While reading the first two entries just think of what goes on in today’s world that would prompt a call to the police. I try to leave in all the caps and spelling exactly the way the reports are wrtrtten

Aug. 2, 10:05 a.m.: Officer Putnam received a complaint of a fellow selling Bed Spreads and other Merchandise on South Edward and Duprey Street. Investigated by myself and Officer E. Duprey. Man was driving a Gray Ford, NY license No. 8K6811. Was unable to locate this car or the operator. Putnam

Aug. 2, 9 p.m.: Complaint from Mrs. O.O. Edwards about the horn on the New York City Bus going out at 7 a.m. . It disturbed the patients at the Werle Cottage. Officer Davis took it up with the Bus Driver. — Jones

Aug. 3, 1:45 a.m.: Complaint from Miss Belle LaMarr of 69 Main Street that there was a man in the hall cursing and swearing and making a general disturbance. Officer Davis and Coughlin investigated and arrested Jack Davis for Public Intoxication who put up a fight and tried to bite Officer Davis’ ear off. He did bite near the ear on the left side of the face. — Coughlin

[The little 3-year-old with the thick, black hair shown in the photo is the same handsome Ben Mankiewicz, with the thick, black hair, who introduces the movies today on the television series — TCM, Turner Classic Movies.

Aug. 4, 9 a.m.: Phone call from Joseph Ollin, Syracuse, N.Y. Telephone 62847. Wanted some information on Mrs. Thomas Dugan Route 1 – Box 11 Harrietstown Road as to her being ill. Lives below the cemetery [bad choice of words] out on the North Side of the Road next to J. A. Latour’s farm. Turned the above over to Sgt. P. McGinnis of the New York State Police. — Chief

Aug. 4, 9:30 a.m.: Complaint in person from Louis Monica, 6 Mills Avenue that the Colored Peopleat 8 Mills Avenue were disturbing the Peace and Quiet of the neighbors by Dancing and Singing and also playing the radio, up until midnight and later. Also parking cars on his lawn. Investigated by Officer E. Duprey who notified the family to be more quiet late at night and not to park on the neighbors lawn. — Chief

Aug. 4, 9:25 a.m.: Lionel E. Miller of 7 Prospect Street reports that his wife, Bertha, age 43 years, missing from home. She was last seen at 11 p.m. Aug. 3. Missed at 8 a.m., Aug. 4. Would like some help to try and find her. Officers E. Duprey and W. Putnam along with Sgt. McGinnis of the State Police searched the back of Prospect Avenue over to Ampersand Avenue. At 11:20 a.m. a General Alarm was tuned in from the Fire Station, Box 126. Upward of 50 men searched the nearby woods, but were unsuccessful. Shortly before 7 p.m. two boys discovered Mrs. Miller lying in the swamp at the rear of Jim Clark’s near the bridge. [It may be the bridge near the entrance to the Forest Home road.]The boys notified Mr. Clark who in turn notified police. Officers Coughlin and Sgt. McGinnis responded at once and removed Mrs. Miller to the General Hospital. She was suffering from shock and exposure. She was attended by Dr. Anthony Gedroiz. — Chief

Aug. 7, 5:30 p.m.: Call from 80 Algonquin Avenue that a drunk was making a nuisance of himself at the above address. Answered by Duprey and myself who found ‘Tiger’ Martin on the lawn of No. 79 Algonquin Avenue.He apparently was intoxicated and could not get up without help. We locked him up. — Putnam

Aug. 8, 4:30 p.m.: Phone call from the State Police Trooper Durand that a party in a Black Sedan, looked like an Oldsmobile or a Chevrolet with Illinois plates carrying two men and a woman had short-changed Central Garage of about $10.00. [That would never have happened if Jerry and Jay were on duty.] Notified the Lake Placid Police and also asked the local police to be on the lookout for them. The State Police called and said they had been stopped in Lake Placid and Judge Shackett would be down for a warrant. John Doe warrant issued. But the party stopped at Lake Placid was not the one. — G. A. Utting

Aug. 9, 4:30 a.m.: Received four complaints in quick succession. There was a drunken brawl on Broadway near Keene Street. Investigated by Officer Putnam and myself. Found 2 whites and one colored man in a car at the above place. They were intoxicated so we locked them up. A bottle of Hills and Underwood London Dry Gin was found in the car. Their names are: Reggie Hathaway, age 32, Lake Placid; Rufus Williamson, age 32,North Carolina (colored); and Addison Ryan, age 34, Lake Placid. These men pleaded guilty to Public Intoxication. Fine $10.00 per person. — Sgt. Jones

Aug. 12, 4 p.m.: Complaint from Meriam Watt of 49 Riverside Drive that on June 4 she ordered a pair of corsets from one Leona Burns of 73 Lake Street and paid her $15.00 in cash in full. Up until now she has not received any of the goods. — E. Duprey

Aug. 14, 1:30 a.m.: Call from a waitress at a restaurant at 174 Broadway that last night some chickens were stolen from the ice box after she closed up. Wesley Jones and another manwere hanging around when she was closing up. She wanted an officer to come and look around. Officer Davis did so. Jones

Aug. 18, 10:26 p.m.: Fire alarm tuned in from Box 125 Lake Flower Avenue and Winona Avenue. Turned out to be a false alarm and when the fire trucks returned about 12 or 15 of the Racing Trucks from the Firemen’s Convention in Lake Placid followed them through town making all the noise they could with their sirens and mouths. Shortly later Box 23 was tuned in.

Aug. 18, 10:40 p.m.: Call from Village Manager Timmerman about the above alarm. He had a complaint from someone on Margaret Street. His orders are for the visiting firemen to pull off their stunts in Lake Placid where their convention belongs. [I remember the Firemen Conventions in Saranac Lake when we were teenagers. The trucks were going up and down Main Street at all hours tooting horns, ringing bells, whistles and sirens. We thought it was a blast.] — Coughlin