by Old Mentz | Feb 5, 2017 | Anita Messina, Hellen Davies, Lock 52 Historical Society, Port Byron
Tribute to Hellen DaviesAnita MessinaSome folks give and then they give some more. Such a rare community patron is Hellen Davies, historian, benefactor, researcher, perpetual teacher, a person with unbridled curiosity and amazement for all things past and present.It’s...
by Old Mentz | Jan 30, 2017 | Anita Messina, Blake's Pharmacy, Helen Lauckarn, Port Byron
Helen Lauckarn by Anita Messina Helen Lauckarn and her husband Paul moved to Port Byron in 1951. Paul found employment at Columbia Rope Company, and they rented the upstairs apartment in one of the two houses located on the plot now used by Savannah bank. From...
by Old Mentz | Jan 29, 2017 | Anita Messina, Delvin Wilt, Port Byron, Ted Wilt, Wilt's Mill
TED WILT’S RECOLLECTIONS by Anita Messina Ted Wilt lives in a white house on a pristine lot on Green Street here in Port Byron. He and his wife Lola have lived there for most of their 70-year marriage. The large lot once held an old mill that had been in the family...
