Caton telephone Bill 1926-7
From the Historian Files Everything is relative, but imagine having a telephone bill this small. Click on bill to enlarge .
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Happy Thanksgiving
The Mayflower dropp ed anchor at Provincetown, MA 21 November, 1620 Did you know these facts? 102 passengers 65 day journey The English ship "The Mayflower" was built to transport wine. 37 from Leiden Congregation William Bradford referred to the Leiden Separatists as "Pilgrims" 2 people died on the trip Oceanus Hopkins was born at sea Peregrine White was born when they were off Cape Cod John Carver was elected First Governor by the pilgrims Stephen Hopkins was elected Assistant Governor (Pilgrims reached Plymouth, MA 26 December, 1620) Mayflower Compact "plantation covenant" formed after Separatist Church convenant. (Signed on board the Mayflower) This agreement was written because the English Separatists, Puritan Pilgrims believed that some of the non-Separatists, or "Strangers," would defy them if they landed in a place other than the land grant they had received from the London Company....
Lindley RR Depot 1904
When I posted the photos of the Railroad depots in Lindley/Presho, I asked if anyone had information on the depot that was located by the Lindley bridge . Thanks to Larry Gorges, I think the mystery has been solved. THANKS LARRY Larry forwarded a copy of an article from The Corning Journal - Wednesday January 18,1904 pg 5. Below is a copy of the attachment that he sent. " New Station At Lindley " The New York Central Railroad Company has built a new passenger station at Lindley, about a half mile north of the old station which latter has been abandoned .The giving up of the old station was opposed by some of the most influential ciitizens of the village on the ground that the change of the site would not be so convenient to the people. The matter was taken before the State Railroad Commission ,which decided in favor of the Company ". The new station was located in back of the "Station" or River Road School at the west end of the Church Creek Road. The depot is...
Blacksmith Shop Program
Please join members of the Lindley -Presho Historical Society on Thursday November 17th for this interesting program . . Leon Golder will be presenting a program on the Patterson Inn Blacksmith Shop on November 17th ,7 P.M. at the Lindley Town Hall for members of the Lindley-Presho Historical Society. His program will tell the history of the shop that was moved from Beaver Dams,N.Y. to the Corning location. Mr.Golder is ,also, researching the names of blacksmiths and the location of their shops in the Lindley. Anyone with information pertaining to former blacksmith shops in Lindley is invited to come and share the history of these shops. The meeting is free ,and open to the public The photo was taken at Lindley Old Home Day 9-2010 . Left to right are Larry Orr observing John Fee, Henry Offerman ( Blacksmiths)
Election Results
Lindley Election Results: Gerald Simcoe, Republican, won the town supervisor position with 232 votes. Megan Thistle, Republican, won the town clerk position with 251 votes. Patrick Clark, Republican with 209 votes, and Linda Salyerds, Republican with 168 votes, won the councilman positions. Harry Pierce, Republican with 225 votes, and a write-in candidate with 22 votes took the assessor positions for the town. A write-in candidate took the superintendent of highways position with 117 votes, unopposed. *Write in names will be released on November 21, 2011.