Thirty years ago — 1990

Westfield is now the No. 1 choice as the site for the proposed Containerboard cardboard recycling plant originally planned for the Town of Sheridan. Chautauqua County is preparing to spend upward of $30,000 on a preliminary engineering study of the Westfield site. County Executive Andrew Goodell blamed the city of Dunkirk’s problems with the federal Environmental Protection Agency for the loss of the plant planned for Sheridan.

Forty years ago — 1980

A Dunkirk soldier is part of the Army’s most powerful answer to any Soviet assault on Western Europe. Staff Sgt. Carl E. Beach Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Beach Sr. of Lincoln Arms Apts., Dunkirk is a missile section chief in a Pershing Missile Battalion in Germany. The Pershing is the Army’s longest range and most powerful guided missile system.

Fifty years ago — 1970

Spec. 4 Thomas McKelvey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry McKelvey, 138 Lambert Ave., Fredonia has been awarded the Bronze Star medal with “V” service.