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#tbt The last ever Flag Day at Philip Sheridan Elementary School
The year was 1982. The Baby Boomers were growing up which left the post-WW2 suburb of Tonawanda, NY with more schools then students. The smaller K-2 schools built quickly for the boomer kids had already started to close (I was supposed to attend Horace Mann school but it closed the spring before I started- it was converted and expanded to become senior apartments).
From the years 1974-1982 the district closed 12 elementary schools (Via Wikipedia):
Dewitt Clinton Elementary School (McConkey Dr. Town of Tonawanda) close 1974 now New Covenant Tabernacle
Horace Mann Elementary School (Westchester Blvd. Town of Tonawanda) closed 1976 now Westchester Park Apartments for Seniors
Robert Frost Elementary School (Ensgminger Rd., Town of Tonawanda) closed 1977 now Town of Tonawanda Senior Citizens Center (writer comment-this was a K-2 school)
Jane Addams Elementary School (Cortland Ave & Belcher Ave Town of Tonawanda ) closed 1978 demolished to build Center Court Commons 28residential homes
Betsy Ross Elementary School (Wilber Ave & Mang Ave Kenmore, NY) closed 1980 now owned by Village of Kenmore and operates as a Community Center (writer comment-this was a K-2 school)
Longfellow Elementary School (Myron Ave. Kenmore, NY) closed 1981 now operates as School District use (writer comment-this was a K-2 school)
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School (Wendel Ave & Cambridge St. Town of Tonawanda, NY) closed 1981 now a Stanley G. Falk School
Green Acres Elementary School (Yorkshire Rd. & Pryor Ave. Town of Tonawanda, NY) closed 1981 now owned by Heritage Centers
Brighton Elementary School (Eggert Rd. & Fries Rd. Town of Tonawanda, NY) closed 1978 and demolished to build Brighton Senior Square Apartments
Philip Sheridan Elementary School (Elmwood Ave. Town of Tonawanda) closed 1982 main building converted to other School District use
Sheridan Parkside Elementary School (Sheridan Parkside Drive, Town of Tonawanda) closed 1982 now owned by Town of Tonawanda and operates as a Community Center
George Washington Elementary School (Delaware Ave. & Delaware Rd. Kenmore) closed 1982 now owned by Ellicott Development and coverted to loft type apartments
OK, where was I? Oh, that’s right, talking about Philip Sheridan Elementary School. There weren’t as many of us Gen X kids around as there were the Boomer Kids. That meant more schools needed to close. 1981 saw the closure of Green Acres and Abraham Lincoln schools. 1982 it became Sheridan Parkside, George Washington and Philip Sheridan’s turn to close. Philip Sheridan had opened in the late 1940s (hi post-war baby boom) for a cost of $1.2 million dollars (that would be over $12 million today) and district voters recently approved the sale of the building for $1 million.
What all this meant was the events of the 1981-1982 school year became very important for those of us at Philip Sheridan. The final event was flag day on June 14, 1982
Philip Sheridan Elementary School, Tonawanda NY, final flag day 1982
Philip Sheridan Elementary School, Tonawanda NY, final flag day 1982
Philip Sheridan Elementary School, Tonawanda NY, final flag day 1982
Alice’s Fastnacht Kueceles
Alice’s Fastnacht Kuecheles
Ingredients
- 3-4 Cups Flour
- 1 Pkg Active dry yeast
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 1/4 Cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1/4 Cup Shortening
- 1-3/4 Cup Milk
- Confectioners sugar
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Mix 1-1/2 cups flour, yeast, salt and sugar.
- Heat milk and shortening in a saucepan until lukewarm.
- Add to dry ingredients; beat 2 minutes.
- Add egg and 1/2 cup more flour (or enough flour) to form a thick batter.
- Stir in enough more flour to make a soft dough, kneading lightly.
- Cover bowl; let rise in warm place until double in bulk, about 1 hour..
- On floured surface knead lightly.
- Roll out to 1/2” thickness.
- Cut into squares.
- Heat deep oil to 375 degrees.
- Pull on the outside edges of the square so that the dough is thinner in the center.
- Fry kuecheles a few at a time in oil.
- Brown on one side, flip and brown the other side.
- Drain on paper.
- Sprinkle with confectioners sugar.
Chrusciki (Bow Tie Puffy Pastry)
Chrusciki (Bow Tie Puffy Pastry)
Ingredients
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 Tbsp brandy or whiskey
- 1 Tbsp vinegar
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 1/8 Tbsp salt
- 1 cup flour
- confectioners/ powdered sugar
Instructions
- Cream sugar, egg yolks, salt, brandy vinegar.
- Add flour.
- Roll out thin, cut in 4x2" strips; slash in the center and pull one end through, making a twist.
- Fry in deep fat until brown.
- Drain on paper and sift confectioners' sugar on them.
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#tbt Artpark in the late 70s/ early 80s.
Artpark had a long history prior to becoming the first state park devoted to the arts. The First Nations people originally lived in this area and a burial mound dating over 2000 years old is located on the grounds of Artpark. Explorers Father Louis Hennepin, O.F.M. and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, landed on the site in 1678. The first cabin built by white settlers was completed in 1720. By 1764 there was a British fort and a cable run railway that was used to ferry supplies up the escarpment. The 1800s saw the building of a large estate (destroyed by fire in 1965), a suspension bridge linking Lewiston & Queenston was built, and a sandstone quarry operated on the land. By the middle of the 20th century the land was largely used as a dump for both Chemical companies and the state.
The state took over the land and what is now known as Artpark (official name is Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park) was officially opened in 1974.
In 2017 Niagara ’79 designed by Gene Davis was reproduced in the same parking lot.
From the Kickstarter campaign created by Artpark and Company:
In the summer of 1979 Artist Gene Davis (whose estate is held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum) installed an Artwork titled, Niagara ’79. It came to be known as The Painted Parking Lot and it was incredible. Gene Davis spent weeks hand rolling sixty, 2-foot wide by 364-foot long lines in 9 different colors. This artwork was widely covered by the media and everyone in the community came out to experience it. At over 43,000 square feet, The Guinness Book of World Record’s hailed it as the largest painting in the world at the time.
Now that same parking lot is covered in black top with standard white parking lines. With permission from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Artpark is launching a campaign to recreate Gene Davis’s Niagara ’79 in that same parking lot using his exact design. Artpark has been working with Sherwin and Williams and will use the same industrial paints found on the runways at airports, in specially formulated colors, to make this project come to fruition. Armed with 18 inch paint rollers and miles of masking tape Artpark Adventure Staff and a group of volunteer professional painters will spend the month of May 2017 hand rolling lines just as Gene Davis did. JOIN US!
Julie Lewizky is still producing her fancifal artworks.
The big wooden building (the Art-El) was demolished after nearly 40 years of use. It was both a fun and scary structure for children and I spent many days running amok on it.
Collection of Artpark Visual Arts Catalogs | eBay
1980 Artpark program- The JOFFREY BALLET | eBay
PLAYBILL PROGRAM Hamlet 1975 Sam Waterston Ruby Dee John Lithgow Artpark NewYork | eBay
Artpark 1974-1984
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