• 'Buster' Major: Solvay mayor
• Helen Smolinski Major
• Charlie Major: he put out fires
• Oel Johnson: Bataan survivor
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• Sleeping with a snake
• Vacations in paradise
• When nicknames were fun
ª Charlie sees a UFO
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• The 1943 sludge flood
• It was shades of the Old West
• Shoot-out near St. Cecilia's
• Did Al Capone send them?
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• William James Major
• Boleslaw (William) Smolinski
• William McLaughlin Sr.
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• Enough with breaking the plane
• Goodbye, free speech
• A new synonym for 'hypocrite'
• We're from another planet
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• Three Stooges: They had a plan
• Betty White: Just getting started
• Barbara Streisand: Uneasy
• Dick Van Dyke: Quality prevailed
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• The Galapagos 'empress'
• Con woman Cassie Chadwick
• He wrote Trump's playbook
• The mother-in-law from hell
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• Bonnie and Clyde: overrated
• Wilbur Underhill: the baddest
• John Dillinger: the most famous
• Harvey Bailey: unlucky at golf
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Top photo: Solvay High School's 1920 football team. Coach Earl Hadley is standing on the left; fifth from the left is Buster Major. If you recognize any of the other players, let us know.
 
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