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Recollections
Stanley "Buster"
Major:
Athlete, prankster,
politician
Helen Smolinski
Major:
We called ther
the navigator

Jack Major:
Often blessed with
good timing

Mary Beth
Major Chard:
As a child, she
was never alone
Olinda Johnson
Major:
Cupid was
a car thief
Jeffrey Stephen
Major:
Child psychology
didn't work
Laura Suzanne
Major:
Watch out for
the quiet ones
Meridith Johnson
Major:
She loves L. A.
Bimby and Bobby Smolinski:
Anything you can do . . .
William Smolinski:
He put us into
the movies
Jim Smolinski:
He always had
the last laugh
Tom Smolinski:
He made it look easy
Liz Major:
Family historian,
poet laureate
Wanda Smolinski
Kaldowski:
Maybe she
WAS Gracie Allen
Alma Kaldowski
Furcinito:
The perfect
talk show guest
Kathleen Nicholson
Mullally Johnson:
A face from the '40
Sister Mary
Antonia:
Beloved nun
from Skaneateles
Oel Johnson: Adversity met
its match 		Stewart and
Ruth Donnan:
King and queen
of Donnan Farm
Charles Major Sr.: Remarkable in
many ways
Charles Major Jr.:
The judge who
puts out fires
John C. McLaughlin:
 Jordan lawyer
and politician
Thomas Francis
McLaughlin:
The singing professor

Also:
Patrick Carrigan: The Irish Lord of Skaneateles
Modesto "Mike" Chemotti: He led a very long, full life
Msgr. Robert Davern: A long and varied ministry
James D. Flynn: World War One sharpshooter
John Edward Major: Auburn police detective
John P. Major: Vacations weren't for him
Sarto Major: From deputy to Onondaga County sheriff
Mickey Major: Best known as a baseball player (below)
Thomas Major: Barber and proud father
Edward F. McLaughlin: State Supreme Court judge
Lachlan D. McLaughin: Fighter pilot
Michael J. O'Hara: He was the man to call
Rev. Joseph J. Smolinski: The preaching paratrooper
1931 Reunion: Descendants of Mary Anne and William Major

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In the news
God Struck Out
In 1913, Mickey Major and 17 others were arrested. Their crime? Playing baseball on Sunday. (Mickey's the man in the middle in the photo above.)
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Tony Kane's last voyage
The bootlegging Kane could have been a character in "Boardwalk Empire."
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Christmas tragedy
In December, 1929, Leo Major and six other teenagers crammed into a car to buy holiday decorations in Skaneateles for their school. Minutes later tragedy struck.
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Grapes of wrath
Two O'Hara sisters from Camillus,, NY, went for a ride with some friends one night and wound up getting shot at by a farmer hiding in his grape vines.
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Missing brother found in Pennsylvania after 19 years
William McLaughlin, who disappeared from Skaneateles, NY, in 1891, was found in 1910 by his brother, James, in a hamlet in the heart of the Allegheny Mountains in Pennsylvania.
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Adventurous job
Andrew Carrigan discovered that being a motorman on the electric railroad had its hazards.
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Another James McLaughin
While there were several McLaughlin family members in Skaneateles, including two named James, it was a third James McLaughlin who may have been the most interesting, though it's only a guess to say he was related to the others.
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It could have been much worse
It's a miracle only one Marcellus student was killed at the Kirkville train crossing.
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Tragedy at Putnam's Crossing
Two lives were lost as the result of a spectacular, but perhaps inevitable train-car collision in Jordan, NY, in 1917.
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Have teasels, will travel
Skaneateles farmers turned weeds into a thriving industry.
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Stalked by tragedy
The family of Kate Major's husband, William J. Dougherty, had more than its share of tragedies.
 
 
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