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You Know What …? (local history), by Howard Riley

Local sports — names and games

Smack-dab in the busy days of Winter Carnival the Enterprise never missed a beat when it came to sports coverage — Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake and Lake Placid. - St. Lawrence top ‘Skins - “Saranac Lake met defeat Saturday at the hands of St. Lawrence Central by a score of 6-5 on ...

Winter Carnival 1957 and 1948

The title here may be a little misleading because the only reference to the 1957 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival is the “tremendous” float entered in the parade by my alma mater (1951 to 1974), the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. The float, a 1956 Jeep Commando with elegant, permanent ...

The Winter Carnival of 1957

Dick and Peggy (Stringer) Dora were kind enough to drop me off their copy of the 1957 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival program featuring Don McNeill’s Breakfast Club, which was carried across the country on ABC radio. The Breakfast Club was a big deal at that time. A write-up when the ...

How about a ‘Walk of Fame?’

When I received this big folder in the mail with the following title on the cover — "WALK OF FAME / HOWARD RILEY" — I was so thrilled! But my balloon burst when I found out that Carol Vosler, Gail Rice, Ron Keough, Phil Feinberg, Tom Catillaz and Mary Hotaling had received the same ...

Diamond jubilee Winter Carnival — 1972

There was an exceptional parade, exceptional floats and exceptional matching units for the 1972 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. Unfortunately, I don’t have a 1972 program. What I do have is a page of photos, and the back of that page has a number of sports stories. The Parent-Teacher ...

Winter Carnival review continues

Picking up where we left off last week, here is a quick look at the 1911 and 1971 Winter Carnival programs. Wow! We all know what a difference a day makes. What about 113 years? - 1911 program highlights - “In the village are nearly eighty hotels and boarding houses where more ...