Gene Bassage being interviewed (2019)
Bill Sitzman doing the interviewing (2019):
35 minutes Interview of Gene Bassage done on 6/5/2019 with Bill Sitzman.
Bill Sitzman (born 1942) is a long-time Sodus Bay Historical Society member & lives near Trumansburg, NY.
Gene Bassage (born 1927) grew up on a farm in Walworth, NY but spent many summers on S. Shore Rd., Sodus Point. Gene & his father, Homer and grandfather ran a Ford dealership for years.
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Gene remembers roads, cottages, businesses and people here in the 1930’s-40’s, etc..
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Gene’s parents were Josephine (Sherburne) and Homer Bassage.
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Gene’s paternal grandfather was Velorous Bassage.
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E. Bassage store was on the corner of Irwin St. and Greig St. , approx.. 1911. It was run by Gene’s great uncle (Loran or Louis) Bassage. By boat, they delivered groceries and even gasoline to people on the islands, Charles Point, etc..
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