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September 27, 2009

Anonymous The Press Republican Sun Sep 27, 2009, 11:28 PM EDT

25 YEARS AGO — 1984
  The membership of the two unions at Georgia-Pacific Corp. in Plattsburgh approve a contract settlement preventing a walkout by 509 paper workers. The agreement includes 5-percent across-the-board wage hikes for the three years of the contract.

  The W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center in Lake Placid receives a $4 million grant, the largest in its history.

  The Olympic ski-jump complex at Lake Placid is gearing up for a new season with a resurrected 30-meter hill that will also be used for trick jumping. Also, a new entrance is designed to alleviate the tedious quarter-mile walk visitors faced in the past.

  As of the end of August, the City of Plattsburgh's financial picture looked pretty rosy. The financial report for the eight months ending Aug. 30 showed revenues ahead of expenses in all city departments.

50 YEARS AGO — 1959
  Two area men escape serious injury when the light amphibian plane they were flying crashes about a mile offshore in Willsboro. Pilot John Culver of Plattsburgh and Frank Dossert of Chazy were on board.

  The Daughters of the Heart of Mary purchase the Loretta property on North Catherine Street from the Sisters of Mercy for $50,000. It will be used as a retreat house for women.

  Nine confirmed cases of polio are reported in Clinton County so far this year. Three people have died from the disease. Six cases of suspected polio have not been confirmed yet.

  The new Peru Post Office opens on Mason Street. Built of concrete, it replaces the old Post Offices in the Weaver (Marsha) Block in the middle of town.

75 YEARS AGO — 1934
  Granite for Malone's new Post Office is delivered and is on the lot, ready for the start of construction. The cornerstone is expected to be laid this week.

  Louis M. Garfinkle, 21, of East Toronto is arrested for violating the Gold Reserve Act. He was found with $6,220 on $20 U.S. gold pieces in his belt. He is the first person to be arrested at Rouses Point for attempting to smuggle gold from Canada into the United States.

  The temperature drops to around 32 to 36 degrees throughout northern New York, causing a heavy frost that kills garden flowers and nips corn and other vegetables above ground, causing hundreds of dollars of damage.

  Fifty people are employed this week harvesting 50 acres of carrots on the vegetable farm of W.A. Langdon on South Bangor Road in Malone.

100 YEARS AGO — 1909
  Plans are well under way for a trolley road between Westport and Elizabethtown, a distance of eight miles. The Village of Elizabethtown has raised $30,000 for the project.

  Oscar E. Droege, wanted for embezzling $10,000 from the State Hospital at Ray Brook, is arrested in Denver. The Saranac Lake police chief and Essex County sheriff are headed to Denver to bring him back.

  Franklin County hop growers feel much encouraged. The quality of the hops this season is said to be fine, and buyers are offering to contract at prices ranging from 25 cents to 27.5 cents a pound.

  A Chateaugay man reports he dug 50 bushels of potatoes from one-eighth acre, which is a yield of 400 bushels per acre.

— Compiled by Contributing Writer Sue Botsford, who can be reached at 834-7201 or botsford@westelcom.com