A sudden death in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] early Tuesday morning removed one of the leading members of Chenango county bar, Hon. Julien Scott. Mr. Scott had been in Binghamton on legal business Monday afternoon. He returned at 6 p.m. and passed the evening at his home as usual. At 1 o'clock the next morning he was seized with a heart attack known as embolism and died an hour later. The community was greatly moved for Mr. Scott had been prominent in Bainbridge life for the past thirty-five years. He was president of the centralized school system of this community and was actively engrossed in the details concerning the addition to the Bainbridge school building, which had recently been approved by the State Education Department. He had been a member of the Board of Education of Bainbridge High School for twenty-five years and when centralization was adopted Mr. Scott succeeded to the chairmanship of the Board. Mr. Scott has been actively engaged in the practice of law in Chenango county and vicinity since his admission to the bar in 1899. Upon his return in 1897 from California, where he passed ten years, he entered the law office of the late W.B. Matterson and two years later became his law partner. When Mr. Matterson moved to Norwich a few years later, Mr. Scott continued his law practice in Bainbridge. He was born in Bainbridge March 21, 1867, the son of Dwight and Anna Packard Scott, pioneer residents of Bainbridge. He was a graduate of the Bainbridge high school, class of 1883. As a leader in the Republican Party of Chenango county he was elected to the State Assembly of the Legislature in 1907 and served with honor two terms. He was appointed special county judge in 1904. In 1925 he became one of the trustees of the Supreme Court Library at Norwich. Besides his many business activities he was prominent in fraternal life. He was a Past Master of Susquehanna Lodge, No. 167, F.&A.M., and for the years of 1921 to 1924 and in 1928, he was patron of the local chapter of Eastern Star. He was also a Past Assistant Grand Lecturer of the Order of Eastern Star for the Broome-Chenango District. In 1899 he married Mrs. Anna Simond, of Bainbridge , who with a step-daughter, Mrs. Helen Landon, survives. Mr. Scott was one of the best known men in this section. Besides his skill and ability as a lawyer, he was sociable, witty, generous and noted for his loyalty to friends. The funeral service will be held Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock in St. Peter's Episcopal Church, the Rev. Bradford Tite, rector, officiating. Interment will be made in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY], where the services will be conducted by the lodge of which he was a member. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 18, 1933]
Masonville [Delaware Co., NY] mourns the death of an esteemed resident. William H. Johnston, who passed quietly from our midst Tuesday morning, May 16, at the home of his son, Raymond, after a short illness of pneumonia. Mr. Johnston was born at Bettsburg, town of Colesville [Broome Co., NY], on February 6, 1863, the son of Andrew J. Johnston and Mable l. Doolittle Johnston. In 1886 he was united in marriage with Miss Carrie Whitney, of Sidney Center, and to them five children were born, two of whom died in infancy with diphtheria. The greater part of Mr. Johnston's life was spent on a farm near Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY] until the time of Mrs. Johnston's death, November 9, 1918. Since that time Mr. Johnston has known no permanent home. He spent last winter with his brother, Frank, who passed away seven weeks ago. Mr. Johnston was a hard working man, of a kind and loving disposition which won for him may friends wherever he went. He was Methodist and a strong believer in our dear Lord and Savior and in the passing of Mr. Johnston the people of Masonville lose a true Christian man. In his immediate family he leaves to mourn his loss one daughter, Mrs. Charles Storring, of Masonville; two sons, Olin Johnston, of Franklin, and Raymond Johnston, of Masonville; three grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Lillie Nash, of Bennettsville; one brother, Clyde Johnston, of Masonville, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services, which were held at the home of his son, Raymond, Thursday afternoon at two o'clock, were largely attended by relatives and friends who came to pay their last respects to a soul that has left our midst and gone to rest with the Savior. the floral pieces, which were many and beautiful, showed the respect and esteem in which Mr. Johnston was held. Services were conducted by the Rev. David Murray, pastor of the Masonville Federated Church. Interment was made beside his wife in the Masonville cemetery. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 25, 1933]
Clark E. DeForest, 67, who was starting his ninth term as mayor of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], died Monday night after an illness of five months. For a number of years he taught school in central N ew York, but during recent years he was engage din the insurance business in Unadilla. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 25, 1933]
Roger's Hollow [Otsego Co., NY]: Roger's Hollow mourns the death of Clark E. DeForest who died at his home in Unadilla Monday evening. Not many of Roger's Hollow people were better known than Mr. DeForest, who always had a cheerful word and a smile for all whom he met. Mr. DeForest was a faithful member of the Unadilla Grange for many years, being ready to help in every way. His absence will be deeply felt by all its members. Deep sympathy is extended to his wife, Mrs. Dora DeForest and two daughters Mrs. Lillian Dibble, of the Hollow, and Mrs. Fanny Palmer, of East Guilford; a brother, Homer DeForest, and sister, Mrs. Ida Sole, of the Hollow. The funeral was held in the Unadilla M.E. Church Thursday at two o'clock, Rev. Harold C. Buckingham, pastor of the church, officiating. Interment was in Roger's Hollow cemetery. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 25, 1933]
The late Hiram W. Bedell, who passed away as the result of pneumonia on Thursday last at the Central Hotel, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], where he and his estimable wife, who is now critically ill at the same hostelry, have resided since November last, was born in new York city on June 2, 1849. As a young man he decided to follow farming as a vocation. On his 28th birthday, following a romantic courtship he married Nellie, the charming daughter of John W. Hastings, a most successful farmer at Gilbertsville [Otsego Co., NY], who still survives him. Mr. Bedell became an able assistant to Mr. Hastings. Eventually Mrs. Bedell came into possession of one of her father's farms which was a large one. Mr. Bedell, after a number of years of continued success on the farm, retired and became a resident of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], where he was most highly respected as a citizen and honored by public offices. As mayor of Sidney for a number of terms he won the admiration of its most respected citizens by evincing the courage of his convictions for better government. The Bedells sold their home at Sidney and then moved to Mt. Upton. Mr. Bedell was a member of Butternuts Lodge, 515, F.&A.M., Gilbertsville, and of Norwich B.P.O.E., No. 1222. His funeral was held from Colwell's mortuary on Saturday, May 20, at 2 o'clock, and the interment was at the Butternuts Valley cemetery, Gilbertsville. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. E.A. Snyder of the Bainbridge Baptist Church. The Masonic order of service was employed. The floral tributes were many and beautiful. Mr. Bedell is survived by Mrs. Bedell, two brothers and a number of nieces and nephews. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 25, 1933]
His skull fractured when the motorcycle on which he was a passenger crashed into a tree in Afton Sunday night, Thomas Puckey, Johnson City basket ball star, died in Wilson Memorial Hospital, at Johnson City, at about 5 o'clock Monday morning. Clarence Stalker, of Brisben, operator of the machine, is in Bainbridge Hospital with a fractured leg and other injuries. At the sharp right turn near Gregory's store, the Stalker machine, apparently traveled at a good clip, failed to make the turn and ran off the road onto the concrete driveway of the Gregory gas station. Striking a concrete curb which surrounds the Gregory property, the machine hurtled into the air and landed about 30 feet away in the Bradshaw yard, where it sideswiped a large maple and passing on into the front yard of Arthur Colvin, struck another tree head-on. The impact threw both boys from the machine which careened into the highway again, its motor racing. Puckey was thrown from the tandem seat directly into the tree, while Stalker was thrown clear and landed about twenty-five feet away in the Colvin driveway. John Ahrens, also of Johnson City, riding closely behind the Stalker machine, also failed to make the turn, and cut across the drive of the gas station. He missed the curb, however, and got the machine back into the road and stopped it in time to shut off the racing motor of the Stalker machine. He later suffered a nervous collapse. All three youths were removed to the Bainbridge Hospital, where they were treated by Dr. Lee Dodge. Puckey and Ahrens were transferred to the Wilson Memorial Hospital, where Puckey died Monday morning of a brain laceration caused by a bone splinter from the skull fracture. Ahrens was discharged later, having suffered no injuries other than severe nervous shock. It is understood that Puckey and Ahrens left Johnson City early Sunday afternoon on the latter's motorcycle. They went to Brisben, where they met Stalker and there Puckey left Ahrens and mounted Stalker's machine. After riding around the county they were heading east on the main highway when the accident occurred. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 25, 1933]
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