A Day to Celebrate Jamestown Area Community Federal Credit Union MAIN OFFICE Clymer at 200 and Its Volunteer Fire Department at 100 915 East 2Nd St
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JamestownGazette.com E WEEK E L R Y F PROUD MEMBER OF BICENTENNIAL Chautauqua Marketing Solutions, Inc. The People’s Paper. Vol. 11 • No. 30 | Week of July 26, 2021 Distributed in Ashville, Bemus Point, Barcelona, Busti, Celoron, Chautauqua, Clymer, Dewittville, Falconer, Frewsburg, Gerry, Greenhurst, Jamestown, Kennedy, Lakewood, Maple Springs, Mayville, Panama, Randolph, Sherman, Sinclairville, Steamburg, Stedman, Stockton, Stow, Westfield, Russell, Sugar Grove and Warren, PA Your Community ~ Your Credit Union A Day to Celebrate Jamestown Area Community Federal Credit Union MAIN OFFICE Clymer at 200 and its Volunteer Fire Department at 100 915 East 2nd St. • 716-483-1650 LAKEWOOD: RANDOLPH: Article Contributed by 121 Chautauqua Ave. 71 Main Street 716-763-3642 716-358-9326 Rod Beckerink FREWSBURG: PANAMA: 7 N. Pearl Street 1 E. Main Street his year, the Town of Clymer 716-569-6789 716-782-2336 celebrates its bicentennial www.jacfcu.org while the Clymer Volunteer This credit union is federally insured by the TFire Department enjoys its National Credit Union Administration. centennial year of existence. On Saturday July 31st, there will be a celebration for both. CLYMER As many people might know, BICENTENNIAL the town was named in honor of CELEBRATION George Clymer , a Pennsylvanian Submitted Photo signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the US Clymer’s pride in its many like Clymer, that usually means being Constitution. Settled initially by traditions, combined with a sense of concerned for the needs of each other. English/American settlers whovolunteerism and civic responsibility, acquired property from the Holland is part of what small town America Just one part of that dynamic Land Company in the early 1800s, is all about. While some are drawn in Clymer is its volunteer fire Clymer would take on a noticeable to the city for a variety of reasons, department, now in its 100th year Dutch identity following the others find opportunity in and existence. Organized in late 1921, settlement of immigrants from affinity for country living. While hundreds of men and women have Holland in the mid-1800s. Some of there is a sense of independence and filled the ranks of fire fighters and that Dutch influence remains today self-reliance in a small town, there’s EMTs over the years. When the call especially when associated with red also the acknowledgment that what comes for help putting out a fire, or an INSIDE THIS ISSUE: windmills, the Tulip Festival and the makes good neighbors is a sense of Front Cover & 9-11 Dutch Village Restaurant. community and, in small hamlets CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 IN THIS ISSUE Clymer Bicentennial ....1, 9-12, 16 Clymer acquires its Dutch Heritage Editor’s Message ....................3 Article Contributed by Obituaries .................................4 Faith Matters ...........................5 Rod Beckerink Puzzles .......................................7 hen one travels to Clymer Classifieds ...............................13 today, you might see one The Everyday Hunter® ......15 of four red windmills alongW the roads leading into town. Distribution List ....................17 Friends Around Town ........18 You could stop at the Dutch Village Around Town .........................19 Restaurant and possibly hear some conversation regarding the Tulip Festival. What gave Clymer this unique cultural flavor came from the immigration of dozens of Dutch Submitted Photo JamestownGazette.com CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 Staying Active & Living Well at Edgewood. The Edgewood Communities prioritize your health and wellness in retirement. Our fitness center, on-site personal trainer, seasonal putting green, and close proximity to our area’s nature attractions will help you stay active in a clean, safe, socially-distanced way! 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