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Siren Tests Scheduled George Brower, Director of the Oswego County Emergency Management Office, has an- nounced that the system of emergency notification sirens surrounding the two nuclear power plants at the Nine Mile Point Site. will be tested during this week, August 5-9. These siren tests will be conducted between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sirens will be tested in four groups. On August 5 and 6, sirens located west of Nine Mile Point, bordered by Lakeview and Creamery Roads in the Town of Scriba, will be tested. On August 7 and 8, sirens located east of Nine Mile Point, bordered by Lakeview and Creamery Rpads in the Town of Scriba, will be tested. Following the tests, any main- tenance or repairs that are found to be necessary will be performed on August 9. If repairs are necessary, sirens may be retested on an in- dividual basis on this day between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. The quarterly testing program includes a full activation of each siren on an individual basis. The full siren signal is a three-minute steady sounding. This activation is being done to ensure that each siren in the group of 37 sirens is functioning properly, can be activated, and will cycle for the correct length of time. This test is a portion of the regular testing program which has been established for this system and includes quarterly individual activation of all sirens, and full- scale simultaneous activation at least once a year. During an emergency, the sirens would be sounded for a steady three minutes to alert residents of the area to tune their radios to the local Emergency Broadcasting System stations for further in- formation and instructions. Oswego County Emergency Broadcasting System stations are listed in the booklet entitled \Nine Mile Point Emergency Planning and You\ which has been distributed to residents in the 10- mile radius around the power plants. No response on the part of the general public will be necessary during these tests. Anyone who has questions concerning the upcoming siren tests or any aspect of emergency planning can contact the Oswego County Emergency Management Office at 1-800-962-2792. Annual Tradition Begun The Kiwanis Club of Greater Pulaski has begun what is planned as an annual tradition by sending two area youth to Kamp Kiwanis in Lee, N.Y. Receiving a full \campership'V(cost: $85 each) to attend the camp were-Tom Jordal of Richland Road, Pulaski and Sidney Shaw, RD 1, Pulaski. The two boys were chosen by a com- mittee made up of school officials and Kiwanis representatives. Campers are chosen simply on the criteria of school recom- mendations as to whom would most benefit from participation in such a program. Kamp Kiwanis is principally aimed at providing fun and ad- venture for boys between the ages of eight and 15. It strives to meet the needs of campers individually and as a group by affording op- portunities to participate in a creative outdoor group experience in a democratic setting, and to develop characteristics of leadership and fair play. A well-rounded athletic program of baseball, horseshoes, bad- minton, archery, swimming and volleyball is offered. Swimming instruction for beginners and intermediate s is available. Craftwork classes in leater, wood and painting along with hiking and nature studies on overnight campouts are part of the weekly routine. Appropriate movies for evenings and inclement weather are included in the program for en- tertainment. The \camperships\ program of the Youth are a Services Committee of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Pulaski, chaired by the Rev. Earl M. Smith. li aimer limes (ISSN 8750-8419) Published every Monday by North Country Publications, Inc. 7590 Jefferson St., Pulaski, N.Y. 13142. General Manager Brenda P. Smith Advertising Manager Donald Peston Circulation Manager Jean Mills Northern Democrat Est. 1850 - Pulaski Democrat Est. 1853 - Sandy Creek News Est. 1871 - Sandy Creek Times Est. 1862. Subscription Rates: Local $8.00 per year, six months $5.00, outside of Oswego and Jefferson Counties $9.00. Second Class Postage paid at Pulaski, N.Y. 13142. Postmaster: Please send Form 3749, Change of Address ' to: Banner Times, P.O. Box 207, Pulaski, N.Y. 13142. Telephone (315) 3983176 MEMBER NEW YORK STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION V, A Bit Of History by Joyce Brown Recently, one of my readers requested history on Roberts Corners, as I am researching ' Jefferson County History, I do have a small amount of in- formation about the corners. Roberts Corners is a small set- tlement at the junction of the roads leading to Belleville and Hen- derson, which there cross at right angles. It was named after Robert Roberts, who kept the hotel at the corners about 1840, and owned and speculated in land in that section. It was formerly named Spencer's, from a family of that name, 'who were also extensive land owners. It had a well- conducted school, and a com- fortable school building surrounded by a grove of evergreen trees. A former school building stood on the corner of the lot owned by Abel Bickford, and eventually formed a part of his residence. The cheese factory at Roberts Corners was called Cold Spring Factory, and was owned by the Mather Brothers, Orrin Graves, Maker. They made butter and cheese. The cemetery is called Evergreen Cemetery, and the officers around 1895 were Harvey Smith, George Mather and nine unknown trustees. Monday, August 5, 1985 Banner Times-Page-5 •a r i : ri t Area Service News Airman First Class Christine A. Pizon, daughter of Joan E. Pizon of Richland, has participated in Global Shield 85, an exercise in- volving U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Navy and Marine Corps units, and elements of the Canadian forces. The exercise, coordinated by the Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC), was designed to enhance readiness and the ability of SAC to carry out orders should deterrence fail. Pizon is a medical laboratory specialist with the 416th Bom- bardment Wing at Griffiss Air Force Base, N.Y. Cadet Eric J.A. Cronk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cronk of Rural Route 1, Mexico, has completed a U.S. Air Force ROTC field training encampment at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Field training, attended by cadets normally between their second and third year of college, gives an opportunity to evaluate each student's potential as an officer, according to an Air Force spokesman. The summer's curriculum consists of orientations on jet aircraft, career opportunities, human relations education and equal opportunity training. Physical fitness and survival training is also emphasized. The field training is four weeks, but cadets in the two-year ROTC program receive an additional two weeks of instruction in the development of air power and the contemporary Air Force. Cronk is a student at Potsdam State University, N.Y., and at- tending ROTC at Clarkson College,'Potsdam... v - ,/ F _- r • rai Jjwntihs, CbtchwoA 100 YEARS AGO - AUGUST 6,1885 - MANNSVILLE—The one subject of conversation is fire ...Most every business has reopened in temporary quarters...The ladies worked faithfully during the fire and deserve great credit for their coolness in saving die goods...We hear lots of talk of new building; some mean business, some mean talk.. .Every stranger in town is pointed out as an insurance adjuster. Dr. Crockett goes to New York tonight to attend the funeral of General Grant...Local Memorial Services for Grant will be held in Bulkley Opera Hall (corner of South Main and Lake Streets). Saturday afternoon, ad- dress by Rev. J.K. Griffith. The Empires will take part in the baseball tournament to be held at Pierrepont Manor Friday and Saturday. LACONA—Mr. Albert Simpson of Redfield is building a harness shop just east of Allen's Shoe Shop on Railroad Street. 75 YEARS AGO - AUGUST 5,1910 - Some talk has been current during the past week of a bank here or at Lacona and Dunlap and Company, who have organized several natinml banks, have been looking over the field here. (The earliest local bank, founded privately in 1870 by Newton and Earl, later Earl's Bank, was unincorporated, and closed when O.R. Earl died in 1901. The Board of Directors of the First National Bank of Lacona was organized Feb. 29, 1912 with George R. Blount as president and Charles M. Salisbury as vice president. The bank opened for business May 20,1912 in the east part of the block which is now Lorice Apartments. The brick bank building was built in 1922, and the business became part of Mer- chants National Bank & Trust Co. in 1964). The first show for the coming fair arrived in town Monday and was carted to the grounds. The small boys of the town will find this the center of interest from now until after the fair> (Now the Oswego County Fair at Sandy Creek, \Old Sandy\ has been in existence since 1858.) An auto party consisting of G.R. Blount, A.T. Blount, Howard Blount, E.M. Hastings and son, drove to Mexico on Wednesday. SANDY POND—Forty people arrived on the noon train from the south, Monday, bound for Ackerman's Grove. (\Fernside\ Boarding House, became the Bayview Hotel, Ackerman's Grove, now part of the Ontario Bay Community).. On Monday, Harwood Hollis was chauffer on Ackerman's auto bus between Ackerman's Grove and Lacona. ** TO RENT—At $5 a week, a furnished cottage on the Seber Shore (Original spelling of Seeber). Will accommodate four persons nicely. For further particulars inquire of Mrs. F.D. Tiff. 50 YEARS AGO - AUGUST 1,1935 - Summer cottages are being built on Redfield Lake by five Lacona residents, Leon S to well, Ward Stowell, W.C. Hedger and Earl and Arthor Noble. The lots are located on a 300-acre tract owned by Earl Noble and which was formerly known as the Coey Hill farm before the land was flooded. (Noble Shores, 1985). Friday night, the people of Pulaski and vicinity will have their first opportunity to view the newly remodeled Temple Theatre. During the past month, the theatre has been completely renovated by the KaDet- Comferford Theater Enterprises, recent leasers of the Temple. (KaHet Theater, 1985). Several new features announced for the Sandy Creek Fair are a coonhound field trial, a two-day trap and skeet shoot will be staged under the direction of Francis Smithling of the Pulaski Rod and Gun Club. Final payment on a mortgage of $1,500 covering the purchase of the present home of Sandy Creek Grange was made July 8. The local grange purchased the former Allen Opera in 1923 when Charles E. Kent was Master. Mrs. Durward (Esther) Thompson is the present Master. (This building stood on Harwood Drive, opposite the entrance to Route 81 and was replaced by the present Grange Hall in 1960). 25 YEARS AGO - AUGUST 4,1960 - Herbert Thompson, 20, an aide at the Syracuse VA Hospital, lost his life by drowning at a point in Sandy Pond south of the outlet, last Wednesday evening. Ellisburg firemen recovered his body Thursday evening after a 24- hour recovery operation. The \Old Timers\ game, between the Town Team, under Rex Hayek and a gathering of the area's former players directed by Willet Presley, Sr. netted $161.05, more than enough to purchase uniforms for Sandy Creek's All-Star Little League Team to wear during the upcoming Fair tour- nament. Included on the \Old Timers\ team were three father and son combinations: Norm and Raymond Widrig, Hugh and George White and Willet presley Jr. and Sr. The Rev. Jay Wilcox will be the guest preacher at the Sandy Greek Methodist Church, August 7. This will be the first time he haspreachedm his home church since he entered the ministry. Gordon Castor of Mannsville escaped injury about 1:30 Monday morning when his car failed to make the turn from Salisbury Street onto North Ridge Road and plunged over a 30-foot bank, doing a complete roD-orer to land on its wheels in a shallow pool. EAST BOYLSTON—The annual Kastler reunion was held Sunday at Greene Point with forty-nine members present. Purchase of a tract of land in the northwest corner of the Town of Boylston, including acreage originally settled by the Wart family, has been announced by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Wart of Sandy Creek. (Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smith are the present owners.) AS I SEE IT, by George W. Corse—Punkin Hook News: Aunt Mindy's niece, Lottie Billows is visiting and Sam Sorrel who is a widower of great expectations has bought a new shirt, rubbed up the car and asked Lottie to go to the annual egg throwing contest sponsored by the Punkin Hook Fire Department. .'.\\ .................
