Miscellaneous

Jeduthon Roe at 92 Years of Age

Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 16, 1879

 

Mr. Jeduthun Roe was born at North East, Dutchess county, April 1st, 1787, and is consequently now in the 92d year of his age.  He enlisted in the war of 1812, and after his discharge was married to Miss Jerusia Griffins, February 29, 1815.  He remained at North East until about the year of 1846, when he purchased a farm on the north side of the river opposite of this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], where he moved his family and remained till 1855.  He then sold out to Messrs. Peck & Sornberger, and bought a farm on the Unadilla river near East Guilford, where he remained a few years and again sold out.  He now resides with his youngest daughter, Mrs. Augusta Foster, about two miles east of this place.  His first wife died December 31st, 1851, and he was again married in 1853.  His second wife died some two years ago.  In his form and carriage he is still erect, and one can mark but little change in his outward appearances for the last twenty years.  He frequently walks to town in preference to the trouble of driving a horse.  He attends to all his own business transactions, in collecting interest and loaning money, and is one of the most prompt and exacting of business men, and when compared to others in age, he has no superior.  He is energetic, with a strong and determined will in what he believes to be right.  Possessing good morals and habits his life is an example worthy of imitation, and as a "land mark" of age and experience, will not be readily forgotten. 

 

Newton Family of Bainbridge

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 25, 1941

 



H.H. Lyon has written to give us a little additional information on the Thaddeus Newton family.  Quoting Mr. Lyon:  "The Newton family was one of the large land owners of the early days in Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY].  My great grandfather bought one of his farms from Thaddeus Newton in 1803.  It was nearly 56 acres and cost $170.

 

Mr Lyon continues, "One of the Newtons, and I believe it was Thaddeus, built a sawmill, on what is now known as Kelsey Creek, at a very early date.  Newton cut very big  hill pine trees, and sawed the planks.  Some of these were so wide that they could not be loaded between the stakes.  The narrow ones were loaded on first and then built up with the wide ones."

 

"The best clear lumber sold at $4 a thousand and a slightly inferior grade for $2.  It was at first rafted on the Susquehanna River and later, as the Philadelphia market improved, on the Delaware River.  One of the Redfields was the pilot.  It seemed like a lot of work for so little money but it was one of the few ways of making money in those days."

 

Hubert Scott, a descendent of the Newton family, lives on one of the first Newton farms.  It is far beyond a "century farm."

 

Newton like most others at 21 was poor.  He asked Peter Betts to trust him for some clothes.  Benjamin, another store keeper, hearing that Betts refused him, called him in and told him he could have anything he wanted.  Mr. Lyon says, "I don't know which of the Newtons this was.  It wasn't Thaddeus or his son, but one of the later Newtons."

 

Private Nicky Kayn Seeks Ring Title

Bainbridge News & Republican, November 19, 1942

 

 

 

A local youth, Pvt. Nicky Kayn, was one of the boys who kept a crowd of 3,000 in a frenzy at the Augusta Stadium, Augusta, Ga., Thursday night by scoring a T.K.O. over favored Vincent Stelinni.  Nicky Kayn, a classy welterweight boxer at Camp Grodon, Ga., will possibly fight for the title in his class.

 

Stelinni, a favorite over Kayn, due to experienced fighting on the outside, never landed an effective blow on the cautious Nicky.  Over confident, Stelinni stepped in, in the early part of the first round, for the kill only to be dropped by a left and a right by Kayn which exploded in his face for a count of nine.

 

In the second round, Kayn worked on his opponent with hard rights and lefts.  One minute and forty seconds after the bell, Stelinni went down again.  Bruised and bleeding he tried to fight back only to be sent across the ring with a  hard right by Nicky.  Stelinni's manager saved him from a knockout by throwing in the towel.

 

Ithaca College Honors Wilma Schlafer

Bainbridge News & Republican, December 10, 1942

 

The following two news items reached us this week from the Ithaca College News Service regarding a local girl.

 

Wilma Schlafer, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], has been selected for membership in the 1942-43 Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra and the Concert Band after tryouts among 200 students enrolled in the Music Department at Ithaca College.

 

A senior, Miss Schlafer will perform with the 64-piece orchestra and the 87-piece band in programs held in the little Theatre throughout the year.  Miss Schlafer is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A Schlafer, of R.D. #3, Bainbridge.

 

Wilma Schlafer also has been chosen by an impartial board to have her name and biography included in the 1942-43 edition of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges."  She is rated as one of the outstanding students at Ithaca College where she is a senior in the music Department.  The placing of Miss Schlafer's biography in the "Who's Who" makes  her the third Bainbridge student to be so honored.  Previously Lieut. James F. Ryan and Miss Georgianna Hovey had been selected to gain mention in this national book.