Out of the Past

125 Years Ago

Aug. 31, 1882

Last Saturday afternoon, the Williamsville base ball nine played the Gardenville club, which included several good amateur players from Buffalo, and defeated them 18-9 after a close and exciting contest of two and one-half hours. Fine running catches were made by Lefty Gotwalt and "Jumbo" Roberts. After the game, the visitors were entertained with a good supper.

School begins Monday, September 4th.

Miss Hattie N. Burch of Rochester is visiting her cousin, Miss Julia Oswald, and her sisters.

Mrs. J. Wayne Dodge reports the loss of a right hand side buggy curtain, made of leather and lined with dark blue broad cloth, on the Buffalo Road between Williamsville and the Harris Hill Post Office. The finder will be suitably rewarded.

Miss Minnie Thurston, the only female aeronaut in the United States, will make a balloon ascension at the first meeting of the Franklinville Agricultural and Driving Park Association in September.

If your horse is troubled with a sore of any kind, remember that Tuttlebee's Blue Eagle Ointment will heal it up rapidly and effectually.

"'How to Travel' is the title of a little book just out. How to get the money to travel is the most serious question of the season."

"A little girl of two and a half years picked up a cane in the corner of a room and was playing with it. Her father asked, 'What are doing with the cane?' She replied, 'It isn't a cane; it's an umbrella without any clothes on.'"

100 Years Ago

Aug. 29, 1907

The Williamsville High School will open on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

Deaths include Mrs. August Fiegl of Williamsville and William Luchterhand of Eggertsville.

75 Years Ago

Sept. 1, 1932

All over the land, the school bell figuratively peals forth next Tuesday morning, and thousands of children will be wending their way back for another nine months of study. All must obey the call of the bell.

In the passing of Mrs. Mary Diegelman, the northern section of Amherst lost one who had been a familiar and respected figure for many years. The end came on Thursday, Aug. 25, 1932, shortly before her 76th birthday.

Purely as an economy measure, the Town Board on Monday afternoon voted to dispense with the services of the night watchman at the sewer disposal plant, foreman of the sewer system, and his assistant.

50 Years Ago

Aug. 29, 1957

A hearty welcome back to the community is extended to one of Swormville's most beloved citizens, Mrs. Julia Muskopf. She suffered a fractured hip last October 18 and was confined to Sisters Hospital for more than four months. She was staying with family in Ebenezer during the interim.

Schools will reopen for the 1957-58 year in the week following Labor Day. There will be no time lost in the semester's work, for curriculums have been completely planned.

A request for a 10 percent increase in salary for patrolmen of the Amherst Police Department was received by the Town Board at last Monday's meeting. Patrolmen currently start at an annual salary of $4,331.25. The matter was tabled.

About $200 worth of tools were stolen from a shed at the rear of the R.W. Gorenflo home on Dodge Road. The act was discovered Monday.

25 Years Ago

Aug. 25, 1982

The Jolly Boys organization has donated $1,500 to help keep the Eggertsville-Snyder Library open on Friday nights, beginning Sept. 3 until the end of the year.

Duane (Rock) Rodke, former president of the North Amherst Fire Co., died Friday, Aug. 20, 1982 minutes after the conclusion of a softball game between his host company and Clarence Center.

Four Amherst Hockey Association players - Joe Federico, Rich Gicewicz, Neal Perlstein and Jeff Wells - have been chosen to attend the Amateur Hockey Association Midget Training Camp in Colorado Springs, Colo.