Out of the Past

125 Years Ago

Oct. 20, 1881

At the annual Clarence school meeting held a week ago Tuesday, Mr. A.G. Eshleman was elected trustee and Dr. R.B. Myers, clerk. The teachers engaged for the coming season are Mr. J. Ayers of Clarence as principal and Miss Lizzie Bissel as assistant.

There is sickness in the family of Mr. Henry Sinsel.

The Looneyville Post Office has been transferred to the station, and Mr. Gould is Post Master.

Two gentlemen from the insane asylum at Black Rock were in town Tuesday, searching for an escaped lunatic. None of the population is missing.

A new counterfeit in the shape of a quarter dollar has made its appearance. Watch for it.

The Royal Templars of Blazing Star Council in East Clarence intend on having an oyster supper on Wednesday evening, October 26th, at their rooms at Hunt's Corners. A good time is anticipated.

"A man never feels poor when he has a ten dollar bill to wrap on the outside of his roll of ones."

"Cremation and the women's movement are alike because they both rob a poor man of his bier."

"The boy who spends an hour each evening lounging idly on street corners, wastes in a year three hundred and sixty-five precious hours, which if applied to study, would familiarize him with the rudiments of any science."

100 Years Ago

Oct. 18, 1906

Mrs. S.V. Dickinson is the new president of the Williamsville Study Club.

The electric lights which for many years cheered the traveler on his way along Main Street in this village have been removed by the B.&W.E.R. Co., owing to there being too much expense attached to maintaining the system.

75 Years Ago

Oct. 22, 1931

The orange and black of Amherst Central High School opened their first football season with a win last Saturday over the Lackawanna "B" eleven at Lackawanna. Amherst took advantage of a break when, in the last quarter, Lackawanna tried to punt from behind their own goal and the Orange and Black line crashed through to block the kick and recover the ball for a touchdown.

Theodore Roosevelt, revered in memory by every true American, would celebrate his 73rd birthday next Tuesday if he were still living.

The residence on the Transit Road owned by Dr. M.M. Metz and tenanted by Edward Cooper was destroyed by fire last Friday. It was impossible to remove any of the contents of the house except a washing machine and Frigidaire.

August Pampel succumbed to the infirmitities of old age Saturday, October 17, 1931 at his home in Newfane. He would have attained his 84th birthday this coming November 24. A farmer by occupation, he was industrious and thrifty, a good example of those of German descent. He was a reader of The Amherst Bee for years.

Danahy-Faxon food market, 5548 Main St., advertises Zozo coffee, 17 cents a pound. "A smile with every cup."

50 Years Ago

Oct. 18, 1956

A member of the Snyder Fire Department suffered a fatal heart attack while on duty at a leaf fire on Sunday evening. He was Rudolph M. Lutz, 50. He called to the men who had hooked up a hose to a hydrant that the truck was ready to pump water, then suddenly slumped to the pavement.

Williamsville defeated its arch rival, Amherst, on October 12, with a score of 13 to 6.

25 Years Ago

Oct. 21, 1981

Theft of an American flag, "rope and all" from a flagpole at 15 Garden Parkway has been reported to Amherst Police by owner William Groth.

Barbara Batchen of Amherst has been promoted to manager of the Elmwood-Utica office of Marine Midland Bank.