To the Editor:

The Westerlo Hometown Heroes Banner Committee is excited to announce that all 61 banners depicting Westerlo’s Hometown Heroes are now displayed throughout town. This includes 45 new banners and 16 banners from last season displayed again.

This is our second year hosting this program and we are excited that we have doubled the number of banners from our first year! We invite you to take a tour around town and view our heroes going all the way back to the Civil War.

The committee would also like to thank the generous donors of this year’s banners. Whenever possible, please support these local people and businesses who support our heroes: Assemblyman Chris Tague, Bank of Greene County, Cottonwood Creek Veterinary Services, Craig Apple, Cypress Creek, Eastern Mutual Insurance, Energy Solutions for Americans, GNH, J&L Transport, Kelly’s Pharmacy, Larry and Dotty Verch, LeeAnn Royer at CM Fox Real Estate, M&Bs, Maple on the Lake, McDermott Automotive, Town Line Auto, Town Line Motorsports, and Whiteman Osterman & Hanna.

We are hosting our closing ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 2 p.m. at the Westerlo Baptist Church. Everyone is invited and more details will follow.

We are also currently accepting donations of any amount to help with the costs of the ceremony. Checks may be made payable to Westerlo Hometown Heroes and mailed to Amie Burnside, 25 County Route 413, Westerlo, NY 12193.

Below is a list of Westerlo’s Hometown Heroes and where their banners are located:

“Yankee” Mallery – SR 85

Dominic Woodmansee – SR 143

Gordon Rennick – SR 143

Marc Rennick – SR 143

Burt Woodruff – SR 143

Walter Blodgett – SR 143

Edsel Quick – SR 143

Charles E Boone – SR 143

Mark Burnside – SR 143

Stephen Burnside – SR 143

Bill Bichteman –  SR 143

Joseph Farkas – SR 143/CR 1

Frederick Snyder – CR 1

George Snyder – CR 1

Walter Snyder – CR 1

Alvin Latham – CR 1

Thurman J. Bishop Jr. – SR 143

Clyde Filkins – SR 143

Henry Latham – SR 143

Ricky Haley – SR 143

Jason Seaburg – SR 143

Roger Hannay – SR 143

Dwight Hannay – SR 143

Delbert Haley – SR 143

Elwood Arthur “Bill” Haley SR – 143

Arnold “Stub”Haley – SR 143

Everett Johnston – SR 143

James Croote – SR 143

Clifford John Fisher – CR 312

Douglas Fisher – CR 312

Clifford J. Fisher III – CR 312

Timothy Fisher – CR 312

William Kelly – CR 312

Charles Haley – SR 143/SR 32

Barry Applebee – SR 143/SR 32

A David Guilzon – SR 32/CR 405

William Therrien – CR 405/403

Belva Gardiner – CR 405

James Eardly – CR 405

Carl Smith – CR 405

William Cornell – CR 405

Fletcher Tallman – CR 405

Paul Klob – CR 405

Mary Clickman Moore – CR 405/403

John Hassel – CR 401

Percival Palmer – CR 401

Robert Cooper – CR 401

George Langdon – CR 401

William Loetterle – CR 401

John Gould Ives – CR 401

Jerry Adinolfi – CR 401

Ralph Conde – CR 401

Stanley Lockwood – CR 401

Fred Snyder – CR 401

Steve Savino – CR 401

Charles H. Peck Jr – CR 401

Keith Wright – CR 401

Robert Dietz – CR 401

Luke McDermott – CR 401

Richard Filkins – CR 401

Dennis McDermott – CR 401

Thank you to all those who have and are currently serving and God Bless America!

Amie Burnside

Chairperson

Lisa DeGroff

Betty Filkins

Rick Haley Sr.

Dotty Verch

Westerlo