Coon Road Speedway Event – Rousing Success – Ox Roast 2018!
BeeLines - July 11, 2018
By Marybelle Beigh, Westfield Town & Village Historian
Coon Road Speedway Event – Rousing Success – Ox Roast 2018!
Right there at the start of the activity venues at Ottaway Park Westfield Firemen’s Ox Roast 2018, was a white tent with an old white race car - #18 (how appropriate!) – a replica of the #18, 1941 Mercury race car that was driven by Don Strain at Coon Road Speedway, about some 60 years ago.
Coon Road Speedway Documentary
Coon Road Speedway located south of Westfield N.Y. just off the Westfield-Serman Road on Coon Road was build by Joel Swartout in 1956. It ran 1956-58 and 1960-61. A collaborative effort headed by Randy Anderson, Greg Peterson and Randy Sweeney produced a documentary on the racetrack: Coon Road Speedway
Bus Trip to Philadelphia & Pennsylvania Amishlands
BUS TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA & PENNSYLVANIA AMISHLANDS
Featuring the Museum of the American Revolution
This is a White Star Tours trip
4 Days - 3 Nights
November 6th-9th, 2018
$545 per person (double occupancy)
Package Includes:
2018 Movies in the Park / Field Schedule
SUMMER MOVIES IN THE PARK/FIELD SCHEDULE
The Westfield Recreation Department will be showing / helping to show 4 movies in the park/field this summer! Everyone is welcome to bring a chair or blanket and enjoy the movies!
Show time: as soon after dusk as is dark enough
Parents are reminded that children must be accompanied by an adult and supervised at all time. Enforced smoke, alcohol, and pet free environment.
Free admission
Jacob Ludes Author Visit - A Thread in the Fabric: The Chautauqua-Erie Region to 1865
6 PM - 7 PM
A New History of Western New York
Jacob Ludes, III, a western New York native and internationally respected educator, has published a micro-history of America. The history recounts the full scope of American history from first people to 1865 through the lens of the Chautauqua-Erie Region of western New York State.
Old World Craftsmanship is Alive and Well in Westfield
By Sue Poster, Westfield-Barcelona Chamber of Commerce Coordinator
Westfield Fish 2018 June People’s Choice Winner
During the July 6, First Friday event held on Main Street in Westfield the winner of the #Westfield Fish 2018 project was awarded to the Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation - ER fish #60. After counting hundreds of ballots a clear winner was established and the June trophy, a framed certificate and a $50.00 Shoptauqua Gift Card were awarded to Kathryn Bronstien and the artist, that created this wonderful entry, Kathy McAllister, by Westfield Barcelona Community Chamber of Commerce board member, Marilyn Hemmer.