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Step Back in Time

Step Back in Time features community news items from The Daily Star 25 and 50 years ago.

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July 11, 1984

WALTON _ Walton merchant Francis Cucciarre has been re-elected president of the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce for a term beginning in January 1985, according to officials of the organization.

Cucciarre, owner of Tony's Shoe Store at 163 Delaware St., will serve as chamber president until Dec. 31, 1985.

Gerald Walker, manager of the Deak National Bank branch in Delhi, was re-elected treasurer. Wray Rominger, owner of the Purple Mountain Press in Fleischmanns, was chosen vice president, and John Adams, an assistant vice president of the Hobart branch of the National Bank and Trust Co. of Norwich, was elected secretary.

Chamber members also elected new directors. They are: James Williams, head of the Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith; Jack Shelton, manager of the Deposit branch of the National Bank and Trust Company of Norwich; John P. Thomas, owner of the Car Care Center of Sidney; Richard Dombrowski, owner of the McDonald's restaurants in Delhi and Sidney; and Hancock attorney Gerald Mackin.

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July 11, 1959

WORCESTER _ The 75th anniversary of Worcester Methodist Church will be celebrated Sunday. At the 11 a.m. worship service, the Rev. Dr. Wheaton P. Webb of Toledo, Ohio, a former pastor, will preach the anniversary sermon. At 1 p.m. there will be an anniversary covered-dish dinner under the direction of Mrs. Arthur Mooney Jr.

The Rev. Fred Church will speak during an afternoon get together and Henry Cooley will conduct interviews with some of the older members of the church. Mrs. William Whitcomb and Frank Ames are planning to have a choir representing the various generations, which will lead a hymn sing. The Rev. Richard Graham and the Rev. George Summerson are also expected to attend.

Committees are as follows: General chairman, Mrs. Ernest C. George. Morning service, Mrs. Inez Goodwell and the Rev. Ernest C. George. Afternoon service, Mrs. Allen Jamieson, Mr. Henry Cooley, Mrs. William Whitcomb and Franklin Ames. Dinner arrangements, Mrs. Arthur Moody Jr. Hosts and hostesses, Mr. and Mrs. Matthias Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Albert DeLong, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Doig and Frank Moak Sr.; ushers chairman, Joseph Nelson.