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A Gowanda Timeline
Snippets from the history of a small town.
1916 - Collins Community House opens to the public.
1916 Births - A son to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Libbey, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rudd, a son to Mr. and Mrs. R.N. Schaack, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Armes, a son to Mr. and Mrs. LaRue C. Boller, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wells, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Plotz, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Emke, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Valentine, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Eddy, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Reichert, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James Colburn, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. George Uhlinger, a son to the Rev, and Mrs. A.G. Lawson, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pine, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Graves, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rappaport.
1917 - Gowanda High School Declamatory Contest is won by Josephine Rickard and Marshall Southwick.
1918 - After being closed three weeks and three days due to influenza, the public school reopens and regular church services resume.
1919 - An operetta, "A Nautical Knot," is presented by Gowanda High School pupils; the show is a big hit.
1920 - The housing proposition is serious. There is much discussion as to a remedy, and an effort is made to reorganize a realty corporation to build homes for Gowanda’s growing population.