August 27, 2017February 23, 2021Anita Messina, June Pultz, June Seamans, Port Byron, Port Byron Historical Society

June Pultz Seamans Remembering

By Anita Messina An expert Sudoku player, skilled at crossword puzzles and an eager listener to books on tape, June’s […]

April 29, 2017February 23, 2021Anita Messina, hardware store, Port Byron, Stella Pokrzywa

True Value Hardware

True Value to the Village By Anita Messina 1960. Rudolph Schasel was mayor of a canal village with lingering prosperity […]

April 29, 2017February 23, 2021Anita Messina, Leona Dove, Leona Morningstar, Port Byron, Port Byron Historical Society

Leona Morningstar Dove

Leona Morningstar Dove By Anita Messina I was born April 8, 1915 in Athens, Pennsylvania. Now I live here near […]

April 29, 2017February 23, 2021Anita Messina, Port Byron, Ted Eiben

Ted Eiben

Ted EibenConservationist and Fighter Plane Aviator By Anita Messina Ted Eiben recalls the first time he came to Port Byron […]

February 23, 2017February 23, 2021Anita Messina, Frank Green, Lock 52 Historical Society, Port Byron

Frank Greene

Keep a Good Book in Your Pocket by Anita Messina Frank Greene doesn’t understand why people can’t sit down and […]

February 11, 2017February 23, 2021Anita Messina, Lock 52 Historical Society, Port Byron, Sally Smith

Sally Smith

Nonagenarian Dynamo: A Woman to Remember By Anita Messina Lithe and energetic Sally Smith kayaked, canoed and played a round […]

February 5, 2017February 23, 2021Anita Messina, Hellen Davies, Lock 52 Historical Society, Port Byron

Hellen Davies

Tribute to Hellen Davies Anita Messina Some folks give and then they give some more. Such a rare community patron […]

January 30, 2017February 23, 2021Anita Messina, Blake's Pharmacy, Helen Lauckarn, Port Byron

Helen Lauckarn

Helen Lauckarn by Anita Messina  Helen Lauckarn and her husband Paul moved to Port Byron in 1951. Paul found employment […]

January 29, 2017March 16, 2023Anita Messina, Delvin Wilt, Port Byron, Ted Wilt, Wilt's Mill

Ted Wilt

TED WILT’S RECOLLECTIONS by Anita Messina Ted Wilt lives in a white house on a pristine lot on Green Street […]

August 29, 2015February 23, 2021Fred Thrush, Interurban railroad, motels, Octagon Cabins, Port Byron, Port Byron Historical Society, Rochester Syracuse and Eastern

Octagon Cabins, Part Two

Way back in 2014, I wrote a short post about the Octagon Cabins. These were small waiting rooms that were […]