ClarenceGrad72

For some reason or other the word "quaint" really grates on me. The usual words accompanying it - rus...

I asked a select group of people (my class of '72 classmates and relatives on my mother's side, many of whom graduated in the...

To recap, the following opinions (in 2 parts) are those of two Clarence alumni, members of the Massaro Family (and also of Massaro Cleaners,...

The following opinions (in 2 parts, today and tomorrow) are those of two Clarence alumni, members of the Massaro Family (and also of Massaro...

Clarence alumnus ('71) Kevin Miller passed away unexpectedly last month. He was a friend to many, both young and old, and he will be m...

I constantly get those whiny emails blathering on about having to press one for English and so on. It's ironic because most of their an...

Way back in the day, Clarence had a loose system of one room school houses to provide the basics for the children at the primary level. Som...

From Childs Funeral Home , Akron NY: Carl "CJ" Wolf Jr. Date of Birth: August 9, 1953 Date of Passing: March 25, 2008 Place...

Somewhere in the late 1980's retail establishments challenged item pricing laws (having to price each unit for sale individually). Scan...

Back on November 27th I wrote a post called " Harbison Brothers and Buffalo's First Gas Station ". I was using a small articl...

There was a great article in Sunday's Buffalo News regarding the Vitascope . This was the first motion picture theater actually designe...

Clarence alumnus ('01) Mark Spence was killed in a plane crash in northern Italy last week. From WIVB : "Staff Sgt Mark Spence wa...

The Clarence Class '72 banner is finally flying high in the sky! It is located on Gunnville Road, about 3 poles down from Main. Rumor h...

Every Sunday morning as we drove back and forth to church down Goodrich Road we passed the log cabin that was part of the Landow house. I f...

Writing a blog is a lot like writing a journal. I was introduced to the concept of journals in my sophomore year by my English teacher, Mic...

It turns out that underlying mines are not the only thing that can cause land subsidence in the Town of Clarence. From an article in the ...

I heard that they want to build houses over the old gypsum mines on Roll Road. What a wonderful idea (roll eyes). I can remember, as a chi...

I just bought my first issue of WNY Heritage magazine. It obviously has been out for a while, since this is Volume 10, and I may have even...

Most of us were born and raised in Clarence. It can go back even further if our parents, grandparents and so on were also part of the hist...

As we travel through life, we find that the length of everyone's journey is different.  In memory of those from our class who have alrea...