Our Hometown
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Happenings The picnics, speeches, and parades of today's LABOR DAY were all part of the first celebration, held in New York City in 1882. Its promoter was an Irish-American labor leader named Peter J. McGuire. A carpenter by trade, McGuire had worked since the age of eleven, and in 1882 was president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. Approaching the city's Central Labor Union that summer, he proposed a holiday that would applaud 'the industrial spirit - the great vital force of every nation.' Congratulations to Ken and Eileen Dykhuizen on the occasion of their 40th Wedding Anniversary on August 25. Members and friends gathered at the Rec Room at the Drumlin Family Estate on August 17 to celebrate the 80th Birthday of Mary McGinnis. About 50 people were there to enjoy good food and fun times. August 26, 1943: Marion Central School will reopen Wednesday and the High School will run on a single morning session harvest schedule for the first 10 weeks. If you have noticed that two of the trees in our back yard have been cut down, I am telling you that I am still alive and well. C. Svea Dahlberg has under gone recent eye surgery. The Marion Pharmacy, in downtown Marion, is now the headquarters for Upstate Milk Products, and Hard Ice Cream by Hershey. Stop by for a delicious sundae or ice cream cone. Happy Birthday to Naomi Jackson with her family in Moselle, Mississippi. September 5 is SYATP Prepole Training Rally - 7 p.m. at Scarlet Thread Student Center, 34 Mill Street, Sodus. Last Thursday, a group headed for Alexandria Bay for a boat trip on Uncle Sam's line where all enjoyed a delicious buffet before heading for a tour of Boldt Castle. It rained like the dickens when we left the boat and climbed the brick path to the castle, but everyone looked pretty much the same, so no problem. The renovations are lovely, but there is much more to do. (Post cards are available if you are interested.) Clark and Helen Dingman were visited by their daughter Patricia Ellis and her husband Randy and their daughters Tarra, Mckenzie and Devan from Austin Texas and son Stephen from San Antonio Texas. While they were in the area, they attended the wedding of their cousin, Sharon Yates-Emerson to Willie Meinking on August 3 in Hornell. The three grandchildren took horseback riding lessons and everyone enjoyed barbecues, swimming, croquet and volleyball. We have a new grandson! Derek Carl was born August 23, weighed 9 lb. and 1 oz. and is 21 inches long. The son of Brian and Jill Adriaansen of Smith Road was welcomed home by his big brother, Craig, who is three-and-a-half. Marion 1894: There were in Marion, two hardware stores, two general stores, two groceries, two jewelry shops, two millinery shops, two meat markets, one lawyer, three physicians, one veterinary surgeon, one bakery, one newspaper office, four wagon and blacksmith shops, five churches, one hotel, the Marion Collegiate institute, a public school building, the foundry and machine shop of Lewis Smith, a gristmill, a canning factory, a ladder and fruit evaporator manufactory, a mint still, two undertakers about 900 inhabitants.
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