Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County

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RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION 60 SUBJECT TEXT DATE Skate 98 Roller Rink. Recreation Center - skating rink - approved for Alexander Road. N. H. Van Son building a 33,000 sq. ft. center. Picture of the groundbreaking. N. H. Van Son owns the land - Darrell Freeman 1-14-1977 digging Tonawanda Valley Recreation to run. 12-5-1977 Picture of progress on. 3-3-1978 Opening - pictures. 6-30-1978 Burns - fire suspicious. 9-12-1990 Van Son to rebuild the former rink as offices. 4-24-1991 Editorial regretting the loss of. 4-26-1991 Skating Rink Harry C. Ferren leases a vacant lot on Jackson Street opposite the post office for a skating rink - in case providence provides skating weather. 10-19-1883 Rink being readied, fenced. 11-6-1883 Jackson Street rink now open. What has been the Casino Rink on State Street is to be reopened - Thanksgiving - 12-20-1883 as State Street Academy by Harry C. Ferren and D. A. McDonald. 11-24-1885 Rink on Swan Street being built - skate house to be built. S. L. Houseknecht and Seward Houseknecht to open a rink on a vacant lot on 12-4-1889 East Main Street. 10-8-1904 East Main Rink ready for cold weather. 11-15-1904 S. L. Houseknecht and E. J. Cook roofing the skating rink on East Main Street. 10-3-1905 East Main Rink now open. 12-19-1905 Good skating at "The Dyke." 1-12-1906 Citizens Band to play for skating. 2-3-1906 Foundation a foot thick, 2' high, going under the rink on East Main Street. 9-24-1906 Dyke Skating Rink now open. 2-1-1908 Baseball field on the Brisbane lot flooded. 1-2-1918 Water will not stand and freeze at Brisbane field - Past & Present column. 1-12-1918 Rink on the Brisbane property needs another coat. 1-7-1919 Municipal Rink on the Brisbane field ready. 12-6-1919 Old Troopers barracks to become a rink again. 10-2-1920 The Council to flood Pearl and Brooklyn. 12-20-1924 Brooklyn and Pearl flooded when cold. Greystone Tennis Club members, Dr. Patterson, chairman, move to make a rink 12-31-1924 at the Fairgrounds. 1-5-1926 Rink proposed for the Fairgrounds - ready next week. 1-8-1926 Rink on Bank Street in fine condition. 1-12-1926 Area at the Fairgrounds flooded, did not hold water. Past & Present column: On early skating areas and Charles W. Hartley as the 1-14-1926 areas outstanding figure skater, rivaled closely by H. T. Booth. 1-23-1926 Youths on Brooklyn build a rink, which floods storm sewers. Past & Present column: on earlier skating rinks, particularly in the area made by stopping big ditch - flooding an area in the northeast. Areas known as Taggarts, 2-5-1927 Clevelands, and basses - behind the hospital. 1-16-1926 Two areas of ice ready behind Doehler houses on Bank Street. 1-25-1926 Youths on Brooklyn build a rink, which floods storm sewers. 2-5-1927 An area between St. James Church and the High School to be flooded for skating. 11-9-1927 Roller skating at Redfern. An area between Trumbull Park and North Street - north of East Avenue - being 12-22-1927 flooded. 1-23-1931 Rink on Vine Street approved for WPA development. 1-16-1937 Rink on Vine ready for cold weather. 12-1-1937 WPA okays rink rest house use. 12-24-1937 Floodlights installed - hundreds skate. 1-5-1938 JCs sponsor formal opening. 1-8-1938 Over 5,000 attended the opening - capacity crowd. 1-12-1938 Rink shelter house to be built. 2-17-1938
RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION 61 SUBJECT TEXT DATE Skating Rink (cont) Picture of the Vine Street rink shelter. WPA workers doing Vine Street Park. 4-2-1938 Stone shelter at rink now ready - picture. 11-19-1938 Skating rink open, ice hard, lights ready. 12-23-1938 Kiwanis to sponsor an Ice Carnival. 1-6-1939 52,000 used rink during 81 days of winter. 4-11-1940 Rink opens - then closes for thaw. The State Health Department demands the removal of feeder lines to storm 12-10-1940 sewers at rink and Austin Park. 4-3-1941 No skating this year - a casualty of the war. 12-18-1942 Rink being flooded. 12-21-1943 Skating rink open - ice good. The City is flooding areas at Williams and Austin Parks. Vine Street rink already 12-29-1943 in use. 12-27-1946 Vine Street rink flooded. 12-27-1948 Vine Street rink open - about half of it a good surface - picture. 12-27-1950 Skating rinks open on Vine Street and Kibbe Park. 1-30-1953 Rink site found suitable. 5-15-1953 Rink in doubt - site now saved for a new school - weather bad, too. 1-6-1954 Rink on Vine Street flooded. 1-7-1954 Skating tonight on Vine and Kibbe. 1-11-1954 Major to assure proper supervision of the rink on Vine Street. 1-16-1954 The City to start rinks at Austin, Kibbe, Williams Parks. Del Plato scored at the Council Meeting for raising the subject of a rink when the 12-8-1954 pool is in planning. 8-31-1955 Skating rink again proposed in Council. 10-4-1955 Rinks to be readied at Kibbe and William Parks. 11-8-1955 Rinks planned for Kibbe and Williams Parks. 12-8, 13, 18, 22-1955 Kids tramp fresh ice at Williams Park. 12-21-1955 Vandals spoil the ice at Kibbe and Williams Parks. 12-22-1955 Rinks open at Williams and Kibbe Parks. 1-19-1957 Picture of skaters at the rinks. 1-26-1957 The rink at Williams Park is getting a plastic liner. Rinks being prepared at the corner of Otis and James Streets, Kibbe and Austin 1-9-1958 Parks. 12-10-1958 Skating good at Williams, Austin, and Kibbe Parks. 12-14-1960 Sertoma aims at a rink here. 7-8-1961 Sertoma aims at a rink here. 8-3-1961 Start made on a rink at MacArthur Park. Winegar on Sertoma's efforts to provide skating at MacArthur Park. (Earlier 12-5-1962 mention October 2, 1963.) 11-6-1963 Municipal Rink at MacArthur Park open. 1-15-1965 Skaters overwhelm rink. 1-18-1965 Rink at MacArthur Park needs repair. 12-27-1965 Ice rink at MacArthur Park open. 1-12-1966 Winegar on the rink at MacArthur Park. 1-18-1966 Picture of skating at the Sertoma sponsored rink at MacArthur Park. 1-20-1968 Skating rink at John Kennedy being paved. 10-9-1970 Lights installed at the John Kennedy rink. 12-17-1970 The Council asks police to patrol the Vine Street rink. 2-9-1971 Hoodlums may force the rink to close. Sertoma asks for police assistance. 10-20-1971 Winegar on problems at the rink. 10-28-1971 Police and Sertoma to aid at the rink. Indoor rink at the Fairgrounds progressing - sponsored by Batavia and Genesee 11-10-1971 Youth Bureau, 4H, and the Genesee County Fair. 12-18-1973 Jaycees prepare the rink in the Merton Building at the Fairgrounds. 1-11-1974 Skating starts in the Merton Building at the Fairgrounds. 1-21-1975 The Council okays Pfohl, Roberts, Shackleton & Vacanti to design a rink. 9-9-1975 The City is seeking a site for a skating rink. 1-22-1976
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