SEVENTY YEARS AGO

September 28, 1939

Mr. and Mrs. George Wyatt, Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Wyatt and Frank Wyatt will leave Monday for California, where they will spend the winter months.

Miss Mildred Shamel has returned to Ithaca College, Ithaca.

Mrs. Robert R. Comstock and Miss Margaret Comstock left Saturday for Northampton, Massachusetts, where Margaret entered Smith College for her Sophomore year.

Mrs. Kenneth Russell and Rev. and Mrs. Bruce Lambert attended the regional conference at the Prospect Avenue Baptist Church in Buffalo Monday.

BORN

To Mr. and Mrs.:

J.W. Starkweather, September 13, a boy.

Henry VanDermeer, Jr., September 20, a boy.

John Domin, September 21, a girl.

Davis Hillyard, September 24, a girl.



SIXTY YEARS AGO

September 22, 1949

Wilson F. Graff was among 43 students at Chevrolet’s famous Post-Graduate School of Modern Merchandising and Management in Detroit, Michigan.

The 1949-50 school year is off to a good start with a record-breaking enrollment of 1,010 pupils. the three rural schools bring the enrollment up to 1,050.

Corp. James H. Morley, who has been in Okinawa for the past year and a half, arrived home last Wednesday to spend a forty-day leave with his father, James N. Morley.

BORN

To Mr. and Mrs.:

Joseph Gominiak, September 5, a boy.

Wendall Adams, September 15, a girl.

Elvin Maxwell, September 16, a boy.

Howard E. Brown, September 19, a girl.

MARRIED

Arendt - Jensen - At Salem Evangelical Church, September 10, by Rev. Daniel J. Knueppel, Miss Eleanor Jensen of Collins and Kurt Arendt of Lawtons.

Walter - Steele - At St. Aloysius Rectory, September 3, by Rev. H.J. Zimmerman, Miss Jessie Steele of Kearney, New Jersey, and Francis Walter of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.



FIFTY YEARS AGO

October 1, 1959

Miss Claudette Spas was chosen “Miss Chaffee Hospital ’59” at the Chaffee Hospital on September 29th.

The dedication of the new Biological Lab went well last Friday with Commissioner of Public Health giving the address. Many were in attendance.

BORN

To Mr. and Mrs.:

George Geiger, September 13, a boy.

Allen Hedges, September 22, a boy.

Donald Whiting, September 22, a boy.

Theodore Westman, Jr., September 23, a boy.

Lloyd Glow, September 24, a girl.

Robert M. Holehouse, September 25, a boy.

MARRIED

Stuckey - Shimburski - On September 19, 1959, in St. Aloysius Church, Springville, Miss Mary Jane Shimburski, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shimburski, became the bride of Raymond Stuckey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Stuckey of Gowanda.



FORTY YEARS AGO

September 25, 1969

Army Captain John P. Barie, son of Kenneth G. Barie of Edgewood Drive, Springville, received the Bronze Star Medal for outstanding meritorious service while serving as Chief of the Major Items Branch, Firepower and Mobility Division, U.S. Army Inventory Control Center in Long Binh, Vietnam.

Millard Brown, an employee of Winsmith and a regular donor at Red Cross Bloodmobiles has donated six gallons of blood since December 1959.

At a special Board of Directors meeting of the Springville Country Club, the following were elected: President, Thomas Hughes; Vice President, Richard Fancher; Secretary, Richard Nunn; Treasurer, Ed Kruse; elected to the Board were Richard Feldman, Richard Fancher, Robert Hayes, Thomas Hughes and Roger McGahey.

BORN

To Mr. and Mrs.:

Herbert Chapman of West Falls, September 16, a girl.

Edward Dzierzanowski of Boston, September 17, a girl,

Wallace Bundy of Gowanda, September 17, a girl.

Clifford McMillan of Cattaraugus, September 21, a boy.

Michael Dash of Springville, September 21, a boy.

Richard Wilczynski of Eden, September 21, a boy.

MARRIED

Vacinek - Woodbury - On August 30, 1969, at the First United Methodist Church of Bainbridge, by Rev. Joe Bridges, Miss Sally Jo Woodbury, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Milton Woodbury of Bainbridge, and Anton Albert Vacinek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Vacinek of Sardinia.



THIRTY YEARS AGO

September 27, 1979

Springville Country Club has elected the following officers for the coming year: President, Ted Hamilton; Vice President, Norm A. Abrams; Treasurer, Dick Fancher; Secretary, Ray Smith; Directors, Ed Kita, Bob Ford, Dick Attea, Al Mahoney and Ken Wilson.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Williams of West Valley celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary at a party given by their children at the West Valley United Methodist Church. Mr. Williams and the former Mabel Bigham were married August 28, 1954 at Elton Baptist Church.

BORN

To Mr. and Mrs.:

Peter Ewing of Springville, September 15, a girl.

Lawrence Larson of Lawtons, September 18, a girl.

James Rugg of Gowanda, September 18, a girl.

Gail Cherry of East Concord, September 19, a girl.

MARRIED

Edwards - Bowen - On August 11, 1979, at the Belfast United Methodist Church, Linda Susan Bowen of Belfast, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon H. Bowen of Fillmore, and David Eugene Edwards, son of Nellie Edwards of Friendship and the late Donald Edwards. Rev. Alan J. Jones and Father Francis Jahn officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Esther Bowen of Springville.



TWENTY YEARS AGO

September 28, 1989

Sister Marie Julianne Farrington, the new superior general of the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur, was expected to take up residence Sept. 20 at the order’s headquarters in Namur, Belgium. She formally said good bye last week to friends and neighbors in Colden as she prepared to become the first American head of an international religious order.

Kay Duffy School of Dance recently opened its new studio at 65 East Main Street. The new studio has a 25-by-50 foot completely refinished, refinished dance floor and huge mirrors installed on every wall, giving the studio a professional atmosphere.

BORN

To:

Debra and Danny Thomas of Angola, September 6, a girl, Danielle Ester.

Tammy and Charles Newton of Hamburg, September 6, a girl, Rachel Elizabeth.

Bernice and Raymond Wierzbic of Orchard Park, September 6, a boy, Brian Andrew.

Christine and Thomas Skowronski of West Valley, September 6, a girl Tarin Christine.

Julie and Michael Fridman of Sardinia, September 7, a boy, Justin William.

Sandra and Dean Pierce of Yorkshire, September 7, a boy, Allen Wilder.

Jacqueline and Jeffrey Eckler of Cattaraugus, September 7, a girl, Marilyn Judith.

Michelle and Kevin Burdick of Bliss, September 9, a boy, Kevin Duane.

RaeLeigh and Mohammed Salim of Holland, September 9, a boy, Elijah.

Elizabeth and Gerald D’Amaro of Gowanda, September 9, a girl, Samantha Renee.

Linda and David Hoff of Chaffee, September 19, a girl, Rachel Melinda.



TEN YEARS AGO

September 23, 1999

Former Springville-Griffith Institute School Superintendent Dr. Dean Bettker died Sept. 12, the Amityville, Long Island School Board announced in a brief state. Dr. Bettker, 58, was S-GI superintendent from July 1995 to June 1997.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred J. Sion of Lawtons celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently.Sion and the former Alma Wittmeyer were married August 6, 1949 at St. Mary’s Church, New Oregon.

Art and Delores Lux of West Valley celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently. Lux and the former Delores Hemmerling were married August 11, 1949 in St. Aloysius Church, Springville.

Springville and West Valley football teams were both defeated last weekend. Springville lost to Southwestern, 42-12 and West Valley lost to Randolph, 21-0.

BORN

To:

Chris and Robin Wozniak of Springville, September 17, at Millard Fillmore Hospital, a boy, Anthony Christopher.

Leland and Adriana Schoepflin of Springville, September 15, a girl, Ashley Briana.

William Sutton and Catherine Harrington of Delevan,September 16, a boy, Caley Robert.

Gregory II and Shanon Foster of Delevan, September 16, a girtl, Jade Rieley.

Paul and Tammy Barrett of Arcade, September 16, a boy, Dylan Anthony.

Dennis Shaver and Kathryn Fugle of Arcade, September 19, a boy, Tyler Richard.