I forwarded the 1939 information to the gentleman who is President of the local Board of Education and is interested in history. He had a memory that I thought some of you might enjoy. His reply follows. Thanks for all the postings of New York State History!! Les Buell As a side note to New York 1939, I noticed that on June 28 Joe Louis fought Tony Galento--here's the interesting part--when I went into the army my training Sergeant in Basic at Atlantic City was a hulking brute who had been Tony Galento's sparring partner. Iam not certain--memories do get rusty--but I believe his name was Joe Schepp (spelling uncertain). His memorable comment I remember from one confrontation. "You and me gonna take a trip to the hospital. You goin' to get my boot out of your ----- and me, I'm goin' to get my boot!