Ruth McEvoy Collection 19 - Genesee County

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NAACP Genesee chapter formed. Harry L. Majors, president. 8-18-1970 

To study housing and jobs. 

The charter received in a ceremony - Friday the 20th - some history. Started last 

spring by a group headed by Mr. & Mrs. Harry Majors. Rev. James Proctor 

also involved. Members are both black and white. By summer the membership 

9-14-1970 

was at 50. Harry Majors the first - and only - president. 11-18-1970 

Picture of the charter ceremony. 11-24-1970 

Zimmerman addresses - says that Genesee County needs full time Legal Aid. 2-24-1971 

Files a complaint over relocation by UR. 4-6-1971 

Sign-up day at the YWCA. 9-9-1971 

Dinner March 12th. 3-9-1972 

To elect new officers. 10-4-1972 

HUD & NAACP to study City's relocation under Urban Renewal. 1-31-1973 

Majors of, asks some say on the distribution of revenue sharing funds. 

Sol M. Ice, NAACP official, reports he was insulted by people at the Chamber 


office - given the runaround. 4-10-1973 

Asks demolition to stop - low income housing the issue. 8-8-1973 

Raising money for a kidney machine for Sylvia Polk - need $35,000. 11-27-1973 

Drive going on. 12-15-1973 

NEXRAD See: Weather Station. 

Next Generation Radio Weather New York. 

NL Industries Earlier - Doehler-Jarvis. 

Earnings at record high. 2-24-1954 

Head of National Lead here. 7-19-1967 

National Lead acquires the stock of Baker Castor Oil Co. 12-24-1969 

National Lead becomes NL. See: Doehler. 3-15-1971 

Builds a new acid plant in St. Louis. 10-26-1971 

Buys Texas International. 1-5-1979 

Sells Pioneer Aluminum of LA to John P. Cassel, Pioneer president. 

Ray C. Adam, chairman and CEO. Third quarter earnings increases 102% over 

1980 ''due substantially to continued growth in our higher margin petroleum 

services, where NL's capacity expansions of recent years have enabled the 

company to meet the demands of sustained record levels of worldwide 


drilling activity.'' Also improved operating efficiency…. 11-3-1981 

Doehler closing in 3 weeks - loss of the Homelite contract part of the reason. 11-5-1981 

Several concerns show interest in purchase of. 11-20-1981 

Doehler-Jarvis closing its Batavia plant January 1st. 11-30-1981 

Closing stuns workers - plus a bit of history. Local 1057 of the UAW negotiating. 12-1-1981 

Doehler workers get their final pink slips. 2-16-1982 

Out of state developers to divide the Doehler plant. 10-14-1982 

Picture of the main building. 2-3-1983 

Winegar on parts made for Lindbergh's flight. 

The Industrial Development Agency is selling the buildings to a Canadian Firm. 


Stetter Machine Corp. of California now owns. 8-19-1983 

Winegar remembers Fellner and Doehlers. 10-6-1983 

The City Council accepts the factory's buildings. 

The Council agrees to turn over the former Doehler plant to the Industrial 

Development Agency for a dollar. Now owned by Wilbur-Ellis Co. of 


San Francisco. W-E would like to donate it to the IDA. 2-26-1985 

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N. P. K. Polish Co. Knapp heads the new company. Incorporates with $20,000 capital. Knapp holds 

200 shares. Robert B. Cone, 5. Newell K. Cone, 2. Makes stove and brass 

polish, Safrol Cream Soap. In the Bank of Genesee Building. 5-11-1906 

Winegar asks for information - Les Wright has business cards and calendar for. 1-9-1992 

NRA See: National Recovery. 

Nabisco Signs for a warehouse in Gateway Corporate Park - 15 jobs added. 8-4-1999 

Aims at a December opening. 8-28-1999 

Nader, Ralph Picture of at GCC. 11-19-1969 

Naegely, Don Proprietor of Don's Dinette, spending a few days leave at home. 11-11-1942 

Proprietor of Don's Dinette, 106 Main Street. 9-6-1944 

Ad and pictures of the interior. 5-21-1946 

Formerly of Don's Dinette now business manager of the Clippers. 2-2-1951 

Buys the Confectionery store at 509 East Main Street. 6-3-1952 

Planning a store at 509 East Main Street - bought the house about a year ago. 9-25-1954 

Opens Easy Washette, 511 East Main Street. 1-10-1955 

Sells the Sweet Shop, 509 East Main Street to Ray Doody. 12-2-1955 

Naegely, Eric Awarded a medal for heroism in Vietnam War - picture. 8-29-2000 

Naegely, Ernst Obit - 69, in Florida. 11-4-1966 

Obit - Mrs. Ernst (Stacia) Naegely. 5-2-1967 

Naetzhen, Thorsell and Gostomski Becomes: Thorsell, Lukaszewski & Kennedy. no date 

Nagel, Judith (Mrs. Willi) Interview with the new Red Cross Executive Secretary. 7-10-1995 

Nagel, Dr. Robert Xerox promotes Nagel. 11-4-1974 

Develops IPD System - transmission coaxial cables - picture. 12-27-1974 

Nagel, Robert H. Promoted from Secretary & Treasurer to Assistant Publisher. Has been with the 

News for 18 years. 8-9-1955 

President of Associated Dailies. 2-6-1961 

Honored by the Jaycees. 6-13-1975 

To retire when the Johnson Company takes over the News. 6-11-1981 

Winegar on Nagel's 50th Anniversary. 9-3-1985 

Obit - Elizabeth Miller Nagel in Florida. 9-12-1995 

Nagel, Roy W. Obit - 76. Unofficial historian of the region. Father of Donald Nagel. 12-24-1974 

Has spent 50 years putting together pictures, literature, history of Western NY. 7-3-1975 

Nagorniak, John Paul Ship's cook, killed. 10-14-1943 

Nagorniak, Mr. & Mrs. Marion Forced to jump from their bedroom window scantily clad in night clothes from 

their burning house on Heywood Place - wait in the cold for help. Heywood 

Place is on Passmore Road. 1-5-1929 

Nagorniak, Stanley A. Counterfeiting outfit found in a car by the Buffalo police. 9-14-1933 

Stanley and Edward Nagorniak arrested for Stafford disturbance. 10-23-1933 

Obit - proprietor of Batavia Lumber & Coal Co. 6-3, 2?-1972 

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Naik, Dr. Arkole Kin of Naik was on a plane highjacked in Pakistan. 9-6-1986 

Sister injured, brother-in-law killed in the highjacking. 9-10-1986 

Naik, Dr. Ashok Came to Batavia in 1887 (sic) with his wife Dr. Suwarra. Interview with her. 10-7-1991 

Naik, Dr. Sue Internist, opening an office at 207 Summit Street - picture. 1-10-1987 

Ad: Dr. Sue Naik, 207 Summit Street. 10-17-1987 

Interview with. 10-7-1991 

Nall, Darl O. Sells pup to an Ohio couple - to fly it home. 3-27-1959 

To serve in the State Employment Office in Rochester. 7-31-1959 

Promoted to the Rochester Employment Office. 6-4-1962 

Obit. 10-28-1963 

Nam Era Service Center See: Vietnam Veteran's Service Center - as of April 7, 1994. 

Names - Farms When farm names are registered they are in the County Clerk's office - few 

registered recently. 

Checked with the County Clerk - if a farm has be registered it is still listed under 


(Assumed Names?) in the office. August 1982 

Nanni, Menotti Italian Hotel - undoubtedly the Iroquois Hotel, 100 Jackson Street. Enquiry by 

Mrs. Diane Nanni, 34 Bennett Ave, Oakfield, NY, 14125. Asking about Menotti, 

the inventor of a floating safe. no date 

Note on the floating safe. 6-24-1916 

Tests out his floating safe in a lake near Chicago. 8-23-1916 

To show pictures of his floating safe. 11-10-1916 

Nanni, Mrs. Ugo Home from the hospital with her infant son. 7-15-1963 

Nansen Diaper Mrs. Harold S. George. 

Mrs. Sena M. Ward of 8 Allen Street has invented a one-piece diaper with ties - 

also other inventions. Has sewing machines, edgers tested on 4 grandchildren. 

''Nansen'' for Nana (granma). 1-5-1952 

Naramor North lists him as a cradle maker in 1849. 

Naramore Area The City approves four streets north of East Avenue and east of North Spruce. 12-19-1962 

Sam Peca & Sons get a contract to pave Naramore Drive. 8-7-1964 

Picture of Naramore being paved. 9-25-1964 

Naramore Drive Harrower says that Farewell Drive is ready, now working on Clinton Gardens. 

Asks for sewers, water mains, storm drains for Naramore Street (sic) north 

of East Avenue. 

Batavia Homes & Development Corp. to build 16 houses in the northeast section 


of the City. 8-25-1961 

Batavia Homes & Development Corp. plans 10 new homes in the Naramore area. 3-4-1964 

The City accepts Naramore Drive. 

Named for the early owner of the area. 


Naramore Street to be Naramore Drive. 

Batavia Homes & Development Corp. to build 10 more homes on Woodcrest Ave. - 


Naramore area. 9-21-1966 

David Rosenberg to build at #16. 6-7-1967 

Paul Dederick to build a $40,000 house on. 4-1-1971 

The City to extend Naramore. 

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Narcotics Guidance Council Seven member council for the City. 5-12-1971 

Norman St. Clair, president. 9-24-1971 

Picture of, Dr. Peters, president. 10-20-1971 

Nardone, Franklin C. New business administrator for the Batavia School District. 1-9-1999 

National Auto Supply Co. Opens in Kings Plaza, Paul Starowitz, manager. 

Gale Mitchell, president of Wheels Discount Auto Supply buys all National stores 


in the region, will keep the staff. See: "Wheels." 6-17-1994 

National Bank Main and Park Place 

Ready to open. 8-26-1924 

National Capital Companies Development firm at State College, PA. 

Buys Federated Home and Mortgage Co. owner and developer of Holiday Inns in 

New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania. 5-14-1985 

National Car Rental Frank's Repair Shop opens National Car Rental business, 586 East Main Street, 

Frank Harris, proprietor. 8-22-1974 

Jack Roach to display boats at the NCR address, 635 East Main Street. 12-21-1988 

National Cream Co. of Buffalo To erect a 2½ story brick building to cost $50,000 on Tomlinson property. 7-15-1918 

Nutrio Creamery to be built by Perkham Construction Co. of Buffalo. 

The Chamber of Commerce to donate a site - $500 value - with frontage on 


Colorado Avenue between Harvester and Swan. 7-19-1918 

National Defense The Mayor appoints eight to Defense Council. 10-3-1940 

Nelson Murback to head the Council. 2-26-1941 

Defense plan includes plane spotting. 5-16-1941 

National Defense Home Defense Co. 

Women's Committee, Council on National Defense, to meet with Mrs. McCool. 

Women's Committee to organize a civic body to be called the Women's Civic 


League. 5-5-1919 

National Economy League Chapter formed in Batavia - to work for cuts in government costs. 2-28-1933 

National Emergency Committee L. H. Schultz starts a division of National Emergency Committee of Military 

Training Camp Association. 7-29-1940 

National Food Distributors, Inc. New corporation formed to include Bell and Loblaw Supermarkets. Includes 

Peter J. Schmitt Co. Formed by food interests in Toronto to control markets 

in New York and Pennsylvania - Loblaw has converted many of its markets 

to Bells (its Buffalo markets to Bells.) 7-31-1976 

National Food Store 5 State Street. 

Carrie Marchese buys 515 East Main - may move NFS store there. 3-15-1946 

National Fuel Former Iroquois Gas changes its name to National Fuel. 7-15-1974 

National Guard The County to be taxed to support - no armory in the area in 30 years. 12-23-1913 

Efforts to form Guard here. 

Lack of room stops the formation of - the State says no more new chapters at 


the present. 1-24-1914 

Defense Company, Capt. Ryan, to drill - ages 31 to 65. 



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National Guard (cont) Company A, Capt. Gubb - ages 16 to 21. 7-10-1917 

Reserve Corps to camp. 7-16-1917 

An officer of the State Guard talked to 40 at the YMCA. 11-28-1917 

State Guard being organized - not to build now. 12-13-1917 

Sent to the Mexican border. 11-11-1918 

Ends. Officers and men are veterans. 12-24-1918 

An Armory for is possible. 2-25-1919 

Fifty drill at the State School. 2-26-1919 

Batavia to get a company of the 98th Division in November. 10-12-1921 

Battery C, and also Battery L, assigned to Batavia - 368th Field Artillery. 11-12-1921 

A great demand for a State armory. 

The 44th Division organized for a year of active duty under US Army Command - 


NY and NJ Guard. 9-16-1940 

To Fort McClellan - picture. 

When the New York National Guard started three years ago, the State Guard 

also set-up. There were potentially both: New York Guard and New York 


National Guard. 11-29-1943 

Needed - first step left to the citizens - Armory proposed for the city. 9-27-1947 

New State Armory asked for in Council Resolution. 10-4-1947 

Armory proposed for the County. 1-24-1948 

Orders for activation of the National Guard awarded. 2-19-1948 

Halted - until the government appropriates the money. 

Eldoune Thornton and Robert Powell join the Guard in Medina - enlistments 


stopped because of new draft laws. 6-26-1948 

Started in 1876. 11-28-1948 

To organize - use the Grange Hall for now. 12-16, 17-1948 

An Armory is assured in the future. 

To meet in buildings at the Fairgrounds. Gen. Alfred H. Doud of Rochester the 


Commander. 12-17-1948 

Armory for planned. 12-18-1948 

Activation of set for January 25th. 12-29-1948 

Youths enlisting in - 61 applicants - Earl A. Robb, Captain. 1-5-1949 

Eighty-eight in the new Guard unit. 1-6-1949 

Enlistees in almost a full battery. 1-13-1949 

121 take the oath as the Guard activates. 1-20-1949 

Colonel E. J. Linn. 

Officers of here from Buffalo are part of a unit distinguished in past war - an 


anti-aircraft battery. 1-26-1949 

Registration closes at 121 members - enough waiting to bring it to 148. 1-28-1949 

Holds its first drill - at St. Anthony's. 2-2-1949 

Move drill from ? To State School. 2-21-1949 

A Bill authorizing an Armory ready for Albany. 3-1-1949 

A State Street site chosen for the Armory. 3-17-1949 

A site on State Street opposite Hart Street chosen for the Armory - neighbors object. 3-26-1949 

Hearing in Albany on the Armory site - approved. 4-18, 22-1949 

Battery B, 209th Anti-Aircraft Artillery. 5-31-1949 

Marlboro Construction Co. of NYC is the low bidder. 6-23-1949 

To Cape Cod July 29th. 7-20-1949 

To Camp Edwards in Massachusetts. 7-30 & 8-3-1949 

Start of the new Armory - picture. no date 

To march Memorial Day. 5-31-1949 

Marlborough Construction Co. the low bidder on a storage building for. 6-23-1949 

Doing well at Camp. 8-11-1949 

Steel for a vehicle storage building is up. 9-23-1949 

Gets high marks - picture. 



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National Guard (cont) To move to State Street February 13th. 1-30-1950

Whole page - first anniversary. 2-4-1950 

Drops 14 - by State directive - now 92 men and 4 officers. 2-18-1950 

The State Armory gets a permanent staff. 2-22-1950 

Weapons for come in by train. The Mayor gets instructions to open the Guard Unit. 4-7-1950 

Guardsmen face call. 7-21, 22, 24, 26, 29-1950 

Guardsmen face call. 8-2, 8-1950 

The Army to call reservists for 2 months. Truck unit to organize. 

Battery B lowers its flay - now federalized - 70 men and officers called to duty. 


Guardsmen honored at Retreat Ceremonies. Picture of all the members. 8-26-1950 

Guardsmen depart to Camp Gordon. 8-28-1950 

Funds for the Armory sought in the Senate. See: Home Guard. 

A new Battery to be recruited now that Battery B is federalized and on active duty. 


Capt. Charles D. Hiscock to recruit for a Home Guard. 9-11-1950 

Eighteen enlist in the Home Guard. 9-13-1950 

Batavia to be the home of the new 66th International Security Battery of. 9-26-1950 

Guardsmen training at Camp Stewart - Troop A. 

Twenty-three inducted into the State Guard, 66th Internal Security Battalion, 


Capt. Charles D. Hiscock. 10-3-1950 

Guardsmen to get five days off. 

The first half of Battery B Anti-Aircraft Battalion is home for Christmas. They left 


on August 27th, after becoming a federal unit. 12-21-1950 

An infantry battalion planned. 1-15-1951 

Bids opened for the Armory. L. A. Monroe of Buffalo the low bidder. 3-3-1951 

Capt. E. A. Robb, head of, honored. 3-22-1951 

Remodeling for the Armory site. 4-13-1951 

Second unit to be formed. 12-18-1951 

Twenty volunteers in the new unit. 12-28-1951 

James J. Flynn to command the new unit. 1-11-1952 

The new unit activated in a ceremony at the Armory. 2-21-1952 

Picture of Capt. James J. Flynn, commander. 2-27-1952 

Guard may be released by August and returned to state control. 2-29-1952 

Capt. Earl A. Robb retiring from. 5-27-1952 

Welcome home planned. 6-19-1952 

Battery B returns from guard duty after 22 months - pictures. 6-23-1952 

Tank unit for training. 7-26-1952 

Battery B holds its first drill since its return from Federal service. 7-31-1952 

Returns from encampment - 29 recently discharged - only 15 left in the unit. 1-20-1953 

Recruiting. 2-17-1953 

To hold an Open House at the Armory on State Street on March 30th. 3-28-1953 

Eighteen join: Batteries B and D. 1-5-1954 

Eighteen join: Batteries B and D. 2-16-1954 

To Camp Drum for two weeks. 8-7-1954 

Guard tests well in surprise call-up. 4-21-1955 

Recruiting for Batteries B and D, 102nd Anti-Aircraft Battalion. 6-13-1955 

Enlistments sought. 6-24-1955 

Batavia to get Armory soon. 2-13-1956 

Battery B, at State Interim Armory, to get steel cyclone fence to enclose equipment. 

Picture of the Guard with a new radar fire control system to use during Military 


Reserve Week. 

Msgt Leo H. McNeil resigns as administrator of Battery B. Succeeded by 


Floyd Aramano. 4-25-1956 

Plans in process for $582,000 Armory - date indefinite. 12-14-1956 

Checking sites on Oak Street. 2-8-1957 

To camp. 



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National Guard (cont) The County may get a new Armory and Army Reserve Center. 12-26-1957 

Batteries likely to be changed. 3-10-1958

Residents petition for a permanent Armory. 4-21-1958 

Many visit the interim Armory. 

The City withdraws its offer for a site on Oak Street for - promotes the State 


Street site. 5-13-1958 

Units B and D now under the 102nd AAA Brigade. 1-7-1959 

Senator Erwin says local opposition has sidetracked the Armory. 10-27-1959 

The City launches a drive to get the Armory built. 11-24-1959 

J. E. Brown quotes letter from defending the lack of action in the recent storm. 3-4-1960 

Open House at the Armory Sunday. 2-22-1961 

The House approves $234,000 for a new Armory. 

Authorization for the start of the Armory signed - 1963 the probable date for 


completion. 

The Gov. freezes enlistments, reinstatements for a year - to keep many in for 


another year. 10-3-1961 

Plans for the Armory arrive. 3-19-1962 

V. J. Gautieri the low bidder on the Armory. 

Units being changed to Medium Tank Unit - Company B and Company D of the 


1st Medium Tank Brigade. 5-5-1962 

Picture of the start of the new Armory. 7-26-1962 

Picture of the progress on the new Armory. 10-10-1962 

Picture of the new Armory - walls now enclosed. 12-19-1962 

V. J. Gautieri building - 83% completed. 4-20-1963 

The Armory is ready for use. 5-21-1963 

The Armory will be dedicated on October 19th. 9-25-1963 

Report on the dedication. 10-21-1963 

Picture of the interior of the Armory. 10-26-1963 

Speedy response to test alert noted. 2-9-1966 

National Guardsmen to camp. 

State Guard: Batavia Company B of the 51st Internal Security Battalion of the 

National Guard is inactive; Company B is in Lockport; Company C is in Medina; 

Company D is in Batavia. Batavia is the only community in the state with an 


armory and no state militia. 10-22-1966 

Seeking recruits for Batavia. 1-27-1967 

Capt. Pliny B. Fiske heads the Guard on State Street. 2-24-1967 

To be reorganized. 3-6-1967 

To get riot training. 8-21-1967 

Lt. Verdon L. Nonsen is replacing Capt. Norman L. Wilcox as commander. 1-25-1973 

Company C plans a Open House. 2-24-1973 

To Camp Drum for maneuvers. 7-26-1973 

Pictures. 2-27-1974 

Winegar on the anniversary of the Guard. 3-6-1974 

The early days of retold. 3-20-1974 

Praised by the State. 3-28-1974 

Celebrates its anniversary - picture. 4-1-1974 

First woman to enroll in is visiting here - Santa M. Shelles, 19. 9-10-1974 

Becomes an infantry unit - part of the 1st Battalion of the 174th Infantry. 4-18-1975 

The Medina Armory is closing - the men coming here. 1-20-1977 

The Medina Armory closed - unit to Batavia. 3-5-1977 

Head New York State Armory 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry. 3-1-1978 

Sent to Attica in Strike. 4-20-1979 

The Armory is ready to be used as a Emergence Shelter says Machove. 1-10-1981 

Company C now has 116 members - growing, Capt. Timothy D. Woodward. 6-18-1982 

To have a dance to celebrate its 35th Anniversary. 



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National Guard (cont) Seven part study of starts. Company C in Batavia only at 84.9% of its assigned 

strength. Attributed to delaying pay and racism. Major Paul Duttage heads. 

1st Battalion, 17th Infantry. 3-11-1989

Seventh article gives a history of. David Kalish, whistle-blower for Guard trouble - 

barred from reenlisting. 3-18-1989 

Letter protests the series on the Guard. 

Federal agents investigating weapons missing from Guard units in Buffalo, 


Batavia, Rochester. 7-27-1989 

After the investigation into stolen weapons, security is tightened. 10-19-1989 

On maneuvers at Camp Drum. 8-4-1990 

Protests proposed cuts. 8-31-1991 

To Camp Drum. 

Local Guard probably not to be cut in the national reduction - will be changed from 


the 174th Infantry in 1993. 

Report that the Guard to close probably won't affect the local group - will continue 

under a different name. Last year changed from Company C, 1st Battalion, 


174th Infantry to Detachment 1, Company C, 1st Battalion, 71st Infantry. 2-11-1993 

Has a reunion, membership up. 12-8-1997 

National Hardware 58 Main Street. 

Munce Hardware bought by National Hardware Stores. 

In financial trouble. See: Munce. Munce no longer running National Hardware in 

12-23-1919 

Batavia - transferred to Passaic, NJ. Frank J. Mayce in charge. 7-19-1922 

To be sold. 10-14-1922 

Closing at 58 Main. To be replaced by a restaurant run by Samuel French. 1-5-1923 

National Honor Society Formed at the High School - 11 members. 3-23-1925 

Picture of seniors elected to. 4-12-1950 

Picture of newly elected members. 5-1-1952 

National Hotel Aldermen discuss a license for a hotel near the railroad station - built for hotel. 

William Bentley fences off the right-of-way to the hotel, cutting off access for 

6-5-1883 

William Dawson. Says access is not in the deed - Dawson leasing the hotel. 7-11-1883 

Bentley acquired access to the hotel. 9-6-1883 

Mrs. Catherine Gast has purchased the right-of-way to the hotel, ending contention. 9-11-1883 

E. N. Rowell stayed at the National to evade notice. 

The old Central depot, now behind the new depot, being moved back to make an 

11-1 or 2-1883 

entrance to the hotel - Bentley the owner of the old depot. 11-1-1883 

Landlord Dawson of. 2-2-1886 

Joseph Lupe has rented the hotel. 11-1-1886 

Family now at - Joseph Metcalf and wife, in row - he hits her with a wash tub. 4-15-1891 

Joe Metcalf fined $10. 4-16-1891 

Metcalf jailed for assault and battery. 7-14-1892 

Metcalf buys the hotel from A. H. Eipper for $4,000. 6-3-1893 

Altercation at. 2-7-1894 

Closed - Talmadge Goodenough, proprietor - violates Raines Law. 3-22-1898 

Goodenough advertises the hotel is restored and ready for the public. Another 3-25-1898 

item says Goodenough case enjoined. Barn, 30' x 40', to be built on the lot. 3-25-1898 

Wrangling goes on over the Goodenough case. 3-31-1898 

Goodenough held for the Grand Jury. 4-8-1898 

Goodenough giving up the hotel. 

Trouble at - now managed by Orlo Clark. William Dawson runs the hotel to the 

east. He has blocked entrance from the front by a fence and doghouse. Clark 

9-8-1898 

tears down the obstruction. Both claim the right-of-way. 10-17-1898 

Dawson removed the obstruction for pedestrians. 


10-22-1898 

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National Hotel (cont) William E. Dawson wins suit to keep access to the hotel open. 6-19-1899 

Renamed the Iroquois Hotel by landlord John Teifert. 9-8-1899 

Teifert of (Iroquois) arrested for selling liquor to poster person - wife complained. 10-14-1899 

Teifert buys the hotel from Orlo R. Clark for $4,000. 2-1-1900

The Court of Appeals rules access to must not be obstructed. When the suit 

began Orlo R. Clark was the owner. Mr. Dawson is now the owner and 

occupant of the house to the east claims he owns part of the access alley. 

The Court says he must keep it open. 11-20-1901 

National Lead See: Doehler Die. 

Head of here visiting. 3-21-1953 

Becomes NL. 3-15-1971 

National Protective Legion Batavia Legion #332 meets. 7-31-1901 

National Recovery Act NRA stickers for County cars. 7-28-1933 

Factories in the city stand by the NRA. 8-2-1933 

110 employers sign-up. 8-5-1933 

The City to hold a drive to widen the effort. Father Kirby heads the drive. 8-9-1933 

Effort going ahead - welfare list shrinking. 8-11-1933 

Complaints against violators filed. 8-17-1933 

James Ryan Parade Chairman. 9-5-1933 

NRA parade 2 miles long starts at 7:30 tonight. 9-6-1933 

2,000 marched - 10,000 viewed the parade. 9-7-1933 

Compliance Committee reorganizes. 9-22-1933 

Guy E. Lown to be Campaign Chairman of. 9-30-1933 

End of - said to be a business concern, not a recovery project. 5-28-1935 

NRA and Blue Eagle in oblivion today. 6-17-1935 

National Trotting Assn. Suspends county drivers. 12-31-1912 

National Vacuum House Cleaning Co. Machines in the street frighten horses. 6-9-1908 

Aldermen ask $3,000 bond of owners. 6-10-1908 

Advertises cleaning services. 3-29-1909 

Starts full work - see: W. J. Lynch, 5 Bank Street. 9-30-1909 

National Warplane Museum In Geneseo, may relocate near the airport in Batavia. 

Some talk by the County of the Museum coming to Genesee County. 


See: Wings of Eagles - air show. 6-15-1995 

Prepares a list of what it would like for places interested in building. 1-11-1996 

Response to the Museum nearly ready - proposed cost $3.5million. 2-22-1996 

The County proposal is almost ready. 3-1-1996 

Specifics of the proposal listed. 3-4-1996 

Heated debate on the location at the Sheraton. 

Local Museum members ask for a vote on the choice of location - favor Genesee 


County, as the Board itself does not. 

Oneida County out of the - leaving Genesee, Niagara and Chemung seeking 


the Museum. 4-23-1996 

Letter to Ed praising Batavia as the location. 5-6-1996 

Congressman Paxon to call the Museum president to urge him to locate in Batavia. 6-4-1996 

Museum Board votes to go to Chemung. 6-6-1996 

The decision to move the museum to Elmira discussed. 7-2-1996 

Articles of regret, rumor, accusation. June and July 

Editorial on the choice of Chemung. 7-12-1996 

Commentator thinks Genesee fortunate not to have been chosen for the Museum. 



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National Youth Administration Norman A. Reamer appointed head. 

53 young people now enrolled - to get $16 a month for 40 hours work - it is hoped 


to expand the program. 2-2-1938 

To build a movable bandstand for the City - Council votes $200. 2-3-1938 

The City to set-up headquarters for. 10-20-1938

Building to open soon, 61 Ellicott Street. 12-14-1938 

Alex Rankin named by the Council to head, and to study other projects in the state. 10-25-1939 

Value of questioned. 4-24-1940 

Committee protests closing - program to expand. 8-30-1940 

Offers the City a work site - the City to pay part of the cost. 

Making cinder blocks in the former Wood Works building. The Council approves 

9-10, 13-1940 

a permanent Center. 10-4-1940 

Howard Street chosen for the Center. 10-10-1940 

Picture of progress on the building. 11-14-1940 

Work for three counties to be done here. 12-2-1940 

Workers mend toys for gifts - picture. 12-18-1940 

Picture of the Center on Howard Street. 1-13-1941 

Further training for youth planned. 2-24-1941 

The Council withholds funds - bills pending. 3-18-1941 

The Council refuses to take over the NYA as too expensive. 4-8-1941 

The Mayor tells the Council to find the funds. 4-13-1941 

The Council votes $3,202 to complete the building. 4-14-1941 

NYA Board threatens to resign. 

Picture of the incomplete Center - costs above estimate. The City is responsible 


for payment. 

The Council refuses more funds for because it was changed from Relief to 


Defense, although still classed as Relief - trying to find a new source of funding. 5-6-1941 

Machinery being moved from the Center. 5-13-1941 

The Council to spend $3,202 to complete the Center. 5-14-1941 

The Mayor tells the Council to transfer $6,000 from Relief funds to building fund. 5-27 or 29-1941 

Girls checking housing and rooming facilities available. 7-2-1941 

Joseph Chanya the new head of. 8-5-1941 

Girls have closing exercises. 8-23-1941 

The director tells 43 girls and 14 boys to find farm jobs. 9-5-1941 

Many get farm jobs. 9-6-1941 

Picture. 

Photostat picture of questioned document committing the City to $10,000 building 


expense, which the Mayor says he forgot he signed. 11-3-1941 

Now has an Advisory Committee only - Joseph Chaya, head. 11-13-1941 

Homemaker course started on Howard Street, T. Casey the instructor. 11-13-1941 

The State support for NYA ensures its continuing. 12-11-1941 

Funds cut. 6-3-1942 

The Army suggests taking the Center. 7-27-1942 

Center to be leased to highest bidder. 8-15-1942 

Haxton bids for the building. 9-9-1942 

A New York firm (Graham) is taking the Center - picture. 12-18-1942 

Haxton's lease ends, Graham Mfg. Co. is buying the buildings. 9-16-1943 

Sale of the building to Graham confirmed - price $15,000. 11-2-1943 

Nationwide Insurance Ad: Farm Bureau Insurance becomes Nationwide (Columbus, OH). 9-1-1955 

Natoli, Thomas Natoli and wife are missing. 3-21-1912 

Natoli found, held by Buffalo police. 3-22-1912 

Natoli, Thomas At 30, signs as officer with Continental Airways. 8-4-1979 



Naughton, Thomas J. Formerly with Russell & Palmer, opens a plumbing business at 19-21 Jackson. 10-5-1911 

Naval Air Cadets Youths 6 - 10 to form. Sponsored by John Speed, Nelson Murbach, H. E. Martin. 3-6-1930 

Nazarene Church Church of the Nazarene. 

Opens tomorrow at 315 West Main Street. Rev. Kenneth Babcock to preach. 3-28-1936

See: Church of the Nazarene. 

Neary, Mary Saves three children (under 4) from a burning house. 11-23-1909 

Neaverth, Frank M. Bookkeeper for the Bank of Batavia is moving his family here from Buffalo. 2-27-1906 

Named to head the Bank of Batavia. 1-15-1941 

Completed 40 years with the bank he now heads. 12-3-1945 

Obit - 69. 9-5-1952 

Neediest See: Twenty-five Neediest. 

Eighteen Neediest Children. 

Twenty-five Neediest Children. 

Fund for children - at end of the school year - headed by Bessie Laurie - begun 

in the depression - annually. 7-18-1966 

Negros See: Black History. 

Neighborhood Box Office 215 Main Street. 

Video store, recently opened in the former Sears store by Sam Marzano of 

Rochester, caters to kids, doesn't stock x-rated movies - picture. 4-24-1995 

Neighborhood Watch Kiwanis Club proposes. 3-13-1976 

Set-up in the State Street area near Lewis Place. 1990 

Working in Austin Park and Porter Avenue. 8-11-1995 

Residents of Watson, Maple, Jackson and Thorpe Streets forming one. 12-12-1995 

Neindorf, Elmer Crisswell sells Lyric to Neindorf of Sagers Barber Shop - to divide his time. ''A 

popular and enterprising young man.'' 6-18-1910 

To give his full time to Lyric. 8-18-1910 

Installs a projector of the newest type in the Lyric Theater. 3-4-1911 

Died after a motor crash. 6-3-1931 

Neisner's Planning a 50,100sq.ft. store at Easton Plaza. 11-10-1962 

Neisner's - Big N Construction started - Roxy Gian building. 3-28-1963 

Picture of the Big N sign going up. 7-19-1963 

Expansion approved. 6-10-1967 

Reports sales of over $100million. 3-22-1968 

Enlarging, computerizing. 12-24-1968 

Expansion approved. 1-13-1970 

Big N expanding. 7-26-1970 

Expanding, adding 22,000sq.ft. 7-28-1970 

Has a record year. 2-18-1971 

Pictures of the expansion. 4-1-1971 

Fred Neisner to retire April 1st. 11-25-1972 

Now has 73,000sq.ft. - according to the assistant manager. August 1977 

Files for bankruptcy. 12-2-1977 

Closing 31 stores including Batavia. 1-9-1978 

The Batavia store is one of the 31 to close. 1-10-1978 

The Council proposes K-Mart for the store. 



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Neisner's Preparing a closing sale. 1-13-1978 

Neisner's - Big N (cont) Ames Discount and Neisner's to merge - will affect Big N. 4-13-1978 

Nelson, Dr. James Program director for St. Jerome Mercy Hall - picture - page article about. 8-28-1989 

Nelson, Johnny Winegar remembers Nelson. 11-12-1991

Nelson, Terry Interview with the director of the Federal Detention Center. 3-9-1998 

Nemescley, Rev. Paul H. Now at St. Paul's. 

Past & Present column: on Nemescley who helps as a cashier at the Auto 

Bureau. Especially helpful as he speaks a number of languages, 


including German. 10-4-1924 

The former pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran dead at 88 in Medina. 4-25-1980 

Nephew, Chester Soars 10 minutes in a homemade balloon. 6-17-1937 

Universal News films Nephew's flight. 6-24-1937 

Ripping up his balloon - to enlarge it. 6-26-1937 

To test his enlarged balloon. 7-1-1937 

Not getting sponsors - hopes of a balloon career fading. 7-20-1937 

Balloon lifts weight equal to his. 8-4-1937 

Gets his license to balloon. 10-30-1937 

Ascends with borrowed gear. 4-23-1938 

Report - picture. 4-25-1938 

Nephew and Warren Allen, Jr. have a narrow escape. 5-9-1938 

Lands in Lake. 7-24-1939 

To speak on the radio. 8-2, 4-1939 

Reports on radio experience. 8-12-1939 

To CCC camp. 10-12-1939 

To make a balloon ascent. 5-16-1940 

Nephew and Allen to make a drop at the Jalopy Races in LeRoy. 10-4-1940 

Enlists in the Air Corps - hopes to get in parachutes. 1-27-1941 

Reported a deserter. 6-10 or 11-1941 

Wilbur Nephew, not Chester, a deserter. 6-11-1941 

Completes a course at Arts School. 10-18-1941 

Picture: New Mrs. Chester Nephew - Shreveport, LA. 2-2-1942 

Serving in Australia. 1-6-1944 

A partner of Warren Allen, to continue Allen's balloon act. 7-17-1946 

Nephew, Chester L. Obit - 70 in Lake Woods, CO. 2-5-1991 

Winegar on. 2-26-1991 

Nephew, Thomas Held by police. See: Scheldwaster. 10-1-1934 

Neptune's Garden Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas LaFanara to open a pet shop in the former Enterprise store. 9-18-1986 

Pictures of, 315 Ellicott Street. 10-23-1986 

Nerangis and Alex. 

Ribbon-cutting at the New McDonald's. 11-25-1972 

Nesbitt House Picture of the Earl Nesbitt house, on the grounds of the new Fairgrounds on 

Ellicott Street - used for women's exhibits. 8-3-1950 



Nestor Brothers Trucking. 

Trucking firm opens a terminal at 28 Cedar Street. Thomas Nestor of Endicott, 

president. The firm started in 1917, serves Western New York. 1-4-1964 

Trucks stopped by a drivers strike. 4-10-1967 

Net Set-Go Consulting. Consulting firm from Rochester to serve the Batavia area on web site. David 

Klein and Steve Hyde of Batavia with the firm. 3-28-2000

Neth, Charles Obit - 87. Wife: Anna Weick Neth. Sons: Albert; Robert. Daughters: 

Mrs. Mary Brownwell; Mrs. Everett Bass; Mrs. Catherine Thompson; 

Mrs. Henry Campbell; Mrs. Frank Scalia. 12-16-1963 

Neth, Fred T. Obit, of Elba. Sons: Arnold; Marcus; Norman. 12-16-1954 

Neth, Thomas Commended by his football coach for spirit, enthusiasm - didn't play a single game. 

Past & Present column. 12-8-1934 

Wedding yesterday. 1-2-1943 

Blinded in an accident, in school, going strong. Graduates Monroe CC. 5-25-1974 

Listed among survivors of brother Charles. February 1989 

Neth, Thomas J. Obit - 75. Brother of Willis (Betty) Neth. Son of Willis and Josephine Murdock 

Neth. Surviving 5 sons: John; R. Thomas; Maney; Timothy; William of the 

US Navy. Twenty-one grandchildren. 3-8-1993 

Neth, Willis Dead at 73. Sons: Thomas J.; Charles G.; Willis J., Jr. Daughter: Mrs. Edward 

Hermance. 11-4-1963 

Neth, Willis J. Goes up in Allen's balloon ascension. 8-13-1946 

Named Manager of Ways, succeeding Dominic Valle. 3-7-1951 

With W. Morith and C. Morith, buys Charles Men's Shop, 112 Main Street. 3-16-1951 

Netzen, Carl O. Obit - 95, veteran tailor. 12-5-1955 

Netzen, Ernest R. Dead - 75, Alexander Supervisor. 9-27-1957 

Netzen, Oscar C. Article on. A tailor from Sweden, 89. 11-9-1949 

Article by V. Trietley. 4-18-1953 

Dies in Rest Home at 95. 12-5-1955 

Netzen, Percy B. Of Pepsi Cola. Worked there for 50 years. A mechanical wizard. Honored by 

Crickler - picture. 5-9-1973 

Neuhauser Hatchery Employees picnic. 8-20-1946 

341 West Main Street, offers Hy-Layer line. 1-17-1958 

341 West Main Street, has Hi-Line Chicks - large stock. 9-26-1958 

341 West Main Street, replaced by Hunting Plumbing Supplies. 12-3-1968 

Neumeister, Harry Mr. & Mrs. Neumeister buy Don and Ray's Laundromat, 50 Main Street. 9-20-1940 

Buys 118 Main from Guy E. Alberty - now the Dagwood. 1-3-1944 

Sells the Dagwood Restaurant to R. F. Fisk. 6-16-1947 

Obit - Mrs. Neumeister. 1-30-1967 

Dead at 77. President of Industrial Supply and Genesee Hardware. 12-3-1968 

Neutral Creamery of Buffalo To open milk industry at Harvester & Swan Street. 7-15-1918 



Neville, Helen Growney (Mrs. William J.) Marries William Neville. 6-29-1929 

Resigns her teaching job. 7-26-1930 

Conducts TV programs in Buffalo. 2-2-1955 

Women of Buffalo to honor her. 9-25-1958 

J. E. Brown on. 10-4-1958 

J. E. Brown remembers Neville - now heading the Buffalo March of Dimes. 1-29-1962 

Dead at 69. 3-16-1971 

Neville, Mrs. Joseph P. Obit. Son: William J. Neville. Daughter: Mrs. Edgar M. Hackett. 8-1-1935

Neville, Patrick G. Son of Helen Neville, promoted in Buffalo - picture. 12-20-1958 

Neville, Paul Brother of District Attorney William Neville, killed in an accident. 7-25-1933 

Neville, William J. To Notre dame University. 9-6-1921 

Neville and Lawrence T. Casey buy a truck, start a carting business. 10-17-1923 

Graduates from Notre Dame University. 6-17-1925 

Joins Stedman & Waterman. 

City justice of the peace, recently performed his first wedding. The groom asked 

the price. Neville told him, "Nothing. I've enjoyed it as much as you have." 

The groom gave him a dollar, same to each of the two witnesses, anyway. 



Marries Helen Growney. 6-29-1929 

Wants the DA post - picture. 6-30-1931 

Elected DA. 11-4-1931 

DA Neville is one of several who want Lone Bandit Arent. 6-13-1933 

Says he will enforce the liquor laws of the state. 1-14-1935 

Spending two weeks in Florida. 12-27-1935 

Home - not back on the job yet. 2-26-1936 

Gillard suggest investigating Neville. 12-3-1936 

Given half year leave. 12-5-1936 

Takes leave - ill health. 12-8-1936 

Visited his wife and baby daughter from hospital in Ontario. 1-2-1937 

Charges persecution, J. W. Murray. 1-29-1937 

Given leave - third leave - going to Clifton Springs for health. 2-11-1937 

Returns to office after nine months away due to illness. 10-4-1937 

On sick leave for nine months - returns. 

Obit - a suicide - shot himself. Widow: Helen. Worked his way through Notre 

Dame. A Law Clerk for Stedman & Waterman in January, 1926. District 

Attorney on January 1, 1932. His father was a railroad man. Leaves two sons: 


Patrick; Kevin and a daughter: Moya. 10-8-1937 

Left an estate of $15,000. 10-14-1937 

Nevis, Sidney Seeks a permit to conduct a tavern at West Batavia. 10-5-1934 

New Apostolic Church To open at 11 Washington Avenue, Rev. Ewald Heby to oversee. 

One of the bidders for the East School site on East Main Street. Rev. William 


Speidel, pastor. 

To build on the corner of Burke Drive and Gateway, a 24' x 54' brick building - 


cost $38,000. Kolb Construction Co. of Erie, PA. 3-23-1973 

Rises in three hours - picture of the church going up. 9-13-1973 

Dedicated - picture. 7-5-1974 

Report on the dedication. 7-6-1974 



New Apostolic Church (cont) Friedrich Wagner to preach. 

No service in Batavia as Wagner to be transferred to Rochester. 

1990? 

Rev. Walter Lang, pastor listed. Picture of the Church. 2-20-1993 

Newberry, J. J. Newberry Co. Buys 109-111 Main of McAlpine. 12-15-1927 

Building transferred from Bartlett and Turner to Newberry. 1-3-1929 

Plans changes. 1-26-1929 

John Lennon & Son get the contract. 2-5-1929 

To improve the building front. 

John Lennon & Sons Co. gets the contract to remodel the second and third 

2-11-1929

New China Chef See: China Chef. 

floors of 109-111 Main, not originally in the plans. 4-24-1929 

Donald Herridge the new manager. 2-10-1941 

Former manager, Daniel J. Hoy, to Albany. 2-11-1941 

Celebrates its anniversary - started in Stroudsburg, PA in 1911. 5-24-1946 

To enlarge the store - put on a new front - fireproof addition. 11-17-1948 

Plans progressing. 1-4-1949 

Picture of the enlarged, improved store. 

Building sold to New Lease Corp. of Pittsburgh, a Newberry realty enterprise - 


cost ca. $205,000. They give Newberry a lease for 25 years. 1-9-1960 

Donald Herridge retiring after 25 years at. 

V. J. Gautieri purchases 109-111 from New Lease Corp. of NY - the real estate 


branch of Newberry's. 7-23-1981 

Winegar on Newberry's and other 5¢ & 10¢ stores now gone - also Kaffe Klatch. 

Visitor notes the Newberry sign - picture - made in the 1920s by H. H. Upham & Co. 


in NYC, the oldest in Batavia. 7-28-1995 

E. Pottle in letter to ed calls attention to stores' stamped metal ceiling. 

Winegar visits Newberry's, managed since 1978 by Dorothy Jones of Chili; 

8-19-1995 

the only variety store left of several early ones, also home to two Caffé Clatches. 9-6-1995 

To close after 70 years - after remodeling job, says store manager Dorothy Jones. 12-11-1995 

Closing not yet official. 12-12-1995 

The Chamber is making an effort to keep the store open - picture. 12-13-1995 

Winegar remembers Newberry's and other chain stores of its type. 1-3-1996 

Over 3,000 sign a petition to protest Newberry's closing - date unknown. 1-5-1996 

The City suggests a local investor buy Newberry's and keep it open - picture. 2-7-1996 

City officials ponder what to do as Newberry's and Ames stores close. 2-24-1996 

Gautieri, marketing agent, says no real offers made yet - lease soon expires. 3-15-1996 

The decision on closing may come in August. 6-28-1996 

Closes tonight at 6pm - picture. 9-26-1996 

Winegar remembers former 5¢ & 10¢s. 

Andrew and Kenneth Mistler buy the three story Newberry Building; to restore, 


with offices above and a store similar to Newberry's below. 2-17-1998 

Winegar reviews the history of the Newberry store in Batavia. 6-15-1998 

Being restored inside, outside. 12-8-1998 

New Chinatown Restaurant Opening at 5137 East Main Road - Ad. 4-20-1990 

New Covenant Chapel Rev. Edward Brown, to relocate at 7 North Main Street, Elba. 10am Sunday, 

6pm Bible study, 7pm Wednesday. 

Buys the Samuel Parker house in Elba; to restore it for use. Pictures of the house 


in 1876 and today. 12-21-1996 

Newell, Dr. Anna Grace Obit - BHS graduate. 7-8-1947 



New England Pollution Control The firm on Cedar Street helps clean up a poison spill at a Thruway accident. 10-4-1982 

Helps clean up a gas spill in Albion. 12-6-1982 

New Genesee Hotel Bert Hollenbeck and Paul Nicholson to open a hotel at 18 Jackson Street. 8-23-1934 

Newhall, Al Manager of the New Family Theater for 15 years. Forty years in the theater 

business in all. 4-7-1947 

Manager of the Lafayette Theater. 2-15-1949 

Manager of both the Family and Lafayette Theaters. 4-4-1949 

Manager for Warner Brothers, honored on his retirement - here 10 happy years. 5-3-1950

New Hamilton Hotel Vincent J. Valle opens a hotel at 22-24 Main Street. 7-16-1959 

Ad: Picture of the dining room. 7-17-1959 

Picture; the building to be razed. 11-9-1972 

New Home Bake Shop Thompson & Coventry of Lockport to open a bakery at 114 Main Street. 12-27-1919 

Ad: New Home Bake Shop, 114 Main. 12-29-1919 

New Hope Fellowship A new group is meeting at the Adventist Church with the Rev. John Bennedetti. 9-12-1975 

Rev. Charles H. Fouratt says permission was given to build a parsonage. 5-12-1977 

Approval given for a church on Bank Street Road. 

The Evangelical Christian Community meets at the Adventist Church morning and 


evening. April 1978 

Picture. 6-13-1978 

The Evangelical Community to hear Rev. & Mrs. Robert Smith as pastors - picture. 3-4-1983 

[Rumor says Fouratt went off with a woman from the church.] May 1983 

Still called the New Hope Fellowship. 1-30-1988 

Pays off the mortgage on their 11 year old building - plan a special service. 11-18-1989 

Noise from a Crusade in a tent in Austin Park objected to by neighbors. 7-20-1990 

Has a service in prison - Agnes Ray takes flowers to a prisoner who scorned her. 4-27-1991 

The City gives the church permission to hold tent meetings in Austin Park. 

Mrs. Smith to hold tent meetings in Austin Park for the hurting and those in need 


of Jesus Christ. 

Gets a permit for a tent meeting in Austin Park - Fara quipped that the tent 


meeting would benefit the south side residents. 6-30-1993 

Planning an enlargement. [Now called New Hope Ministries Church.] 8-16-1995 

Has 14,000 frozen cakes to give away - part of a food give-away. 

Gave away 48,000 pounds of food, including the 14,000 cakes, in a short time. 

Larry Barker, a care pastor at the church, says the church has a perfect 


facility for distributing food - hopes to get more. 

Dedication of the Family Life Center on Bank Street Road on September 10th 


will mark the opening of the Batavia Bible Institute - picture. 9-2-2000 

Newkirk Chosen as the name for the new post office at Scott's Corners - south west 

corner of Elba - at five points [Elba History by Scott Benz]. 6-17-1893 

Newkirk Post Office at Scott's Corners in south-east Elba to close October 31st. 9-23-1901 

Newlon, Creigh Given a year in drug possession. 5-29-1971 

To jail on a drug charge - one year. 5-29-1972 

Newman, Alan I. New pedodontist locating at 413 East Main. 4-28-1982 

Newman Development Corp. Of Binghamton, proposes a strip mall to the east of Wal-Mart - 15 stores. 5-16-1996 

News Boys Winegar remembers early news boys. 3-30-1998 



Newspapers History of the Daily News and other local papers. 6-26-1909 

Past & Present column: on Batavia's first newspapers. 9-25-1920 

Article on early newspapers. 

Past & Present column: on the Cornucopia, the second newspaper printed in 


Batavia. Printed 1808 to 1811. 

The first paper was The Intelligencer - 1807. Past & Present column: on the 


Batavia Advocate and Whig of 1854. 2-11-1950 

On the early newspapers - first one published in 1807. 5-25-1950 

Winegar on early newspapers. 12-3-1973 

Newstead, David H. Marries Henriette Fischer. 3-25-1940 

To Rochester General Hospital. 6-20-1940

To run for supervisor. 7-31-1963 

Picture of, candidate. 11-4-1963 

Distributor of General Foods - dead at 65. 8-27-1974 

Newstead, Robert E. Joins the advertising department of the Daily News. 5-17-1932 

Taking an advertising job at the Batavia Times. 3-23-1937 

Reaches the age of 30, released from the service, put on the reserved list. 9-22-1941 

Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant without attending Officers Candidate School. 6-4-1943 

To be head of the Classified Department of the News. 6-30-1960 

New head of the Advertising Department of the News. 11-7-1972 

Retires - full page of pictures. 2-26-1977 

Dead. 4-5-1983 

New Street Seneca Avenue, so called in 1911, New Street to run from Summit to New Street. 5-2-1911 

New-Way Rentals 1 School Street. 

Melinda Bryan, co-owner with her husband Wendell - opened in March 1993 - 

picture in ad. 11-1-1996 

New Woman Figure Spa Gone from Kings Plaza - signed a two year agreement 7 months ago (Sept ?). 

The District Attorney is probing the health spa - an Ohio based business - officials 


said Batavia was too far from their home base. 4-10-1976 

N. Y. Assn Railroad Passengers Kenneth Bird and the Assn meet with a railroad representative on persuading 

the trains to stop. 9-10-1978 

New York Canning Crop Growers Canning crop growers have their headquarters here - not stated where. Started 

Co-op Inc. in Monroe and Orleans Counties after WW I. Now includes 1,500 farms - as 

far west as Erie County. Organized 15 years. William Hamilton of Perry, 

president. Objective: To negotiate contracts with processors. 9-17-1960 

New York Central Rail Road Flowers raised at the Central greenhouse to be set out next week. 5-30-1903 

New turntable used for the first time. 7-1-1903 

Setting out 57,000 plants from the Central Greenhouse. 6-1-1904 

Flower beds going in at the Central Station - in charge, Patrick Flint. 5-1-1891 

New freight house to go up on Ellicott Street for Erie, Central. 7-2-1891 

The fountain at the depot taken apart - to be put on a new foundation. 4-27-1905 

The Central station to be enlarged - 40' on the west. 

Past & Present column - on the speed the Central may or may not have attained 


on the Byron grade. 8-20-1910 

Automatic signals completely installed, Rochester to Batavia. 8-30-1910 

New switch line now in use. 11-17-1910 

Automatic signals in operation. 



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New York Central Rail Road (cont) New signal towers to work stop-go system, one at Ellicott Street, one at Center 

Street - probably one at Jackson Street later on. 

The NY Central yard east of the station is being paved - as soon as the north wall 


of the depot is rebuilt the ornamental shed on the west to be torn down. 8-20-1928 

Rumor has the Central building a large freight yard here. 1-17-1927 

Makes appropriation toward rebuilding the Batavia station. 8-17-1927 

Speculation on the Central station and yards. 10-4-1927 

Gets complaints from the Council on the station. 7-20, 24-1928 

A gasoline-electric car on the Tonawanda Branch of. 

The railroad nursery soon to be abolished. Four acres of growing plants. 

Established in 1923 to beautify stations. Greenhouse established in 1893. 


Since 1923 it has distributed 10,000 plants to stations along the railroad. 2-12-1932 

Old railroad days recalled - 1840s. 4-10-1937

To sell the freight house between Center and Liberty Streets - move its offices to 

the passenger depot. 11-11-1959 

About to switch to two track automatic control. 2-4-1960 

J. E. Brown on the change to two track system - ''end of an era.'' 2-5-1960 

Moves its freight office - Railway Express Office. 2-29-1960 

Irving Rykert, tower man, job ends with railroad automation. 3-22-1960 

J. E. Brown on the NY Central of yore. 3-25-1960 

Cuts two trains in spite of protests. 4-19-1960 

Picture of an engine at the double arched Walnut Street Bridge in 1898. 6-10-1960 

J. E. Brown on the NY Central and Batavia. 6-10-1960 

Agrees to a flag stop here. 10-21-1961 

Restores some stops. 10-25-1961 

To have a traveling freight agent - to close the office here. 

The State wants the former siding to Franklin Mill out - checking the ownership - 


in the way of Arterial route. 

Wants to abandon the line between Batavia and East Pembroke - part of the 


Tonawanda Branch. 2-9-1962 

Closes its ticket office. 7-26-1962 

Trailways is buying the former freight yard. 6-23-1965 

Picture of the former freight house and freight yard. 6-26-1965 

Price of the freight yard - $72,500. 7-9-1965 

Batavia is dropped from the Central time table. 6-14-1971 

Picture of the NYC station n.d. 

The Schools and County may get half of the back taxes due on railroad property - 


as they did last year. Did not cash last year's checks. 3-6-1978 

New York Central Station Picture of, draped for the passing of Lincoln's funeral train. 2-11-1950 

Pictures of showing flower beds. 9-25-2000 

New York Fashion Center Joseph R. Rosenblum to do business under the name New York Fashion Store, 

8 Jackson Street. 9-1-1911 

Opening Saturday the 14th. 10-12-1911 

Full page ad: Opening. 10-13-1911 

Rosenbloom of, 10 Jackson. 2-26-1913 

New York Lumber and Wood See: Batavia and New York Wood Working. 

Working Co. 

New York State Department of To build on East Main Road. 3-21-1969 

Transportation Mark Hayes Construction Co. gets the contract to build for. 

Picture of the now DOT building on Route 5 - the DOT to move fro Walnut Street 


in June. 



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New York State Employment Office Survey women for factories. 12-18-1941 

New York State Historical Federation See also: Genesee County Historical Federation. 

Advocates a 10 year program to celebrate the American Revolution. 11-13-1923 

New York State Motor Lines Batavia-Rochester Motor Lines. 

Bus service to Rochester next week. Walter Aldvich purchases NY Motor Lines. 7-8-1925 

New York State Police Troop A: Willis Linn, 1919. W. W. Robinson, 1943. Major George R. Tordy, 

1953-1981. Major Richard Tonzi. Major George K. Elbel appointed January 1, 

1985 - retired at 55 in January 1988. 

Mounted troops to visit Batavia. 8-18-1917 

Police to organize Troop A - for Batavia. 8-20-1917 

Troop A arrives - to the old Dyke Skating rink. 9-18-1917

Troopers troop at the Fair. Great illuminated procession through Main Street with 

decorated floats, followed by gymkhana(?). Major Chandler, head of, here. 9-20-1917 

Open House at the Barracks. An immense crowd visits. 12-5-1917 

Community Ball to be held at the barracks tomorrow. 12-27-1917 

A big crowd danced until three. 12-29-1917 

Second dance for Troopers. 1-15-1918 

Third dance at the barracks. 2-7-1918 

Captain Willis Linn wants Company A to go to Geneseo. 1-8-1919 

An investigator is coming to check on the complaints against Linn. 6-18-1919 

The District Attorney says the complaints against the State Police not signed. 6-20-1919 

Captain Chandler coming to investigate. 6-25-1919 

Police investigator arrives. 6-27-1919 

Captain Linn removed to Albany. 6-28-1919 

Linn fined $100. 6-30-1919 

Linn away - Capt. Joseph A. Lawson, the investigator, questions the troopers. 7-2-1919 

Linn suspended. 7-5-1919 

Frame-up of Linn suggested. 7-8-1919 

Linn inquiry. 7-14 to 17, etc -1919 

W. W. Robinson the temporary head of Troop A. 7-19-1919 

Complaint made by a Morganville resident. 7-20-1919 

W. W. Robinson now heads Troop A. 7-23-1919 

Trooper inquiring to the Governor. 7-28, 29-1919 

Troopers called to a Lackawanna strike. 9-24-1919 

Troopers using automobiles at the strike. 10-8-1919 

The Chamber of Commerce drives for a new barracks. 10-10-1919 

Plans for a new Troopers barracks. 11-28-1919 

The County to be asked for $1,000 toward the barracks - to cost $60,000. 12-8-1919 

Major Chandler here to choose the site. 2-13-1920 

The Hartwell farm on East Main is chosen. 2-14-1920 

Picture of the proposed barracks. 3-3-1920 

Barracks starting May 1st. 3-24-1920 

C. L. Van Dusen drew the plans. 4-19-1920 

Plans for the barracks received. 4-22-1920 

Barracks bids are over the estimate. 

R. Norton Reed to build - Frank Homelius to be the supervising architect - 


to cost $55,000. 5-14-1920 

$25,000 more needed for the barracks. 

Barracks Corp. accepts an offer from a Buffalo company to take $50,000 worth 


of bonds. 6-11-1920 

Plans for the barracks are attractive. 6-3-1920 

Ground broken. 



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New York State Police (cont) Report on finances of building the barracks. James Green is selling bonds for it. 9-18-1920 

Deed to the Trick farm received. Troop A to take possession of the stables. 9-30-1920 

New barracks occupied. The old barracks to become a rink again. 10-2-1920 

Friends urge the appointment of W. W. Robinson to head Troop A. 2-9-1921 

Police all in the new barracks. 

History of Troop A. The barracks site was the choice of Major Chandler. 

Eight-five no in the barracks - names listed. Lt. Gov. J. Wood here for 

the dedication. on financing the barracks. Robinson appointed to head 


(July, 1919). 

Past & Present column: on ''Saul'' crack rider at Troop A - riding a fresh 


western horse. 6-25-1921 

Ceremonies at the barracks for April 20th. 3-11-1921 

Barracks Corp. to ask the Legislature to buy the barracks for $400,000. 11-18-1921 

Troopers find two stills in Oakfield. 12-9-1922 

Past & Present column: on the new barracks, floodlit at night. 4-28-1923

Picture of the new barracks. 6-4-1923 

The barracks to be accepted by the State July 1st. 6-23-1923 

The barracks are now the property of New York State. 7-2-1923 

No money for the barracks yet. 8-7-1923 

Motorcycle police are busy with holiday traffic. 9-4-1923 

Barracks profit not yet divided. 

Warner succeeds Chandler as the head of. Col. George Fletcher Chandler. 


Capt. John A. Warner. 11-30-1923 

Capt. Edward A. Rimmer, State Champion marksman. 12-1-1923 

The barracks builders to get 50% or 60% on their investment. 4-12-1924 

The State to spend about $5,000 on the barracks. 4-11-1925 

Dr. Willis Linn, deposed head, a suicide. 

Past & Present column: on Jerry, the latest to join the Troopers. Son of Fannie, 

the barracks mother cat, who also has Charlie and Hattie. The cats line up at 


roll call in the morning and, at dismissal, run to the kitchen for breakfast. 11-26-1927 

Troopers plan a Rodeo to aid the Children's Home. 10-3-1929 

Rodeo a perfect day - makes $3,500. 10-19, 20-1929 

Troopers arrest 20 at a cockfight in a neighboring village - not named. 1-9-1931 

The Troopers are getting an airplane. 7-9-1931 

Troop A takes a cup at the State Fair. 9-12-1932 

Story of the start of the State Police here. 1-9-1933 

Vice is moving into the City because of State Police activities outside of it. 1-24-1933 

New unit (May21, 1935?), "Scotland Yard'' type, has great success. 9-14-1935 

Police records show drunken drivers on the increase. 6-9-1936 

State Police here to investigate Lo Tempio bombing. 

Applicants no longer tested for horsemanship. Horses are still owned by Troop A, 


but the troop is now motorized. 4-11-1938 

Troop A to enlarge - help at the World's Fair. 1-12-1939 

The Legislature rejects the proposal to enlarge Troop A. 3-15-1939 

Troop A to Malone in strike. 8-17-1939 

The Governor orders police increased - 15 new men to Batavia. 6-18-1940 

Troop A adds women as clerks. 5-7-1943 

Troop A to have a radio unit activated by the tallest pole in the town. 9-11-1944 

Troop A radio service now in use. 11-17-1944 

J. E. Brown on the Troopers in Batavia. 9-9-1957 

Troopers are using radar - net 77. 1-7-1958 

Pictures. 12-7-1963 

Retired Captain honored at dinner. 12-11-1964 

State Police now own two dogs. 6-18-1964 

Picture of the Police Barracks. 



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New York State Police (cont) Winegar remembers when Troop A arrived here - says it came on horseback. 3-29-1967 

Major John P. Nolan is retiring. 11-18-1970 

Major J. W. Monahan to command Troop A. 12-2-1970 

Police questioned in the disappearance of meat from a truck wreck on the Thruway. 3-20-1971 

Police get a computer to check speeders - picture. 

Winegar recalls an occasion when the State Police used a hearse to get access 


to a suspected place. 6-16-1971 

Arnold L. Bardossi is the new commander. They get a new helicopter. 8-30-1971 

Picture of the barracks on East Main Street. 5-29-1973 

New barracks to go on West Saile Drive. 5-25-1974 

Bids for the new barracks. 9-26-1974 

Ground breaking for the barracks on West Saile Drive Thursday. 10-30-1974 

Ground breaking on West Saile Drive. 11-1-1974 

Sketch of the proposed barracks. 11-7-1974 

Police get two bloodhounds - picture. 3-15-1975 

Picture of the progress on the new barracks. 10-24-1975

Picture of the barracks on East Main Street. 1-31-1976 

The County buys the barracks and four acres. 

Major Arnold A. Barassi head of Troop A. Picture of the Troopers moving. 


Article on the old barracks. 3-30-1976 

Picture of Troopers with two dogs - Thorpe and Spike. 5-27-1976 

New home of - pictures. The barracks on Saile Drive are open - pictures. 6-26-1976 

Over 2,000 toured the barracks. 6-28-1976 

Picture of the State Police helicopter - getting tested. 6-30-1976 

Picture of the new headquarters. 12-31-1976 

Major Richard E. Boland heads Troop A. 

How Batavia got the State Police here - remembering their 60th Anniversary - 


pictures. 4-13-1977 

Barracks site sold to OTB for $95,000. 7-12-1978 

Picture of the demolition of the former barracks by Darryl Freeman, Jr. 7-24-1979 

Capt. Jordy retiring after 28 years. Capt. Joseph M. Abate acting. 

Head of Troop A, Major George R. Tordy. 350 sworn to be troopers, about 70 

based in Batavia - plus 2 bloodhounds, 3 shepherds. Major Tordy retiring. 


Figures updated - September 1987. 12-17-1981 

Major Richard Comb (Tonzi?); Major Joseph M. Abate; George K Elbel. 1-1-1985 

Major George K. Elbel retires at 55 - Major John N. Gleason the new commander. 1-5-1988 

Troop A barracks has one of the few police artifacts collections. 3-5-1988 

Winegar on - now losing its mounted division. 7-13-1988 

Switching to semi-automatic rifles, because drug dealers use them. 3-27-1989 

Major John N. Gleason retires - replaced by Major Edward Kelly. 11-21-1989 

Troop A to have gun training. 3-24-1990 

The State Police Scuba Diving squad test equipment in the sand pits on Cedar St. 4-15-1992 

Pedro A. Perez is the new Troop A commander - picture. 5-10-1994 

Major John N. Gleason, Troop commander. [Retires in November 1989]. 1-5-1988 

Major Edward Kelly the new commander. 11-21-1989 

Police crime museum now open. 10-30-1990 

Get a new commander for Troop A - Major Salvatore Valvo - picture. 3-13-1991 

Article on training - pictures. 3-30-1991 

Salvatore F. Valvo, commander. 11-29-1991 

An interview with Charlene Mahoney, a woman Trooper. 12-9-1991 

The Police adopt a teddy bear, ''McBear'', as their mascot. 4-7-1992 

Present commander promoted - Capt. Bruce A. Rolof to head Troop A. 5-20-1992 

Capt. Rolof, recovered from injuries, back on the job. 9-28-1992 

NYS Police turn 75 amid reports of misdealing and corruption. 11-21-1992 

Chapter from McEvoy book. 



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New York State Police (cont) Second part of the chapter. 9-26-1996 

To dedicate a marker given by Gilmartin Funeral Home - picture. 

Troop A commander, Major Pedro Perez, off work with injuries from a clash on 


the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation. 

Trooper Andy Flynn remembers earlier days of the Troopers at the Pike Fair - 


picture. 8-16-1997 

Holds an Open House, demonstrations, etc. 9-29-1997 

Winegar comments on the Open House, police. 

Major Pedro Perez replaced a the commander of Troop A by Michael F. McManus, 


promoted from Captain to Major. Others promotions listed. 11-4-1997 

Have a new DWI machine. 11-25-1997 

Troop A gets a new dog, a female, bomb expert - named ''Dobbs.'' 8-28-1999 

New York State School for the Blind Eleven students expelled for insubordination. 5-13-1890 

Students object to piano tuning teacher - formed a pact to get rid of him [Mr. Smith]. 5-14-1890 

Trustees ask for a new building. 12-21-1893 

To have a gym. 9-16-1896

Ind. Building put up by John Glade. 8-3-1897 

Many State School pupils now use typewriters. 11-8-1897 

New Ind. Building ready. 1-26-1898 

To be under the Superintendent of Instruction. 3-17-1898 

The new gym looks like a barn. 1-17-1899 

A Bill to take the school from the Board of Charities opposed by them. 2-11-1899 

Electric lights to go into. 4-10-1901 

Suggest name change from State Institute to State School. 8-21-1901 

Measure passed to transfer to Instruction from Charities. 3-13-1902 

Farmer at changes - George Carmody resigns, N. Edward Wiese appointed. 

Past & Present column: On the School's beginning. Local men bought 50 acres 

from a fund of $10,000 for the school. The largest contributor was Dean 

Richmond. John Fisher another, also John Van Horn of Lockport and Lloyd 


A. Harwood of Warsaw. 

The site was donated to the state for the school by the people of Batavia. The 

site was chosen by a committee of five: E. W. Leavenworth, Syracuse; 

B. F. Manierre, New York; James Ferguson, Ovid; O. K. Woods, Chazy; 

M. M. Southworth, Lockport. Three men, among them John Fisher of Batavia, 

appointed to get plans and see that the school was built. The grounds were 

laid out by William Webster, one of the earliest landscape designers. 


Webster died in Rochester at the age of 94. 3-8-1911 

The State appropriates $35,000 for a new building. 8-2-1911 

Ground broken for a kindergarten building. 10-12-1912 

A hospital for the State School to cost $10,000. 2-21-1913 

The new kindergarten put to use without ceremony. 3-20-1914 

The hospital is about ready - holds 16. 3-28-1916 

Observes centennial. 6-10-1918 

History reviewed at exercises. Celebrates 50 years. 6-13-1918 

Pictures and history. 

Past & Present column: on the efforts of the Honorable John Fisher to have 

6-14, 15-1918 

the school here - Fisher was a close friend of Superintendent Lord. 6-22-1918 

Blind pupils to have an annual ride Monday. 5-24-1919 

Students enjoy their outing with members of the Auto Club in spite of intense heat. 6-4-1919 

To hold Alumni Days. 6-12-1919 

Fifty automobiles needed for the outing. 5-27-1920 

Past & Present column: on the school farm, Jesse Yerman, Steward. 10-11-1924 

Poison used to eliminate rats proves deadly to dogs and cats. 5-7-1925 

Removed from NY Charities to the Department of Education. 



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New York State School for the Blind The story of the choice of Batavia for the location of rather than the other 

(cont) contender, Binghamton. Dean Richmond and John Fisher were responsible 

for raising $10,000 for the purchase of the site. John Kennedy is credited with 

getting the school removed from the control of Charities to Education. 6-14-1928 

A second dormitory is in a Bill in Albany. 3-12-1931 

Dr. Wilson to lay .. for the new dormitory named for Parks Lewis. 9-3-1931 

Dr. F. Parks Lewis lays the stone. 

The Lt. Governor is here to dedicate the dormitory - Parks Lewis Hall the new girls 


dormitory. 9-21-1932 

Parks Lewis Hall dedicated by Lt. Gov. Lehmann. 9-22-1932 

Dr. Parks Lewis turns the first sod for a new dormitory. 3-11-1938 

The dormitory to be called Hamilton Hall. 7-14-1938 

Hamilton lays the cornerstone. 7-15-1938 

Students build a miniature village - picture. 12-8-1938 

A student allowed a seeing-eye dog despite rules against. 9-30-1939 

Hamilton Hall completed - dedicated on the 28th. 10-25-1939 

The school issues a diploma to Edward Smallwood of Warsaw, NY. 4-26-1940 

The school gets a new 50' flagpole. 9-21-1940

The school is graduating five - all getting jobs - picture of the main building with 

a cupola. 6-11-1942 

Ed Dewert, a State School grad, to work at Eastman Kodak. 6-5-1943 

The main building losing its cupola. 11-13-1944 

Funds approved for a new main building. 2-1-1945 

Sketch of the proposed new main building. 11-2-1946 

Past & Present column: on the early history of the school by Dr. Lord. 4-12-1947 

Picture of the proposed administration building, bids being sought. 8-8-1947 

Pictures of progress on the building. 8-6-1948 

Single function design planned. 8-9, 10-1948 

Bank Street home for the Superintendent. 8-20, 21-1948 

Palmer pictured with the cornerstone box from earlier main building. 9-16-1948 

Picture of progress on the building. 9-19-1948 

Cornerstone ceremony for Severne Hall - Gov. Dewey here - pictures. 10-8-1949 

Students to graduate in the new main building. 6-8-1950 

Considers a new main hall as for community use. 9-22-1950 

The old main building going down. 1-11-1951 

Picture of the new auditorium. 1-15-1951 

Picture of the demolition of the old building. 2-27-1951 

Faculty and students tour Severne Hall. 5-6-1951 

Work starts on the athletic field - picture. 6-16-1951 

To have a new organ. 12-7-1951 

Thomas Lucik, a senior, wins an Elk's Scholarship. 

Story of the acquisition of the site for - 50 acres purchased for $50,000 in 1866 - 


264 persons contributed (much as they did for Sylvania). 6-14-1953 

Recent enrollment - 200. 9-5-1953 

The American Association of Instruction to the Blind to meet here. 6-24-1954 

Picture of the convention - over 400 here. 6-28-1954 

To get a new primary building. 4-22-1955 

Christmas Village back after 14 years. 12-17-1955 

Gov. Harriman visits the school. 12-13-1956 

Trietley on the State School chimes. 8-24-1957 

County Store added to the Christmas Village. 12-7-1957 

The Tonawanda Touring Club uses blind students as navigators. 5-27-1958 

Chimes dedicated Saturday. 6-25-1958 

The school staff prepares a rink. 12-9-1958 

Bids on the primary building low. 



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New York State School for the Blind The contractor starts the million-dollar primary building. 6-17-1959 

(cont) Picture of progress on the primary building. 1-28-1960 

Leland Sanborn the new principal. 6-22-1960 

Picture of the cornerstone ceremony. 

Winegar on the school and its new principal - pictures of the old and new main 


building. 2-25-1961 

Picture of Knight Hall - to be dedicated Friday. 

Picture of the primary building - LeCesse Corp. of Rochester the contractor. 


Has a built-in bomb shelter. 9-29-1961 

Picture of the dedication of Knight Hall. 9-30-1961 

Christmas Village again erected. 12-7-1962 

Stanley Cicero of Leicester to build a home for the Superintendent. 7-21-1966 

View of the school in 1866 from the air - 100 years old today. 9-3-1966 

Approaches its centennial - opened September 2, 1868. 9-5-1968 

Centennial Thursday - 50 guests - plaque placed. 5-10-1969 

Picture of the dedication ceremony. 5-16-1969 

Winegar on the retirement of Leland Sanborn - and more about the school. 2-10-1971 

Winegar on the multi-handicapped pupils. 2-11-1971 

Twenty-five graduate this year - largest class ever - pictures. 6-6-1973

Experimental to take deaf and blind. 12-3-1973 

Winegar on two graduates - Beadnell and Hammond. 12-13-1973 

Two deaf-blind students at the school. 10-22-1974 

Parents get lessons in dealing with the deaf-blind. 11-15-1974 

Now has multi-handicapped. 11-29-1974 

Glenn Thompson the new Superintendent. 4-8-1975 

Knight Hall a center for programs for multi-handicapped child. 5-30-1975 

Winegar on the Christmas Village. 1-12-1976 

More on the Christmas Village - pictures. 1-26-1976 

The old gym is now a heap of rubble - picture. 4-3-1976 

Dorothy Halligan the new principal. 3-1-1977 

Starts developing a Sensory Park - Lions Club. 12-7-1977 

Graduates its 100th class - picture. 6-22-1978 

Parents fight to save the school. 6-29-1979 

The school closing to be discussed. 8-17-1979 

Citizens and parents petition keeping the school open. 8-31-1979 

Hearings to be held on the school closing. 9-12-1979 

Commission urges closing the school. 9-15-1979 

State Commission tables the school closing. 9-20-1979 

Renovation next for. 

Support promised after many protests on the closing. Carey puts $5,849,000 in 


the budget for. 1-5-1980 

No money for a resource center in the budget. 1-22-1980 

Staff short at. 7-11-1980 

To operate 7 days a week in the fall. 8-9-1980 

William S. Koehler the new principal - here from Arizona. 8-12-1980 

William S. Koehler leaving. 1-14-1982 

Walter G. Franklin the interim. 2-26-1982 

Robert J. Seibold the new Superintendent. 3-27-1982 

The State is cutting school funds - will mean less staff. 3-18-1983 

Alterations being made to serve the multi-handicapped. Robert J. Seibold, Supt. 

The State office of State Education for Children with Handicapping Conditions is 


moving to Severne Hall. 8-31-1983 

The old kindergarten building demolished - picture. 10-31-1984 

Pictures of progress on the new physical education building, pool and cottages for. 8-23-1985 

Teacher wins an award from the State for efforts at, with multi-handicaps - picture. 



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New York State School for the Blind Winegar on the school today. 4-3-1986 

(cont) New complex at to be named to honor William A. Genrich - former Chancellor 

of the Board of Regents. 5-21-1986 

Editorial on the cooperation between the State School and BOCES. 8-23-1986 

Group seeking volunteers to help build a Sensory Park for. 

Diagram, description of the proposed Sensory Park - $10,000 from the State, 


$10,000 from the Lions Club. Volunteer works still needed. 4-25-1987 

The Sensory Park going forward. 5-2-1987 

Volunteers building the Sensory Park - picture. 6-1-1987 

Picture of the new Sensory Park. 6-3-1987 

Letters to the editor on Sensory Park. 6-17-1987 

Sensory Park - a Lions Club project - to be featured on WNED channel 17. 8-3-1987 

Trouble over the rent for the Superintendent's house - picture. Rent now $112/mo. 9-30-1987 

Dedication of the new $8million facility to be November 12th. 

Lundine dedicates the completed work. Three buildings razed - health center, 

gymnasium and pool, and the kindergarten. The new Knight Hall connected 

to Severne Hall by a new building so passage is possible in all kinds of 

weather. A new pool with a movable floor. Parts of Knight and Severne 


rebuilt for the handicapped. Many other minor changes. 

Repeat of the Sensory Park store. Sensory Park was built by volunteers - workers 


traveled some distance to help. Florence Conditero, a project coordinator. 

The Lions Club spread the call for help. 

Students learn homemaking in an apartment in the basement of the school - 


Kathleen Carlson the instructor - picture. 6-4-1988 

State School children have classes out-of-doors - picture. 

The State budget changes the manner of funding the school - undoubtedly 


increasing costs. 1-19-1989 

Lions plant a beech tree. 5-17-1989 

Students have ''fun in the sun.'' Robert Siebold mentioned as Superintendent. 

Suffering an outbreak of ringworm and strep infections - the faculty claim that 


officials are indifferent. 1-6-1990 

Gives special and individual care and instruction - picture. Robert Seibold, Supt. 12-22-1990 

The State School honors Hawley at a banquet. 11-5-1992 

Offers an Open House, June 1-4 - to towns people and local children. 5-26-1993 

Page of pictures. 3-16-1994 

Winegar adds a bit about the school as he remembers it. 7-21-1995 

History from the McEvoy book. 6-2-1995 

60 Minutes visits the school for a segment on special education. 

Jennifer Spas Ervin succeeded Robert Siebold in December 1998 as 


Superintendent - picture. Offers accessibility to the institution. 7-1-1999 

Interview with George Sawyer, an instruction. 

NYSS students have a ''Day in the Sun'' before the regular term starts - at the 


fire station, car wash, etc. 8-20-1999 

Animals at the school used as therapy. 

Students and alumni recreate a Road Rally like those held in the '60s during 


Alumni Week. 6-12-2000 

New York State School - Severne Hall Carl Ade of Rochester the architect. 8-8-1947 

(No note) 5-7-1951 



New York State School - Picture of a miniature village on display at the State School. 12-15-1939 

Christmas Village Picture. 12-26-1945 

Picture of back at the school after 14 years. 



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New York State School - J. E. Brown on. 12-19-1955 

Christmas Village Slated for this year - to open December 16th at 6pm. 12-5-1956 

(cont) On view. 12-23-1960 

Lucia Mulligan on - remembered. 

Winegar prints a letter from S. Heiman of Attica who owns the church from the 


Village - and tells its history since it left the school. 2-5-1996 

New York Telephone Co. Leaves the DeCot store at 70 Main, now at 27-29 Jackson. 12-22-1919 

Buys 31-33 Jackson from M. J. Kalligan - next to the Telephone exchange. 7-28-1926 

Wires being put underground. 1-7-1927 

Takes the building on Jackson Street next to the present building. 11-11-1929 

Plans expansion in the next few years. 9-13-1951 

To spend $750,000 improving its system. 2-11-1952 

Nearing conclusion of work. 2-18-1954 

The switchboard to increase by 15%. 3-24-1956 

Permit given for dial system building. 1-29-1957 

Dial system headquarters proposed - sketch. 2-23-1957 

Strike set for Monday - picketing on the 16th. 9-12, 16, 17-1957 

Telephone book, copy of the Daily News, stamps in the cornerstone. 10-17-1957 

300 tons of equipment going into the new dial system. 5-6-1958 

Dial system ready for use Sunday, November 2nd. 10-31-1958

Rush of calls via the dial system. 11-3-1958 

Batavia begins changeover to a dial system. 2-7-1962 

Installs Group Emergency Call System for rural firemen. 12-6-1964 

The is the first in Western New York to have push-button phones. 4-25-1964 

20% of the telephone cable is already underground. 11-22-1967 

Telephone lines are going underground on Ellicott Street. 11-22-1968 

Proposes expansion of tool-free zone. 8-19-1969 

Phone workers in the area are on strike. 11-6, 7-1969 

Batavia to start 911 emergency number next year. 11-18-1969 

Telephone expansion. 11-29-1969 

Wildcat telephone strike ends, pending a special vote. 5-14-1970 

Phone men walk off their jobs in a State-wide strike. 1-15-1971 

Phone company strikers stop trucks - on strike since July 14th. 9-24-1971 

A car was overturned at the NY Telephone garage in a strike dispute. 11-16-1971 

Telephone installers at work after the July strike. 2-18-1972 

Takes over long distance from American Telephone & Telegraph. 12-29-1972 

Margaret Langley to head NY Tel here. 10-16-1974 

Telephone center to move from the city. 6-4-1980 

Last operators are leaving the city. 11-18-1980 

Business offices are moving to Amherst Saturday. 

Picture of the new park on Jackson Street built while phone service changed 


from electromagnetic to digital switches. 7-27-1991 

News Dealers Herbert E. Smith. 1889 

B. B. Smith. August 1890 

Spellman & Peet. 3-18-1891 

Niagara Frontier Services See: Tops Market; Hy-Top Pharmacy. 

Niagara Junction A stop on the Lehigh about a mile and a half east of the Batavia station. 2-21-1894 



Niagara Power Company See also: Western New York Utilities Co. 

Niagara Mohawk Power Company Started here in 1907 with 14 customers - according to John Secord. Consumer 

Light and Power Co. folded in 1889 - also Secord. 

A power war starts - Niagara Falls Company and Genesee County Electric both 

apply for a contract to serve the area. 2-8-1906 

Aldermen get another offer from Niagara. 5-18-1906 

Running streetcars - to be used to run the Central signals. 8-2-1909 

Niagara Hudson offices open at 117 Main Street - very handsome. 9-12-1908 

Niagara service reported as good. 11-23-1908 

Street cars to run on Niagara power. 4-3-1909 

To get more machinery - improve service. 3-18-1910 

Putting automatic lighting in shop windows. 10-1-1910 

To furnish power to Wiard Plow. 

Homelius drawing the plans for the new power company building for Ellicott Street. 


Glade & Son to build the business office. 10-22-1910 

The Light Company moves from 117 Main Street to its new office. 3-28-1911 

Buys two Smith houses at 44 and 46 Ellicott Street - no plans yet. 

Buys almost three acres on Franklin Street - the area on Ellicott Street is too 


restricted for expansion. 12-27-1923 

Laur and Mack of Niagara Falls to build a transformer station on Franklin Street. 

The new facility on Franklin Street is ready for installation of equipment.11-15-1924 


Three pieces of equipment arrive - 20 tons each. 1-15-1925

The Franklin Street plant is now connected with Akron, Oakfield and Attica. 2-16-1925 

Two huge transformers moved from Ellicott Street to Franklin Street. 

Buffalo General Electric, Niagara Lockport and Ontario Power Co. and Tonawanda 


Power Co. ask for a permit from the PSC to merge. 5-11-1925 

Picture of the Franklin Street plant - NY Utilities Co. 4-1-1926 

Ready to build at 218 East Main Street. 2-15-1930 

To build at 218 East Main. 6-20-1930 

William Locke and Sons to build for. 7-10-1930 

The new building will be ready soon. 12-6-1930 

Picture of the new building - open Saturday. 3-12-1931 

Building open. 3-14-1931 

Niagara Hudson to discontinue the sale of appliances. 

Tearing down 46 Ellicott Street, moving (to the) house next door. 


See: Ellicott Street. 6-22-1933 

Picture of the Niagara Hudson office building. 11-16-1937 

To spend $200,00 to improve service in Batavia. 4-16-1941 

Buffalo Niagara seeks a merger - to become Niagara Hudson. 

Niagara Hudson Power Co. newly organized from the joining of: New York Power 

and Light of Albany; Central NY Power Corp. of Syracuse; Buffalo Niagara 


Electric Corp. of Buffalo. 5-10-1948 

Picture of the new bucket lift of. 11-5-1956 

Planning expansion. 1-5-1957 

Gets 400 calls due to the effect of Hurricane Audrey. 7-1-1957 

Buys the Glade property on Railroad Avenue for expansion. 6-1-1962 

Plans expansion - more voltage - to cost $1,216,000 - a part of a $79million plan. 12-30-1964 

Spending $5million on expansion. 1-3-1966 

To spend $2,290,000 to build a power station east of the city. 1-2-1968 

First supports rise on East Main Road for a substation. 5-1-1968 

Ni-Mo to spend $3,225,000 on improvements. 1-18-1969 

Protest the installation of transformers in the Court Street area half above ground. 

Picture of the Ni-Mo control center on Franklin Street powering up for emergencies - 


governs the whole northwest end of the state. 1-3-1970 

Replacing lamps on Center Street with vapor lamps. 



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Niagara Power Company To bring a new power line here. 1-9-1970 

Niagara Mohawk Power Company To go ahead with underground wiring in the Court Street Plaza - the court will 

(cont) decide who pays for the work. 6-22-1970 

Budgets funds to buy a site for a new building in Batavia - Reported September 13th. 1-16-1973 

To build a million dollar facility - East Main between Twin Fair and the Fairgrounds. 10-28-1976 

To start building in June. 

To move its offices to the new building as well as its maintenance offices - now 


at 218 East Main. 7-27-1977 

The building is going up by McWethy, ready by July. 6-8-1978 

Offices are moving to East Main Road this week. 

Employees who find elderly persons in crisis are to report them to the proper 


authorities. 11-18-1988 

Ni-Mo and Oatka Milk to cooperate on using steam to produce power. 10-31-1990 

Closing its Batavia facility - others in the state - to concentrate its work in Syracuse. 

The National Grid Group to acquire Ni-Mo Power Co. by forming a holding group, 

New National Grid, and exchange Ni-Mo shares for American Depository 


shares plus cash. 9-6-2000 

Niagara Bank See: First Niagara Bank. 

Niagara Scenics Junior A Hockey Club. 

Checking Batavia as a new location. 12-4-1993

Nichol, F. M. Sells his portable photograph studio now on Jackson Street to William Wakeman. 

To move it to Wakeman's home on School Street. 1-11-1894 

Nicholas, J. E. Attorney. 

Ad for service to arrested, in debt, etc. 45 Main Street. 4-10-1989 

Nichols, Byron H. Opens a photography studio over 49 Main, William S. Wakeman to manage. 6-12-1915 

Moves his electrical studio from 49 Main to over 26 Main Street. 

Moves his photography studio from over 26 Main to the corner of State - the 


Wilson Building. 3-19-1920 


Nichols, Byron J. Nichols, 27, charged with burglary. 3-9-1971 

Arrested again. 3-11-1971 

Indicted, accused of breaking into a home - hippie joint - in Albion. 5-22-1971 

Deputies deny any knowledge. 5-23-1971 

Pleads innocent of entering. 5-25-1971 

Case to go to the Grand Jury. 5-26-1971 

Dick Williams said to have talked. 5-28-1971 

Sheriff said implicated. 6-14-1971 

Attorney says a deputy sheriff threatened to shoot. 7-10-1971 

Charged with taking a snow blower from City property - MacArthur Park. 7-12-1971 

Lawyer says the deputy overstepped when he searched Nichols' garage. 7-29-1971 

Sheriff cleared in the Nichols' case. 

Four indicted in hippie shoot-out: Nichols; Alan Magee; Richard Williams; 


Richard Wagner. 2-4-1972 

Trial starts. 3-21-1972 

Case near jury. 3-23-1972 

Guilty of 2nd degree burglary - other charges pending. 3-24-1972 

Sentencing put off because of new evidence. 4-24-1972 

New evidence in the form of a letter. 5-10-1972 

Witness says he lied. 



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Nichols, Byron J. (cont) Says Deputy Sheriff recruited him. 6-13-1972 

Deputy links Nichols to raid. 6-13-1972 

Dick Williams testifies - says the raid was an authorized drug raid. 6-17-1972 

Trial. 6-20, 21-1972 

Trial. 7-7, 8-1972 

Denied a new trial. 9-14-1972 

Sentenced to up to 3 years. 9-19-1972 

Case in County Court today. 10-11-1972 

Changes his plea. 11-16-1972 

Orleans Jury indicts 5 - including Nichols. 11-17-1972 

Under sheriff Garney testifies. 12-27-1972 

Charges against Nichols dismissed. 8-29-1973 

One of those in the Orleans hippie joint sues deputy. 4-11-1977 

Michael Hackett awarded $8,000 for gunshot in the legs. 7-7-1977 

Nichols, Charles H. See: Salway Bros. and Nichols. 

Buys interest in Batavia and Implement Co. on Ellicott Street. 12-21-1906 

Replacing Harry R. Breese as head of Hy-Grade Oil Co. 7-20-1927 

Buys Hy-Grade Oil Co. - Shell station, 25 West Main Street. 

Obit - Mrs. Charles H. Nichols. Three daughters: Carol M.; Jean E.; Wilma K. - 


she was Kathryn M. 2-15-1938 

Nichols, Charles H., Jr. Joins Stakel in a liquor store at the Crystal Saloon. 4-4-1907 

With John Shirey, buys the Continental Hotel, 22 Main Street. 10-11-1909

Nichols, Frank Of Yorkshire, taking the Ellicott House, Jackson at Ellicott Street, from John B. 

Leonard who buys the East End Hotel. 3-21-1911 

Closes Ellicott House - to open a boarding house at Spruce. 4-29-1922 

Nichols, Francis D. Of Buffalo, the new hospital director. 10-24-1947 

Picture of. 11-2 or 3-1947 

Has a article on public relations in the Journal of American Hospital. 3-13-1952 

Given a Fellowship for study. 8-19-1958 


Nichols, G. B. Of Bethany Center, to lease Fireproof Farmer's Sheds from M. B. Langworthy, 

Miller retiring. 2-2-1914 

To move to 21 Dellinger Avenue. 3-1-1914 

Nichols, Mrs. George B. A probation officer in Buffalo for 30 years - the former Della Webster. From a 


Nichols, Jeanne Marries Donald J. Weiss. 5-17-1943 

Nichols, Margaret The daughter of Byron Nichols marries Salvatore Repicci. 11-27-1940 

Nichols, Peter Step-son of Mr. & Mrs. Leo O. Bray. 9-27-1944 

Step-son of Mr. & Mrs. Leo O. Bray. 3-15-1954 

Nichols' Mobil Station, 600 Ellicott Street, suffered a theft. 7-31-1962 

Purchases the Mobil station at 600 Ellicott Street. 9-5-1962 

Ad: Opening Nichols' Mobil. 9-6-1962 

Police give Nichols leave to run East Main Gas Station. 7-14-1964 

Reinstated on the force. 9-29-1964 

Disabled police officer retires. 12-20-1978 

Obit. 



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Nicholson, Carl M. Purchases Grundler Bakery - has managed Home Dairy 1953 - 1958. 9-28-1966 

Nicholson, Floyd S. Obit - 79, of Stafford. Sons: Floyd W. & Earl C., both of Stafford; Maurice B. of 

Buffalo; Paul D. of Rochester. 4-20-1943 

Nicholson, Maurice Gives up his position as pianist at the Orpheum Theater. 9-19-1910 

Pupil Leon Trick to give a recital. 4-7-1913 

In a recital in Buffalo. 4-30-1915 

Pupils of have a recital. 5-26-1915 

Opening classes. 9-2-1915 

Morris Nicholson, pupil of R. Leon Trick, in a recital at the Presbyterian Church. 3-23-1917 

Maurice R. Nicholson - new spelling - pupils in a recital. 

Composing sacred solo - 28th Psalm. Ad: Students to be taught on the 


Leschetizky method. 9-6-1919 

To study piano in New York with Leopold Godowski - said the best. 6-14-1920 

Organist in Olean. 9-13-1920 

Of Buffalo. 8-15-1922 

Pianist at Shea's Hippodrome. 3-5-1923 

Starts around the world. 12-28-1927 

Letter from on his travels. 3-23-1928 

Married to Mildred Hibbard Nicholson. When? 

1944 Directory list him as the organist at the Presbyterian Church, organist at 


Shea's in Buffalo - visiting his mother Mrs. Floyd Nicholson - in Stafford. 

Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Nicholson of Grand View Acres, Clinton Street. Their 


daughter, Elizabeth Jan Nicholson. 3-2-1944

The Nicholsons are going on a cruise to Port Arthur. 

The Nicholsons are in NY on a buying trip with their son-in-law Clifford G. Woeller 


of Bette Shop in LeRoy. 1-15-1945 

To direct music at the Presbyterian Church. 

Past & Present column: Story of Nicholson making up Kiwanis attendance at a 


Rotary meeting in New York. 10-19-1946 

Recital at the Presbyterian Church. 

Plan new housing off Clinton Street - two being built at 62 & 64 Clinton [Grandview 


Terrace]. 9-22-1948 

Replaced at the Presbyterian Church by William Lane. 9-10-1949 

Of 72 Clinton Street. 8-1-1951 

Of 72 Clinton Street. 1-5-1953 

Sells his house at 72 Clinton Street to Ned Marandino of Sylvania. 1-8-1954 

Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Nicholson of Grandview Terrace. 1-4-1955 

Selling his home at 108 Grandview, returning to Florida. 

The Nicholsons buy back their home at 64 Clinton Street, resume operation of 


the Children's and Misses Specialty Shop. 3-27-1958 

Picture of at the Methodist's Memorial organ. 11-22-1958 

Co-owner of Children's and Misses Specialty Shop. 7-16-1960 

Former proprietor of Children's and Misses Specialty Shop. 4-19-1962 


Nicholson, Mildred B. (Mrs. Maurice) Mr. & Mrs. Nicholson to New York on a buying trip with her father Joseph N. Blodgett. 10-15-1945 

Daughter of Joseph N. and Mary Blodgett. 1-7-1947 


Will filed. 

Daughter contests the will - Elizabeth Woeller of Florida, says her mother was 


over medicated. 

Will contested again - Dr. William testifies - estate over $50,000. Case said 


closed - terms not disclosed. 



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Nicholson, Paul Storage garage at 22-24 State burns - owned by Nicholson. 12-18-1925 

Cars being moved out. 

Nicholson and Matthew Brown plan a garage for 51 Ellicott Street - L. N. Brown 


to move his car insurance office there as well. 12-24-1925 

Bert Hollenbeck and Nicholson to open the New Genesee Hotel, 18 Jackson Street. 8-23-1934 

Nickerson, Nancy (Mrs. Don) Interview with, proprietor of the D & R Railroad Station Restaurant, Leroy. 

Opened September 23, 1991. 10-19-1993 

Obit - Don Nickerson - 79. 3-8-2000 

Nic Nac Sweet Shop Has a new freezing machine - to demonstrate freezing ice cream samples. 5-8-1931 

To move from 8 Jackson to 72 Main Street. 2-25-1932 

Nicometo, Marian Completes a course at the Realty Institute - she is with the Gallery of Homes. 7-24-1979 

Forms a new company, Optimum Realty, with Robert Shell and Charles Doerflinger. 2-6-1981 

Nieman, George Among the claimants to a $20million estate. 8-17-1938 

Night Court Has its first case - held on Tuesdays. 1-11-1961 

Night School The first night school a success - 48 enroll - 8 of them girls. 1-13-1905 

New students added. 1-25-1905 

Florence Rumsey teaching at. 2-1-1905 

Closes - called a success. 3-31-1905 

To open with 33 pupils. 10-17-1905 

Sixty-three enrolled for night courses. 10-20-1905

Closes - about 45 did full course. 3-28-1906 

Opens - 94 register. 10-26-1906 

Evening classes close for the year. 3-27-1907 

Washington School proposed for. 9-20-1907 

Nine teachers for. 10-7-1907 

100 registered for. 10-23-1907 

Stanley Rice hired by the Board of Education to teach English and Polish. 12-27-1907 

Poles at are double what was expected - 25 were expected. 1-8-1908 

Closes - 135 attended. 3-25-1908 

To open October 20th. 10-3-1908 

At Washington Street School - Charles Teresi a teacher. 11-12-1908 

Last session - 145 registered. 3-24-1909 

To open. 10-21-1909 

Closed. 3-23-1910 

Open at Washington School. 10-13-1910 

114 registered for evening classes. 10-14-1910 

96 men, 82 women registered. 3-16-1911 

Opens at 7pm. 10-19-1911 

School to open. 10-4-1912 

99 registered. 10-18-1912 

Superintendent Ladd is planning evening classes. 9-24-1913 

In session. 10-17-1913 

Opens tonight. 10-20-1914 

105 enrolled. 10-21-1914 

112 registered. 10-28-1914 

Last session for the year - results fine. 3-17-1915 

Teachers named - for Washington School. 10-12-1915 

104 enrolled. 10-20-1915 

Begin. 



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Night School (cont) 120 enrolled. 11-1-1916 

Poor lighting at Washington School may close night school for awhile. 1-26-1917 

100 enroll in. 10-10-1917 

Sixteen weeks for adults. 10-9-1918 

Enrolling - for Washington and Pringle schools. 11-16-1918 

Washington Avenue session closes tonight. Pringle Avenue session Friday night. 3-10-1919 

Opens Tuesday - all sessions at the Ross Street building. 10-3-1919 

Evening pupils show a lack of interest. 1-26-1920 

To close. 110 attended - foreign students did best, others rather apathetic. 4-22-1920 

For foreigners cancelled. 9-21-1920 

60 register for - most of them under 35 years. 11-17-1921 

20 register for. 10-2-1922 

30-35 men and boys enrolled. 10-10-1922 

60 register at Pringle School, 15 women. 11-2-1922 

Classes resumed for employed young people on Bank Street. 9-12-1923 

Evening School for Americanization starts November 8th. 11-3-1923 

40 in classes at Pringle School. 9-30-1924 

55 registered in regular evening school. 10-11-1924 

54 registered in evening shop course. Jay L. Cole, director of evening school. 10-18-1924 

At Pringle closes. 4-10-1925 

F. J. Willson, instructor of evening shop classes. 10-2-1925 

Closes for season. 4-2-1926 

Starts tonight. 9-27-1926 

25 to get certificates as school ends. 4-7-1927 

Opens tonight. 9-24-1927 

School year closes. 4-6-1928 

To open Monday, September 17th. 9-12-1928

68 register. 10-1-1928 

Parents observed at. 11-21-1928 

42 registered at. 10-9-1930 

Teaching English - has 80 enrolled - closing. 3-31-1931 

To open. 10-5-1931 

35 get certificates in. 3-24-1932 

Pupils given certificates - 25 completed course. 4-17-1930 

About 50 enrolled for. 10-4-1932 

65 enroll in. 10-19-1934 

Opens with 150 enrolled. 10-20-1936 

250 now in. 10-27-1936 

15 new pupils in this semester bring the total to 100. 1-25-1938 

Classes close. 4-29-1938 

Opens Monday, October 11th. 10-11-1938 

Ten taking Driver Ed in. 3-7-1939 

Evening classes in building construction at the High School. 11-21-1946 

Evening classes offered to War Brides - Ted Day to teach. 10-17-1947 

Nigro, Jim The Daily News appoints Nigro to cover outdoor sports - picture. Articles by. 10-5-1989 

Nigro-Hill, Shirley Of 308 Washington Avenue, using her artistic skills to make life-style 

representative dolls - picture. 1-6-1993 

911 Police start use of Signal 10. 5-18-1967 

Police find the special number useful. 8-4-1967 

Police to use 911 in 1970. 11-18-1969 

Police start 911, substituted for 10. 3-13-1970 

Police cars get logo "Dial 911". 



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911 (cont) The Police Chief says the use of 911 for trivial calls may cause disuse. 8-27-1976 

County-wide E911 call number a great system - picture, outline of problems. 8-23-1989 

The Legislature authorize a letter of intent to TelCo, leading to expanded 911 calls. 9-14-1989 

Service to be expanded - calls to go to the Sheriff, Batavia Police, LeRoy Police. 

Harold R. Miller, of Erie County, proposed to help set up E911 system in Genesee 


County. 8-2-1990 

Editorial on the Emergency 911 system. 4-22-1992 

Not all County aware of 911 service - when used, is good. 

The County is happy with a year of 911 service - called "Enhanced 911 


Emergency System>" 

Discussion of bringing Police dispatch system in with the County system - 


Chief Robinson voices doubts on its wisdom. 

State proposal to help improve the state dispatch services would help the county 

no date 

upgrade 911. 3-15-2001 

999 Engine no. 999. 

Past & Present column: Last . 4-17-1909 

Past & Present column: On the run of 999 a year and a half after the first run. 

Past & Present column: on the old 999 which made a record 112½mph for 


36 miles, Charles Hogan the engineer. 

Andrew M. Clough on the record run on May 10, 1803 (sic) of 112½mph - west from 


Dullwood. C. H. Hogan the engineer - an experimental run. 6-28-1919 

Past & Present column: on 999 - Hogan recently retired. 8-21-1920 

Dewitt Clinton going through Batavia drawn by old 999 - Hogan the engineer. 7-20-1921 

Picture of two engines, by William Wakeman. 

Past & Present column: William H. Dustin compares 999 with engine of 1893. 


Wheels reduced from 7' to 5½'. 7-23-1921 

Past & Present column: on old 999. 1-20-1923

Past & Present column: on 999 - calling to mind engine 888 - a Schnectady 

engine - also a great engine. 1-2, 7-1923 

Past & Present column: On the death of Peter Wagner, fireman on the historic run. 8-4-1928 

Story of 999 and Charles Hogan to be broadcast on the radio. 5-21-1931 

John B. Elmore, firman on the famous run, dead in Buffalo. 12-9-1931 

Past & Present column: on the engine and Hogan's historic ride. 9-22-1934 

Dinner to honor Hogan - now 85. 1-16-1935 

Report on the dinner. 1-17-1985 (sic) 

Hogan drives 999 once more at Cleveland in Transportation Pageant. 

Picture of Engine 999 and Dewitt Clinton at the Batavia Station on the way to the 


World's Fair in May 1893 - info on Hogan. 5-1-1937 

Picture of Engine 999 - picture of Hogan, engineer. 11-13-1939 

Hogan's trip remembered. 5-10-1943 

Past & Present column: Old 999 now on exhibit at the Chicago Railroad Fair. 

Past & Present column: on the engine that pulled 124 loaded cars up the 


Byron grade on March 9,1915. 8-18-1951 

Old 999 towed from Rochester to Watertown for exhibition. 

Past & Present column: on old 999 - to go on permanent exhibition in Toledo. 


Its record stood for 12 years. 12-22-1951 

Old 999 on the siding at Ellicott and Center for Sequi Week - picture. 5-17-1952 

999 getting repairs in Rochester. 7-9-1953 

Picture of Engine 999. 6-18-1957 

999 to go through town at the end of a freight. 9-19-1957 

Engine 999 retiring - picture. 

Winegar learns that Hogan's speed record held for 12 years, broken by a 


Pennsylvania engineer. 6-12-1963 

Picture of Engine 999. 



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999 (cont) Winegar on the day the old 999 went through town. 3-15-1966 

Winegar quotes train speed records. 12-5-1969 

Charles Hogan, engineer. Joe Benzino, fireman - according to Wally Dawson. 

Winegar says Old 999 went through town on May 10, 1893 at a speed of 112½mph 

May 1985 

west of Corfu - the old engine is now in a museum in Chicago. 

Picture: Charles Stalnecker framed a painting by L. F. Tantillo of the old engine - 


a framed copy given to the Land Office. 

Winegar meets the researcher of the 999 run - and goes over the facts again - 


100 years ago. 

Winegar says the Post Office will remember the famous run Monday, May 10th 


with a hand cancellation stamp in the Post Office lobby. 

Nellie Compton sends Winegar a dipping that shows that John De Wolf was the 

regular engineer who drove 999 at top speed - Hogan, a protégé, happened to 


drive it on its recorded run. 5-5-1993 

Batavia celebrates old 999 and the former glory of railroading - picture. 5-8-1993 

Winegar recalls the record run by Hogan. 8-4-1997 

1921 Housebuilding boom on: Bert H. Hanley on North and Summit Street; Dr. Guy W. 

Patterson, 38 Kingsbury and 31 Kibbe Avenue; Mrs. Catherine Redmond, 

146 Summit; Nicholas Conrad, 21 Vernon; Frank C. Sawyer, 3 Kingsbury Ave.; 

Eugnia and Frances Fox, 29 Redfield Parkway. 10-19-1921 

Nioga Library System County Library service discussed. 1-13-1954 

County librarians to discuss organizing - meet at Niagara Falls. 4-22-1959 

Tri-County library service discussed. 5-14-1959 

Nioga System adopts a constitution. 10-15-1959 

Richmond Library signs a Nioga contract. 3-23-1960 

Winegar on the Nioga System. 

Director Richard M. Killian resigns - going to Sacramento Public Library - here 


since 1980. 6-20-1987 

Mary L. Brink appointed head of. 10-9-1987 

Nixon's Academy On Ellicott Street next east of church. Rev. Joseph Nixon died eight years ago. 

The building described. Moved to Medina. The also know as Grant House. 6-1-1886 

Building going down. 6-18-1886 

No License Movement See: Prohibitionists. 

Noack, Gustav Purchased land on the west side of Bank Street from E. Porter Kenyon - to 

erect a greenhouse. 11-24-1890 

Noack and Munich dissolve their partnership - Noack to take the business. 12-31-1892 

Erecting 2 new greenhouses. 8-1-1895 

Complains of the nuisance Big Ditch which runs across his property. 5-23-1901 

Complaint brings more to the Health Officer LeSeur. 5-28-1901 

Begins on contract to cover the Big Ditch west of Bank Street. 9-19-1902 

Buys a lot on Genesee Street from Trumbull Cary. 9-11-1903 

Buys 15 acres on the east side of State Street, called Tompkins' Farm. 10-30-1903 

To Germany by North American Line. 12-19-1903 

Puts plants in Court House Park. 6-12-1909 

Plans to build on Richmond Avenue west of the State School. 4-4-1911 

Marries Adelaide C. Bye of Rochester. 8-28-1911 

Erecting 2 greenhouses, pulling down the old ones - to be steel and glass. 8-6-1914 

Bought a location for greenhouses from Porter Kenyon 25 years ago today. 11-20-1915 

Ad: Noack's Greenhouse, carnations 75¢ a dozen. 4-5-1918 



Noack, Gustav (cont) Sells half interest in his Florist business to Fred Walter of LeRoy - to be called 

Noack & Walter. 11-17-1921 

Walter ill, partnership dissolved. 11-24-1922 

Fire at Noack's destroys the buildings exposing the floors. 3-27-1923 

Quick work saved part of the stock - to rebuild. 3-29-1923 

Fire loss $10,000. 5-17-1923 

Opening shop at 104 Main. 

When Noack started 48 years ago there were three other florists in the village - 


Bleyer, Quirk, and Williams. All places torn down now. 8-21-1939 

Slips on gravel in the rain, hurts his leg. 11-4-1955 

Obit. Born in Darmstadt, Germany, May 29, 1864. Always called "Gus." 7-15-1957 

Noack, Mrs. Gustav (Adelaide Bye) Obit - leaves two children: Norman and Elsa. 10-4-1915 

Noack, Norman Completes Army duty. 10-25-1962 


Obit - Mrs. Frances C. (Norman) - 85. 3-21-2000 

Noack, Norman R. Obit - Norman (Gus) Noack. 12-20-1976 

Asks for a permit to expand. 7-28-1980 

J. Shull to operate the new sales room for. 9-19-1980 

Asks for a permit to put a beauty shop in the florist sales room. 11-15-1982 

Noack's Greenhouse The family business to be run by Mr. & Mrs. Norman Noack. 5-26-1977 

Picture of Noack's flowers. 12-20-1977 

Norman Noack and the Greenhouse - picture. 1-15-1979 

Noack asks for a permit to build a sales building on Bank. 7-28-1980 

Juanita Shull to open a retail store. 9-19-1980 

Shull moves to East Main Street. no date 

Noack's advertising "since 1896." 5-1-1987

Called Bank Street Greenhouses in an ad in a Special Section on the Elderly. 

(No longer owned by Noack?) 5-21-1994 

Operated for more than a year by James and Pat Crocker - now called Bank 

Street Greenhouses. The Crockers apply for a permit to enlarge and replace 

the office. 10-20-1994 

The Pennysaver says the Tony Scalia owns. December 1996 

Ad: Scalia's Greenhouse and Garden Center, formerly Noack's, 143 Bank Street. 4-5-1997 

Noah's Ark Noah's Ark Co. leases 206 East Main Street from Mancusos - now occupied by 

National Clothing. 8-13-1935 

Files for protection fro creditors on July 21st - the creditors listed. 8-16-1966 

Mrs. Philips retires from. 4-20-1968 

Batavia Noah's Ark a part of a chain purchased by National Accessories of Utica. 5-10-1972 

National Auto Center - to open at 206 East Main Street - Paul Starowitz, manager. 7-5-1972 

Noah's Reign Rock group. 

Bill Hume, Ron Rantz, Tommy Murrow, and Billy Blare start a new rock group - 


Local rock group to release its second CD. Bassist, Bill Hume; guitarist, Ron Yantz; 

drummer, Tommy Murrow; lead singer, Billy Blare; guitarist, Greg Brennan. 8-26-1999 

Noatman, Franklin S. Bard of Mud Valley - North Java. 7-27-1921 

Poem from the "Bard of Mud Valley." 7-27-1923 

Past & Present column: on the "Bard of North Java" - with a sample. 5-7-1921 

Past & Present column: Poem from F. S. Noatman of North Java. 



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Noatman, Franklin S. (cont) Column of Noatman with poems. 1-11-1923 

Picture and poem. 7-27-1923 

Poem by. 8-11-1923 

Turns 68 tomorrow. Blind and in poor health - at RFD 4, Silver Springs. 7-30-1920 

Nob Hill Children are guests at a party at on Clinton Street. Alan Robbins, co-owner. 5-20-1955 

Nob Hill Amusement Area on Clinton Street opening - free rides. 

Bill Collett and Nubby Haufner lease Nob Hill on Clinton Street - driving range, 


miniature golf, eatery. 4-5-1959 

Nobby Clothes Shop Joseph W. Greentaner and James Frongeta lease a shop at 2 State for a clothes 

shop. 4-30-1928 

Name "Nobby Clothes" chosen for the shop. 5-5-1928 

Nobles, Clayton W. Mrs. Nobles attacked during the time a Wild West Show was in town - a man lured 

her husband away and came to the front door. Living on a farm on West Main 

Road - Redfield farm. 5-29-1912 

Mrs. Nobles identifies Harvey J. Merrill as her attacker. 5-30-1912 

Trial of Harvey Merrill. 3-8-1913 

Merrill not convicted - hung jury. 3-11-1913 

Roland Nobles marries Dorothy M. Bly. 11-9-1933 

Dead at 84. Married Margery Garrett in about 1900. 

Margery Nobles, a correspondent for the News for 25 years, moved to Prospect 


Avenue in Attica - to son Roland C. Nobles'. 1-31-1967 

Mrs. Nobles in Batavia Nursing Home. 1982 

Obit - Margery Nobles. 1-7-1986 

Nobles, Newton L. Dead of apoplexy. 1-29-1902 

St. Mary's to take the Nobles homestead. no date 

The first service for St. Mary's to be in the Nobles house, now remodeled. 1-7-1906 

Nobles house fitted for worship. 1-31-1906

Nobles, Norton Obit. 9-20-1916 

Nobles, Ralph Buys the milk route of Herman J. Darguisch. 2-6-1911 

Nobles, Richard The Nobles family owns the Sport of Kings Restaurant. Nobles has proposed that 

he lease Mancuso Ice Arena and run it. 4-27-1993 

Writes a letter to the Editor delineating the terms of his proposal. 5-19-1993 

Gets a tentative OK to run the arena. 9-17-1993 

Nobles, Robert A brother was Whitey Nobles. 

On South Main Street in real estate - from Herb Redshaw. 

Mrs. Wallace Stakel a sister to. 

Mr. & Mrs. Nobles married 50 years - picture (11 South Main Street.) 2-13-1950 

Nobles, dean of realtors, dead at 86. 8-27-1960 

Nobles Feed and Grain Store 8 Main Street. 

A. W. Graves of Akron bought Robert Nobles' business. 3-8-1906 

Nobles Rolling Mill Ready for grinding. 1-7-1885 

Starting after several days of repairs. 

A. M. Wilson leases Nobles Mill - who has retired due to poor health (Wilson 

2-29-1888 

Nobles' son-in-law.) 9-30-1901 


Nobles' estate to run the mill - C. W. Nobles, a nephew, in charge. 



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Nobles Rolling Mill (cont) Mrs. Nobles sold the mill property on Evans Street to George Colguhoun and 

James Walduff -- Colguhoun conducted a mill at Pembroke. 

Mrs. Nobles rented the mill to George P. Leet - has been run by Colguhoun 


and Waldouff. 

Mrs. Nobles sell the mill to Mrs. Florence B. Wallace of Erie, PA. To be managed 


by F. A. McLellan, brother of Mrs. Wallace. 1-25-1904 

The Evans Street Mill is shutdown - owned by Mrs. Florence A. Wallace. 3-22-1905 

Owned by F. A. McLellan to house Buffalo Horse and Dairy Feed Company. 7-29-1905 

Sold to Roberts Brothers. 11-11-1909 

Nohlen, Capt. John State Police Aide now heads Troop A. 7-18-1962 

Nohlen retiring. 12-11-1969 

Noise Several motorists arrested as noise menace. 

Anti-noise law - tentative - to ban loud radios after 11pm, auto, and motorcycles 


at the Fair Grounds. 9-8-1938 

Trains tooting protested. 5-2-1950 

John Miceli circulates a petition to silence trains. 9-14-1950 

Committee, Council made a new protest about train whistles. 9-26-1950 

The Council ratifies a noise ordinance. 10-17-1950 

Anti-noise ordinance adopted. 11-7-1950 

Anti-noise edict to be used against trucks. 11-21-1950 

Noise at GLF - Ellicott, Liberty - complaint. 11-6-1951 

Noise is the night use of a corn drier - the Council to discuss. 11-8-1951 

Anti-noise agitation brings the shutdown of GLF midnight to 6am. 11-16, 17-1956 

More on GLF corn-drier noise. 

The Council updates, states more clearly, the former measure intended to reduce 


city noise, such as power tools, barking dogs, loud music. 8-10-1999 

Nolan, Dr. James Picture of, the new Health Commissioner - for Genesee and Wyoming Counties. 

His wife has a school contract in Manlius as the school psychiatrist. Four 

children in Manlius. 8-3-1962

Heads Mental Health. March 1963 

Still the County Health Commissioner. 7-12-1965 

Resigns the Health Department. 8-4-1967 

Supervisors express regrets. 9-7-1967 

Opening an office at 22 Summit. 1-19-1968 

Resumes practice, home from Africa - picture. 1-6-1969 

Appointed to the State University College at Geneseo. 9-19-1969 

Dead at 57 in Geneseo. 1-14-1970 

Nolan, Mrs. James (Barbara) Of LeRoy, takes a post as staff at Geneseo - psychology. 

Grace Donohue says Mrs. Nolan was not the sister of Frederic March, as Mary 

Ryan said, but his niece. Mrs. Donohue worked for the brother of March in 

New York when her husband was overseas. The family name was Bickel 

and she worked for John M. Bickel. Frederick March took as stage name a 

variation of his mother's name, Marcher. The Bickels all lived in Racine, and 

Barbara Bickel came from Racine. Her mother still lived there. Barbara 

Bickel was later on, a professor at Brockport. The children of Frederick March 


and his wife were adopted. 2-12-1983 

Nonsense Club Past & Present column: on, of 1853. 1-28-1939 



Noonan, David To the Peace Corp in Pakistan. 10-6-1964 

Gets an engineering degree at U of R. 6-11-1964 

Picture of, to the Peace Corps. 6-30-1964 

Noonan, Millard T. In the broad jump at BHS. 5-22-1933 

Admitted to the bar. 10-7-1938 

Joins Darch & Noonan. 6-6-1939 

Marries Elizabeth Schaefer. 5-31-1940 

Given a legal post with the Army in Rochester. 8-24-1942 

Joining Darch & Noonan. 12-27-1947 

Replaces Slocum as head of GOP. 9-18-1950 

Now legal aide to his brother Robert, on the Supreme Court bench. 1-12-1953 

Appointed State Bar Aide. 12-21-1960 

Credited with persuading Treadway to choose Batavia. 1-13-1961 

Head of the Charter Revision Committee. 7-1-1964 


Noonan, Nancy (Mrs. Robert C.) The executive officer for Trocaire Place, and during leasing. June 1995 

Noonan, Richard J. Marries Clara Leona Miller. 9-6-1905 

To retire after 45 years with the Post Office. 10-28-1950 

Honored on his retirement. 11-21-1950 


Tribute. 5-28-1965 

Noonan, Robert C. To attend school in Europe. 6-11-1966 

Passes the bar exam. 12-5-1975 

Seeking the District Attorney office. 

Serving as DA under a picture of his uncle, in the office his father held - picture. 


Elected DA, November 1987. 

Reviews the Restivo case of 1982, now up for retrial - Zimmerman's death 


delaying it - picture of Noonan. 9-11-1993 

Speaks on the justice system - picture. 5-31-1995

District Attorney criticized for softening the sentence of arsonist Kohorst. 1-30-1996 

Speaks at the YWCA on abuse in the home - picture. 10-10-1996 

Ends 9 years as DA - takes the oath as County Judge from Glenn Morton. 12-31-1996 

Becomes Genesee County Judge - picture. Admitted to the bar in 1976. Began 

private practice in 1976 and became assistant to then District Attorney Ronald 

Fancher. First assistant to Fancher 1980 - 1987. Became District Attorney 

in 1988. Sworn in by Morton. 1-2-1997 

New District Attorney, to be replaced by Griffith of Wyoming County for six months, 

to avoid Noonan's conflict of interest. 1-8-1997 

Unveils a portrait of his uncle Robert E. in the new court house - picture. 12-11-1997 

Noonan, Robert E. Law student at the University of Buffalo. 9-17-1928 

Passes the bar exams - graduated UB Law School in June. 8-18-1931 

Joins William J. Darch as an associate. 9-12-1932 

Marries Helen Stull. 5-1-1935 

Chosen Director of the National Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). 

Seeking DA post. With William Darch since 1932. Had years of apprenticeship 

in Buffalo with Falk, Philips, Twelvetrees & Falk. Graduated BHS in 1923. 

Took PG course - then pre-legal course at Conesus. Graduated UB Law 

School in June, 1931. Two weeks later passed the bar exam. Admitted to 


the bar in June, 1932. 6-24-1937 

Honored as National Jaycees president. 



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Noonan, Robert E. (cont) Darch and Noonan form a partnership. 3-5-1938 

Incident in which Noonan charged Mrs. Buchholtz owed him $5,000 reported. 8-23-1938 

Allowed $250 for legal services to Mrs. Buchholtz. 9-23-1938 

President of the State Jaycees. 10-2-1939 

Chosen Outstanding Young Man. 1-26-1940 

Chosen JC's Outstanding Young Man of the Year. 1-26-1940 

The new Chamber of Commerce president. 3-3-1944 

On the committee to revise the State Education Department. 6-21-1945 

Nominated for the Supreme Court - picture. 8-31-1948 

Chosen to be a Supreme Court judge. 11-3-1948 

Honored on his Supreme Court election. 1-15-1949 

Assembly discusses a library for. 2-2-1949 

Opens the Supreme Court session - picture. 2-7-1949 

Salary raised to $23,000. 4-28-1949 

Heart attack. no date 

Resumes his duties - after a heart attack last spring. 8-28-1952 

Among those drawing up a new court plan - also Wallace Stakel. 11-4-1957 

Meeting the Bar Association to outline proposed changes in the court system. 2-3-1959 

New office space for in the County Building. 5-15-1959 

To serve on the Appellate bench in NYC. 5-16-1960 

On Batavia as a community of opportunity. 3-18-1961 

Gets a 3rd term. 5-29-1961 

Lawyers honor Noonan. 4-4-1962 

Honored - picture. 5-1-1962 

Gets a new term on the bench. 9-21-1962 

Picture of Noonan and his family. 9-22-1962 

Takes oath - picture. 12-29-1962 

Approves reorganization of the court system. 2-26-1963 

The Governor names Noonan to the Appellate Court. 9-9-1963 

The Governor gives Noonan a 5 year term - earlier appointment was temporary. 12-17-1963 

Honored by the Buffalo Lawyer's Club. 2-22-1964 

Obit. Editorial on. 5-28-1965 


Picture of Noonan's funeral - report on. 6-1-1965

The Court honors Noonan. 6-8-1965 

Portrait unveiled in the new Court House. 12-11-1997 

Noonan, Suzanne Gets a law degree. Daughter of Robert E. Noonan. Winegar column. 7-6-1982 

Noonan, Justice T. H. Buffalo lawyer. 1-20-1927 

Noonan, Thomas R. To become manager of the Ft. Lauderdale office of Hornblower, Weeks, 

Hemphill, Noyes, Inc. 7-26-1976 

Noonan Drive A street planned to run east from Oak Street to meet Clinton Street on the south 

side city dump. 9-14-1960 

Named to honor Robert E. Noonan. 2-13-1968 

Noonan, Hughes and Mahoney Hughes joins Darch and Noonan. 

Owner of a site on the corner of Main and Court Streets. May build. Award a 


contract to Manning, Squires and Henning. 3-17-1964 

Picture of the ground breaking. 4-1-1964 

The firm dissolved. Will operate separately using offices in the same building. 5-3-1973 

Noonan, Yunker and Friedman Lawrence Friedman leaves the law firm to act as District Attorney full time. 1-2-1997 



Norban's Leases the former Market Basket store. 1-9-1957 

Grand Opening, 10am Saturday. 2-21-1957 

Picture of the crowd outside. 2-25-1957 

Denies rumor that it's closing. 1-21-1958 

Reopens after redecorating. 10-10-1969 

Closes without notice April 24th. 4-28-1981 

Norcutt, Alfonso Norcutt and his wife feted on retirement. 

Past & Present column: on Norcutt who rescued two boys from drowning in 


the gravel pit 40 years ago. 6-4 or 5-1926 


Obit - Pauline Norcutt Parsons. 2-9-1933 

Obit - Mrs. Norcutt. 2-16-1933 

Norcutt, Clara E. To Chicago to study as a pastor's assistant. 9-1-1906 

Adopted by Indians. 3-22-1926 

L. H. Schultz buys Norcutt's home. Norcutt to Florida with her nephew. 

Honored by church for mission work. Traveled to inspect missions in the US 


and Puerto Rico. 2-19-1958 

Dies in Florida - 85. 12-1-1964 

Norfold Packing Co. To open a fruit, oysters, and canned goods place - Daileys Block. 1-29-1895 

At 30 Main Street. 1-30-1895 

Norman-Don Grill (Normanton Grill?) 

Norman Wiegand and Don J. Buckley to open at 41 Jackson Street. 

Operated by Donald J. Buckley at 41 Jackson Street, closed - equipment to be 


sold. 3-16-1938 

Norman's House of Flowers Itjen(?) opens at 312 West Main - to live above the shop. 3-10-1965 

Itjen to give a program. 3-2-1962 

Itjen to talk to the Falconettes. 4-30-1966 

To present a program. 3-13-1967 

Norris, Bessie To become the principal at East School on the retirement of Martha Ferry. 6-14-1933

Has an operation in Schenectady Hospital - Doris Peard the interim principal. 1-3-1944 

Returns to work. 3-21-1944 

Home from the hospital. 

To retire in 1955. Came here from Poughkeepsie in 1930. Has been the 


principal of East School since 1933. 6-9-1954 

Retiring - picture. 5-25-1955 


Norris, Frank Trietley on - an amputee. 8-8-1953 

Norris, Melton B. Wins a Chevrolet car donated by 9 Batavia Merchants. 

Hired as an Industrial Arts teacher in Akron, NY. Graduated BHS in 1930. Oswego 

Normal in 1931. Did pattern work at Doehler's, also at Climax - briefly at 


F. E. Mason when he retired working at Graham Mfg. Co. 6-6-1938 

Norris and Bierce, Real Estate Fred E. Norris opens Norris Addition for the building - map. 6-3-1903 

Norris Addition New division offered for building - Map. Norris Avenue, Hart Street, Douglas, 

and Denio Street. Fred E. Norris - of Norris & Bierce. 6-3-1903 



Norstar Bank Liberty National Bank. 

First National Rumor say the National Bank of Genesee to use the basement and first floor of 

Liberty National Bank a building going up on the Fish property. 1-7-1887 

Norstar Bancorp of Albany Closing as a national bank. To reorganize as a State bank - Bank of Genesee. 6-2-1888 

Samuel Parker of Elba is the new president. 4-22-1898 

W. S. Beardsley of Poughkeepsie is making plans to modernize the bank. 6-10-1903 

Being remodeled. 

Completely reorganized (description of the interior), Samuel Parker, president. 


Arrangements practically complete. 1-16-1904 

To become a member of the Federal Reserve. 1-23-1914 

History of - pictures. 

Buys the building at 94 Main from the Holden Heirs - in the Smith family for almost 


100 years. 2-10-1915 

Tenants at 94 Main asked to move. 10-28-1916 

Member of the Federal Reserve System. 11-30-1917 

Buys the Walker Building, 100-102-104 Main from Raymond Walker. 2-13-1922 

Gives a contract to rebuild 100 Main to Laur and Mack of Niagara Falls. 9-6-1923 

Wall collapses during rebuilding - tenants above move out. 11-25-1923 

Sixty years old. 

Business to continue during rebuilding - the store to the east to be razed - 


R. N. Reed Construction. 4-11-1924 

Scaffolding removed, reveals a beautiful marble front. 4-14-1924 

Building ready. 8-26-1924 

Page on history - pictures. 8-29-1924 

Picture of the bank vault. 8-30-1924 

Judge Edward A. Washburn, president. January 1928 

Expanding into the north-west corner of the building. 6-16-1928 

George W. Peck, Chairman. 1-10-1934 

Edward P. Atwater, president. 

Opened June 7, 1864 following a trip to Washington by George Bowen the 

previous February. He was a lawyer and at that time postmaster. Opened 

with capital of $50,000. Opened in a store east end of the Eagle Tavern. Has 

been in several locations on the north side of Main Street before it moved to 

its present location. Presidents: Reuben H. Farnham (only for a few days); 

Tracy Pardee, June 28, 1864; L. C. McIntire, August 1, 1883; Samuel Parker, 

April 21, 1898; Edward A. Washburn, August 30, 1927; Edward P. Atwater, 


November 19, 1934 (November 26, 1934). 8-10-1937 

Harold Johnson, teller, admits he embezzled $2,290. 4-24-1942 

Johnson gets one year and a day. 4-27-1942 

Picture of in 1882 (Liberty Bank) and 1952 (First National Bank). 

Trietley on the Liberty merger. History back to 1864. Two pages of pictures of 


the bank. 7-29-1954 

John S. Nugent retires. Richard Kogle elected vice-president. 1-11-1956 

Picture. 1-18-1957 

First National buys 7 banks - for possible expansion. 4-17-1957 

Picture: First National Bank. 1-17-1958 

Picture: First National Bank, 100 Main. 7-9-1958 

Getting a clock. 10-27-1960 

First National Bank and Liberty Bank to merge - plans only. 3-6-1962 

Liberty and First National merger approved. 11-9-1962 

Picture of Atwater, a Director. Picture of other officers. 1-9-1963 

Merger now complete. 1-11-1963 

Ad with pictures. 1-14-1963 

Liberty Bank and Trust Co. applies for a permit to become a national bank. 3-16-1963 

Expanding into the area closed by Stroh's Florist shop. 



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Norstar Bank Given a permit to add at $75,000. 8-16-1963 

First National Picture of a historical mural in. 3-2-1964 

Liberty National Bank Now part of a state-wide holding company including Chase Manhattan Anti 

Norstar Bancorp of Albany Trust Co., E. Perry Spink, president of Liberty, the force behind the merger. 7-16-1964 

(cont) Razing the Owens house on Bank Street as a site for a drive-in bank. 8-19-1964 

Starts banking by TV-drive-in picture. 4-7-1965 

Liberty and Chase to join. 10-21-1965 

Liberty to merge with Banker's Trust Company of New York. 8-17-1966 

Merger of Liberty wit the State Bank of Albany planned. 2-10-1971 

Proposes to expand. 3-6-1973 

Gautiri to build a drive-in for. 10-30-1973 

Sketch of the new drive-in. 12-21-1973 

Buying property on Bank Street for a Drive-in bank. 4-19-1974 

Sketch of the proposed drive-in. 4-12, 14-1975 

Picture of the drive-in banking booth. 11-13-1975 

Picture of the Liberty drive-in - recently enlarged. First opened in November, 1975. 4-29-1976 

Sketch of the proposed Liberty Bank. 7-20-1976 

A permit given to Liberty Bank to build on the corner of Main and Bank Streets. 10-30-1976 

Picture of Liberty - due for demolition. 11-13-1976 

Sketch of the proposed bank - ready to build. 11-22-1976 

Picture of the start of the new bank - Gautieri building. 3-22-1977 

New bank going up - picture. 7-29-1977 

Grand opening. 9-19-1977 

Picture of the new bank ribbon cutting. 9-27-1977 

Picture of the demolition of the old building. 10-26-1977 

Demolition crew trying to remove the vault from the old building. 

Charles N. Hunt being replaced by Robert A. Randaccio as vice-president in 


charge of the Batavia office. 

Liberty Bank acquired, along with Securities, NY which owns it, and Genesee 

Country Bank by Norstar Bancorp of Albany. Norstar takes over Securities, NY 

State Corp. for $105million. Security owns Genesee County Bank in Batavia 

and LeRoy. Norstar owns Liberty National Bank & Trust Co. in Batavia and 

Oakfield. Has received permission to take Northeast Bankshare. Norstar now 


the top … of Portland Maine, $100million. 

Liberty and Security New York State Corp. shifting ownership of branch banks to 

avoid overlap. The Oakfield branch sold by Liberty to Central Trust. Genesee 

Country Bank in Attica by Security to Bank Warsaw. Warsaw branch sold to 


the Bank of Castile. The branch at 408 E. Main Street to Central Trust Co. 

Branch in the Genesee Country Mall to Central Trust Co. Attica not changed. 

Due to Norstar Bankcorp of Albany acquiring Security NYS a holding company 

which is parent of Genesee Country Bank LeRoy and sever other affiliates. 9-9-1983 

Liberty joins Metroteller - good at 264 locations in Western New York. 4-18-1984 

Liberty Norstar Bank and Security Norstar Bank combining some services. The 

name to be Norstar Bank N. A. 11-16-1985 

Norstar Bancorp and Keycorp are in a race to gobble up small banks across 

the land. 9-24-1986 

Norstar Banks of Rochester and of Buffalo to merge in September - become 

Fleet Bank with over $8.8billion deposits. 4-1-1992 

Fleet Bank of New England and Norstar Bank of NY to merge after 5 years of 

working together - to be Fleet - full page. 6-20-1992 

See: Fleet Bank. 

North, Monroe S. To open a photography supply store, 46 Main Street. 

Sells talking-machine store, now in part of the George P. Thomas & Brothers 


store, 46 Main Street, to Henry J. Thomas, member of the firm. 



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North, Monroe S. (cont) William Russell leaving for show circuit with manager, Monroe North. 12-7-1905 

Compiling a theater guide to the US and Canada. 8-8-1907 

Of East Main to New York. 7-22-1909 

In charge of the American Multigraph Co. of Albany. 11-18-1909 

Home after 3 months in Bermuda. 

Instructor in watercolor - Woodstock, NY - at summer school of Arts Students 


League. 7-29-1912 

Pictures on exhibit. 2-22-1913 

Employed by Scientific Plant Food Co. in Buffalo. 11-20-1914 

North and Marie L. Miner (married?). 5-13-1915 

In 1915, of Portland, ME - father's obit. 5-24-1915 

Mrs. Monroe North and son Safford, of Delmar, NY, visiting. 6-13-1918 

In Hartford, CT. 11-21-1924 

Illustrator of an article on restoration of the Acropolis for New York Times. 8-26-1929 

Dead at 46 - in advertising - in Pittsfield, MA. One son; Safford North. 

Noah North was a great-uncle of Monroe and Robert - uncle of Safford North. 

Antiques Magazine 


North, Noah Winegar on, early painter. The Land Office has a Noah North portrait. 

Article in Antiques Magazine in the Land Office. Noah North: A pioneer in 


Alexander in 1808. Sons: James A. and Eben North. 

Picture of portraits by North on display at the Mem. Art Gallery in Rochester - 

no date 

info on. 

Noah North the third of 8 children born to Thetis and Lancelot (Lot) North in the 

wilderness near Batavia (Later Alexander). Father a farmer. Noah served in 

the War of 1812. Delegate from Alexander to a convention of Anti-Masonic 

young men - then 23. It may be that Van Renselair Hawkings gave painting 

lessons in Alexander. It is believed that Noah North had completed 10 paintings 

by 1833. Portraits - mainly of people recently deceased. Painted in Cleveland 

and Cincinnati. In Darien, he married Ann C. Williams. In 1842 he moved to 

Mount Morris - advertised the he painted houses and signs. In the late 1850s 

he returned to Darien. Was Justice of the Peace there for ten years. His 28 

year old son Volney died in 1873. Noah died in Attica on June 15, 1880 at 70. 


A brother of James A. North. A nephew of Safford North. no date 

North, Oliver Speaks in support of candidate John Regan, Jr. at the Sheraton. 9-28-1990 

North, Robert Home after a tour with Glee and Mandolin Club of Cornell University. 12-30-1901

With Green & Wick of Buffalo. 6-15-1903 

To Ithaca for a summer course. 7-6-1903 

To receive a medal for architecture. 6-6-1905 

Honored on graduation. 6-22-1905 

Takes a position with Green & Wicks in Buffalo. 9-14-1905 

To design St. James Church. 3-9-1906 

Filling in as instructor at Cornell. 5-15-1906 

Made a full professor at Cornell. 5-19-1906 

To France to study architecture. 6-9-1906 

Joining Townsend & Fleming of Buffalo in the Prudential Building. 6-18-1907 

Here checking on work at St. James Episcopal. 6-6-1908 

Masons in Batavia accept North's design for a new Temple. 8-15-1908 

Marries Gladys Miller. 12-31-1908 

Plans a $450,000 school for Buffalo. 7-18-1909 

Buys a lot on Saybrook Avenue in Buffalo. 8-23-1909 

Designing a home for Edward H. Leadley, Batavia. 10-5-10909 

Mrs. Robert North and son Robert visiting S. E. North. 



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North, Robert (cont) Preparing plans for building a cold storage plant on the Wheelworks site. Also 

preparing plans for C. H. Teicher (same). 

The children of Robert North baptized at St. James: Robert, Jr.; Mary Anna; 


William. 6-2-1913 

Elected Secretary of the Buffalo chapter of the American Institute of Architecture. 10-30-1913 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert North of East Aurora, NY. 11-28-1914 

Has been engaged in War work in Washington - returns to East Aurora. 12-11-1918 

To be judge for Albright art show. 4-9-1919 

A member of the new faculty School of Architecture, Cornell U. 8-24, 28-1920 

A director of the Buffalo chapter of the American Institute of Architecture. 1-12-1923 

Norths home from England and Wales. 8-15-1925 

Paintings by North in exhibit at the Carl Bredemeier Gallery, 140 Delaware Ave. 11-18-1932 

on the children of. 

Retired from architectural firm during World War II and never returned. Lived in 


East Aurora. Shelgren at GCC Conf. 

Obit in East Aurora - 85. Among 2 favorite churches: St. James in Batavia and 

no date 

St. Matthias Episcopal in East Aurora. Painted most of his life. 5-4-1968 

North, Mrs. Robert Obit. Four children: Robert; Mary Anna; William; Audrey. 4-2-1930 

North, Safford Judge North retires - passes keys on to Judge Washburn. 

Judge and Mrs. North buy the H. N. Wright place at 316 East Main Street. To 


replace the present house with a new one. Sold 15 Summit to G. F. Ogden. 

J. L. Uphill moving the Wright house at 316 East Main to the corner of Colorado 


and Harvester. Mrs. North to build. 3-15-1902 

Architect M. L. Granger completes plans for the North house at 316 East Main St. 5-16-1902 

John Glade to build the North house. 

Judge North began to practice law 35 years ago in the rear room over the First 


National Bank, across the hall from the present office. 5-27-1913 

Dead at 63 - picture. 5-24-1915 

Mrs. Safford North of 316 East Main. 9-10-1915 

North, Mrs. Safford (Cora Griswold) Obit. Sons: Robert; Monroe S., died in 1933. Sister: Harriet Griswold died in 1895. 3-11-1940 

North American Auto Association Moving from 214 East Main Street to 74 Main - former AM & M Clothing. 7-18-1967 

North American Insurance The City chosen for the first office in the state. 1-30-1964 

North American Philips Corp. See: Philips.

Purchaser Sylvania Electric. 

North American Van Lines Opens an office at 345 West Main, branch of George M. Clancey Carting 

of Rochester. 5-1-1984 

North East Laundry Firm from LeRoy buys Batavia Laundry. 

Sallome Heating buys the building of Batavia Laundry at 249 West Main. NEL to 

use the front as before - Sallome the rear. (Has consolidated the laundry 


business). 2-7-1952 

Lee loses control of the LeRoy place to the manager. 3-12-1953 

Opening in LeRoy - full page ad. 8-1-1956 

Northgate Methodists See: Free Methodists. 

North Pointe Drive Harrower proposal to build Town Houses in an area off Naramore approved - 

given name. 



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North Spruce Apartments Picture: Progress of. 6-7-1969 

To be sold to settle the mortgage. 7-14-1970 

North Spruce Street Bids asked for the extension of water and sewer lines to. 

James Deni to build at #201; Karl Reiss to build at #211; Charles Artman to build 


at #202. 

The first permit is out for building on - on Frank Papa filled in land (Heather 


Enterprises to build). 

Picture of ground breaking at the North Spruce Apartments. North Spruce 


Apartment Inc., Frank Shumway, president. 1-16-1969 

North Star Stock Farm On Bank Street. 2-17-1904 

North Street The Council buys property east of Spruce Street from James Reilly to extend 

North Street. 1-5-1954 

Picture of the house at 109 North for sale. 6-27-1958 

New section of North Street - Ross to Vine - getting a final surface. 8-17-1965 

The Council votes to extend North Street to the east. 4-30-1974 

Picture of, east of Vine. 7-16-1974 

The Council votes to make North Street and North Street Extension one street. 

North Street residents protest unsupervised use of open space at the end of as 


a picnic area. 5-16-1984 

Northern Boulevard Seventy homes planned by Tri-County Homes of Perry - pre-cut homes - for. 3-5-1951 

Permit given for a home on. 5-9-1951 

Model home - pre-fab - built by Tri-County Homes, now ready. 5-31-1951 

Plans for the extension, North Spruce Street to the Planning Board. 5-26-1960 

Northern Demolition Low bidder on 15 parcels in the Urban Renewal area. 10-13-1971 

UR gives Northern contract. 10-14-1971 

To raze houses on Bank Street. 1-8-1975 

Northrup, Clarence A. Of 45 Washington Avenue, to build homes on Rupp extension - west side of Oak 

Street. To sell on the installment plan. Also building seven on Spink Avenue. 

Northrup and W. Spink buy the Rand factory on Harvester - to make concrete 


and brick for building. 2-7-1907 

An architect for Spink Avenue, broke his leg when a horse fell on him. 

Batavia Lumber Co. sues Northrup for the price of lumber used on Spink Avenue, 


Colorado Avenue, etc. 4-24-1909

Northrup, Eugene Marries Jean Annabel Hart. 

Northrup and Merton C. Putney buy the grocery at 225 Washington from 


Earl L. Downey. 3-1-1948 

Northrup, G. W. Harold To open a Lincoln-Mercury agency at 405 West Main Street temporarily - will 

take 385 West Main. 12-23-1946 

Obit - former Lincoln-Mercury dealer - aged 67. 10-31-1960 

Northrup, Harry Closes the Do-Nut Shop at 10 State Street - moving to ? 7-28-1938 

Northrup, Julia (Mrs. John A.) Sale of household goods of - 315 East Main Street. Orin S. Pratt - her son-in-law 

once operated a grocery at 55 Main Street. He married Julia. Past & Present 

column. 7-21-1917 

Sold to C. D. Harris, who moves from 24 Ross. 2-28-1920 



Northrup, Leo Of Dunkirk, to reopen his doughnut shop on State Street as Leo's Do-Nut Shop. 1-10-1939 

North, Safford Judge spoke at White Retirement dinner. 1-23-1911 

Judge spoke at the Lawyer's Club of Buffalo. 11-19-1914 

County History by North out this week. 

Won the first scholarship to the first class at the age of 16. Born January 27, 1852 

- so he entered Cornell in 1868 (From Biography section: North). Married 

Cora M. Griswold. Three sons: Robert, born November 19, 1882; Alfred 

8-15-1899 

Safford, born 1884, died 1885; Monroe, born April 21, 1887. no date 

Northrup, W. Harold Former auto dealer dead at 67. 10-31-1960 

Northrup Motor Sales 385 West Main Street - opens 2 pages of pictures. G. W. Harold W. Northrup - 

Lincoln-Mercury. 11-21-1947 

New Lincoln-Mercury dealer. Ad: 385 West Main Street - picture. 10-14-1956 

Northrup System Clarence A. Northrup and W. S. Spink buy the Rand factory on Harvester Avenue - 

to make the building blocks of cement and brick. 2-7-1907 

Northrup and Hart Buy the Red & White Grocery at Ross Street from Carl Schmitt. 6-17-1950 

Northside Grocery Earl L. Downey and Joseph Lambert buy the grocery at Bank and North Streets 

from Leon C. Taylor. Leon Taylor and his sister Mrs. Clara Taylor ran it for 

many years. 3-1-1948 

Lambert sells the grocery at North and Bank to Earl L. Downey. 

Robert Platten buys the grocery - wife Anne Longobarde to run it as it has been 


in the past. Lamberts operated it for 27 years. 4-2-1947 

Norton, Clarence J. Obit - 76. Son: Earl C. Norton. 5-24-1943 

Norton, Donald Cited to the Air Force Academy. 1-31-1959 

Norton, Earl C. Obit - contractor (Norton & Putnam builders) - at 77. Son: Wesley E. Norton; 

Mrs.. Louis Uptegroup; Mrs. Walter Brewer. 2-6-1950 

Obit - Mrs. Earl C. Norton. 8-11-1950 

Norton, Earl L. Obit. Brothers: Arthur; Stuart; Robert; Wilson. Sisters: Ruth Westcott; Beatrice 

Norton. Son of John and Carrie Granger Norton. His wife Dorothy Meach 

Norton died in 1978. 11-24-2000 

Norton, Floyd Sixteen years old, practically scalped in a brush with a train. 10-24-1901

Norton, Lt. H. J. Picture, information on. 9-16-1924 

Norton, James E. Plumbing Supplies. On Ellicott Street before Urban Renewal. Moved to Evans 

Street ahead of Urban Renewal. In March 1980 Hunting Company. 

Taking 51 Ellicott Street - replacing James Pettenella. 

Asks for a narrow strip behind 53 Ellicott Street - now held by the City for parking - 


Page site - wants to expand. 10-1947 

To build at 46 Tracy Avenue. 

Sells 49-53 Ellicott Street to the Urban Renewal Agency for $31,500. Moving 


to the Winkstern Building on Evans street. 1-6-1967 

Dead at 71. The owner of Norton Wholesale Plumbing. 12-5-1977 

Norton, Mr. & Mrs. James E. Norton honored. 1-5-1976 



Norton, John R. Dead. Sons: Arthur; Earl; Wilson; Stuart; Robert. Daughters: Beatrice Norton; 

Mrs. Fred (Ruth) Wescott. 2-11-1929 

Norton, Mrs. John E. (Carrie A.) Obit - 61. Sons: Earl; Wilson; Robert; Stuart. Daughter: Mrs. Fred Wescott. 10-5-1942 

Norton, Medad S. Owner of Pan-American Sheds on State Street, to be vacated by A. E. McVea, 

Norton to run. 10-30-1905 

Sells the sheds to Elmer Kellogg. 1-16-1906 

Norton, Sarah E. Volunteer nurse in ? War granted a pension of $12 a month. Lives in Washington. 2-17-1887 

Norton, Stuart R. Author of a book on the history of area railroading - Winegar article. 1-26-1988 

Norton, Vivian V. Norton, a chemist, and John A. Will, proprietor of an auto supply store at 

3 Jefferson, set-up INA Cleaner Co. to sell polish for autos. 5-7-1931 

Norton, Wesley Sells a house and garage at 255 Bank Street to C. C. Bradley. 10-27-1934 

Nothnagel Realtors Ad with pictures of all employees. 12-17-1994 

Notre Dame Antique Show The first show a success - 1,000 visited it. 12-1-1964 

Notre Dame Field The new track at Notre Dame Field dedicated Saturday. 4-27-1967 

Notre Dame High School The Rev. Edward Ferger proposes a Catholic High for the parrish - when funds 

are available. 1-13-1941 

A plot on Union at Richmond taken. 3-28-1945 

Work on to start in the spring. 

The name chosen for the school. The Bishop approves - only school so named 


in the diocese. 12-9-1947 

The name Notre Dame chosen for. 12-10-1947 

Father Ferger reports on the proposed Catholic school. 4-14-1949 

Rector says the new high school will be built when costs recede. 5-16-1949 

Father Ferger says the elementary school will be built first - then the high school. 9-26-1949 

$200,000 gift for the new school. Picture of the proposed high school. 11-9-1950 

Appeal for the school posted; drive to be May 27th and 28th. 

The diocese to administer the school - not the parish. Curran Bennett Inc. of 


Buffalo gets the contract. 

Picture of the ground breaking ceremony - a large crowd attended. Service by 

Rt. Rev. Msgr. John E. Mallet from St. Peter's in LeRoy - Dean of the 


County Clergy. 5-7-1951 

The building fund reaches $69,000. 5-21-1951

Foundations being laid. 5-23-1951 

The building fund is now $131,149. 5-28-1951 

Picture of the foundation being laid. 7-27-1951 

Joseph L. Jensen appointed Principal. 8-6-1951 

Picture of the start of brick work. 8-10-1951 

Classes start September 7th at St. Anthony's Community Center. 8-27-1951 

Fifty-eight enrolled - 41 from Batavia. 9-5-1951 

Progress of progress on the building. 9-17-1951 

Picture of the cornerstone being laid. 10-15-1951 

Picture of steel work going up. 10-25-1951 

Herlihy the new head of - Jensen ill. 12-8-1951 

Girls get new uniforms. 2-6-1952 

Picture of Notre Dame uniforms. 



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Notre Dame High School (cont) Holy Cross sisters here. 4-26-1952 

Grading starts around the school. 6-19-1952 

Volunteers landscaping. 7-18-1952 

Picture of teachers for - opens September 30th. 8-23-1952 

Picture of, ready to open Wednesday. 8-30-1952 

Appeals to the state for use of school buses. 9-2, 5-1952 

To operate its own buses - uses 4 buses. 9-2-1952 

Honors members of the first class now in orders. 9-5-1952 

Dedicated, 1,500 attend. 9-6-1952 

Gets gift organ - picture. 9-10-1952 

Use of Woodward Field held illegal - Board of Education attorney rules. 9-15-1952 

Rev. Herlihy to appeal the ruling. 9-16-1952 

Mrs. Woodward gives funds to purchase a field for. 9-18-1952 

The state rejects request for school buses. 

Acquires land on Union Street for an athletic field - gift of Mrs. Woodward - 


Klimczak property. 7-16-1954 

Picture of graduation, Notre Dame High. 5-27-1955 

Picture of the first graduates. 6-17-1955 

St. Mary's buys property on Union Street. 7-23-1957 

Rev. Eugene F. Kolb, principal. 6-23-1961 

126 to graduate at. 6-22-1962 

Plans an antique show for next fall. 4-1-1964 

Picture of graduation. 6-28-1965 

Picture of. 7-17-1965 

Antique show tomorrow. 11-27-1965 

Picture: Father Herlihy marks the 15th Anniversary of. 9-9-1967 

Graduates 104. 6-24-1968 

Sisters of Holy Cross not to teach here next year. 4-13-1971 

Felician Sisters - 6 - assigned here. 4-15-1971 

Rev. R. J. Keppler, principal. 6-23-1971 

Lease Woodward Field referred to Albany. 8-25-1971 

Lease Woodward Field referred to Albany. 9-4-1971 

Felician Sisters now teaching. 9-4-1971 

Plans an Open House. Picture of. 2-21-1972 

Picture of in the snow. To have an Open House - picture. 3-2-1973 

Rev. David Scheider becomes principal. 5-15-1974 

To graduate 105 Sunday. 6-19-1974 

Sister M. Dolata, assistant principal. 8-31-1974 

Lay teachers on strike - school open. 11-22-1974 

Teachers still on strike. 11-25-1974 

Fire alarm empties the strike-stricken school. 11-26-1974 

Strike continues. 12-2, 3-1974 

Lay teachers picketing. 12-9, 12-1974

Lay teachers accept new terms. 12-13-1974 

Tuition up $100 - now $750 all over the diocese. 2-6-1975 

Enrollment now 351 - 18 above last year. 

Appeal to rescind a ruling prohibiting students who change school from playing 


athletics - lost. 12-6-1982 

Scheider to take a year from administration to teach. 8-23-1985 

Scheider resuming administration. 7-28-1986 

Father Leising to take a parish at Portageville and Canasaraga, NY. 7-28-1986 

Flooded basement closes the school. 10-1-1986 

All gussied up over the summer by volunteer painters. 9-2-1988 

Scheider retiring. 6-19, 20-1989 

James G. McAuliffe the new principal - picture. 



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Notre Dame High School (cont) McAuliffe, new principal. John E. Parnell, vice-principal. 8-16-1989 

The new principal, James McAuliffe, makes academics a priority - picture. 12-2-1989 

Set adrift from the diocese - local people to see to the financing says the Bishop. 10-25-1990 

To appoint 19 Trustees Monday. 5-21-1991 

To hold tuition at $1,990. 6-17-1991 

Report, pictures of the graduation. 6-24-1991 

To buy the school building from the Diocese. 

James G. McAuliffe, acting principal since Fr. Scheider left, taking leave - Nicholas 


A. Borelli to act until a new man is chosen. 2-20-1992 

Wins the Class D basketball title. 3-23-1992 

Wins state basketball championship. 3-24-1992 

Planning a hockey team. 4-17-1992 

Graduation. 6-29-1992 

Report on the graduation, pictures of the graduates. 

Colleen S. Brade, 1982 ND graduate, replaces Cizmar as director of development. 


Fr. Cizmar now the assistant principal. 9-12-1992 

Cynthia Elmore, 1979 ND graduate, the commencement speaker. 6-19-1993 

Principal, Nicholas Borelli, dead. 3-7-1994 

William Sutherland named the acting principal. 3-23-1994 

ND Task Force studies the future of the school. 6-23-1994 

Frank Ferrando, 1956 ND graduate, chosen the new principal. 7-19-1994 

Frank Ferrando starts as the new administrator - picture. 8-25-1994 

Trustees eliminating the assistant principal position - Czismar to leave for parish work 9-1-1994 

Opens with a new principal. 9-6-1994 

One of ND's earliest graduates now the head of. 9-7-1994 

Dedicates the chapel to Sacred Heart to honor the former school, now closed. 

Pleased with the work of the task force that evaluated the present, and 


suggested the future. 

Principal Ferrando sets-up the Nicholas A. Borrelli Giving Society for donors who 


give $1,000 or more to the school. 12-12-1994 

Graduates. 6-26-1995 

Planning a Night of Enlightened Elegance to balance its Sports Boosters Night. 8-4-1995 

Opens to a musical theme, some new activities, improvements, gifts of parents. 

Sets up a new system; dividing governance between the principal and the board 

chairman. John C. Dwyer the new chairman, succeeds Robert J. Bausch who 


was president of the board in past years. 12-2-1995 

In a flap over Christie Lamie (q.v.). 12-14-1995 

Raising admission requirements. 3-9-1996 

Graduation issue. 6-15-1996 

Graduation reported - graduates listed. 6-24-1996 

Rejoices in Capital Fund. 10-15-1996 

Starts a drive for a capital fund of $1.2million, with $840,000 already raised. 11-13-1996 

Chapter from McEvoy book. 

Reveals tuition financing program with the help of the Bank of Castile, 


Lockport Savings. 3-3-1997 

Pictures, list of honor students, graduating class. 6-23-1997 

Sends one Senior to Scotland, has two seniors from Europe. 10-29-1997 

Replica of Our Lady of Lourds building - on the school grounds - picture. 5-16-1998 

Graduation Special - pictures of graduates - graduation mass was May 31st. 

Notre Dame Grotto the site of local support for the study of Hunter's Hope - son 


of Buffalo Bills' Jim Kelly. 2-15-1999 

Girls win the basketball state championship. 3-29-1999 

r A gift from Bell Atlantic puts 10 computer terminals in the ND library. 4-22-1999 



Notre Dame High School (cont) Sisters of Mercy giving a three story cross from the front of the former St. Jerome 

Hospital to. The cost of moving and installing the cross by Mrs. Leo Bauman. 

The cross to be installed in memory of Leo Bauman. 

Dedicates the Robert E. Radley Performing Arts Center with band rehearsal. 


The band organized three years ago. 12-17-1999 

The school honors graduates, gives scholarships, honors citizens - pictures. 6-19-2000 

Registration up, 270 registered, limit set at 300. 

Accredited as a Middle States Association school after a thorough review among 

9-9-2000 

182 in the state. 12-16-2000 

Marks its 50th year - receives Honorable Mention by the Chamber of Commerce. 2-24-2001 

Nu-Way Market One of the food stores has asked for a permit to build on Bank opposite 

St. Jerome Hospital. 8-22-1945 

Danaley-Faxan closed on Main Street (51-53) last fall. Built a new building on 

Bank - a self-service store with 10 times the former floor space - 10,000 sqft. 

To open as Nu-Way - the same manager, James C. Eadie. Danaley-Faxon 

of Buffalo is a subsidiary of American Stores of Philadelphia. 4-9-1949 

The new store is opening - picture. 4-13-1949 

Sells the building on Bank Street to Joseph L. Watson. The store operation is 

not affected. 3-16-1951 

Operators of Nu-Way and Acme Markets to use the name Acme here. 3-15-1961 

Nye, Edward F. The driver of a fire truck that ran into cars on the way to a fire to have a hearing. 1-25-1929 

Nye, Vernon Aged 20, makes a sketch of Jack Dempsey and gets Dempsey to autography it. 2-22-1936 

An ex-Batavian, makes a drawing chosen for publicity by Blood Drive - picture. 

Visiting his parents at 30 Walnut Street. Has executed paintings for Ingalls 


Shipbuilding. 8-14-1956 

Winegar on - local born artist. 9-3-1965 

Nylons Lines up to the Smart Shop to get nylons - picture. 3-14-1946 

Picture of lines waiting at Carr's for. 3-14-1946 

Woman offers nylons for living space. 6-12-1946



O and K Trojan See: Trojan Industries for history. 

O and K A.G. Orenstein & Koppel buys Trojan Industries. [Construction and mining machinery 

division of O and K AG.] 7-22-1986 

Trojan closed. 2-28, 29-1992 

Building sold to the Skalny family of Rochester, NY. 10624-1996 

"Oak Grove" A new subdivision of the village now laid out - north of the New York State School - 

west of State Street. 2-11-1892 

Bought by a syndicate - Count de Kappello the representative here. (Tompkins Farm 5-18-1892 

Stranger looking for - told it is a swamp - he departs. 11-18-1893 

Addition - Tompkins Farm - lots being sold - man asks for a lot on Evergreen Ave. 3-20-1894 

Twenty acres between Oak and State offered for development. 

Burke Builders of Lackawanna get Oak - State area for development. 


[See: Burke Builders] 10-6-1966 

Oak Grove Addition Mixed up in a case now in court in Albion. 

The whole Oak Grove story. Began in 1891. Maurice H. Neal now holds all the 

mortgages. Is attempting to sell off lots. L. J. Tompkins one of the mortgagees. 

6-15-1894 

[Was area Tompkins farm?] 5-2-1895 

Sold to Charles Brumsted of Batavia - 64 acres - by Augustus Schrader. 11-4-1895 

Foreclosure procedures against R. G. Tompkins and others. 

T. G. Stewart, owner, west side of State Street, 65 acres divided into 8 parcels 

12-3-1895 

of 12 acres each. To be sold. 9-27-1902 

Oak Orchard Disuse and decay obvious at. 7-30-1926 

Oak Orchard Game Management Area See: Wildlife Refuge. 

Oak Park Motel A group of hotel, restaurant, and motel men plan to buy property at Oak and 

Developers plans revealed. 

Motel owners are fighting the sale to Treadway - file a taxpayers suit to prevent 

the sale of property owned by the City to Treadway without offering it at a 

public sale. Vito E. Baudanza and his wife Marie; Enzo Juliano and his wife 


Gina; John Repicci and his wife Clara. 9-1-1959 

The Chamber of Commerce urges the sale. 9-2-1959 

Attorney asks the motel owners to post $100,000. 9-3-1959 

The City still offers the Oak Street site to Treadway. 9-4-1959 

The Chamber asks the motel owners to end their suit. 9-5-1959 

J. E. Brown on the great Motel Controversy. 9-10-1959 

Motel owners were told that the City sold the site legally. 9-15-1959 

A temporary injunction against the sale of the site by the City to Treadway. 9-23, 24-1959 

The Oak Street site is back in court. 9-25-1959 

Motel owners ask for a zoning change for 182 Oak Street. 9-29-1959 

Picture of the proposed motel. 9-30-1959 

Motel owners propose a new motel at 182 Oak Street, map - sketch. 

Motel owners now want a site next to the Treadway - on the other side of Oak 


from 182. 11-17-1959 

The Planning Board is against a zoning change to accommodate the motel owners. 12-22-1959 

New plans for Oak-Park - zoning change refused. 1-13-1960 

The Planning Board turns down the plans. 1-18-1960 

John Repicci and Joseph P. Fallon ask for a zoning change for a motel at Park Rd. 

J. E. Brown on the change in the area that Treadway, Oak-Park, and the Army 


Reserve Center make. 

Tonawanda Valley Land & Share Co. Inc. - James L. Randall the head - plans to 


build a 52 unit motel on Oak at Park Road. 



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Oak Park Motel (cont) The City Council approves a 20 unit motel at Oak and Park. 11-29-1960 

Will start after the owners of the site get a building permit after December 28th. 

Permit finally approved. Leo J. Fallon, John Repicci, and others. The twenty unit 


motel to cost $175,000. 12-30-1960 

Work on the motel resumes. 

Owned for about 18 months by Frank Slominski and Lucy K. Wlock. Sold by 

Slominski and Wlock to Vincent and Anna May Della Rocco of Ontario 


for $500,000. 11-19-1986 

Oak Street Clarence A. Northrup of 45 Washington Avenue to build homes on Adam Rupp 

extension - west side of Oak - sell on installment. 2-5-1907 

Next for rebuilding as part of the Arterial System. 2-24-1954 

The Council urges the State to do Oak Street. 3-2-1954 

Work off for this year due to a lack of State funds. 5-21-1955 

The way now clear to start work on. 11-8-1955 

The State is asking for bids for Oak Street work. 3-30-1956 

Picture of tree cutting on. 6-7-1956 

Losing all its trees. 6-22-1956 

Work on speeded up. 6-26-1956 

Rainy weather is hindering work. 7-11-1956 

Picture of the start of paving on. 8-15-1956 

C. P. Ward to replace sidewalks and driveway entrances along. 9-12-1956 

Gordon Lowrey, engineer, using refaced steel wiring in the Oak Street surface. 9-20-1956 

J. E. Brown on the progress - or lack of - on Oak, now nearing completion. 9-26-1956 

To get 110 Oak trees. 10-22-1956 

Sidewalks going in. 11-6-1956 

Monroe Tree Surgeons planting 112 Oak trees on. 11-12-1956 

Picture of Monroe Tree Surgeons planting Oaks. 11-15-1956 

The Council okays a vote - no parking on. Work ends Friday. 11-29-1956 

The Governor cuts the ribbon opening Oak - picture. 12-13-1956 

K of C asks for a zoning change - refused. 

See: Treadway. Motel Owners. Oak-Park Motel. 


New proposal for Oak Street site - a Howard Johnson Restaurant. 2-6-1960 

Cement being poured for a new bridge - necessitates a detour. 9-21-1963 

Picture of progress on the bridge. 9-24-1963 

Four lanes on the Oak Street bridge open - two closed for repair. 

Winegar gives credit to Mayor Gabriel for persuading the State to plant Oak trees 


on after rebuilding. 

The City Council proposes banning parking on the full length of. Options being 


studied on parking. Editorial on the parking ban. 6-29-1999 

Oak Street Bridge Plans for a new bridge and street extension offered. 9-18-1952 

The Council approves funds for the bridge. 9-30-1952 

Berg Engineering putting in the foundations. 12-4-1952 

Picture of the start of construction. 12-19-1952 

Picture from the air of progress on the bridge. 4-18-1953 

Rock hinders work on. 6-4-1953

Cement being poured for - necessitates a detour. 9-21-1963 

Picture of progress. 9-24-1963 

Four lanes on are open - 2 closed for repair. 11-15-1963 

South bound lanes, closed since June for repairs, now open. 12-4-1993 

Oak Street Extension Seven houses and a store must go for bridge approach. 9-16-1952 

Plans for a new bridge, street extension, with the engineer. 9-18-1952 



Oak Street Extension (cont) Picture of West Main at Oak where the extension will go - including the "old jail", 

Clark house. 9-22-1952 

The Council okays funds for the bridge. 9-30-1952 

Bero Engineering is preparing the bridge foundations. 

West Main houses sold to L. T. Casey - for $50,000. The Old Jail, 157-159 West Main. 


Double house at 153-155 West Main. Single house at 151 West Main. 12-17-1952 

Picture of the start of construction of the bridge. 

The sale of houses rescinded - three properties again owned by Mrs. Cosimo 


Lo Tempio. 

A house moved from 4 Pearl Street to 125 Pearl Street to make room for the 


new bridge - picture. 

A permit given to Harry D. Blick to move the house at 33 South Main to 


23 Roosevelt. 

A permit given to the owner of the house at 4 Pearl Street (the residence of 


George D. Sutherland) to Pearl Street. 3-13-1953 

Picture from the air on the progress of the bridge, etc. 4-18-1953 

Rock hinders progress on the bridge. 6-4-1953 

Picture of the house at 33 South Main Street ready to move to 23 Roosevelt Ave. 6-26-1953 

The Flatiron Building (Clor's Grocery) to move from South Main to Pearl Street. 7-14-1953 

Picture of the progress on the bridge. 7-15-1953 

Steel beams for the bridge being swung into place. 8-21-1953 

Picture of progress on the bridge. 8-24-1953 

Picture of the bridge from the air. 9-25-1953 

Blacktopping the bridge to finish Arterial work. 10-19-1953 

Picture of the bridge from West Main Street. 10-22-1953 

Picture from the air. 

The State starts a survey for Oak Street rebuilding. The Thruway will add to 


Oak Street traffic. 4-5-1954 

Oak Street to be next - not East Main. 5-24-1954 

The State will widen Oak Street if the City agrees to no parking during rush hours. 

The City reassures the state of its willingness to assist in rebuilding - work to 


start in 1955. 11-6-1954 

The way now clear to start work on the Oak Street arterial. 11-8-1955 

C. P. Ward the only bidder. 5-10-1956 

Partial traffic while building. 5-11-1956 

Oakes, Herbert To get a medal for saving a girl from drowning three years ago when 14. 4-12-1952 

Oakfield Fire - corner of Main and Maple Streets battled by 20 pieces of equipment. 8-19-1985 

Oakfield Builders File for incorporation. Robert Frey, president. Emil A. Robb, secretary/treasurer. 4-10-1953 

Oakfield Farms Everett Seabury and Herman Berg file a request to operate as. 4-2-1932 

Oakfield Farms Dairy Picture of - Albert E. Scroger, proprietor. 

Oakfield Farms opening a dairy store on Ellicott at Cedar Street - Albert E. 

3-13, 14-1953 

Scroger, proprietor. 8-2-1963 

Full page ad: Opening of. 8-23-1963

Oakfield Independent Folds after 45 years, Donald A. Wickes the publisher. 4-2-1971 

Oakland Farm East Bethany. Owned by Page Brothers, George A. and Ransom. no date 



Oasis The Holland Inn before and after. Gentners was Oasis after the end of 

Prohibition. Run by Reynolds and Hill. After Hill died Frank and Harding 

Callan ran it. Loren Gentner bought it in 1940 and changed the name to 

Gentner's. 

Hammond had run the Oasis at 407 West Main Street. 9-9-1936 

25 Evans Street. 5-17-1937 

Edward L. Hammond, proprietor. 5-24-1938 

Frank and Joyce Calcagio, proprietors on Clinton Street. 6-20-1949 

Oasis Beauty & Tanning Shop, 400 Ellicott Street. 

Interview with Nicole I. Pasi, proprietor. 1-3-2000 

Oasis Restaurant On the corner of Route 33 and Route 237. 8-16-1976 

O-At-Ka Milk Products Inc. Zoning change sought for. 4-16-1958 

O-At-Ka Milk Processing Plant Construction a step nearer. 4-26-1958 

Seeks a sewer connection. 4-25-1958 

Plans for the plant completed. 6-24-1958 

Offices in the Pixley plant, East Bethany. 8-6-1958 

Ground breaking - Carl Espersen Co. the builder. 9-9-1958 

Cornerstone laid. 10-1-1958 

Sewer connection contract let. 9-23-1958 

Picture of progress on. 3-16-1959 

Starts production - picture. 5-8-1959 

In full production - the plant nearly completed. 8-26-1959 

Open House - picture. 11-6-1959 

About 300 visit at the Open House. 11-11-1959 

Doing a record business - no closing for the holidays. 5-28-1960 

Adding new equipment. 12-29-1960 

Milk strike in Buffalo diverts milk to. 5-2, 3-1961 

Plans expansion. Buying 17 acres to build a $150,000 addition. 10-17-1961 

To enlarge, increase business. 2-13-1962 

Payroll reaches $200,000. 4-23-1962 

Sales up to $5million - picture of the evaporated milk assembly line. 8-10-1962 

Stainless Steel tank, the largest of its type in the US, installed on the roof. 11-9-1962 

New tank placed on the roof. 11-15-1962 

Evaporated milk new products. 2-4-1963 

Gets a huge export order. 2-28-1963 

Doubling order to India. 3-6-1963 

Milk volume raised. 

Union of milk drivers - now independent - joins the Teamsters, Local 645 - 


Ind. Brotherhood of Teamsters. 5-2-1963 

Filling its first South American orders. 8-20-1963 

Filling a 65,000 order. 10-23-1963 

Larry Cushing announces C. Ronald Carlson, plant manager. 10-25-1963 

Lists an increase in sales. 3-31-1964 

Elects Richard Call, president. 4-10-1965 

Bobb L. Hall, the new manager. 3-15-1966 

Exhibits new product - chocolate milk. 4-18-1966

Gets a permit for land it owns in the town to be taken by the city - so the plant can 

be served by city services. 5-24-1966 

Visitor here from Nepal. 9-16-1967 

Has a record year. 3-14-1968 

Ends tenth year a record. 3-20-1969 

Picture of the installation of storage tanks. 



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O-At-Ka Milk Products Inc. Gets a permit to build 6,700 sq.ft. to cost $15,000 - Manning, Squires & Henning. 1-12-1971 

O-At-Ka Milk Processing Plant (cont) Spending 470,000 to expand. 3-22-1971 

Installs an evaporator - can process 50,000 pounds of whole milk an hour. 3-31-1971 

Profits are up. 3-16-1972 

Plans a new building for the fall - 18,000 sq.ft., to cost $37,500. 12-19-1972 

Bobb Hall of heads the Evaporated Milk Association meeting in Chicago. 

Uses milk from farmers who are members of three area cooperatives. Bobb Hall, 


general manager. November 1977 

A Japanese group is here studying milk processing. 

Sponsored by: DairyLea, Buffalo and Rochester; Upstate, Buffalo and Rochester 


(a coop of 7 members); Niagara County Milk Producers Coop Corp. 

Principal offices are in Batavia with branch manufacturing plants in Collins Center 

March 1978 

and Mayville. 

Building an Equalization Basin - to treat plant wastes. To cost $100,000. 


Manning Squires & Henning - mostly underground (really a reservoir for wastes). 4-18-1978 

Asks for a permit to build 14,004 sq.ft. on the milk drying building. 11-8-1978 

Expands to produce a new product. 1-25-1979 

Seven from Pakistan survey milk processing. 

Belongs to: Upstate Milk Cooperative of LeRoy; DairyLea Milk Cooperative of 


Pearl River (sic); Niagara Milk Cooperative Inc. of Niagara Falls. 

Milk Processors are on strike - want more than Presidents 7% - belong to 

July 1979 

Local 791 Teamsters Union. More on O-At-Ka's processing. 7-2-1979 

Strike settled - within the President's guidelines. 7-6-1979 

Hall takes an executive post at Dairylea. 4-1-1981 

Michael F. Herron, new manager. 

Takes its 8th gold medal for butter at the State Fair. Retail sized package stamped 


golden cow. Owned by Upstate Milk Coop; Dairylea Coop, and Niagara Milk Coop 9-3-1982 

Interview with Michael F. Herron on - started as a means to use surplus milk stock. 6-7-1983 

Workers are striking for better scheduling. 7-1, 2-1983 

Strike settled. 7-8-1983 

Ronald Van Allen of Wyoming the new head. 12-2-1983 

Ammonia fumes overcome two. 6-19-1984 

Herron, former head of, the new general manager of Dairylea Manufacturing Div. 

Surcharge on sewer use may cause O-At-Ka Milk to provide its own sewer 


treatment. 3-8-1985 

John Widger named the new president. 5-15-1985 

Interested in getting steam from on energy recovery plant. 6-18-1985 

Survives recent milk products plant upheavals - sees more trouble in the future. 3-13-1986 

Expanding - renovating at a cost or $2 million - picture. 

General Manager, Robert J. Przybylski, as signed to leller (sic). Herron Left and 


Przybylski came in August 1984. 7-9-1987 

Closes its Collins plant due to a milk shortage. 

Produces a 68 pound pat of butter for a pancake Pen Yan hopes will set a record - 



Gets a grant to make frozen sour cream. 8-23-1988 

Manager Robert J. Przybylski quits - the plant is managed by a management team. 2-9-1990 

Herbert W. Bisnak the new head - also head Upstate Milk. 2-27-1990 

Proposes a congenital energy plant to use steam and supply energy to NIMO. October 1990 

Niagara Mohawk approves - to use Sithe Energetics Inc. 

1990 an excellent year for - drop in milk prices may change the picture - president 


Paul Kirsch reports at the Annual Meeting. To use power from Sithe Energies 

USA soon to build next door. 3-16-1991 

Drop in milk prices tough for. 

Expanding - introducing new products: Aspice Iced Coffee - will profit from 


co-generation firm next door - Robert Stawson, marketing manager. 



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O-At-Ka Milk Products Inc. O-At-Ka - said to be from a Seneca word meaning opening or beginning. 2-20-1992 

O-At-Ka Milk Processing Plant (cont) Gets a State grant of $30,000 to train or retrain employees - employs 112. 

President Kirsch reports, at the Annual Meeting, assets of $24 million, total sales 


at $89.7 million - receipts of milk 479.2 million pounds. 3-23-1993 

Ad: Try our Iced Coffee - 5 flavors. Gold Cow Dairy Products. 3-28-1993 

Man rescued - John Ladd, Jr. - after falling 40' into the drier while cleaning it. 11-4-1993 

Depends on new products to keep the company profitable - picture. 

Perry's Ice Cream of Akron honors O-At-Ka - among many others - as Vender 


of the Year. 5-23-1994 

Adds a new product for 8 to 18 year olds - Chocolate Moose. 8-30-1994 

To bottle Chocolate Moose for Hersey. 

Earnings for 1994 up, new products sell well, iced coffee down, Kalu iced drink 


up, etc. - reported at the Annual Meeting. 3-21-1995 

Wins a gold medal for cheese from the Cheese Making Association. 10-14-1995 

Chapter from McEvoy book. 2-8-1996 

Students visit - pictures. 1-14-1997 

Record earnings for the year. 

To build an 81,000 sq.ft. warehouse expansion at the City-Town site. D. A. Tufts 


to build. 7-2-1997 

Reports a good market in 1997 - picture. 3-24-1998 

Planning to expand its offices. 3-24-1998 

A proposal to add a third evaporator delayed for an environment survey. 

Pleased with 1998, expects more in 1999, continues to grow. (Ended relations 

with Sithe Energetics during the year - to which it attributes some of the 


year's profit. 3-18-1999 

Annual Meeting reports profits, some expansion in 1999. 3-16-2000 

Gold Cow brand butter wins in Wisconsin. 4-29-2000 

Gets an award for butter - picture. 

To add 35,000 sq.ft. for bottling and canning facility - to add 20 to 30 jobs - 

5-9-2000 

now employs 280(?) 1-24-2001 

Oatka Trail Picture of and story about the Hermit of the Oatka Trail - Sherman Burridge. 9-17-1932 

LeRoy bans truck travel on. 4-28-1992 

A letter protests the taking of gravel from trail the area. 3-28-1993 

Oatka Valley Milk Association County Project leaders favor. 3-11-1927 

Oberle, John M. To manage Dipson Theater - worked with John Osborne in Ohio. 3-31-1947 


O'Brien, Bernard R. Obit - 64. 3-19-1952 

O'Brien, John Interview with, senior vice-president of Ducks Unlimited, Inc. 6-26-1995 

O'Brien, Karen Local woman, pharmacist in Brockport, saves a woman by checking her 

prescription for interaction with other prescriptions she takes. 12-10-1998 

O'Brien, W. J. To manage the Batavia Dry Cleaning Co. at 15 Jackson - was Fred Priester's 

saloon. 11-12-1910 

Buys Dry Cleaning Co. 1-23-1915

O'Brien, W. P. Buys Box Ball Alleys, 24 Main, from J. W. Elliot - he will redecorate. 9-9-1909 

Obscene Literature Mayor Gabriel asks the police to pick up obscene magazines - 4 found here. 1-25-1956 



O'Connell, Dr. Alfred C. Chosen president new college. 11-11-1966 

Begins full-time duty. 2-20-1967 

Picture of - to be inaugurated. 10-19-1967 

Inauguration. 11-3-1967 

More. 11-4-1967 

Resigns for a Connecticut post. 4-20-1970 

Going to a two-year college in Maryland. 7-15-1971 

O'Connor, Albert Asks for a license for a restaurant on Park Road facing Richmond. 9-10-1951 

Bernard E. Hanley buys O'Connor Restaurant. Hanley's Bar - or Restaurant. 

Alex Giuliano reopened the place as Alex's Place in February 1989. 


O'Connor, Bernard L. Obit - 64, of 6 Walker Place. 3-19-1952 

Obit - Mrs. Bernard L. O'Connor (Bertha B.) 2-16-1976 

O'Connor, Dick Of Buffalo, to open Optical Office at 8 Jackson Street. 2-4-1963 

O'Connor, James T. Sells his restaurant at the Downs to Bernard E. Hanley. Operated by the 

O'Connor family many years. 1-15-1972 

O'Connor, John Buys Toussaint & Tock Grocery at 503 East Main on mortgage sale. 7-9-1918 

Opening a store at 503 East Main. 7-11-1918 

Trietley on. 1-8-1955 

Winegar on O'Connor and harpsichords. 3-14-1963 

Picture of O'Connor and Bergen Piano Co. 11-27-1965 

To demonstrate the harpsichord and piano at the State School. 4-22-1966 

Article on, picture of. O'Connor on harpsichords. 6-19-1971 

Produces fortepiano after ten years of work. 10-8-1976 

Finally established in the Industrial Center. 7-16-1977 

More on his new location. 7-21-1977 

O'Connors' fortepianos. 2-28-1978 

Winegar on O'Connor's piano workplace. 5-9-1978 

O'Connor and Son instructors at Brockport in instrument building. Reside in Bergen. 2-17-1984 

O'Connor Restaurant at Downs Bernard E. Hanley purchases the restaurant - operated by the O'Connor family 

for many years. 

Reopened as Alex's Place in February 1989. 


Octagon House - Akron Article on. Past & Present column. Built by Charles Rich in 1885 9-25-1937 

Article on. 4-28-1967 


Odd Fellows Majestic Lodge no. 754. Batavia Lodge no. 72. 

Batavia Lodge 197 Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) was instituted 

circa 1880, in a hall on Ellicott Street, the former St. James Church. This was 

approximately where the present Ponderosa Restaurant is located - thence to 

the second of the First National Bank Building and then to the basement of the 

National Farm and Home Center on East Main Street. It consolidated with the 

East Pembroke Lodge 194 IOOF in 1956. Majestic Lodge 754 IOOF formed 

from Batavia Lodge 197 IOOF in about 1896 having their first lodge in a large 

wooden building opposite Jackson Street on the old Alva Place, vacated by 

the YMCA. From there they moved to the Massey-Harris Office Building on

Harvester Avenue, thence to the third floor of the old Whalen Drug Store on the 



Odd Fellows (cont) corner of State and Main Streets. They surrendered their charter in 1965. The 

Eureka Encampment Lodge IOOF for many years met in the Batavia Lodge 197 

IOOF surrendered their charter in 1937. That was the end of the IOOF in Batavia. 

Mr. Hilchey 

Lodge 1997 IOOF instills (sic) in August 1868. Majestic Lodge 754 IOOF installed 

in June 1896. Richmond Encampment 67 Patriots Militant instituted. 

The Batavia Lodge is fitting the third floor of the Post Office building for use of 

8-21-1872 

the order. 3-12-1883 

Dedicate their new hall. 

Naomi Lodge no. 9 (colored). Installation of officers in the new lodge held at the 

Odd Fellows Hall. Miss F. Jones, president; Mrs. H. Clay, treasurer; 

4-27-1883 

Mrs. H. J. Dixon, first officer; Mrs. Haley, mem. 9-3-1885 

The Batavia Lodge, Schiller Lodge and LeRoy Lodge join to greet Grand Officer. 

Forming - to take a hall in the McDonnell block. The Lodge to be formed when 

1-27-1887 

the rooms are ready. 4-21-1896 

Fifty Odd Fellows attend at the Presbyterian Church. 4-27-1896 

Lodge to be dedicated June 4th. 5-16-1896 

700 here last night - Lodge at the corner of Center and Main. [See also: North] 6-5-1896 

In remodeled quarters on the 3rd floor of the Post Office building. 10-22-1901 

Celebrate their 83rd Anniversary. 5-3-1902 

To buy the old St. James Church. 4-27-1907 

Buy the church for $11,500. 6-1-1907 

Raising bonds. 7-5-1907 

To take possession by April 1, 1910. 10-16-1907 

Canton Batavia no. 72 formed. 

Take the old St. James - $4,500 paid formerly - $500 from the treasury, while the 


price is $11,000. 6-3-1909 

Savacool and Hiscutt get the contract to rebuild the church, on Ellicott Street, for. 4-21-1910 

To raffle a horse and buggy at the Fair in September. 4-23-1910 

The Temple on Ellicott Street is almost ready. 8-12-1910 

Description of Odd Fellows - formerly St. James Church. 8-20-1910 

The Temple is now complete, Open House on the 30th. 8-26-1910 

Description of the new Temple. 8-31-1910 

48th Annual Encampment here - 500 attend (history?). 5-28-1912 

Majestic Lodge has an option on the old YM on Park Place. 12-14-1912 

Will YMCA property. 12-20-1912 

Vote to purchase. 12-27-1912 

The Majestic Lodge given an order to organize a Home Association. 3-20-1913 

Clergymen protest the raffle of an automobile by. 5-17-1913 

Clergymen oppose the IOOF Fair - against games of chance of all kinds. 5-19-1913 

IOOF Fair every night - not a success, due to objections of ministers. 6-24-1913 

Sheriff Hart visits the IOOF Fair - finds no games of chance. 6-25-1913 

The Majestic Lodge may break even on the Fair. 7-2-1913 

Find lost money at the Fair. 

The Majestic Odd Fellows to put up a merry-go-round on Park Place to make up 


for the loss at their Fair. 7-26-1913 

To auction off a car that could not be raffled at the Fair. 

The Majestic Lodge hopes to wipe out its debt on their Park Place Home by a 


Carnival - to make up last winter's loss. 6-4-1914 

Ministers insist on strict enforcement of gambling and game laws at the IOOF Fair. 7-17-1914 

All gaming schemes closed at the Fair. 7-18-1914 

Carnival profit not large - about $300. 7-20-1914 

The Batavia Lodge to reopen the Temple. 10-27-1914

Theater promoters take an option on the Odd Fellows Temple on Ellicott Street. 2-6-1920 

500 from Genesee and Niagara Counties here. 



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Odd Fellows (cont) Burn their mortgage. 

The Batavia Lodge no. 197 organized in August 1868 with 5 charter members. 

Rebecca Lodge no. 37. Majestic Lodge no. 754 formed in 1896, Clayton 

Shed, NG. Rebecca Lodge no. 207. Canton Batavia no. 72. Eureka 

Encampment no. 116. Genesee Encampment no. 40. I-X-L Batavia Lodge Club. 


From the Directory and North. Scheller Lodge (German) founded in 1886. 

Temple sold by to Walter Buxton for the Standard Oil Co. To go to the third floor 

no date 

of the First National Bank - now occupied by Miss Blount's Business School. 8-26-1926 

The Batavia Lodge is moving to the third floor of the First National Bank Building. 10-12-1926 

The new Temple in the Bank building now open. 

The Majestic Lodge buys the Taggart property on Park Place, west of the 


present Temple. 

The American Legion Band to play for the Odd Fellows Carnival - opposite 


the Fairgrounds. 8-5-1932 

Nearly 200 attend the Majestic bazaar. 11-4-1938 

The State Odd Fellows 77th Annual Session here at the Richmond. 5-25-1942 

The Majestic Odd Fellows and Rebeccas on a picnic. 7-18-1950 

Officers of the Majestic Lodge no. 754 - meeting over 62 Main Street. 7-26-1950 

Meet over 62 Main. 8-9-1950 

Goal of the Odds Fellows - Community Service. 3-6-1954 

Batavia Odd Fellows now join the Corfu Lodge no. 634. 

Article on, says both the Batavia and LeRoy IOOF closed - Bergen is the nearest 

March 1989 

Lodge. 5-19-1989 

Odd Fellows - Schiller Lodge Holds it first annual ball. 11-20-1886 

With the Batavia Lodge and the LeRoy Lodge to receive Grand Officer. 1-27-1887 

Reception. 2-11-1889 

Celebrates its 4th Anniversary. 5-9-1890 

Remodeling the Hall on Jackson Street. 6-25-1901 

Oddities Purdy's Hotel was the scene of a wedding party - maybe ? 3-9-1887 

Names of the revealed. 3-11-1887 

Bride revealed to be Lilly May, well known member of Buffalo demi Monde. 3-14-1887 

The best man in the above voices regrets. 3-15-1887 

Strange lights on the "Peanut" track - some explode. 2-7-1888 

G. Ranger says the lights were often seen in the past. 

The death of well known horses listed as news items on page 4 along with the 

2-17-1888 

deaths of lesser known people. 

The Perfields have a black cat - also a canary which got loose and was retrieved 

1889-1890 

safely by Tom. 

For the first time in 30 years the Presbyterian bell was not rung yesterday - 

8-24-1888 

Sunday - at 9 o'clock. No one knows how it started. 

Tobin, the tattoo artist, tattooed a bad picture on a 17 year old, has been in jail for 

7-13-1891 

several days. Now has tattooed a veil over the offending picture. 

J. J. Ryan has a large hickory armchair that has small leafy branches sprouting 

8-8-1891 

all over it. 

Suit over an apple tree on a property line - 1/4 on the lot of Horace K. Smith of 

Bank Street toward which it leaned. 3/4 on the lot of Mary Geary of North St. 

6-1-1892 

He cut it down. 7-29-1892 

The suit starts. 7-30-1892 

Mary Geary gets $3 damages plus costs - coming to $4.33. 

The clerk at the Hotel Richmond, J. Hugh Millay, called D. K. Chaddock at 2am - 

8-1-1892 

on rising, Chaddock found the house full of coal gas. 11-25-1892 

Mysterious ligt seen here and there in the farm section of Elba. 3-22-1893

Miss Maria Shedd accuses Anthony Rowe of theft on April 9th. Married him. 4-10-1894 



Oddities (cont) Mrs. Maria Rowe looking for her husband who left for a selling job - Anthony Maurice. 

Couple married on the platform in front of the grandstand at the Genesee 

4-30-1894 

County Fair. 

Lizzie Christopher pleads in court not to jail her father or (the) family (will) have 

9-26-1894 

nothing to eat. She won. 

The horse of Frank Pratt of Otis Street ran away, turned on the track ahead of a 

train, ran 3½ miles ahead of the train, across three bridges. Found unhurt, 

10-27-1894 

cutter without a scratch. 

Lamplighter Fiske has found 1,600 sparrow eggs in electric lights in 6 weeks - 

2-17-1896 

121 of them yesterday. 

Lamplighter Fiske says he has now taken 1,800 sparrow eggs from the arc 

5-27-1896 

light globes. 

Parrot Pasha dead in Batavia at 22 Ross Street, owned by Dr. & Mrs. E. E. Snow. 

Buried in the back lawn. Dr. Snow in Africa got him as a bedraggled chick - 

8-20-1896 

could swear in Arabic - not in English. 

Old letters stored in the Court House written applying for jobs were found and sent 

8-21-1896 

to people to embarrass them. 

William Miller in jail over night for drunkenness - cold night - started a fire using 

11-2-1897 

his wooden bed - the fire got out of control - Miller badly burned. 12-3-1897 

1. One neighbor accuses another of theft. 8-20-1898 

2. Hair pulling contest - says mostly false anyway. 8-23-1898 

3. Loser says she has no need for a switch - all hair her own. 

Two men with guns hold up the saloon of Cornelius P. Warren, 25 Evans Street, 

Jesse James style. One man asleep and missed the whole thing. One in to 

pay (his) bar bill looks so unpromising they let him go. Wife comes in, takes 

8-24-1898 

one look and slams the door behind her. 

Alderman Moynihan has a well dug 25' through solid rock, finds water, gas comes 

11-21-1898 

from the pump. 

Two lawyers dispute location (of) power to carry village wires - standing in a hole 

2-10-1899 

while diggers stand at bay. 1-9-1903 

New location of pole found. 

House policeman took a cigar forcibly from a man smoking in gallery. The man 

waited until closing and, as the policeman left the theater, shot him - in 


Wallace, ID. 

One of Charles Trietley's horses got loose and walked upstairs in the barn - it 

q11-10-1903 

took three hours to get him down as 200-300 people watched. 

Joke played by autoists - many tramped to gulley on Oak Street to see a specter 


said to haunt the place. Auto passed dragging a sheet on a stick. 

Alexander Robertson escaped from the hospital in his underwear - fled to a 


convent - nuns upset. 2-22-1906 

Robertson dead. 

A local merchant had a place with a player piano next door which played the same 

piece continually until he knew it by heart and often whistled it. Finally it became 

the only tune he could whistle. One night he was seen sitting up in bed 


whistling the tune in his sleep. Past & Present. 2-8-1908 

Merritt S. Dunlap of 115 Summit has a horse with long, curly hair, ears like a bear. 4-13-1908 

Freak horse on view at Chapel stable on Russell Place. 4-16-1908 

3,500 saw the freak horse on Saturday. 

Young man recently left a rig at a livery stable where, during the day, a hen 

crawled under it and made a nest. On the way home he reached under the 


seat for his coat, pulling out instead the hen by the neck. She had laid an egg. 10-16-1909 

Two bare feet - perhaps human feet - found in the freight yard. 2-15-1909 

Feet found to be those of a bear. 

22 years ago a man bought a suit from John F. Ryan. Was $5 short and left a 


ring as deposit. Last week he returned with the money. Past & Present. 2-19-1910



Oddities (cont) A young man taking a girl canoeing tried to change seats in mid-stream - when 

the canoe titted she screamed - he dove over in his Sunday suit, towed the 

canoe to the shore. Past & Present. 

A couple wed in Michigan came east to Batavia by car. She wished to make an 

impression on their arrival and insisted on driving. She hit a rut, turned turtle. 

She was thrown out unhurt, he had to crawl out from under, but he drove the 


rest of the way. Past & Present. 

A City officer was called to the Creek above the dam because boys were reported 

swimming in the nude - in crossing the dam he fell in, the boys all vanished. 

The ironical part is, there were no spectators when he started out, but the bank 

was crowded when he crawled to the shore, including a crowded train just 


crossing the bridge over-looking the Creek. Past & Present. 

On a train, several men were together when someone called for a doctor. 

Dr. Burkhart was approached but said he was only a dentist. They turned to 

Dr. Clare but he was a vet. Then a matronly woman offered her assistance - 


a real (med?) (May have been in a Past & Present column) 

Son left the car when he got a new job - father could run it forward, hired man 


in reverse. 9-30-1911 

Jacob Keller sent sand to the President, etc. Believes it was gold. 

One of the Tresco boys, involved in a recent drowning, selling papers: "Read all 


about me." (Gustaferro child drowned) Past & Present column. 5-27-1916 

The hands on the clock on a bank whiz around in the heat - clock heat prostrated. 

A soldier annoyed a sergeant by whistling in the ranks. Told to whistle for an hour 

while the other men were at ease. He whistled the Star Spangled Banner, 

which brought all the men to attention. After ten minutes of this the men, and 


soldier, were dismissed. 

A new baby arrived recently at the home of a local jeweler. Slightly older sister 

told someone, "My mother always goes to parties, coming home with the 


prize." Mullers? no date 

Light in the night sky. 

Milk cans used in an escape trick by Houdini were made in Batavia, the "tinner" 


not named. Past & Present column. 

Police called to get a Chinese Dragon from a tree - escaped from the Carnival - 


firemen effect the rescue. 9-13-1920 

Gypsies in court, charm the court, get off by offering a baboon to dance, shaming. 10-20-1920 

A youth from 28 Park Avenue forges check, sprees in NY. 

Past & Present column: Story of a mouse that a boy tied to an inkstand at 


the Post Office. 2-12-1921 

Tears down half a house on spite. 4-25-1921 

Riot follows street preaching. 

Past & Present column: telling of a driver whose tail light failed on his way 

through Batavia. In his extremity he helped himself to a red lantern marking a 


danger spot and hung it behind. 

Past & Present column: At a recent amateur production a patroness was so 

devoted to perfection on the set that she was still making improvements at 

curtain time. Finally the crew had her called to the telephone and the curtain 


went up. 

Past & Present column: Louis J. Wals said he would pay for as much 

buttermilk as Robert Coles could drink. He drank 20 glasses. Bill was 5¢. 


Home Dairy advertises: "All the buttermilk you can drink for 5¢." 

Past & Present column: Story of a motorist following a trail of corn in the road. 


Came upon a motorist who had filled a tire with corn. 

Past & Present column: Tells the story apropos of a recent high school student's 

strike, of girls who started to hitch-hike to LeRoy, got taken to Rochester 


instead, arriving without carfare home - troubles hitchhiking back. 



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Oddities (cont) Story of a turkey shoot. Past & Present column. 

Contractor, taking Mr. & Mrs. Weber home from the new high school, finds a 


skeleton sitting in the back seat of his car, holding a newspaper. 

Past & Present column: on Charles Penepent, champion eater - ate 50 


pancakes - 25 years old - weighs 130pounds. 1-10-1925 

Ice cream swindle takes in two local boys. 8-13-1925 

Ice cream swindle takes in two local boys. 9-2-1925 

Peter Coco, 13, in extortion plot. 

Chief Elliott asked for "walking permit". Man wants to return to his old home on 


foot. Past & Present column. 

A skunk, with his head stuck in a sardine can, rescued by police without damage 


to them. 

Past & Present column: Story of a skunk and police carried by newspapers 


across the country. 10-29-1927 

Day of hilarity - odd garb - at the High School before exams. 6-15-1928 

Horse tied to a conduit pipe pulls out 3 power cables. 

Program offered at the Fairgrounds by Rochesterians a hoax. The police had 


difficulty quelling the howling mob. 

New Directory lists the address of a bachelor who has recently purchased a 

home - and adds the name of his intended but not yet married wife - 


practical joke of his colleague. 1-11-1930 

See: Tree sitting. 7-19, 28-1930 

See: Croquet games. 7-23, 8-2-1930 

Jerome Place, newly oiled, burns when a boy throws a match. 8-28-1930 

A man mysteriously kidnapped from Oakfield Street. 9-10-1931 

Batavia youths admit kidnapping for excitement. 

Mervin E. Shattuck of 28 River Street has two bloodhounds which cost $125 each 

and a diploma by mail from the American Detect. Training School of NY. 

Waiting for a crisis to use their skills. Got the diploma 5 years ago. Finds 

children, lost people. Once followed dogs to a lost child - was lost himself 

and had to fire a shot to attract help. Dogs fight due to boredom. Have to be 


kept separate. 

Eugene Smith, 132 (or 32) Bank Street, claims the earth is flat and there is no 


such thing as gravity and gives his reasons. 

William F. Edgerton claims a youthful gang beat, burned, tied up, and robbed him. 


(Little evidence.) 12-27-1934 

See: K-7 - Albert E. Phelps. 5-2-1935 

Pranksters sound a fire alarm during High School Commencement Exercises. 

Five children on Fairmont and 6 on Norris played croquet for 12 hours - 6am to 


6:30pm. In rain coats and umbrellas for the first hours. 

Boys on State Street are tree sitting, aimed at "at least a week" - record of 

no date 

Kingsley Avenue - Ellsworth Avenue. 

Michael Cecero takes 2½ hours for lunch - but comes to work at 5:30 to get more 

no date 

done - a pavement manager. 4-7-1936 

Bonnie Jean Keegan, 652 pounds, here with a carnival - former Batavian. 6-10-1938 

Bonnie Jean Keegan Murdock - died of suffocation from an enlarged goiter. 7-7-1938 

Obit of Roy Redmond - Batavia dwarf - 33. 

Past & Present column: James Dirks has an appendix scar on his hand - due to 


skin grafting after burns. 

Jane Wright of Gaines chosen the first Dried Apple Queen of the entire country. 


Past & Present column. 

A milk wagon with two swaybacked horses crossing the country - three women - 


stops here. 7-29-1946 

Milk wagon travelers resting in Schenectady. See: Goat Woman. 8-29-1946 

Spittoons missing from Leg. Rooms. 



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Oddities (cont) Past & Present column: on a mailman trying to collect 5¢ postage on a letter - 

is given a deposit-due milk bottle to return to the grocery for his 5¢, which 

he did. 

Past & Present column: on fire nozzles missing from the High School in 1945 


or so, presented to Superintendent caftan on reunion of class. 4-15-1950 

Past & Present column: on ? kept in Ellicott Hall in 1925. 4-15-1950 

A prisoner escapes the City lock-up - no one knows how. 12-9-1953 

Escapee caught - doesn't say how he got out. 

A cow seen tied up to a parking meter before the County Building - hurt in transit 


and left for a truck to pick up. 9-7-1955 

Red Ionelli (a cat) returns after 10 month, 285 miles. 3-3-1956 

A Robin brings metal foil to its nest - blacks out area. 5-2-1956 

Irving Gillam, baton twirler, has a baton lodge in wires and blacks out Hamlin. 8-11-1956 

Youngsters in Corfu admit painting a horse pink as a Halloween prank. 11-3-1956 

The pink horse to be sheared - rubber based paint. 11-5-1956 

Boys find a nest in Kibbe Park with a dollar bill woven into the material. 

Problem of what to do with a dog saves the owner from a jail sentence - drunk 


and disorderly. 

A woman in shorts refused even to enter the court house to be excused from 


jury duty. 6-4-1957 

Sam, Branton's new milk horse, leaves driver and starts for home. 6-12-1957 

Hula Hoop sell out at Kresges. 9-15-1958 

See: Desimones - vaudeville alumni. 

The Health Commissioner Campbell says two sheep and a goat behind 

12 Brooklyn not a health menace. They belong to Michael Casey - 4H project. 

Neighbors say they smell and depreciate property. The reporter noted no smell. 


Two articles. 7-15-1960 

Picture of a huge footprint under a bridge. 8-1-1960 

More "tracks" at City Hall. 8-2-1960 

Huge tracks up the side of Fix Printing - picture - made by youthful Fix employee. 8-4-1960 

Story of Officer DiAntonio and the skunk. 12-3-1960 

See: Fifty Mile Hikers. Feb. & Mar. 1963 

See: Abram George, Medium. 

Telephone operator Virginia Oberle gets a call - Mrs. Stanley Slivinski of 

no date 

8773 Dorman Rd. makes a call and dies - Oberle makes contacts. 5-14-1964 

Odd ordinances still on the books. 

Winegar tells the story of a woman who left Trailways without paying and sent 


it from Buffalo later. 

Oakfield boy sentenced by Richard D. Yunker to jail or digging a hole 6' square. 


Chose digging. 8-10-1965 

The lad changed his mind and chose jail. 8-11-1965 

A Shamrock flag flies over City Hall attached to the halyard with diaper pins. 3-17-1966 

Sunds make a 1,400 mile trip in a garden tractor. 8-26-1966 

Captain Kidd may have buried treasure in Cowlesville - says Dan Winegar. 2-1-1967 

Robert Peil was tied up and robbed on West Main. 2-27-1967 

Hold-up termed a hoax. 2-28-1967 

A fleeing prisoner, in handcuffs, flees down Main Street followed by police. 10-16-1968 

Jeff Myers of Pavilion barred from basketball because of the length of his hair. 12-20-1968 

Parents appeal Myers ouster from the team to the State. 

Intruders force a door at the Presbyterian Church and return a microphone 


taken yesterday. 

Dennis Haintz had Louis Viele arrested for noise made building the Professional 


Building on Summit Extension. 6-22-1973 

Viele and Haintz shake hands in Court. 6-30-1973 


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Oddities (cont) An Oakfield woman chases two would-be hold-up men from her lawn with a 

broom. Gets shot, but not robbed. 10-1-1974 

Story of a cow in the Creek - began earlier. 6-25-1975 

Comments by Holvey on the cow affair. 6-26-1975 

List of silly phrases like "Old baldies never die, they just flip their lid'' - Winegar 

column. 7-30-1975 

After some weeks of publicity and gift of magazines from a publisher inmates at 

the County Jail get copies of Playboy magazine, plus the centerfold. 3-26-1976 

Opossum first in the Mall - leaves footprints in cement of the pool. 7-9-1976 

A woman on Vernon Avenue watches her neighbor clear his drive, throwing the 

snow on her driveway, calls the police and then takes a shovel and starts 

throwing it back. Police say resolution beyond them - if the disputants can't 

settle it they have to get lawyers. 12-26-1978 

Winegar remembers Neal Smock - how he once pulled in a noisy wedding 

procession. 1-17-1979 

Greg Phillips suns himself in a deck chair and bathing suit in 30° temperature 

to shame his boss at the Vinyl Jungle for not letting him go to Florida. 12-17-1981 

Attica upset by Indian haircut - picture. 2-18-1983 

Winegar tells the story of the great mule chase - repeated from the original, 

April 28, 1981. 7-26-1999 

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Rope walker walks a rope over Main Street from the roof of St. James to the roof 

of the Hooper House. 8-17-1883 

Ad: M. S. Hayes says he has disposed of his vicious horse and is ready to take 

orders as usual if left at N. W. Stiles drug store. 11-14-1883 

The Art Gallery on Jackson is the only place that serves up blind robins for lunch. 

If you've never tried them come in. Phil Peters. 5-3-1884 

Young man flipping a silver dollar lost it into a spittoon. Offered to sell it for 50¢ 

rather than fish it out. The buyer found the dollar was lead. 4-22-1885 

During the first week or so Special Delivery Service business was brisk. Only 

one letter delivered in December, at midnight, to Batavia editor scaring him 

almost sick. 1-8-1886 

Oddo, Samuel Hearing for, who hit Luplow in a riot Sunday June 29. 7-7-1921 

Odd's-N-Ends To replace Ryans. Factory bargains store. 

Moving to the corner Mall store built by Wendy's for permission to build in the 


Mall area. no date 

Opening a second store in the former Tops Store. 10-6-1992 

Closing its Mall shop, consolidating in the Tops Plaza store. 2-22-1993 

Odell, A. J. Of Syracuse, the new owner of J. Burt Jones Market, 5 Jackson Street. 9-1-1914 

New fixtures at Odell Market - owned by J. E. Smith Butcher's Supply Co. of Buffalo. 2-7-1916 

Odell's Market, 5 Jackson Street, sold to George C. Hollister of Rochester. 5-13-1918 

Miss Emily Hollister to do business at Odell's, 5 Jackson Street. 9-13-1918 

Odell Co. provision store closed for reorganization, 5 Jackson Street. 11-18-1918 

Odell, Dr. Essie A. Chiropractor, 14 Main Street. 1-29-1919 

Mentioned. 3-1-1920 

Oderkirk, Cassandra Obit - 64. 7-9-1962 

Oderkirk, John Obit. 9-3-1936 


SUBJECT TEXT DATE

O'Donnell, James P. Sells his hack business to Sheriff Williams who will conduct it along with his 

livery business. 3-30-1907 

Auto liveryman, moved fro 108 Jackson Street to 100 Jackson - the former 

Green Mountain House. 1-21-1919 

Defies a City order not to operate a taxi. Claims he has registrations for two taxis, 

both he and his wife have chauffeurs licenses. 9-26-1922 

Cleared, need not get a City license. 10-17-1922 

Past & Present column: on a leather whip - genuine rawhide - owned by 

O'Donnell, taxicab driver and owner of the hotel building at 100 Jackson Street. 

Given to him by Abdel Hallen - also known as Tobie Marsie - an Egyptian who 

lived at the hotel. 2-10-1923 

Sells the Green Mountain Hotel, 100 Jackson, to Sylvester Horgan who has 

leased it for six years. 2-14-1927 

Buys the Erie Depot, 49 Jackson Street, to move a second-hand furniture store 

there. 1-23-1936 

Now a furniture dealer in the old station where he used to sell newspapers. 2-1-1936 

O'Donnell, Jennie Disappeared - it's believed that she eloped with Julius Smith who also disappeared. 

He wooed her on a merry-go-round. 9-2-1905 

Smith arrested in Middleport - Jennie not with him. 9-5-1905 

O'Donnell, Patrick The well driver, one of those drilling for a drinking fountain. no date 

Driving a well at 12 Dellinger Avenue - now down 29' 18". 4-30-1912 

Obit - well driller - age 76. 11-10-1928 

Odyssey of the Mind Seven schools to compete. 

The program offered by BOCES for a decade gave area students a mental 


workout at BHS Saturday. 3-13-1995 

Oerlicke, Günter and Betty Ask for a permit to build on Alexander Road - now at 114 West Main. 11-24-1975 

Groundbreaking - picture. 1-26-1976 

Günter now selling Renault at 114 West Main - to move to 8825 Alexander Road. 7-21-1976 

Office Building Zoning variance approved for an office building at 311 Bank Street for 

Elizabeth Sivvel. 8-26-1983 

Office Center Garlock Office Systems joins national Office Center Dealerships - changes name. 6-17-1996 

Office Equipment Exchange Ronald H. Rutter bringing OEE to the Industrial Center. Now center is only in 

Lockport. 8-20-1979 

Office for the Aging Head sought for. 2-16-1974 

Roger Tiede appointed head. 5-9-1974 

Getting good reception. 8-2-1974 

Senior Citizen parlay lists activities. 8-22-1974 

Tiede reports for. 12-24-1974 

Three added to the staff. 2-12-1975 

To have a square dance. 2-28-1975 

Locating housing for the elderly. 3-14-1975 

Starts "Smile Call" program. 5-3-1975 

Tiede seeks funding for the year. 5-20-1975 

Starts "Smile Call" to check on elderly who may be at risk. 7-14-1975 

To start a senior meals program. 1-5-1976 

Objectives outlined. 1-26-1976 

Cost of the office is minimal. 



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Office for the Aging (cont) Tiede proposes meals for the elderly. 3-18-1976

Tiede leaving for a Wyoming County post. 4-7-1981 

Lillis - former priest - probable head. 6-24-1981 

Obit - Paul Lillis. ? 

William Lang chosen replacement. 2-9-1984 

Lang leaving to serve as business manager for Pembroke Schools. 4-4-1988 

Veronica Szczesny in line as head. 6-8-1988 

Szczesny appointed - picture. 6-9-1988 

Pfalzer article on. 8-6-1988 

Offers tax assistance. 2-1-1989 

Szczesny leaving July 1st. [Left July 9th or 10th] 6-12-1989 

The County has several vacancies in the Agency - denies its neglecting the Office. 8-2-1989 

The County favors Connie Parsons of 16 Montclair Avenue for. 

Parsons appointed (was married in April, is now Connie Boyd). Donald Kirkwood 


to work on In-House service. 9-14-1989 

Officers to celebrate Aging Month by greeting them in supermarkets. 5-1-1992 

Needs interim director while Connie Boyd has a baby. 6-3-1992 

Pamela Whitmore approved as interim director. 

Pat Darch to become head of the Nutrition Program - meal site meals and 


meals-on-wheels. 7-13-1993 

Jody Copan, Batavia Site manager about one month in June. no date 

Rhea Leight Site Manager. June 1994 

Senior Center celebrated 20 years of service in July 1994 - month of festivities, 8-2-1994 

rededicated patio. 7-20-1994 

Connie Boyd resigns as head after a year's leave. 8-2-1994 

Report on annual Hearing. 10-15-1994 

Pamela Whitmore assumes head of. 

French Garden Picnic in Mercygrove, LeRoy, to benefit Meals-on-Wheels - 


220 attended. 8-9-1995 

Whitmore lists programs available to those over 60. 

Lease for upper floors of the Senior Center, vacated by the Youth Center, 


considered. 7-2-1996 

Whitmore outlines the consolidation planned - hearing Tuesday July 23rd. 7-12-1996 

Consolidation of all offices at 2 Bank Street awaits lease terms settlement. 

Fund to install an elevator is ¾ complete thanks to a gift from Northgate Methodist 


Church. Picture of Pat Darch filling in for Pam. 

Move of offices from Liberty Street to the upper floor at 2 Bank Street seen for 


February 1st. 12-19-1996 

Darch reveals a plan to increase meals delivered to the homebound. 

The State budget includes funds which can increase meals for the homebound 


and activities at the Center. 8-22-1997 

Offices in Genesee and Wyoming Counties agree senior housing needed. 

Offices now at 45 Liberty packing to move to the second floor at 2 Bank Street - 


no elevator yet. 3-20-1998 

Office at 2 Bank Street now to receive all phone calls. 5-8-1998 

Commemorates 25 years by planning for years ahead - picture of the committee. 12-18-1998 

Whitmore urges seniors to unite. 2-27-1999 

Speakers at the 25th Anniversary dinner announce plans to use the Marshall Fund. 6-3-1999 

New grant (Marshall Grant) makes transportation available to many Seniors. 

Picture of the bus purchased by the gift of money from the Marshall Fund to 


carry handicapped. 

Loose Ends Vending to provide Senior Meals and Meals-on-Wheels from their 


700 Ellicott Street plant. 1-11-2000 

Sets up a new Social Visiting program under the Muriel H. Marshall Fund - picture. 1-21-2000 



Office for the Aging (cont) The Genesee Senior Foundation, successor to the Senior Advisory Committee, 

meets at the Senior Center - picture. 5-12-2000

Pam Whitmore outlines new transportation plans. 

Reprint of an article by Winegar, October 3, 1978, on early suggestions for an 

9-8-2000 

Office for the Aging. 10-20-2000 

Report on the Home Visitor's program. 12-9-2000 

Office-Max Developer proposes a store for Veteran's Memorial Drive across from Wal-Mart. 3-4-1998 

Opens on Veteran's Memorial Drive, part of a chain of office supply stores - picture. 9-14-1998 

Office of Education for Children with 

Handicapping Conditions. 

The State is moving the office from Lancaster to Severne Hall in Batavia. 8-31-1938 

Office Supply Store 45 Main Street. 

Robert W. and Harry E. Mullen buy the store from Vincent Parisi. 6-19-1947 

Off-Site Computer servicing company. 

New company at 22 Ellicott Street - former Moose Home - sells disaster recovery 

service for computer users. James Leverentz, president. 4-6-1988 

Off-track Betting Off track wagering rejected in Albany. 3-11-1947 

The Assembly okays OTB. 3-30-1949 

John J. Gannon head. 8-11-1952 

Suggested for Batavia. 8-27-1953 

The State Legislature approves OTB. 4-20-1970 

Starts in NYC. 4-9-1971 

Proposed for the area. 5-4-1971 

The Council opposes OTB. 11-28-1972 

Promoters of meet here. 12-8-1972 

WNY Off-Track Betting forms a corporation. 1-6-1973 

Seems detrimental to WNY racing. 4-18-1973 

Meets to plan the local set-up. 6-5-1973 

WNY wants OTB here. 6-19-1973 

The County Legislature is considering. 6-30-1973 

Again. 7-6-1973 

The City Council opposes OTB here. 7-10-1973 


The County is studying the cost of. 7-30-1973 

The City is likely to get the OTB Center. 8-24-1973 

Again. 9-12-1973 

Danny Lullo to head the local office. 9-20-1973 

Batavia approved for. 10-2-1973 

The Legislature says no permit yet to. 10-11-1973 

To open a temporary office in County Building II. 10-20-1973 

Seeks to lease the Grant Store, 113 Main Street. 1-17-1974 

To open in County Building II. 1-25-1974 

The Court denies OTB a permit for a computer betting service. 2-6-1974 

Hopes to open on Derby Day - May 4th. 4-20-1974 

Plans for its office scaled down. 4-26-1974 

To rent quarters downtown. 5-4-1974 

Sketch of the proposed OTB Center. 5-7-1974 

May open in the basement of the Grant Store until Grants Closes. 5-8-1974 

The Batavia office to be "full service." 5-23-1974 

Telephone betting being installed in Grant's basement. 7-3-1974 

Telephone betting managed by Edward M. Carney. 



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Off-track Betting (cont) Pictures of the OTB set-up. 8-17-1974 

Joseph Lullo is manager here. 8-23-1974 

Opening of - picture. Dial-a-bet betting $3,000 the first day. 8-27-1974

Ribbon-Cutting. 8-28-1974 

Picture of the OTB Center. 8-30-1974 

Gives the Downs $86,398 commission on tax. 

Downs says the entire $86,398 did not go to them - part went to the Horsemen's 


Association. 10-25-1974 

Receipts top expenses. 11-12-1974 

Brings a loss to the City. 2-25-1975 

Office workers get a mediator on their contract terms. 4-3-1975 

To pay the County $55,000 in taxes. 4-25-1975 

Batavia Downs and Buffalo Raceway to share the profits of. 8-30-1975 

To have an Open House Sunday. 11-28-1975 

To go into the building at Center and Main, purchased by BS & D Corp - Gautieri. 2-13-1976 

The County gets $11,576 from. 4-24-1976 

To have Open House. 10-20-1976 

Donald Lullo turned down for head of WNY Betting Association. 1-21-1977 

Offers to buy Batavia Downs - valued at $10 million. 4-18-1978 

Now undecided about the Downs deal. 

The City and County get $213,000 from for loss of revenue because of reduced 


attendance at races. 5-22-1979 

On strike - picture. 10-1-1979 

Refuses to negotiate. 10-2-1979 

Ratifies a three year contract. 11-12-1979 

Hawley says OTB must give the City recompense, even if it moves. 1-11-1980 

Says it will move its office - maybe outside the City. 2-8-1980 

Hawley asks for a temporary halt to moving the OTB office from the City. 2-27-1980 

Fred Herman, WNY Chief of, suspended for not following policy. 3-7-1980 

The recession is not hurting OTB. 5-2-1980 

Leo J. Grills is the new head. Fred A. Herman retires. 7-5-1980 

OTB trolley being moved out. 11-7-1980 

Thinking of buying the former Police Barracks. 5-1-1981 

Will pay $95,000 for the barracks if the Legislature okays. 

Sale of the barracks is raising objections, Gautieri says OTB may buy the present 


building if they wish. 6-11-1981 

Gautieri buys the Newberry Building - to give OTB more room for their computer. 7-23-1981 

The State refuses a permit for a computer for. 8-5-1981 

To buy the barracks site and building. 8-28-1981 

Gautieri sues to stop the sale of the site of the Police Barracks to. 9-18-1981 

OTB and the City differences settled - OTB to pay both the City and County. 

Gautieri gets a restraining order to stop the sale of the barracks site to - with 


reasons. 10-9-1981 

The Judge dismisses the suit - OTB to build. 11-13-1981 

OTB and the County sign sale on the barracks property. 11-20-1981 

The Buffalo area pushes for a split in OTB. 1-23-1982 

WROTB moves to a less expensive location. 3-6-1982 

The Downs offers to run OTB. 

Dominic B. Mancuso replaces Lullo as head of the local OTB. Mancuso declines 


a permanent appointment. 4-18-1982 

Directors are considering moving the office away. Getting more, but smaller bets. 6-25-1982 

The Batavia office reports a loss of $8,355 in September. 

Moving their offices to 700 Ellicott Street, betting parlor to remain through the time 


of the lease. 1-28-1983 

Gautieri, the present landlord, protests the moving. 



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Off-track Betting (cont) Editorial on OTB moving. 7-1-1983 

The Court clears the way for OTB to move. 8-20-1983 

Stops the use of credit cards. 9-23-1983 

The Court rules that OTB has the right to move. 1-30-1894

Begins moving to 700 Ellicott Street - pictures. 2-22-1984 

First meeting at 700 Ellicott Street on March 29th. 3-20-1984 

Closing its Batavia office in protest over simulcast broadcasting at the track. 11-30-1984 

Trying to close the Batavia office. 7-26-1985 

Contemplating tele-theaters - wants to make sure it will be profitable. 3-28-1986 

To get $39,000 in new furniture for the Ellicott Street headquarters. 

John J. Gannon of Western Region OTB says trouble at the Downs is the owners 


fault not that of OTB. 

Betting at a record high - the Western Region took in $141.6 million, the Batavia 


office, $2.3 million, between January and the end of August. 10-23-1987 

Retaining profits in hopes it can buy property for an office. 3-5-1988 

The Downs and OTB disagree on simulcasting results and both are losing money. 3-25-1988 

Western Region OTB to investigate allegations against John J. Gannon. 4-27-1988 

Setting up a special committee to investigate allegations against Gannon. 4-28-1988 

Gannon given paid leave during the resolution of the allegations. 4-29-1988 

The policy of setting aside profits to buy sites for new parlors questioned. 4-30-1988 

To meet in Batavia to investigate Gannon. 5-5-1988 

Gannon resigns - to escape sacking. 5-26-1988 

John T. Feeney replaces Gannon on OTB. 5-27-1988 

Revising its office procedure. 7-26-1988 

Offers $67,500 for a site at the east end of the Mall - to build for about $320,000. 

Decides to build on the east side of the Mall - doesn't own the site yet - Shackleton 


& Roberts of Buffalo to draw the plans. 9-23-1988 

The Batavia office is accused of favoring children of important officials in hiring. 10-3-1988 

Buys the Mall site - to build a 4,000sq.ft. betting parlor on the east corner. 11-19-1988 

To build in May. 3-24-1989 

A sign on the Mall area fenced off for the OTB betting parlor reads "Baker Const. Co." May 1989 

Construction progressing - 1,813sq.ft. facility - $367,869 price. 7-19-1989 

Roberts Shackleton Architects and Builders - on a sign at the construction site. 8-20-1989 

The new OTB hall has restrooms. 9-20-1989 

Opens - pictures. 4,000sq.ft. of floor space - largest in the area. 10-19-1989 

Take increases again. 1-20-1990 

To install smoking areas. 3-23-1990 

Simulcasting cuts profits at. 5-30-1990 

Workers get retroactive pay raises due to a fact finding hearing. 9-28-1990 

Increases for clerical workers okayed. 10-26-1990 

Wants betting on sports events. 4-15-1991 

Wagers down in 1991. 1-24-1992 

Take up 9% in January. 2-28-1992 

Wants to move from 700 Ellicott Street. Seeks a new location. 4-24-1992 

Fact-finder named in salary dispute. 11-12-1992 

OTB of WNY to keep its headquarters at 700 Ellicott Street for the next five years. 1-29-1993 

Cutting hours the office is open due to a decrease in attendance at. 4-30-1993 

Earnings up in 1994. 3-25-1995 

OTB disputes the amount owed to the Mall. 5-4-1995 

Getting twice the betting of last year. 

Western Region OTB gets a new Ellicott Street boardroom named Kane - for 


Robert J. Kane. 10-27-1995 

Western Region betting up. 10-27-1995 

Begins the winter racing season, looks forward to a successful period. 11-28-1995 

Finds some loss due to a new casino, but its not catastrophic. 



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Off-track Betting (cont) Votes to buy the Downs. 5-15-1998 

OTB officials to lobby for permission to purchase Batavia Downs. 6-1-1998 

The Industrial Development Agency favors aiding the sale. 6-4-1998 

The Legislature supports the purchase of the Downs. 6-11-1998 

Agrees to move ahead with the purchase. 6-26-1998

Moving to acquire the funds for the purchase of the Downs from bank funds. 7-24-1998 

Purchase of the Downs at $2.48 million completed. 10-1-1998 

Setting up priorities. 11-3-1998 

Ad says OTB has moved to the Downs. 12-14-1998 

Hopes for good results from the move. 12-31-1998 

Erie County asks the State not to license the Downs this year - OTB displeased. 

The local OTB offers simulcast of races and a million over five years for support 


by Hamburg Raceway here. 1-30-1999 

Erie County rejects OTB's offer. 2-12-1999 

OTB determines to have racing this year - pictures. 

The NY Racing Association cuts the Simulcast line to WNY parlors during the 


Kentucky Derby. 5-3-1999 

Simulcast connection restored. 

The State Attorney General rules that the racing laws do not allow OTB to run 


a pari-mutual horse racing track - OTB dismayed. 

Sells its former Mall office to Benchmark Group - the sale to be if the group 

redoes the Mall. Benchmark wants to rebuild the Mall, and the plan depends 

on getting control of 75% of the area. The sale by OTB included in the 


arrangements. 8-27-1999 

OTB is planning a budget for the opening of the racetrack - optimistic, anyway. 10-1-1999 

Applies for 106 racing days in 2000. 12-2-1999 

To spend $280,000 to remove asbestos from the grandstand and walls. 2-25-2000 

Talks show progress toward a license. 3-25-2000 

Switching its long-distance information provider to Frontier Communications. 4-29-2000 

The Downs may see racing in 2001. 

Interview with M. C. Basinait, president of the Western Regional Group, bets the 

5-25, 26-2000 

Downs will open. 7-31-2000 

Earned about $65,000 renting space in the Downs during the year. 12-1-2000 

A Board Member criticizes OTB for buying the Downs before getting a racing license. 12-14-2000 

Genesee Legislature supports an OTB license. 1-25-2001 

Ogden, Rev. James See: Hamilton-Ogden [as he was when preaching in Batavia]. 

Ognibene, Josephine Picture of, on the Army Nurse Corps' 51st Anniversary. 2-9-1952 

Picture of, congratulated by J. F. Dulles on promotion to Major. 

Miss Ognibenes' nephew welcomed by Mrs. Eisenhower in the same hospital 


where Miss Ognibene nursed the General. 10-18-1957 

Promoted to Lt. Colonel. 

Honored for exceptional service - Anita Award, in New York City. Got her degree 

as a graduate nurse at Meyer Memorial Hospital in 1940. Entered the Army 


Nurse Corps in 1945. Picture. 6-13 or14-1965 

Cited for exceptional service. 3-21-1966 

Her mother's obituary says Josephine is now retired. 1-5-1972 

Ognibene, Steve Wins the Adirondack Snowmobile award. 2-12-1976 

O'Grady, J. L. Sgt. O'Grady, in Syracuse saves the life of a woman. The son of Brigit O'Grady 

of 400 Towers. 7-3-1973 

Winegar on, of the State Police. 3-9-1987 



O'Grady, John F. Son of Patrick J. O'Grady of Harvester Avenue - ordained. 3-28-1957 

To celebrate his first Mass at St. Joseph's on June 4th. 5-22-1957 

Report on O'Grady's Mass - picture. 6-8-1957 


O'Grady, Patrick Mrs. O'Grady and 5 small children caught by the war in Ireland [O'Grady is the

chef at the Veteran's Hospital]. 6-6-1940 

The State Department appealed to for help. 6-7-1940 

Says it will cost too much to bring his family home - $800. 6-11-1940 

The O'Gradys are on their way home - their way paid to New York. 6-19-1940 

The O'Gradys are back in Batavia - picture. 6-24-1940 

J. E. Brown on, retired VA cook, 132 Harvester. 

Obit. Sons: Rev. John; Vincent and James of Corning; Thomas and Jerome 


of Batavia. Two daughters. no date 

O'Grady, Thomas Landlord at Arlington House. November 1895 

Installs bowling alleys. 11-23-1895 

Starts the Arlington Bowling Club. 2-11-1896 

Buying land adjacent to the Cottage Restaurant - and his bowling alleys. 6-27-1896 

Moving to Cottage on State Street. [Arlington became an office building] 

To run hotel Medina - sells his bowling alleys and the Cottage Restaurant to 

9-15-1896 

Philip Perfield. 

Asks $1,807.94 for two investigations, $1,610 for the Schoenberg case, $137 for 

2-17-1897 

and Indian case. 12-24-1915 

Offers a bill for $2,916.94 for working on the Dominic Charles (Chardo) murder case. 12-6-1918 

To sue the Supervisors for payment. 12-11-1919 

The Supervisors reduce O'Grady's bill - $15 a day, down from $25 a day. 12-18-1919 

Dead in Buffalo. Wide reputation as a detective. 1-30-1920 

Former resident, inventor of a ball-throwing machine for baseball batting practice. 5-4-1977 

Oh, Dr. Keun Chang New doctor to start practice. 5-4-1979 

To take the practice of Myron Williams on July 3rd. 6-13-1979 

Ohlson's Bakery 325 Ellicott Street. 

Fined for unsanitary conditions. Marvin Ohlson, proprietor. 7-25-1972 

Oil Crayons B. F. Calkins to build an oil crayon factory in Rochester. 4-12-1892 

Oil Dealers J. R. Whiteside, agent for Standard Oil. 4-6-1895 

Kerosene up ½¢. Oil 12¢ a gallon. 4-11-1895 

M. E. Forward, oil dealer, team ran away. 12-15-1898 

Whiteside sells out to the grandson of his wife - Fred Hilton. 1-30-1899 

R. O. Burt buys the oil business of E. Forward. 9-13-1899 

Petroleum dealers organize - Tri-County Council 

J. D. Dibble - Kendall dealer in 1947, now sells Quaker State. Sold Kendall to 


Upson Maybach. 6-28-1962 

Pure Oil Corp. takes over the drilling contract in the County. 12-4-1964 

Humble Oil dealers meet at the Treadway. 

W. W. Griffith Oil Co. acquires Phelps Brothers - to distribute Mobil - 50th 


Anniversary of founding. 3-30-1972 

Oil Doctor Opening soon at 4003 West Main Street, next to the Country Falls Car Wash. 

Have your vehicle cured. 

Prospers. Owners: Tim Wilkes; Dave Ficarella; and Sam Costanza of Batavia. 


Dr. Jack Wilks is a silent partner. Picture. 



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Oil Spout 10 minute oil change. 

Jerry L. Reinhart and Gerald P. Condello to open a quick change operation at 

50 Liberty Street (back half of the former bus terminal lot) - picture. 

Ad in the Pennysaver says the Oil Spout has a second location at 1010 Transit 


Road in Brockport. Quaker States' #1 lube installer in the country. May 1992 

Reinhart and Condello opening a second Oil Spout in Warsaw. 12-13-1993 

Has installed a computer system than can track your car's complete service history. 7-31-1995

Adding shops in Geneva and Geneseo. Already in Batavia, Warsaw and 

Brockport. 10-14-1996 

"10 minute oil change" - in Batavia since 1982. Started and owned by Jerry 

Condello, Sr. and Jerry Reinhart. Employs about 20 now. 10-15-1996 

Reinhart and Condello open a sister business - Batavia Brake and Inspection, 

6 Liberty. 8-30-1999 

O'Lacy's Irish Pub 5 School Street. 

Ad: Now open. 

Built on the site of Grundler's Second Hand Shop, which was earlier John Secord's 


electrical fix-it shop. no date 

Vies for a record Great Guinness Toast - picture - 168 in O'Lacy's at 11pm. 2-27-1999 

Celtic music group at for St. Patrick's. 

Organizing for the 3rd Annual St. Patrick's Day parade. Owners Kent and Nancy 


Ewell. Bands, 30 groups to march - bagpipes, etc. 2-25-2000 

Olcott, Eleanor (Mrs. Ralph M.) Eleanor Mann marries Ralph Olcott. 10-18-1937 

Obit - 72. 5-19-1976 

Olcott, Harlow O. Transfer house on Wood Street to Olcott for $1,550. 6-9-1903 

Obit - worked at Batavia Metal Products. One son: Ralph M. 6-4-1948 

Olcott, Mrs. Harlow O. Visiting son, Mr. & Mrs. Edward Susat. 

Mrs. Olcott and her daughter, Mrs. Richard Susat, visiting other daughters: 


Mrs. Edward Susat; Mrs. Donald Susat in Ohio. 10-16-1957 

Olcott, Ralph M. Marries Eleanor Mann - lived across the street from each other. 10-18-1937 

To build a $5,700 house at 7 Richmond Avenue. 4-29-1941 

Resumes post at the Bank of Batavia. 7-26-1945 

Named manager at Marine Trust Co. here - picture. 1-3-1950 

Vice-president of WNY Marine Trust Co. 8-6-1955 

Lifts the first shovelful for the YM addition. 5-15-1956 

Chairman of the Citizen's Advisory Committee on Urban Renewal. 

To retire after 47 years in banking - picture. [He was with the Bank of Batavia 


and its successor Marine Midland Bank]. 9-30-1968 

Died Thursday, January 29th. 1-30-1998 

Obit - dead at 94. 1-31-1998 

Old Age Rolls The County assumes responsibility for old age cases on January 1st. 

The City old age records turned over to the County, the City Old Age department 


is abolished. 1-2-1941 

Old Guild Gang Reunion. Former Polio patients from the Crippled Children's Hospital in Buffalo. 8-8-1955 

Fourth reunion. 8-14-1956 

Meeting in Barre. 8-15-1957 

Old Heidelberg Restaurant Article on, picture of Fritz and Loni Joos in South Warsaw, NY. 9-8-1979 



Old Home Week Suggested. 7-8-1910 

Week of the Fourth suggested. 11-26-1910 

Plans for presented. 2-12-1913 

Plans for presented. 2-19-1913 

Week of the Fourth proposed. 2-26-1913 

Coupon in the paper for readers to vote. 3-22-1913 

Clergymen against the Carnival. 3-24-1913 

80% of readers are against. 3-25-1913

Proposed for the week of the County Fair. 12-10-1920 

C. L. Carr, Chairman for. 1-13-1921 

Pageant being prepared. 8-11-1921 

Entertainment Thursday night, Fair Week. See: Genesee County Fair. 9-23-1921 

Organization meeting last night. 4-19-1933 

Committee plan for July. 4-27-1933 

Ads now around the City for. 5-20-1933 

Old Home Week number - with articles on business firms. 6-28-1933 

Program - pageant. 6-29-1933 

Opens with an address by the Mayor at the Land Office. 7-3-1933 

Scout events mark Old Home Week. 7-4-1933 

Parade last night, etc. 7-7, 8-1933 

Old Orchard Trailer Park Clinton Street. 

Kenneth Miner, proprietor. 

Kenneth G. Miner and George R. Miner sell the trailer park to Robert Pettinger 


of Pittsford. 4-23-1970 

Miner seems to be the owner - called Country Meadow? 5-23-1974 

The State to hold hearings on Miner Homes and park for environmental violations. 

See: Kenneth Miner after 1975. 


Oldest Citizen Etta Ware, 104 - obituary. 4-7-1958 

Cosmo DiFabbio, 100 (102 at death) - oldest citizen. 9-23-1961 

Ida L. Bryant, 101 years old - Batavia Nursing Home. 2-23-1970 

Mrs. Catherine Cassidy reaches 100. 12-10-1970 

Jay Gallup reaches 100. 12-26-1974 

Older Boys Club Older men over 64 to meet at the Heidelberg Restaurant in Attica - a dozen or 

so came. 1-25-1939 

Meet in Batavia. 10-12-1940 

Have dinner at Youngs. 8-23-1947 

Picture of. 3-6-1952 

Meets - requirements: 60 years old. 3-6-1952 

Meet in Pavilion. 3-25-1952 

AAAAA to have Liar's contest. [Attica, Alexander And All Around Attica] 2-23-1953 

Meet in the Stagecoach Restaurant in Attica. 4-1-1954 

Meeting at Victors. 9-29-1954 

To Seven Springs - guests of William Russell. 7-22-1955 

Plan a Ladies Night at the Alexander Methodist Church. 8-30-1956 

To meet with Golden Agers. 

Orice S. Hubbard, charter member and president for 20 years, produces the 

Charter - which is to go to the Attica Historical Society. The organization 


started to help older men get acquainted - meet monthly. 5-1-1962 

Plan a Ladies Night. 6-23-1963 

Gulles(?) talks to, at dinner in the Bethany Town Hall. 12-20-1977 

Meets -picture. 6-30-1979 

Still meeting. 


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Oldsen, Gilbert Accepts call. 5-5-1936 

New pastor at St. Paul's moves here. 6-5-1936 

Honored by the congregation and friends. 9-26-1958 

To be honored for 35 years service to St. Paul's. 

Has been head of the Eastern Division of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. 


Elected interim head for 10 days during the removal of the former head. 4-12-1976 

Completes 40 years here. 6-7-1976 

Preaches his farewell sermon. 9-10-1976 

Pastor Emeritus celebrates his 90th birthday, 65 years in ministry - picture. 3-6-1999

Oldsen, Mrs. Gilbert (Olga A.) Obit. 5-26-1987 

Oldsen, John Appointed to the US Air Force Academy. 5-12-1964 

Oldsmobile Company of Batavia See: Batavia Garage. 

O'Lacy's Pub On School Street - offers a bit of Ireland - picture. 4-28-1997 

O'Leary, Cornelius Opens a cut glass manufactory on North Street with Raymond and Robert Powell. 12-4-1911 

Oleo Margarine George Hayward accused of selling Oleo. 5-20-1908 

Hayward fined $50. 5-21-1908 

Hayward again charged by the State. 10-2-1908 

Raymond Clark fined $100 for selling colored oleo. 11-1-1910 

Olin, Bonita Ass't. Manager of Manufacturer's & Trader's - succeeds Suttell. 1-12-1981 

Olin Avenue Olin and Allen to be cut to the west from Holland Avenue. 9-19-1908 

Olivadotti Burglar enters the Olivadotti house (see: Roberts) with a shotgun. The gunman 

was Donald W. Roberts (3am). 2-22-1957 

Olive Branch Health shop. 

Pepper Trietley open the store at 234 Ellicott Street - Tom Stamp, assistant. 

Owner Paul Piscatelli finds competition from chain stores - says he has one of 


the largest collection of herbs in the region. 11-21-1998 

Oliver, Ben Interview with the Genesee County Mental Health Clinic therapist. His wife 

Evelyn is a library clerk. 1-19-1998 

Invited to explain the festival Kwanza at Robert Morris School. 12-2000 

Oliver, Joseph B. Article on Oliver's Candy. 

Picture, story of Oliver's - secret of success hard work. Says, "in our country 

you can make a success out of any business if you work hard enough." Came 

to Batavia 20 years ago during the Depression. Found no job. Made water 

blanched peanuts with a recipe handed down in the Oliver family. Went well. 

Shipped all over the US and Canada. Also gets big tourist business. Later 

dipped peanuts in chocolate thereby starting his candy business.. Specialties 


are his Halloween candy kisses and especially their Christmas ribbon candy. 12-19-1950 

Moderator at a meeting of the National Confectionery Assoc. in NY. 1-22-1951 

Named vice-president of the Association of Retail Confectioners. 

Full page Ad: Oliver's Candy Easter offerings - with a picture of "Bugs Bunny" 


suckers. 3-23-1953 

One of 14 cited by Candy makers at their convention. 2-25-1954 



Oliver, Joseph B. (cont) President of the Association of Retail Confectioners of the United States. 

Joseph and Mrs. Oliver to attend a convention of candy makers in Chicago where 


he will preside. 6-5-1959 

Picture of Oliver's chocolate bunnies. 4-14-1960 

Trietley on - picture. 6-4-1960 

Dead at 59 - picture. 

Leaves an estate worth $168,905.63. Moved from Montclair to 211 West Main, 

where he made candy in a barn, sold it in the house in 1937. Retired from 

the business June 1, 1960. Moved to Livonia. Started with water blanched 

peanuts, added peanut clusters - developed other specialties. Lived on 


East Road, Conesus Lake. 2-28-1963 

Oliver and Milne To open a dry goods store at 107 Main Street - C. L. Carr not mentioned. 9-19-1905 

Incorporated at $10,000. 

To open at the end of the week. Oliver, president. Milne, vice-president. 


C. L. Carr, secretary & treasurer - in New York buying new stock. 10-9-1905 

C. L. Carr in NY buying stock. 3-6-1906 

Vance Carr at. 7-27-1908 

Improving the store, including a basement sales room. 5-7-1909 

Carr going to Newark. 10-2-1910 

Mr. J. S. Milne dead - store to have sacrifice sale (Ad). 11-16-1916 

Clearance sale. 1-3-1919 

Going out of business. W. Vance Carr, manager - C. L. Carr - Oliver & Milne. 2-15-1919 

Firm dissolved. 

See: C. L. Carr Co. 


Oliver Brothers Of Rochester, buy a site on West Main at Montclair, to build an auto accessory 

and supply store. 5-10-1921 

Oliver's Candy Company Business started during the depression when lost job - Mrs. Oliver his partner. 8-21-1939 

Oliver's Candy Store Creates a "Bugs Bunny" sucker - sells to Loft Candy Co. 3-21-1953 

Commended by Kettle Co. 3-25-1954 

Sketches of workers at. 

Picture of 400 boxes of Oliver's candy going to men in the service - sent by the 


County Service Committee. 12-5-1955 

Develops dietetic candy. 8-21-1956 

Advertises frozen pudding with fruit cake flavor. 12-14-1959 

Paper-thin ribbon candy. 12-19-1959 

Ad: Oliver's ice-cream - "always your best buy." 7-3-1959 

Harold Oskamp buys Oliver's. 5-27-1960 

Trietley on Joseph Oliver. 6-4-1960 

Picture of Oliver's chocolate business. 8-14-1960 

Pictures of the process of making bunnies. 

Oskamp purchases 1647 Monroe Avenue, Rochester - will operate as a retail 


candy store. 

Harold Oskamp, president of, purchases candy making machinery to treble 


capacity. 3-15-1971 

Page of pictures of. 4-13-1974 

Page of pictures of the making of ribbon candy. 12-5-1974 

Genesee Farms Inc. purchased Oliver's. 8-30-1977 


Rose & Bill Betteridge feted - Winegar. 4-4-1979 

Robert Pacer and Al Metz, managers - pictures. 10-9-1979 



Oliver's Candy Company Plans year of 50th Anniversary. Robert Pacer, manager. The secret of success 

Oliver's Candy Store is the blend of chocolate, recipe not changed in 50 years. "After Mr. Oliver's 

(cont) death, the business was operated for 17 years by Harold Oskamp, now of 

Caledonia. Purchased from him by Genesee Farms in 1977." 3-24-1982 

Gets honors at the International Confectioners Convention in Toronto. 6-19-1982 

Celebrates its anniversary with Santa - Winegar. 8-5-1982 

Picture of, preparing Christmas candy. 12-5-1985 


Article on Ronald Drock who learned candy-making from Betteridge. 

John Hodgins, renewing Oliver's sign finds it a classic, lit by theater sign bulbs, 


maybe made by Ted Snell. 8-21-1990

Olmsted Ancestor Chart. 

Winegar talks of Lillian Slominsky who marked the tops of chocolates for years - 

and other information on Oliver's. Robert C. Pacer, manager. 12-3-1991 

Winegar remembers a record sized chocolate rabbit - this year's rabbit is larger. 

John Quincey buys the candy store from Robert Pacer, to keep all 33 employees, 


Pacer to stay as manager. 1-28-1998 

To expand, more parking to the east, later more work and sales space. 

New manager, John Quincey, landscaping the parking lot, mural on the fence 


along the creek. Phase 1 - picture. 6-29-1998 

Has a Chocolate House, new paintings on the fence - picture. 

Viele Construction Co. adding 800 sq.ft. of space to the 1,400 sq.ft. store, planning 

to expand the kitchen. Has made an entrance from Route 98 earlier. John 


Quincey the owner - picture. 7-17-1999 

Special Section to celebrate the enlargement of. History, Christmas poem, pictures. 10-13-1999 

Chosen by the Chamber of Commerce as the Business of the Year - picture. 2-26-2000 

Olmsted, Albert C. Dead at 57. 4-7-1904 

Olmsted, Allan S. Offers his LeRoy House to the village of LeRoy. 8-29-1911 

Olmstead, Grace In suit over injuries from an accident. 12-14-1931 

Olmsted, Harold LeRoy Born (in) LeRoy - left the family home in the '50s. Shelgren. no date 

Died - 85. 

[News report in the Batavia Daily News called him Harold W. - no such name 

in the Buffalo City directory. The obituary in the LeRoy Gazette says he died 

in Springville. Buffalo Public File: R-91 B-5 Ser 28 p196-197. Courier Ex. 

Focus: 9-8-68:31. Courier Exp. 2-25-1960 


Olmsted, Horace R. (Col.) Dead at 73. 7-29-1885 

Olmsted, C.C. Olmsted & Co. M. S. Dunlop and C. C. Olmsted buy the feed and grain business of Parsons & Co. 

on Ellicott Street. Will move to 30 Main Street and run under the name of 

C. C. Olmsted & Co. Parsons to retire. 

Olmsted the lumberman files a claim against Swan Street baseball grounds for 

9-30-1896 

lumber for the bleachers. 8-6-1897 

Olmsted and Dunlop close business. 9-6-1897 

Olp, Charles E. Former Division Superintendent of New York Central - lived here. Now in charge 

of the Syracuse division. 5-31-1932 

Olsen, Helen BOCES nutritionist elected State President. 8-27-1980 



Olson, Eric Interview with, first warrant officer for the Sheriff Department - picture. 5-20-1991 

Olson, Linda New director of the Center for Independent Living - to expand services, publicize 

its work. 

Worked with the Council on the Aging. Now with the YWCA. Her husband is 


with Bail Boxes Inc. Interview with. 8-3-1992 

Olympics Joey Cintorneo to San Francisco to try out for. 7-2-1932 

O'Malley, John M. To start as Postmaster January 1st. 12-30-1965 

Sworn in as Postmaster. 1-5-1966 

Appointed Postmaster - was in LeRoy. 2-27-1974

Picture of in the Post Office. 

The new president of the State of New York Branch of the National League of 


Postmasters. 5-24-1974 

Named Postmaster of the Year by the NY State League of Postmasters. 5-21-1976 

Loaned [to] Washington. Replaced by Goetz? February 1979 

O'Mealis and Gallagher Frank O'Mealis and Joseph Gallagher buy Batavia Steam Laundry on East Main St. 1-15-1901 

Oncology Center See: Batavia Radiation and Oncology Center. 

On-Cue A book, movie, and music store. Opening in the Batavia Commons Plaza on 

West Main Street - former Video Factory. 12-9-1998 

Set to open. 12-16-1998 

Full page ad for the Grand Opening. 1-2-1999 

Onderdonk, E. W. Onderdonk and George Roth are planning a restaurant at 73 Main. 3-29-1890 

Onderdonk, Henry L. A harness maker, bankrupt. 3-4-1890 

Marcus Short bought Onderdonk's harness business - worked for Onderdonk. 3-15-1890 

Obit - 71. 5-17-1892 

Onderdonk, Ross Leases 4 Liberty Street - a three story apartment house; to make a garage and 

sales room for Moon cars, Stewart and Lincoln. 4-12-1924 

One Batavia Properties Inc. Owner of the Sheraton Convention Center. 

[Monroe-Genesee Racing] V. J. Gautieri sues One Batavia for unpaid work for 

on the Sheraton Motor Hotel. 5-6-1987 

One Lap of America See: Yates, Brock. 

One Stop Party Shop New shop opening at 29 Liberty Street. 5-13-1987 

Opened by Police Investigator John Michalek and his wife Patti. 

Patti explains Strip-O-Gram; says crank calls supposedly for gifts at Flowers by 


Dick Burton, not from One Stop. 

Patti Michalek - owner of One Stop Party Shop and Bridal Fantasies signs for 


a new shop in Liberty Square Mall - when ready. 10-29-1990 

Article on. 10-31-1990 

One-Way Traffic Signs ordered months ago for a trial of one-way streets - still not here. 8-22-1958 

Signs arrive. 8-23-1958 

Picture of one-way traffic on Jackson Street. 8-25-1958 

Not all traffic one-way - picture. 8-26-1958 



One-Way Traffic (cont) Richmond, proprietor of a gas station at Center and School Streets, say his 

business is down 10%. 9-9-1958 

The Planning Board recommends ending one-way streets. 10-20-1958 

The City admits it cannot find a satisfactory traffic pattern. 10-22-1958 

The Council votes to end one-way traffic. 10-29-1958 

J. E. Brown on. 11-5-1958 

Traffic reversed on Bank Street - to run south. November 1958 

Ivan Cromwell retained as attorney to comb….. one-way traffic. 11-14-1958 

One-way trial extended to February 15th. 11-19-1958 

The Council approves one-way streets. 2-10-1958 

One-way traffic law Sunday. 2-14-1959 

One World Products, Inc. Phil Smith starts a catalog sales [Forest Catalog] to sell renewable forest products. 2-8-1993

Merged with Amazonia of California, a company that also sells products created 

in tropical rain forests. 5-25-1996 

Moved to the Industrial Center in the summer of 1998. Now the largest distributor 

of rain forest products. 3-22-1999 

153 Corporation William Dipson and John G. Osborne take the Elmira and Medina Theater under 

the name 153. 6-26-1952 

Oneida Creamery 10 Jackson Street in the 1920 Directory. 

William J. Griffith creamery manager. 11-19-1925 

Mentioned - still functioning? 

Grand Union Tea Company buys Oneida Creamery Dairy Stores, including one 


at 16 Jackson Street. 4-23-1929 

Not held liable for a fall on the sidewalk in front. 7-9-1931 

On The Job Training Started. 

See: Job Training. 


Opera House See: Dellinger Theater. 

Optical Center John L. Rock, formerly with Batavia Optical Company, opening his own optical 

center at 206 Bank Street. 12-14-1976 

Opti-Mrs. Wives of Optimists have their first meeting. 2-22-1949 

To meet. 10-19-1951 

To help crippled children. 1-25-1956 

To install. Mrs. Hickey out-going. Mrs. Andrew Riso the incoming president. 5-9-1956 

Optimist Club To be formed. 9-11-1928 

Optimists Organization meeting. 5-19-1948 

Meet on Monday. 6-5-1948 

Welcomes members. Dr. Joseph A. Hickey the temporary chairman. 6-22-1948 

Dr. Hickey the first president. 7-6-1948 

New Optimist Club. 7-8-1948 

Gets its charter. 7-16-1948 

To have a dance in the Park Place lot. 9-20-1948 

Wives of Optimists have their first meeting. 2-22-1949 

Charles H. Navarro elected president. 3-28-1949 

Set essay contest. 10-26-1949 

Elections projected. 2-7-1950 

License bicycles for free. 4-11-1950 

Defeat the Lions Club. 



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Optimist Club Rehears "Tune Time." 9-8-1950 

Optimists (cont) Merchant's page for. 9-30-1950 

The audience liked the Optimist's show. 10-3-1950 

William J. Bender of Oakfield president. 11-6-1950 

Award essay prize. 12-6-1950 

150 at the Optimist's party. 12-18-1950 

Robert L. Wirtz, president. 2-6-1951 

Plans Easter Egg hunt in parks. 3-24-1951 

Picture of the Easter Egg hunt. 3-26-1951 

Slates a boxing match - work is with area boys. 4-11-1951 

Opti-Mrs. Elect Mrs. Joseph Davis president. 4-24-1951 

To decorate a room in the Children's Home. 4-24-1951 

Plan a boxing show. 5-8-1951 

Mat Reagan talks to. 5-22-1951

File for incorporation. 5-23-1951 

John DiCarlo prepares boxers for Optimist's Sports Night. 5-25-1951 

Past President of the Batavia Optimist Club is elected to Lt. Gov. of Zone 2. 5-28-1951 

Help pick potatoes in Elba. 9-29-1951 

Outline objectives. 10-30-1951 

Robert Wirtz, president. February 1952 

Honor William Benler. 3-10-1952 

Francis R. Masse the new president. 3-19-1952 

Hold an Oratorial - Sawdy the Chairman. 4-8-1952 

Masse installed as president. 6-10-1952 

Meet. 10-30-1952 

Started with 32 members, now almost doubled. 11-10-1952 

E. W. Parks named Optimist of the Year. 11-11-1952 

Robert DeYoung, president. 3-23-1953 

Full page to advertise "mile of pennies" for Little League Baseball. 4-24-1953 

Past & Present column: on the Optimist's Mile of Pennies for Youth Baseball. 5-16-1953 

Attending a convention. 5-22-1953 

Work of praised. 8-15-1953 

to destroy unused ice boxes. 10-9-1953 

Picture of President DeYoung smashing an ice box. 10-15-1953 

Mayor Gabriel becomes a member. 1-5-1954 

Name Scout of the Year. 2-9-1954 

To induct 13 new members. 2-16-1954 

Robert DeYoung again president. 3-8-1954 

William L. Kuntz, president - meet at the Moose. 3-16-1954 

Make $400 on "Mile of Pennies." 5-25-1954 

Plan a booth for the Fair. 8-18-1954 

Award Clifford P. Jones Mem. Essay Cont. 11-9-1954 

Sponsor a new Rochester group. DeYoung Lt. Gov. of State Zone 2. 2-2-1955 

William L. Bernard, president. 3-23-1955 

Regional leaders meet here. 7-17-1955 

Andrew Riso, president. 8-28-1955 

Man of the Year award given to Lester Brown - chiefly responsible for Little League. 11-15-1955 

DeYoung, District Governor, to preside at the Niagara Falls Convention. 4-25-1957 

Robert DeYoung, governor of District 1, to preside in Philadelphia. 6-26-1957 

Riso elected Lt. Gov. of the District - under DeYoung. 5-7-1957 

The National Leader is visiting. 9-26-1957 

Community Ambassador(?) to address the Club. 12-3-1957 

To sell candy to raise funds. 1-21-1958 

To aid Lowes - crash victims. Bernard to manage Little League team. 3-11-1958 

Robert DeYoung, backbone of the Club, moving to Florida. 



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Optimist Club Vincent Callahan speaks on the benefits of Little League. 8-12-1958 

Optimists (cont) Harmon Houseknecht, president. 9-9-1958 

Meet. November 1958 

Meet. 12-23-1958 

Tour the YMCA. 1-20-1959 

To meet with the Lions Club. 9-16-1959 

Meets Monday noon at Gentners. 3-7-1960 

Lions Cubs beet Optimists Giants. 

Harmon Houseknecht says he was the last president of the Optimists - says he 


was called back whenever the Club had a spurt of energy. 10-12-1982 

Seeking members for a new club here - Lockport Sunrise Club sponsors. 4-7-1984 

Meet at the Treadway. 11-7-1987 

Optimum Real Estate Three veteran realtors form a new company: Marian Nicometo, Robert Shell and 

Charles Doerflinger. Built a new office building at 345 West Main Street. 2-6-1981

Optique Opens in Kings Plaza - Michael Ilasi, optician. 8-13-1973 

Opening - picture. Robert Maranto, owner. Dick Ilasi, proprietor. 8-30-1973 

Beginning its 3rd year in Kings Plaza. 1-23-1976 

At Kings Plaza. 1-28-1977 

Moves to 113 Main - Michael Ilasi now a licensed optician. 5-19-1977 

Moved - owned by Nick Ilasi and Bob Maranto. 8-15-1977 

Moves to 115 Main Street. 

Dr. Goodyear moved to - noted. Young Dr. Ilasi left about a year ago - went to 


Batavia Optical on School Street. 9-8-1980 

Dr. James Goodyear moves to Optique - now at 113 Main Street. 12-27-1980 

Orangemen Guests of the Batavia Chapter. Celebrate the Battle of Boyne at Horseshoe Lake. 

To parade July 12. [Robert Morris League no. 564 LOL - area in which Batavia 


belongs] 1-31-1928 

March and hold a picnic. 7-12-1928 

Oratorio Society Formed at Dyke Rink - G. B. Penny to direct. 10-17-1910 

Orba, Dr. Lillian To practice here. 6-18-1973 

Article on, anesthetist. 5-7-1975 

On staff at Genesee Memorial Hospital - article on. 

A member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, completes his studies 


to maintain his membership. 5-11-1951 

To head the new St. Jerome Health Care Center in Attica, NY. 11-6-1993 

To retire from general practice January 10. 12-13-1996 

Orchard Orchard Amusement park on East Main Street Road opening next week with a 

new dance hall. 6-27-1924 

William Bentley opening the Orchard dance hall. 7-3-1924 

Obit - William Bentley of The Orchard. 

Ad: Sharps & Flats at the Orchard. Dancing Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 


evenings. 8-17-1926 

Sold at auction to Robert Sheer, manager of the place for Mrs. Ethel D. Bentley. 2-17-1927 

Gypsum miners meet at. 

Orchard Park Resort on Batavia-Stafford road deeded to Edna Gruber by Ethel 


D. Bentley. Gruber to refurbish. 

Dances scheduled for the newly refurbished Orchard - dances Friday and 


Saturday evenings. 9-19-1928 



Orchard (cont) Gasoline stove explodes, burning the hands of caretaker George Thomas - 

damaging the Orchard. Edna Gruber says she has $12,000 of insurance. 5-31-1932 

The Grange considers buying the Orchard. 

Picture of, on East Main Street Road. [Once the property of Edna Reeves - also 


part owner LoTempio - a night club.] 3-5-1938 

A roller skating rink. 

Mancusos buy the Orchard - from Edna Reeves - east of Temperance Hill. 


Built on the site of an extensive orchard owned by Stephen Clark. 12-2-1941 

For sale - picture, plus 22 acres, owned by Mancuso Motors - corner of Fargo Rd. 

Winegar says The Orchard is now an antique auction house owned by Page 

Building and Federal Restoration. Mrs. Lois McCullough and Phil McBride 


[some history of the Orchard.] 1-21-1991 

Orchard Farm The farm in East Bethany sold - owned by G. A. and R. I. Page. 10-14-1907 

Orcon Industries Moving from Rochester to the Industrial Center on Harvester Avenue. Bruce Olsen,

president, in production a year. Fabricates and distributes packaging material - 

corrugated and foam products. 7-12-1985 

Out growing available space in the Industrial Center - may build within a year. 

List of products in an Ad. 2-10-1987 

Orcon Prescotech Ind. Looking for more room - IDA promoting a location on Route 19 north of LeRoy. 

LeRoy offering Orcon sewer line. The company is now arranging financing for 


land purchase. 2-16-1988 

Orcutt, Arthur V. Buys the pool parlor at 39 Jackson Street, formerly belonged to Passlow. 12-20-1944 

In court, accused of allowing juveniles to congregate in his billiard parlor. 7-17-1946 

Acquitted. 7-18-1946 

The State holds up Orcutt's billiard parlor license. 8-29-1946 

Orenstein and Koppel See O and K AG. 

Organization, Inc. Several organizations join to make Western NY State Health Organization Inc. 

A Genesee County chapter of above. 2-26-1966 

Organizations List: 

Monday Whist Club to meet Wednesday. 

Tuesday Whist Club to meet. 

Tuesday Grande Club to meet. 

Literary Lights. 

Wednesday Reading Club. 

Shakespeare Club. 

Thursday Whist Club. 

Friday Afternoon Euchre Club. 

Friday Evening Euchre Club. 

Forty-two fraternal and fraternal insurance organizations in Batavia in 1908. 

Listed by name. 3-28-1908 

List: 

Fortnightly Club. 

Foresters - Batavia Court 599. Companion Court no. 615. 

Sew and So Club - 1915. 

Senate Club. 

Busti Athletic Club. 

Oriental Club. 



Organizations (cont) Hibernians. AOH. 1-6-1913 

Monday Literary Circle - many. 3-18-1918 

Saturday Study Club - formed. 

Daughters of American Veterans. 

Daughters of the American Revolution. 

Monday Literary Circle. 


Naval Air Cadets - ages 6-10. 3-6-1930 

Organizations now defunct List: 

Monday Travel Club - met November 26, 1912. 

Woodmen - AOUW. 

EOMA. 

Farmer's Club. 

Patriot's Militant - North 321. 

Batavia Gun Club. 

Italian Benevolent Association. 

Maccabees - LOTM.

Owls. 

Orlando, John G. Orlando and Taggart honored on retirement fro Metropolitan Ins. Agency. 5-16-1960 


Orlando, Joseph Buys the house at 8 Hutchins Street. 8-14-1911 

Orlando, Mrs. Nicholas Obit. Sons: John; Charles. (Daughters): Mrs. Alexander Colangelo; Mrs. Philip 

Marcello; Mrs. Alexander Cericola. 3-17-1941 

Orlando, Nicholas Obit. Born in Italy, June 17, 1868. Lived here for 48 years. Sons: John G.; 

Nicholas; Charles. Daughters: Mrs. Alexander Colangelo; Mrs. John Barton; 

Mrs. Philip Marcello; Mrs. Alexander Cericola. 9-8-1938 

Nicholas Orlando, 36 - obit. 11-25-1938 

Orlando, Roxy P. Wedding of Dr. Thomas Orlando and Roxy Panepento. 9-3-1940 

Orlando and Barbara Gautieri set-up a appraisal and estate settlement business. 10-26-1992 

Orleans-Genesee Rural Moses Robinson, Executive Director. Robinson to build a building on Clinton 

Preservation Corp. Street to house the office: Orleans Community Action Comm.; 

Weatherization Program; Oak Orchard Legal Services; Head Start Program. 11-26-1993 

Orleans Street Property owners ask the city to prepare Orleans Street for building. Laid out in 

1914 from 119 South Main to Pearl Streets. 10-2-1945 

Property developed from South Main Street but not completed to Pearl. November 1993 

O'Rourke, John To expand the building at 148 & 150 Ellicott Street to made a hotel - plans by 

Homelius. 7-26-1910 


Will contested by relatives - left most of his money to St. Joseph's. 1-4-1916 

Orpheum Theater 122 Main Street. 

Happy Hour Theater, 122 Main Street - owned by B. H. Nichols, Jr. - has a 

new name. 10-28-1909 

Flexible Frye, the contortionist, at. 11-11-1909 

Ad for the Grand Opening. 

Reopens with Woodmen benefit. "Best place of Entertainment," C. L. Myers, 


manager. 



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Orpheum Theater (cont) J. S. Garshort of Medina closed the Orpheum 2 weeks ago. 

George Williams has left town - in debt - Charles Arthur and Frank Votry are the 

new owners, bought from Frank Fix - part owner of the building. Fix took 

possession of the theater Saturday evening. George Williams owned it. 

Mrs. Maud Robinson had been running it. Williams was a barber for Fred 


L. Sager. 8-29-1910 

Maurice Nicholson gives up his job as pianist. 9-17-1910 

Closed again - Votry and Charles Arthur give up the lease to 122 Main. 9-28-1910 

Purchased by Claude Bailey of LeRoy - where he had a theater. 10-20-1910 

Bailey opened the Orpheum last night. 10-25-1910 

Closed last night - Bailey away. 7-18-1911 

Orr, William Sells rare cover for $100. 10-5-1940 

Retiring from the News. 1-4-1974 

Orr, William S. Opens a stamp store in rooms in the First National Bank vacated by Homelius. 2-4-1935 

Batavia Stamp Store moves to 28 Main Street. 7-28-1936 

Buys a collection of rare stamps and envelopes - picture. 3-25-1939

Ortner, Charles V. Buys the farm machinery business of Seacord and Slocum at 562 East Main. 

To have a Willys-Knight and Nash dealership as he did in Medina. 10-22-1928 

Ortner Ad: New and complete tractor service. 

Auto dealers order decorations for C. V. Ortner building - to have an auto show 


January 23 - 26. 1-8-1929 

Auto show to appeal to women - beautiful cars, handsomely decorated. 1-18-1929 

C. V. Ortner's referred to as Motor Show Hall. 1-22-1929 

Dance planned for Ortner's Show Room. 1-24-1930 

Making a mini-golf course (inside course) - picture. 9-27-1930 

Osborn, Edward L. Elected High School Principal. 5-2-1945 

Acting Superintendent of Schools. 8-26-1950 

Named Superintendent by the Board. 1-27-1950 

Honored at the Moose - picture. 2-28-1951 

Resigning for a School Association post. 10-2-1967 

Retiring. 4-18-1972 

Winegar on Osborn in retirement. 11-9-1972 


Osborn, Mrs. Mary L. Of Hornell, buys the bakery at 115 State Street from Andrews. 12-3-1913 

Promises the usual high quality. 1-6-1914 

Osborn, Sarah E. (Mrs. Edward E.) Obit. 10-8-1984 

Winegar on Sally Osborn. 10-15-1984 

Osborne, Eli Obit - 81, Lewiston Road. 4-12-1955 

Osborne, Mrs. F. E. Obit, 57 Ellicott Street. Sons: Merton; John R. 12-28-1935 

Osborne, Fred E. Osborne's car skids, makes a complete circle, Mrs. Osborne jumps out, sprains 

her ankle. 10-17-1910 

Putting a cement block addition on the rear of his Ellicott Street office. 

The cellar of the new Osborne & Co. store house on Ellicott Street collapsed 


under the weight of apples. 11-25-1912 



Osborne, Fred E. (cont) Of 57 Ellicott Avenue. Grandson John G. Osborne of 14 Summit Street. 

Obit - 80. Sons: John R. of Wheeling, W. Virginia; Merton of Hammondsport. 


Daughter: Mrs. Charles F. Hobson. 12-6-1947 

Osborne, John E. Of Oneonta, to run the Hotel Richmond. 7-6-1919 

Now in charge. 

Has taken the Hotel Gratiot of Dunkirk, to show that hotels can be made to pay 


without bars. 8-15-1919 

Married (in) Wheeling to Ann Louise Lampp. 6-17-1940 

Osborne, John G. An Eagle Scout. 1-26-1931 

Entering Dartmouth. 9-18-1933 

Marries Ann Louise Lampp in Wheeling - many from Batavia at the wedding. 6-14-1940 

Wedding report. 6-17-1940 

Osborne, John R. Resigns from F. E. Osborne & Co. to be associated with Nikitas Dipson - in 

Batavia Theater Corporation. The firm will be dissolved and reorganized. 4-21-1923 

Master of Masons. Portrait. 12-24-1924 

Buys 29 Ross as a house lot. 4-14-1930

To supervise theaters sold by Batavia Theatrical Enterprises to Warner Brothers. 5-10-1930 

Moving from 404 East Main Street to 14 Summit - Mrs. Scateherd's. 12-31-1932 

R. Norton Reed to build for Osborne at 29 Ross Street. 4-8-1938 

Applies for a permit for a TV station in Wheeling, West Virginia. 4-27-1953 

Obit, in Wheeling. 6-28-1954 

Osborne, Ruth Griswold Dead at 88. 7-15-1975 

Osborne Munger Co. of Auburn Peter Broadbrooks rents AgWorks to OM. 4-25-1890 

Oshlag, David A. Marries Doreen Sherman. 9-18-1985 

Oshlag, Jeffrey D. Joins Conable & Conable. 2-9-1963 

Replaces Perkins on the Housing Board. 3-10-1965 

Heads the County Study Group. 

Jeffery D. and Julian A. Oshlag move their office from 12 Main to 432 East Main - 


the Goade house. 

Obit - Helen Oshlag. Husband: Julian A. Son: Jeffrey. Grandsons: David A.; 


Jordan A. 11-7-1972 

Obit - Ruth Oshlag - 39. Sons: Jeffrey; Jordan. 3-21-1977 

George A. Brummer joins Oshlag & Sleh at 432 East Main. 3-4-1987 

Not to rerun for City Attorney. 12-24-1991 

Oshlag, Rebecca Working on her doctorate in bed-wetting problems - seeks females to study. 3-7-1995 

Oskamp, Harold F. Buys Oliver's Candy Store. Has been with Mercken's Chocolate Co. of Buffalo. 5-27-1960 

Buys 5 Lewis Avenue from Harry Martin. 3-9-1961 

President of Oliver's Candies, buys candy making machine that will treble output. 3-15-1971 

Osteopaths To meet here. 1-10-1914 

Ostertag, Harold Dies in Florida. 5-2-1918 

Gets backing of Drys. 8-12-1931 

To run for Wadsworth's seat in Congress. 6-2-1950 

Wins a seat in Congress. 11-8-1950 

700 attend a testimonial dinner on Ostertag's retirement. 



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Ostriches See: Fenton's Ostrich Farm. 

Otis Past & Present column: on, pioneer settler, friend of Jeff Davis. 5-2-1923 

Otis, James One of the area's oldest hardware men, has taken a job with Russell & Palmer, 

51 Main. 10-8-1894 

Otis, Levi Obit. 9-21-1882 

Obit - Nancy (Mrs. Levi). 7-5-1886 

Otis, Ray To manage two departments for Bradish Hardware. 

Bradish moves his tin shop from the main store to two buildings recently leased 


on Seaver Place. Ray Otis to have an office there. 3-25-1910 

Sells his auto supply business at 108 Main to Edward Weeks and Ray B. Growing. 7-17-1915 

Otis, Raymond Fowler Foundations for his house on Ellicott Avenue started today - King and Redshaw 

to build. Ditzel and Ward to do the masonry work. 8-14-1893 

His barn at 11 Ellicott Avenue burns. 11-23-1899 

Bought a gasoline auto in New York - to be delivered in a few days. 4-12-1900 

Auto arrives - on the street today. 5-5-1900

Receives a 2nd auto - for Tomlinson. 3-7-1900 

First Batavian to drive an auto gets the first driver's license. 8-27-1924 

Dead of a heart attack - 59. Assistant City Engineer, April 8, 1922. City Engineer, 

October 22, 1925. Worked under Joseph W. Holmes to 1906. Manager of 

plumbing for Bradish 1906-1922. 7-11-1932 

Otis, Mrs. Ray F. To open a private school in a house at 45 Ellicott Avenue. 9-6-1916 

Otis Private School exercises - 30 Ellicott Avenue. 6-22-1917 


Formerly Bessie Greenwood - soprano soloist. 

Past & Present column: on, soprano who sang at the Pan Am Expo in Buffalo - 


reached G above high C. 2-28-1931 

Otis House Past & Present column: Reporter remembers that the Otis Mansion stood on the 

site of the present Battaglia house, recently destroyed by a bomb. The Otis 

house burned in a mysterious fire. The present Battaglia house was designed 

and built by Fred S. Booth - built in 1901. Then a very modern house - well 

kept up by Battaglia. 10-4-1919 

Otis Street (Otis house on the corner?) 

Opened as a public thoroughfare in 1897. 

Presented to the City by G. B. Worthington. Otis Street not accepted. Sidewalks 

and the entire street owned by the Otis estate. If the area becomes public the 

Otis heirs must make extensive improvements. From the estate of William L. 

Otis of Cleveland. James Otis presents for Otis heirs. 7-29-1896 

To be accepted by Aldermen. 9-3-1896 

Map of the property and street signed by Mrs. Nancy Otis. Aldermen to purchase. February ? 1897 

Purchased by the village - a strip half a mile long, 3 rods wide. 2-25-1897 

O'Toole, Dr. Robert E. Elected to Mental Health. 10-7-1967 

Now Director. 2-26-1970 

Says cases applying are increasing. 3-28-1970 

The Head of Mental Health says the county needs a "hot line." 

The Mental Health Association has a clinic with a psychologist, clinical psychologist, 


2 social workers, 3 secretaries. 



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Ott, Mrs. Clara To open a beauty shop at 16 Walnut Street - "New Clair's Hair Parlor." 10-24-1924 

Ott, Frank A. Peter Broadbrooks has leased the horse shoeing department of his business to. 

Ott and Fox obtain a lot on Exchange Street from the Batavia Clamp Co.; will build 

5-7-1883 

a brick blacksmith shop. 9-16-1887 

Ott and Fox foundations in. 10-13-1887 

Ott and Fox Shop operating - commended for work. 

Ott and Fox making iron hangers to hold roof joists of the Armstrong factory - 

11-8-1887 

900 of them. 

States: I am again the proprietor of the blacksmith shop on Exchange Place, 

10-1-1890 

Welcome business. [Bought from Welch and For.] 

Has shipped a fine milk wagon to Lewis Schaefer of Buffalo. Is making one for 

4-9-1894 

White of Batavia. 4-20-1896 

Ott and Fox to build a new hose cart for Richmonds. 1-18-1898 

Hose cart made by Ott and Fox for Richmonds inspected. 

Ott and Fox made a hose cart for Wyoming Hose of Attica like one made for the 

7-26-1898 

Alerts. 2-28-1900 

Ott and Fox make a jumper cart for Richmonds. 9-11-1900 

New jumper for Richmonds by Ott and Fox. 9-14-1900 

Forfeits his Council seat by failing to file election expenses. 3-27-1901 

Seated on the Council. 3-28-1901

Ott and Fox putting an iron fire escape on Batavia Hospital. 

Patents a new type brake for wagons. Putting power trip hammer in shop on 


Exchange Place. 

Signs a notice closing Snuthees(?) for a National Holiday as president of Batavia 


Local no. 479. 8-16-1906 

Building a heavy wagon for Wiard Plow. 

Making gratings for windows and a transom for the post office. [Two iron fire 


escapes on the Rowell building made by Ott.] 12-31-1909 

Making fire escapes for Charles F. Prescott building at 90 & 92 Main Street. 

Elected the first vice-president of the Master Horseshoer's Protective Association 


of NY. 5-9-1911 

Making doors for Niagara Power Co. Plant. 1-31-1912 

Again first vice-president of Master Horseshoer's Protective Association. 5-17-1912 

County Horseshoer's Association formed - Ott not an officer. 8-23-1912 

"Little Otty" in draw contest of horseshoe making. 

Master Horseshoers of Ithaca honor Ott - elect him Vice-President of the 


State Association. 

Cornell to teach horseshoeing as Ott suggested to the state Horseshoer's two 


years ago. 1-5-1914 

Article on - a blacksmith for 50 years - picture. 

Repurchases the blacksmith shop on Exchange Place that he sold to the late 


John Houlihan. 12-11-1916 


Funeral. 

The last and most ornamental parade cart made by Ott and Edward C. Driher 


sold to an Oakfield resident who dismantled it - picture. 2-7-1931 

Ott, Mrs. Frank (Elizabeth Krause) Obit. Sons: Jerome F.; Joseph F. 9-19-1936 

Ott, George Ott and A. S. Pratt dissolve partnership. Pratt to take the smithy behind the Pan 

Am Building. 4-8-1909 

New Inspector of Highway Construction. 9-16-1913 

John Pickert building on Porter Avenue for. 4-3-1891 



Ott, James F. Who has had a blacksmith shop at 49 Ellicott Street is moving to Roanoke. 3-26-1928 

Ott, Jerome Opens a blacksmith shop in Daws. 4-16-1910 

To work with his father - Christopher Higgs, owner, to run Daws Smithy. 2-17-1911 

Buys out partner Bert Hart, to keep the shop on Clark Place. 9-28-1911 

Shop sold to Frank Edgerton on foreclosure of mortgage held by Burt Hart. 2-8-1912 

Purchases the blacksmith shop of Brown and German on Russell Place. 1-17-1913 

Moves his smithy from Ellicott Square to the rear of the Hotel Richmond. 4-19-1922 


Ott and Fox Sell their blacksmith shop to E. F. McConkey of Scottsville. Ott and Fox talking 

about moving to Buffalo. Joseph Fox - sister is Mrs. Frank Ott. 11-4-1882 

Make a wagon for Grove H. Fernen - heavy enough to hold a hay press. 8-21-1901 

Ott and Houlihan Ott taking possession of a new smithy built by Frank C. Heal in the rear of the 

Pan Am Building. 11-23-1901 

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel Elba Foundation laid. 6-30-1946 

Made a chapel. October 1946 

Rev. Bernard J. Gulnerich. 6-1-1946 

Rev. Paul J. Hendreds. 6-10-1954 

Rev. Nelson J. Kilmartin. January 1961

Rev. James P. Flynn. 5-10-1970 

Outdoor Store Batavia Outdoor Store to open at 51-53 Main Street. L. A. Atkins Sons. 11-2-1948 

Offers Baby Coos dolls as bonus - picture. 11-11-1949 

51 Main Street, burglarized - $1,500 loss. 

Bought by Frank Rosenthal in 1955 - now transformed - to open as Frank's 


Toggery Shop, 14 Jackson Street. 4-17-1957 

Ronald DiSalvo, proprietor, accused of selling dangerous weapons. 9-25-1957 

Burglary at solved with arrest. 10-10-1957 

Outlet Clothing Co. of Batavia Incorporation papers filed. Howard T. Saperstein; Richard H. Wile; Samuel 

Blenkerhoff of Buffalo. 3-3-1932 

Outlet Co. of Jackson Street leases the millinery department to Advance Hats Shops. 8-25-1932 

Outlet Company moving from 7 Jackson Street to 90 Main Street. 1-31-1933 

Outlet Store Glade & Son to put a new front on, 9 Jackson Street. 5-28-1913 

Manufacturers Outlet Clothing Co. 6-12-1913 

Big sale of men's clothing at. 

Outlet Company to occupy three floors at 7 Jackson Street - newly purchased by 


company - W. E. Woodbury & Co. 8-22-1919 

Opening at 7 Jackson Street - fast growing business. 3-26-1920 

Fireproof addition to go on the store on Jackson Street - Woodbury Store. 

J. L. Schoenfeld of, with Kustas and Lamprakes buy 90 & 92 Main Street, as 


separate buildings, from Elizabeth Prescott - cost $83,000. 

To be branch of a new store on Broadway in Buffalo. Owns stores in Niagara Falls, 


Cortland, Olean. J. L. Schoenfeld, proprietor. 1-28-1928 

On Main Street. See: Wholesale Outlet Store. 11-2-1928 

Schoenfeld of files for bankruptcy. 1-28-1932 

Herbert Mendelson of Buffalo buys Outlet stock at 7 Jackson. 2-21-1932 

L. J. Schoenfeld to operate store under new organization, 7 Jackson. 

See: Dibble 


In bankruptcy - offers 20% on investments. 10-17-1932 

On Jackson Street in receivership. 



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Outlet Shoe Store Max and Marvin Lubek opening a shoe store at 70 Main Street. 3-9-1948 

Opens. 3-19-1948 

Outreach Program Article on - YMCA sponsored. Summer Outreach - has run 3 years. Mainly in 

City housing projects to prevent delinquency. 1-9-1975 

Otter New York River Otter Project and the State Department of Environmental 

Conservation agree to plant 180 to 270 river otters in waters of the state - 

some in the Tonawanda near Oak Orchard. 7-15-1995 

Ouderkirk, Beverly L. New BOCES Superintendent, starts work here, says feels at home. 1-15-1999 

Overburdened Taxpayers Organization Group organized in 1990. 

Meet to protest rise in taxes, etc. 3-7-1991 

Meet on the subject of teachers salaries - just published. 9-10-1991 

To visit the school board. 

Ruffino tells the Board of Education dedicated teachers will teach whether they 


have raises or not. 11-7-1991 

The Court tells OTO that schools have every right to buy a school site on River St. 1-11-1992 

Meet to protest increased property taxes. 2-11-1993 

Taxpayers organization organizing in Darien, etc. 

Surveys citizens on raising the sales tax, charging a bed tax to fund the new 


Court House and Dwyer Stadium. 1-4-1994

Sues three legislators for violating the Code of Ethics for accepting tickets to 

Ryder Cup games from builder. 11-24-1995 

Satisfied with results of the suit on ethics, which cost the County $3,300. 

Suggests that the legislators found guilty of violating the ethics code pay the 


legal expenses. 2-21-1996 

Circulating petitions to re-elect a mayor, drop the city manager post. 

Letter to Ed by Greg Carek, new head of OTO regretting the loss of Ellen Ruffino, 


moving to South Carolina, promising to continue Ellen's work. 8-11-1997 

Overhead Door Edward Snow, manager - Lewiston Road. 1-17-1958 

Edward Snow, manager - Lewiston Road. 9-25-1959 

Shows steady growth over 8 years - Edward Snow, owner. 

John Columbo requests a permit to conduct a restaurant in the Overhead Door 


Building on Lewiston Road. The Council refuses the permit. 

James Woodruff credits success of Overhead Door to hard work - James is the 


son of founder, Gideon Woodruff - picture. 12-24-1986 

Ad: Overhead Door Co. - with a bit of history of. 11-7-1997 

Over 30 Baseball League Group wants to form a league, four teams, of players over 30. 3-6-1993 

Owego Bridge Co. See: Walnut Street Bridge; Lyon Street Bridge. 

Owen, Bob Awarded sectional honors in sports. 3-19-1951 

Owen, Edward L. Dead at 81. Founded Owen Typewriter service. In 1959 became Taylor 

Typewriter Co. 4-10-1978 

Owen, Dr. Elmer E. Eye, ear and nose specialist. 

Buys the practice of Dr. Conklin - office at 308 Ellicott Street. 3-31-1908 

Drs. Conklin and Owen dissolve partnership. 2-16-1910 

Obit - 62 - ear, nose & throat specialist. 8-2-1944 



Owen, Frank E. Organizes a girls chorus of 100 at the High School. 9-15-1927 

Planning for his musical groups to give programs on station WGR Saturday. 4-28-1928 

Speaks on England during the war days. 11-9-1928 

Becomes a citizen. 5-7-1929 

Past & Present column: Owen gets reports on radio broadcasts by Choristers. 1-17-1953 

Picture of Owen and Chorus. 12-15-1962 

To retire - picture. 2-26-1964 

Praised on retirement. 5-25-1964 

Picture of directing his last concert. 6-13-1964 

Wins a seat on the School Board. 5-5-1965 

President of the School Board. 7-2-1969 

Breaks retirement to teach chorus at GCC. 

Obit. Born in St. George, Shropshire, England on February 19, 1899. Came to 

Batavia in 1927 as a music instructor in schools. Member of St. James 

Episcopal Church; Batavia Rotary Club - early president; Retired Teachers' 


Association. Died July 9, 1978. 7-10-1978 

Obit - Natalie Walker Owen - 91. 12-27-1993 

Owen, James Batavia native Owen given Erie County Interscholastic Conference Coach of the 

Year for boys cross country. Coached for 32 years. Was a member of the 

1959 cross country team. 12-7-1999 

Owen, Robert Private Owen to Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Denver for training. 11-24-1953

Owens, James C. Manager of Batavia Lumber & Coal Co. rented Steeles house, 52 Tracy. 9-1-1910 

Killed in the Battle of Midway. 

Destroyer christened in Los Angeles with the name Lt. James C. Owens, former 


lumber dealer in Batavia. 

Lumber company later run by B. H. Hanley. 


Owls Organization initiated in Batavia. 4-18-1908 

Oxen Winegar quotes Georgia Foote on the use of oxen in early Genesee County. 4-21-1966 

Ozonator Corporation Now in the Industrial Center - makes water purifiers. Julius LaRans, proprietor. 2-5-1968 

Chooses Tec-Sales as representative for US sales. 

Wants to expand - employees 9 people. Makes water purifiers. Ozonator 

designed by Julius LaRans of Rochester, president, treasurer and founder. 


George W. Garnier, secretary. Offering stock to finance expansion. 10-9-1968 

Holds its first Annual Meeting. Julius LaRans, president. 2-26-1969 

Stuart D. Klansner, chemist. 2-28-1969 

Kenneth C. Browne appointed engineer - offer 100,000 shares. 5-31-1969 

Gets a patent for water system purifier. 7-21-1969 

More. 8-6-1969 

Gets the right to manufacture Swedish Ozone generators. 10-4-1969 

Ad with a picture of an ozonator. 11-12-1969 

Develops a system that clears waste for release into sewer system - long article on. 2-3-1970 

Ad for Ozonator - made at 56 Harvester. 8-8-1970 

Ozzie's Grill James March buys from O. Albert Ozziano - to call it Jimmie's Grill. 5-2-1956 



Artman, Elmer E. (cont) family. Bill Brown (Sr.) hired him to sell Studebakers for him. After a bit 

joined McManis Real Estate - selling both insurance and real estate. He 

especially liked real estate selling. Marian licensed to sell real estate.



Artman house (cont) Vacant. 1940 

Elmer Artman. 

Elmer and Marian bouth house at 6 Washington Ave. of Charles Andrews at 

107 Bank, there were Grandfather & Grandmother Johnson, father and 

1942



Ashley, Monte Has taken former Merritt Nursing Home at 137 Bank Street for mental hygiene 

patients - neighbors say use violates zoning laws. 9-7-1957



Assessor City sets up machinery for one-man assessor. 3-8-1955 

City as well as town shift to single assessor. 10-7-1974



Association for Retarded Children Rock Concert raises $800 for. 8-21-1972 

(cont) New Executive Director, Thomas Rich. 10-18-1972 

Thomas Rich, new Executive Director. 11-1-1972 

Rich gets assistant: Young. 11-4-1972



Association for Retarded Children Article on ARC - second in a series. 6-24-1978 

(cont) Article on ARC - third in a series. 6-28-1978 

Page of pictures - activities listed. 12-14-1978 

Page about ARC - pictures. 3-8-1979 

Special Olympics for Geneseo. 5-4-1979



Association for Retarded Children ARC gets $306,000 federal grant for local house for retarded - to build - no 

(cont) location yet. 10-1-1993 

City decision to drop ARC as recycling agent accepted philosophically by ARC. 

Association for Retarded Children gets name change to Association for 

Retarded Citizens. ARC offers proposal to recycle plastic and cardboard 




Athoe, Gloria 12, rescued brom roof by Jack Maulthrop and James Gorton. 6-20-1935 

Marries Fred J. Alkin? 12-19-1944 

Athoe, Harold W. R. M. Walker sells Ford Agency to Athoe. Athoe to locate at



Athoe Motors (cont) Celebrating 31st Anniversary. Also an Ad. 8-28-1957 

Gets congrats from Iacocca. 6-16-1961 

Picture: Sign on former brewery for Stacey and Athoe plus present plant. 7-17-1965 

Full page Ad: Athoe serving Batavia 40 years. 9-10-1965 

Charged with certifying cars without proper inspection. 4-19-1972



Attardi, Joseph Was with Batavia Laundry, buys half interest in Kleen Rite Dry Cleaning Co. 

38 Jackson St. 8-21-1933 

Retiring - 40 years with Mancuso Motors. 3-26-1974 

Interview with. 2-3-1997



Attica State Correctional Facility Inspector gives facility high praise. 11-21-1934 

(cont) Attica crowded - needs another cell block. 1-6-1937 

Work on fourth cell block progressing. 11-20-1937 

Hunt retiring - Joseph Ryan says he is not a candidate. 

(Did not retire then.)

Ruth McEvoy Collection 19 - Genesee County

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