Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County
Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County
Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County
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RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION 41<br />
SUBJECT TEXT DATE<br />
Sherwin, Sidney A. III Aged 10 to Monaco alone to visit his uncle. 8-13-1928<br />
Appointed to the US Naval Academy. 1-16-1936<br />
Graduates. 5-31-1940<br />
Picture of - to the west coast to the USS Oklahoma in Puget Sound. 6-1-1940<br />
Family gets a message "Alleyn safe" after Pearl Harbor - sent by a friend. 12-12-1941<br />
Tells of his escape from a capsized warship. 1-5-1942<br />
Home - tells of raid - picture. 3-<strong>24</strong>-1942<br />
Marries Jane Blewett in Hampton, VA. 8-9-1945<br />
Promoted to Lt. Commander. 1-4-1945<br />
Reports on his experiences. 8-21-1945<br />
Given a Navy award - picture. 6-14-1946<br />
Chief electrical officer of the Destroyer in the Atlantic Fleet. 7-14-1948<br />
Commander Sherwin gets a citation. 3-14-1949<br />
Promoted to Commander. 5-17-1951<br />
Posted to the shipyard at Long Beach, CA. 7-3-1954<br />
To Naval Staff, London. 6-8-1957<br />
Promoted to Captain.<br />
Now Pearl Harbor Production Officer - retiring, 3 children - picture. Children:<br />
9-13-1958<br />
Jane, 15; Stan, 12; Bill, 4. 8-12-1963<br />
Recalls the attack on Pearl Harbor. 12-7-1965<br />
Joins the family business (info on his Navy career). 3-12-1971<br />
On Sherwin and the family business. 1-14-1972<br />
Recalls Pearl Harbor. 1-10-1973<br />
Earns his professional insurance honor CPU - Certified Property Underwriter. 9-19-1974<br />
Remembers Pearl Harbor. 1-16-1975<br />
Conducts century-old business.<br />
Winegar on retirement of and some mention of his career. Alice Sherwin retired<br />
in 1979. Helen Sherwin from Ashville, NC. Sidney Sherwin II taught in<br />
1-27-1978<br />
Greenville, TN. 11-19-1991<br />
Sherwin Agency Lown-Sherwin moved from 71 Main where S. A. Sherwin had been from 1866<br />
Sherwin, S. A. Sherwin Agency when it was Tarbox & Sherwin. Later became S. A. Sherwin. When Sherwin<br />
died in 1917 his son joined Lown as the Lown-Sherwin Agency. 102 the new<br />
National Bank Building.<br />
Lown-Sherwin dissolved. Sherwin to sell life, health, and accident policies in the<br />
3-31-19<strong>24</strong><br />
Kresge Building. 4-29-1929<br />
To continue under Mrs. S. A. Sherwin. 11-2-1967<br />
Captain (retired) Sidney A. Sherwin joins the company.<br />
Sidney A. Sherwin retires September 30, selling the agency to Stephen Hawley -<br />
3-12-1971<br />
Hawley tells me. 10-27-1991<br />
Moving to 113 Main Street, Insurance Center - March 1. 2-27-1988<br />
Winegar on - in its new location. 3-21-1988<br />
Sherwin-William Paint Opening a store at 48 Main Street, E. John Gillard, manager. 2-10-1955<br />
Opens at 9am Monday. 3-17-1955<br />
Moving to 214 Main Street - former A & P Market. 11-26-1960<br />
Opens a paint and decorating store at 214 East Main Street. 4-19-1977<br />
Asks for a permit for a sign for a building going up at Liberty & School Streets. 10-18-1994<br />
The City refuses a free-standing sign for Main.<br />
Donates paint for the new Dwyer Stadium - gives 150 gallons. Manager, Carl<br />
10-19-1994<br />
Hyde, Jr. is a baseball fan and the brother of Micky Hyde. 5-21-1996<br />
Sherwood, John B. Says he rode through Paris in a horse and buggy. 10-14-1944<br />
Sherwood, Joseph E. Sherwood and John Searls buy the farmers sheds on State Street from<br />
Charles Winters. 12-18-1923<br />
Sherwood, Milton C. Awarded the bronze star. 2-13-1945