Thirty years ago — 1990

Brocton Boy Scout Troop 217 held its first Eagle Scout Investiture ceremony to award the Eagle Rank to five scouts. In the troop’s 78-year history, these were the first young men to become Eagle Scouts. They are: Michael J. Testa Jr., Carl P. Testa, Steven W. Link, Lee T. Rizzo and Karl E. Rominger.

Forty years ago — 1980

Dr. Wallace Moore, 77, of Long Beach, Calif., holds a patent on an electric Honda Civic station wagon which can reach 28 mph and go 80 miles between charges. There is a 3 by 6 foot flat metal cookie pan embedded with 396 round silver-gray solar discs tied onto the roof. He added a small electric engine to the rear axle and an engine powered by six conventional batteries mounted below the rear deck of the wagon. He plugs into a standard electrical outlet for about eight hours each night and he did it all for less than $10,000, including the cost of the car.

Fifty years ago — 1970

Miss Dorothea M. Klajbor of Dunkirk has retired after a 32-year career in the United States Department of Justice.