Margaret Lorimer Aldrich, a resident of Rockwell's Mills, Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], passed away at her home Tuesday morning at 3 o'clock, Oct. 20, after a nine days' illness of bronchial pneumonia. The deceased was born in Scotland on Feb. 18, 1869, the daughter of Mary (Mitchell) and Edward Lorimer. The best years of her life have been spent in the home where she died. Surviving are one son, Ward Aldrich, of Rockwell's Mills, and a sister, Mrs. Claude Curtis, of Guilford. Final rites were held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Baptist Church in Mt. Upton, the Rev. McPherson officiating. Burial in the North Guilford Cemetery. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 29, 1942]
Walter Wedge, O.&W. agent at Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] for the past 30 years, passed away at the Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich, at 11:45 Thursday evening, after a lingering illness. He had been a patient at the hospital for six weeks. Mr. Wedge was born in Upperville, Town of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], 63 years ago last June 9, and he has lived in Smyrna, North Norwich and Guilford during his life. He has been a valued employee of the O.&W.R.R. for 44 years and was a member of the O.&W. Veterans' Association. Prior to his coming to Guilford as agent, he served the O.&W. at Galena, North Norwich for around 14 years. Mr. Wedge was held in the highest respect by a large circle of friends. He took a keen interest in all community affairs. Surviving are the widow, one son, Leslie Wedge, of Oxford; a sister, Mrs. Mary Lasker, of Smyrna. Services were held at the Breese Funeral Home, Norwich, at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, with the Rev. Charles Dempsey, of Guilford, officiating. Burial was made in the Sherburne West Hill Cemetery. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 29, 1942]
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma M. Lockwood, of Nineveh [Broome Co., NY]were conducted a week ago Friday in the Tabor Funeral Home at Afton. The Rev Clifford E. Webb officiated. Mrs. Lockwood was a sister of Frank Johnson, of Bainbridge. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 29, 1942]
Harry Leroy Kingsley
Tragedy, unprecedented for its viciousness and suddenness, struck Bainbridge, Saturday, and transformed an apparently average Halloween Day into a black-letter day which will not soon be forgotten when Harry Leroy Kingsley, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Kingsley, of Front street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] was instantly killed; the victim of a shotgun blast accidentally fired by Keith Thomas, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ardo Thomas, of South Hill. the accident occurred at about one o'clock in the afternoon, the terrible climax to a day of pleasure to both the young boys, on the dirt road just above the home of A.P. Hohreiter on South Hill. The two boys, the closest of friends, had spent the day hunting in the woods on the Hill and were walking along the road, Keith carrying a bag of butternuts and his gun. Young Thomas bent over and placed the bag on the ground for his friend to pick up and carry and as he straightened, after setting the bag on the road, his gun accidentally discharged, the shot striking Harry directly through the heart and instantly killing him. First to arrive on the scene of horror, was Mrs. A.P. Hohreiter, who immediately summoned the Sidney Ambulance First Aid Squad. John Drachler and Albert Kirkland, both of Bainbridge, who were hunting in that vicinity, were the next on the scene, and County Coroner Carl Meachan, of Greene, was called. Coroner Meachan issued a verdict of accidental death by gunfire and stated that the shot had struck the lad in the heart, causing death by internal hemorrhage instantly. The grief of the two boys' families and all their friends knew no bounds when news of the accident began to spread through town. Harry and Keith had started out on the day's hunting alone, and had picked up two friends, Neil Mayes, 17, and William Mayes, 12, just before the fatal shooting. The boys had all been walking together, as they had done many time before, with no thoughts but of the day's sport and the evening's fun to come. Never was there the slightest thought that one of them would not live to see another Halloween Eve. The same sympathy and comfort extended by everyone in town to the bereaved Kingsley family is given to the Thomas family and to young Keith. The heartiest of expressions of comfort go out to Keith from all local residents, those who know him and those who do not--his sorrow is felt by all. Harry LeRoy Kingsley was born May 14, 1927, in the Town of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]. He was an enthusiastic hunter and fisherman and, at the time of his death, was enrolled as a member of the Freshman Class in Bainbridge Central High School, where he actively participated in many extra-curricular events. he was a member of the Agriculture Class, the Manual Training Class, a trumpet player in the School Band, a member of the football squad and a member of the Bainbridge junior Fire Department. Harry also attended the local Presbyterian Church. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kingsley; four sisters, Mrs. L.D. Sutliff, of Norwich; Mrs. Glen Coulter, Gladys and Betty Jean Kingsley, all of Bainbridge; two brothers, Pvt. Robert Kingsley, of the U.S. Army, now somewhere in England, and Kenneth E. Kingsley, Jr., of Bainbridge; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Madison Sayles, of Oxford. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, November 3, in the Colwell Brothers' Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. R. Lewis Johnson, officiating. The pall-bearers were school chums of the dead boy, Otto Neidlinger, Jr., Newton Bliss, George Mertz, Ward Bradish and Donald Riker. The junior Firemen and the members of the freshman class attended the funeral, given special release from their scholastic studies by Principal Casey. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 5, 1942]
Mrs. Mary B. Sands, 83, widow of the late William G. Sands, passed away in her sleep at her home on Fellows street, Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], on Oct. 29. Mrs. Sands had been in ill health for some time but had been confined to her bed for only three days prior to her demise. The funeral, which was private was held from the home on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock with burial in the Sands family plot in Greenlawn Cemetery, Bainbridge. Interment was beside her husband who died in 1931, and a daughter, Alice, who died in 1896, in her eighth year. The Rev. Robert Moore, rector of St. Mathew's Church, Unadilla conducted the services. Mrs. Sands was born in Bainbridge on May 17, 1859, the daughter of Nelson A. and Joann Bacon Humphrey. On December 21, 1881, she married William G. Sands and they resided in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] until 1904 when they moved to Unadilla, coming back 13 years later to again reside in this village, and returning to Unadilla to stay in 1927. Mrs. Sands' parents and grandparents were among the earliest of Bainbridge settlers; her ancestors moving here in the 1830s from Canton Centre, Conn., to the farm homestead now owned by Melvin Livingston on the East Side about one mile above Bainbridge, that dwelling having been built by Mrs. Sands' father, Nelson A. Humphrey. Her grandfather, Col. A.N. Humphrey was one of the charter members in organizing the Masonic Lodge in Bainbridge. The Lodge Rooms, today, contain wall pictures and records pertaining to Col. Humphrey's efforts in establishing the Lodge. Mrs. Sands was devoted to her home and family and was a loyal member of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Unadilla, and a woman beloved by all her friends. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Edwin Chamberlain, of Unadilla; and two granddaughters, Mrs. Loren Prentice, of West Hempstead, L.I. and Miss Alice Chamberlain, of Unadilla; four grandsons, Roger, William, Dale and Howard, of Unadilla; and one great grandson, of West Hempstead, L.I. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 12, 1942]
The many friends of Clifford Morris Case, former Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] resident, were saddened, Monday, to learn of his death on Sunday morning at 5 o'clock. The late Mr. Case had been ill at his home at 522-1/2 Evernia street, West Palm Beach, Fla., for over two months; the illness culminating in his death on Sunday. The deceased was the son of the late Lena Evans Case and Clarence P. Case and was a direct descendant of Major Henry Evans, who, as a Vermont sufferer, was given a grant of land three miles square which is now part of the Town of Bainbridge. Mr. Case was born in Bainbridge, May 7, 1899, and lived here until 1921 when he moved to West Palm Beach, Fla. However, the Cases continued to spend all their Summers in Bainbridge; this year was the first season they missed their annual trip here. Mr. Case is survived by his wife, Marie Case; two sons, Robert and Buster Case; two uncles, William D. Evans, of this village; and Amon Case; and several cousins, among them Reginald Case, of Kinston, and Leigh W. Evans, of Bainbridge. The funeral and burial will be at West Palm Beach, Fla. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 12, 1942]
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