LeRoy Pennysaver & News

LE ROY PENNYSAVER & NEWS - DECEMBER 24, 2023 by Lynne Belluscio 1/8 · Snow Storms – Margaret Wilcox and Lydia Fairweather – Women inventors 1/15 · Read My Pins - - And Earrings” – A jewelry exhibit at the Woodward Library 1/22 · The Road Taken – Sen. Patrick Leahy’s book, 9/11 story 1/29 · Live Steam -Volume 57 – Chris Rueby; model of the LeRoy steamshovel 2/5 · Claude Bragdon’s Blueprints – blueprints of the Village Hall 2/12 · Happy Valentine’s Day – Shelby’s Jewelry Store 2/19 · There Are No Abutments On the Underground Railroad 2/26 · Victor Hugo – Les Miserables – The High School Musical 3/5 · A Collection of Books – Will the Real Cora Woodward Stand Up – The Woodward book collection at the Woodward Library 3/12 · Women’s History Month 3/19 · The Cromwell Rolls. St. Joseph’s Day Bread and Friday Fish Fry – Famous LeRoy food and recipes 3/26 · Another Famous Woman From LeRoy – Meta Reddish the opera singer 4/2 · Aerie – Flamingo story 4/9 · Pillars of Our Community – stone pillars around the village 4/16 · LeRoy’s New Exit 47 Barn Quilt Billboard 4/23 · White Leghorns – story of the chicken from LeRoy that was the standard for white leghorns 4/30 · Earth Day 5/7 · Drive By History – a list of LeRoy’s historical markers 5/14 · The Lords of Hanover Square – the view of New York City that shows the location of LeRoy, Bayard & McEvers, Herman LeRoy’s business 5/21 · Flags 5/28 · Cool Beans – a story about Calvin Keeney 6/4 · Names on the War Monument – on Trigon Park 6/11 · AWreath of White Roses – the story of the Ingham Roses 6/18 · Please Be Seated – the bench in the Woodward Library made from the “Library Tree” 6/25 · An Unmarked Grave – the story of the slave murdered in LeRoy 7/2 · June 28, 1778 – The Battle of Monmouth 7/9 · See You At the Oatka Festival 7/16 · Shelling Peas – story of the canning factories and the pea vines 7/23 · The 32nd Name – story of Robert Milne who the Rotary Scholarship is named for 7/30 · LeRoy Salt Company and John D. Rockefeller – LeRoy’s salt wells reported by Ida Tarbell brought down Standard Oil owned by Rockafeller 8/6 · Henry Ford’s Visit to LeRoy – a repeat of the arrest of Henry Ford and the reenactment 8/13 · Sweet Corn – origin of sweet corn discovered by men on Clinton and Sullivan Campaign in 1779 growing in the Iroquois fields 8/20 · Heavy Water – Lapp Insulator’s contribution to the Manhattan Project and Oppenheimer 8/27 · A Map of Antarctica – mountains in Antarctica named for Donald Woodward 9/3 · Rose O’Neill Exhibit – in Wilkes Barre, PA 9/10 · The E.L.M. Dairy – which was named for Emily Lenore Metcalf 9/17 · The Genesee Colony, Kansas – LeRoyans who moved to Kansas 1870s 9/24 · St. Mark’s Windows – restoration of windows 10/1 · Bacon Street – Bacon foundry and Bacon stoves 10/8 · October is New York History Month – State police; SUNY; 10/15 · Fire Prevention Week – story of Chicago fire and early fire prevention in LeRoy 10/22 · Hallowe’en – 1943 Fort Hill school Hallowe’en party 10/29 · The O-At-Ka – History of the Oatka Creek 11/5 · Aerogyro – Pitcairn Autogyro, Amelia Earhart, the “Champion” and Woodward Airport 11/12 · Armistice Day – Remembrance Day – Veterans Day – Green Light Week – Last WW1 Veteran 11/19 · Lent/Klinkbeil Pumphouse Receives Prestigious Landmark Award 11/26 · Put Some Spice in Your Life – Exhibit at the Woodward Library on spices 12/3 · Call Home – brief history of communication and the first telephone service in LeRoy 12/10 · My Grandfather’s Immigrant Eyes – LeRoy’s Irish History 12/17 · Pennysaver Building – the Shiloh Building and the Wells’ patent medicines 12/24 · 2023 Year In Review This will be my last Pennysaver article. I want to thank David for allowing me to write for the past 30 years. For a while I will be posting a weekly article in LeRoy Then and Now and a monthly article for the Woodward Library newsletter which is on line and in print form – all you have to do is register to receive it. In a short time, I will be writing an article for the Batavia Daily News which will come out every other week. I appreciate all the encouragement and kind words. As Municipal Historian, it’s good to know people are interested in the history of their community. Lynne 2023 in Review

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