Retrospective
Forty years ago — 1983
An OBSERVER photographer snapped Charles Kelley of Thayer Hill Road, Portland as he was busy trimming grape vines on the Irving Powell farm in the town of Portland. The farm on Church Street and Thayer Hill Road has 112 acres of grapes.
Fifty years ago — 1973
The Carl Vincent Club, originally known as the Sigma Phi Delta Fraternity, celebrated its 35th anniversary with a party at the White Inn, Fredonia. Joseph R. Privitera was banquet chairman.