Out of the Past
125 Years Ago 100 Years Ago
Sept. 29, 1881 Sept. 27, 1906
Sad countenances betokened sad hearts last Miss Ida L. Zent has accepted the position of an emergency case to the Kenmore Mercy Hospital.
week. We are all bereaved. The general feeling is matron at the Blocher Homes. A Depew boy was being rushed to a hospital
that everyone has lost a friend. President Garfield The Republicans have nominated Charles E. in his father's car after suffering injuries to both
has fallen at last. The memorial service was held Hughes for governor of New York State while the hands from a lawn tractor. The driver saw an
on Monday last at Cleveland. The merchants of Democrats have nominated William Randolph Amherst policeman directing traffic at the meeting
Williamsville and some private citizens, notably Hurst for the same position. site and asked for aid. The boy was taken to the
Mrs. H.M. Randall, kindly loaned the materials to helicopter and within five minutes, it landed on a
drape the church. Emblems of grief tastefully special platform behind the emergency room entrance
adorned the interior and exterior of the building. of Kenmore Mercy Hospital. It marked the
Hon. T.A. Hopkins conducted the services. first time the platform had been used in an actual
A teacher is wanted immediately for the school emergency.
in the Youngs district. Apply to Henry Serace, A distinguished visitor, the wife of a former
treasurer. President, was in our community this week. Mrs.
Whilst jumping from one pile of lumber to Thomas Preston Jr. of Princeton, N.J., formerly
another, at his planing mill, on Thursday last, Mr. Mrs. Grover Cleveland, widow of the 22nd and 24th
Jerry Lamphier fell and dislocated his shoulder president of the United States was here on a sad
very seriously. Dr. W.D. Murray was called, administered mission. She came here Monday to attend the Supervisor Jack Sharpe yesterday filed his proposed
chloroform, and reset the dislocation. funeral service on Tuesday of her aunt, Mrs. Helen budget with the town clerk. It calls for a
It has been so dry in some of the western states H. Cadman, mother of John W. Cadman of boost of $1.57 per $1,000 of assessed valuation in
that catfish in the rivers had to stand on their heads Williamsville. Mrs. Preston is probably the only the highway tax. "We simply have to give the
to breathe, on account of low water. member of a Presidential family who has ever been Highway Department the necessary funds to do the
The fire in the swamp still continues and unless entertained in Amherst. job properly," he said. The budget calls for no new
we are blessed with a heavy rain, nothing can stop positions within town government.
its progress. Mrs. Amelia Sherets, coordinator of special services
"You can always tell a truly pious man by the in the Amherst Central School District, is
manner in which he kicks his dog." planning to retire in December.
"'It is very muggy in here,' remarked the man in Bee Publisher George J. Measer will be installed
the barber shop as he glanced at the array of china A first aid demonstration that evolved into the as president of the National Newspaper Association
upon the shelves." real thing marked the convention of the Empire on Friday, Oct. 2 in Boston, Mass.
75 Years Ago
Oct. 1, 1931
50 Years Ago
Sept. 27, 1956
State Rescue and First Aid Association held this
past Saturday at the Main-Transit Community Fire
Hall. A short time after a rescue demonstration was
made using a helicopter, it was put into use to take
25 Years Ago
Sept. 30, 1981
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