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Grape-basket-making was local industry
October 19, 2011 First published October 11, 1984 It’s grape harvest time again and we can’t help thinking about the great changes that have taken place in the process through the years. more »»
Lookin’ Back
October 19, 2011 TO: September 1887 An examination showed that the sills on the south and west sides of the tower on the Universalist Church in Sherman was badly decayed and the spire was concisely out o... more »»
A poem to treasure found while sorting through old memories
October 12, 2011 As many readers know, your Westfield Historian is blessed to have her 94-year-old mother nearby, and she is still “as sharp as a tac. more »» 
School history found in copper box buried in 1901
October 12, 2011 First published June 4, 1987: I keep digging up bits and pieces of history concerning the schools of Westfield, probably because the Sesqui-centennial is rapidly approaching. more »»
Lookin’ Back
October 12, 2011 To: October 1918 Sherman area Wellington Bacon has been promoted to the office of Corporal. more »»
History mystery books, bits, and pieces of this ‘n’ that
October 5, 2011 Your Westfield Historian is off on an adventure — a much needed vacation — to Bavaria, Germany, to visit a college friend working in Germany, and another college friend who is married to a German an... more »» 
Rogersville Mothers’ Club is still active
October 5, 2011 First published October 4, 1984: From the early eighteen hundreds until the centralization of Westfield schools in the mid-nineteen forties there were many one-room school houses in the... more »»
Lookin’ Back
October 5, 2011 To: October 1890 The village trustees have enacted by-laws and ordinances, which will be found elsewhere in this paper. more »» 
Historic site in gorge wiped out
September 28, 2011 Have you ever had one of those weeks when something you thought you knew or remembered was questioned, or turned upside-down, or surprised you with a totally new perspective? Recently this happened... more »» 
Bridges crossed the gorge in old days
September 28, 2011 First published February 23, 1984: If you have looked at an old map of Chautauqua County lately, perhaps you noticed that a number of roads are shown to cross Chautauqua Gorge. more »»
Lookin’ Back
September 28, 2011 To: 1918 Thanksgiving prices — Butter, 70 cents, pound; chickens, 35 cents, eggs, 65 cents, dozen; potatoes, $1.50 a bushel; flour, 24 lb, sack, $. more »»
One family’s story of life, death, memories and saying good-bye
September 21, 2011 Introductory note A fascinating, mysterious and true story was recently related to Marybelle Beigh, Westfield Historian, by a historian colleague and friend. more »» 
Party given by Golden Agers 31 years ago (in 1984)
September 21, 2011 First published September 6, 1984 I am often asked how and where I find the material for my weekly story and I am unable to give a cut and dried answer. more »»
Lookin’ Back
September 21, 2011 To: November 1893 At Xenia, Ohio on the 22nd, the little Miami express train struck a carriage containing three ladie. more »» 
Another ‘history mystery’ photo
September 14, 2011 As explained in last week’s Buzzings from BeeLines, a Great Things About Westfield, or GTAW, member recently submitted several photos from the 1930s and 1940s, some of which were not labeled, nor... more »» 
Westfield had hot track team during 1930 season
September 14, 2011 First published September 8, 1983 It seems that this has been the shortest summer in history, and now it’s September, and the kids are back in schoo. more »» 
Mystery photos have many Westfield residents ‘stumped’
September 6, 2011 After the flurry of excitement over the Hal Barry Band mystery photo, and the post World War II float mystery photo identifications, one of the Great Things About Westfield, or GTAW, members brought... more »» 
Costumes of yesteryear highlighted ‘52’s Homecoming Day
September 6, 2011 First published Sep. more »»
Lookin’ Back
September 6, 2011 To: 1977 Clymer News by the late Gertrude Gravink Your reporter will be taking a leave of absence July 24 to September 2 and will beat Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester for hip... more »» 
Chautauqua County Bicentennial History Fair highlights
August 30, 2011 The Chautauqua Suites Convention Center at Mayville hosted a highly successful, one-of-a-kind county-wide History Fair as one of the major events in celebration of Chautauqua County’s bicentennial,... more »» |
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