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THINK SPRING â photo from 1977
Let me tell you, 72 years ago there was a lot of competition for the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Never mind about the Plattsburgh and Malone newspapers that were on the newsstands in our three mountain villages, but there was also the Syracuse Post-Standard, with a full-time correspondent stationed in Saranac Lake, and the Syracuse Herald Tribune. No television back then it did exist, but not for the working man. Radios, newspapers and gossip kept the public informed and did a helluva good job of it. So again, researching for news in my vast filing system … what falls off the shelf but a pristine copy of the Syracuse Post-Standard from 1948. Alongside the paper’s logo at the top of a special section in big letters read: Tupper Lake, Lake Placid, Saranac Lake and Malone. So let’s see what kind of coverage resulted.
amy@historicsaranaclake.org This statue of Dr. E.L. Trudeau was made by Gutzon Borglum.
(Postcard provided by Historic Saranac Lake) Dr. Francis Berger Trudeau treats a patient. (Photo provided by Historic Saranac Lake) Dr. Frank B. Trudeau opens the doors of the Trudeau Institute in Saranac Lake for the first time in 1964. (Photo provided by Historic Saranac Lake) The Saranac Laboratory on Church Street was established by Dr. E.L. Trudeau. (Postcard provided by Historic Saranac Lake) St. John’s in the Wilderness Cemetery in Paul Smiths (Photo provided by Historic Saranac Lake)
St. John s in the Wilderness Cemetery in Paul Smiths (Photo provided by Historic Saranac Lake)
(Photo from Historic Saranac Lake Collection, TCR #205, courtesy of Kurt Kamps)
On the 12th day of Saranac Lake-mas, Historic Saranac Lake gave to you … the uniform of the Saranac Lake Pioneers Drum and Bugle Corps! This handsome fringed jacket comes with a matching pair of fringed trousers. In 1959, a letter to the editor of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise thanked the community for its support to purchase these uniforms. They would have been worn with a tan felt cap, too. Does anyone have any photographs of the corps? We’ve love to see this uniform in action. Thanks to everyone for following along on our Twelve Days of Saranac Lake-mas! We’ve had a ton of fun sharing these snippets from our history with you. Be sure to follow along online all year long to learn more about Saranac Lake history and the goings-on here at Historic Saranac Lake and the Saranac Laboratory Museum.