11-24-1995

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Baseball (cont) New Clippers manager: Floyd Rayford, promises good season. (Sheraton Inn) 1-20-1996
Interview with Floyd Rayford, new manager of Clippers. 6-17-1996
Special section - Dwyer Stadium opens - picture of Clippers, etc. 6-18-1996
Grand Opening of Dwyer Stadium rained out. 6-20-1996
Clippers General Manager, Shawn Smith, going to Auburn Astros - picture. 9-17-1996
Clippers to change name - holding contest for suggestions from fans.
New manager, Gregg Legg here - auction at Sacred Heart planned as
2-3-1997
money raiser. 2-7-1997
Competition for new name for Clippers. 2-20-1997
Name decision down to final cut - 1,029 entries now down to final 57. 3-7-1997
Season opens today at St. Catherines - pictures of players, manager Legg.
Roth on current season and on choice of name and logo for the team (now
6-17-1997
on going.) 9-4-1997
Apparently choice "Muckdogs". Letter to editor opposing name. 10-9-1997
Another negative letter on name. 10-10-1997
Dr. Roth in letter to editor explains? Choice of name "Muckdogs." 11-3-1997
Page of angry letters to editor opposing name "Muckdogs." 11-4-1997
Winegar remembers the Bees - sure they would prefer name Bees to Muckdogs. 11-24-1997
Baseball Club reveals new logo - picture. 11-26-1997
Brockport College station - WBSU - to broadcast games in coming season. 2-19-1998
Pictures of squad - opening tomorrow. 6-16-1998
Winegar on baseball in Batavia. 7-6-1998
Muckdogs renew association with Phillies. 9-12-1998
Gregg Legg to manage Muckdogs in 1999.
NY Penn League reorganizing, some changes in teams playing, 6 teams in
11-25-1998
Batavia section. 12-10-1998
Paul Marriott new general manager of Muckdogs - interview with. 3-8-1999
Winegar recalls first game at new field here in 1939. 5-28-1999
Season opens tonight - schedule for 1999.
National Junior College Athletic baseball championship at Dwyer Stadium
6-16-1999
May 20 - 26th. 5-19-2000
Muckdogs open 61st Batavia season. Teams in NY-Penn League. 6-20-2000
Baseball - Little League Midget League played good ball at MacArthur Stadium.
Moose to give $500 to sponsor boys baseball league. Before 1945 Moose
contributed to playground program: In 1945 stipulated contribution to be
8-24-1945
used for boys' baseball.
Buzz Masse - 8 years old - son of Al Masse struck out opponent aged 13 -
6-10-1946
left mound, ran home to tell father. Past & Present. 7-13-1946
Picture: Little League players. 8-20-1946
Batavia Youth Softball League State Champions. 7-8-1947
Picture: Batavia Champions. 8-8-1947
Pictures: MacArthur Park, Kibbe Park. 8-16-1947
Other teams. 8-20-1947
City plans 10 team league. 2-20-1948
Midget League to have play-off tomorrow - picture. 8-26-1948
Letter asks aid in reducing $2,000 debt of Little League. 10 team league. 10-29-1948
Full page on softball (Little League.)
Little League ready to start in parks, Van Detta in charge - Optimists to
6-4-1949
provide T-shirts.
Little League organizes. Optimists, Moose and Lions Club sponsor and
6-30-1951
Genesee Trust Co. James Parks, president.
Players to enter play-offs for region. Teams: Lions Yankees; Optimists
3-26-1952
Giants; Moose Dodgers; Genesee Trust Red Sox. 7-31-1952
Little Leaguers lose. 8-5-1952

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Baseball - Little League (cont) Picture: Ernest W. Park, one of committee preparing for Little League games. 8-11-1952
Little League defeated by N. Tonawanda.
Little League season opens. Teams: National League; Optimists Giants,
Genesee Trust Co. Red Sox, Lions Yankees, Moose Dodgers. American
League; Elks Indians, Kiwanis Tigers, Daily News Athletics, Marine
8-3-1953
Trust Senators.
Picture: Little League Field House at Veterans Field - built by Local 151 -
6-7-1954
Soccio & Della Penna and other volunteers. 8-13-1954
Little League banquet at Moose Home. 2-17-1955
VFW Indians listed. 7-1955
Little League starts next week - with parade. 7-6-1955
Little League diamond, with stadium, to open Veterans Field. 7-7-1955
Picture: Little League stadium - parade to lead from Austin Park to new stadium.
New Little League Stadium dedicated as Ernest W. Parks Stadium - Parks
7-12-1955
is present - picture. 7-14-1955
Little League for 1956: Moose Dodgers; Kiwanis Tigers; Optimist Giants.
Administration consolidated. Vincent Callahan to be president of both the
National and American Leagues. Charles G. Schrader formerly of
6-14-1956
National League and Willis E. Shaw formerly of American League. 11-15-1956
Most valuable player awards made. 1-30-1957
Little League starting up. 4-3-1957
Little League debut.
1957 teams: Doehler Rams; Kiwanis Tigers; Moose Dodger; Optimist Giants;
5-23-1957
VFW Indians; Daily News Athletics.
Little League at Ernie Park Field: Doehler Jarvis Rams; VFW Indians; Daily
7-1957
News Athletics. 8-9-1957
Little League honors Callahan and Schrader. 8-19-1957
Banquet tonight for Little League. 9-30-1957
Bob Feller to be speaker. 10-2-1957
72 game schedule proposed - to open May 9. 2-8-1958
Lions Cubs beat Optimist Giants. J. E. Brown on Little League. 5-20-1958
Little League picks All-Star team. 7-2-1958
All-Stars beat Penn Yan. 7-14-1958
Picture: All-Stars; to go after State title. 7-24-1958
Little League All-Stars win District title. 7-26-1958
Little League All-Stars beat Bath. 7-29-1958
Picture: Little League teams.
To expand - to keep present American and National Leagues with four teams
8-16-1958
each, expand minor league to eight teams. 2-19-1959
J. E. Brown on Little League Baseball. 5-8-1959
Little League season opens with parade - picture. Started yesterday. 5-19-1959
New Junior League starts Saturday: Red Sox; White Sox; Blue Sox; Gold Sox.
Teams: Lions Orioles - Martin Merkle; M & T Cards. - R. McWain; Optimists
Giants; Moose Dodgers; Marine T Senators; VFW Indians; Kiwanis Tigers;
6-8-1959
Daily News Yankees; Santy's Tires Red Sox. 7-13-1959
Little League All-Stars to play Scottsville. 7-27-1959
Little League captures district title.
Teams: Optimists Giants; Lions Yankees; Daily News Athletics; Marine Trust
7-28-1959
Senators; Kiwanis Tigers; Moose Dodgers; Rotary Pirates; No date
All-Stars beat Painted Post. 8-3-1959
Citizens donate $600 for Little League All-Star playoff. 8-11-1959
Little League after State title. 8-10, 12, 13-1959
Picture: All-Stars off for Elmont L. I. 8-12-1959
Picture: Bus load starting. 8-13-1959
All-Stars lose to Elmont. 8-15-1959

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Baseball - Little League (cont) Picture: T-shirt champions and runners up. 8-25-1959
Lions Orioles; VFW Indians; Merchants Tigers; etc. 9-4-1959
J. E. Brown on starting season. 4-16-1960
Regulations set up for.
Little League opens season Monday - two leagues: American League and
4-18-1960
National League - 4 teams in each league - 120 boys. 5-13-1960
Little League Women's Aux. to meet. 5-21-1960
Downs gives money to build Little League field at MacArthur Park. 8-13-1960
Picture: American League pennant winners. 8-19-1960
Picture: T-Shirt champions. 9-7-1960
Organization thanks City Council for new Little League Stadium. 9-28-1960
In National League - Bill Bosseler of Lions Cubs. 10-12 or 13-1960
Now four teams each league - hope one more in each. 11-1-1960
Plans set for ten Little League teams. 12-1-1960
Little League starts season Monday. 5-13-1961
Pictures: Little League winners. 8-26-1961
Pictures: Champion teams (week of …) 9-9-1961
Picture: Little League All-Stars - going for State title. 8-2-1962
Downs makes annual donation to baseball for boys. 10-23-1962
All-Star Team - Jets; Chiefs; Stars; Comets. 8-29-1963
All-Stars district champions. 7-26-1963
Picture: Little League Champion - Rotary Pirates. 8-24-1963
Picture: American League All-Stars.
Picture: Freeland Blodgett giving trophies to outstanding National Little League
8-29-1963
players. 10-26-1963
Winegar on start of Little League. 6-19-1964
Picture: Little League Champions. 8-25-1964
Picture: National League Champions - the Rockets. 9-17-1964
Batavia Downs contributes to Youth Baseball for 8th year. 10-7-1964
Little League closes season with Awards Banquet. 12-3-1964
Picture: Little League champions. 9-10-1965
Picture: Minor League All-Stars. 9-18-1965
Picture of Wings - Little League Champions. 8-23-1966
Picture: Minor American League All-Stars. 8-29-1966
Picture: Little League pennant winners. 8-30-1966
National League All-Stars win District title. 7-27-1967
Picture: Little League All-Stars. 8-2-1967
Picture: Major League All-Stars - American League. 9-27-1967
Little League to open with parade - Booster Day to be May 9, 10 & 11. 5-1-1968
Picture: Little League All-Stars. 7-31-1968
Picture: All-Stars both leagues. 8-20-1968
Picture: National All-Stars. 7-17-1969
Picture: American All-Stars. 7-18-1969
Picture Colts - local champions sponsored by Graham. 8-27-1969
Page of pictures of Little League stars and teams. 9-2-1969
Pictures: Little League All-Stars. 7-21-1971
Picture: Little League team. 8-11-1971
Picture: American League Champs. 8-18-1971
Picture: Little League winners. 8-19-1971
Picture: National League Champs. 8-21-1971
Picture: Little League sign-up. 4-20-1972
Picture: American League Champs & City League Champs. 9-19-1972
Picture. 5-3-1973
Picture: Little League starts up. 4-25-1974
Picture - Jaycee Giants. 7-24-1975

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Baseball - Little League (cont) Pictures: Little League Champs. 8-18-1976
Lions Club honors Little League.
Sign-up Saturday: American League - Daily News Yankees; Kiwanis Tigers;
Enterprise Clothing Indians; Burger King Orioles; Dairy Queen Blue Jays;
Sylvania (Twins?). National League - Batavia Downs IEU Cards; Moose
9-21-1977
Dodgers; Rotary Pirates; Lions Cubs; Jaycee Giants; Genesee Savings Mets. 3-16-1978
Sign-up Saturday: Little League, Minor League, Prep League. 4-6-1979
Little League State Champions.
Lions Cubs; Genesee Savings Mets; Rotary Pirates; Kiwanis Tigers; Daily
8-12-1982
News Yankees; Jaycee Orioles; White Sox. 8-17-1982
Batavia eliminated in finals by Auburn - win consolation finals in Lockport. 8-8-1983
Batavia Little Leaguers win District 3. 7-26-1984
Nine teams in league starting up Friday.
Ad: Try outs March 21 & 22. T-Ball, Prep, Minor League, Little League and
7-10-1986
6 - 12 year olds. 3-20-1987
Batavia Little League wins District 3 title. 7-20-1988
Mike Petuella on. 7-22-1988
Little League winners - picture. 7-23-1988
Batavia loses to Amherst on wild pitch. 7-30-1988
Little League showing growth. 7-15-1989
Pictures: Little League Champs. 8-12-1989
Article on - pictures.
Little League chief asks for lights from Williams Park - removed four years
9-23-1989
ago when field enlarged. 5-15-1990
Little League All-Stars play for State Championship Friday - pictures. 8-2-1990
East Amherst won over Batavia. 8-4-1990
Little League All-Stars going for title - pictures - (Seniors All-Stars) 8-3-1991
Pictures of those top teams: Senior; Junior, Le Roy.
Article - interview with Paul Sputore - says Little League Field in MacArthur
7-23-1993
Park is now called "Sputora Field." Formerly Ernie Parks Field. 2-26-1996
Interview with John McGowan, Little League president. 8-17-1998
Pictures: 10 teams for Youth Baseball.
Tim Balonek, of City Highway Dept, much involved with Little League, writes
6-4-1999
history of local teams - inspired by research on Ernie Parks. 6-7-1999
Batavia to honor Little League Sunday. 6-9-1999
Batavia wins Junior League title. Picture - ages 12 to 14. 7-18-2000
Little League expanding - next year all new.
Little League started in 1946 by Optimists, Moose. There had been Midgets
8-28-2000
before. No date
Games at Ernie Parks Stadium. 7-16-1955
Doehler sponsor Rams - picture.
Now: Rams; Lions; Cubs; Royals; Giants; Tigers.
Started in 1956 by Polish Falcons, Labor Unios, Sports Boosters. Boys
7-19-1955
13-15 to meet to organize. Other firms to help. 3-19-1956
Babe Ruth assured.
League opens Tuesday - 6 squads: Cubs; Pirates; Royals; Rams; Lions
4-6-1956
and Braves. 7-5-1956
Cubs beat Pirates in Babe Ruth League. No date
J. E. Brown on Babe Ruth League - starts Monday. 6-20-1957
Babe Ruth Braves - Sylvania Local 352 IUW. 7-1957
Babe Ruth League Lions - Carpenters Local 1151. No date
Sign-up Saturday. Kiwanis Tigers; VFW Indians; Giants; Dodgers? 5-21-1958

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Baseball - Babe Ruth League (cont) Babe Ruth League organizes with: United Auto Workers Rams; Albert Drug Co.
Cubs; United Steel Workers Pirates; Electrical Workers Braves; Bricklayers
Masons & Plasterers Royals; Carpenters Local no. 1151 Lions. 6-28-1958
Lions Cubs and M & T Cardinals in playoffs. 7-11-1958
Babe Ruth All Stars to play for State title.
Bricklayers union builds shelter in Williams Park. Lions; Rams; Cubs; Pirates;
7-24-1958
Braves; Royals. 6-16-1959
Dedication of Babe Ruth Stadium in Williams Park Sunday. 7-21-1959
Babe Ruth Stadium dedicated. 7-28-1959
Babe Ruth League winners - Rams. Babe Ruth League runner-ups. Picture. 9-4-1959
Babe Ruth League starts Monday. 30 games scheduled. 6-15-1960
Babe Ruth All-Stars win District 12 championship.
Carrol's Lions; Batavia Farm Equipment Braves; Rotary Club Rams; Elks -
coach Bill Moore; Doehler Jarvis Cubs; Mancuso Motors Yankees;
7-18-1960
Kiwanis Pirates. Picture. 9-8-1960
Pictures: Babe Ruth champions. 9-9-1961
Picture: Babe Ruth winners - The Graham Mfg. Co. Pirates. 8-24-1962
Babe Ruth squad wins district title. 7-15-1963
Picture: Braves, winners of Babe Ruth championship. 12-6-1963
Picture: Babe Ruth League All-Stars. 8-26-1966
To expand from 6 to 8 teams. Need coaches. 4-29-1967
Picture: Babe Ruth All-Stars. 8-7-1968
Babe Ruth sign-up Saturday. 5-16-1972
Picture: Elks Club squad champions. 8-21-1975
Picture: Perkins Pancake Jets. 8-26-1975
Babe Ruth League organizing under Ralph Houseknecht.
Babe Ruth League opens season - teams play in Williams Park and at
1-23-1976
High School.
Pictures: Carrols Lions; Batavia Farm Equipment Braves; Graham Rams;
Rotary Royals; Elk; Doehlers Cubs; Kiwanis Pirates; Mancuso Motors
6-30-1977
Yankees. 6-21-1979
Baseball - Men's Senior League Six teams now in league - starts seventh season. 5-13-1999
Baseball - Midget Midget Champions to meet - picture. 8-8-1946
Picture: Four teams. 8-20-1947
Midget Baseball awards. 10-7-1948
Rotary provides apparatus for. 7-17-1951
Baseball - T-Shirt League Colts - Tony Zito coach; Jets - Howard Espersen coach; Bisons - Albert
Rahn, Sr. coach; Chiefs - Robert Sheldon coach. No date
T-Shirt Chiefs beat Comets. 8-25-1959
Pictures. 9-7-1960
Winegar quotes McBride on founding T-Shirt League in July 1958. 7-11-1990
Baseball - Youth Baseball Pictures: Twelve Senior Little League Teams. 6-9-1993
Pictures: Lineup for 1998. 6-5-1998
Pictures. 6-4-1999
Pictures of twelve teams for 2000. 6-9-2000
Baskerville, Robert D. Speech and Language pathologist opens office at 436 East Main St. Has
been helping handicapped and been consultant for nursing homes for
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Basom There was a Stephen Basom in Indian Falls in 4-18-1942
Bassett, Robert Suffering Parkinson's Disease, finds some means of fighting back - picture. 4-6-1996
Batavia Listener in Pennsylvania heard report of a young man from Batavia, a prisoner
in Russia. Sent word to Batavia, NY with suggestion that might be in
Batavia, Ohio; Batavia, Ill. or another. Family located in Batavia, Ohio. 5-12-1951
Author Thomas lists Batavia as third best little city in New York State,
32nd in United States. 4-16-1990
Letters to editor of paper in Batavia, Illinois reveal there is: Batavia, Iowa;
Batavia, Ohio; Batavia, Michigan; Batavia, Wisconsin; Batavia, California
(not in Atlas); Batavia, Argentina (my Atlas says Brazil); Batavia, Surinam
(Dutch Guiana); Batavia, Djakarta; Batavia, Ontario. No date
Batavia - altitude Winegar checks highs and lows - finds town slopes to north. County high
point just to south east of County Park in Bethany. 11-6-1992
Batavia - anniversary Winegar describes celebration in 1915. 1-3-1964
Winegar on 1965, Batavia's 50th Anniversary. 12-31-1964
Winegar on Batavia becoming city. 1-2-1965
Batavia - elevation. Elevation is determined by US Geological Survey in 1902. Erie Station 891ft
above sea level. 12-2-1922
Winegar lists elevation of city - 900ft - as well as high and low points in county.
Winegar learns of problems variations in elevation cause builders -
10-13-1964
acc. to Cy Corp. 12-11-1965
Batavia - film Film prepared by Chamber of Commerce - narrated by William F. Brown, jr.
to be shown in Australia. 10-29-1964
Film to be shown here Thursday. 11-10-1964
Film to be shown for public housing funds. 1-16-1965
Batavia - Incorporation of Village 5-18-1923
Past & Present column: Paragraph on incorporation. 1-5-1952
Article on village incorporation - 150 years ago. 4-23-1963
Batavia - Motto A Community of Opportunity
Slogan contest: Rev. Elmer Harris, winner. 2-16-1961
Film: "Batavia: A Community of Opportunity" to be seen by Rotary Club. 12-21-1964
Film was made by Chamber of Commerce. 12-26-1964
Batavia - musical composition. "Batavia" composed by Roxy Caccamise to have first rendition Sunday.
Heard March 20, 1969.
3-15-1969
Batavia - name Past & Present column.
Past & Present column: On duplication of names - 6 Batavias, 12 Alexanders.
9-29-1906
No other: Alabama; Basom; Darien Center; East Bethany; West Bergen. 3-26-1921
Origin. 2-21-1951
Winegar on source of name. 2-27-1963
Controversy over name. 1984
Winegar suggest Napoleon responsible for name Batavia. 7-17-1984
Winegar expands his explanation of name "Batavia" to people living in 1802. 12-1-1995

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Batavia - population statistics City grew by 532 in ten years. Town did better. 10-8-1951
Floyd Kilbe, in Oregon 59 years, finds little he remembers in City. 8-25-1958
Georgia Foote on Christmas in 1802. 12-22-1958
Batavia - ship, a Winegar gets news of search for "The Batavia," a treasure ship that sank
in East Indies.
Winegar on replica being built in Lelystad, Holland - original sank of Australia
10-22-1973
350 or so years ago. 9-11-1989
Winegar on ship being built in Netherlands and named for an ancient tribe. 9-25-1989
Batavia - US destroyer New destroyer named "Batavia." 3-23-1943
Batavia, Arkansas Batavia, Arkansas first postmaster remembered Batavia as beautiful place.
Past & Present column: Paragraph on Batavia, Arkansas, which was
6-21-1940
named by a former resident of Batavia, NY, which also sends calendar.
Postmistress of Batavia, Arkansas writes about her town - says she gets
12-20-1941
mail for Batavia, NY. 8-30-1944
Past & Present column: Communication from Postmistress of Batavia, Arkansas. 7-14-1945
Arkansas city named for Batavia, NY.
Past & Present column: Paragraph on correspondence with Batavia,
11-5-1946
Arkansas postmistress. 10-6-1951
Smallest of US Batavias. 8-4-1952
Batavia, Illinois Past & Present column: Paragraph on Batavia Metal Products in
Batavia, Illinois. 5-5-1945
Mail for Batavia Metal Products Company of Batavia, Illinois delivered here. 7-26-1946
Article on.
Jeffrey D. Schielke, Mayor and author of history of city visits Batavia on way
7-23-1952
to Firemen's Convention. 6-26-1981
Winegar on Batavia, Illinois as reported by James Mancuso. 1-29-1986
Brian Jellison visits Batavia, Illinois - pictures. 9-17-1986
Batavia, Indonesia Name Batavia, former name of Jakarta, capital of Indonesia getting revival. 9-17-1971
Batavia, Iowa Picture and article on. 6-7-1952
Batavia, Java Former mayor of Batavia, Java, R. A. Schotmann, visits - picture. 4-17-1943
Young man from Batavia, Java wants correspondents on railroading. 3-29-1947
Batavia, Michigan Past and Presej=nt column: Paragraph on Batavia, Michigan. 2-22-1947
Article on Batavia, Michigan. 7-24-1952
Batavia, NY Mention of Batavia Flats in Delaware County - Past and Present column. 8-1-1908
T. E. Brown on early Batavia in Green County - and others to west. 2-3-1962
Winegar finds there was a Batavia in Greene County on 1803 map.
As was a Batavia post office in Greene County, the post office in Genesee
County was first designated Genesee Court House.
9-8-1972
Batavia, Ohio Named by people from Batavia, NY. 6-26-1952
Batavia "Firsts" Eight "firsts" Batavia can claim. 2-3-1947
Batavia - financial situation Financial statement of Village. 11-27-1914
City evaluation nearly a million. 8-31-1971

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Batavia - (town) Incorporation history. 5-19-1923
Town of Batavia office opens. 8-18-1948
New Batavia Town Building open house - Lewiston Rd. Picture. 8-19-1948
New Batavia Town Fire Hall on Lewiston Rd. now open. 9-25-1950
Picture: new Town of Batavia Fire Hall - nearing completion. 9-24-1951
Town Hall on Lewiston Rd. now in use. Fire equipment still to move in. 1-2-1952
History - emergence of village - by Coon.
Batavia changes from second class to first class town - allowed towns
3-4-1953
over 5,000 advantages & disadvantages of. 6-26-1968
Planners want town & city to merge. 5-29-1974
Board approves Town Manager post. 3-2-1977
Jerry C. Hiller appointed town manager.
Town interested in property on Bank St. for future park - Schoenbatchler
3-11-1977
property.
Batavia Town Hall - picture - once a restaurant and once auto sales and
4-9-1977
garage. Town bought in 1936 and rebuilt. 1-4-1978
Town fire station almost done - picture.
In discussing differences over water, sewage and development of truck stop
8-31-1978
off Thruway officials discuss merging city and town. 7-6-1990
Batavia - Town of - Bicentennial Barbara Toal, co - historian - urges celebration. 2-22-2001
Batavia, City of See also "Charter"
Batavia a city today. 6-11-1914
First city election tomorrow. 12-7-1914
First election. 12-8-1914
Plan parade, etc. midnight, Dec. 31. 12-12-1914
City organization complete(?) this evening. 12-18-1914
Whole issue on Clean-up and Beautification campaign. 5-19-1920
John Low says Board Assessors need investigation. 9-21-1922
Two assessors answer charges. 9-23-1922
Population 15,628 (2,078 gain.)
Wiard Plow makes 500 arrows 24" x 4" to show way to Batavia along
9-29-1925
highways. 5-4-1929
City line extended to include Vets Hospital. 12-30-1932
Report on growth of City from report of Chamber of Commerce. 8-19-1947
Service clubs to erect signs at entrance. 2-22-1956
J. E. Brown answers his own question, "What's wrong with Batavia?" 3-2-1957
Louis Del Plato outlines a point plan for community development. 3-5-1957
Brown on city improvements. 3-5-1957
J. E. Brown comments on Del Plato plan. 3-6-1957
Picture from the air. 8-15-1964
Batavia from the air. 7-17-1965
Winegar on city management. 8-6-1976
Committee seeks designation "All-American City." 8-11-1978
Committee meets to plan 75th celebration.
City to celebrate by planting trees and flowers - May 26 - with Pageant of
2-7-1990
Bands.
Winegar finds article in magazine Business First giving city high marks as
3-10-1990
residence. 7-8-1991
Winegar boosts Batavia, Urban Renewal, Mall and all. 3-18-1996
Flynn lists achievements (improvements) city has made recently.
Barbara Toal publishes collection of pictures of Batavia, history and future
6-25-1999
plans. 9-23-2000

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SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Batavia - History See: Seaver
Batavia to celebrate birthday. 5-6-1902
Past & Present column on early schools. 5-11-1907
Account of trip across county in 1805, Past & Present column. 1-4-1908
First town meeting March 1, 1903. 6-12-1909
Bayard Stedman reveals many early marital details offered in will suits.
Trunks of trees found in excavations for sewer on West Main St. - dumped
3-4-1910
hundred years ago to fill in swampy area - wood preserved. 6-11-1910
Batavia may become a city. Platt asks those in favor to let legislature know.
Past & Present column: Paragraph on first town election and early county
3-11-1913
fairs. 10-2-1920
Past & Present column on War of 1812. 12-31-1920
Column on history of schools to 1891 (or about 1904) Past & Present column. 12-31-1921
Past & Present column: Paragraph on early pioneer activities. 1-28-1922
Past & Present column: Thomas Lanton, first leader. 3-18-1922
Article on Batavia 50 years ago, block by block. 5-12-1923
History of incorporation of village and more on Batavia 50 years ago. 5-19-1923
Historical section. 4-28-1924
Column reprinting article found by Mrs. Tarbox describing ox-cart trip in 1818. 12-15-1925
Questions on history on pg 2 with answers on pg 8. 5-26-1927
Past & Present column: Paragraph on businesses of 1811, and Cochran. 8-26-1933
When Batavia was a country village.
Historical section. Paragraph on: Guinea Witches Ball; Acquisition of land
for Ross St: Judge Phineas Tracy house: Circus grounds: Village
12-13-1934
characters (Irish): Larany Planning Mill: Eager Brewery: Early schools. 12-13-1934
Article by Rial - followed weekly by histories of towns. 5-6-1935
Recollection on early school days. 5-20-1938
Main Street - widened - picture. 10-13-1938
Aerial view from water tower. 4-1-1939
Recollections by Peter H. Fagan. 9-19-1940
Picture - Main St. with angle parking. 11-7-1940
Page of pictures of early Batavia. 6-10-1946
Past & Present column: Paragraph on visit of Timothy Bigelow to region in 1805. 10-11-1947
Historic issue - 70th years of Daily News with many pictures.
Past & Present column: Paragraph on building first Main Street - 1802-1803.
6-26-1948
Rebuilt in 1825. 7-16-1949
Year 1900 - in Genesee Trust ad. 3-6-1954
More on 1900 in Genesee Trust ad. 3-13-1954
Genesee Trust ad showing 1902. 3-20-1954
Genesee Trust ad showing 1905. 4-10-1954
Georgia Foote says city incorporated 131 years ago. 4-26-1954
Genesee Trust ad on 1910 or so. 5-15-1954
Genesee Trust ad on 1911 or so. Picture - explosion Municipal Building. 5-22-1954
Genesee Trust ad on 1915.
"Let's Get Acquainted" issue: Genesee Trust opening; Salways; Sleghts;
C. E. Knox; H. E. Slocum Inc.; I. V. Richelin; Harry Ingraham; Surprise &
Enterprise; Deluxe Dry Cleaning; Oliver's; Plaza Restaurant; Secords;
Goldsteins Furs; Falcone's Electric; Bird's; Ebling's Electric; Mosman's;
6-19-1954
Chemielowiec; Garney Sheet Metal; R. A. Haitz. 8-16-1954
Pictures of Main Street in 30's and 50's. 9-3-1954
Picture - page of early Batavia. 6-23-1965
Pictures - 50 years of City. 7-17-1965
50th year jubilee. 7-21-1965

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Batavia - History (cont) Aerial view of Court Street Urban Renewal area with buildings named.
Winegar quotes William Coon on early settlers, including the McCracken
10-1-1966
brothers - first stores, first brick structure. 6-22-1966
Winegar on early days on East Main. 11-20-1974
Winegar on early paper boys. 12-2-1974
Winegar on East Main area. 12-3-1974
Winegar on village becoming a city. 12-3-1975
History of city by W. Coon.
Special section for 75th anniversary. Articles on: Start of City, 1915;
Trolley line; coal business; downtown section, 1915; industry;
7-2-1976
education (many by Mary McCully.) 1-3-1990
Second special section. 6-27-1990
Winegar finds map of early Batavia in building at museum in Mumford. 9-19-1996
Comments on results of Erie Canal passing to north, railroads connecting with. 9-19-1996
Winegar remembers visitors he met while he was a reporter. 12-27-1996
Winegar praises Conklin's "historic walk."
Winegar tells of visit of Alexis De Toqueville, to be memorialized by group
2-12-1997
training trip. 4-26-1997
Winegar recalls visit to area of de Toqueville in 1831. 5-30-1997
Sketch said to be early Batavia store.
Barbara Toal shows video of early days at Stewart Steiner Theater at GCC
10-20-1998
Saturday at 2pm. 11-19-1998
Winegar comments on historical video. 11-30-1998
Video for sale at several places in town. 12-22-1998
Video to be shown at Angel's Café; seeking stories for second video. 2-16-1999
Batavia - Recollections Emily Griswold - progress of village.
Ex-postmaster Tyrrell remembers Batavia as he saw it first, 70 years ago
3-21-1890
Past and Present column. 12-1-1906
Early schools - Past and Present column. 5-11-1907
W. D. Church - in Batavia after 40 years - finds it much changed.
Edwin P. Hall remembers Batavia as it was 60 or so years ago. Past and
8-13-1907
Present column.
Past and Present column: Civil War phrase "All quiet on Potomac" originated
2-22-1908
in reports by Genesee County soldier Captain Rowley of Byron. 7-3-1908
Remembering Quiz Club (or Social Union.) Past and Present column.
Irving D. Cook remembers 75 years of development in agriculture - his first
11-27-1909
train ride, etc. 12-4-1909
Past & Present column: Baseball remembered back 60 years.
Sewer excavation finds well preserved logs from old corduroy road East
7-2-1910
Main Street east of Bank Street.
John Law remembers coming to Batavia on first through train - 3 days and
11-2-1910
nights - no sleeper, no dinning car. Past & Present column. 11-12-1910
Genesee County 100 years ago.
Picture and paragraph on west side of Jackson Street 50 years ago - a
11-19-1910
propos razing buildings on corner of Jackson & Main for Bradley. 3-28-1911
Wilbur C. Moreau of 43 State remembers big storm of 68 years ago.
Past & Present column: Account of trip across county in 1811 - with
4-10-1911
complaints on condition of roads.
Old timer remembers rifle drill of 50 or so years ago on Trading Day. Past &
9-28-1912
Present column.
Horsch remembers earlier jails and lock-ups, including tramp houses (which
12-28-1912
were very popular.) Past & Present column.
Past & Present column: Wells found under present Dellinger Theater - one of
3-1-1913
which believed that of Joseph Elliott whose house was on site. 8-14-1914

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Batavia - Recollections (cont) Past & Present: On town pump corner Main at Bank - still flat stone covering
well.
Past & Present column: Judge Bowen remembers when householders took
5-1-1915
baskets to do weekly shopping then stopped in at St. James.
Past & Present column: J. E. Brown remembers old spelling bees weekly
3-11-1916
in Roanoke.
Past & Present column: Fredd Dunham remembers Batavia as it was in 1897
9-17-1921
when he entered the law office of Safford H. North. 4-29-1922
Letter from P. A. Murphy - Batavia 55 years ago. 5-2-1923
More from Murphy.
Past & Present column: Paragraph on old scissors grinders who used to
pass occasionally. Now a truck with tools and machinery for fixing
5-25-1923
everything from scissors to lawn mowers. 7-21-1923
William Wood of Elmira remembers Band Concerts of 50 years ago. 8-24-1923
Timothy Bigelow remembers trip through Genesee County century ago.
George Weiss - who left Batavia 50 years ago - back walking streets.
2-6-1924
"Dutch" Weiss - has spent fifty years in vaudeville and road shows.
Mrs. Byram Moulton of Alexander remembers Fourth of July Celebration of
9-21-1928
1874. Past & Present column.
List of things Batavia can take pride is: DAR; SAR; Clamps; Convent, etc.
6-29-1929
Two columns long. no date
Fun in Batavia 1825 remembered. 7-7-1933
Panoramic view of village. Also whole page of memories by Griswold. 12-13-1934
Frank H. Goade has seen many changes. 4-14-1936
Past & Present column: Paragraph by Henry Lambert.
Past & Present column: Paragraph on Batavia's first Memorial Day
4-4-1942
observance - May 30, 1870. Judge Bowen spoke. 5-29-1942
Francis Pratt Douglas looks back on 50 years of teachings.
Past & Present column: William Wakeman remembers skating from Main St.
across flooded area as far as Taggarts - now about location of Skating
9-19-1942
Rink on Vine St.
Past & Present column: Paragraph on Batavia's first Memorial Day
1-10-1948
observance in 1870.
Fred A. Lewis remembers incidents in his career, including the Benham
5-29-1948
trial as well as earlier lawyers - beginning of the Bar Association. 5-7-1949
Mrs. Hamilton Vallance remembers the gay young life of '90s. 5-20-1950
Mrs. John H. Wood remembers stories of her grandfather. Past & Present.
Past & Present column: Paragraph on recollections of Nathan A. Woodward,
9-2-1950
a lawyer a century ago. 1-3-1953
Coon on old landmarks.
Albert J. French - now 90 - remembers the NYS Institute - Clement changed
3-4-1953
to School. French lost sight at 10 - became piano tuner. 3-3-1956
Floyd Kibbe visits after 53 years. 8-25-1958
Fourth of July a century ago.
Mrs. Andrew Raynor - married 65 years remembers Washington and Ross
7-3-1959
a pasture in 1895. 1-2-1960
Mr. & Mrs. Dudley Root remember stories of 1901. 3-9-1960
J. E. Brown on New York Central of yore. 3-25-1960
J. E. Brown recalls a number of events and dates, Boost Batavia campaign. 2-27-1961
J. E. Brown recalls early grocers, other people and institutions on Main St. 5-18-1962
Winegar remembers dance restrictions of 1924 and there about. 5-22-1965
Winegar on Fourth of July of past.
Old timer writes to Winegar - remembers Trumbull Cary and others.
7-3-1965
(Robert D. Brockway) 12-20-1965
Winegar finds an old brochure of about 60 years ago. 3-29-1966

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Batavia - Recollections (cont) More. 3-30-1966
Winegar remembers the Fourth and Thomas Store. 7-5-1966
Winegar remembers entertainment before Little League baseball. 8-23-1966
Winegar remembers marbles, kites, etc. 3-15-1967
Graduation 50 years ago was in Dellinger Theater. 6-27-1967
Winegar remembers boyhood pleasures. 4-9-1968
Winegar on earlier times.
Winegar on man who dug up mole and mole tunnel (or mouse) from lawn and
3-14-1969
took in barrow to vacant lot. 8-12-1969
Winegar on corner of Jackson & Main St. where Salvation Army used to play. 1-5-1971
Winegar remembers old Jefferson area - schools, Kearneys, etc. 1-10-1972
Mrs. Boyce - 104 - remembers. 10-28-1972
Winegar on year 1907. 7-17-1974
Winegar on early maps. 10-2-1974
Winegar on winters of yesterday. 1-28-1975
Winegar on changes on Jackson St. and Marshall's News Store. 2-14-1975
Winegar on changes downtown. 11-10-1976
Recollection of days when hogs and horses roamed Main Street. 12-7-1976
Winegar remembers earlier winter pastimes.
Winegar remembers ice man, street sprinkler and other assorted
1-3-1977
juvenile pleasures. 1-6-1977
Winegar remembers earlier recreations - Bluebird, etc. 1-18-1977
Winegar on winter of 1918. 2-24-1977
Winegar on earlier winters. 3-17-1977
Winegar on Sugaring off. 3-25-1977
Mrs. Ulrech on Bluebird & Meadowlark. 4-2-1977
Winegar on way Legislature used to conduct meetings.
Winegar remembers Walt & Porter Davis - Walt the predecessor of
1-10-1978
Adam Miller on Center Street. 1-16-1978
Winegar on earlier winters. 1-24-1978
Winegar on day boys stole ashman's horse & cart. 3-6-1978
Winegar remembers old time summers. 8-31-1978
Winegar recalls earlier winters. 12-22-1978
Winegar reminisces. 3-22-1979
Winegar correspondent remembers Farmers Sheds. Onus Duffy - Fair.
Winegar on doll house made by Frederick Wiard for his granddaughter in
4-13-1979
Flint Michigan. 4-19-1979
Winegar on Fourth of July. 7-2-1979
On the cat at the library - picture. 9-24-1979
Winegar on the Watson's parrot. 9-24-1979
Winegar on good old days when firemen got cats out of trees. 12-19-1979
Winegar remembers early trains. 1-22-1980
Winegar remembers Adelman's - on site of Genesee Farms now leaving. 2-4-1980
Winegar on City Council annual city inspection. 5-7-1980
Cutitta has rare coin "Hard Times" coins struck by Cochran, a bell caster, here.
Winegar on Corey's Gas Station, West Main St., where had first job - and
6-6-1980
other stations. 7-2-1980
Winegar on Vernor's Ginger Ale. 9-4-1980
Winegar remembers some former fires. 9-9-1980
Winegar quotes Lew Browne on depression years. 3-15-1983
Winegar remembers friendship with Bud Williams. 7-28-1983
Winegar remembers day Lindbergh flew over. 8-12-1983
Winegar remembers Fellner and Doehlers. 10-6-1983
Winegar and Will Nott remember East Main Street concerns around 1920s. 8-23-1985
Francis Miner remembers one room school. 9-17-1985

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Batavia - Recollections (cont) Old timer remembers the Batavia before Urban Renewal - Winegar column.
Maas-Feary quotes from old article of 1937 by Wakeman - esp. baseball
3-4-1987
and wrestling.
Les Wright talks to Winegar about C. L. Carr store toy display at
8-8-1987
Christmas time. 12-13-1989
Winegar remembers Jim Kendall, amateur caricaturist and early East End. 5-13-1991
Winegar quotes Jim Kennedy on early days in East End. 6-24-1991
Winegar remembers the Griswolds of his boyhood days.
Winegar has letter from former Trumbull Parkway resident remembering
7-1-1991
remembering coasting, etc. 7-16-1991
Winegar remembers H. S. days.
Winegar quotes Christine Carr Minor on Merchant's Row on Summit Street.
10-18-1991
Also on Dennis boys.
Winegar on several things such as bowling festivals, Apple Blossom festivals,
4-22-1992
St. Joe's Drum Corp, Picnic in Park. 4-23-1992
Batavians recall Christmas in Depression days.
Winegar recalls an earlier Batavia from postcards issued by historians and
12-11-1993
pictures in News. 1-12-1994
Winegar recalls boyhood on Hewitt Place.
Winegar recalls city before Urban Renewal and the Mall, and approves the
1-19-1996
changes. 3-28-1996
Winegar recalls earlier summer days. 8-26-1996
Winegar remembers earlier winters. 12-20-1996
Winegar on early Batavians (including teachers) he has known. 3-10-1997
Winegar remembers spring games he played - such as marbles & softball. 4-7-1997
Winegar remembers Bell Birds early days, orchestra, etc. (including his father) 4-16-1997
Winegar recalls local oddities - Apples Kearney, Bugs Michaels and others. 1-14-1998
Winegar remembers good old weather, school closings, etc. floods, storms. 2-1999
Winegar lists names of by-gone businesses. 4-2-1999
Winegar recalls old school days. 5-3-1999
Several pages of Voices of a Century. 3-23-2000
Winegar recalls early landmarks on Main Street. 3-31-2000
Batavia - Town Picture: Town Fire hall, Lewiston Road, under construction. 7-12-1951
Fire truck moves into new fire hall - picture. 1-2-1952
J. E. Brown on changing Batavia pattern. 9-10-1955
Town Board hires manager - Kenneth Perry - Forsyth objects heatedly. 7-10-1974
Kenneth R. Perry, town manager, resigns. 9-29-1976
Town manager Doane resigns. 7-26-1984
Town manager Arthur Posluszny - mentioned in article on insurance. 8-22-1985
Town manager in 1990 - Francis Repicci. no date
Town of Batavia to drill for water on Lehigh Avenue.
Arbitration Board says town owes city $126,217 as city claimed - for
4-18-1991
water service. 5-29-1991
Town & City still in disagreement - now over sewer.
Voters approve selling town hall and vehicle storage (ideally for a million -
5-31-1991
paid $10,000 for it in 1942.) 3-4-1998
Batavia - Village On incorporation of village - 100 years ago. 5-19-1923
Batavia Advertising Co. Local name owner of most of billboards in area: Whitmier & Filbrick
of Buffalo. 5-1-1912
Batavia Air Charter Offers one-way flight to Orlando, FL for $75: Bud Clor; Jack Schwab;
Gordon Blake. Ad. 10-17-1959

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Batavia Amusement Co. Amusement company dissolved. Washburn - Dipson - Osborne (Genesee
Amusement Co.?) Incorporated October 6, 1926. 6-5-1031
Batavia & Buffalo Transportation Co. Bus Line - Intercity. Later Batavia - Akron - Buffalo.
Batavia-Buffalo bus permit by PSC. John W. Mullen to operate.
Will establish daily package & freight service. J. William Mullen and
7-1-1921
Luther W. Rauscher, proprietors.
Incorporation papers received, Batavia to Buffalo Line - Inc at $20,000 by
11-30-1921
J. W. Mullen and L. W. Rauscher. 8-21-1922
Mullen chosen President of transport company. 8-23-1922
Ownership passes from Mullen to Gilbert E. Flint & Julius Baureis. 2-21-1924
No objections to extension of service to Attica. 4-17-1924
Bus Co. has deluxe new bus on line. 7-24-1924
Baureis & Flint ask permit for Batavia - Rochester. 8-1-1924
Company now running regular scheduled Batavia - Alexander - Attica.
Refreshment stand, 35 Jackson, to be rebuilt for waiting room and ticket
8-22-1924
office. Has been at 43 Jackson Street. 10-20-1924
Line seeks new charter - wants run Alden to Buffalo. 12-2-1924
Baureis buying 2 new deluxe buses. 2-9-1925
Baureis & Flint get permit for bus line to Akron. 2-19-1925
Batavia & New York Wood Working NY Lumber & Wood Working Co. to occupy Sewing Machine Co. building. 4-5-1886
Company Area raising $3,000 to help move. 4-6-1886
Deal practically settled - J. M. Chapin, superintendent. 4-8-1886
Money all raised.
Charles A. Kibbe - J. M. Chapin, General Superintendent. Ready to hire.
4-9-1886
Machinery coming immediately. 4-10-1886
J. M. Chapin here. 4-21-1886
All arrangements complete. 5-4-1886
New switch line to Wood Works. 5-17-1886
W. C. Andrews, president. Fred D. Grant. 6-1-1886
Suggest extending water mains to Wood Works. 6-4-1886
Village will supply pipes if Wood Works will install. 6-5-1886
25 or 30 men now employed in and about new place. 6-14-1886
Wood Working Co. very busy.
Wood Working Co. reorganized - J. F. Mizer remains, Chapin resigns -
10-6-1886
C. Honeck and W. H. Sidway from New York now in charge. 1-28-1887
Work to start again at Wood Works. 2-2-1887
Walter Ware sells Wood Works 60 acres at $20 an acre. 6-8-1887
Wood Works machinery still in NY, now moved here.
Wood Works to close for inventory - with enough orders on hand to start
10-7-1887
full blast in January. 12-28-1887
Water now in mains at Wood Works. 5-24-1888
Bell for Wood Works here - 2 1/2' in diameter.
President Wallace C. Andrews to withdraw - relief responsibility.
Wood Works future in doubt. President Andrews is elderly - wants to
resign. Factory will close temporarily. Wallace C. Andrews is wealthy
6-21-1888
man. Charles Honeck, William H. Sidway in charge. 3-26-1892
Charles Honeck plans to reorganize and resume. Raised $12,000 in NY. 3-28-1892
Honeck reorganizing company. 4-4-1892
Honeck & John Scatcherd of Buffalo organize. Also: 4-9-1892; 4-21-1892 4-7-1892
Wood Works "in doubt" - short $10,000. 5-19-1892
Wood Works reopening assured. 6-2-1892

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Batavia & New York Wood Working Wood Works reorganized: John N. Scatcherd of Buffalo, president; Charles
Company (cont) Honeck of Batavia, vice president. Of Buffalo; A. D. Scatcherd, John L.
Hunsecher. Of Batavia; John N. McKenzie, S. A. Sherrow; John Glade. 6-17-1892
Wood Works to be open in 2 weeks or so. 7-2-1892
Articles of Incorporation filed. 7-11-1892
Deed for Wood Works filed at Clerks Office.
Wood Works owned about 1,300,000 feet of hardwood lumber when it
7-18-1892
closed. W. H. Sidway has sold off about a million feet. 9-19-1892
Work picking up at Wood Works - 185 men now at work. 12-15-1892
Wood Works doing some interior of Buffalo Club.
Wood Works now union shop - workers join United Brotherhood of
7-21-1894
Carpenters & Joiners. 11-13-1897
Safecrackers bind watchman - open safe - get about $70 - evidently experts. 12-4-1897
No word on safecrackers. 12-5-1897
Safecrackers identified. 1-30-1898
Wood Works gets order for interior Baltimore Court House. 12-19-1898
Plant has new carving machine - fast and labor saving. 1-17-1899
Description operation carving machine. 1-28-1899
Wood Works being wired for electricity. 10-20-1899
Wood Works to exhibit at Paris Exposition. 5-19-1900
Wood Works to build 2 story brick addition - 60' x 80'. 2-22-1901
Alan D. Scatcherd, head of Wood Works, dead. 8-17-1901
R. C. Scatcherd now secretary/treasurer of Wood Works. 2-1-1902
Wood Works to be enlarged. 5-3-1902
Loss $2,000 from fire in fuel room at Wood Works. 5-21-1902
Scatcherd interested in making bookcases for R. L. Vilas Company. 9-4-1902
Fire proofed wood now being used. 10-28-1902
Big wheel goes to pieces - wrecks two engines, nobody injured. 10-6-1903
Another building, 50' x 80' of brick - at Wood Works for office. 11-7-1903
Phil Ditzel to do masonry. 11-27-1903
Interior 2 building at Cornell by B & NY.
Past & Present column: Wood Working company has furnished interiors and
trim for 1,700 buildings in New York City - Hall of Records,
9-12-1904
New Amsterdam Theater, Hotel Netherlands. 1-20-1912
Wood working company buys land to south. 9-10-1912
Wood Works to be enlarged by 120'. 6-9-1913
C. H. Honeck elected head. 7-15-1914
Wood Works to furnish interior for Columbia Graphophone building in NY.
Workmen building smokestack, 80' high of brick to replace steel one taken
2-19-1917
down. 3-17-1917
Wood Works gets government for propellers. 2-11-1918
Wood Works building cases for phonograph. Has busy season. 7-21-1919
Wood Works Co. making talking machines. 10-21-1919
Talking machine named Batavia. 10-16, 21-1919
Wood Works Co. old white horse dies. 12-27-1919
Idle - coal shortage. 2-24-1920
Wage increases. 3-24-1920
Honeck asks Chamber of Commerce for assistance. 4-9-1920
Installs fireproofing equipment. 3-7-1921
Wood Works putting in electricity. 10-26-1921
Wood Works offering phonographs made in slow period for $165. Worth $200. 12-13-1921
Wood Works gets contract for trim Statler Hotel in New York 5-27-1922
Obit: Scatcherd. John B. Seaver replacing Scatcherd. 12-6-1922
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Batavia & New York Wood Working Wood Working Co. to enlarge - fireproofing business growing fast. 4-29-1926
Company (cont) Woodwork in new Carnegie Library in American School of Classical
Learning in Athens by Wood Works. 6-17-1926
Wood Working Co. increasing fireproofing department. 10-5-1926
Wood Working Co. having rush period: Manger Hotel, NY; Savoy Plaza, NY. 11-17-1926
Wood Works have orders for $250,000 work.
Wood Works get contract for wood in New Yorker Hotel - includes 8,000
5-11-1928
doors. 7-5-1929
Wood Working Co. has men working overtime.
Past & Present column: Paragraph outlines lineage of company. Occupies
building put up by Batavia Sewing Machine built to produce Post
combination of machines. Financial trouble made firm sell out to New York
Lumber and Wood Co. in 1885. NY Lumber & Wood Co. sprang from
Batavia Manufacturing Co. incorporated in 1884, which had previously
been New York Wood Tanning Co. of New York, of which Charles H.
4-1-1930
Honeck superintendent. 8-2-1930
Wood Works making wood carvings for new Sterling Library at Yale. 1-29, 2-2-1931
Woodworkers refuse to take cut from $.75 an hour.
Management threatens to farm out some orders. Workmen accept $.60
6-23-1932
per hour wage. 7-18-1932
Wood Works property to be liquidated. 7-15-1939
City offers Wood Works site to US for defense work. 5-21-1940
Refused by several. 5-7-1941
Wood Works to be sold at auction. 9-4-1941
Wood Works sold in large tax sale for $3,700. 10-3-1941
Wood Works sale cancelled - to go to referendum. 10-7-1941
Wood Works again on auction block. 4-7-1942
Haxton purchases Wood Works for $13,000 - for warehouse. 4-8-1942
Haxton buys Wood Works property. 12-29-1953
Wood Works workers reunion - picture. 6-23-1960
Picture and some text on Wood Works. 12-19-1977
Winegar on Wood Works. 3-3-1978
Batavia and Northern Railroad See: Crosscut Line.
Batavia Animal Hospital Jack Wilkes and Irving Wiswall open animal veterinarian office on
Lewiston Road, two miles out. 2-10-1955
Dr. Raymond Pray of Animal Hospital. 9-29-1965
Dr. Raymond Pray buys of Dr. Jack Wilks. 8-16-1974
Animal Hospital busy with rabies inoculations - picture. 3-2-1999
Batavia Answering Service Carl and Ruth Peters, assisted by Lyons Club, set up Answering Service.
Started in June. 9-21-1959
Batavia Area VW Club. VW Club to have rally Sunday. 4-14-1978
Batavia Boutique Batavia Boutique at 4141 West Main St. to distribute Weight No More Meals -
prepared by Lea Ann Werder of Lyndonville. 3-20-2000
Batavia Bowling Pin Co. William F. Utes and William Gerber run bowling pin repair shop for alleys from
Erie, PA to Albany. Shop at 8 Exchange Place - picture. 3-21-1947
Bowling Pin Co. damaged by fire. William S. Gerber, prop. 12-7-1950
Batavia Boxing Club See: Boxing.

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Batavia Boy's Band Band has fine start with 20 boys. Needs public support - Colarusso, director. 3-29-1924
Band gave fine concert - poorly attended. 4-2-1924
Picture - sextet from Band. 7-12-1924
Boy's Band concert - Tuesday at Austin Park. 8-2-1924
Band to play in Buffalo. 2-20-1925
Boy's Band has several dates lined up. 6-11-1926
Batavia Boy's Band to play Odd Fellows Hall on Friday. 2-16-1927
Batavia Brewery Building on site of Gamble Brewery - William Gamble to run - William Hooker
major investor. 11-2-1889
Work on East end brewery progressing. 12-11-1889
East end brewery about completed. 1-7-1890
About all machinery in Elm Street brewery. 1-20-1890
Operations started at East End Brewery. 3-4-1890
Brewery purchases 10,000 pounds of hops.
Disposed of by William Hooker. Joseph A. Baker, Louis Stroh, managers.
9-10-1890
Brewery recently renovated. 11-28-1891
No note. 1-25-1948
Batavia Art School To open on East Main St. George B. Edwards instructor - class size restricted. 11-6-1883
Batavia Art Studio See: Lawson, T. M.
Batavia Arts and Crafts Crafts seeks instructors for fall season - 56 Harvester Ave. 8-20-1975
Batavia assessment State commends city for accuracy in assessment - best in state.
City property assessment up $23 million due to revaluation. Last year
2-11-1988
valuation $589,743,896. Up 7.5% to this year's $612,830,773. 8-30-1995
Batavia Associated Retailers Retailers organize - elect John C. Dwyer. 3-9-1978
Batavia Atomic Welding &
H(e)at Treating Co. Company to do hydrogen arc welding - treat metals to harden & strengthen
them. Ross Fortunato, Anthony Miceli and Francis Shardlow, partners. 6-7-1960
In Industrial Center - make shoes for race horses using new idea in swedges -
makes durable enough to last 3 or 4 weeks. "A far cry from blacksmith
under the spreading Chestnut." 4-12-1962
Batavia Auto Parts Co. See: Batavia Metal Products (at Baker Gun Co.)
Two not connected though D. W. Toml….(?) headed both. Batavia Auto
Products was independent company set up to market auto parts
9-9-1921
produced for purpose. Company dissolved. 4-20-1925
Batavia Auto Radiator Co. Leases western end of Harry Page Auction House on Ellicott St. to open
repair shop. Arthur Koch and R. C. Atchison. 10-2-1926
Batavia Auto Supply Co. Baker and Louis F. Walz opened store. 3-10-1919
Auto Supply Co. - 47 Main - sold by Herbert F. Baker to Porter M. Davis and 2-28-1923
Webster A. Tuttle. 2-28-1923
Gets more time to relocate ahead of demolition of building for Greenspan. 2-22-1978
Moving from 145 W. Main to 341 West Main. 2-23-1979
Batavia Brake & Inspection Center 6 Liberty St. New facility opened by owners of Oil Spout to accommodate
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Batavia Bridle & Saddle Club Riders to form club.
Batavia Bridle Club - picture. H. Clinton Searls, president; Harold E. Amidon,
vice president; Adam F. Miller, secretary; Elmer Adelman and J. R. Holt
3-27-1933
on board. 4-24-1939
Bridle club meets. 9-10-1946
Bridle club has moonlight ride. 9-12-1946
To hold trail ride. 10-8-1847
Bridle club to meet with Albion. 1-6-1948
Batavia Broadcasting Corp. Broadcasting license applied for from Federal Communication Commission
today. 6-24-1940
Given authority to build and operate a 250 watt station - to broadcast over
1500 kilocycles. Station over 90 Main - transmitter on Creek Rd. 100 shares
of preferred non-voting stock - $100 par value. 500 shares full voting
stock - no par value. Gets Charter. 11-1-1940
See WBTA.
Batavia Brown Bread Bread served on dining cars across west not made in Batavia - a product
of Sprague Warner Company - owner of Batavia Preserving Company.
Bread made in Middleport and put up in sealed cans for shipping. 5-12-1906
Batavia Builders Exchange Formed: President, Bernard Fanning (of Potter DeWitt Corp.) Locke and
Espersen, officers. 5-5-1950
Batavia Building Supply Co. Earl V. McCarthy, proprietor. 2-25-1960
Batavia Building and Operating Co. Owners of Family Theatre q.v. sold building to Dipson. 1-14-1920
Batavia Baptist Chapel 18 Porter Avenue. Ralph E. Fingerlow, Pastor. Study 10, Worship 11.
First seen Sept. '78. Gone October '78.
Listed among churches. 1983
Started: Mar. 1977 - Fingerlow moved from Alden in Nov. 1977 to 18 Porter.
Had 2 Vacation Bible Schools summer of 1977 at Austin Park and at
Town Houses. 11-15-1977
Batavia Beverage Store Bob Somzo, proprietor. Has collection of beer cans - picture - Peter Mack
the collector. 6-11-1977
Batavia Billiard Academy 39 Jackson Street. 39-41-43 sold to Paul Hanley. 9-12-1944
A. Fernando, proprietor. Billiard Academy accused of allowing gambling. 5-16-1951
Batavia Boat and Motor Co. At 38 West Main St. R. A. Moore, owner. 1-21-1949
Batavia book Supply Co. See: Jewell, Dennis
Batavia boundary marker Marker - picture - now on lawn of City Hall - may be defective, rejected one
never used. 8-14-1952
Batavia Bowen Joint Corp. See: Universal Joint, Adna G. Bowen, manager.
Batavia Bowling Academy 13-15-17 State St. Opens today. Robby Weller and Harry Breese. 8-13-1927
Robert J. Weller buys Academy. 1-2-1930
Henry L. Wiard buys Bowling Academy of Robert J. Weller. 7-21-1931
Sold to Paul Hanley. 9-12-1944
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Batavia Bowling Center Formerly Moose Lanes. Ad. 4-9-1987
Offers lunch 11am - Dinner 4pm. Ad.
Bowling Center operated by Philip Tooze and Richard Strzelecki - also a
9-14-1987
lunch room. Special section. 2-9-1988
Strzelecki says never owned bowling ball until became owner of alleys.
Bowling Center in former Moose Alleys to close. Tooze busy with RSQ at
9-19-1989
Downs. Strzelecki has no plans. 4-13-1992
Article on Bowling Center, and bit on Moose. 4-14-1992
Batavia Bus Service See: Buses - City Bus Line.
James & Charles Caccamise.
Lester G. Murnan sells schools bus line - house, buses, garages & 64 acres
to Batavia Bus Service. 4-19-1968
Batavia Bus gets permit to run to new GCC campus.
Bus Service and Genesee Rochester Service to transfer authority Public bus
2-10-1971
plus school bus line - Caccamise, president of Bus Line. 6-4-1971
Bus Service planned door to door under RGTCA (whole plan.) 6-5-1971
RGTCA buys bus line of Charles & James Caccamise for $84,500.
Rochester Regional asks bids of $90,000 for acquisition of Bus Line,
6-16-1971
$100,000 for new buses and equipment for Dial-a-Bus. 6-24-1971
Bus to run to college 4-20-1972
Bus service asks $5,000 additional money. 4-10-1972
County plans to move Bus service to County Highway Garage on Cedar St.
Bus Service property on East Main and Prole Road purchased by Tri-County
7-21-1982
Tractor, next door.
Rochester-Genesee Regional service seeks federal funds to buy three
8-6-1982
new buses. 7-13-1989
Batavia Businessmen's Ass'n. Business men organizing. 8-26-1887
Town of Batavia Businessmen to meet at Treadway. 10-10-1961
Batavia Business Improvement Dist. Dennis Dwyer chosen head of new boost business organization. 5-30-1998
Map showing planned changes.
BID awards $7,500 façade improvement grant to Genesee Patrons Insurance
9-16-2000
218 East Main St. - former Niagara Mohawk. 10-5-2000
First ad in new search for new industry. 10-9-2000
Batavia Business School See: Blount, Sarah.
Batavia Camera Club Camera Club forming.
Camera Club elects: Glen Bolton, president; Charles Wheeler, vice president;
2-1939
Phil Ditzel, outgoing president. 6-13-1939
May join Council of Buffalo. Later had Council officer from Batavia. 10-3-1939
Joins Niagara Frontier Camera Club. 10-10-1939
Club photos to be in contest at Albright. 5-4-1940
Club plans youth group for under 21. 10-22-1940
Batavia Canning Co. Canning Company put up 2,000,000 cans of fruit, etc. in 1884, May to Nov. 1-17-1885
Canning Co. to increase stock. 3-16-1913
Formed from Batavia Preserving Co. 12-18-1913
Canning Co. bonds all sold ($50,000) 12-27-1913
Deed to Batavia Canning Co. passes to Batavia Food Product Co. 3-16-1918
Canning Company sued by several creditors. 11-28-1918
Canning Co. to operate on Mill Street. 1-4-1923
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Batavia Canning Co. (cont) Machinery purchased to strip string beans in the field damages beans -
women in field picking beans. 8-18-1925
Fire in Canning factory believed set. 10-26-1925
Chamber of Commerce tries to interest Muffels in Building. 10-1-1925
Batavia Steel Plate (McBride) taking building. 6-14-1926
Factory closed - went bankrupt in 1919. 1-28-1929
Batavia Canvas Glove Co. Glen H. Couch and B. R. Parker form glove manufactory to employ 10 or so
women - on second floor Model Laundry - Park Place. 2-27-1915
Batavia Car Wash Ryan DeWitt reopening after improvements. 11-9-1972
Batavia Car Works New car plant takes option land on Clinton Street - to build railroad cars.
Car Works organizing: Raymond W. Marshall of New York; George E. Perrin;
8-18-1920
Wheaton S. Miller; Raymond M. Walker. 8-18-1920
Plant will repair freight and passenger cars. 10-4-1920
C. R. Dillon, superintendent, arrives from NY. 10-19-1920
Job office open - ground breaking soon. 11-5-1920
Car Works elects John Bankat, President. George E. Perrin, secretary. 11-13-1920
Car Works rails delivered. 12-23-1920
Erie to build siding for. 1-13-1921
Chamber to raise $15,000 to buy site. 1-17-1921
Chamber short $10,000 for site. 2-4-1921
Contract to build to John Lennon & Son, George W. Buchholtz. To cost $40,000 2-7-1921
Drive starts for $15,000 starts. 2-15-1921
Half a hundred apply for jobs. 3-6-1921
Final batch stock taken by Detroit Invest. 9-29-1921
Smoot Investment Co. of Buffalo to handle stock. 5-20-1922
30 men at work (Aug. 5, 1922?) 8-7-1922
35 men now at work at Car Works. 8-11-1922
Car Works announce personnel. 8-16-1922
Visitors invited to inspect. 9-7-1922
Car Works a revelation to visitors. 9-11-1922
Car Works being enlarged. 9-28-1922
R. A. Patterson new manager. 12-4-1922
Batavia Car Works closed. 1-20-1923
Bankat resigns.
Car Works acquired by Ferguson Allan Co. (q.v.) under name Batavia Iron
3-9-1923
Works. 9-18-1923
Mortgage foreclosure against.
Ferguson-Allan has big contract from Union Railroad Co., Pittsburgh - to
8-15-1925
employ 100. 9-18-1925
Co-operative League of America suing. 8-15-1925
Sale Car Works on Clinton St. May 15th at auction to satisfy creditors. 4-17-1926
Purchased by Frederick Allan & Sons as Contractors' Machinery. 9-24-1940
Batavia Carriage and Implement Co. Ellicott St.
C. H. Nichols buys interest in Batavia Carriage Co.
Peter A. Scheer asks dissolution of Carriage business(?) says Duzen and
12-20-1906
Nichols deceived him on purchase. 4-6-1907
Duzen receiver for carriage company. 4-12-1907
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Batavia Carriage Wheel Company See: Batavia Wheel Co.
Batavia Carting See: Batavia Trucking and Carting Co.
Batavia Cemetery W. C. Woolsey putting up iron archways over entrances to cemetery (Prog. Bat) 6-23-1893
Handsome iron gates installed. 7-3-1893
New fence to go along front. 10-8-1909
22 burials in Batavia Cemetery last year - WPK White, secretary. 3-11-1957
Vandals ravage cemetery - pictures. 4-5-1969
Winegar comments on poor condition of and of burials there. 1-6-1971
Winegar on Batavia Cemetery. 1-16-1971
Fourteen stones in Batavia Cemetery broken. 10-22-1973
Picture of cemetery vandalism. 10-23-1973
Dozens of stones thrown down. Association seeks help to restore. 4-28-1982
Winegar on need for improvements. 6-19-1989
Batavia Cemetery in real financial trouble - picture. 6-22-1989
BOCES students to put cemetery in order.
Ceremony at grave of Phelemon Tracy …. Confederates to return in spring
10-25-1989
to clean cemetery. 11-2-1989
Picture: Scouts painting tool house. 11-17-1989
Picture: Paul White, president and BOCES workers restoring storage bldg. 1-31-1990
Cemetery supporters seek financial help.
Editorial on work by volunteers - says "Restoration '90' has raised $50,000 -
6-11-1990
and by "mailmaster of Lyon Street" who has worked.
Cemetery committee wants to raise $200,000 to keep cemetery restored.
6-13-1990
Cecelia Lullo, fund drive coordinator. 7-3-1990
Fund drive brings in $6,000 for restoration. 1-16-1991
Cemetery Association to promote "adopt a grave" program. 5-21-1991
Winegar visits Batavia Cemetery with Catherine Roth. 7-22-1991
Winegar mentions Open House August 18.
Batavia Cemetery Assn urges individuals - and associations - to adopt a plot
7-23-1991
in cemetery to care for. 5-29-1993
Cemetery Association offers tours through cemetery. 8-13-1993
Batavia Cemetery to have arborture in memory of James Roth. 3-10-1994
Cemetery vandalized, stones toppled, Ellicott monument spray-painted. 5-18-1995
10 year-olds admit to spray painting - deny overturning monuments. 5-19-1995
Robert Morris 4th graders visit cemetery, plant tree - pictures. 6-6-1995
Winegar mentions Sunday fete at cemetery. 9-9-1996
Pictures: Civil War enactment in. 9-19-1996
Picture: Students planting trees in Roth Arboreture.
Landmark Society working to get cemetery designated a historic landmark -
5-4-1997
picture. 2-27-1999
Picture: Students from Genesee County Job Corps painting serviced bldg. 8-13-1999
Enactment of Civil War held to get funds for upkeep of cemetery. 9-13-1999
Encampment, program, planned for Sunday. 9-7-2000
Civil War encampment colorful. 9-11-2000
Batavia students spend Day of Caring cleaning cemetery - picture. 10-14-2000
Batavia Center for Rochester organization to open home for disabled - seeking clients. 4-20-1987
Independent Living Anne-Marie Hughey named head of Center - located at YMCA. 10-23-1987
Center hires three staff members. 1-20-1988
Center to publish newsletter. 3-17-1988
Center: 17 Masse Pl. - to have Open House Thursday.
Center located in Masse Mall working to educate public on disabled -
4-26-1988
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Batavia Center for Linda Olson new director - article on Center - Masse Mall. 8-5-1989
Independent Living (cont) Center moving to 61 Swan Street. 9-18-1989
Center gets new Xerox machine that translates print to voice. 11-6-1989
Center teaching some students Braille - picture - teacher Holly Pelton. 11-21-1989
Richie Fisher giving lessons in sign language to communicate with deaf. 5-2-1990
Leonard Wawrzymiak new head. 6-8-1990
Center teaching Braille. 7-14-1990
Center asks volunteer help.
BCIL needs $800 for lift for wheelchairs to go in new van - Jean Jackson,
11-24-1990
president. 8-31-1991
Batavia Chiropractic Health Center Dr. Alexander Sivret brought practice to Batavia in 1971 from Franklinville, NY -
20yrs experience. Moved to 178 Washington Avenue September 1992.
Daughter: Dr. Theresa Schlaffer. Wife: Mrs. Betty Sivret. Two other
daughters: Marge Misiti and Pamela Sivret. Graduates of Logan College
of Chiropractics in St. Louis, Missouri. Drummer 9-21-1992
Ad: We've moved - to Genesee Country Mall. Dr. Teri S. Schlatter;
Dr. Alexander N. Sivret; Dr. Sandra A. Licata; Cheryl DiMartino, RN LMT.
of Chiropractic Health Center. 8-31-1998
Batavia Choral Guild See: Choral Society
Batavia Christian Fellowship Meeting in YM - Rev. Ronald Brumbaugh, pastor. 8-20-1976
Meets at YWCA Sundays. 10-1977
Batavia-Chrysler-Plymouth-Jeep Inc. New name for combined George Smith Motors and Jim Roach owner of
Auto Center on Ellicott Street. James Roach bought George E. Smith Motors. 5-21-1998
Salesroom has new Plymouth: The Prowler. $30,000 hot rod - picture. 4-5-1999
Chrysler offers 3 days sale of used cars. 2-10-2000
Batavia Cinemas Picture: Nancy Arena, Styled Manager of the Batavia Cinemas with Susan
Basile of Theatre Confections (does this mean Arenas runs Cinema 1
and Cinema 2, Mall 1 and Mall 2?) 3-14-1994
Batavia City Band New name - old Citizens Band q.v. Everett Tomlinson, president
John Wood, Director. Hopes to spur interest. 11-22-1911
Band concert tonight - Ellicott Square. 7-30-1914
City Band to play State Park tomorrow. 8-1-1914
Ellicott Square program tonight. 8-13-1914
Band to play State Park Sunday. 8-29-1914
Band to march with Exempts in Middleport. 7-20-1916
Batavia City Band to have uniforms to replace those lost in Ellicott Hall fire. 6-25-1918
Band to be reorganized - Professor Lloyd of Warsaw to direct. 10-13-1922
20 now in City Band. 84 registered musicians in 10 mile radius. 11-10-1922
No money in budget for City Band. 5-3-1939
Picture: Band on Main Street, ca. 1917. 12-16-1996
Batavia City Hymn Work by Louis J. March - to tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic. 12-26-1914
Batavia City Mission Baptists to open Settlement House at 411 Ellicott Street. 1-23-1913
Helen Carley starts sewing classes over Hiscutt's Bakery.
Settlement moves to 511(?) Ellicott Street. Miss Carley and her mother to
2-17-1913
live there. 3-4-1913
Settlement work at 411 Ellicott outlined for fall. 11-24-1913
Preaching held at City Mission. 4-6-1914

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Batavia City Mission (cont) Now at 411 Ellicott Street, Mission has purchased 629 Ellicott. 11-9-1914
Officers change: Walter Sprague succeeds G. H. Savage. 1-13-1915
Mission held public reception at Presbyterian Church last evening. 2-1-1915
Rev. Charles L. Carlucci, pastor, ordained. 11-4-1915
Carlucci speaks at YMCA banquet on problems Italians face. 12-3-1915
Young men given pins.
Mission drawing plans. Miss Carley "the lady missionary", the Rev Charles
5-27-1916
L. Carlucci, pastor. 6-15-1916
Baptists to run Mission without Carlucci who will go to Springfield, MA. 6-17-1916
City Mission seeking new pastor.
Claude L. Carr, president - says new building needed - now on Ellicott east
6-22-1916
of Swan. Pastor, Mr. Solimene(?) 11-6-1917
St. John's Mission closed. 1-5-1924
Batavia City Orchestra Two orchestras to play this summer - Festival Orchestra and Batavia City
Orchestra. (Is this last the Genesee Orchestra and City Orchestra?) 7-1-1915
Batavia Clamp Co. Also see: Batavia Wheel Works
Alva M Colt patented clamp 1881. William C. Gardiner purchased 1919 - son
Dr. C(?) Gardiner ran - died 1948. Mrs. Harold Bishop then became
president. M. Arnold Keller plant manager 1959. John C. Sliher owned
1964-1974. David Barrett bought 1974.
Business so good present quarters inadequate. To put up new building with
87' frontage on Exchange Street, 60' deep, 2 stories high. 30' of north end
to be rented. 3-26-1884
Clamp company growing rapidly - history Moses E. True. True started his
clamp company eleven years ago. Filed about 1,500 saws his first year
on Exchange Place. Then commenced making saw sets and saw handles,
having patented a superior saw handle. 2 1/2 years ago Colt brothers
joined him, adding patented clamps to the business. 7-26-1884
Batavia Clamp overrun with orders. 10-10-1885
Building on Exchange. Daily News to share new building with Batavia Clamp -
35 Exchange. 3-2-1886
John M. Sweet invents new wheel hub for carriages, to be made by Batavia
Clamp. 3-8-1886
Clamp company gives John Glade contract to put up business block on
Exchange to replace wooden building just north of brick building put up
two years ago. Two year old building shared by Daily News. John Schafer
to do masonry. Batavia Wheel Co. is prospering, cramped in Clamp
Clamp Company building - to be connected by bridge. 7-17-1886
Dellinger & Glade building addition. 8-28-1886
Batavia Clamp (and Daily News) burn. 1-11-1887
On Colt & True Clamp & Wheels Works. 1-22-1887
Wheel Works look for new site. 3-29-1887
Plan to organize stock co-Wheel & Clamp Works. Plan to buy plot on
Walnut Street to build. 4-1-1887
Should be kept in town. 4-6-1887
$1,465 so far raised for Wheel Works. Frank Richardson & J. M. Sweet
inspecting location in Auburn. 4-11-1887
3/4 necessary funds raised. 4-14-1887
Wheel Works needs $3,000 cash, $15,000 stock. 4-27-1887
Wheel Works to build in Batavia. 4-30-1887
Efforts so far in behalf of Wheel & Clamp Co. 5-6-1887
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Batavia Clamp Co. (cont) Batavia Clamp Co. stock company reorganizes as Batavia Wheel Company -
$30,000 capital. 5-13-1887
Dr. W. C. Gardiner - dead. 1903
Mrs. W. C. Gardiner to run Clamp Co. A. M. Colt to be manager. 6-26-1903
Batavia Clamp putting up one story addition. 10-4-1907
Batavia Clamp factory bath explodes doing considerable damage.
Gardiner moved business to Center St. In 1920 John Lennon & Son built
new concrete building at 8 School on land bought from Mrs. Francis E.
Whitcomb. Center St. building to be used for storage - new building for
office and machine shop. When Gardiner bought "about that time" when
Colts moved to Walnut Street. Gardiner got interested - later purchased
4-5-1917
all Colt holding in company. Map of location in 1913 Insurance book.
Batavia Clamp Col incorporates. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Gardiner, Charles W.
5-8-1920
Gardiner - officers. 12-31-1923
Dr. W. C. Gardiner - dead. 5-9-1933
Obit: Dr. Charles W. Gardiner - 82.
Dr. Gardiner leaves bulk of estate, home, Clamp Co. to employees.
4-30-1948
Mrs. Harold J Bishop and Arnold Keller. 5-11-1946
Batavia Clamp gets permit to build storage building to cost $3,895. 6-2-1949
Arnold Keller vice-president. 8-15-1949
Lions tour Batavia Clamp - 37 Center Street. 8-22-1956
Arnold Keller, president. 7-3-1957
M. Arnold Keller, operator. 6-19-1958
Red's Taxi moves to former Clamp building - 35 Center St.
Colt Clamp Co. moved to Swan Street. Batavia Metal Products buying
12-21-1996
School Street property (moved in September)
Winegar quotes Shirley Kern on money raised by citizens when Colt Clamp Co.
1-9-1975
burned in 1887.
In 1977 David Barrett owned company which he called Colt Clamp Co.
11-9-1977
Moved to 33 Swan Street. no date
Batavia Cleaners See: Batavia Tailors and Cleaners.
Batavia Club Founded July 28, 1882
Description Batavia Club behind Hewitt dry goods, 109 Main; Turner
furniture, 111 Main St. Description redecoration and furnishings
January 6, 1883. Picture: Original club house - across street.
Club House burned. Built as residence in 1821 on Main St. Home of
no date
Nathan Follett - later John B. Ellicott. Club bought from D. W. Tomlinson. 2-16-1886
Club meets in Zephyrs rooms. Discuss buying Bank building.
New Club House opened Saturday night, April 16th. Decorated by
2-25-1886
Frank DeCott. 4-19-1886
To occupy National Bank of Genesee building when bank goes into Ross Bldg. 3-28-1887
Reception last night a new Club House. 12-31-1890
Reception huge success. 2-18-1892
Interior of club being transformed. 1-30-1893
Club to have reception and dance New Years Eve. 12-31-1897
125 enjoy reception and dance New Years. 1-3-1898
Holds smoker.
Stock in Batavia Club being taken up - want 100 more subscribers at
1-8-1902
$25 each. 3-28-1914
Club loses liquor license due to dry law. 9-13-1918
Review Club year.
Club proposes rebuilding with stores first floor. Homelies drawing plans
12-10-1919
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Batavia Club (cont) Talks about selling or rebuilding. 4-16-1925
Club again proposes making Club into a business place. 2-7-1927
Building plans abandoned.
Originally started as a Koffee Klatch meeting in the Cary House with Cary.
As membership grew it moved to building across the street, finally
4-26-1927
developing into an organized, convivial group of men.
Holding 60th anniversary. Honored two charter members - gave life
11-4-1935
memberships to A. J. McWain (not present) and William J. Tyrrell. 12-9-1942
Ray Fiske leaves Stewardship for Dagwood. 6-16-1947
W. O. Garver appointed Steward. 7-19-1947
Article on Club. 6-25-1948
Celebrating 75th anniversary. 12-14-1957
Fire in Club kitchen - loss $25,000. 3-12-1966
To rebuild kitchen. 3-14-1966
Enlarged, rebuilt kitchen open. 6-27-1966
Article on, plus picture.
Urban Renewal puts ad in magazine seeking funds to move Club House
3-22-1969
80 feet north. 4-17-1969
Annual meeting. 1-12-1970
Made National Historic Landmark. Pictures: Early and present appearance. 8-23-1973
Plaque placed on lawn - Historic Landmark. Picture. 10-11, 14-1974
Getting outside renovation - picture. Picture of club in 1908.
Cleaning and renovation completed - picture. Dedication as Historic
8-5-1977
Landmark - picture.
On dining facilities at Club - Joyce Burke, waitress; Ronald Gagnon, chef;
10-24-1977
Allan Schweikert, steward. 7-14-1979
Eric Theil of Penthouse to be food manager of Batavia Club.
Women hostess in Club says there are 210 members as of January 1987.
Picture: Past presidents; Richard C. Mancuso - incoming, Wolcott T.
12-13-1984
Hinchey - outgoing. 3-12-1993
In financial trouble, to collect dues twice a year ($600 a year) 4-21-1994
McEvoy: Chapter.
Closed until September - to exchange services, personnel with Stafford
7-27-1995
Country Club. 6-29-1999
Batavia Coal and Lumber Co. Batavia Co. buys Howard Coal & Lumber Co. - new owner M. S. Frost
of Attica - to be run by J. H. Tanner. (See Charles Howard bankruptcy) 9-30-1885
Irving C. Marshall retiring - Mr. Whitemore to replace. 11-4-1886
Whitemore buys Coal Company of Mrs. Frost of Attica. 12-3-1887
Chapin signs to buy. 12-7-1888
Chapin now owns. 12-8-1888
Coal Company has great supply.
J. M. Chapin replaces C. N. Dwight as manager by Alva Babcock to run
5-1-1889
Coal Yard.
Lumber Co. sold on foreclosure suit against William L. Colville. Bank sells
4-4-1893
business to Batavia Coal & Lumber Co., present managers. 3-2-1905
Company to build trestle to move coal - 1,000 tons coal Evans St.
Clarence H. Douglas sold lumber business - corner Jackson & Ellicott - to
the Batavia Coal & Lumber Co. - now on Evans. Erie wants coal trestle
1-27-1906
on Evans St. removed. 2-5-1906
Coal company manager, S. H. Vanderford, going to Washington.
Frank Call, manager - moves office to east side Jackson St. - vacated
7-2-1910
by W. W. Buxton. 3-17-1911

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Batavia Coal & Lumber Co. (cont) Frank Thomas buys Coal business, $20,000 deal - gets office and coal
elevator, coal yards along Erie tracks. Batavia Coal & Lumber Co.
founded in 1872 by Chase & Tomlinson managed by first D. W. Tomlinson.
J. M Chapin owner 1893. Chapin sells to George W. Stanley, Oct. 26, 1893.
W. W. Buxton added coal business. Frank Thomas was the 5th owner. 4-13-1919
Walter Buxton moves office Batavia Coal Co. from 61 Jackson St. to
22 Evans St. - coal sheds to be built later. 11-15-1920
Batavia Commons Used for stores around former Tops on south side of West Main St. just
east of Valu Plaza (former Ames) Has: Odds-n-Ends; Video Factory;
Taco Bell, etc. 1998
Batavia Community Band V. Trietley on - picture. 4-9-1954
Batavia Community Boosters Club Boosters to meet at C of C office in Mancuso Theatre building. 3-4-1961
Boosters committee sets $60,000 as goal to aid area. 5-1-1963
Batavia Community Chorus To give Christmas concert. 12-6-1954
Batavia Construction Co. Builders and owners Family Theatre g.v. no date
Batavia Concert Band Newly formed band gave concert in State Park last evening under the baton
of Coxe. 7-25-1938
Band to give second concert in State Park. 8-20-1938
8th concert of season. 8-25-1938
Band to give concert Sunday. 8-26-1938
Community singing to accompany Band Concert. 8-29-1938
Band not funded for 1939. 5-3-1939
Only one survivor of old Concert Band - Alfred Bender, now 95 - praised (?) 5-20-1939
Band to play in Warsaw. 6-27-1939
Band takes prize at firemen's parade, Hemlock Lake.
Band revived - to alternate with Legion Band this summer. To get $100
9-8-1939
a concert. 8-6-1946
Band concert on Sunday. 8-23-1946
Band revised - concert on Saturday a good one. 8-26-1946
Band concert in Williams Park. 8-18-1953
Trietley describes the Community Band predecessor of Concert Band? 4-10-1954
Large crowd at concert in Williams Park. 8-26-1954
Dancing after concert. 8-30-1954
Band at Kibbe Park. 6-25-1955
Band at Williams Park next. 6-29-1955
Band to play in Williams Park. 8-5-1957
Band's second concert. 7-9-1958
Band to play in Williams Park. 8-4-1958
Band to play in Williams Park, Anthony Zimarino, director. 8-13-1958
First concert tonight - 30 piece band. 6-24-1858
Band to play dance music at Kibbe Park. 7-28-1959
Band at Williams Park tonight. 7-13-1960
Robert Crook, director. 7-20-1960
Band season starts August 10. 8-9-1961
Band, directed by Robert Crook, to play in Williams Park. 7-18-1962
Concert at Williams Park. 6-19-1963
Band wants uniforms. 7-23-1963
Band wants uniforms - article on history of band. 7-24-1963
Uniform fund complete. 10-8-1963

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Batavia Concert Band (cont) Band concert at Williams Park. 6-24-1964
Council sets dates for concerts. 4-14-1965
Band plays tonight at Williams Park. 6-30-1965
Band concert at Williams Park. 8-11-1965
Band at Williams Park Wednesday. 7-5-1966
6th concert in summer series. 8-3-1966
Second concert of season next. 6-21-1967
Band to play in Williams Parks. 7-10-1968
Concert in Williams Park - Lyle Mark, directing. 6-17-1969
Band concert Wednesday. 7-21-1970
City agrees to support band concerts at increased cost.
Band celebrates new U. S. Postal Service by concert on post office steps -
5-25-1971
picture. 7-2-1971
Batavia Park Band to play Williams Park. 7-26-1972
Lyle Mark directs Parks Band. 8-8-1972
Picture: Concert Band of 50 years ago, to resume concerts this summer. 6-13-1973
Concert Band summer schedule. 6-15-1973
Concert Band playing Wednesday. 6-18-1974
Band to start rehearsals. 4-29-1977
Budget for 1980, $3,000 for Band - up $500.
Band offers prizes (supplied by Kiwanis) to three youngsters, winners to
12-11-1979
be awarded soloist July 9th. 4-9-1980
Picture. 6-17-1980
Genesee musicians play all types of music. 9-6-1980
Council considers funding for '82 - $430 a concert. 3-22-1982
Winegar on Batavia Concert Band concert in Centennial Park (and some history) 8-5-1985
Band concert Wednesday under baton of Glenn K. Call. 8-2-1988
Trumpeter Sgt Derek Reiss to be soloist at Wednesday night. 8-17-1988
Band to play under baton of Bud Cleveland. Picture.
Winegar mentions budget cut of Band funds - voters approved $1,000 tax
6-27-1989
money in 1945 - latest funds $2,500 - now Council on Arts supplying $1,000. 5-6-1991
Band to hold first ever fund drive.
Band to march in parade Memorial Day, start summer concerts in
4-21-1994
Centennial Park June 25. 5-26-1994
Batavia Concert Band a tradition - pictures. 6-8-1995
Winegar recalls earlier seasons. 8-2-1995
Winegar remembers Concert Band and other earlier bands. 8-28-1995
Winegar salutes Concert Band (also Glenn Miller at Art park.) 8-5-1996
G. Kennard Beacher new band director. 6-12-1997
Winegar praises Band for program. 6-23-1997
Winegar praises Concert Band - lists members. 8-14-1998
Band starts series July 16 in Festival Square. 6-24-1999
Season starts Wednesday - through August 9. 6-22-2000
Batavia Convention Center See: Convention Center. Sheraton.
Batavia Cornet Band Band reorganized. See also Turner on… 11-22-1883
Accomplished musician may join band (Stueber)
Band elected last night. President, Peter Broadbrooks - leader, Charles
11-12-1885
Kleinitz. 12-15-1885
Past & Present column: Says Band disbanded Twenty five years ago.
William Coon unearths handbill for ice cream festival to benefit Concert Band
10-3-1908
for July 3, 1863. 7-12-1913

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Batavia Cornet Band (cont) Band in front of Tibbetts House - 46 main St. - picture. (20 years ago.) 5-20-1939
Picture: Concert Band in new uniforms - in McAlpine Ad. 6-19-1939
Batavia Country Club Ad: Grand Opening. Former Byron Country Club or Byron Meadows.
New owner of Batavia Country Club: Karen Pompa - gained ownership
12-15-1972
when husband died in 1972. Sees more women on course. 6-12-1991
Fire destroys kitchen, damages dining room. Karen Pompa owner since 1972. 8-5-1991
Batavia Credit Bureau Dissolved - $48 in assets given to 25 Neediest Fund.
Expanding - owned by Samuel Perry - acquired of Townsend estate -
1-13-1940
Townsend killed a few months ago. 11-2-1959
Batavia Dental Society Offers free dental clinic to schools. Offer accepted. 10-6-1913
Organized - incorporated. 3-15-1915
Batavia Development Corp. New group aims at improving economic atmosphere - picture.
Thomas Mancuso, president. Clearing house for ideas.
Hires Jeff Hughes to start ad campaign. Motto: Greater Batavia, The Right
11-23-1994
Place, The Right Time. 10-6-2000
Batavia Disposal Service Gerald Mazza of 14 Wood St., Michael Falcone of 143 State St. offer trash
collection at 111 Liberty St. 6-28-1955
Batavia Downs If Para-mutual betting becomes legal Batavia likely spot for race track.
Violent opposition by clergy, State approves pari-mutual betting. County
10-27-1939
votes it down. 11-8-1939
Henry Clune sees race track in Batavia a detriment to merchants. 11-14-1939
Batavia and Buffalo rivals for track. 1-5-1940
Options renewed on Clinton St. site. 1-17-1940
Race track proposal to go to voters before a track is set up here. 3-16-1940
Buffalo experts say Batavia will get track. 4-9-1940
Location of Downs under discussion. 5-2-1940
Promoters ready to lease fairgrounds as soon as betting legal. 6-27-1940
Kitty says Downs opened. 9-20-1940
Downs sees night racing ahead. 10-18-1940
Site option on Clinton St. site dropped.
Three get jobs at Downs: Dr. Roy B. Woodward, Ass't Judge; William G.
1-6-1941
Torrance, Timer; Dean K. Page, Clerk. 7-14-1941
Picture: State officials looking over Batavia Downs. 6-13-1941
Daily double reported. 7-3-1941
$31,000 bet on Daily Double - a record so far. 7-19-1941
Betting a record $5,046,047 for year.
Racing meet closing Saturday - largest crowd at racing meet ever in Western
8-11-1947
New York - picture crowds. 7-3-1944
Article on new Batavia Downs. Pat Provenzano, president. 6-30-1945
Revamped Downs - picture. $20,000 job. Ready for 30 day meet. 6-30-1945
Now second leading track in state. 8-6-1945
Talk sale of Fairgrounds. 7-3-1945
Now ready for 61 days of racing. 8-23-1946
Running races mentioned as possible for track. 3-24-1947
Ministers up in arms on running races. 3-29-1047
Provenzano says running races not considered. 3-31-1947
Prepares to open racing season - 62 nights - to start Friday May 30. 5-28-1947
Downs officials ask permit for restaurant on grounds. 5-27-1948

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Batavia Downs (cont) Fairgrounds being sold to Racing Ass'n (racing ass'n now leasing for year,
for 30 days racing for $15,000 annually)
Rochester Development - Arsenal Hill Corp. - buys fairgrounds from
11-11-1948
Pat Provenzano. 2-25-1949
Arsenal Hill Devel. buys Fairgrounds.
Arsenal Hill has same officers as Genesee-Monroe Racing Ass'n -
Edward A. Provenzano, attorney; Pat Provenzano, president. Purchase
of Fairgrounds by Genesee-Monroe Ass'n from Pat Provenzano, June 1946.
2-25-1949
New Yorkers reported in deal - sale of Fairgrounds. 3-11-1949
Bill signed by Dewey may block sale. 4-20-1949
Gets new starting gate - picture. 7-26-1949
Attendance at Downs sets record - betting $8,400,000. 10-31-1949
Horsemen at Downs have banquet - plan to make it an annual event. 5-18-1950
To build new stable block. 5-24-1950
Races Monday - lot spent on track. 7-26-1950
Closes - had best season. 10-30-1950
Citizens oppose race track, survey reveals. 12-2-1950
To get 66 days racing - less than in 1950. 12-22-1950
New fire protection system at. 6-22-1951
Police asked to work at downs at $7 a night. 9-5-1951
Three new barns to be built - east side area. 2-28-1952
Soccio & Della Penna to build barns. 4-10-1952
County to seek admission tax to Downs. 5-3-1952
Redfield residents protest location of barns - to be relocated. 5-6-1952
County collects $557 as tax on opening night at Downs. 8-5-1952
County to get about $4,000 from Downs entrance tax. 8-23-1952
Full page Ad: With pictures - Batavia Downs $15,000 invitational Pace. 8-29-1952
Letter on traffic leaving Downs. 9-3-1952
Purses booked at Downs. 2-9-1953
Redfield residents discuss problems with Downs officials. 2-12-1953
Great improvements slated for Downs. 2-25-1953
Council again demands share of Downs profit. 3-17-1953
Redfield residents complain of noise from Downs, trailer park. 5-5-1953
Downs to move trailer park - which means sewer system change. 5-16-1953
To rebuild grandstand, enlarge mezzanine - a million dollar job. 7-9-1953
Employees of Downs to be licensed. 9-26-1953
Financial affairs of Downs under scrutiny of state (on ownership of stock - 10-3, 7, 8, 9,
duplication of interest) 15, 16, 20-1953
Hearing for guards at track. 10-8-1953
Track probe in NYC - by Dewey. 10-9-1953
State mailing out questionnaires on holdings by track officials.
Pat Provenzano, Ass't secretary to State Senator, will not quit post as head
10-17-1953
of Batavia Downs. 10-23-1953
Supervisors to discuss tax on Downs wagers. 11-13-1953
Race track employees get questionnaires. 11-18-1953
State calls Downs Aides in probe.
Erie reported planning to impose 5% tax on raceway admissions as
1-26-1954
Genesee County is doing. 1-27-1954
Marra admits gambling record. 3-2-1954
Provenzano, Goldberg next to testify. 3-3-1954
Provenzano admits he borrowed money from gambler to buy track.
City finds it has more control over track than before supposed. Reveals
3-5-1954
Provenzano family gets $37,000 a year salary. 3-6-1954
To get license only if Marra ousted. 3-8-1954
Assessed at full evaluation. 3-9-1954

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Batavia Downs (cont) License depends on Marra's leaving. 3-17, 18-1954
Police not to be allowed to work at Downs. 3-20-1954
Dewey signs bill that will allow Genesee County to tax admissions. 3-30-1954
Governor sends Mayor copy of law that bars police from Downs jobs. 4-10-1954
City track officials discuss finances. 5-24-1954
Yonkers arrangement with Raceway discussed.
To spend $425,000 on improvements to track - rebuild grandstand - a three
6-5-1954
year program. 7-7-1954
Employees to be finger printed. 7-27-1954
Aerial picture of Downs. 7-30-1954
Pickets protest non-union workers. Opens with over 5,000 attending 8-2-1954
Says no quarrel with AFL. 8-5-1954
Picketing ends under court order. 8-6-1954
To replace non-union workers with union members. 8-13-1954
Batavia to follow Yonkers - get part of race money. 12-4-1954
Marra sues for reinstatement. 4-15-1955
Profit $120,000 after taxes. 5-25-1955
To reopen August 1st - pictures. 7-21-1955
Nearly 6,000 attend opening. 8-2-1955
Silent on traffic costs.
Arsenal Hill Development Corp. files papers merging it with Genesee-Monroe
9-8-1955
Racing Association, Inc. 8-27-1955
Mayor suggests extending city area to include Downs property.
Million dollar expansion plan dependent on State Extension Plan - Downs
1-10-1956
request for loan refused.
Governor signs bill that allows race track to use some of its betting money
3-1-1956
on improvements - Batavia may use 15%. 4-21-1956
Plans $850,000 improvements. 4-26-1956
Redfield residents complain of trash and flies from Downs.
Genesee County allowed to use 15% from bets - Yonkers and Long Island
5-25-1956
allowed 30%.
Redfield residents say flies, dirt come from Downs manure piles -
6-13-1956
complain to Board of Health. 6-13-1956
Improvements costing million planned - 3 story stands, Club house. 7-18-1956
J. E. Brown comments on changes. 7-19-1956
Offers to pay police $6,000 annually.
Provenzano and Mayor Gabriel work on plan by which Downs can pay city
8-7-1956
for traffic officers.
Improvements arrange for possible attendance of 10,000 at Stands and Club
8-8-1956
House. 8-29-1956
Betting at Downs over $20 million this season. 10-22-1956
State to give Downs $52,444 for grounds improvements. 11-9-1956
State laws prohibit city receiving money from Downs. 12-7-1956
Enlargement ahead of schedule.
John E. Johnson to enter bill in Legislature to make possible Batavia share
12-11-1956
in admission tax. 2-5-1957
Council discusses raising assessment at Downs. 3-1-1957
Governor signs bill allowing city to take tax on admission to Downs. 4-24-1957
Club House ready July 1. 6-3-1957
Race track open house Sunday. 7-18-1957
Opening Downs Club House, etc. 7-19-1957
Picture: Ribbon-cutting - 7,000 tour plant. 7-22-1957
Special Police detail to handle Downs traffic - Baudanza to head dozen men. 7-25-1957
J. E. Brown on opening Club House & Grandstand to open soon. 7-12-1957
Construction at Downs to cause assessment hike. 7-31-1957

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Batavia Downs (cont) Provenzano testifies in inquiry into racing irregularities.
More testimony. State Commission on Racing says satisfactory records
go back to 1954. Concern is over stock transactions of James O. Marra,
and his son John Marra who succeeded father in 1954 as program
director after Commission suspended father. James O. Marra
8-8-1957
later reinstated. 8-9-1957
Downs still under investigation. Arrangements by Marra under question.
Rochesterian accused reporting race results by flashlight.. Downs
9-18-1957
management watched. 9-19-1957
Marra exonerated by Harness Ass'n investigator. 10-28-1957
95 night meet - well attended. 11-18-1957
City and County get $57,034 each from race track admission fees. 12-6-1957
State recommends 3 man committee with Marra.
Downs pays county $31,000 in taxes - County also gets about $116,000
3-21-1958
as part of admissions. 3-26-1958
J. E. Brown on Downs' success - contrary to many predictions. 7-26-1958
More than 6,000 at Downs opening. 7-29-1958
Council of Churches call Downs no asset to City. 2-21-1959
Governor probing Harness tracks. 4-8-1959
Owners, drivers and trainers from Downs to banquet at Moose - picture. 4-15-1959
Opens Friday - full page on. 4-16-1959
Racing Ass'n planning 30 unit apartment complex on Lewiston Road. 7-14-1959
J. E. Brown on new Downs sign. 8-1-1959
J. E. Brown on Downs restaurant. 8-28-1959
Demolishing old grandstand and former Fair buildings (Auto building) 11-5-1959
Downs to build stables east side. 11-14-1959
J. E. Brown on changes at Downs - (removal former Fair bldgs) 11-14-1959
Lefty Goldberg dead - first to propose Batavia as site for race track. 4-25-1960
Downs opening. Picture: Club House, new stables, Provenzano. 7-22-1960
Five weeks racing drew over 9,000. 8-29-1960
24,639 fans wager $1.25 million over weekend. 9-6-1960
J. E. Brown on early Downs. 9-15-1960
Betting, attendance set record. $593,320 on closing night. 10,000 in crowd. 10-31-1960
William F. Brown, jr. to be publicity director Hamburg and Batavia. 3-1-1961
Opening Downs tonight - pictures: Pat Provenzano, new stands. 7-14-1961
Race track traffic has snarls. J. E. Brown on downs opening. 7-15-1961
To make photographic record of every race. 3-12-1962
Opening - pictures. 7-14-1962
Wagering sets record - over half million on Saturday. 10-5-1962
Stables burn - 28 horses lost. 10-5-1962
To put firewalls in stables. 2-9-1963
To rebuild barns. 3-23-1963
Opening - to rate horses. 7-12-1963
Nearly $30 million wagered at Downs and 25th Anniversary. 11-18-1964
Expanding parking. 3-21-1964
Planning Anniversary celebration. 8-14-1964
Winegar on original purchase of Fairgrounds for racetrack. 9-3-1964
Picture: Downs on 25th Anniversary. 9-17-1964
Special section for. 9-25-1964
Donates to Youth Football for 8th year. 10-7-1964
Nearly $30 million wagered at Downs on 25th Anniversary. 11-18-1964
To enclose grandstand. 2-2-1965
Track getting blacktop carpet. 2-25-1965
Opens with record crowd. 3-12-1965
Winegar on Downs opening. 3-18-1965

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Batavia Downs (cont) Expansion gets bid from Walter S. Johnson of Niagara Falls of $1.5 million. 5-18-1965
To add to grandstand. 6-18-1965
Picture: Downs from air - in special section. 7-17-1965
Picture: New stables. 3-7-1966
Picture: New grandstand. Winegar on first escalator at Downs 3-9-1966
Using new safety sulkies. 3-10-1966
View from air. See also: Bret Hanover - champion trotter. 8-8-1966
Racing Society gives Fair Ass'n $2,450 to improve track. 8-31-1966
Soviet horsemen to race at Downs - pictures. 10-22-1966
One of Russian drivers a woman - said the "smallest and best." 10-28-1966
Fire in Downs trailer - man killed. 11-19-1966
City and Town to study Race Tax. 9-27-1967
Closes season - record betting this season. 12-4-1967
Downs police studying riot control. 3-20-1968
Court fight coming over Downs stock. Mrs. Harold Wishman suing. 11-26-1968
Three die in fire in Downs trailer park. 11-15-1969
Wagering up to $49 million last year. 12-1-1969
Special section on. 4-27-1970
Special section on. 9-21-1970
Winegar on early days of Batavia Downs. 9-24-1970
Picture: New Grandstand in snow, being cleared for opening day. 2-24-1971
Installing computer system. 7-8-1972
Provenzano says Downs not for sale. 8-31-1972
Power struggle at Downs - record check going on. 2-14-1974
Stockholders suspend two: Ralph Figlow, Angelo Rose. 1-16-1974
Angelo A. rose of Downs suspended. 5-1-1974
Rumor rife on possible sale of. 6-19-1974
Downs gets $86,398 from OTB as commission on takes. 10-23-1974
Charged with tax fraud. 3-21-1975
Independent Employee Union on strike. Races run - no admission. 6-30-1975
Still running to empty stands. 7-11975
Batavia Downs & Buffalo Raceway to share in profits from OTB. 8-30-1975
Downs officials named in income tax evasion. 4-9, 10-1976
Downs racing secretary, Donald A. D'Andrus, failed to pay taxes. 7-9-1976
D'Andrea convicted of tax evasion. 7-10-1976
IRS suing Downs for tax evasion. 10-6-1976
Downs officials fined $10,000.
State Racing Ass'n threatens not to license Downs because Provenzano and
11-8-1976
Mara are stockholders in Genesee-Monroe Racing Ass'n. 2-11-1977
Citizens suggest Downs officials be licensed. 3-7-1977
Obit of Pat Provenzano. 10-10-1977
OTB offers to purchase Downs. 10-21-1978
Radio report sets price at $10 million.
Fred A. Herman, president of OTB Corp., promises Downs would stay on
4-21-1978
tax rolls. 5-13-1978
Planning Board okays dormitory for 90 at Downs. 5-17-1978
Council may oppose purchase of Downs by OTB. 5-23-1978
J. O. Mara, president, calls OTB offer irresponsible. 6-6-1978
Racing Board kills OTB effort to buy Downs. 6-29-1978
Two story housing form grooms opens. Picture. 8-30-1978
James O'Mara, president, appoints Carmelo J. Sabatino manager of Downs. 7-25-1979
Downs betting machine operators on strike. 3-4-1980
More. 3-5-1980
Downs reopens, 2,000 attend. 3-13-1980
Track officials demand races for Thursday (restored betting machines) 7-28-1980

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Batavia Downs (cont) Stockholders accuse major owners of mismanaging, mulching racetrack.
Barbara Provenzano 41.5%, James O. Mara 30.5%, Harold R. Wishman 5%.
Driver sues because track manager bans him from track. Letter says his
7-16-18
presence not in tracks best interest. 9-18-1981
James O. Mara, president, dead. 9-17-1982
Downs gets new tote board for August 2 opening. 7-27-1983
Max Robinson, race announcer, retires. 10-14-1983
Trevor Davison on starting gates.
Mrs. Barbara Provenzano (widow of Pat Provenzano) buys out interest of
Mrs. James O. Mara, will also acquire stock of Ira Morris and Harry
Wishman, to become sole owner. Mrs. Provenzano will be Chairman of
the Board; Barbara P. Sanberg, president; Donna P. Warner, executive-
11-16-1983
vice president. Barbara and Donna are daughters of Mrs. Provenzano. 12-31-1983
Downs tax break used to improve. 7-26-1984
Racing five days a week starts.
Picture: Downs drivers race down Main Street for Chamber of Commerce
9-10-1984
"Business Expo '86". 9-5-1986
City and County share $89,000 taxes from harness racing.
Business down at racetrack in past year - 298,638 attendance,
12-10-1986
$30,192,032 in bets. 12-12-1986
Races start tonight.
Barbara P. Sanberg, president, says Downs and Off Track Betting can
2-16-1987
co-exist, but don't help racing profits. 3-21-1987
Downs to give access to patrons to paddock - to remove dividing wall. 4-14-1987
Picture: Unveiling new paddock. 4-18-1987
Both attendance and take down 15% in spring meet. 5-16-1987
Winegar on Batavia Downs, an asset to area.
Chamber of Commerce honors Downs as asset to local economy. City and
County share $9,000 in admission taxes. County received $119,226 in
commission fro Off Track Betting. Payroll for last six months $7,000,000,
employs 345 men and women, 1,000 horse owners and handlers.
10-12-1987
300,000 fans attended races last six months. Season opened September. 10-14-1987
Downs to host United States Trotting Ass'n. 11-4-1987
Reported bomb threat closes track. 12-7-1987
Downs and OTB at odds. 3-25-1988
Downs expecting leading horsemen to attend. 3-31-1988
Both attendance and betting down in April. 5-18-1988
Whole page of articles, including Barbara Sanberg and Barbara Mruczek. 10-24-1988
Downs to start 50th year Monday - track to prepare for winter use. 2-25-1989
Downs opens tonight - 10 races.
Downs inaugurating morning race Saturday with pancake and
2-27-1989
sausage breakfast. 4-14-1989
Winegar recalls early days of. 7-20-1989
Mr. & Mrs. Al Favaloro married between races - picture.
Editorial on troubles at Downs - low attendance, OTB, necessitating Rock
8-14-1989
Concerts. 10-24-1989
Downs a good neighbor - approaching 50th. Anniversary. Special section. 2-22-1990
829 attend Downs opening. 2-27-1990
Downs plans simulcast with Finger Lakes. 5-3-1990
Downs opens 50th year with improved track that impresses drivers.
New track at Downs - not oval but football shaped - will result in faster times
8-2-1990
when drivers get used to it. 8-13-1990
Downs asks reduction in tax assessment. 9-25-1990
Town to allow reduction. 9-26-1990
Sanberg says attendance up slightly - special business section. 2-21-1991

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Batavia Downs (cont) Downs appoints Barney Lefkowitz, general manager. 3-30-1991
Downs opening delayed because few horses signed up. 2-26-1992
Labor dispute at Downs for tonight. 2-26-1992
Downs to open Saturday - dispute settled. 2-28-1992
Downs opens 53rd year of racing - track spiffed-up - full page on. 7-29-1992
Sires Stakes on opening week program. 7-29-1992
Winegar remembers crowds at Downs. 12-10-1992
Winegar says Sanburg member of US Harness Racing Writers.
Racetrack owes $242,000 in taxes - may be reason for sale of parking area
1-28-1993
to Kmart. 3-2-1993
Winegar says Downs has had enquiries about purchase from as far as Japan.
Rochester better wins $373,000 on Pick 6 Ticket - largest pay-off so far
3-15-1993
at Downs. 6-1-1993
Trotters off and trotting - picture. 8-5-1993
Downs welcomes back Buddy Gilmour, star driver in '50s and '60s - picture.
Downs short of funds - state to refuse it to open unless borrowed funds
8-28-1993
are paid back. 2-1-1994
Downs officials not commenting on possible closing. 2-2-1994
Downs officials and horsemen still in disagreement. 2-14-1994
Downs may not open Monday. 2-16-1994
Dispute not settled - several days of racing cut. 2-22-1994
Discussions continue, races not running second week.
State cancels Downs license; may be restored if discussion with drivers
3-4-1994
settled.
Downs crowds have decreased steadily - closing would cut OTB profits,
3-8-1994
jobs, taxes for city. 3-9-1994
Drivers moving out - spring dates taken by Buffalo Raceway. 3-11-1994
Downs lays off maintenance workers temporarily (maybe 100 of them) 3-14-1994
Chamber of Commerce makes plea to Gov. Cuomo to help resolve problems. 4-2-1994
Nesbitt and Cuomo to help open Downs. 5-14-1994
Negotiators hopeful they may reach agreement in time to open fall meet.
State refuses license to Downs but says ruling may be appealed.
6-20-1994
Downs troubles about over. 7-7-1994
Downs will open for summer season.
William Moehle, Downs attorney, says Downs can meet financial
7-9-1994
responsibilities in time to open August 1st. 7-12-1994
Downs to resume simulcast tomorrow (Thursday) 7-13-1994
Great Northeastern (Country Music) Jamboree opens today at Downs. 7-21-1994
Downs opens 54th season 7pm tonight. Sanbergs pleased at opening crowd. 8-3-1994
Chamber, businessmen honor Downs, award plaque of appreciation.
Downs to have 12 weeks racing in 1995 beginning August 2 - Simulcast
10-1-1994
year round. 12-20-1994
Downs appoints Barbara Mruczek, former comptroller, assistant manager. 1-14-1995
Downs proposing expansion. 2-23-1995
Sanberg sprucing up Downs for opening - pictures. 7-29-1995
Downs opens season with 1,283 present - picture. 8-3-1995
McEvoy: Chapter. 8-3-1995
Pictures - full page Downs behind the scenes activity. 10-11-1995
Horse auction moved from Springville to Downs this year. 4-5-1996
56th season opens tonight. 7-31-1996
Track opens with president Sanberg in hospital with by-pass operation. 8-1-1996
Downs seeking some state financial support.
Buffalo Raceway request for summer 12 week scheduled in 1998. Usually
8-26-1997
Batavia time. To be decided in November. 10-29-1997
Crucial hearing on summer schedule set - Downs fears loss. 11-15-1997

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Batavia Downs (cont) Year ends with two race tracks still talking, January meeting hoped as
allowing Batavia summer racing wanted by Buffalo Raceway. 12-31-1997
Downs and Buffalo Raceway agree on schedule. 1-14-1998
Samberg considering sale of track to OTB. 1-26-1998
Downs facing bankruptcy; owes county $155,608. Still talking to OTB. 1-28-1998
Purchase by OTB depends on continued racing. 1-29-1998
Radzinski see brighter days for Downs. 2-21-1998
Chamber urges support of purchase of Downs by OTB. 4-11-1998
Downs pays back taxes to avoid foreclosure. To prepare for purchase by OTB. 4-21-1998
OTB to buy Downs. 5-15-1998
OTB officials to Albany to lobby for purchase of Downs. 6-1-1998
Legislature supports purchase by OTB. 6-11-1998
Legislature closes without acting on Downs - may be no racing this season. 6-20-1998
OTB agrees to move ahead with purchase. 6-26-1998
Downs loses simulcasting, racing license, but OTB still interested in purchase. 7-1-1998
Town aiding transfer to OTB. 7-8-1998
OTB seeking funding to buy Downs - believe chances good. 7-24-1998
Proposal to sell adjacent trailer park separately brings sale closer. 8-14-1998
OTB says still interested in sale. 9-29-1998
Purchase by OTB complete - $2.48 million.
Purchase of track to cause tax loss to city and School District, balanced by
10-1-1998
other payments. 10-6-1998
New owners open Downs for horse auction. 10-12-1998
OTB setting up priorities. 11-3-1998
OTB displeased at request from Erie County that track not be licensed this year. 1-19-1999
Legislature protest Erie request. 1-28-1999
Local OTB offers million to Erie for support of racing here. 1-30-1999
Erie County rejects offer from OTB. 2-12-1999
Orleans County urges racing at Downs. 2-25-1999
Erie Legislature offers to hold discussions on. 2-26-1999
Seventh annual Trade Show at Downs. 3-11-1999
Editorial urges continued pressure to save Downs. 6-26-1999
OTB making improvements, demolishing grooms quarters for rebuilding.
OTB to spend $280,000 to remove asbestos from Grandstand around pipes
9-14-1999
and on beams. 2-25-2000
Downs may see racing in 2001. 5-25-2000
Editorial outlining agreement offered by Buffalo Raceway. 5-26-2000
Bill in Legislature opposed by other racetracks - bill proposing reopening track.
Article - picture - showing Glory Days of downs - sparked by exhibit at
6-13-2000
Holland Land Office.
Board member criticizes OTB for buying Downs before state issued them
12-2-2000
a license. 12-14-2000
Downs bill stalled in committee - Sen. Rath says to keep talking. 2-7-2001
Downs bill moved to Ways & Means committee in hopes of getting it to a vote. 2-14-2001
Batavia Driving Park Assoc. Agricultural Society discuses disposing of fairgrounds on Ellicott Street and
arranging for use of Batavia Driving Park.
Past and Present column: Paragraph on Batavia Driving Park and Stock Ass'n
1-10-1883
organized in 1878, closed 1884. 4-30-1921
Batavia Drum Corps To organize. Elmer Voelker electged president and manager. (Article says
re-organize.) 4-14-1921

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Batavia Dry Cleaning Co. W. J. O'Brien to manage at 15 Jackson St. 11-12-1910
Offers free delivery. 6-1-1911
Explosion destroys Dry Cleaning Co. 8-8-1911
Orders new machinery - William P. O'Brien, manager. 8-9-1911
Buys Ford delivery wagon. 8-27-1912
Fred Priester to occupy premises - has since 10-1-1910 8-31-1912
Run by William P. O'Brien, opening another place in Geneva. 12-14-1912
Gets new delivery car - 15 Jackson Street. 1-6-1913
Ad: Batavia Dry Cleaning, 18 Jackson Street. Picture of new delivery truck.
William P. O'Brien and Harry Wilson dissolve partnership. Wilson to take
Geneva place. O'Brien to have sole ownership of Batavia place.
5-21-1914
Business established 4 years ago here and in Geneva. 7-18-1914
O'Brien sells Dry Cleaning Co. to F. L. Foster. 11-3-1914
William O'Brien buys Dry cleaning Co. 1-23-1915
Adds glove cleaning machinery - 15 Jackson Street. 1-27-1916
Mrs. Michael Callan (Julia) operator of Dry Cleaning Co., dead of flu.
To occupy 35-37 Jackson Street, recently put up by M. J. Kalligan, not
10-22-1918
finished yet. 1-17-1927
Picture: Batavia Dry Cleaning.
Moving from 35 Jackson Street to former Hopp Jewelry next to
8-21-1939
Hotel Richmond.
Obit: Michael Kalligan. Business at 44 Jackson St. - bought by Kalligans in
1918 of William O'Brien - put up new building in 1937 at 35 Jackson St.
9-6-1945
Moved to 41 Main St. recently. 1-12-1946
Kalligan at 43 - 41 1/2 - ousted by Parsons Drugs.
Mrs. Kalligan closing dry cleaning business. She and husband bought
business of Wilbur O'Brien in 1919. Then at 18 Jackson. Later 35 Jackson.
7-23-1946
Moved last year to 41 Main. 8-7-1946
Batavia Dry Goods Store 107 Main - Frank Dorf, proprietor. 12-1889
Incorporation approved by.
Operated by Lynch Feller Corp. of Penn Yan at 81 Main St.
2-9-1905
Offers preferred stock. 5-9-1922
Batavia Embalming Standard New embalming service invented by Thomas J. Gallegher of
Williamson Mortuary. 12-12-1903
Batavia Enterprises Inc. New owners of Treadway Inn. Stockholders: E. R. Gamble; Robert G. Allan;
Edward P. Atwater.
Owners of Batavia Treadway, one of 40 inns and resorts owned and
8-28-1963
operated by Treadway Inns - pays off bonds to investors. 7-13-1970
Batavia Equine Clinic Dr. Jack Wilkes to be associate of Dr. Richard M. Keister of Batavia Equine
Clinic - Park Road, Batavia. 8-16-1974
Batavia Essos Winegar speaks of Essos, on advent of Titans, a semi-pro football team. 7-10-1998
Batavia Exempt Firemen See: Firemen - Volunteer
Batavia Express Line Petition to operate filed by Mrs. Marion E. Walf of 56 Swan Street. 4-2-1929

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Batavia Farm Equipment Co. East Main Road
Newly formed company buys Day and Perkins Co. Kenneth Archer, manager.
Stockholders: Richard & Robert Call and Sherman Terry of Holley. 2-5-1960
Ad: Picture of staff, article on - opening March 15.
Farm machinery building on Elba Road now at 5062 East Main Road.
3-12-1960
Company bought site of Armisons 2 years ago.
Farm Equip. Co. of E. Main St. to carry New Holland farm business -
3-27-1968
R. G. Kickbush, manager.
To have Open House - Oak Orchard Road and Saile Drive. Pictures. Moved
11-23-1968
from East Main Road. 12-2-1969
Rolland Kickbush, manager, honored for sales now on Oak Orchard Road.
International Tractor and Monroe Tractor dealerships merge to become
2-18-1971
Batavia Farm Equipment Division of Monroe Tractor on Route 98. 6-25-1985
Picture: Tim Call with new Magnum Tractor, for sale at Batavia Farm Equip. 11-24-1987
Hosts machine safety program - picture. 4-26-1988
Batavia Federal Credit Union Moving from 436 East Main St. to 40 Ellicott St. (with Soccio & Della Penna)
invitation to Open House September 23. 9-21, 22-1983
Serves Wyoming as well as Genesee - Margaret Saunders, manager.
Started in 1976 by Ministry of Concern, merged with Education Employees
9-4-1985
Credit Union to become Tonawanda Valley Credit Union. 5-13-1987
Batavia Festival Orchestra (Correct name) See: Festival Orchestra.
Batavia Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps Group to reform. 7-14-1900
Picks out uniforms. 8-14-1900
Elects. 10-31-1904
Buys new instruments - bought uniforms earlier (of firemen?) 12-23-1904
Dance - 40 couples. 2-9-1905
Batavia Fishing Club Fishermen form new club. 7-22-1911
Batavia flag Engineer Clark designs flag for city. 2-23-1917
Batavia Food Products Co. Cannery.
Incorporated. Preston A. Muller, Charles Pundt, Nathaniel Kopp, directors. 3-8-1918
To build addition 60' x 175'. 4-9-1918
To expand - add 60' x 75'. 8-9-1918
Not operating in 1919 - manager resigns. 5-10-1919
Bankrupt - sells off stock. 9-23-1919
Local investors charge Truax of Toledo, Ohio of fraud.
Company taken by Wesley R. Guile and Orton R. Guile of Wayland. To start
6-3-1920
canning apples. 10-1-1920
Canning factory to remain idle. 3-17-1921
Canning company in hands of receivers. Receiver has offered to buy.
Sold for $40,000 to Wesley R. Gmck & Son(?) on bankruptcy sale. Plant
idle since owners went bankrupt in 1914, reopened January 4, 1921.
Property being sold for tax redemption. Taken by Wesley R. Guile.
Harry Rimmer of Clarion, Pa. wants plant. Rimmer sues to get control -
puts lien on plant. (History of Batavia Food Products - formerly
12-30-1920
Batavia Canning Co.) 1-27-1925
Fire at plant probably incendiary. 10-26-1925

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Batavia Fox Farm Opening on Tyrrell Farm - West Main Road. Batavia Silver Fox and
Fur Co. Inc. F. W. Putnam, president. 10-13-1926
Batavia Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Bob Johnson of Buffalo & Brockport buys Zigrossi dealership at
5072 East Main Street. 7-8-2000
Batavia Framing and Design Regina Steed, of Warsaw, opening decorating shop at 108 Liberty Street. 7-17-1997
Batavia Furniture Company Robert and Ernest Will - employees of Wood Working Co. - setting up factory
in Wade Planing Mill on Swan St. Have patent on dining room - library
table. Getting patent on folding sewing table. 7-20-1904
25 employees and family on outing. 8-8-1904
Completes model for a hydraulic press for Syracuse ..?..
Needs more capital. Taking steps toward incorporation. Ernest Will, Robert
8-30-1904
Will and John M. Wade - want $40,000 capital of which lack $15,000.
Library table produced by Batavia Furniture Co. on display in window of
1-7-1905
Richmond Bake Shop. 4-10-1905
Batavia Furniture Store Harry Rotenberg and Albert Pinsky open store Saturday - 228 W. Main St. 10-9-1946
Rotenberg opens new addition. 1-14-1953
Sketches of workers. 8-16-1954
Ad: 9th Anniversary. 10-12-1955
Warehouse fire - loss $15,000. 4-15-1957
Enlarging. 1-7-1958
Ad: Newly enlarged store. 7-30-1958
Picture: Debris caused by deer crashing store window. 12-11-1963
Full page ad - 27th birthday. 10-10-1973
Store holds annual anniversary sale.
Paul Rotenbery and Sandy Sennett celebrating 50th Anniversary of store -
10-9-1979
picture. 8-12-1996
Rotenberg and Sennett selling out furniture and building - picture - retiring.
Zeches Furniture and Appliance of Warsaw taking former Rotenberg
10-29-1996
building for branch in city. 3-10-1997
Batavia Furniture Stripping Co. At Industrial Center - Robert Bouers, manager. 8-29-1972
Batavia Garage Killian-Green Co. filed request to operate under name Batavia Garage. 12-5-1914
Harry H. Snell to open garage, reopen shop at 316 West Main.
Everett F. Kyle of Mt. Morris buys Batavia Garage, 233 W. Main St. of Paul
4-14-1915
M. Green. Buick agency goes with it.
Owned by Hunter and Hancock. George E. Smith and Harry M. Bosshart
6-30-1920
buy garage.
1898 Oldsmobile, one cylinder car, purchased by Batavia Oldsmobile Co. -
on street under own power today. Oldsmobile Company of Batavia and
3-10-1928
Batavia Garage at 53 Ellicott St. 10-13-1928
George E. Smith buys out Bosshart interest in Batavia Garage, 53 Ellicott St. 10-9-1933
Gets merit award - picture for exceptional performance in war time. 5-4-1945
Garage - 17 Center St. - getting 40' x 75' addition. 11-28-1947
Batavia Garden Co. Formed - to raise celery, onions. Capital: $6,000. Lewis N. Marshall,
Edward E. Leavenworth, Mary W. Leavenworth - directors.
Mr. Leavenworth purchased half interest in Marshall farm near
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Batavia Gardens East Main Road.
Developers start 44 unit group on East Main. Ground broken. 3-27-1962
Work site picketed for non-union labor. 4-9-1962
Batavia Garment Co. To increase capital stock. Now runs LaVogue at 31 Main St.
Edson R. Fuller, manager. 11-5-1914
Batavia Garment Corp. To take over Bank St. factory (Rough & Tumble) 10-15-1925
Has taken Keegan-Grace (papers on file) factory on Bank St. 1-12-1926
Making sink-proof suits. 5-29-1926
Batavia Gas Bar $341 disappears from Gas Bar safe - 669 Ellicott St. 4-5-1966
Batavia Gas and Light Company Incorporated from Batavia Gas Light Company and Consumers Electric
Light and Power Co. 4-24-1889
New company to light streets tonight.
(Paper calls it Consumers Electric Light Co.)
8-15-1889
Batavia on list to get power from Niagara Falls. 8-15-1889
Light brighter last night. 8-16-1889
Winegar remembers. 9-10-1969
Batavia Gas Light Company Formed 1855. New works erected to make gas from crude petroleum.
In 1866 established an electric light and heating plant operated in
conjunction with gas plant. North p298. Directors: James Brisbane;
D. W. Tomlinson, president; Gad B. Worthington; C. S. Holden; Alra Smith;
Fred Chamberlain; R. Merrifield; W. H. Tompkins, superintendent.
New gas holder built in 1878. Machinery to make gas from petroleum
in 1885.
Not to renew contract. Making no profit. 7-12-1888
President Smith and Superintendent Tompkins present proposal. 7-13-1888
Contract renewed $5,000 for year - 57 lights, 8 to burn all night. 8-9-1888
Light contract criticized. 8-16-1888
Complaints about street lights. 10-4-1888
Tompkins obit. 6-19-1889
Batavia Gas and Electric Co. Gas company starting up. 1-12-1905
Old gas company ceases business. 6-16-1908
Affairs in bad shape. 6-25-1908
Company out of business. 7-17-1908
Effects being moved to Lorish Building.
Winegar quotes John Secord on: Batavia Gas and Electric Co. organized
1855. Consolidated Gas and Electric Co. organized in 1902.
7-24-1908
Batavia Glass Co. Sterling Glass moving from 405 West Main to 249 West Main - location of
Batavia Glass Co. 6-11-1965
Batavia Gospel Mission
Batavia Gospel Tabernacle See: Gospel Tabernacle
Batavia Gun Club New club formed with 22 members. President, Arnold Keller. 6-26-1926
Moves clubhouse from near Burt Welch's garage to Hill Farm in Stafford. 1-3-1927
Gave away automobile at regular meeting. 5-21-1927
To lease Stafford shooting range for four more years. 9-17-1927
To have ox roast. 10-9-1928
Elects Melvin T. Tyler, president. 10-5-1929

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Batavia Rifle Club Organized April 9, 1896 - George Lewis, president.
Still extant. 1-5-1916
Beats Wyoming team. 1-17-1941
Meets on 2nd floor of Page Building, 63 Ellicott St. 9-5-1946
Batavia Hay Rack Company Factory on Swan St. to build hay racks - at John H. Wade's mill. W. C. Skinner,
Anthon H. Brown, Charles I. Snell, John H. Wade. 6-2-1903
Batavia Hat Shop Millinery Syndicate of New York to open hat shop at 36 Main St.
Not to be confused with Bon Ton Hat Shop opened at 98 Main St. by
6-18-1931
Batavia Millinery Shoppe Inc. 9-17-1931
Batavia Health & Fitness Center Located in Masse Mall, Willie McGill, proprietor (owned 18 mo.), closed for
relocation. To reopen in former Salway Hardware building on West Main Rd.
Reopening Fitness Center delayed by difficulties over fire safety regulations
9-28-1988
in rebuilding. 12-7-1988
Batavia Health Officer Dr. LeSeur succeeds Dr. V. M. Rice - of Medical Reserve Corps. 9-13-1918
Batavia Health Department sets up loan department. 6-26-1951
Batavia Hobby Shop Elton Ganiua of RD 2 petitions to open Batavia Hobby Shop. 7-19-1941
Batavia Home Telephone Co. See: Telephones
Also called Independent Union Telephone.
Controlled by Rawson Company.
Also referred to as Home Telephone Co.
Batavia Homes and Development Co. Sanford Fisher, secretary of Development Company plans two building
projects; Vine and East Ave. and State Street between Washington
and North St. 10-6-1945
Sells 134 State St. to Russell Annabal. 7-31-1946
Plans 40 new houses on Vine opposite Skating Rink. 8-19-1946
Harrower & Fisher plan to build 40 homes. 8-19-1947
To Build 4 on Vine St. Industry Engineered Construction - not pre-fab. 10-8-1947
Paid about $70,000 for Swezey property. (See Swezey) 2-17-1954
Finding drainage problems in eastern part of building site. 6-7-1955
Permit given for first home on East Ave. south side, east of South Spruce. 9-7-1956
To go ahead on East Ave. lot - also city to put in $50,0000. 11-20-1956
To build on East Main Street opposite Green Farms. Pride Builders, Inc.
Council votes to require developers to pay for water, sewer and curbing
8-8-1957
on new streets - aimed at Harrower and Fisher. 8-5-1958
Council still discussing who shall pay for curbs, sewer on new development.
Harold Harrower plans 16 more homes for Clinton Gardens, Fordham Drive,
8-13-1958
Holmes Ave. 9-17-1958
Plans 65 new homes in Clinton Gardens area.
Protest City suggestion that developer add sewer, sidewalks, curbs to
9-20-1960
price of building. 11-2-1960
H. & F. plan more homes in northeast. 9-28-1960
Ad. Batavia Homes & Development offers lots. 8-25-1961
Owns land north of East Avenue to City line - East to Clinton. 12-19-1962
To build at 249 East Ave. 5-3-1963
To build 16 homes in northeast section of city. 5-9-1963
Plans ten new homes in Naramore area.
More homes for Woodcrest - Naramore area approved for Harrower and
3-4-1964
Fisher. 9-21-1966

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Batavia Homes and Development Co. Plans 10 lot subdivision Garden Drive. 12-7-1968
(cont) More on above. 3-6-1969
City okays plans for Clinton Gardens - off Naramore. 4-7-1971
Robert Harrower's proposal for Town Houses west of Naramore opposed. 5-11-1988
Opposition to Harrower development diminishes - ready to go.
City to pave three new streets for building Garden Drive - Union Square -
4-25-1989
North Pointe Drive. 5-9-1989
Town Houses - called North Parkside - going ahead - 1/10th done. 8-7-1990
Harrower gets permit to extend Garden Drive for eleven new homes. 10-15-1990
Batavia Homes Co. Ready to build - on Kingsbury Ave. - John Buchholtz & Sons builders. 3-31-1924
Batavia Horse and Dairy Feed Co. New business locates in Nobles Mills, Evans St. owned by F. A. McLellan
of Batavia.
Feed Co. burned yesterday property known as Batavia Roller Mills once
7-30-1905
owned by N. D. Nobles. 10-1-1906
Batavia Hospital Women meet in Ellicott Hall to discuss hospital. 4-17-1900
Women form association to assure hospital. 4-23-1900
Women adopt incorporation papers.
Kings Daughters to serve ice cream and cake at Court House Park -
5-26-1900
to benefit. 7-21-1900
Mrs. S. A. Sherwin elected President of Hospital Association. 8-2-1900
Political Equality Club sells buttons in aid. 8-6-1900
House to house campaign for hospital. 8-9-1900
14 sites offered for hospital. 8-23-1900
Report on Hospital fund. 8-30-1900
Hospital site chosen - owned by Mrs. Glowacki. 9-7-1900
Funds for hospital coming in nicely. 9-13-1900
Stafford Grange donates first hospital bed to hospital. 10-6-1900
Huntley to give $500 to hospital fund.
Hospital Association decides to erect one building, for general and
10-16-1900
emergency use.
Ownership site North Street transferred from Mrs. Glowacki to Hospital
10-27-1900
Association for $1,150. 11-19-1900
Hospital plans approved. 3-22-1901
Women selling bricks to swell hospital building fund. 4-2-1901
Hospital design to follow that one in Buffalo. 4-26-1901
Has $11,124.99 - assured of opening. 5-9-1901
Alice G. Fisher appointed president of board. 5-16-1901
Hospital to have bay windows and elevator. 6-3-1901
Bids for hospital put off to Monday. 7-16-1901
Contract to John Pickert for $6,311. 7-26-1901
Contract signed today 7-27-1901
Pickert to begin excavating tomorrow. 7-31-1901
Lochnecht and Ditzel putting in hospital foundations. 8-13-1901
Doctors help plan hospital arrangements, especially operating room. 8-15-1901
Studding beginning to go up. 8-31-1901
Hospital Association in new drive - for $10,000. 9-6-1901
Contract for wiring and elevator. 10-4-1901
6 rooms assured - Mrs. Kenney to furnish one. 10-14-1901
Pickert given to April 15 for work. 12-6-1901
Physicians Society discuss attendance at Hospital. 11-14-1901
Wainscoting and flooring being done in operating room. 1-28-1902
Hospital practically complete - picture. 3-26-1902

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Batavia Hospital (cont) Isabel Gould appointed Hospital Matron. 4-12-1902
Heating plant now in. Plumbing now almost done. 4-17-1902
Ready for approval. 4-29-1902
Directors meet in new building. 5-6-1902
What women have accomplished in 2 years. 5-8-1902
Hospital to open tomorrow. 7-14-1902
Women open hospital - thank God. 7-15-1902
Henry Kortz admitted - first patient. 7-16-1902
Two women operated on in new operating room - Drs. Miller & Swan operated. 7-17-1902
11 patients already served - 3 discharged. 8-4-1902
To admit no more patients until carpets laid in corridor to quiet footfalls. 8-7-1902
First death in hospital. Charles P. Pratt - 84. 8-9-1902
George Lay gives hospital lot on south side of North St. east of Tracy Ave. 8-22-1902
Alice Fisher resigns as head of Hospital Association. 11-7-1902
Kings Daughters collecting for ambulance. 1-14-1903
To have fire escape. 2-6-1903
Otto Fox putting iron fire escape on hospital. 3-16-1903
Ambulance purchased by Kings Daughters. 4-18-1903
Byron Huntley gives hospital $10,000.
Hussey Carriage Co. on Center St. builds ambulance for hospital.
4-27-1903
Ambulance on view on Center St. 6-25-1903
Thomas Perfield first to go to hospital in new ambulance. 7-8-1903
Second annual Hospital Ball huge success. 7-11-1903
Hospital charge for use of new ambulance if patient can pay. 8-8-1903
Women's Hospital Association asks financial aid of Town Board. 1-30-1904
2 new buildings at hospital - one contagion building. 7-17-1904
Miss Maud Williams replaces Miss Gauld. 8-10-1904
Williams withdraws. 9-2-1904
Miss M. E. Wood of Rochester heads hospital. 9-24-1904
Mrs. I. E. Mecorney, new hospital head - succeeds Williamson. 1-6-1905
Mrs. Kenny gives money for addition. 1-20-1905
Addition named for Mrs. Kenny. 2-3-1905
Addition to be postponed at least a year. 3-2-1905
John Pickert starts Hospital Laundry. 10-9-1905
Laundry in use. 1-12-1906
Courses in nursing proposed. 3-16-1906
Mrs. Richmond gives money for Contagious ward.
(See: "Pesthouse" for earlier deliberations on)
7-6-1906
Miss Wood resigns. 10-5-1906
Miss Etta E. Robbins of Buffalo new head.
State inspector has one criticism - hospital does not drain into first class
10-19-1906
sewer system. 11-16-1906
Addition to go up this year. 2-22-1907
Rochester architect Robert L. Byers drawing plans for addition. 4-16-1907
Contract for addition to John Pickert. 5-21-1907
Glade to build Contagion building. Gift of A. K. Richen. 6-7-1907
Hospital Festival closes with Ball - nets about $500. 7-13-1907
Description of Richmond Contagion Cottage. 8-25-1907
Town votes $1,500 annually to hospital. 11-22-1907
Contagion Cottage complete - inspection tomorrow. 1-8-1908
Visitors fill hospital annex. 3-4-1908
Picture - hospital, annex and Contagion Cottage. 4-3-1908
Hospital out of debt. 4-10-1908
Plans Tag Day as money raiser. 6-19-1908
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Batavia Hospital (cont) Glade & Son begin porch to connect hospital and new annex. 8-6-1908
Mrs. John C. Hale new hospital head. 9-18-1908
State issues license to accept nursing students. 9-26-1908
Nursing School charter …. 11-20-1908
Nurses at hospital to graduate. 6-23-1910
Graduation of nurses. 6-27-1910
Class of 8 students graduating - home for students needed. 10-12-1911
Town appropriates $1,500 for hospital for year. 11-22-1911
Seven nurses get diplomas.
Mrs. Robert Finley gets blood transfusion - given by husband - picture
6-29-1912
of hospital. 6-29-1912
Discussion of maternity hospital - to cost $7,000. Homelius to design. 8-12-1912
Nurses home to be built. 9-13-1912
Nurses have shower for kitchen, furniture needed. 1-18-1913
Nurses move to new home. 4-28-1913
Nurses Home inspected at Open House. 5-24-1913
Five student nurses to graduate. 6-14-1913
Diplomas awarded. 6-27-1913
Four student nurses graduate. 6-19-1914
Health Officer McCarthy highly praises Batavia Hospital.
Doctors representing Medical Society meet with hospital officers to
outline hospital needs: Dr. LeSeur; Dr. Snow; Dr. Johnson; Mrs. Fisher;
Mrs. Burkhart; Mrs. L. D. Collins. Need enlarged operating room -
including equipment; intern or resident physician; better rubber gloves;
10-9-1914
graduate nurse for night supervisor; improved conditions on 3rd floor. 10-20-1914
Women vote to enlarge men's ward. 10-30-1914
New sterilizer installed. 1-15-1915
Dr. Rice gives hospital x-ray machine. 2-18-1915
Dietitian resigns because restricted - here since July 15, 1914. 11-6-1915
New two-horse ambulance bought in Rochester. Old one destroyed by fire. 1-18-1916
Physicians Club presents complaints to hospital directors. 6-9-1916
Letter from Mrs. Fisher, president of hospital. 6-28-1916
Directors find no evidence of fault recently claimed by group of doctors. 7-11-1916
Second open complaint from Physicians Association made to hospital board.
Batavia physicians donate operating table to hospital - Baker, Carr, Conlon,
Gould, Harvey, Manchester, W. B. Manchester, Miller, Owen, Rice,
7-15-1916
Ryan and Will. 10-12-1916
Chain of parties planned to aid hospital - 8 parties projected. 1-24-1917
Three nurses get diplomas. 6-22-1917
New hospital head: Mrs. Lillian Schraft. 1-30-1918
New Director elected: Mrs. D. E. McDowell succeeds Mrs. L. Collins. 4-12-1918
Graduates 8 nurses. 6-12-1918
Offers use of ambulance to St. Jerome Hospital. 7-24-1918
Unless funds are raised hospital must close. 9-3-1918
Drive raises $6,000. 9-11-1918
X-ray machine left to hospital by Dr. Rice. 10-29-1918
Mrs. Alice Fisher resigns as hospital head - succeeded by Mrs. Frank Thomas.
Doctors advise a committee of doctors run hospital. Hospital to reorganize
2-14-1919
with advisory board and staff doctors. 3-26-1919
Men on Hospital advisory board resign - recommendations to be implemented. 4-3-1919
New hospital advisory board - 6 men. 4-11-1919
Hospital to install operating room downstairs and increase facilities.
Women vote to continue management. Hospital dropping advisory board -
4-15-1919
returning to earlier plan. 4-24-1919
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Batavia Hospital (cont) Edna M. Stever resigns as director, as does ass't. Gladys E. Mann. 7-11-1919
To install new operating room on first floor. 8-15-1919
Mrs. Alice Chambers, superintendent. 10-9-1919
Needs public help to meet expenses. 3-4-1920
Merger with St. Jerome proposed. 5-15-1920
Raises $5,378 so far. 6-1-1920
25 graduate from nursing program.
Chambers resigns: Miss Ruth Pentland, head (Emma J. Minard to serve
6-25-1920
in interim.) 8-13-1920
Board approves addition including an office. 9-10-1920
H. Norton Reed to building new operating room - rebuild third floor. 12-10-1920
Third floor becoming maternity ward.
Seven persons found to be Typhoid carriers - Bacteriologist Carr finds -
1-11-1921
quarantine to be lifted.
Past & Present column: Michaelina Viele, the chief of hospital staff - mother
3-26-1921
paralyzed, baby two pounds at birth. 4-2-1921
Team of twelve out seeking funds. 5-27-1921
Hospital gets gift of $7,000 from Commodore Charles Gould of New York. 6-11-1921
5 graduate from nursing class. 6-24-1921
New ambulance at hospital. 9-30-1921
New constitution limits hospital board to 8. 10-18-1921
3 men and 5 women on hospital board.
Ruth Pentland leaving as soon as possible - retiring - doesn't want to face
1-28-1921
planned reconstruction. 11-3-1921
Miss Eva E. Dean of New London, NH, superintendent. 11-26-1921
Ernest L. Woodward made life member of Women's Hospital Ass't. 12-9-1921
Miss Dean not coming for health reasons. 12-30-1921
Miss Fannie Latimer to be hospital head. 2-25-1922
Dr. Carr gives x-ray machine - has old one put in order. 5-26-1922
History of first hospital. 10-13 or 11-1922
Dr. Carr gives hospital lung meter. 12-6-1922
Hospital Auxiliary set up. 2-1-1923
Auxiliary to hold Bazaar in November. 9-29-1923
Bazaar in OF Hall, Ellicott St. 10-29-1923
Auxiliary made over $1,000. 11-23-1923
Drive for support from surrounding towns. 5-15-1924
Hospital Bazaar at OF Hall November 20th. 11-14-1924
Report on Bazaar. 11-21-1924
Two sun parlors and nursery to be built. 4-17-1925
Nearly 100 visited new addition. 10-2-1925
Hospital Bazaar at Odd Fellows Hall - third annual bazaar. 10-10-1925
Mary Scoville Nursery a useful addition. 2-19-1926
Hospital to reestablish school of nursing. 3-19-1926
School of Nursing opens in September. 6-22-1926
Picture: New ambulance - a Buick. 10-12-1926
Lunch to be served at Bazaar. 11-29-1926
Second class of nurses - 6 enrolled - at hospital. 3-1-1927
School of Nursing graduates four. 6-16-1927
Mrs. Latimer resigns as hospital head. 11-7-1927
Mrs. J. Edward Gubb new hospital head. 12-20-1927
Mrs. J. Edward Gubb new hospital head. 1-3-1928
Walter Lewis gives $5,000 toward maternity ward. 1-14-1928
Hospital Board announces drive for $250,000.
Sarah Upton Edwards, sister of Emory Upton, leaves $5,000 to endow
2-21-1930
hospital bed. 5-24-1930

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Batavia Hospital (cont) Results of Bazaar about $3,000. 12-2-1930
Dr. Carr asks Directors to run hospital as a community institution. 2-4-1931
Hospital Auxiliary to buy equipment. 3-28-1931
Hospital Auxiliary formed with Mrs. F. E. Owen president. 10-3-1931
Hospital shows profit of $715.24 for year.
Annex work authorized. To cost about $25,000. Contract for building
10-21-1932
to R. Norton Reed. 9-25-1933
Annex opens Saturday the 12th. 5-10-1934
400 attend opening. 5-14-1934
Hospital Board votes to put laboratory in hospital basement. 12-20-1935
New ambulance - picture. 7-7-1936
Enlarging offices. 8-22-1936
Keeps baby alive with artificial lung borrowed from Buffalo. 4-14-1938
Baby dies. 4-15-1938
Picture. 8-21-1939
Senior and Junior Auxiliaries merge at Atwater house. 11-17-1939
Asks for laboratory - closing first of January. 12-30-1939
Group trips organized.
Mrs. Edward P. Atwater, president of Hospital Board, reports over 2,000
10-19-1940
patients served in hospital in 1940. 1-17-1941
To close contagion cottage because so little used. 6-10-1943
Uses ice as anesthetic during amputation. 8-13-1943
George Martin has leg amputated with freezing for anesthetic. 11-6-1943
Designated storage center for blood plasma. 11-29-1943
New Maternity wing in use - three mothers in use before formal dedication. 12-15-1943
Leaves United Fund. 7-13-1944
To become Genesee Memorial. 8-1-1944
Picture: Old hospital buildings being razed.
Notes: North side branch - Hospital Aid Society; Ellicott Avenue - Hospital
Aid Society; Southside branch - Hospital Aid Society; Oakfield Road -
Aid Society; Ellicott Street branch - Hospital Society; East Main St. branch -
7-9-1951
Hospital Aid Society; St. Joseph branch - Hospital Aid Society. no date
After 1946 - Genesee Memorial Hospital. no date
Picture: Hospital about 1912. 6-21-1976
First preemie born October 19, 1905 - Bonnie L. Parkhurst - now navy cook. 10-19-1979
Hospital Directors Isabel Gould - Matron. 4-12-1902
Miss Maud Williams - replaces Miss Gould. 8-10-1904
Miss M. E. Wood heads - Miss Williams reconsiders - does not come. 9-24-1904
Mrs. I. E. Mecorney - succeeds Williams. 1-6-1905
Miss Etta E. Robbins new head. 10-9-1906
Mrs. John C. Hale new head. 9-18-1908
Edna M. Stever resigns. 7-11-1919
Miss Alice Chambers, superintendent. 10-9-1919
Mrs. Chambers resigns.
Emma J. Minard - interim director.
5-25-1920
Miss Ruth Pentland. 8-30-1920
Miss Eva E. Dean. (Did not come) 11-26-1921
Miss Fannie Latimer. 2-25-1922
Mrs. J. Edward Gubb. (Resigns August 31, 1934) 1-1928
Miss Hazel Hallet (Superintendent of Nurses) appointed. 9-5-1934
Mrs. Eva B. Berry. 8-15-1939
Mrs. Ruth A. Mackey - succeeds Berry. 8-21-1944
Miss Ruth A. Mackay of Ithaca to become Director. 8-23-1944
Miss Ruth A. Mackay resigns. 12-29-1944

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Hospital Directors (cont) Mrs. Kenneth Carter. Resign June 1946.
Mrs. Margaret McCarthy - acting.
Mrs. Kenneth C. Carter, Superintendent.
Mrs. Gladys H. Sholer to succeed Mrs. Carter. 4-15-1947
Mrs. Sholer not coming - reasons of health. 4-19-1947
Mrs. Kenneth C. Carter resigns. 6-24-1947
Mrs. James McCarthy appointed. 6-28-1947
Francis D. Nichols of Buffalo. 10-24-1947
Francis James Murphy. 3-1-1963
Hospital Aid Societies Combined, exclusive, party for 350 invited guest to help hospital planned
for January 16. 12-19-1912
Series of parties planned to help hospital. Report on parties. 1-24, 25-1917
Over 100 parties held to help hospital. 2-15-1917
Batavia Humane Society See: Humane Society of Batavia and Genesee County.
Batavia Ice Arena See: Mancuso Memorial Arena.
Royal Ice Arena.
Batavia Ice Company Charles A. Williams and Fred E. Taggart form company - to use ice house
on creek south of Law Street. 9-28-1900
Has 30 men filling ice house. 2-5-1901
Cutting ice 7 1/2" thick on creek. 12-23-1901
Harvesting 9" ice. 1-2-1902
Ice excellent quality - 12" thick. 1-6-1902
Cutting ice 18" to 24" thick. 2-12-1902
Cutting foot thick ice.
Owned by Mrs. Fred Taggart. Taggart leasing to E. W. Taggart & Son
2-19-1903
livery stable - to run ice business.
Going full blast - description of process - 15 tons of ice made every 24 hours
4-24-1903
- 11 men. 6-26-1906
Cleveland now manager. 1-4-1910
Begins ice harvest (Nelson W. Cleveland, Manager) 1-6-1906
Batavia Ice Cream Co. To build three story building of brick, 30 x 39 feet - Warren Fargo building.
Warren Fargo, Cyrus L. Fargo and Fred A. Lewis of Batavia file certificate
to change name to Fargo Dairy Inc. (Recently sold ice cream business to
11-25-1924
General Ice Cream Corp.
General Company incorporated Ice Cream Company here. Vernon F. Hovey;
William Palmer; Samuel T. Nioling; Delos W. Having; James Lund who with
5-6-1929
William Palmer owned all shares. 5-13-1929
Batavia Ice Devils Batavia High hockey team wins State Trophy. 3-7-1987
Honored for outstanding season - win 5 out of 8 games. 3-31-1987
Batavia Improvement Co. See: Grandview Cemetery
Batavia Industrial Center See also: Massey Mall
Seeks federal funds. 8-9-1952
Mancusos buy former Massey Harris plant. 7-8, 9-1959
Raymond H. Stoll to direct leasing. 7-10-1959
Picture of Center.
Batavia Signs - Raymond H. Stoll & Ted Snell partners - sign for
8-5-1959
25,000 sq. ft. of space. 8-12-1959

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Batavia Industrial Center (cont) Title to former M H Harvester passes to Mancuso. 8-20-1959
Formed. Joseph L. Mancuso, vice-president - to rent. 9-3-1959
Joseph L. Mancuso family to run Center. 9-5-1959
Tibon Hard Chrome signs with. 9-24-1959
Graham moving offices to former Massey Harris office building. 11-5-1959
Casmir Stachowski, watchman, dead at his desk.
Tibon Hard Chrome getting wide publicity that interests other firms in
11-5-1959
Industrial Center. 11-26-1959
Tibon publicity releases sparks interest in available space.
Mancuso lists new tenants in Center: William G. Gamble moving from
18 Elm St.; General Electric Co.; L. E. Best & Co. - makes custom Kitchens
11-27-1959
Warehouse space.
New firms sign with: Dick Fowler, Welding Service; Miracle Machine Co.;
1-7-1960
Spence Cheunce - furniture; American Cyanide. 3-24-1960
Del Plato Tool & Die moving to Center. 5-6-1960
New firm joins - Atomic Welding. 6-7-1960
Robin Fils signs lease. 10-24-1960
Whole page - pictures - on. 1-7-1961
J. E. Brown quotes Jamestown paper on. 1-26-1961
To have exhibit of locally made products. 1-27-1961
Industrial Show different from Jaycees Homes Show. 2-8-1961
J. D. Transformers, Inc. sign with Center. 4-1-1961
Joseph L. Mancuso on Industrial Center.
Industrial Display opens Friday night - 21st. Ads for Industrial Displays.
4-12-1961
To include fall-out shelter. 4-20-1961
Industrial Display draws crowd. 4-22-1961
10,000 attended show. 4-24-1961
Haddam Corp. - prints industrial charts - in Center. 9-21-1961
J. E. Brown on. 1-4-1962
Custom Canners - pet food. 5-10-1962
J. E. Brown on. 5-12-1962
Dynamics Corp. - new at Center. 9-28-1962
Kenoyer moves Golden Shield to. 4-12-1963
Merit Associates signs in. 5-4-1963
Merit Associates launched with champagne. 9-6-1963
Metal Cladding moves in. 2-29-1964
Ritz Craft Inc. (mobile homes) coming. 4-24-1964
Ritz Craft coming. June 13? 6-18-1964
Mold Rite Inc. for Center. 6-26-1964
Trade Fair at Center Wednesday - eleven companies participating. 1-26-1965
Picture from air. 7-17-1965
First class in Federal ..?.. power ..?.. at Center. 1-12-1965
Joseph L. Mancuso heads Industrial Development Committee. 6-5-1965
Genco formed to replace Merit Precision Corp. 1-14-1966
20 enrolled in auto mechanics under Manpower Training Div. at Center. 1-18-1966
Winegar reprints magazine article on. 5-24, 25, 26-1966
Donald McCloy chosen to head Center, replacing Robert L. Martin. 9-30-1966
Gerald Atkins assumes ownership. 8-7-1967
ARC Musical Instruments of Canada to come in. 3-1-1972
Smoky fire at Center. 3-3-1975
Gerald Atkinson takes on management from Joseph Mancuso. 8-7-1976
Ralston Purina asks permit for 90' elevator. 1-19-1977
J. L. O'Connor & Son to make piano forks. 7-21-1977
O'Connor signs - picture. 8-16-1977
On Industrial Center - pictures. 10-19-1977

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Batavia Industrial Center (cont) City may set up group to seek financial aid. 6-13-1983
City will set up group as above.
Joseph Mancuso & Sons buying Center - to get renovation loans from
6-14-1980?
state and city. 3-23-1984
Charles Mancuso's sons buying Center for $650,000 - will make improvements. 6-5-1984
Getting new heating system. 8-1-1984
Grant for $240,000 given Center for renovation - federal grant. 12-7-1984
$240,000 okayed for work on Center - federal funds. 4-24-1985
Orcon Industries from Rochester to Center. 7-12-1985
Article on service to community. Center not run for profit of owners of
building. BJ Tools - John Brewster, machine shop. Most of those who
move out stay in Batavia area. Hodgins moved in December 1985.
Brankman distributes pool & spa accessories. Several artists have
studios with north light. Association of Retarded Children - sheltered
workshop. Migrant Child Day Care. Mancuso & Son bought summer of
1959. In 1976 Joseph L. Mancuso owned building - sold to Gerald
Atkinson of Atkinson Enterprises. Cost of maintaining brought to
bankruptcy. Joseph L. Mancuso & Sons bought in March 1984 picking
$700,000 mortgage. Will get renovations loan from city and state. Job
Development Authority approved $525,000 for new roof & coal heating
replacement. City expected to give $130,000 for Small Industry
Development Agency which recycles federal funds. All money has to be
used for renovation. Marine Midland holds $700,000 mortgage. Heating
12-27-1985
was changed to oil, then to gas, but new coal system more cost effective.
Center helps small firms. Joseph L. Mancuso, president; B. Thomas Mancuso,
vice president. J. B. Tools - John Brewster of Oakfield; Orcon Industries;
Majafa Inc., Hodgins Printing; Melton Shirts; Brankman Industries;
Spieth-Anderson Co.; Majafa Inc.; Best Glass; Conception Enterprises;
Custom Images; Yorkville Sound; Hack-Co Plastics; Seacraft Instrument;
Genesee Marble; Computer Parts Galore; ARROC; Migrant Day Care;
D & M Flea Market; Thompson Piano; Surebond Lubricant; Wizards of
Auto Wax; Batavia Archers; Koolatron Corp.; Lions Den Fitness Center
12-27-1985
(in Masse Mall) 12-28-1985
Ad: BIC - has space - pictures.
Rent low enough for small firms. Have people who know what to do -
3-6-1986
incubator. Mancuso judges success of Center. 4-4-1986
Ad with picture of Center in special Business Section. 2-10-1987
Seeking tenants. 2-25-1987
Article in special section on Peter & Milton Thompson piano refurbishers. 2-9-1988
Picture from air - special section. 2-15-1989
Offers one year free rent to spur economy. 2-10-1992
Article - pictures - on development. 3-1-1993
Notes 35 years - special section. 7-30-1994
New logo for Center. (Drawing on back of index card)
Reorganization planned at. Dividing into Industrial Center and Mancuso
4-22-1996
Real Estate. Adding old Wiard Plow as arts, crafts center. Picture of plant.
BIC chosen business of the year by Chamber of Commerce "for putting
6-8-1998
people to work." Special Business Section. 2-20-1999
Special section on - pictures - some lists of occupants. 3-22-1999
Batavia Industrial Co. New name taken by merger of Dodgson, Wilder & Co. and Seacord, Dodgson
& Co. To sell mineral wool pip & furnace covers, also wagons, carriages,
farm implements. 113 Main St. and Evans St. 2-4-1896
Ad shows picture of baby carriage - successor of Dodgson Wilder & Co. -
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Batavia Industrial Co. (cont) John Seacord says people aren't buying carriages - are buying bicycles. 11-11-1896
Industrial Company elects.
Earl A. Dodgson sells his stock to Frank B. Redfield. John M. Seacord, the
2-2-1897
secretary, to act as president. 3-12-1898
F. B. Redfield elected director, J. M. Seacord, president.
To move from 113 Main to former German Church on Ellicott St. for showroom
2-7-1899
for carriages and bicycles. Salvation Army dispossessed. 9-9-1899
To reorganize - close out retail stock carriages, harness, etc. - 43 Ellicott St. 2-25-1901
Has contract to insulate pipes in sugar beet factory in Binghamton.
Closing out stock carriages, wagons & implements. To do only mineral wool
and pipe covering. F. M. Hanlon leases part of Evans St. building - now
10-24-1901
has adjoining warehouse.
Disposes of mineral wool & pipe coating business to Batavia Mineral Wool Co.
11-5-1901
David Carter, manager. 12-5-1901
On "Yellow Fellow" bicycle of Frank Redfield. Past & Present column. 5-13-1919
Batavia Instrument Co. See: N. H. Douglas.
Salway Bros. & Nichols
(May or may not be same) All three on Ellicott Street.
Batavia Insurance and Realty Co. Realty Company, 307 West Main St. - sold by Fred & Dolores Drew to
Agnes Myers and Daniel Snyder of Powers Ins. of LeRoy. Drews have
owned agency 25 years. 7-10-1985
Batavia International Motorsports Park Former Kelly's Speedway purchased by Gino Romeo of Romeo Sports Inc.
of Junior Case and Rick Martell. Picture: Romeo & back history of
speedway.) 10-21-1997
Ad with schedule CAN-AM 4 - September 28-30, 1998. Local youth to race. 8-28-1998
Batavia Iron Works Now acquired by Ferguson-Allan Co. Inc.
Successor to Batavia Car Works - to open Monday. James E. Ferguson of
9-18-1923
Buffalo, president; Frederick W. Allan, vice president & treasurer. 9-19-1923
Iron works running - employs 50. 9-24-1923
Iron works going strong.
Incorporation papers filed - 30,000? shares. James E. Ferguson, 10,000
shares; Frederick W. Allan, 10,000 shares; Walter W. Stroh, 10,000 shares
10-30-1923
James W. Laird of Buffalo, no shares; James Strickland, no shares. 12-11-1923
Batavia Iron and Metal Co. Former Batavia Waste Materials, reopens, rebuilt after fire. Furnaces not
now part of facility - eliminating smoke - picture. 12-14-1994
Ad - half page - reopening. 12-17-1994
Fire at Bank Street site - no injuries. 5-18-1999
Batavia Iron Company In former Genesee Agricultural Works on Ellicott St. - Parsons property. 9-14-1887
Batavia Laundry See: Batavia Steam Laundry
Gallagher and O'Medra, prop. 3-1-1901
Batavia Laundry Company Laundry company formed - buys Palace Laundry of Couch - John J. Dewey,
(Batavia Sanitary Wet Wash) Charles W. Moore of Rochester and their wives.
Batavia Sanitary Wet Wash Laundry to open. C. R. Ebling & D. K. Page -
4-1-1914
from Cleveland. On State Street.
Wet Wash to expand into front building at 13 State - displacing former
5-20-1920
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Batavia Laundry Company Page and Ebling ready to build on Creek bank, near Eager Brewery -
(Batavia Sanitary Wet Wash) R. Norton Reed building. 60' x 100' with garage. 6-20-1925
(cont) D. K. Page and H. E. Ebling incorporate as Batavia Laundry Co. 8-29-1925
Bricks from cornice of Sanitary Wet Wash fall almost striking woman - 11am. 1-5-1926
New laundry on West Main now in use - model of modern plant - 100' x 60'. 3-5-1926
Ad - 249 West Main St. 3-27-1926
Open House at new laundry. 3-28-1926
25 from Buffalo and Rochester visit at Open House. 6-2-1926
Page sells out to Ebling. 1-4-1929
Page resigns - sold out to Ebling. 1-14-1929
Files for bankruptcy. Carl R. Ebling, president. 6-14-1933
Ebling in bankruptcy. 6-28-1933
Objections to auction sale price. 8-10-1933
Buffalo firm offers $8,500. 8-15-1933
Article on. In 1939 managed by Harry A. Fotch of Batavia. 8-21-1939
Gets new Ford delivery truck - picture. 10-24-1947
Hit by safecrackers. 11-18-1950
Purchased by North-East Laundry of LeRoy.
At 249 West Main St. now owned by North-East of LeRoy. Building bought by
2-2-1952
Sallome Heating Co. of 247 West Main - to use some, share some of space. 2-9-1952
Picture. Sold to Sallome. 3-6-1952
Batavia Law Center A division of Rochester Law Center, coming to Batavia. Office at
505 East Main St. Modern company which advertises. 10-26-1983
Batavia Library Ass'n. Formed April 27, 1872. Dissolved - to join Richmond Library. 4,000 volumes -
$3,500 to new library. 1887
Batavia Light and Power Co. New organization successor to Consolidated Light and Power Co. - to be
organized with $100,000 capital. 1-5-1905
Batavia Liquidators Claude S. WeMett to do business at 8 & 10 Curtis Building as. 7-8-1937
Batavia Liquor Store Liquor store and grocery both run by Caitos at 58 Main St.
See: Caito Liquor Store.
12-24-1942
Batavia Livery On Main St. has sheds for farmers. 11-21-1904
Offers rides to Horseshoe Lake - ad. 5-11-1905
D. C. Hopkins purchases stables of L. E. Mecorney (Batavia Livery) 11-14-1905
Batavia Loan Genesee County Loan.
To remodel 112 Main St. 5-11-1929
Batavia Local Telephone Exchange See: Smith, Herbert E. (1890s)
Smith putting up building 20' x 30' - 2 stories - east side of Park Pl. for
telephone exchange.
Local telephone exchange being moved from Jackson Street to new
11-30-1895
building on Park Place. 3-3-1896
H. E. Smith abandons telephone exchange. 11-30-1896
Batavia Lumber & Coal Co. New company combines two older coal companies - Tunison Coal Co. on
Jackson St. and Stanley & Co. on Evans St. G. W. Stanley bought
J. M. Chapin Coal Co. 10 years ago - 1894. Tunison came from Wyoming
and bought out George C. Washburn on September 14, 1899. S. B. Spencer
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Batavia Lumber & Coal Co. (cont) Sold to Clarence (cannot sell coal in competition with railroad) 3-5-1906
Sues Clarence A. Northrop for price of lumber used in building on Spink Ave.
Relocates yard from Jackson St. to Evans St., moves office to that of
4-24-1909
W. W. Buxton on Jackson St.
Area on Jackson vacated owned by D. W. Tomlinson.
(See: Washburn in 1899)
10-15-1910
Batavia Lumber Co. - 22 Evans St.
Company asks permit to build factory on Evans to make door and window
6-14-1922
sashes - Bert L. Hanley, proprietor.
Burt L. Hanley of Batavia Lumber Co. and Raymond Dudley of Fairport have
3-20-1925
taken entire Fairport Lumber & Coal Co. - purchasing to be done here. 2-5-1929
Stanley Nagorniak buys Lumber Co. 7-22-1952
Fire at - loss $8,700. 7-7-1954
Stanley Nagorniak, proprietor. 12-27-1955
Tools stolen at Lumber Co. on Evans St., Nagorniak, proprietor. 12-2-1957
Martin G…(?) to work for Nagorniak at Batavia Lumber. 10-12-1960
Nagorniak dead at 59. 6-2-1972
Obit: Stanley Nagorniak, proprietor. 6-3-1972
Batavia Machine and Tool Co. Inc. Was on Lewiston Rd.
Winegar column on. 2-13-1965
Making parts for Gemini. 3-24-1965?
Training program. 9-2-1966?
Winegar says parts used in air conditioning in cars made by Batavia Machine
& Tool. Turns out about 160,000 pieces, some for Harrison Radiator in
Lockport for air conditioners for automobiles. 6-8-1967
Raymond E. Laesser, founder, dies. 3-6-1982
Not in telephone book in 1995. New name on shop: Bartell Power Products.
Laesser also sold his gun shop on West Main Road in 1994.
Bartel Power Products, the new sign on front of plant on Lewiston Rd
in 1995.
Batavia Machine Company Formerly Bidwell's
George S. Hilts & T. F. Kennedy to open engine repair and manufacturing
shop in Hamilton Building to make & repair gasoline engines. 2-1-1906
Bidwell's plant purchased by Gouinlocks for $12,000 and debt of $32,627. 6-2-1911
To be incorporated by Gouinlocks. 6-3-1911
To build bean apparatus. 6-7-1911
Wheels turning. 6-17-1911
Employs 40. 7-15-1911
Running until spring - 51 employees. 8-24-1911
Write-up. 2-6-1912
Bidwell movement to oust Bray. 4-20-1912
Bray resigns. 4-24-1912
Thomas Stone to replace Bray. 5-4-1912
Increases capital stock. 6-29-1912
Bidwell Thresher Co. sues. 7-24-1912
Bidwell Manufacturing Co. formed. 11-9-1912
Batavia Machine & Warsaw-Wilkinson merged. 4-12-1912
Gouinlock says production will be one-third larger than last year. 7-21-1914
Very busy. 8-7-1917
Batavia Machine & Warsaw-Wilkinson combine as Climax Corporation.
Became Climax in January 1919.
Hilts and Kennedy started Batavia Machine Co. in 1908 - soon moved to
4-13-1920
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Batavia Magazine Exchange Harry Snyder to do business at 19 Jackson St. as. 3-6-1937
Batavia Manpower Panel Eleven man group suggest program for retraining the unemployed. 4-18-1964
Batavia Manufacturing Co. Howard & Buell here to seek manufacturing site.
New company set up: Batavia Manufacturing Co. - comprised of: L. R. Bailey;
11-6-1883
Columbus Buell; C. H. Ferren, Jr.; H. I. Glowack; C. H. Howard.
Backus & Bradish set up new company to manufacture the Backus Heating
11-9-1883
apparatus.
Company formed - Joseph Burk, John W. Leach, John Kraks of Buffalo,
3-22-1884
O. C. Parker and E. L. Kinsey of Batavia.
Company to produce "Gilt Edge" farming mills(?) - office in Batavia -
5-19-1890
Harvester making them for.
Seacord Dodgson & Co. to merge with - 113 Main and on Evans St. To sell
mineral wool pipe covering - also wagons, carriages and farm implements.
5-31-1890
Officers: Earl A. Dodgson; E. S. Wilder; John M. Seacord; Frank E. Redfield.
New company to get land to build & expand north of the main building of the
1-28-1896
company. Lot 125' x 155'. Batavia Steel Products Co. in 1919? 11-28-1917
Gets agreement on switching. 11-28-1917
Batavia Marble and Granite Works Ad: Granite Works now open at 6 Jefferson. 5-7-1901
Batavia Meadows See: Housing - Batavia Meadows.
Louis Viele planning housing on former K of C lot - West Main St. Former
Redfield property. 5-1982
Batavia medal See: City Medals.
Marcello says often has to greet returning hero - suggests city prepare medal
to award. 9-23-1943
Batavia Men's Hockey League Started informally when Ice Arena opened. Now has 8 - 13 member teams -
history of. Article on players in league. 10-7-1989
Batavia Mental Clinic See also: Mental Health
Second Mental clinic. 11-9-1922
Batavia Mental Clinic - City Hall. 1-8-1923
Batavia Metal Products Former Baker Gun Co. plans expansion. 12-26-1919
Now making automobile parts.
D. W. Tomlinson making auto parts at gun company - a "regenerator" - uses
4-19-1920
new name for this part of work: Batavia Auto Parts Co.
D. W. Tomlinson & William H. Adsit begin making a device to be know as
Batavia Regeneration. Device to vaporize gasoline between carburetor
9-9-1921
and the intake manifold in auto engine. 1-16-1922
Formed. 5-12-1923
Article on work of gunsmithing at factory. 12-12-1941
D. W. Tomlinson reports debt owed by firm since 1923 now paid.
BMP building addition - storage - on Erie tracks. Gen. Standard Buildings to
12-22-1941
do work.
Directors of BMP: D. W. Tomlinson; Vincent Nott; Mrs. J. B. Miller; Donald
3-26-1953
Strong; Barton Tomlinson. 2-15-1955
Plans addition: 147' x 128' - will then raze two story building.
Trietley on beginning Metal Products. Picture: Former Union School
3-30-1956
being razed. 6-8-1957
BMP razing century old forging plant. 4-1-1959

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Batavia Metal Products (cont) Picture: Office building - former school.
Sketch: Proposed BMP office building - to be built on site of former First High
9-2-1961
School building by Manning Squires & Henning. 6-6-1961
Workers get bonuses. 12-9-1971
BMP shares profits of $75,000 with employees. 12-11-1974
BMP buys former Colt Clamp buildings - Clamp company moved in September. 1-9-1975
McWethy to build storage building. 2-15-1979
BMP plans expansion.
Donald Strong, manager. Barton Tomlinson retires, to remain Chairman of
12-31-1979
the Board. 5-31-1986
BMP produces shackles used in transport in Gulf War. 3-8-1991
BMP gets grant for experiments. 3-27-1992
BMP gets huge contract to make parts for John Deere. 8-24-1992
Some history and description of company in interview with Don Strong. 11-22-1993
Chapter from McEvoy book. 5-11-1995
BMP to make steering spindle assemblies for Yamaha - also other items.
BMP to expand; to move ATV manufacturing to Chapin owned location -
3-3-1998
Mitchell Strong, president.
In answer to complaints by neighbor about factory noise, Flynn says is
5-6-2000
within city noise ordinance. 1-17-2001
Letter to ed: Strong defends complaints on noise.
Management team from factory buys BMP - Strong to stay as director of
business development. Arnold Keller, president/CEO; David McMullen,
director of sales; Fred Scheideman, director of engineering; Roger Daigler,
director of manufacturing systems; Mitchell Strong, key stockholder and
2-3-2001
director of business development - pictures.
BMP forges ahead - Chamber of Commerce award winner. Pictures.
2-5-2001
Special section on business. 2-24-2001
Batavia Microtel Inn and Suites On Park Road
Motel being put together in 32 pre-made modules - except foundations. 4-1-1998
Batavia Mineral Wool Company Begun by J. m. Seacord - succeeded in 1905 by T. J. Kaufman. Kaufman
in Batavia since 1882. Times Supp. of 1907
There was a Lamkin & Co. Mineral Wool Co. with Seacord as partner. 1-14-1889
Gast and Atcheson of Toronto got rights to make wool in Canada. 1-31-1889
Burned out in Toronto.
Batavia Industrial Co. disposes of mineral wool and pipe covering business
2-3-1891
to Batavia Mineral Wool Co. David Carter, manager. Harry Adelman, treas. 12-5-1901
Ad: Mineral Wool Co. Evans St. at Central railroad. 12-19-1901
To cover pipes for steam plant in Perry, NY. 4-10-1902
Seacord on business trip for.
BMW moves to stone building behind post office building. Was in Hanlon-
10-8-1903
Harper building east of Evans St. 10-17-1904
Batavia Model Laundry Co. Organized. Charles W. Moore, president - he moves here. 4-27-1914
Machines operated by electricity. 6-9-1914
Bankrupt. 7-7-1914
Charles Moore now has job in Buffalo. 7-13-1914
Charles Richardson new partner of R. L. Ford in Model Laundry on Park Rd. 1-7-1915
Batavia Motel West Main St.
Ronal Koch, former principal in Rushford, buys motel. 6-29-1972
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Batavia Motor Coach Line See: Bus service - City Bus.
(City Bus) Trolley
Subsidy needed for permanent City bus service. 9-16-1927
Street car type buses to start next week - to carry 34.
Interest of Arthur H. Sands transferred to Charles Churchill. Will operate bus
1-9-1928
line with brother Earl P. Churchill. 3-17-1937
Four new buses to be tried out - 25 passenger. 4-22-1939
Sold by Churchills to Murnan. 6-7-1966
Charles Churchill & Earl Churchill to Lester G. Murnan - ownership transfer. 7-7-1966
Murnan takes Coach Line for $13,000. 8-27-1966
Murnan sells business, buses to Charles Caccamise (Supt. for Murnan) 4-19-1967
Batavia Motor Co. Inc. Jack Roach to open dealership in AMC Renault Jeep dealership on
East Main St. next to Jack Roach Ford. 1-13-1986
Batavia Motorcycle Club 9-22-1931
Meets at Farm & Home Center - to have booth at Fair. 4-14-1975
Batavia Motor Lines Incorporated for purpose of moving freight and sell gasoline.
23 Evans St. Fred E. Wolf, president. Established 1935 to handle package
1-8-1935
freight. 10-9-1940
23 Evans St. starts sixth year. 2-19-1941
Picture: Trucks lined up at 23 Evans St.
BML purchased by Reliable Transport Co. Ltd. of Toronto. Sellers: Donald &
3-12-1941
Richard Wolf.
Picture: Trucks in front of County Building I in mid-30's. Says company
3-10-1976
started in 1928 on Evans St. 4-19-1996
Batavia Motor Mart Edward C. Walker files request to do business as Motor Mart. 7-14-1926
Batavia Motor Speedway Shown on map of area speedways. 4-27-1996
100 people welcome Sprint Cars from old Paradise Speedway.
Fatality Saturday night first motor race accident since 1961 - picture.
7-15-1996
Speedway on Harloff Rd. 7-21-1997
Batavia Motors See: Mancusos
Mancusos buy Burt Welch Buick franchise and two houses and garage
229-235 West Main. 10-16-1937
Dominic & Benjamin open new Buick salesroom. 12-16-1937
Page of pictures. 8-21-1939
Mancusos buy 229-231 West Main of Mrs. Annie Bolt. 12-5-1945
Buys 227 West Main of John Ashe for expansion. 9-22-1950
Offers car to first in line for $.99. 12-12-1952
Gets permit to put new front on 233 West Main St. 10-6-1953
Break-in at. 1-27-1964
Picture: In Ad.
Vincent B. Mancuso buys Batavia Motors - it will become Vincent Pontiac -
7-11-1966
Buick Co. 2-6-1967
Joseph A. Mancuso now president with Lawrence J. 2-21-1967
Buys Marchese Foodland. 12-20-1967
Mancusos buy John T. Roach Used Car - 252 West Main St. 7-25, 28-1975
Growth of Mancuso Motors. 1-23-1976
70th Anniversary section. 4-27-1981
Special section for anniversary. 5-19-1986

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Batavia Motorsports Inc. John, James and Stella Suttell organize, propose to build one-mile course for
motorcycle racing on Wortendyke Road. 1-8-1988
Batavia Newspapers Corporation A subsidiary of Johnson Newspaper Corporation. Publisher of Daily News
since 60s.
See: Johnson Newspaper Corporation.
Batavia Nursing Home State Street
William D. Ryan of Rochester given permit to build nursing home on State St.
Council rezones area of State St. for nursing home - Albert L. Balestieri,
5-22-1963
agent for Rochester concern. 6-23-1964
Corgan and Balestieri of Rochester for Geriatrics Realty Corp. Building by 11-5-1964
Manning Squires & Henning. Sketch of. 11-3-1964
Grading begins for building for Geriatrics Realty Corp. of Rochester.
Groundbreaking ceremony. Picture. Albert J. Balestieri of Corgan &
11-5-1964
Balestieri architects. 3-26-1965
Hit by vandals. 6-21-1965
To open in October. 8-21-1965
Picture: Progress of.
Opens - pictures. Built in 1965 for 3 Rochester doctors. First director,
9-21-1965
Mrs. Mentor Murphy. Second director, David Novak. 62 patient capacity. 1-7-1966
More on. Picture: Ribbon cutting. 1-8-1966
750 visit new facility. 1-10-1966
Accredited. 12-1-1967
Picture: Maxine Murphy (Mrs. Mentor) manager. 5-24-1968
Workers on strike - picture. 7-29-1968
Page of pictures.
New resident of nursing home a Golden Retriever named Dulci - picture.
9-30-1980
Gary Bbrenilly, Administrator. 6-7-1985
To allow visitors to bring cats and dogs for patients to pet - pictures.
Toddlers and elderly benefit from visit of elderly patients to BOCES
2-6-1986
nursery - picture.
New altar and lectern induce clergy to come to serve Catholics in home.
12-22-1992
Picture.
Jeffrey Lapides and Mark Corn of Williamsville new owners of Nursing Home
of present owners headed by Dr. Pinkins Sobie - 62 bed facility - cost
$3 million. Lapides & Corn partners in the Seniors Associates Group
5-13-1995
of Williamsville. 2-19-2000
Jerome Krull new administrator, took over as boss March 6. 3-27-2000
New owners, Jerry Krull, administrator, celebrate new administration - picture. 2-13-2000
New $80,000 air conditioning system installed - picture. 8-28-2000
Batavia Office Supply Co. Vincent Parisi sells Office Supply Co. of 45 Main St. to Robert & Harry Mullen. 6-19-1947
Batavia Oil Company Over 4,000 gallons of gasoline leaks from storage tank on Clinton Street. 12-26-1945
Batavia Oil and Coal Inc. Wayne Scofield seeking permit to install above ground tanks on Lehigh Ave.
Zoning board considering. 1-31-1986
Batavia Oil and Grease Co. Pennzoil
Louis W. Walz reestablishes Batavia Oil Co.
Dissolved - assets purchased by Richfield Oil of NY. Frank R. Tehan,
7-21-1922
regional manager. 8-15-1930

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Batavia Radiation Oncology Center Bank Street
Being built by C. D. P. of Atlanta, GA. - picture. 4-14-1989
On new cancer center - Dr. John Norland one of five doctors there. 3-7-1990
Winegar visits Center. 11-28-1990
Full page ad for Open House at Center.
Center seeks national recognition. Picture - special section. Advertising in
11-13-1991
Time, Newsweek, US News. 2-24-1996
Batavia Optical Co. 43 Jackson Street. Ramon Bryar, manager. 7-12-1947
Harrowers visiting Bryars in Florida. 1-31-1951
Moving from 43 Jackson St. to 3 Center St. - opens Monday. 6-2-1951
Optical files for incorporation - 3 Center St.
Moving from 3 Center to 31 Center St. - opened 1940 by Ramon Bryar.
6-21-1954
Joined in 1943 by son Wesley Bryar.
William L. Camp, Jr. and brother Dennis Camp of Lockport, owners of
4-17-1964
Prechtel Optical in Williamsville, buy of Bryar. 5-17-1976
Ad for Batavia Optical Co. - 31 Center St. 2-2-1977
Says offer to go into Mall ignored in favor of Sterling Optical Co. 4-12-1979
Expands - picture. Special section. 2-9-1988
Dr. Jeffery Sinclair new optician at. 2-21-1990
Batavia Optique Former owner opens branch of Batavia Optical Company in LeRoy -
Nicholas Pasi. 11-28-1980
Full page ad, with names of attendants, Dr. Goodyear, etc. 8-20-1986
Batavia Paint and Wallpaper Store Czaja & Chaya
Sketches of workers. 8-16-1954
Obit: Joseph Czaja. 6-11-1951
Gets award for excellence - 329 Ellicott Street. 4-22-1961
Obit: Edward.
Winegar speaks of closing - run for nearly 50 years - at 329 Ellicott St.
Ramon died recently. Started by Joseph and Sophia Czaja. Several
deaths recently caused closing. Walter and Ramon recent owners.
7-17-1987
Stored opened March 17, 1937. 3-18-1992
Batavia Party House Bill and Tom Barber of LeRoy purchase Party House, 5762 East Main St. from
Robert Edwards of Rochester. 9-2-1978
Batavia Peat Mining Co. Peat mining has 10 year lease on farm of George Wolff, north of village
between State and Bank. 10-16-1902
Sec. Hough and manager Spink to Lockport to study peat mining there. 11-7-1902
Incorporated with $10,000 capital - to retail peat layer north of village. 4-1-1922
Batavia Pedal Co. See also: Hammond & Cooley for earlier.
Incorporated. Will make bicycle pedals invented by Cooley. 3-6-1893
Makes first shipment - to Freeport, Illinois. 7-15-1893
Five workers quit - not being paid. 8-4-1893
Closed Saturday for indefinite period. 8-14-1893
Dissolving - financial affairs in peculiar and mixed state. 10-7-1893
Sheriff to sell company machinery. 10-14-1893
Machinery sold at auction.
Sold to Huffeld & Co. - broken off - stockholders to use machinery and shop
10-17-1893
continue production. 10-21-1893
Action Watson vs. Batavia Pedal Co. settled out of court. 2-1-1894
Action in court against stockholders for price of machinery. 7-18-1895

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Batavia Pedal Co. (cont) Suit against, on. 3-28-1896
Batavia Periodical Distributors. Came here in 1984 (as of October 17, 1994)
Located in former Coca Cola bottling plant on East Main Road in 1990.
Mike Rapon, manager, purchased Marshall's News Store. Purchased
magazine wholesale business from Marshall in 1984. 10-17-1994
Closing Friday the 12th. 20 now unemployed. 2-6-1999
Batavia Pharmacy 102 Main St.
Herbert M. Gross sells Pharmacy to Atchison and Douglass. 1-30-1906
Douglass sells out to Atchison. 6-22-1908
Batavia Photo Studio To be conducted by Ken Blish at 57 Main St. 12-12-1936
Batavia Players Organized last night at high school - to present Beggar on Horseback. 3-17-1932
Plays announce patrons. 5-6-1932
Proceeds of "Beggar" to Red Cross. 5-9-1932
Players to meet regularly - give 7 plays next year. 5-17-1932
To give program of "one-acts." 10-20-1932
Plays applauded. 10-22-1932
Talk of summer season in Pavilion at Horseshoe Lake. 8-30-1938
Remodeling Pavilion. 5-26-1939
To open at Lake Pavilion. 5-26-1939
To have dance at Lake. 5-29-1939
John Lee Doll to direct. 6-27-1939
150 attend dance at Playhouse Horseshoe Lake. 6-30-1941
SRO sign for "Double." 7-26-1941
Picture: Summer Theatre, Players are buying of Roger Bommer. 4-4-1945
Full page ad with pictures. 8-27-1947
Picture: Interior Summer Theatre. 6-30-1948
Picture: Summer Theatre. 6-25-1949
Discuss building on new site. 2-10-1953
Ad: "Oklahoma" at Family Theatre - picture. 11-28-1961
History of. Ask backstage help. 8-14-1963
Closing theater at Horseshoe Lake with final picnic. 7-3-1968
Being revitalized. 1-2-1970
Reorganize. 1-7-1970
Give "Barefoot in the Park" at John Kennedy. John Stork to direct. 2-5-1970
Players production "Barefoot in the Park" pleased audiences. 3-16-1970
To do "Streetcar." 6-6-1970
Next: You know I can't her when water's running. 2-6-1971
Page of pictures. 3-6-1971
To do "Odd Couple." 2-8-1972
To give "Our Town." 12-14-1972
"Little Women" - October 25, 26 & 27. 10-10-1973
Casting David and Lisa. 2-12-1974
To do "Picnic."
To give Dinner Theatre at Treadway - with coop of Michael Harris
9-1974
Innkeeper - "Pick Your Era." 2-15-1975
New officers - picture only. 2-5-1976
New officers (picture) plan dinner show. 5-31-1978
Do "Little Night Music." 1-28-1983
Winegar on children's show "How to Eat Like a Child" now in rehearsal. 9-27-1988
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Batavia Players (cont) Perform "Double Murder Mystery" play for Hospital Foundation Party House. 10-12-1993
Hodgins, president, seeking input from public. 8-24-1995
Batavia Players and Bi-Centenial Singers to team up for "Brigadoon." 7-8-1999
Batavia Plumbing Supply Co. Benjamin & Dominic C. open wholesale plumbing company on Ellicott St. 9-30-1935
Batavia Preserving Co. Making cans for coming season - expect to preserve million cans. 3-1-1886
Yesterday put up 15,900 cans of peas. 7-22-1886
Closing for season. 10-29-1886
To remain here - factory on corner of Liberty and School Streets.
C. E. Wilcox of Chicago, of firm Sprague Warner & Co. who run Preserving Co.
1-25-1887
- here now. 3-8-1887
Distributing seeds to farmers. 4-13-1887
Can making machines installed. 5-19-1887
10,000 pineapples canned in week. 6-1-1887
Did nearly million cans last season.
Buying property at end of Mill St. Tried to by present place on Liberty. To
11-27-1887
use Planing Mill building and add two story building.
Sprague Warner & Co. to build on Mill Street on site of Howard Planing Mill -
2-17-1888
have purchased of C. P. Hurd (little remains at Liberty.) 2-17-1888
Work begun making cans on Liberty St. 2-22-1888
Flynn of Preserving Co. buys elevator for. 4-10-1888
Now moved to new Mill Street location. 4-26-1888
Central putting switch line to Preserving Co. on Mill Street. 5-1-1888
To start up tomorrow - canning pineapples.
1,700 bricks being cleared from Hotel Richmond site. 1,200 of them to go as
5-16-1888
fill to Preserving Co. 6-10-1888
New sign on building. 6-18-1888
Preserving strawberries - pineapples earlier. 6-28-1889
Roof blows off in high wind. 1-13-1890
G. D. Weaver offers to fix roof.
Negotiations under way for branch at Spencerport and Middleport - to form
1-17-1890
stock company under Batavia Preserving.
Stock company found formed to operate preserving company at Batavia
2-4-1891
and Middleport. 2-6-1891
New company to take possession March 18th. 2-9-1891
Consolidation program. 3-6-1891
Improvements, including cold storage, to be made. Doubling work area. 4-2-1891
Putting up pineapples. 5-25-1891
Leases State Street Rink for storage space. 8-11-1891
Doing huge corn crop. 10-6-1891
Supt. Brownell says Mfg. Co. of Novelties buying factory. 10-26-1891
In flames - loss slight. 2-17-1892
Starting for season. 4-4-1892
Half million cans of corn to be processed. 8-23-1892
Evaporator at company burned. 12-12-1892
To enlarge - double size. 2-8-1893
Open with 100 on job. 6-27-1894
Has canned 9,200 cans of peas.
Batavia Preserving Co. of Illinois sells canning factory in Middleport to
7-8-1894
Batavia Preserving Co. of New York. 5-1-1896
A busy place - canning peas. 6-24-1897
Million cans of peas put up. 8-27-1897
Work over for season. 10-8-1897
Put up 960,000 cans of peas this season. 8-23-1898

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Batavia Preserving Co. (cont) Canning corn. 9-3-1898
Canning factories across state to be consolidated into one big corporation. 3-17-1899
Incorporation papers for new canning company filed in Albany today. 1-12-1900
American Tin Plate Co. buys can-making plant at Middleport factory. 2-18-1901
Fay E. Brownell, manager 11 yrs, resigns. 1-17-1902
Closing season - canned over 100 tons of pumpkins this year. 11-4-1903
Louis A. Prentice now superintendent. 2-16-1905
Getting repairs and new machinery. 5-30-1905
To start canning corn. 8-31-1905
About a million and a half cans of peas put up. 8-14-1906
Pumpkin canning now. 10-8-1906
Apple canning now - 20,000 cases put up. 10-30-1906
Canning season closed. 11-6-1906
Over a 1.5 million cans put up this season. 11-17-1906
Canning peas starts - vines taken to factory and thrashed. 6-24-1908
Plans to can 700 acres of peas this season. 4-19-1909
Asparagus being canned now. 5-18-1909
Canning peas started. 6-30-1909
Canning spinach - end of season. 10-12-1909
Louis Prentice retires as manager. 3-11-1910
J. S. Vary of Middleport acting superintendent. 3-28-1910
Asparagus canning starts. 5-7-1910
New machinery . 5-11-1910
Woman scalped when hair caught in machinery. 7-5-1910
Skin grafts being done on Mrs. Ralph Porter. 7-27-1910
Making contract for peas, corn, etc. 2-17-1911
Asparagus canning finished - factory starts canning squash. 5-4-1911
Louise Porter sues company for last summer's accident. 6-15-1911
To be enlarged.
To enlarge - now owns all but 2 parcels facing Mill St. Owns property of
Batavia Specialty Co. which stills occupies building on short term. To
3-1-1913
build 4 story structure - buying land. 3-8-1913
Starts addition. 4-21-1913
Office moved here. 5-3-1913
Fire at - picture by William Wakeman. 6-27-1913
Rebuilding for this summer's work. 6-30-1913
Canning peas - some of machines under tents.
Past & Present Column: Preserving Company put up first pure food juices
for use by soda fountains on order of Jerome J. Patterson for use in his
7-1-1913
drug store. Later improved and sold elsewhere. 7-5-1913
Canning peas starts - two weeks after fire. 7-10-1913
Plant to be rebuilt. 7-12-1913
Factory now ready.
Fire damaged cans being dumped off Cedar Street - in gravel pit - guarded
7-16-1913
against looters by health officers. 7-24-1913
Batavia men want to save company. 12-13-1913
Sprague Warner & Co. not to continue here. 12-15-1913
To run as usual in 1914.
Batavia Canning Company formed - K. B. Mathes - Raymond M. Decker
12-16-1913
present manager. Financial plan for purchase. 12-18-1913
Bonds are sold. 12-27-1013
Papers filed transferring ownership. 1-3-1914
Putting in fireproof warehouse capable of holding two million cans. 4-3-1914
Apple canning starts. 10-6-1914
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Batavia Preserving Co. (cont) New canning company pays dividend. 12-29-1916
Cabbage being hauled to factory for sauerkraut. 9-12-1917
Turning out tons of sauerkraut each day. 11-10-1917
Sold to Consolidated Manufacturers Corp. of Delaware. 3-1-1918
Spinach being canned. 6-12-1918
Canning peas begins.
Food Products workers return to work after strike (except seven called
6-28-1918
ring leaders)
Other workers refused entrance if didn't show up yesterday. Food Process
workers struck because were two weeks behind in pay. Batavia firm
embarrassed because payroll handled in Toledo, and could not be
8-8-1918
corrected here. 8-19-1918
Men paid. 8-20-1918
Company sued by three stockholders. 11-20-1918
Not to open in 1919. 5-10-1919
Files voluntary bankruptcy. 6-5-1919
Canned goods in warehouse to be sold, profit divided among stockholders. 9-13-1919
Canned goods worth $40,000 sold, Buffalo firm claims 25,000.
Local investors claim fraud: Start action to regain building. Action against
9-23-1919
Charles C. Truax of Toledo, Ohio.
Batavia Food Products Co. taken over by W. R. Guile and O. R. Guile of
6-3-1920
Wayland. 10-1-1920
Plant sold to Wesley R. Guile and Son of Wayland. 1-4-1921
Factory not to open this season. 3-17-1921
Claude Sliker buys factory on tax sale. 3-13-1923
Fire at factory believed incendiary. 10-26-1925
Buildings offered for sale at auction. 4-10-1928
Building sold to Claude Sliker of Oil City, PA. 5-10-1928
Bankruptcy closed. 1-28-1929
G. L. French tearing down factory.
Supervisors buy former Canning factory of Harry J. Sliker for machinery
4-16-1931
storage. 11-27-1934
Pictures of fire of June 26, 1913. 7-28-1999
Batavia Press Club Winegar on Press Club. 2-16-1973
Such history as can be revealed. 8-15-1979
Winegar on Barber Conable as possible candidate for membership. 10-15-1985
Winegar mentions Jim Gerrety as member. 10-27-1986
Batavia Produce Co. Feed & grain.
Buys produce business from Louis C. Case, 45 Ellicott Street. History of
business. Wigton, Howland, Avery, Porter. 7-31-1925
Batavia Production Credit Assn. Government sponsored. To supplement PCC to provide loans for crops
only - not painting, repairs. To serve Erie, Livingston, Wyoming and
Genesee. 1-30-1934
Gerald F. Britt replaces James H. Park as head of. 12-16-1936
Batavia Property Evaluation 1979 rose $333,683 last year. Total last year $213,207,880. 9-26-1979
Batavia Pros City Council approves use of MacArthur Stadium by Pros - football team. 10-8-1946
Picture. 10-18-1946

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Batavia Pure Ice & Water Co. Est. December 1905. Organized December 1905. Dissolved April 22, 1909.
New corporation formed - to retail Silver Lake ice - W. W. Buxton,
J. H. Tuthill, F. H. Hanlon - all of Batavia.
To install Pure Ice in old Wheel Works. (To get machinery to make ice)
12-5-1905
Frank H. Hanlon, Walter W. Buxton, G. H. Tuthill. 3-19-1906
Ice making machine to arrive next week. 4-14-1906
Buxton wants company dissolved.
Ice making plant running - 15 tons of ice a day - Pure bottled water to be
6-19-1909
sold later.
W. W. Buxton purchases of Mrs. R. L. Page, whose husband ran Pure Ice
6-26-1906
- takes teams, tools, wagons, etc.
Plant at Walnut St. closed - closed 2 weeks due to differences between
4-13-1908
stockholders and management. Ice harvest short - will be poor season. 4-17-1909
Still closed. 4-19-1909
Bankruptcy proceedings start. 4-22-1909
Newell K. Cone, receiver. 4-26-1909
W. W. Buxton contracts for ice plant again this summer. 4-27-1909
Ice again being made under receiver Cone. 5-7-1909
Foreclosure actions started. Wheel Co. plant to be sold.
Sold at auction - owe about $10,000 besides mortgage. Sold to
W. W. Buxton and F. H. Hanlon for $8,178.50 - amount of mortgage.
1-6-1910
To move company from Lay Building on Liberty. 2-19-1910
Buxton bought machinery.
Buxton to build new plant at rear of 224 Ellicott - recently bought machinery.
2-21-1910
Buys more land of Henry Craft. 3-1-1910
Contract to Glasle. 3-11-1910
Buxton to build new ice plant on Ellicott St. 3-16-1910
Buxton begins ice making.
Not much left in assets. Organized in December 1905. Stockholders:
Buxton, John H. Tuthill, F. H. Hanlon. Company dissolved. Assets
7-2-1910
divided among creditors. 8-9-1910
Buxton sells his ice plant to Marion, Garnier & Shultz. 4-3-1919
Owners building new storage building - office at 9 Central Ave. 3-30-1920
Buys 204 Ellicott St. - to build driveway to plant on Central Ave. 7-13-1921
Repair to ice plant improves supply. 7-15-1921
Delivery men working overtime during hot summer. 6-8-1925
Peter J. Marion now head. Has taken over two former ice companies.
Now called Batavia Pure Ice & Storage Co. Directors: Dr. N. J. Shultz;
3-11-1930
Frank W. Garnier; Peter J. Marion.
Company now selling 65 tons of ice daily - 25 tons more than it produces.
Manager Peter J. Marion says facility to expand to be able to supply all
demand. Now in 19th year. Hopes to supply Oakfield, Elba, Bergen,
3-8-1932
Pavilion and all surrounding area.
Bought by City Ice and Fuel Co. of Cleveland. N. L. Schmitt of Buffalo,
9-4-1937
Manager. 7-3-1939
Ammonia leak in City Ice at 9 Central Ave. - firemen called.
Three firemen injured fighting fire in Qualtop Beverage Co. - former Pure Ice
10-25-1949
and Water plant at 204 Ellicott St. and back to Central Avenue. 9-21-1964
Batavia Quest Drum Corps Celebrates year of work - increased from 12 to 60 in year. Mary Lou Falleti,
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Batavia Radiation Oncology Building built on Bank Street near Nursing Home in March-April 1989.
Center opened June 12th.
Treats people, not disease - Dr. Alberto Lopez, director. Special business
6-20-1989
section. 2-20-1992
Ad: List staff, picture of staff. 11-11-1992
Offers services at local area, saves lives. Special business section.
Center receives third accreditation from American College of Radiation.
2-20-1993
Given only the best. 1-21-1999
Picture: In ad at bottom of page. 7-30-1999
Picture: Front of building in ad. 5-19-2000
Batavia Renaissance Program See: V. J. Gautieri
Montgomery Ward Building 1987-1988
Batavia Republican Marching Club Marching Club to drill. 8-8-1900
Batavia Restaurant James Harpulas opens restaurant at 16 Jackson Street. 12-18-1905
Fire in - Park and main Street.
Philip Gast, who conducted Batavia Restaurant at 98 Main Street, has
1-16-1917
left town. 10-7-1918
Batavia Restaurant in Belgium Picture taken by Dr. H. J. Ianni. 2-7-1956
Batavia Restaurant Supply Co. Business purchased in 1968 - is family run at 301 West Main St.
Michael Charvella, wife Ruth and 2 sons. 12-23-1983
Opening Cash & Carry store. Michael & Charles Charvella help mother Ruth.
Started on Ellicott Street in 1958. Moved to Swan St.
4-15-1987
Gets contract for kitchen at Dwyer Stadium. 2-28-1996
Batavia Retailers Assn New association aims at …….. old Greater Retail Merchants Assn. To
include Mall and Ellicott area merchants. 3-2-1978
Batavia Retail Merchants Assn See: Merchants Council.
Batavia Rifle Club See: Batavia Gun Club.
Batavia Roller Mills Set up on Evans Street By N. D. Nobles - 1884.
Closed for two days on death of N. D. Nobles. Has reopened, conducted
by nephew C. W. Nobles. Run by A. M. Wilson. 2-6-1902
Batavia Roller Rink To open in Hamilton building. 8-29-1908
Opens Monday, Fred Van Auken, proprietor. 9-8-1908
Barber & Levi opened rink last night. Floor and benches full. 9-17-1908
Has skates to rent to ladies. 10-26-1908
Mr. Hollenbeck of Rink to instruct. 11-18-1908
Barber & Levi closed for summer. 3-18-1909
Batavia Rubber and Tire Co. Has an order for tires for President McKinley. 9-27-1900
Wheel Works to take entire output.
Sweet Tire Co. organized with $50,000 capital. Frank Robinson, John M.
8-22-1901
Sweet. A. W. Carey, salesman. 8-20-1902
Factory site fund to provide site. 8-27-1902
Sweet Tire Co. fully incorporated. 8-30-1902
Seek $1,800 to buy site. 9-9-1902
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Batavia Rubber and Tire Co. (cont) Wheels turn in rubber factory today. 2-24-1903
Not all subscriptions in - need $1,800 more for site.
Frank Robinson sells his stock in Rubber Company. (See also Sweet
3-21-1903
Rubber & Tire Co.) 7-25-1904
Addition to factory planned. 8-11-1905
To be sold on foreclosure of $55,000 mortgage held by Rochester Bank.
List of Rubber Company stockholders as of April 11, 1908. Succeeds
2-26-1908
Sweet Rubber Co.
Factory purchased by John Ward of Farmers Bank for $10,000. Machinery
4-23-1908
being added. 6-5-1909
Business brisk at factory. 5-9-1911
Ordering new machinery. 8-12-1911
To enlarge plant.
Past and Present column: Batavia made tires favored by many famous men
12-8-1911
in New York, Paris and elsewhere. 2-3-1912
Huge machines to make tires. 4-27-1912
Declared 2% dividend. 9-30-1912
Needs more space.
Batavia "no skid" tire being copied - company puts out no infringement
11-9-1912
warning. 1-25-1913
Stops rival from using their tread. 4-19-1913
Suing eastern firm for copying rubber tire tread. 3-23-1913
Moving machinery into new building on west side of Robertson St. 3-29-1913
New shop in use. 5-16-1913
Buys residence at 9 Robertson St.
William Dawson sues Rubber Co. and Village on condition around his coal
10-2-1913
sheds on Robertson Street. 12-30-1913
New railroad siding at. 1-3-1914
Suit for breach of contract against.
D. W. Tomlinson on Batavia Tires. Took 2,200 mile auto trip and came back
in same air in tires as when he started out - attributes it to tires from
5-12-1914
Batavia Rubber. Past & Present column. 6-5-1915
Working full time - to rent space. 3-27-1916
To build office.
New Batavia Rubber Plant, Inc. capitalized at $1,200,000. A. W. Caney, head.
5-10-1916
To be called Titan Tire and Rubber Co. Papers filed January 22, 1917. 1-18-1917
Buys Call property. 2-9-1917
Mr. & Mrs. W. L. Andrews of Simplex Rubber Co. of Ossining here. 3-13-1917
Workers raise flag over factory. 4-7-1917
Buys Grimes property, 14 Robertson. 5-17-1917
Now making solid rubber tires. 6-16-1917
Running day and night.
Buys Simplex Rubber Company. Both presidents resign. W. Raymond Smith
10-27-1917
of Batavia. W. S. Andrews, Jr. of Simplex. 1-29-1918
M. H. Bochoro elected president. 2-8-1918
Andrews moving. 2-11-1918
William H. Rennich, one of Directors, elected head of Stock Exchange. 5-15-1919
To expand - double plant. 7-9-1919
Buys six parcels of land on Robertson Street. 7-19-1919
Officers changed. 9-29-1919
In suit with distributors. 11-26-1919
Suit starts. 2-25-1920
Workers strike. 5-3-1920
Cuts work force 50%. 8-7-1920
Explosion scatters chunks of metal all over, damages nearby buildings. 10-18-1920

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Batavia Rubber and Tire Co. (cont) Reorganizes; things look brighter. 2-19-1921
Resumes work Monday. 3-5-1921
Asked for receiver. 5-8-1922
Dunlop Tire Co. said to have taken Batavia Rubber. 5-20-1922
Suspends operations. 5-26-1922
City files $10,00 claim for water, services. 7-13-1922
To be sold. 9-30-1922
New York creditors buy works on Robertson Street. 11-9-1922
Creditors purchase business. Fred Stearns & Co. Taylor, Armitage & Eagles. 11-10-1922
William N. Freeman, new owner - business to be resumed. 12-7-1922
Business starts up. 12-29-1922
Office equipment on sale. 1-30-1923
Batavia Rubber Co. Holding Co. filed deeds. 1-31-1923
Creditors get full payment. 10-19-1923
J. E. Brown recalls Rubber Tire Co. and Goodyear connection. 3-22-1961
Batavia Sales Book Co. To make and sell multiple sales pads. 9-5-1914
Soon open. 9-15-1914
W. F. Bailey of Elmira heads firm. 9-22-1914
Asks Batavians to buy stock worth $25,000 . 10-22-1914
Some machinery arrives - J. F. Huber, president. William T. Brady, supt. 11-5-1914
Withdraws all offers. 12-5-1914
To be operating soon. 1-8-1915
Ross Food Company buys out Sales Co. interest. 1-20-1915
Batavia Sand Company New industry - 52 Swan St. - George E. Priest, president, begins making tiles. 12-13-1918
Dissolved. 12-20-1929
Batavia Sanitary Bakery Fire in Ellicott Street bakery - 421 Ellicott St. Owner: Inilitiano Prospero. 5-1-1941
Batavia Sanitary Wet Wash See: Ebling Laundry
Batavia Scale Company New business on Seaver Place. 4-27-1910
Batavia Scout Shop New shop in Industrial Center offers only scouting material - run for
Geneshua District. There has been an office in the building which did not
offer material for sale. Present shop offered free space by Mancuso
family, which supports Scouting. 3-7-2000
Batavia Self Storage LLC Gautieri opens self storage service at 45 Liberty St. Picture. 6-30-1999
Batavia Sewing Center See: Singer
A Singer franchise. Special section. 11-10-1976
Batavia Sewing School Starts seventh winter in Smith Mansion on Park Place. Mrs. C. J. Baker
supervisor. Was organized to teach poor children sewing and other
domestic arts. 1-4-1897
Batavia Shirt Co. Incorporated. Directors: Edward P. Moynihan; Thomas E. Dignan;
Samuel S. Partridge. 11-26-1909
Was George M. Rowell Shirt Co. 6-1-1909
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Batavia Sign Co. Obit: William Wickens, proprietor of.
Steven Fairbanks, proprietor, moves company to 5264 Clinton Street Road -
2-7-1961
Block building. 2-21-1990
Batavia Signs Big new business - signs made with neon by Ted Snell.
Takes 2,500 square feet in former Massey-Harris plant. Raymond H. Stoll
6-17-1949
and Ralph W. (Ted) Snell, partners. 8-12-1959
Batavia Silver Fox and Fur Co. See: Batavia Fox Farm
Batavia Slogan City asking for proposals - five offered for citizen to vote on:
1. Birthplace of Western New York.
2. For family friends and fun.
3. The little city with the big heart.
4. The birthplace of Western New York - a proud hometown.
5. A great place to call home.
Chosen from suggestions sent to Downtown Development Committee -
Rosemary Mc….., Chairman. 5-5-1995
"Birthplace of Western New York" chosen. 5-12-1995
Accepted in Boost Batavia campaign. "A Community of Opportunity"
offered by the Rev. Elmer Harris. 2-16-1961
Batavia Soap Co. Sanford Whitney bilks Richard A. Bennett of $1,000 with phony company -
then vanishes. 3-31-1908
Batavia Society of Artists Artists exhibit at High School - with tea - among them Nina Mason Booth;
Roy Mason; Frank E. Mason; Robert North; Monroe S. North. 13 artists. 6-2-1926
Artists organize. 1-23-1950
Art show at YW - pictures. 3-2-1950
Art Show opens Monday. 4-27-1950
Society of Artists Show - Pictures. 5-1, 4-1950
Art show and tea. 11-27-1950
Artists on sketching outing. 7-30-1951
Second Artists show. 11-5-1951
Artists review 5 years. Annual show at YWCA.
Adds phrase "conventional and represtational" as descriptive of paintings
5-3-1952
they will accept. 4-12-1961
Art show in Richmond yard. 6-17-1967
Art show lawn of Federal Savings. 8-6-1979
Society to honor Charter Member. 3-20-1986
Rose DiCarlo on visit from California, talks with Winegar about early days. 8-21-1995
To have International Show. 11-21-1996
Opens first International Show in three years - picture. 10-7-1997
Interview with Shauna Blake, president, on 50th year of Society. 9-28-2000
Batavia Specialty Co. Incorporation papers for. Frank Hanlon; Charles A Weaver; J. E. Gubb.
To make store fixtures to display boots. Fixtures invented by Weaver -
perfected by Hanlon. 3-6-1907
New company to manufacture metal objects in warehouse on Evans St.
Frank H. Hanlon; Charles A. Weaver; J. Edward Gubb. 3-6-1907
Formed 4 years ago - Charles A. Weaver, president - makes revolving display
cases for footwear, also stands and bargain baskets. Buys 120 foot
front on Mill Street to build. 7-2-1912
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Batavia Specialty Co. (cont) Moves office from factory on Harvester Ave. to office over 66 Main St.
office of George M. Paddock. 3-31-1914
To sell revolving steel cabinets to largest footwear concern in US.
Maker of tin boxes and contract stamping, in John Henry Blake building
(a consolidation of two companies - Stamping business started by
O. D. Johnson and tin box company started by Charles A. Weaver) to
2-22-1915
put on addition. 10-31-1916
Company burns.
Charles A. Weaver, president. Albert Squires, secretary - want to sell
4-23-1918
shares to finance next move. 4-26-1918
Moving to Cope Pump plant next door.
Not to go into Switchboard building which it purchased recently. Needs new
4-27-1918
site. Has sold Switchboard property to Homer Strong of Rochester.
Leasing building at 329 Ellicott. Busy turning out 20,000 small boxes a day
9-5-1918
for government. 10-9-1918
To near Dellinger Theater - Charles A. Weaver, president.
Making boxes for government. Soon to return to manufacturing of store
10-13-1918
fixtures interrupted by war.
Needs more space. Now rear of 15 Jackson. Burned out 2 years ago -
3-5-1919
to present location in November, 1918. Issues stock to enlarge. 1-15-1920
To increase stock. 3-18-1920
Votes to build at old site on Harvester. 6-9-1920
Moving to Evans Street - munitions plant. 11-1-1920