Stolen horse and buggy, rattlesnake and RFL dam
By Jacob Clary - jclary@aimmediamiwest.com
Editor’s note We’re continuing our tradition of taking a look back each Saturday at some of the important, interesting or even odd events as they were reported during the same week throughout the years, along with interesting advertising features from years gone by.
This week in 1924,
The News-Herald reported that the contracts for the construction of the paving of North and South High streets had been met. In a following edition of the paper, it was reported that Trinidad Sheet Asphalt was selected by the council as the type of paving to be used.
The mansion currently sits on the property of the Southeastern Correctional Complex along B.I.S. Road.
According to a classified ad that ran in the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, the SCC is looking to demolish the building at no cost.
Business Administrator Chuck Ressley said the SCC has no use for the building, which is currently in disarray. There was no reason to put money into that, Ressley said. We tried to get the historical society to take it over. Due to the expense of it, it would ve been several million dollars to get that building up to par, and then what do we use it for?
NASSAU| Leroy Archer from Providence Avenue, Chippingham, died Wednesday morning he was 96-years-old.
He was a first class tailor where he operated from his Nassau St. and Deans Lane location for years.
He was an outstanding sportsman in soccer and cricket, and was slated to celebrate his 97th birthday next week.
A sport of football in the Bahamas, the Bahamas Football Association presented Leroy “Uncle Lee” Archer with the BFA Order of Merit award at half-time of the President’s Cup match on New Years Day 2009.
Mr. Archer played his football in the Bahamas in the 40’s and 50’s and 60’s, starting out with the St. George’s Soccer Club before becoming a founding member of the Dynamos Football Club.