Retired Orleans County Historian C. W. “Bill” Lattin produced weekly articles from 1979-2014, entitled, Bethinking of Old Orleans. These articles featured a treasure-trove of historical information about Orleans County since its inception to modern times. This page contains all articles written in during the seventh year of 1985. Special thanks to historian Frank Berger for clipping these articles from various local newspapers. We hope you enjoy reading and researching through this great resource.

Vol. 7 No. 1 1984 Highlights 12/31/1984

Vol. 7 No. 2 Guard Gates 01/09/1985

Vol. 7 No. 3 Judge Arad Thomas 01/17/1985

Vol. 7 No. 4 Thomas A. Kirby 01/24/1985

Vol. 7 No. 5 Governor Rufus B. Bullock 01/30/1985

Vol. 7 No. 6 Judge Henry A. Childs 02/07/1985

Vol. 7 No. 7 Judge Edwin R. Reynolds 02/18/1985

Vol. 7 No. 8 Judge Noah Davis 02/21/1985

Vol. 7 No. 9 Booker T. Washington in Albion 02/28/1985

Vol. 7 No. 10 Vocational Agriculture 03/07/1985

Vol. 7 No. 11 Architecture Destroyed Supplement 03/14/1985

Vol. 7 No. 12 140 Years of Episcopalians at Christ Church 03/22/1985

Vol. 7 No. 13 Re-Dedication of Pullman Memorial Church 03/28/1985

Vol. 7 No. 14 Abandoned Terminology 04/08/1985

Vol. 7 No. 15 The Lee Distillery 04/10/1985

Vol. 7 No. 16 Banking Problems 04/18/1985

Vol. 7 No. 17 Guy Merrill’s Sanitarium 04/25/1985

Vol. 7 No. 18 Clements Bean Planter 05/02/1985

Vol. 7 No. 19 The Hon. E.K. Hart Bird Collection 05/09/1985

Vol. 7 No. 20 Judge Fred Bush Skinner 05/16/1985

Vol. 7 No. 21 Swan Library Changing Scene 05/24/1985

Vol. 7 No. 22 The Bushnell Sextuplets 05/31/1985

Vol. 7 No. 23 Fire Cisterns 06/07/1985

Vol. 7 No. 24 Salisbury Fountain 06/13/1985

Vol. 7 No. 25 Images of Clarendon Past 06/20/1985

Vol. 7 No. 26 Holley M.E. Church Clock and Bell 06/27/1985

Vol. 7 No. 27 The Eulogy for Donna 07/03/1985

Vol. 7 No. 28 Lafler’s Brickyard 07/10/1985

Vol. 7 No. 29 Fairview Manor 07/19/1985

Vol. 7 No. 30 First Shipwreck on Lake Ontario 07/24/1985

Vol. 7 No. 31 Junior Fair 08/01/1985

Vol. 7 No. 32 Cornerstone Opening Holley M.E. Church 08/09/1985

Vol. 7 No. 33 Yesterday’s Heritage Shelby Mills 08/15/1985

Vol. 7 No. 34 Orleans County Nursing Home 08/22/1985

Vol. 7 No. 35 Old Timers Fair 08/22/1985

Vol. 7 No. 36 The Schooner S.B. Pomeroy 09/06/1985

Vol. 7 No. 37 The Heyday of Tomatoes 09/11/1985

Vol. 7 No. 38 Architectural Heritage pt. 2 Luther-Balcerzak Residence 09/18/1985

Vol. 7 No. 39 Medina Sandstone – Its Founder 09/27/1985

Vol. 7 No. 41 Cobblestone Society to Celebrate Its Silver Anniversary 10/09/1985

Vol. 7 No. 42 Cobblestone Heritage Month 10/18/1985

Vol. 7 No. 43 Cobblestone Society Marks 25 10/25/1985

Vol. 7 No. 44 Holley’s Halloween Bell 11/01/1985

Vol. 7 No. 45 Dr. Charles E. Fairman 11/08/1985

Vol. 7 No. 46 Dr. John E. Sutton 11/18/1985

Vol. 7 No. 47 Judge Charles G. Signor 11/29/1985

Vol. 7 No. 48 Judge Gerald B. Fluhrer 12/02/1985

Vol. 7 No. 49 Lafayette H. Beach 12/12/1985

Vol. 7 No. 50 Judge Edwin B. Simonds 12/18/1985

Vol. 7 No. 51 Charles W. Howard 12/24/1985