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Frances Gomez Quintana, who just died at 102, was my babysitter when I was a toddler in wartime Los Alamos. My mother, Frances Hawkins, hired Frances right after founding the
Thirty years ago — 1991 Three local Boy Scouts were honored at the 17th annual Religious Awards Ceremony at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Buffalo. They are Adam Czekanski, a member of St. John Bosco Parish in Sheridan; Lucas Czekanski from St. Hyacinth’s Parish in Dunkirk and Ted Lutz IV, a parishioner of Dunkirk’s Holy Trinity Church. The boys received the Ad Altare Dei Award. Forty years ago — 1981 Helen Clark, 72, of 8 Lodi St., Forestville received a check for $80,000 as a March 6 winner of the New York State Lottery. Mrs. Clark, the $100,000 “instant game” winner was recognized...
Thirty years ago — 1991 Mr. Jerry Bertges recently presented a new 1991 Chevy S-10 pickup truck to Dan Salerno of the Lake Shore Street Rods Club. Mr. Salerno was the lucky winner of the truck given away at a national street rods meet in Michigan. No purchase was necessary to compete. Forty years ago — 1981 Three promotions in the newsroom at the OBSERVER have been announced. H.K. “Mike” Williams IV has been named editorial page editor and will continue to serve as assistant to the publisher and vice president and secretary of the Dunkirk Printing Co. Keith Sheldon, who has been city ...
Sometimes historians uncover sad events: Death at Medina’s McDowell homestead Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland.com MEDINA, Ohio — The McDowell-Phillips house has provided the Medina County Historical Society with a collection of antique furniture, a mysterious bullet hole, a trove of family correspondence covering more than 100 years, and some interesting hints of unusual events. While reading one of the letters left behind at the historic homestead, it was discovered that a stablehand had died in a barn behind the house. In Betsy Whitmore’s Christmas memories, she referred t...