Le Roy, New York 1834 - 1984 CONTENTS

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Dedication Acknowledgements Preface Early Village History The Le Roy Family The Early 1800's The Oatka Bridges Churches Taverns Ingham University Schools Mills Main Street Patent Medicines Jell-O Buffalo Illustrated Times 1905, Prosperous and Thriving Village of LeRoy Transportation Le Roy at War The Le Roy Gazette News Rochester Sunday American 1937, 'Beautiful LeRoy' Known to Thousands of Route 5 Motorists Fires and Firemen Rochester Times Unino 1948, Cameraman Swings Southwest to Bring Back Pictures of LeRoy's Civic Leaders & Scenes Industry Sports Centennial Sesquicentennial 1984 Government Here & There

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PEOPLE LAST NAME

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Allen Anderson Andolora Annin Armstrong Ashley Bacon Baglio

Indian John R. Suzanne [Ms] James Gerald Fred B.H. Gus

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Baker Ballard Bannister Barbeau Bartholomew Belluscio Bennett Benny Benson Beyer Bishop Bixby Blakeley Bliler Blodgett Bolsei Boyce Brodie Brooks Brown Brown Brown Brownell Bryant Bundy Burger Burrows Burton Butt Call Callahan Campbell Carmody Carolan Carragher Carter Chamberlain Chapman Cheetham Christopher Chumasero Citanovich Clark Cohen Colle Conable Cone

Robert James Anna [Miss] Stephen R. Floyd O. Lynne [Mrs] Samuel R. Jack Egbert, Jr. Ronny Everett Emma Keeney [Ms] Dennis Richard George W. Daniel Dave Ethel [Miss] Charles J. Ellsworth J. Ronald William S. Kevin Janet O. [Ms] John John Paul A. Aleatha M. [Miss] Walter Chris Daniel A.H. Carlyle W. Dolores [Miss] James J. Willy Hinds Theodore R. George Hal J.C. Edward L. Anne Walker [Mrs] Eli Donald Barber B., Jr. Ron

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Corcimiglia Cornwall Cory Cosway Coward Crocker Crocker Crocker D'Agustino Davenport Derrick Derrick DiFrancisco Donnan Douglass Dowdle Duddy Dunn DuVal Dwight Eadie Earhart Enderton Erhart Erhart Evans Fenstermaker Fernaays Ferrara Finn Fischer Fisher French Gaffney Ganson Ganson Garlock Gates Giles Gleason Goldberg Gordon Graham Graham Graham Grayson Grayson

Tony Edward Herbert W. H. [Rev] Scotty Wheaton M., Jr. Allan Dean John Salvatore [Pvt] James M., Jr. Leslie Leslie W. Joseph J. Grace [Miss] S.C. William John William M. Roy Theadore Mike Amelia [Miss] Otto David, Jr. David, Sr. Vic Barry Joan [Ms] Dan Virginia [Ms] Louis C. L. Butch Jerome Matthew W. James John [Capt] Robert Seth M. Paul [Lt] John F. Sam Louis Charles A. James M John Arthur, Sr. Billy

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Grayson Green Gross Guarino Hall Halligan Harris Haskin Hawley Haynes Heimlich Heimlich Henry Holderman Holthaus Horgan Hosmer Howe Hulbert Hunt Huyck Huyck Iannello Ingham Ingham Ingham Innis Jameson Jenner Johnson Johnston Johnston Johnston Johnston Joy Keeney Keeney Keeney Kelty King Knight Kogle Krebs Kroner Lacey Ladd Lamendola

Jack John R. Leo M. Ross Edwin Gerald J. Mary [Ms] John R. Stephen Bruce Ernestine [Ms] John Beatrice [Ms] Russell Arthur William Sidney Harry Uni Lewis H. William F. William P. Leonard Emily [Mrs] Marietta [Ms] Phineas [Col] John F Phillip Ralph John E. Bob Gary Pat [Ms] Patricia L. [Ms] John Calvin B. Calvin N. Nicholas B. John Elizabeth [Miss] Stanley Gerald W. Cyril I. George Richard Thomas Tom

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Lander Lapp Lapp Lapp Lapp Lapp Lapp Lapp Lapp Lapp Larkin LaRocco LaRocco Lathan Lathan Lathan Lathrop Lathrop Lawrence Lawrence Lawson Le Roy Le Roy Le Roy Lehman Lent Lent Leone Licata Lincoln Loscomb Love Lowe MacDowell MacQueen Mancuso Marcellus McCartney McDowell McHardy McKay McLaughlin McVean McWilliams Meadows Merica Messore

Roger Carl Clarence Grover W. John S. Joseph Joseph C. Paul J. Richard C. Vincent Thomas W. Joseph Ronald Calvin "Tuffy" Calvin A. Russell John Joshua Donald Frank E. Mabel [Miss] Edward A. [M/M] Herman Jacob Carl John John [Capt] Frank C. Samuel P. Abraham Gordy James Gregory Thomas Paul Donald B. [Rev] Gene George E. Hugh A. Charles [Ens] Virginia Allen [Mrs] Harold Edward J. Louise [Ms] Alvin Asbury Fred A., Jr. Alfred

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Middleton Miggins Miller Miller Miller Miller Miller Miller Mills Mitchell Mooney Mooney Mooney Morrow Munger Murray Noble Occumpaugh Olivieri Olmstead Olmstead Olmsted Olmsted Olson O'Malley Orlando O'Shea Paganin Pangrazio Parsons Peck Perkins Perkins Perrone Perzia Petherbridge Pfaff Phillips Pierson Pike Platex Platt Powers Powers Pratt Pratt Pratt

Elizabeth [Miss] Michael David Harold E. Jim John Jon Rosemary [Ms] Brent Orrin J. Ellsworth Leo [Pvt[ Leo B. William H. John R. George [Pvt] Kenneth Herbert Melio M. Chauncey Marian [Miss] Allen S. Jacob W. Malcom [Pvt] Jack Joseph D.J. David C. Bert John George W. Avery C. Edward M. James R. Joe Bruce T. Brian Stuart C. S.K. Brenda [Ms] Bruce Ezra Edward Merton Seely Seely F. Seely F., Jr.

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Prentice Prentice Pursel Randall Ranger Rathbun Reddish Redfield Redinger Rheinhart Rich Richer Rider Rider Rider Ridley Robertson Root Root Rossborough Roth Ruane Rubens Rubens Samson Samson Sanderson Scanlon Search Seekins Sextone Seyffer Seyffer Shedd Simeone Simmons Spillane Spry Spry Stafford Stanton Starr Steffenilla Steinmetz Steinmetz Steuber Stoddard

C.F. Charles F. Mike William P. Danley Israel Frank Heman J. Harold W. J.C. Terry G.C. Ann [Ms] Fred Louise B. [Miss] Floyd Rufus Jerome Reginald Ruth [Miss] Steve Frank Bessie [Miss] Harold John P. Russell Adrienne [Miss] Joseph Edward Howard James Fred W. Hazel [Miss] J.W. Mark Harry A. Donald Edward W. Robert H. Eddie Wallace H. Dorothy [Ms] Tom Jon Mark Fred Richard

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Stoddard Stripp Stripp Strobel Sullivan Sullivan Sutterby Tabone Tabone Tompkins Tompkins Townsend Tresco Tresco Truscott Tufts Uberty Uhly Upham Vasile Wadsworth Wait Wait Wait Walkley Walkley Walkley Walkley Walter Walters Wansor Ward Ward Wardell Watson Watson Weaver Wells Wemple White White Wilbor Wilbor Wilbur Wiley Willard Willis

Richard M. Alvin Alvin R. Franklin Matt Robert J. [Dr] Anthony J. Philip S. Phillip Phillip E. Horace E. Joan M. [Ms] Paul Robert H. Thomas Robert J. Germaine [Ms] Alonzo S. Wilfred C. William May [Mrs] P.B. Pearl Bixby Floyd James Janice [Miss] Miriam [Miss] Lawrence [Pvt] Irene B. [Ms] William Elizabeth [Miss] Florence [Miss] Brian Ethel [Miss] Thomas Peter Schuyler C. Auntie Elwood Samuel Charles [M/M] Naomi [Miss] Charles John Frank Betty [Ms]

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Wiss Woodward Woodward Woodward Woodward Yacuzzo Yacuzzo Young Young Zalacca Zimber

John Donald Ernest Le Roy Orator Francis Talmadge Raymond Raymond E. Forrest W. Forrest Francis T. Scott

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BUSINESSES

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A. K. Drury, Photographer A.D. Call & Son Adirondack Clothing Allen S. Olmsted Co. Allen's Foot Ease Allen's Patent Corn and Bean Planter AMA Screen Printing American Malting Company Associated Seed Growers of Connecticut - Asgrow Ballard's Tavern Baltimore and Ohio RR Bank of Le Roy Bay State Cotton Company Beaudry Pipe Organ Co., The Ben Franklin Blue Bus Blue Bus Line of Batavia BOK Plastics Brown Manufacturing Co. Brown-El Machine Tool Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh RR Buffalo, Rochester and State Line RR C. F. Prentice Champion Container Company Clevepak Corporation Co-fe-no Collins House Comstock Foods Curtis Plow Co. D.W. Airport Donald York, Inc. DuPONT TV E. S. Wells, Chemist

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Eagle Hotel Eagle Hotel Economy, The Erie Railway Federal Mogul Fisher's Coffins and Furniture Fluxo Frontier Tavern Ganson Tavern Gates and Bradley Drygoods Gazette Print Gazette-News Corporation General Crushed Stone Company General Foods Corporation Genesee Courier, The Genesee Pure Foods Company Genesee Republican and Herald of Reform George Cory Electrical George W. Peck Market Gleason Cold Storage Globe and Eagle Grain-O Graves Tavern Grumiaux Subscription Agency, The Haskins Hill at Red Bridge Hatch Cloth Manufactory Herman Le Roy's Mill Hirschman Pohle Company Hosmer Inn Interpace Corporation J. R. Anderson, Hardware, Stoves James Annin, Watches and Jewelry Jell-O John Haskin's grist mill John Heimlich's lime kilns John Lathrop's sawmill Jones Chemical Company Kemp and Lane, Inc. Kurt's Trains & Hobbies Lally's Tavern Lambert Car Agency Lapp Insulator Company Lapp Lumber Company Lawless Container Le Roy Alfalfa Company Le Roy Bottling Company Le Roy Colprovia

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Le Roy Cotton Mills Le Roy Gazette News, The Le Roy Gazette, The Le Roy Golf Course Le Roy Grill Le Roy Hydraulic Electric Co., The Le Roy Lime and Crushed Stone Company Le Roy Machine Company Le Roy Mill Le Roy News, The Le Roy Penny Saver Le Roy Plastics Le Roy Plow Company Le Roy Salt Company Le Roy Smoke Shoppe Le Roy Theatre Lent Tavern LeRoy Ambulance Leroy Roller Flour Mill McDonald's Merica Bros. Michel House N.B. Keeney & Son Inc. N.B. Keeney stone quarry O.F. Woodward's Genesee Pure Foods Co. Post Office Postum Cereal Co. Powell Carpenter pound Prentice Mill PTL Industries R.L. Samson Pianos and Organs Randall Fence Co. Recticel Foam Company Recticel Foam Company Rib Stone Company, The S. C. Kelsey, Gents' Furnishing S.C. Wells & Co. S.C. Wells Co. Schimley Bros. blacksmith shop Sewage Treatment Plant Sovocool Electric Stoddard and Platt Mill Thos. Ladd & Son True Value Union Steel Chest Upstate Milk Vietel Hosiery

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W. D. Matthews & Co., Maltsters Watkins Salt Company Webb Foundry Wells Persian Hackmetack Willard's Meats & Groceries Wiss House

CHURCHES Baptist Church Calvary Baptist Church Canon Plumley Parish House Church of God in Le Roy, The Congregational Church Episcopal Church First Baptist Society in Le Roy Free Methodist Society German Evangelical Lutheran Society Mercygrove Methodist Episcopal Church Presbyterian Church Second Baptist Church St. Anthony's in Lime Rock St. Francis' Catholic Church St. Joseph's Catholic Church St. Mark's Church St. Peter's Church Universalist Society

Pictures and Illustrations Friendship, a Dutch Fokker trimotor Walt Says his Say on Sports $50 Reward 1908 concrete bridge c. 1912, The 1915-16 Girls' Basketball 1919 Le Roy football team 1933 Works Progress Administration … The 1975 bridge under construction, The 1983 Le Roy Varsity Football Team 70 Years later - 1984 A 1932 Group of pilots: Abandoned Erie railroad bed Aerial view of Le Roy An 1826 newspaper notice … An S.C. Well's advertising illustration c. 1885 And This One Shows the Street Looking to the West As a special benefit to the Italian community …

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Baltimore and Ohio station Biplane Blue Bus Books Are Their Business Buffalo Illustrated Times Business and Commerce Business Services Buttermilk Falls, Le Roy, N. Y. Buy Le Roy C. F. Prentice's footbridge … Century of Brides" pageant participants Chapel at Machpelah Cemetery … The Church Street, Le Roy, N. Y. Circular Hill, Le Roy, N. Y. D.W. Airport Fairchild monoplane Dedication of firemen's memorial Depiction of a pioneer clearing the wilderness… A Diesel-electric passenger motor car "Meteor" Donald Woodward Airport Donald Woodward's "House Car" c. 1940 Drainage Plan Eagle Hotel Early Jell-o salesman's Truck East Main Street, Le Roy Eastern view of Le Roy Village Edward M. Perkins Edward W. Spry Eli Cohen Episcopal Church Society, … The Erie Railway Time Table Ernest Le Roy Woodward Ethel Watson Face of America: The Firehouse Gang, The Fire Prevention Week c. 1925 First Baptist Society, … The Frontier Tavern Ganson Tavern Gas prices General Crush Stone Co. George E. Marcellus Girls' Volleyball in 1983 Gleason Cold Storage on Lake Street c. 1895 Grover W. Lapp Head Mailmen Herman Le Roy Herman Le Roy's Mill Hon. Willis M. F. Huyck

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Horace E. Townsend In 1915, local black families met and formed … In 1982 Le Roy got its first snorkle truck In front of the D.W. hangar In Passing Industrial Executives Ingham University c. 1890 Jacob Le Roy Jell-O Girl, The Jell-O plant in the early 1900's Jerome French John Haskin's grist mill John S. Lapp and others Kemp and Lane float Lapp Lumber Company c. 1900 Le Roy Academic Institute Le Roy Area Draft Board Sends 29th Contingent Le Roy Female Seminary Le Roy Gazette-News, The Le Roy Grill in 1940 Le Roy House Le Roy in 1866 Le Roy is Unrivalled as a Competitive Railroad Point Le Roy Machine Co., Inc. Le Roy Mill, The Le Roy Municipal Building Le Roy Police Department in 1940 Le Roy Police Gazette Le Roy Roller Flour Mill Le Roy Salt Le Roy School Campus Le Roy Smoke Shoppe in 1940 and 1984 Le Roy Tennis Club at the Willows - 1912 Le Roy Theatre Le Roy Town Council Le Roy Village Board Le Roy, N.Y. Le Roy's Industries [List of in The Le Roy Gazette, Saturday, August 26, 1905] Le Roy's Main Street in the 1980's Le Roy's Sesquicentennial birthday cake … Leaders in Many Fields Lent Tavern Little League on parade - 1983 Looking north showing the Iron Bridge … Main Street Main Street - 1914 Main Street Armistice parade November 11, 1918

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Main Street Bridge, Le Roy, N. Y. Main Street c. 1912 and 1984 Main Street c. 1938 Main Street c. 1955 Main Street, Le Roy, N. Y. Making cotton thread March 1960: The Maloney Block Fire March 4, 1945 - the Lampson Block burns May 1911: The Village Hall Fire McDonald's in the 1980's Meet the New Mayor Methodist activity began … The Miss Adrienne Sanderson Mr. and Mrs. Edward Le Roy … N. B. Keeney & Son Inc. N. B. Keeney stone quarry North Side of Main Street c. 1900, 1940, 1984 Orator Francis Woodward Orrin J. Mitchell, Talmadge Woodward … Packaging Jell-O Parade in Trigon Park Parking Meter Pearl Bixby Wait Personal Mention Plant Manager Plant of the le Roy Plow Company Plaque designating the Eagle Hotel … Presbyterian Church Society, … The Presentation of New York State Legislative … Purchase of Jell-O rights R.L. Samson Pianos and Organs Randall Fence Co. Religion, Education, Rotary Residence of Dr. Skinner, Le Roy Richard, Joseph & Vincent Lapp Rochester Sunday American, January 24, 1937 Rochester Times-Union, Apr. 26, 1948 Roe Wireless Electric Plow Rt. 19 intersection c. 1929 and 1984 Sam Goldberg and his horse Second iron Lodi Bridge, … The South Side of Main Street c. 1911, 1940, 1984 Spring waters 1984. St. Francis's Catholic Cemetery … Steam engine Stereoptican view of the 1855 iron bridge, A Stone arch over Haskin's millrace … The

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Tales Twice Told Tank The Excelsior Ladder Co., Le Roy The Famous Chemical Hose Drill Corps The Financial Side The Fire Department Poses with Equipment The Le Roy High School This 1930's aerial view, … This is a view of Le Roy's Main Street Looking East Tops in Education Two cannons Union Steel Chest burns Union Steel Chest Corporation Union Steel Chest Float Universalist Society, … The Veteran Clerk Victory Loan Mass Meeting View of Le Roy View on the Otaka River, Le Roy Village scenes Village street light W. D. Matthews & Co., Maltsters War Ration Book No. 3 What Le Roy Has When the old St. Francis' Catholic Church … Willard's Meat & Groceries William M. Dunn William S. Brown's carriage company Wiss House Wiss, The Wollcott Street, Le Roy

POINTS OF INTEREST Allen's Creek Barrett Block Buttermilk Falls Craigie Tract Erie Canal Ganson Settlement, The Great Niagara Trail House Car Iron Bridge Journal of a Tour to Niagara Falls Lodi bridge Lodi District, The Machpelah Cemetery

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Meteor Mt. Morris Dam Olmsted Hall Public Square Red Bridge Round House Sisters of Mercy Sunny Sol household bleach Te-car-na-wun-na Triangle Tract Trigon Park Village Charter of 1911 Village Incorporated

ORGANIZATIONS Le Roy Association for Promoting Manufacturers, The Le Roy Businessmen's Association, The

Le Roy Historical Society Masonic Temple Richmond Memorial Library Woodward Memorial Library Works Progress Administration

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SCHOOLS

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College of Fine Arts, The Conservatory of Music, The Ingham Collegiate Institute Ingham University Ingham University c. 1890 Le Roy Academic Institute Le Roy Female Seminary Le Roy High School Le Roy School Campus Literary College, The Myrtle Street School St. Peter's Parochial School Trigon Park School Union Free School District White School House

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