Winter Freeze

In a diary she began in 1875, Fannie Miller of Lodi wrote the following entries about her family's enjoyment of the 1912 freeze of Seneca Lake.

 

Feb. 11 - "Lake freezing over. Charlie Galloup came near falling in."

Feb. 14 - "Nice day, wind blows from South. Harry and Nell and Nina and Jim down to the lake. Harry went across twice, Nina once. Great hustling around for skates. Nice sleighing, people going down by sleighloads to see the ice."

Last Beach DayFifty years ago, millions had their prayers answered. In April 1955, it was announced that Dr. Jonas Salk had perfected a vaccine effective in preventing polio.

It was an important announcement. Polio (infantile paralysis) had crippled and killed thousands every summer. Fifty-eight thousand Americans – mostly children – contracted the disease in 1952. Of the 58,000, many never walked again, some were crippled for life and others died.

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