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A Gowanda Timeline
Snippets from the history of a small town.
1909 - Mayor Adam of Buffalo announces that the Perrysburg site for a municipal tuberculosis hospital would be purchased.
1910 - The Village of Cottage celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first settlement. Nelson Bunce and Silas Nash were the first to purchase farms in this territory. Over 200 people attend the celebration.
1911 - Winners of the Gowanda News Educational Contest: Christine Colvenbach, first place, $100; Otto Wendel, second place, $75; and Leonard Witherell, third place, $50. Each prize amount will be applied toward a scholarship to Bryant & Stratton Business School.
1911 - The cornerstone of the new Masonic Temple is laid.
1912 - Gowanda High School graduates: George L. Mentley, Ellis Ball, Frank Schultz, Walter Cain, Otto Wendel, Raymond Gaffney, Albert Anderson, Herbert Cohen, Helen Hooker, Helen Wells, Helen Keyes and Florence Wells. Rachael Southwick, who died in May, was to graduate with this class.
1919 Deaths - Mrs. Henry B. Grey, 75; Mrs. Myrtle K. Mowry; Mrs. Mary J. Randall, 85; Mrs. A. Marcia Chaffee, 86; Mrs. Rarol Rozyum; Mrs. Caroline E. Smith, 89.