SEVENTY YEARS AGO

August 24, 1939

Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Smith, sons Burton and Richard, and Mrs. Edna Thurber are on a two weeks trip to the New England States and Quebec. They will spend one week with Edgar O. Spaulding and family.

Edwin Kruse and Gordon Salzler spent last week at Lake George.

Miss Mary Wakeley, Mrs. Ida Goodemote, Misses Lauretta and Agnes Schneider returned last week from a trip to West Point, Cape Cod, Quebec and Montreal.

Misses Marjorie and Mary Elaine Dygert of Manchester, Iowa are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leon R. Dygert.

BORN

To Mr. and Mrs. Manley Federspiel, August 19, a girl.

MARRIED

White - Mayne - At the Presbyterian manse, August 22, by Rev. Robert H. McKee, Miss Betty Mayne of Springville and Allen J. White of Angola.



SIXTY YEARS AGO

August 18, 1949

Ira B. Williams, after spending 31 years in the Springville Post Office, retired on August 1.

Raymond Gentner and son, Billy, and Alton Beasor spent from Thursday until Monday on a fishing trip to Manetoulin Island.

Rev. and Mrs. Hamish Mathews of New Zealand spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Comstock and daughter at their summer cottage, Cascade Park.

BORN

To Mr. and Mrs.:

Robert F. Lilga, August 3, a boy.

Frank Petrusek, August 3, a girl.

James Mitchell, August 11, a boy.

Harold Brauen, August 14, a boy.

Richard Shimburski, August 17, a girl.

MARRIED

Johnson - Seward - At Erie, Pennsylvania, August 13, 1949, C. Oscar Johnson of Springville and Mrs. Alma Seward of Erie, Pennsylvania.

Sion - Wittmeyer - At St. Mary’s Church, New Oregon, August 6, 1949, by Rev. Stegmier, Miss Alma Wittmeyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Wittmeyer, to Wilfred Sion, son of Mrs. Agatha Sion and the late John Sion.

Schultz - Krause - At Great Valley Baptist Church, August 13, 1949, by Rev. J. W. Noris, Miss Frances E. Krause, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Krause, to Stanley H. Schultz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Schultz of Great Valley.

Pettengill - Clark - In the First Methodist Church, Springville, at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 13, 1949, Miss Mae Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo S. Clark of Springville, to Edwin R. Pettengill of Boston.



FIFTY YEARS AGO

August 27, 1959

Mrs. James Gray has returned from a three weeks visit with her daughter, Mrs. Donald Tobin, and family at Ontario, NY.

Mr. and Mrs. Claude Luss returned Saturday from a week at Wintson-Salem, North Carolina, where they exhibited at the National Antiques Show.

BORN

To Mr. and Mrs..:

Gerald Feldman, August 14, a boy.

Lewis Barker, August 16, a girl.

John Bowman, August 17, a girl.

James Wagner, August 19, a girl.

Robert Tucker, August 22, a boy.

George Pfanner, August 22, a boy.

Ronald Schiele, August 22, a girl.



FORTY YEARS AGO

August 21, 1969

The State College of Fredonia has awarded Linda Loud a scholarship for two weeks of study at its Summer Music Clinic. Linda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Loud of Edgewood Drive, Springville, was given the scholarship on the basis of excellence in violin playing.

Airman James W. Harrison, son of Mr. and Mrs. DeForest Harrison of Vaughn Street, Springville, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas. He has been assigned to Chanute AFB, Illinois for training in aircraft maintenance.

Airman William M. Delio, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Delio of Rice Road, Boston, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas. He has been assigned to Sheppard AFB, Texas for training in aircraft maintenance.

BORN

To Mr. and Mrs.:

Leigh Cleveland of Yorkshire, August 11, a boy.

Harry Scull of Springville, August 11, a boy.

Kenneth Frank of Ellicottville, August 12, a girl.

John Migas of Glenwood, August 17, a boy.

MARRIED

Cranfill - Brown - On July 27, 1969, in the First Presbyterian Church, Springville, by Rev. Andrew F. O’Connor, Miss Joelle Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Brown of South Edgewood Drive, Springville, and Charles William Cranfill, son of Mrs. Schleiter Cranfill of Seal Beach, California, and Harvey Cranfill of San Francisco, California.

McLean - Casler - In Faith Lutheran Church, Lake Delta, New York, on June 28, 1969, by Rev. Gilbert J. Duchow, Miss Donna Lee Casler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Casler of Lake Delta, and Mr. Dennis E. McLean, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar McLean of East Concord.



THIRTY YEARS AGO

August 23, 1979

Thomas Park of Springville was a gold medal winner on Swimming (100M relay) at the Fifth International Special Olympics Games held at State University College at Brockport, August 8-13.

Marie Seider, president of Springville-Griffith Institute Central School Board, presented plaques to Richard Sheldon and Ed Lake, board members who retired as of June 30.

BORN

To Mr. and Mrs.:

Thomas Chandler of Olean, August 6, a boy, Thomas Gray.

Gary Roblee of East Concord, August 10, a girl.

Lynn Shoepfin of Arcade, August 11, a boy.

Johnny Diaz of East Concord, August 11, a girl.

Robert Meyer of Springville, August 11, a boy.

Jeffrey Dils of Lawtons, August 12, a girl.

Peter Foges of Portageville, August 12, a boy.

Scott Hawley of Franklinville, August 13, a boy.

Daryl Morgan of Sardinia, August 14, a boy.

John Williams of Arcade, August 14, a girl.

Mark Davies of Delevan, August 14, a girl.

Richard Lavelle of Arcade, August 15, a girl.

Douglas Morash of West Falls, August 16, a boy,.

Robert Szefler of Buffalo, August 16, a girl.

Ryan Kaufman of East Aurora, August 16, a boy.

Leo Crowley of Arcade, August 16, a girl.

John Neumann of Springville, August 16, a girl,.

Robert Dunmire Jr. of Collins Center, August 16, a boy.

MARRIED

LaBerta - Doutt - On August 19, in Springville, Linda Sue Doutt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Donald Doutt of East Concord, and David Allen LaBerta, son of Mrs. Marjory Hardy of Buffalo and the late Gerald Hardy.



TWENTY YEARS AGO

August 17, 1989

Presentation of a special Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Commemorative Medal to the family of Sgt. Bruce A. Crosby Jr. highlighted activities last week at a ceremony held at Springville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5260

State Assemblyman and Concord Industrial Development Chairman Thomas M. Reynolds led the ribbon-cutting ceremony held Aug. 12 to formally open the first commercial building in the Springville-Concord Commerce Park.

BORN

To:

Pamela and Donald Dennies of Chaffee, July 31, a boy, Michael Jeffrey.

Beth and Edward Schiefer of Springville, August 1, a girl, Shannon Beth.

Beth Griffith and Mark Elsholz of Springville, August 1, a boy, Michael William.

Darlene and Carl Oszust of Springville, August 1, a boy, Cody Dalton.

Tara Clark and John Ryan of Cattaraugus, August 2, a girl, Chelsea Danell.

Sharon and Timothy Green of Ellicottville, August 3, a boy, Jeremy Robert.

Rebecca and Mark Uhteg of Springville, August 4, a boy, Michael Christopher.

Berdel and Mark Stevenson of Arcade, August 4, a boy, Glen Robert.

Tina and David Arnold of Carter Street, Cattaraugus, August 5, a boy, Michael Philip.

Elizabeth and Donald Miller of Gowanda, August 6, a boy, Daniel Nathan.

Ella and Stephen Burdic of West Valley, August 6, a boy, Jessie Stephen.

Dawn and Douglas Kulczyk of Machias, August 6, a girl, Kristin Margaret.

Dulcie and Terry White of Arcade, August 7, a boy, Daniel Lewis.



TEN YEARS AGO

August 19, 1999

Plans to build a new 1024-foot television broadcast tower in Colden ground to a sharp halt Aug. 12 when the Colden Town Board listened to residents’ concerns at a public hearing. Although the hearing involved residents’ comments, the board decided by a 3-2 vote to deny granting WNGS-TV owners an area variance.

The graduation Class of 1944 at Griffith Institute held its 55-year reunion at Orsini’s Ristoranti on July 24, with 27 classmates and their guests attending.

BORN

To:

Louis and Theresa George of Hamburg, August 10, at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, a boy, Walker Thomas.

Matthew Rose and Michaela Pixley of Chaffee, August 13, a boy, Alexander Mileek.