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1908
Clark
Dec. 6, 1908: Leroy is pumping its own water now, instead of contracting the work out to the Leroy Light Company. City marshal Thomas Clark will now be in charge of the pumping station.
[The Pantagraph - How Time Flies - By Jack Keefe]
Owen, Roosevelt
Dec. 17, 1908: Leroy attorney Wesley Owen will become one of three judges in the Panama Canal Zone, as appointed by President Roosevelt. Mr. Owen, who was born in Covell, doesn’t know yet when he will be leaving for his new job. It pays $6500 per year.
[The Pantagraph - How Time Flies - By Jack Keefe]
Strange
Dec. 30, 1908: Oscar Strange, 19, of LeRoy, has been thrown in jail for burglary. He is the son of respectable parents, but has been under suspicion for a string of burglaries in LeRoy. He is willing to plead guilty to the job he was arrested for, but denies any knowledge of the rest. [The Pantagraph - How Time Flies by: Jack Keefe]
1984
Poppe
Jan. 2, 1984: Dietrich Edward Poppe was born into this world as Twin Cities’ first baby of 1984. His parents are Terry and Jane Poppe of LeRoy. Little Dietrich was born at Brokaw Hospital where his mother and grandmother are both nurses. [The Pantagraph - How Time Flies by: Jack Keefe]
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