150 Years

• Aug. 26, 1875: (LITTLE VALLEY —) The J.F. Thompson building is now completed, and will be filled with new goods the last of this week. The store is one of the pleasantest in town, having been fitted up neatly and in excellent taste. The store will be run by H.S. Thompson, as agent and manager, and we risk nothing in saying that it will draw a good trade. The stock will be mainly dry goods, hats and caps, and boots and shoes. A new stock in all these lines will be put in at once, and a good assortment constantly kept up.
• Aug. 26, 1875: (SALAMANCA —) Last Friday (Aug. 20), it was currently reported that two little girls, daughters of Mr. Fox in this place, had gone a berrying the previous day, and as they had not then returned, it was feared that they were lost. It, however, shortly transpired that they had had a little difficulty with their stepmother, and without making their intentions known, started to visit some of their friends in Randolph, where they were safely found after having caused considerable apprehension for their safety.

100 Years

• Aug. 24, 1925: Opening of Salamanca’s new fire station, into which the equipment and paid firemen moved Friday (Aug. 21), will be celebrated with a parade and banquet the evening of September 16th or 19th, according to plans now being made by the firemen. The event also will mark the second anniversary of the reorganization of the volunteer and exempt firemen following the fire of July 1923, in which the city hall and several business buildings and residences were destroyed.
• Aug. 25, 1925: Pointing out that 8,000 to 10,00 persons visit Allegany State Park every weekend at the present time and that in a few years it is hoped to handle 25,000 visitors a weekend, former Senator Albert T. Fancher of Salamanca, chairman of the Allegany State Park Commission, yesterday noon addressed members of the Rotary Club. In the course of the talk, Mr. Fancher made known that plans for the proposed lake on Red House Creek contemplate a body of water 64 acres in area and 30 feet deep. This is but one of seven lakes being planned, and on its shore the commission hopes to build its new headquarters building and tourist hotel.

50 Years

• Aug. 21, 1975: (SALAMANCA —) Kegerreis and Smith Clothing Store, which has sold men’s and boys’ clothing at 113 Main St. since 1906 will close its doors for good. Mrs. Thelma Smith, proprietor and sole worker at the store, would make no comment today on her closing. She said she may consider leasing the building at a future date, “But I have not definite plans on that either.”
• Aug. 23, 1975: The eight-week Salamanca summer playground program culminated Friday (Aug. 22) with the crowning of 10-year-old Mary Schreckengost as Miss Salamanca Playground at the Prospect Ave. playground. May was chosen from a field of six contestants on the basis of poise, talent, appearance and smile. She is the daughter of William and Carol Schreckengost of 167 Elm St.
• Aug. 27, 1975: (SALAMANCA —) Purchase of the former Loblaw store on Wildwood Ave. for a new community information center has depleted the library’s building and trust fund, and the city will look to federal aid sources to finance necessary renovations, according to City Comptroller Paul Taylor. However, the library board may sell the house and lot at 51 S. Main St., adjacent to the present library, which it had purchased for a planned expansion.

25 Years

• Aug. 23, 2000: SALAMANCA — Seneca Bingo will reopen under a new name and unveil a new facility in September. The Seneca Nation-owned enterprise is changing its name to Seneca Gaming and Entertainment, following a $4 million renovation project at three facilities. Earlier this year, the Nation’s Tribal Council approved a plan to completely renovate its bingo halls in Irving and Salamanca.
• Aug. 25, 2000: SALAMANCA — More money is being added to coffers for the new Salamanca Youth Center that is supposed to open in about a month. The Salamanca Lions Club Wednesday (Aug. 23) donated $1,000 members raised in recent carnation, yard and mint sales and from a concession stand at the Cattaraugus County Fair. The money will assist in completing the gym floor.
• Aug. 25, 2000: JIMERSONTOWN — Lionel R. John Health Care Center employees gave a helping hand to their favorite foot doctor this week. Dr. Jeff Miller, a podiatrist who has served Seneca patients at the clinic for many years, is currently off work, undergoing treatment for a brain tumor. Co-workers from the center raised nearly $5,000 for their friend through a lottery-type raffle and other fundraisers.

10 Years

• Aug. 27, 2015: KILL BUCK — Langworthy’s Diner, off Route 417, caught fire during the breakfast hour Saturday (Aug. 22). The fire is said to have originated in the kitchen, according to Anthony Ellis, assistant Salamanca fire chief. Emergency responders received the call for the blaze at 8:25 a.m. and were on-scene for approximately four hours, according to Ellis.
• Aug. 27, 2015: GREAT VALLEY — School bells will soon be ringing at Ellicottville Central, and students there will see what a summer’s worth of construction can do to their building. Expected to be completed by the first day of school will be the new band and chorus rooms and the new vestibule entrance on the school’s south side, according to Superintendent Mark Ward. The work is part of the district’s $10.7 million capital project that got started last year.
• Aug. 27, 2015: SALAMANCA — While involvement from the Seneca Nation of Indians and the state is still stymied, the Salamanca Department of Public Works (DPW) has been doing what it can to tame Titus Creek. Titus Creek has been the source of flooding over Broad and Frank streets and other residential areas in several instances over the last year.