The houses in the picture on the left were demolished in order to widen West Main Street and also build a park on that site. In the picture on the right,Kagans old store and the house behind it on Ferry Street were demolished in order to widen Ferry Street and to make it safer to enter and exit the intersection.
I have solicited donations for the park benches and would like to thank those who have donated.
They are:
Knight Auchmoody Funeral Home,Port Jervis,N.Y. P.R.Addio Inc.,Milford, Pa.
Strategic Power Management,Goshen,N.Y. Times Herald Record,Middletown,N.Y.
Orange & Rockland Utilities,Pearl River,N.Y. A&W Products Co.,Port Jervis, New York
Smith Plumbing & Heating,Port Jervis,N.Y. Neversink Lumber,Port Jervis,N.Y
Citizens Communications, Middletown, New York Hudson United Bank,PortJervis,N.Y
Pennstar Bank, Port Jervis, New York Simmons-Monahan Family,PortJervis,N.Y.
Total collected was $4,650.00.
The members of the park committee were:
Dennis Simmons,Chairman George A.Belcher Lisa Buczek Carmen Prisco Jim Fuller
Tim Gottleib Duane Mapes John Wortman Dottie Solomon Leonard Stateman