Miscellaneous, Story of O.H. Crandall, 1933

O.H. Crandall Holds Record for Years of Service

Has Been Hauling Milk in This Vicinity for Past Twenty-Eight Years

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 27, 1933

 

 

A familiar figure on the streets of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] is that of O.H. Crandall, who comes to town every day with a load of milk, driving the only horse-drawn rig which now comes to the village.  But few of those who see this faithful driver every day are aware of the fact that he probably holds the record for length of regular service in hauling milk in this vicinity.  For 28 years he has been at it and has been off his job but once during all that time, and that one occasion was due to illness, which kept him in bed for a week.  During that time his work was handled by his son, Ira A. Crandall.

 

Mr. Crandall lives in the East Guilford (Roger's Hollow) section, where he operates his own farm and keeps two men employed, milking 20 head of stock every day  himself.  This, together with farm work and hauling milk for himself and his neighbors along the road between his home and this village, would seem to keep him pretty busy.  Crandall was born in the town of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY] and has spent most of his life there.

 

At present he delivers milk to the Dry Milk Co. and to the Sheffield depot.  He has been drawing to Bainbridge for the past nine years.  For nearly 20 years he delivered to Julian DePark Cheese Factory, taking milk there from the Leonard farm for many years.  He is a great lover of horses and in his earlier days of hauling owned a pair of ponies which served him faithfully for 18 years.  Mr. Crandall before he began to haul milk was for a time foreman over a force of 25 men at the W.S. Myers experimental farm; and before that he sold extracts for the Auburn Extract Company, of Auburn, N.Y.

 

Mr. Crandall takes delight in being of assistance to motorists and traffic generally on the highways.  His slower-moving milk truck is never a deterrent to the fast travel of modern times because he is always willing to look out for the other fellow and give everybody a "break."  His many friends here hope that he will be seen on the streets and highways of this community for a long time to come.  He is hale and hearty and looks good for many more years of the work which he enjoys.  Needless to say, this veteran driver never worries about the weather. If it happens to rain, why rain is just what we need, says he.  This sort of philosophy keeps him happy at his work.