Remembrance — Veteran’s Day
The Enterprise of 65 years ago carried mostly news about World War II. Naturally, the front page was all war news and so was much of the inside pages, covering stories about local men and women in the service. The internet figures from the last census had a total of 3,151,000 veterans of WWII surviving. There were 16 million Americans who served in WWII; 210,000 were women. Veterans Day is observed on Nov. 7. The following are excerpts from stories published in the Enterprise in September and October of 1944. --- Pvt. Berry Wounded “Pvt. Clarence A. Berry of Saranac Lake, holder of the Soldier’s Medal for gallantry in action outside the line of duty, has been wounded in France. A telegram listing him as a casualty of war was sent to his wife (the former Irma Mitchell) who is now residing in Rome. “It is believed he sustained shrapnel wounds in the battle of Normandy and has been evacuated to England. Pvt. Berry was a tank driver in an armored unit.
» Full StoryVignettes from The Journal
More stories from “The Journal of Saranac Lake and Lake Placid, a newspaper edited by Fred Ellers and Bill McLaughlin in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
» Full StoryNews from Lake Placid, 1970
My neighbor, Jeff Wood, who lives up the road a piece out here on Route 86 in the Town of Harrietstown, was remodeling a house and found 25 copies of The Journal of Saranac Lake and Lake Placi.
» Full StoryFrom the Enterprise: Oct. 2 and 11, 1944
First, I want to respond to those readers who asked about a story in last week’s column regarding a woman and a soldier — yes, the woman’s name, Betty Jones, was fictitious.
» Full StoryHalloween in Saranac Lake, 1944
The Saranac Lake Police Department was kept busy around Halloween in October 1944, but most of the hijinks recorded in the blotter were pretty mild by today’s standards.
» Full StoryThe curfew in Saranac Lake, 1944
The village of Saranac Lake looked a little different in 1944. There were about 8,000 residents and there were a couple of thousand temporary residents; tuberculosis patients and their families staying here or families visiting on a regular basis.
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Lake Placid girls soccer
Trick or Treating in Saranac Lake
Primary night in E-town
View from Mount Baker
Ski, Skate Sale @ Petrova School
Sheriff debate
Burned power pole
Bridge closure