Thirty years ago — 1991 Connie Zirkle has been named valedictorian at Brocton Central School. The daughter of Marvin and Joyce Zirkle of Lake Avenue, Brocton, she plans to pursue a career in secondary math education. Salutatorian is Robert Smith, son of Harold and Lois Smith of Ellicott ...

Thirty years ago — 1991 John Rivera of Lima, Peru, a 1968-69 AFS student at Dunkirk High School who stayed with the Harold Rusch family, has been awarded the “Sir Clements Markham Scholarship” of the United Kingdom and is studying in London for two years. Mr. Rivera, an attorney ...

Thirty years ago — 1991 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ward of 5 Oak St., Silver Creek were in Albany recently to attend the 147th commencement of the State University of New York at Albany. Their son, Ensign Bruce G. Ward II, received his commission into the U.S. Navy and a degree in physics and their ...

Thirty years ago — 1991 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Johnson of West Green Street, Dunkirk are back from England where they spent 15 days with their daughter and her family, Major Allan (Cathy Johnson) Tucker and children in Woodbridge, Suffolk County and their son, Sgt. Thomas L. Johnson, USAF, ...

Thirty years ago — 1991 Recent guests at the home of Bill and Patti Wells of Fredonia were Peter and Amanda Rickman and son Ashley of Marsden, Australia. It was the first trip to America for the Rickmans and also the first time the two families had met. Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Rickman have been ...

Thirty years ago — 1991 The former Goldome Bank branch office at 51 East Fourth St., Dunkirk closed unexpectedly at 3 p.m. on May 31 and reopened the morning of June 1 as a branch of Key Bank. The overnight transformation came after Goldome was seized by federal regulators, with the Dunkirk ...