The National Recovery Act was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and passed by Congress on June 16, 1933. The NRA “supervised fair trade codes and guaranteed laborers a right to collective bargaining.”

Before we get into the story about Saranac Lake’s NRA role in 1933 we have to tell you the results of my great column on the Lake Placid Dog Show in 1939 when I urged the powers that be to organize and hold another dog show.

I was overwhelmed, very touched, choked up and nearly Sleepless in Saranac by the outpouring from readers by the incredible response from dog lovers and readers from afar about my wonderful idea. So following is that response in its totality.

I ran into my friend Larry Barney, Lake Placid icon and LP Hall of Famer who had obviously read the column … he said, “Riley, if you want to put on a Dog Show then do it in Saranac Lake, we have enough going on over here.”

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The NRA — Enterprise, Sept. 5, 1933

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“Saranac Lake residents are today joining one of the major phases of President Roosevelt’s NRA campaign as 75 volunteer workers canvass the village to enlist every consumer to sign a pledge card promising unqualified support to NRA merchants.

“Today’s drive is the first important activity of the Harrietstown NRA committee since it was appointed a week ago. All preliminary activities have pointed for the event and upon the success of the campaign in Saranac Lake, as well as other communities throughout the country, rests increased employment and higher wages, so essential for the country’s return to prosperity.

“The drive is under the direction of Mrs. E. M. Buck and Mrs. Wayne E. Timmerman, named by A. W. Currier, head of the local NRA committee, to act as leaders.

“Mrs. Buick and Mrs. Timmerman are being assisted by 12 captains, who in turn are directing 75 workers who will do the actual work of canvassing the village for the signers of the consumer’s pledge cards.

“Captains of the committee are: Miss Lillian Ryan, Mrs. Ralph Bruso, Miss Francis Toole, Mrs. P.A. Gould, Mrs. John Darrah, Mrs. H. W. McCreary, Mrs. Benjamin A, Balsam, Mrs. E. P. Fallon, Mrs. H. Stanley Parker, Mrs. James A’ Latour, Mrs. M. M. Munn and Mrs. Marion Neubauer.

“Saranac Lake Consumers are being asked to sign the pledge cards to enable local merchants to carry out their employer’s agreement of increasing employment and raising salaries, according to the codes of their respective trades.

“Following the completion of the drive today, returns will be made tomorrow, following which the main committee headed by Mr. Currier and assisted by Dan S. Foster, Paul Stephen, Ralph B. Leonard, Mayor Seaver A. Miller and Fred T. Tremble will seek to enroll under the rapidly spreading wings of the Blue Eagle, [a symbol used for those businesses participating] merchants who have not yet signed the NRA code.”

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Woman Killed in Leap from Auto

(Enterprise, Sept. 5, 1933)

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Headlines back then almost always carried sub-heads such as: “Steps from Moving Machine on Cascade Road; Dies at Placid Memorial Hospital Today; Motive Unknown by Husband, Friends”

“Rushed to Lake Placid General Hospital after stepping out of an automobile moving at 25 miles an hour, Mrs. Delbert Jandrew, 170 Lake Flower Avenue, died there at 3 a.m. this morning.

“Returning to Saranac Lake after a trip down state, Mrs. Jandrew was riding with her husband in the rear seat of a car driven by Leon Goodroe of this village. Miss Mary Goodroe, also of Saranac Lake, was the other front seat occupant.

“At a point on the Cascade road about 10 miles from Lake Placid, Mrs. Jandrew, her husband stated in explaining the accident late today, suddenly stepped from the moving vehicle and was hurled to the road paving. Mr. Jandrew was at a loss to account for his wife’s motives.

“The accident happened about 2:40 a.m. Picking up the injured woman, the three Saranac Lake people drove in record time to the Lake Placid hospital in their vain race. Mrs. Jandrew succumbed shortly after arriving at the institution.

“She was born in Dannemora, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. and the late Peter Dubrey. She was married 12 years ago in Saranac Lake and has lived here since then. Mrs. Jandrew was a member of St. Bernard’s church.

“Among the survivors are her mother and husband and a son, Clarence, aged 8. Funeral arrangements have been set for tomorrow morning when a Requiem Mass will be held at St. Bernard’s Church. Burial will be in Pine Ridge cemetery. James A. Fortune & Company are in charge.”

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News briefs — Same Enterprise edition

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“Miss Louise Hartye, 865 Preston Street. Brooklyn, and a visitor at Rainbow Lake, was painfully injured as a result of a fall from her horse Sunday night at the latter resort.

“Miss Hartye, a school teacher in Brooklyn, was first treated by Dr. J. Seymour Emans of Gabriels, who ordered her removed to the General Hospital in Saranac Lake where it was revealed that she was suffering from a fractured elbow.”

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“Possibility that the Lake Placid-Saranac Lake highway may be reconstructed this fall were seen here today with the return from the state highway department in Albany of Wayne E. Timmerman, village manager.

“Although Mr. Timmerman declined to comment officially on the road’s start, it is understood that the department is considering the feasibility of beginning at least the grading in the autumn.

“Despite the protests of some property owners, it appears that the road will follow a route in rear of the state sanatorium at Ray Brook.”

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“Children entering public schools for the first time this fall are required to register and to have a physical examination Friday.

“Registration and examination hours will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Petrova Avenue school. Dr. Charles Haskins and a school nurse will conduct the examinations.

“First grade pupils and those entering the seventh or junior high grade of the public schools from other schools are among those who must register.” [Apparently before kindergarten was established here.]