Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County

RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION 12
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Second Baptist Church, LeRoy Colored people of LeRoy to form a Baptist Church. 9-14-1916
Received into the Baptist Fellowship. 10-12-1916
Secord, Mrs. Florence Plowe Of Hall Street. (Olive Croff used to use her to locate keys, etc.) 6-5-1951
Secord, John M. Honey Pratt and Jean Weiss say Secord invented a gadget to go on electric poles
which he offered to General Electric, who said wasn't interested. Later
General Electric used it anyway. Secord didn't have the money to patent his
inventions at that time. Made a policy of not patenting his inventions. Went
to Fraterigo's lunch cart every noon. Smoked cigars. Honey Pratt says Secord
was born in St. Catherines, Ontario and brought up in Niagara Falls, NY. Did
much of the woodwork in the house at 5 Lewis Avenue including leaded glass
in the kitchen. Built curving stairs in a house for his son on Colonial Blvd. -
one of the few brick houses on the south side of the street. The builder said
the design he suggested couldn't be put into the house so he built it. Also built
a beautiful rocking horse for her children which someone in the family still owns.
Staircase of cherry wood - at least ball on the newell post is of cherry. She
thinks a friend at Horseshoe Lake was clearing a building lot and gave him
the wood. Secord had a rough cottage at Horseshoe Lake. Had to support
his mother and sister when his father died about 1910. October 1986
Secord and Charles Lamkin to manufacture mineral wool pipe covering. 6-4-1887
Secord and Frank Johnson manage Lamkin & Co. - pipe and boiler works. 3-23-1888
Lamkin & Co. becomes Secord & Weeks. 1-14-1889
To sell mineral wool. 2-4-1896
See also: Batavia Industrial Co. 4-10-1896
See also: Batavia Industrial Co. 11-11-1896
See also: Batavia Industrial Co. 2-2-1897
Secretary, to act as president. 3-12-1898
To sell mineral wool. 9-9-1899
To sell mineral wool. 2-25-1901
To sell mineral wool. 10-24-1901
To sell mineral wool. 11-5-1901
To sell mineral wool. 12-5-1901
Marries Marjorie L. Volz. 6-9-1908
Putting new lighting in the Hotel Richmond. 5-18-1910
Wiring houses in Oakfield. 10-13-1913
Gets a contract for a lighting plant at the County Home. 5-29-1915
Puts electric BPOE sign on the new Elks home. 5-8-1919
Past & Present.
Buys the old Perry house being moved from Jackson to School to make way
5-31-1919
the new Volz-Secord building - to remodel for a store. 1-9-1922
Building at 6 Lewis Avenue. 10-21-1922
Invents a new electric switch. 9-23-1924
Article on the use of electricity - and on John M. Secord, experienced electrician. 2-2-1926
Volz & Secord dissolved - Secord to open an electrical shop at 3 Jackson Street. 2-15-1930
Secord - Wilder wedding.
Secord Electrical Shop, 8 School Street, sold on voluntary bankruptcy - to
1-22-1934
Johanna Volz, plaintiff, for $3,000. 8-25-1934
Mrs. John Secord files a petition to run Secord Electrical Shop.
William Jones moves his plumbing shop from Russell Place to the Secord Shop
11-16-1934
at 5 School Street. 3-9-1935
Hit by a truck of the Flying Allens on his way to pick up the balloonists. 6-20-1938
Past & Present column: on Secord churning butter in a washing machine. 4-6-1946
Picture of the churn. 4-30-1946
Sues the City gasoline leaking under his shop impairs his health. 3-24-1941
John Secord, Jr. builds a model locomotive - picture. 9-13-1941
Picture of two boats Secord is giving the YMCA camp. 7-9-1946
Finds a black snake coiled in a farm electric motor, cutting off water pumping. 7-19-1946