Downtown 1923 — Desk sergeant without a badge
The Glens Falls Common Council neglected to provide a badge when it appointed Jack Cashion desk sergeant of the city Police Department a century ago.
So, a group of city residents took the matter in their own hands.
“Yesterday a group of friends at the Ridge Street fire station presented him with a star-shaped badge bearing the inscription: ‘Sergeant 22,’” The Post-Star reported on May 19, 1923. “Attached to the badge was a fish hook, symbolic of the genial Jack’s ambition when the fish are biting at Glen Lake. But the bass are safe, for the season at least, for Jack will be busy in Police Headquarters from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.”
In other downtown Glens Falls 1923 news collected from The Post-Star archives:
- It was double the dancing pleasure at this first-time event a century ago.
“With two orchestras playing continuously from 9 to 1, the Marathonian Club entertaining at the first of a series of dancing parties last night in Sherman Hall. More than 250 lovers of the light fantastic were in attendance, and, from all indications, the first Marathonian party was a huge success.” — May 12
- The family musical vaudeville act Four Kings and Dad was a big hit in their performance at The Empire Theatre on South Street. — May 15
- Vanetta’s six-piece, singing orchestra played “to a large and appreciative crowd” at a Glens Falls Moose Lodge dance party. — May 24
- Nationally-known efficency expert S.F. Fannon, author of “The 75-Cent Dollar in Business” spoke at a Glens Falls Rotary Club luncheon at Glens Falls Y.M.C.A. cafeteria. — May 23
- The Glens Falls Elks Lodge inducted 16 new members at a ceremony that nearly 200 people attended. — May 24.
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