Jan. 17, 1894: Seventy-four patients from the state hospital at Poughkeepsie were transferred to the St. Lawrence state hospital at Ogdensburg, yesterday, passing through Watertown at 4 p.m. They occupied two coaches, which were attached to train No. 1. Forty-three more patients from King’s county will be taken to Ogdensburg Thursday.

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Dec. 19, 1968: Approximately 130 children in Potsdam will receive custom dressed dolls, all designed and created by one woman. 

This is the eighth consecutive year that Mrs. William Burrell has been in the doll rehabilitation business, which she does in her home in the name of the American legion and auxiliary.

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While the year is full of strife, it finally ends on a happier note with the earth rising from space as we take our first look at ourselves.

We take a look back 50 years ago at one of the most eventful years in history and how major events impacted our community. 

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1968 wasn't a year for the weak: Protests against the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights and Women's Rights movement, culture wars, assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy and (sadly) even more. 

As we start out 2019, we take a look back 50 years ago at one of the most eventful years in history and how major events impacted the nation as a whole and eventually (in part two) how it impacted our community.

Top songs of 1968:

Hey Jude by The Beatles

Love is Blue by Paul Mauriat

Honey by Bobby Goldsboro

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Dec. 13, 1893: The Young People’s Entertaining Society met at Mr. Green’s in Hounsfield Saturday evening. There were about twenty-five present. The ladies especially enjoyed sitting in the parlor while the gentlemen set the tables and washed the dishes.

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Dec. 9, 1893: Mrs. U.C. Walker, of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, went to Antwerp yesterday and returned with a girl of 14 years named Mary Conley. Mary was arraigned at that village and sentenced to a term in the State Industrial school, at Rochester. Her mother died eight years ago, and it was by the girl’s request that the action was taken.

Dec. 3, 1893: Wm. Knapp, at whose farm Charley Heintzelman was shot, was in the city today to see the boy. He expresses the deepest regret over the misfortune that has befallen the young foreigner, but says he believes it was entirely accidental, and declares that he gave the boy the very best care that was possible under the circumstances

Nov. 29, 1868: The Woodruff House, under the management of Anson Lance, is daily growing in popular favor. Since he erected the new barn, the county custom has more than doubled. The hotel has also been thoroughly repaired and renovated. Yesterday the proprietor gave a Thanksgiving dinner with the following bill of fare, which will rejoice the soul of the daintiest epicure.

We have a selection of several entries for this week's episodes, but don't worry, we read each of them on the show for you to hear. Let us know your favorites, too. Thanks!

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Nov. 20, 1918: With weather conditions promising to be the most appropriate for an ideal Thanksgiving day and diverse attractions arranged for by churches, theaters, movie houses, dance halls and athletic organizations, hard to please will be the citizen of Watertown who cannot find some means of enjoying the great American autumn holiday which will be doubly significant this year as a result of the end of the war.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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