Retrospective
Thirty years ago –1991
A classified ad under “Special Notices” reads: Mothers! Fredonia Village Board is going to confiscate your children’s skateboards. They will if you don’t go to the public hearing on Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall and protest!
Forty years ago — 1981
Judith Lee Wardell, 33, formerly of Silver Creek and Dunkirk, have been selected by the Arkansas State Rehabilitative Services as “Rehabilitant of the Year.” She was chosen for this award for her successful entry into the business world (she works at the First National Bank in Little Rock) and her achievement into independent living, despite a physical handicap that keeps her confined to a wheelchair. Judy is the sister of Robert P. Wardell of Dunkirk and Mrs. Jill Earsing of Silver Creek.
Fifty years ago — 1971
Susan Dickinson of the Cassadaga Valley Wranglers was named grand champion of the 4-H All-County English Horse Show at the Gerry Rodeo Grounds.