Geraldine A. Phillips, 18, a domestic employed on a farm about a mile and a half above Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], was killed Monday night as she was walking along the D.&H. railroad tracks toward Unadilla. The body was discovered at 6:15 Tuesday morning. The lifeless body was found by Raymond Tuckey who resides on the Martin Farm. Mrs. Tuckey, employer of Miss Phillips, became alarmed when the girl failed to return home, suggested her husband look along the tracks. Miss Phillips had a date with her boy friend, Harold Makley, of Unadilla. He had telephoned her about 7:15 that he was coming up and would meet her at the farm. Makley walked from Unadilla up the tracks arriving at the farm about 8 o'clock and found the girl had left for the village. He returned to the village and looked for her but couldn't find her. It was customary for these people to walk along the D.&H. tracks to the village in order to keep off the highway. It was indicated by the angle the body was found that she was struck by a south-bound train. It is reported that a south-bound train had been switched to the north-bound track from Otego to Sidney to bi-pass a passenger train. Dr. J.M. Constantine, acting coroner, issued a verdict of accidental death, due to a fractured skull. The deceased is survived by her mother, Mrs. Claude Baldwin, of Winnie Hill Road, Oneonta; and a half-sister, Mrs. Theodore Becker, of Unadilla. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at the Lewis Funeral Home in Oneonta. Miss Phillips was born in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], and it is reported that she and Makley were to have been married in June. He is employed at the Scintilla. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 16, 1942]
Morris Christian, 27, of 16 South Main street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died of a fractured skull in the Cortland Hospital Friday after a semi-tractor tank he was driving was struck by a Lehigh Valley train at North Hartford. The engine struck the truck right behind the cab and the force of the impact tore the side from the cab on the driver's side and jarred the door and glass from the other side of the truck. Milk was spilled on the highway for more than a hundred feet. The truck was owned by Alfred Hohreiter, of Bainbridge. Mr. Christian had been driving more than a month on this route, but Friday a special train, about which he apparently had no knowledge, struck his truck. He was carrying 200 gallons of milk aboard from North Harford to Cincinnatus. It was first believed that he was dead and Coroner Chapin was summoned, but upon his arrival he found Mr. Christian alive and ordered him taken to the hospital where he died about five minutes later. Mr. Christian was born in Morris [Otsego Co., NY]. He is survived by his wife, a son, Troy, four months old, a twin, whose sister died a few weeks ago; his mother, Mrs. Ethel Christian of Albany; and two sisters, Mrs. Harry Mills, of Afton; and Mrs. Clayton Bennett, of Franklin. Funeral services were held at Colwell's Chapel Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. R. Lewis Johnson officiating. Bearers were William Clock, of Schenectady; Robert Hall, Clifford Ballantyne, Thomas Davidson, all of Bainbridge; Clayton Bennett, of Franklin; and Harry Mills, of Afton. Burial was in North Afton Cemetery [Chenango Co., NY]. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 23, 1942]
Mrs. Lilly Goodwin received word of the death of Mrs. Annie Dixson, sister of the late Herman Goodwin, at her home in Potsdam. She was born May 9, 1871, in Mooers, a daughter of Charles and Aner Holden Goodwin. Fifty-one years ago she married S.H. Dixson, cheesemaker in Potsdam for 30 years, who died three years ago. Final rites were held for Mrs. Dixson, who was 70 years of age, from Clarkson and Foote Funeral Home in Potsdam, also at the Baptist church at 2 P.M. Burial in Bayside Cemetery. Two sisters in Norwich survive. Mrs. Frank Fosgate and Mrs. Elizabeth McNitt. Death was due to pneumonia. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 30, 1942]
The many friends of Andrew Falcon, 54, were stunned to learn of his sudden death on Sunday morning, May 3, in the Bainbridge Hospital where he was rushed after suffering a heart attack. He was stricken while preparing to indulge in his favorite sport, fishing. Andrew Falcon was born in New York City on Nov. 13, 1888, the son of Ambrose and Julia Fontaine Falcon, and spent most of his life in that city. After completing his education in N.Y.U., he pursued the occupation of advertising salesman and on Oct. 31, 1908, was united in marriage to Lillian Chabau, the daughter of Joseph and Ellen Rose Chabau, also of New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Falcon resided in Brooklyn until about three years ago when he was forced to give up his business and work only at intervals due to attacks of coronary thrombosis. Since that time, the Falcons had make their home in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kinney. During his stay here, Mr. Falcon entered whole-heartedly into the town's activities. He took a keen interest in everything that went on in town, and although born and bred in a large city spent some of his happiest hours in our village. His greatest pleasures were found in visiting the main section of town where he soon made many friends and was a familiar sight as he and his little granddaughter, who was his favorite companion, did their shopping. An avid sportsman, he was an active member of the local Rod and Gun Club and was an enthusiastic angler. The possessor of a very great sense of humor, a city-bred man who found his greatest pleasure in a country town, a jolly sportsman and a good friend, these traits are what Mr. Falcon will be remembered for in Bainbridge. On Sunday morning, he left the home of his daughter at 5:30 to go fishing. Apparently, he had reached his destination, a spot on the river across from F.A. Demeree's, when he was stricken. A passing motorist, identified only as Mr. Bloom, rushed him to the hospital where he succumbed a few minutes later. His death came as a complete surprise to his family, as he had obviously been in fairly good health since March of this year at which time he had suffered another heart attack. His constant attendant during his stay in Bainbridge was Dr. Ben Dodge whose care he relied on implicitly. The body was removed to the Colwell Bros. parlors and was on view Monday night. The next day he was removed to Brooklyn where the funeral service were held. Burial was made Wednesday in the Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn. Mrs. Falcon accompanied the body to Brooklyn where she will stay for a short time. Surviving are his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Walter Kinney two grandchildren, Eleanor Lou Kinney and Stephen Andrew Kinney, all of Bainbridge, and a sister, Mrs. Michael Donohue, of Brooklyn. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 7, 1942]
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