Twenty years ago – 1999

Peter Michael Goetz, renowned performer of stage, screen and television is in-residence at the Fredonia State University College Department of Theatre and Dance this month. He is teaching a mini-course in acting and rehearsing to perform in the Walter Gloor Mainstage producton, “A Flea In Her Ear.” A native of the Buffalo area, he graduated from Frontier Central High School and Fredonia State. He now lives in Malibu, Calif.

Thirty years ago — 1989

Students from the Phillip J. LoGuidice Vocational/Technical Center in Fredonia were in Dunkirk recently working on the new pavilion in Washington Park. This spring, masonry students from the school built the base of the pavilion. Now, carpentry students from instructor Michael Brake’s class are building the pavilion itself.

Forty years ago – 1979

Student of the Week is Sam Bryant, son of Mr. and Mrs. David C. Bryant. He is a senior at Fredonia High School and a member of the 3-1-3 program at Fredonia State. During the summers of 1978 and 1979, Sam attended the Visual Arts division of the New York State Sumer School of the Arts. He hopes to continue his education in engineering or mechanical drafting and eventually pursue a career in automotive design.

Fifty years ago — 1969

An OBSERVER photo shows Councilman Earl Walldorff of the Town of Dunkirk presenting a $10 award to Miss Betsy Roman. She submitted the winning slogan of “Divided We Stand” to the town board after Councilman Walldorff personally offered the cash award. Town Justice Rollin Fancher said that the slogan is both appropriate and unique because the town is divided by the city of Dunkirk. Three signs bearing the slogan have been erected on the town lines.