THIRTY YEARS AGO – 1994

Kim M. Ruska, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Ruska, has been granted a five-year residency in pathology at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore, Md. She will begin her residency upon her May 1994 graduation from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Ms. Ruska is a 1985 graduate of Dunkirk High School and a 1989 graduate of Princeton University.

FORTY YEARS AGO – 1984

Roseann G. Polisoto of Hullás Mobile Court, Silver Creek is indeed a âproud American.ã She now counts among her treasured keepsakes a letter hand-signed and addressed by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalyn. During a recent visit to Georgia, Mrs. Polisoto visited in Plains, where she viewed the Carter home and also stopped to purchase gasoline at Billy Carter’s gas station. On her return home, she dropped a note to the former president telling of her visit and commending him for his time in the White House. The letter from the Carters was postmarked Atlanta, Ga., where President Carter maintains an office.

FIFTY YEARS AGO – 1974

A minimum wage bill, raising the minimum wage to $2, is due to be passed by Congress.