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This Week in Rockland: Newspaper Excerpts: Flashback Friday: Week of August 23

2024-08-23 TWIR Images-Lt Stewart

August 22, 1874 – 150 YEARS AGO
Rockland County Journal

ANOTHER OLD PAPER
       From Mr. Timothy Horgan, of Nyack, we have received No. 155 of Volume III of the New York Morning Post, dated November 7th 1783. The paper is 16 x 25 inches, four pages, and contains among the interesting matter, Washington’s farewell address to the army and a proclamation by Sir Guy Carleton, K. B., then Commander-in-Chief of all his magesty’s [sic] forces within the Colonies.

AROUND HOME
   ☞ A peach festival hasn’t been announced in this vicinity this season. What is the matter?
   ☞ Ground has been broken on Piermont Avenue for Commodore Voorhis’ new buildings.
   ☞ The section of the moon we saw on Wednesday evening looked like a piece of singed blanket.
   ☞ Certain boys in our village who are itching to steal melons are watched, so look out for yourselves.
   ☞ The schooner George Edwins sunk at Grassy Point, on Monday last. She had a cargo of brick.
   ☞ It is said that the grading of the N.J. and Albany Railroad is about half completed to Haverstraw.

August 24, 1924 – 100 YEARS AGO
Pearl River News

TWO BOYS HURT WHEN MOTORCYCLE HITS CAT
       Herbert Rosscoe, 17, and his brother, Eugene, 15, were severely hurt Monday when the Harley-Davidson motorcycle in which they were riding upset when it hit a cat on the Orangeburg road near their home and threw them out.
       Dr. S. R. Monteith took a stitch in the younger Roscoe boy’s eye and treated his arm which had been injured. The older boy hurt his left arm and leg. They will be out again in about a week.

CONSTITUTION TO BE STUDIED IN THE SCHOOL — WILL BE FIRST INTRODUCED IN EIGHTH GRADE IN STATE SCHOOLS
       Under orders issued by the Board of Regents of the State of New York there will be introduced in the schools of the State the study of the constitution of the United States. The first year in which it will be introduced will be the eighth grade, or graduating class from the grammar schools. It will be continued through the academic course of four years. This is in keeping with the newly introduced subject Americanism and political economy.
       The introduction of this branch of study will make it necessary for Nyack under the free book system to make another investment in school literature sufficient to outfit five classes at the outset.
       Heretofore there have been examinations in English in the high school curriculum. These will be eliminated that at the time of taking the final examinations there will be a test in knowledge of the language covering periods previously gone over, necessitating a thorough foundation knowledge of English as the lower branches are covered in the grades.

August 24, 1974 – 50 YEARS AGO
The Journal News

EXPLORERS GET INVOLVED
[Image: Lt. Stewart, Jon Paley, Lolly Swift, Linda Schwarz and Bob Dugan. Journal News staff photo by Al Witt.]
       If you see a navy blue-uniformed teenager riding in a patrol car, don’t think the Sheriff’s Department has secretly lowered the age requirement for deputies.
       The youth is an Explorer Scout who belongs to a post the department sponsors.
       Explorers are the oldest age group in the Boy Scouts of America, ranging from 16 to 19 years old. It used to be a males-only club devoted to advanced camping and survival trips. Television ads for the group stressed canoe trips in rugged mountains.
       Today, it is a coed organization which emphasizes career-oriented activities.
       “It’s a new generation,” said Lt. Harry Stewart of the Sheriff’s Patrol.
       “Boy Scouting was losing membership all over the country. There was no interest in camping and it was not considered cool to be a boy scout anymore,” he said.
       There are several new-style posts in the county, including one for aspiring medical technicians in which the scouts work at hospitals. There’s even one on the judiciary system for scouts interested in courts.
       The Sheriff’s Patrol post opened in March with a dozen members. They began by attending lectures on what law enforcement entails, and what its functions and philosophies are.
       From there, they moved to a general acquaintance with criminal law and technical aspects of the trade such as fingerprinting, photography, investigatory procedures, and criminal record keeping.
       Last week, a group accompanied deputies on their afternoon car patrols. Stewart hopes to use them to “reach their contemporaries” in discussions of narcotics abuse, bicycle safety, and personal safety.
       Although explorers may help the department by answering phones or typing basic reports, they perform no police functions. What clerical aid they provide is closely supervised by a regular deputy.
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This Week in Rockland (#FBF Flashback Friday) is prepared by Clare Sheridan on behalf of the Historical Society of Rockland County. © 2024 by The Historical Society of Rockland County. #FBF Flashback Friday may be reprinted only with written permission from the HSRC. To learn about the HSRC’s mission, upcoming events or programs, visit www.RocklandHistory.org or call (845) 634-9629.


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