by Old Mentz | Nov 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
On November 11, 1918, someone has the foresight to capture the Armistice Day celebration in Port Byron, here called the “Peace Day celebration Nov. 11, 1918”. Then they wrote a caption on the other; “Peace, a small gathering for songs, yells, noise,...
by Old Mentz | Nov 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
Sixty-three years ago, police departments all across the Untied States were on the lookout for a Port Byron teenager who had disappeared from the village without a trace. It’s one of those little stories that sit in the files of that Lock 52 Historical Society that...
by Old Mentz | Oct 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
I came across this photographic copy of a print or painting that showed the Port Byron’s Owl Club Roost #1. As with many items stuck on the shelves, there are no attributes, notes, who did it, no hints at all as to what it was. The print does offer clues of it’s own....
by Old Mentz | Oct 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
At the Lock 52 Historical Society, I have a shelf of Port Byron branded items. One of these items is a small jar that once held Pure Horse Radish made by F.W. Jacobs. Dave Thomas stopped by and said he had an article on the man, which gives us a look into the...
by Old Mentz | Aug 27, 2017 | Anita Messina, June Pultz, June Seamans, Port Byron, Port Byron Historical Society
By Anita MessinaAn expert Sudoku player, skilled at crossword puzzles and an eager listener to books on tape, June’s brain waves keep on a-tumbling. “Now don’t make me sound like Wonder Woman,” she warns when learning that her personal history was about to be...