Silver Dan Returns For Trumansburg Centennial
Lola Addington recalls 1918 changes at The Biggs Company in Trumansburg and the horse Silver Dan’s long-running window display. In Aug 1972 the horse returned from Ithaca to the Biggs office as part of the town’s Centennial celebration, prompting thanks to the Biggs family for the homecoming.
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Lola Addington
Jackson
Trumansburg
Annis White
Biggs Company
Bank
Biggs
Biggs Co
William P. Biggs
Charles C. Taylor
Milton H. Smith
Walter J. Henry
Victor J. King
Lawrence Ward
William Sarsfield
Mike Ryan
Jack Murray
William Hill
Mary McDonald
Annis
Silver Dan
Treman
Ithaca
Cornell Red Barn
Annis Sears
Gregoire Market
Kathleen
Ithaca Way
the Biggs Company
Black’s Heating and Plumbing Company
Bruce
Sarah Biggs Payne
Three 19th Century Farm Homes Highlight Trumansburg Tour
Centenary celebration tour visited three farm houses in Trumansburg with organizer Winton Baines. Stops included the Linn house on Bates Road with history from Mrs. Linn, Wertis farm on Searsburg Road, and Halsey House in Halseyville owned by Mr and Mrs B H Duddleston for 43 years.
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Trumansburg
Winton Baines
James Linn
Bates Road
Halsey House
Halseyville
B.H. Duddleston
Firemen's Day Trumansburg Centennial Event Schedule
Firemen's Day marks Trumansburg Centennial with events including 8:30 a.m. team captains meeting at the Fire Station, 9:00 a.m. hose tournaments on Washington Street, 3:00 p.m. parade forms on Salo Drive Congress Street and Union Street, 4:00 p.m. parade start to the Fairgrounds grandstand, 6:00 p.m. concert at the Fairgrounds, and a 8:00 p.m. to 1 a.m. round and square dance at the Fire Station.
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Washington St
Salo Drive
Congress St
Union St
Tompkins County
Lansing Fire Dept
Robert H. Ellis
Donald Riley
Odessa
Central New York Firemen’s Association
Jerry Harrington
Central Association
Ray Shurburne
Eaton
Barnie Holdridge
Clockville
Gaynard Clark
New Woodstock
Eugene Hubbell
Montour Falls
Frederick Todd
Trumansburg
Washington Street
Trumansburg hosts 1972 Firemen's Association Convention
The Trumansburg Fire Department will host the 1972 Tompkins County Firemen's Association Convention on Saturday August 26 with Firematic Tournaments at 8:30 a.m. and a 9 division parade at 4 p.m. The event features bands drills and teams from 30 departments competing for cash prizes and trophies.
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Trumansburg
Auburn
Pages of
Watkins Glen
South Seneca
Lansing
Campbell
Romulus
Savannah
Cincinnatus
Kalurah Temple Oriental Band
Binghamton
Camp McCormik
Lansing School For Girls
Montour Falls
Ithaca
Ovid
Enfield
Dundee
Frederick Cole
Odessa
Foremer
All American Drum Corp
George R. Confer Jr
Robert Hall
Robert van Wagner
Union
Congress Streets
Salo Drive
Fairgrounds
Central New York Firemen’s Association
New York-Penn Firemen’s Association
Central Association and New York Penn teams vie for meet
To date some of the top hose teams entered are Owego Mon tour Falls Dryden Slaterville Odessa and Shurburne of the Central Association plus Sayre Towanda and others of the New York Penn Association.
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Owego
Montour Falls
Dryden
Slaterville
Odessa
Shurburne
Central Association
Sayre
Towanda
New York Penn Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Firemen’s Day
Trumansburg Centennial
Shirley Rice
Rice Rd., Trumansburg, N.Y
E. Main St
Elmore
York State Fair
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ness
Rome
Main
Inmans
Millspaugh Bros
Cayuga Street
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