Word: rosenstraus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...remained about the same" is the best way Hannah Rosenstraus, 90, can describe the town where she has spent her life...
...Rosenstraus is the longest and oldest resident in this hamlet of 50 people, an unincorporated settlement near the town of Hancock in western New York. She was born, raised and still lives in the same house...
During World War II, a factory churned out acetate, vital to weapons production, and wood alcohol. "We always had chicken pies out on the Fourth of July," Rosenstraus says, but the tradition "stopped because people...
Today, many of the residents "work on the State Road in the summer and live off unemployment in the winter," says Rosenstraus, referring to New York's highway-repair project...
...including Rosenstraus, seems to know the origin of the hamlet's name, but she speculates that the town's founders were from New England and named it after their alma mater...