By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 29 May 2017 at 3:09 pm
Photos by Tom Rivers
ALBION – Jenny Johnston marched with the Albion Fire Department during this morning’s Memorial Day Parade.
Her son Jason Johnston was 24 when he was killed on Dec. 26, 2009 in Arghandab, Afghanistan. He died from wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Spc. Johnston was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Jason was active in the Explorer program through the Albion Fire Department. He is the only Orleans County resident to die in combat in Afghanistan.
Angel Aldaco carries this sign while marching with members of the Knights of Columbus.
Richard Heard, a World War II veteran, was recognized during the parade.
Matt Passarell carries the American flag as part of the honor guard near the beginning of the parade.
Zack Baron carries the flag for Troop 164.
Many Girl Scouts, Brownies and Daisies were part of the parade.
State Assemblyman Steve Hawley, center, marched in the parade with other veterans, including Phil Warne, left, and Earl Schmidt.
Arella Ives and the Albion marching band performed their James Bond – 007 show for the crowd.
Shannon Broda, one of the drum majors, leads the band down Main Street.
The band finishes with a flourish during their performance in the parade.
Photo by Tom Rivers: Cars are pictured during the Strawberry Festival last June for the car show. These cars are on east State Street. The new “Canalside Cruise Night” will have the cars by the canal.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 29 May 2017 at 9:25 am
Main Street will close for big cruise on July 22
ALBION – Saturdays will be cruise night in Albion this summer.
Some Albion business owners and the Village Board have seen the popularity of the cruise nights in other communities and they want to welcome car owners, and show off the historic architecture, serene canal waters and small-town charm of Albion.
The Albion Canalside Cruise Night will start on June 17 and continue on Saturdays from 5:30 to 8 p.m. until Aug. 26. Car owners should register for each cruise at Digital Ink Arks, corner of Platt and East bank streets.
“We want to bring some life to Main Street and the downtown on Saturday nights,” said Adam Johnson, one of the cruise-in coordinators. He is also opening 39 Problems, an eating establishment at 43 North Main St. The site will serve pizza, ice cream, soups, salads, sandwiches and other food. The business opens on June 5.
Johnson is sponsoring the cruise nights through 39 Problems. Digital Ink Arts, Arnold’s Auto Parts and the Village of Albion also are sponsoring the events.
Each week has a theme. Johnson said the cruises welcome old and new cars, motorcyles and even boats.
Johnson is hopeful to draw 60 vehicles or more for each cruise with cars down by the canal. A section of Main Street will be closed on July 22 for a big cruise.
The cruise-in schedule includes:
• June 17: late model cruisers
• June 24: custom paint and hot rod night
• July 8: jeep and truck night
• July 15: bike night (motorcycles)
• July 22: big cruise with Main Street shut down and several side streets, boaters also welcome
• July 29: rain date
• Aug. 5: classic cruisers
• Aug. 12: tuner night
• Aug. 19: boat night
• Aug. 26: finale featuring convertibles
File photo by Tom Rivers: John Borello, left, and Ed Hilfiker, guitarists with The Who Dats, perform during the Orleans County 4-H Fair in this photo from July 2015. The Who Dats will be performing in Albion’s concert series by the canal on June 29.
The village also is continuing its Thursday night concert series by the canal. That schedule includes:
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 27 May 2017 at 3:08 pm
Photos by Tom Rivers
ALBION – Scouts from Troop 164 dedicated a special Boy Scouts of America gravesite marker today at St. Joseph’s Cemetery for Frank Sidari, who was an active member of the troop for about 75 years.
Sidari was a Scout in the troop when he was a kid, and went on to be a Scoutmaster for more than 30 years. He was an active volunteer with the troop up until his death at age 90 on April 18, 2015.
The gravesite markers were created by former Albion resident Bob Capurso, who now lives in Bergen. Capurso was a Scout in Troop 164 in the 1960s through 1972. Sidari was his Scoutmaster. Capurso has started a company called Legacy markers that create the bronze markers for influential Scouting leaders. The marker for Sidari is the fourth one made by Legacy Markers.
Sidari also is a Silver Beaver winner, the highest award given by the Boy Scouts of America.
Sidari was in the last Mounted Cavalry Division in WWII. He was an Infantryman and Rifleman from 1943-1946 in the 124th Cavalry in the China-Burma-India Theater. After the war, Sidari worked as a union carpenter and then as the Albion Code Enforcement Officer.
Sidari’s wife Jane and her and Frank’s sons attended the dedication today. They include, from left: Frank, Bruce and Mike Sidari.
Members of Troop 164 were part of the dedication today. They include, from left: Bob Capurso, Cubmaster Mike Beach, Oliver Beach, Noah Shiffer, Assistant Scoutmaster Bryan Catlin, Matt Flanagan, Sue Flanagan, Scoutmaster Dan Flanagan, Jonathan Doherty, Tom Madejski, Assistant Scoutmaster Rick Merrill, Ethan Merrill and Michael Grabowski.
Frank Sidari is pictured here on March 15, 2015 during a 90th birthday celebration.
Members of the Albion High School Rotary Interact Club recently visited East High School in inner city Rochester as part of a student cultural exchange.
The students learned how life in an urban school is both similar and different than one in a rural district. Earlier in the year East High students visited Albion, enjoying both time at the school as well as a visit to a dairy farm and Mt. Albion Cemetery.
Tim Archer, advisor of the Albion Interact Club, called the activity an “enriching experience” for both sets of students. AHS Interact students who attended East High included Emily Blanchard, Nikki Eldred, Shannon Broda, Riley Seielstad, Evan Steier, Jarod Hollinger, Celeste Hoffman, Emilie Barleban, Haley Bader and Matilda Erakare.
Photos by Tom Rivers: Laurence’ Walker was among 37 honor grads recognized during an Academic Honors Convocation Dinner on Monday at Hickory Ridge Country Club. The honored students are all graduating with cumulative grade point average at 90 percent or higher. Walker is shown shaking hands with members of the Board of Education and school administrators.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 25 May 2017 at 7:08 am
Jamie (Chappius) Edwards served as keynote speaker Monday during the dinner. “Don’t be afraid of what comes next,” she said.
FANCHER – The 37 students from Albion graduating with a 90 percent of higher grade point average all have big plans for the future.
However, they shouldn’t think success is only possible following a narrow path. Jamie Lee (Chappius) Edwards, a 2007 Albion graduate, told the soon-to-graduate seniors that she went to college to become a kindergarten teacher.
The job market was tough for teachers a decade ago so she switched her major to nursing. But she didn’t feel like that was the right career for her.
She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Buffalo and then a master’s in higher education administration. She works for Genesee Community College in Batavia as a career services specialist.
She showed pictures of her closest classmates from 2007, with their career goals at the time and what they are currently doing. Everyone of her closest friends found a career that differed from what they were expecting at the end of their senior years in high school.
One classmate, Jeremy Reamer, is a New Hampshire police officer. Kit Lyman wrote a book and is working in Boston as an inbound consultant. Morgan Eastlack started her own wedding videography business. Joshua Kirby started his own health and wellness company in Washington. Kerri McKenna Richardson runs an agriculture program for the Genesee Valley Educational Partnership in Batavia.
“Be open to whatever comes next,” Edwards said.
Katie Mann receives her honor cords from her mother Christine Mann and father Scott.
The honor grads include: Nicholas Arieno, Rose Arnold, Kari Ashworth, Emilie Barleben, Lauren Becht, Kastriot Bela, Emily Blanchard, Shannon Broda, Sierra Chudy, Jillian Doyle, Nicole Eldred, Owen Foos, Elizabeth Furmanski, Celeste Hoffman, Jared Hollinger, Megan Leight, Mackenzie Luft, Joseph Madejski, Bailey Maier, Katherine Mann, Isabella Prest, Jacqueline Quintana Aragon, Shelby Restivo, Vivian Rivers, Donato Rosario, Karina Rosario, Katherine Rustay, Yasmeen Shabazz, Samuel Slick, Skyler Smith, Clara Stilwell, Angela Tarricone, Catherine Thom, Emma Wadhams, Laurence’ Walker, Savanah Wirth and Stephen Zayac.
Owen Foos is congratulated by his parents, Sherrie and John Foos.
Nikki Eldred shakes hands with the Board of Education members. This is the eighth time Albion has done the convocation dinner. Students and their families like the special dinner that is off campus, district officials said.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 24 May 2017 at 11:11 am
Photo by Tom Rivers
ALBION – Students the Albion AP Biology class this morning helped plant and water flowers in 17 planters that soon will be set in downtown Albion. The top photo shows Shelby Restivo, right, and Brandon McGuire working on the project.
The students are in Sandy Climenhaga’s class. The bio students learn about flowers as part of their class. They study photosynthesis and dissect flowers to learn about plants.
“I want them to have an appreciation for their small downtown,” Climenhaga said. “Now they are invested. They can go by the flowers and know they helped do that.”
Jessy Cruz and Bryce Pritchard water the flowers, which will be placed on Main Street and in the downtown later this week.
The bio students are pictured this morning. The group includes, front row, from left: Elizabeth Furmanski, Yasmeen Shabazz, Shelb Restivo, Brandon McGuire and Leah Shildt. Back row: Sandy Climenhaga, Kirsten Wroblewski, Chanynce Powell, Kastriot Bela, Kirk Ellison, Bryce Pritchard, Jessy Cruz, Kaitlin Zwifka, Jessica Schleede, and Lisa Stratton, president of Albion Merchants Association and coordinator of the flower project.
The Village of Albion, Town of Albion and Merchants Association all shared in buying the flowers.
Kastriot Bela and Yasmeen Shabazz plant flowers this morning behind the DPW garage on Washington Street.
Provided photos: The Albion High School Marching Band took top honors in both events they competed in at the Seneca Falls Pageant of Bands this past weekend. The top photo shows part of the band entering the judging area at Saturday’s competition in Seneca Falls.
The AHS Jazz Ensemble earned the 1st Place trophy in Class B, scoring 96 out a possible 100 points. The Purple Eagles also came home with the first place award in Open Class, after receiving a score of 91 for their 2017 show, “Bond….James Bond,” which is based on the music of that iconic spy film series.
Both the jazz and marching bands continue their competition season this coming weekend at the Darien Lake Music Festival. As always, the band will also march in Monday’s Albion Memorial Day parade.
From left: Jerico Chudy, Matt Kovaleski and Sierra Chudy play snare drums with the AHS Marching Band in Seneca Falls on Saturday.
ALBION – Members of the VFW Auxiliary Strickland Post #4635 paid a visit to the Albion Elementary School and met with kindergarten students today. Corinne Padura, left, read a book to the students about the origins of the American Flag as well as the symbolism of the stars and stripes. She talked about the importance of respecting the flag and proper care of the flag.
The top photo shows the VFW Auxiliary members with students in Mrs. Perry’s class. The group includes, from left: Corinne Pahura, Payton Babcock, Sue Boyce, Olivia Ginger, Debbie Ashe, Dalmas Weese and Edwin Dudley.
Corinne Pahura reads a book about the origins of the flag to the entire kindergarten class. She was a former kindergarten teacher.
Students sang “We Love Our Flag” and recited a poem about the flag.
Red, white and blue,
These colors run true;
Red, white and blue,
waving I love you!
At the end of the program each child received a flag. Students will use these flags during their annual Flag Day program on June 14. This community outreach effort is part of the VFW Auxiliary Americanism program.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 18 May 2017 at 4:02 pm
Photos by Tom Rivers
ALBION – The winning poster has been chosen to help promote this year’s Albion Strawberry Festival. Destini Hurlbert holds the poster with a depiction of a Santa Claus.
This year’s festival, June 9-10, celebrates a Santa theme in honor of Albion native son, Charles W. Howard, who operated a school for Santa, served as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Santa for 18 years, and also ran the popular Christmas Park in Albion.
Jackie Quintana, last year’s winner, came in second with this photo. The students all researched historic photos of Howard and the Santa School to help with the poster design.
Charity Henhawk came in third with this design to help promote the Strawberry Festival.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 18 May 2017 at 11:28 am
Photos by Tom Rivers: Dance Reflections in Albion won for “Best use of theme” in last year’s Strawberry Festival, which had a theme: Hook, Line & Strawberry, to promote the local fishing resources and to play on the strawberry theme of the festival.
ALBION – The Albion Strawberry Festival parade is less than a month away and festival organizers want parade participants to start thinking about their floats.
The parade this year has a Charles W. Howard theme, in honor of the man who founded a Santa Claus School in Albion. Parade participants are urged to incorporate Santa and Christmas decorations in their displays.
There will, however, only be one Santa Claus in the parade. He is expected to make a guest appearance with Mrs. Claus. Some members of Charles Howard’s family also are expected to be in the parade with his granddaughter serving as the parade grand marshal.
Parade participants are welcome to wear Santa hats, dress as elves or think of other ways to promote a Santa theme.
The festival has expanded its list of parade categories for awards. All of the winners will receive certificates.
The categories include:
• Best use of theme (Charles W. Howard and Santa Claus)
• Most original
• Best band
• Best cheer/dance
• Special recognition/community service
• Best public safety agency (fire department, police, ambulance)
• Best classic car
• Best wooden boat
• Best use of humor
Santa is expected to make an appearance in the Albion Strawberry Festival. He may opt for his casual wear because Santa doesn’t tend to wear his full Santa suit during the the off-season.
The Albion Merchants Association also will have a holiday window decorating contest during the 31st annual Strawberry Festival on June 9-10.
Charles Howard ran a Santa School in Albion from 1937 to 1966. Howard also served as the Santa in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for 18 years. He remains revered among people who portray Santa for establishing standards in how to act and dress as Santa.
The Albion Betterment Committee is working on raising money for a bronze statue and memorial in downtown Albion in honor of Howard. The group is hoping to celebrate Howard, and promote Albion’s history with Santa Claus.
The two-day Strawberry Festival has many activities, from a food court, craft vendors, a classic car show, turtle race, trout pond, 5k and 8k race, and family fun center. A chalk art festival also will be back.
For more information, check the festival’s website by clicking here.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 16 May 2017 at 8:40 pm
Wadhams and Harling elected in Albion, while Keppler, Pawlaczyk and Sevenski elected in Medina
The school budgets in Albion and Medina received wide support in budget votes today.
• ALBION – The district’s $34,796,676 budget passed 526 to 123. The budget includes a 1.4 percent tax increase, only the second time school taxes are going up in last 11 years.
Voters elected retired teacher Wayne Wadhams, 513 votes, and Kathy Harling, 491 votes, to five-year terms. Marlene Seielstad wasn’t re-elected. She received 211 votes.
A proposition for $460,000 for bus purchases passed, 559 to 91, and a proposition to collect $687,211 for Hoag Library was approved, 469 to 177.
• MEDINA – The proposed $36,620,793 budget received 91.2 percent support, 423 to 41. The budget reduces taxes by 0.22 percent, down from $8,660,915 to $8,641,861, or $19,054 less in taxes.
The district has steadily been reducing taxes in recent years. The 2013-14 budget had a $9,135,636 tax levy. Medina has now reduced school taxes by $493,775 in four years, a 5.4 percent decrease.
A proposal to reduce the size of the Board of Education from 9 to 7 seats passed, 259 to 198. The board will remain at nine seats in the 2017-18 school year, with the reduction taking effect beginning July 1, 2018.
Four ran for three open seats. The following were elected: Bill Keppler, 329; Arlene Pawlaczyk, 299; and Dave Sevenski, 292 votes. Mary Hare received 267 votes.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 15 May 2017 at 8:19 am
Provided photos: Adam Burlison, 10, of Albion holds his trophy after winning a spelling bee on Saturday in Grand Island.
ALBION — An Albion fourth-grader won a spelling bee on Saturday that featured 46 of the top spellers in Western New York from grades 4 and 5.
Adam Burlison, 10, was perfect as the field of spellers was winnowed from 46 to 1. The second-place finisher misspelled “heritage.” After Adam spelled it right, he sealed his victory with the word, “sentimental.”
It was a heart-pounding 2 1/2 hour event for many in the Albion community. Adam’s mother Lisa, an Albion elementary school teacher, posted the competition on Facebook live. When Adam won, the bus for the Albion marching band burst into cheers and applause. The band was coming home from the Lilac Festival in Rochester.
Adam’s father is the late Wayne Burlison, the assistant marching band director and elementary school band teacher. Wayne was 36 when he died from colon cancer on March 26, 2014.
The announcer at the spelling bee used each of the words in the contest in sentence. For “sentimental,” the announcer said: “Sentimental. She gave her father a sentimental card for Father’s Day. Sentimental.”
Adam was like a machine as he spelled his words – geothermal, successful, voluntary, stockade, fantastic, dilute, ventricle and many others.
Adam Burlison competed against 45 other top spellers. His winning word: “sentimental.”
He was one of three Albion students at the competition in Grand Island. Madison Banker and Sawyer Brigham also competed. All three students are in Meghan Kania’s class. Sawyer also finished in the top 10.
The final three in the spelling bee made it through all of “expert” words on the fourth grade list. Then the judges asked words from a fifth grade list that contestants didn’t study.
Adam has honed his spelling skills by reading lots of books, his mother said. His favorite books are fiction/fantasy, which Mrs. Burlison said have a lot of unusual words.
The closed captioning also is on the TV in the Burlison home because Lisa has a slight hearing loss.
“I realized at an early age that he was learning to read from that as well,” she said about the words on TV.
She thanked his friends at school for helping prepare him for the spelling bee. They asked him words over lunch in the cafeteria.
Provided photos
ALBION — Scouts from Pack 164 in Albion gathered at Mt Albion Cemetery this morning for their annual outing to place American flags at the graves of veterans. This is always one of their favorite community service projects of the year, done each May before Memorial Day.
Alakai Colmenero places a flag at Mt Albion.
Zack Baron finds another marker that needs a flag.
Jonny Soule scouts the scene for markers.
CubMaster Mike Beach points out a few markers to see eager followers.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 11 May 2017 at 7:25 am
Photo by Tom Rivers
ALBION – Two flowering dogwoods were recently planted on the front lawn of the former Swan Library, at 4 North Main St.
The Albion Betterment Committee and the Orleans County Historical Association split the costs for the new trees. The site used to have a tall pine tree, but that was removed last year because the tree’s roots were pushing out the stone retaining wall.
Pictured include, from left: Gary Kent, director for the Betterment Committee; Chad Fabry, owner of the former Swan; Gary Derwick, director for the Betterment Committee; and Al Capurso, president for the Historical Association.
The Betterment Committee has had many dogwood trees planted along Main Street and in other prominent parts of Albion in recent years.
Photos by Tom Rivers: Tim Archer is pictured with one of his service learning classes on Tuesday after member of the VFW presented him with his teaching award. Archer said the students are committed to the many service projects.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 10 May 2017 at 1:17 pm
Tim Archer praised for honoring veterans, promoting citizenship
ALBION – An Albion teacher has won a state-wide teaching award from the Veterans of Foreign Wars for his work promoting citizenship and connecting his seventh-grade students with projects honoring veterans.
Tim Archer is now under consideration for the national VFW award for a middle school teacher. The VFW each year honors an elementary, middle and high school teacher.
“I’m impressed with everything he’s done,” said Earl Schmidt, the Orleans County Veterans Service Agency director, and a member of the VFW. “He goes above and beyond.”
Archer and his class have worked on several projects honoring veterans. Their next effort will be rededicating a World War I bronze plaque on the Orleans County Courthouse.
The memorial was given by the American Legion, which asked Archer to help find a suitable place to display it. That marker will be rededicated at 3 p.m. on June 9, going back to its original spot on the Courthouse.
Tim Archer, right, received surprise visitors on Tuesday afternoon at his seventh grade service learning class. Three members of the VFW stopped by to present him with the New York “teacher of the year” award from the VFW. The VFW representatives include, from left: Earl Schmidt, the Orleans County Veterans Service Agency director; Jim Freas, Medina VFW post commander; and Rebecca Hucknall, a senior master sergeant and VFW post adjutant.
Dan Monacelli, the middle school principal, said Archer has been “an amazing mentor” to his students, inspiring them in them service projects, while promoting citizenship and flag etiquette.
“This is a big deal,” Monacelli told one of Archer’s classes on Tuesday. “It’s big because of his hard work and because you kids buy into it.”
Students secured a proper cemetery marker for one Civil War veteran at the old St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Albion. Hey painted 160 Civil War markers (Grand Army of the Republic) that were rusting at Mount Albion Cemetery. They dedicated a historical marker for the lone Orleans County veteran who died at Gettysburg.
“He brings the curriculum to life,” Monacelli said. “You can reach out and touch it.”
Archer, in addition to the community projects honoring veterans, has many veterans come and and speak to his classes.
Some of the recent projects Archer has led with his students include:
Historical marker unveiled for local soldier who died at Gettysburg
On Oct. 8, 2016, a new historical marker for Herbert Charles Taylor, the only Orleans County resident believed to have been killed in the Battle at Gettysburg, was unveiled at Hillside Cemetery.
The local Honor Guard is pictured in the background of this photo. Taylor is buried in the older section of Hillside Cemetery, a historic site in the Town of Clarendon, just south of the Village of Holley.
Gettysburg was the Civil War’s deadliest battle with about 23,000 Union casualties and about 28,000 killed from the Confederacy. Taylor, a member of the 140th N.Y. Infantry, was with his regiment at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863 and repulsed the attack on Little Round Top.
Marker added at Civil War section of Mount Albion, and GAR markers repainted
Albion students on May 26, 2016 dedicated a new marker at the Civil War section of historic Mount Albion Cemetery. Students researched local Civil War soldiers. Archer and the students also repainted about 160 GAR grave markers for soldiers who fought for the Union in the Civil War.
Seventh-grader Emily Merger wore a period dress for the ceremony last May. She said women also made many sacrifices during the Civil War, keeping houses, farms and businesses running while caring for children while their husbands were at war or killed in battle. Tim Archer, the Service Learning teacher, is in back.
Civil War soldier gets headstone 101 years after death
A new headstone was unveiled on April 30, 2016 for John Frost, a principal musician (chief bugler) for the 33rd New York Infantry and also the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division of 6th Corps. Frost was buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery on Brown Road in 1915.
Frost raised five children in Orleans County and sold coal for a living. In 2015, the Holy Family Parish was going through records at the cemetery and realized that John Frost never had a headstone. County Historian Matt Ballard, a member of the parish and also the Knights of Columbus, shared the story with Archer,who then told his students about Frost.
The students wanted Frost to have a headstone. They worked with the Veterans Service Agency in Orleans and Niagara counties to secure a headstone for Frost. The marble stone was unveiled about a year ago.
Bronze memorial for World War I vets headed back to Courthouse
Provided photo: American Legion Sheret Post #35 Commander Wally Skrypnik is pictured with a large bronze plaque memorializing 24 area soldiers who died during World War I. Skrypnik is pictured with Albion seventh graders Leah Pritchard, center, and Emily Harling. The seventh grade service learning class is working on having the memorial placed at the Orleans County Courthouse.
The latest project for Archer and the students includes finding a fitting home for the bronze marker that lists the names of 24 local residents from the school district (towns of Albion, Barre, Carlton and Gaines) who died in World War I.
The American Legion Sheret Post #35 donated the large 3-by-5-foot bronze plaque memorializing 24 local WWI soldiers. The plaque has been displayed in various indoor locations, but was most recently in storage, not visible to the public.
After being impressed by the students work last year on area Civil War soldiers, the local American Legion Post felt it fitting to donate the plaque to the hard-working students on the 100th anniversary of the United States entrance into WWI.
Archer was willing to accept the challenge to have the memorial placed back in the community.
“Our kids will learn a great deal about courage, integrity, and self-sacrifice,” Archer said in September. “There is no greater example of ‘loving thy neighbor’ than laying down your life for another. We all need role models like this.”
Those listed on the plaque include: John D. Arnett, Albert Beary, Jesse S. Brooks, John A. Butler, Leo. F. Christopher, Oliver E. Clement, Ronald F. Corey, Robert B. Densmore, Harry H. Dibley, Frederick Green, John Kurzawski, Martin Larwood, Louis Monacelli, Dewey Mott, Benjamin A. Needles, Leonard Osborne, Adolfo Passarelli, Stanley Rutkowski, James A. Sheret, Egbert Sheret, John H. Stevens, Alexander Wilson and Stanley P. Zyglarski.