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A Gowanda Timeline
Snippets from the history of a small town.
1860 - The law partnership of County Judge Woodbury and Henry Allen is formed.
1969 - Col. William Murphy Jr. is presented with the Legion of Merit Award for outstanding service to the U.S. while in Vietnam.
1969 - Gowanda faces the possibility of a fresh-water shortage. The Point Peter dam is eroding and production is down to 400,000 gallons a day; the village uses 600,000 a day. The Lane Well on Hill Street is also producing less water. A Springville firm is hired by the village to do test drillings.
1969 - Boy Scouts Michael Sheehan, David Duncan, Robert Hamilton, Daniel Moyer and Gary Weimer attend the national jamboree at Farragut State Park, ID.
1969 - Patty Bartlett is named Little Miss Playground while Tommy Wilber is named Little Mister Playground.
1969 - Farner & Parker ad: Mexican sundae, 39 cents.
1969 - Lucas Cab Co. ad: Special out-of-town rates: Three get to ride for the price of one. Unescorted women or children shown safely to their door.
1969 - Gowanda Village Board approves a police pay hike for five part-time patrolmen at $2.50 an hour, up from $2.09 and $2.19.
1973 - Mrs. J. LaVerne Buckley of Collins and Mrs. Walter Velzy of Lawtons are finalists in the Pillsbury Bake-Off to be held in Phoenix, AZ.