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for nine years, then moved to Skaneateles. He led the way on foot with a cow in tow. Meanwhile his wife and family rode behind in a sledge, packed with all their possessions and drawn by a yoke of oxen.

Here in Skaneateles John first built a log cabin for his family to live in until he could build a house. Then he turned his attention to building a barn. He fell while building the barn roof and died from his injuries at the age of 44. He was buried on his homestead, then later moved to Lakeview Cemetery.

His son, John, became the chief engineer of the H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company. He was the one who invented the air-cooled engine which became a great boost for car manufacturing.

The Skaneateles house on East Genesee Street, on a knoll overlooking the Skanellus restaurant, was enlarged and remodeled over the years, until, in August of 2021, it was demolished by a bulldozer.

Solomon Edwards

Solomon Edwards was born in Massachusetts on July 19, 1753. He was enrolled in Captain Oliver Lyman’s Company of Northampton in

1777 during the Revolutionary War. In 1790, the census shows him in Easthampton.

He, his wife, Catherine, and his family came to Skaneateles in 1809 in the last of February. They settled on the farm he had purchased on East Lake Road, still known as the Edwards farm. The family was also fortunate to be just in time for the March 1, 1809 dedication of the Presbyterian Church on the hill, just east of the village on Onondaga Street. Solomon died on August 23,1834 at the age of 82 and is buried in Lake View Cemetery.

Richard Lord

Richard Lord was born in Lyme, Connecticut on Jan. 14, 1765. He married Deborah Jewett who was his second cousin.

He enlisted to serve in the Revolutionary War from Lyme on Dec. 12, 1779. He was assigned to Zebulon Butler’s regiment. However, in 1790, he was stationed in London, Connecticut.

He was a saddler and after the war’s end, he and his family moved to Skaneateles. It was here that where his wife died on March 15, 1838. Richard died in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1844.

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Question:What to do with the golf ball?

Many times over four days at Augusta National this week, a top golfer will bring out the driver, take a big swing and send a projectile 300 to 350 yards, maybe more depending on the conditions.

Spectators – no, wait, patrons , this is Augusta – will gasp and clap. TV viewers, golfers and otherwise, will shake their heads knowing they can’t ever pull that off in their lifetimes.

And the debate will surface again –do we need to dial back the golf ball?

Both the United States Golf Association and the Royal and Ancient, which governs the sport in the rest of the world, announced last month that, starting in 2026, their signature events, the U.S. Open and the Open Championship, will feature a standard ball that every player must use.

As part of the local rules, each competitor in these majors will use balls designed specifically not to travel as far as they do now, maybe 15 or 20 yards shorter on average.

This followed years of research by golf’s governing bodies and coincided with an explosion in how far top players hit drives, forcing many older courses, including Augusta, to add length in an attempt to combat all of it.

Quite a divide has formed on this issue. Some stars, like Justin Thomas and Jon Rahm, hate the proposal. Others, like Rory McIlroy, say it’s about time.

What makes it far more complicated is that there really is no right or wrong answer here. It’s all a matter of how we, as golfers and golf fans, wish to see the sport played at its highest level.

For most of the 20 th century, this wasn’t a problem. Even as equipment got better (steel shafts replaced hickory, metal drivers replaced persimmon), driving distance increased at a gradual rate, and courses of all sizes could challenge them.

A new millennium, though, brought several new factors. One was Tiger Woods and his complete domination of golf, rendering Augusta and other courses inadequate.

Another was all the guys Tiger inspired, getting bigger, faster and stronger.

Also, ball technology brought even more distance.

Among the many problems this created was courses having to use more land to keep up, which meant more costs for maintenance that was far from earth-friendly. Worse yet, many great courses fell out of favor.

This is what the USGA and R&A is trying to address.

Their reasons for a standard ball include, most critically, their belief that if everyone started out with a ball that only carried so far, it would force them to (1) get in better shape to hit it further and (2) hone their skills in order to draw and fade it on longer shots.

In other words, all of a golfer’s skills would be emphasized again, not just brute strength.

Then, in terms of hosting future championships, courses could get judged on their overall merit, not whether it’s 7,500 yards or more from the tips.

Countering all this is the argument that fans and players love to see the drives go deep, that golf has far bigger problems than the distance balls fly and that maybe more emphasis should be placed on facing those issues, such as inclusion.

They also (correctly) point out that, no matter how far anyone hits it, it still comes down to the short game, holing putts and chipping and getting it up and down from bunkers and other tough situations.

Lastly, they’ll say that golf’s allure comes from the fact that recreational

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