Frank Johnson, 48, of Center Village [Broome Co., NY], was killed instantly Sunday on a hunting trip near Cranberry Lake, St. Lawrence County, when a rifle he was holding discharged accidentally, sending a bullet through his head. Cpl. J.B. Nohlen of the Canton State Police, reported that Mr. Johnson was on watch while other members of his party were preparing to start a drive. Mr. Johnson was holding the muzzle in his hand and balancing the butt on his toe when the rifle was discharged, Corporal Nohlen said. The discharge caused a wound at the base of his right thumb and entered his chin, Corporal Nohlen added. An inspection of the gun he said, showed that the safety catch was off. Dr. Robert Persson, of Newton Falls and Mrs. Florence Dunlop, of Madrid, St. Lawrence County, coroner, investigated. The coroner issued a verdict of accidental death. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
Mrs. Mary Lewis Fischette, 39, was found dead in bed in her room in the Winderemere Hotel, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], Tuesday morning by the hotel manager when he attempted to call her for work. Mrs. Fischette, a waitress at Lawson's Diner, had been discharged from City Hospital a few weeks ago after being injured in an automobile accident. Dr. John J. Breivis, coroner, who investigated, said death was due to natural causes. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
Robert Day, grandson of the late Dr. and Mrs. L.M. Day, former residents of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], was killed and his wife injured in an automobile accident near Albany Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Day were on their way to their home in West Henrietta [Monroe Co., NY] from Boston, Mass., when a tire blew out and the car went out of control. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
Van Day Keeler died at his home, 11 Division street, Friday. He had been editor of the Sidney Enterprise since 1912 and was prominent in the activities of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY]. Mr. Keeler was born May 2, 1866, at Wyalusing, Pa., the son of John Gregory and Mary Sarah Vaughan Keeler. He was married Dec. 25, 1894, at Wyalusing to Lillie Marie Smith by Mrs. Keeler's father, the Rev. Irving J. Smith. He was educated in the public schools in Wyalusing and attended Lafayette College at Easton, Pa. He was editor of the Wyalusing Rocket until he moved to Sidney in 1912 when he became editor of the Sidney Enterprise. He had been active in the Masonic Lodges, having 32 degrees. he was a member of the Sidney Exchange Club, the Sidney Chamber of Commerce and the Methodist Church. Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Georgia Hodges, of Binghamton; three sons, Charles, of Washington, D.C., Irving J., of Sidney and Donald S., principal of schools in Greene. The funeral was held at the Methodist Church Tuesday with the Rev. W.J. Dubrick, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Prospect Hill Cemetery [Sidney, NY] with the Masonic Lodge 801, F.&A.M., in charge of the committal service. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
George Livingston, 91, of Windsor [Broome Co., NY], died Sunday at his home. He is survived by his widow, Addie E. Livingston, of Windsor; three daughters, Mrs. Charles Carver, of Whitney Point; Mrs. Chester Tilford, of Sidney, and Mrs. Clara Bush, of Windsor; one brother, Broefflel Livingston, of Johnson City; one sister, Mrs. Emma Broeffle, of Amsterdam; seven grandchildren and several great grandchildren. He was past master of Windsor Lodge 442, F.&A.M., and past patron of O.E.S. Chapter 190 of Windsor. He was also a member of the Harpursville Baptist Church. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
John Carey, of Hancock [Delaware Co., NY], died Monday morning at his home, after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, Eugenia Carey, of Hancock; one daughter, Mrs. Clayton Coats, of Syracuse; three sisters, Mrs. Matthew Leonard, Mrs. Winifred McGarry and Mrs. Frank Blakeslee, all of Endicott; four brothers, Frank Carey, of Binghamton; Edward Carey, of Endicott; George Carey, of Matawan, N.J., and Louis Carey, of Lakewood, Pa.; and also two grandchildren. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
The Rev. B.L. Bixby, 72, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], died Monday morning at his home. He is survived by his wife, Emma Bixby, of Oxford; two sisters, Mrs. A.A. Sizer, of South Bolivar, and Mrs. Loren Warner, of Olean; one brother, Ira Bixby, and a half-brother, Horace Pratt, both of Shinglehouse, Pa.; also several nieces and nephews. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
Mrs. Flora Moat Hubbard, of Windsor [Broome Co., NY], died Monday at Binghamton City Hospital. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Lillian Meeker, of Windsor; several nieces and nephews. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
The railroad accident Tuesday at Cooperstown Junction [Otsego Co., NY] claimed a third life when Michael Kelly died last week Wednesday. He was riding on a railroad motor car carrying three others when it was rammed from behind by a swift-moving D.&H. milk train. That he survived 29-1/2 hours was a source of wonder to his physician and hospital attendants. He suffered a concussion, fractured arms, and internal injuries. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
Andrew Jackson Dibble, a life-long resident of Livingston Manor [Sullivan Co., NY], was found dead at the roadside near his home near the overhead crossing on Friday morning. It is believed that he became ill and started to walk to the Manor for aid, when he collapsed. Last winter while visiting friends at Narrowsburg, he suffered a severe attack and was confined to the hospital for some time. He had visited a physician on Nov. 1, having suffered frequent heart attacks. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY]: The body of George Ehlert, 17, of Otego, R.D.2 [Otsego Co., NY], who was employed at the D.&H. roundhouse here as laborer, was found Friday by city firemen who dredged the ash pits near which the youth was working Thursday night when he disappeared. His disappearance was discovered when his father, Henry Ehlert, also of Otego, R.D.2, missed his son when the youth failed to appear to go home with him. A search of the area failed to show any signs of the youth at 11 p.m. He was seen between 7 and 7:30 p.m. by Samuel A. Hilsinger, of West Oneonta, who supposed that young Ehlert had left the pit with the foreman Samuel Slawson, who had stopped there to get wreckers for Cobleskill. The two employees were washing wheel covers of locomotives over the pit. The youth's dinner pail was discovered about 11:20 p.m. An investigation revealed that he had not checked out from work at 11 o'clock. The ash pit forms steep banks around a pool of water judged to be about eight feet deep and is used as a dump for hot ashes from locomotives. The platform is provided with a railing as a safety precaution, the official explained, and how the boy fell into the pit has not been determined. Dr. Norman W. Getman, Otsego County coroner, was called to the scene when the youth's body was discovered and recovered from the pit of water. He issued a verdict of accidental death due to drowning. The youth is survived by his parents and two brothers. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 22, 1945]
Mistaken for a pheasant by an older brother, eight-year-old Jacques Bouton, of Chenango Forks [Broome County, NY], is dead. State police said Jacques was "sneaking up" on his brother, Harry, 15, in tall grass in a field on the Bouton farm Friday when Harry discharged his .22 rifle in the direction of rustling grass. The bullet pierced the boy's chest, and traced a course to his heart, resulting in almost instant death. Jacques called out to his stunned brother and then died, troopers said after investigation. Troopers Edgar D. Croswell, of Troop C's Bureau of Criminal Investigation, said Harry would be summoned to Chenango County Children's Court for a hearing "because he had no right to have a gun." Trooper Croswell said Harry told him he was after a pheasant he had seen earlier in the day. Jacques, who had been warned previously by his mother not to go with Harry when the latter had the rifle, followed without his brother's knowledge, the trooper said. The boys' father, Edwin S. Bouton, is serving overseas with the Army. he is believed to be in Germany at the present time. Dr. Matthew Boname, of Oxford, A Chenango County coroner, who investigated with troopers, issued a verdict of death due to accidental shooting. [Bainbridge news & Republican, Nov. 22, 1945]
Mrs. Mary Lewis Fischette, 39, was found dead in bed in her room in the Winderemere Hotel, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], Tuesday morning by the hotel manager when he attempted to call her for work. Mrs. Fischette, a waitress at Lawson's Diner, had been discharged from City Hospital a few weeks ago after being injured in an automobile accident. Dr. John J. Breivis, coroner, who investigated, said death was due to natural causes. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
Robert Day, grandson of the late Dr. and Mrs. L.M. Day, former residents of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], was killed and his wife injured in an automobile accident near Albany Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Day were on their way to their home in West Henrietta [Monroe Co., NY] from Boston, Mass., when a tire blew out and the car went out of control. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
Van Day Keeler died at his home, 11 Division street, Friday. He had been editor of the Sidney Enterprise since 1912 and was prominent in the activities of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY]. Mr. Keeler was born May 2, 1866, at Wyalusing, Pa., the son of John Gregory and Mary Sarah Vaughan Keeler. He was married Dec. 25, 1894, at Wyalusing to Lillie Marie Smith by Mrs. Keeler's father, the Rev. Irving J. Smith. He was educated in the public schools in Wyalusing and attended Lafayette College at Easton, Pa. He was editor of the Wyalusing Rocket until he moved to Sidney in 1912 when he became editor of the Sidney Enterprise. He had been active in the Masonic Lodges, having 32 degrees. he was a member of the Sidney Exchange Club, the Sidney Chamber of Commerce and the Methodist Church. Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Georgia Hodges, of Binghamton; three sons, Charles, of Washington, D.C., Irving J., of Sidney and Donald S., principal of schools in Greene. The funeral was held at the Methodist Church Tuesday with the Rev. W.J. Dubrick, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Prospect Hill Cemetery [Sidney, NY] with the Masonic Lodge 801, F.&A.M., in charge of the committal service. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
George Livingston, 91, of Windsor [Broome Co., NY], died Sunday at his home. He is survived by his widow, Addie E. Livingston, of Windsor; three daughters, Mrs. Charles Carver, of Whitney Point; Mrs. Chester Tilford, of Sidney, and Mrs. Clara Bush, of Windsor; one brother, Broefflel Livingston, of Johnson City; one sister, Mrs. Emma Broeffle, of Amsterdam; seven grandchildren and several great grandchildren. He was past master of Windsor Lodge 442, F.&A.M., and past patron of O.E.S. Chapter 190 of Windsor. He was also a member of the Harpursville Baptist Church. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
John Carey, of Hancock [Delaware Co., NY], died Monday morning at his home, after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, Eugenia Carey, of Hancock; one daughter, Mrs. Clayton Coats, of Syracuse; three sisters, Mrs. Matthew Leonard, Mrs. Winifred McGarry and Mrs. Frank Blakeslee, all of Endicott; four brothers, Frank Carey, of Binghamton; Edward Carey, of Endicott; George Carey, of Matawan, N.J., and Louis Carey, of Lakewood, Pa.; and also two grandchildren. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
The Rev. B.L. Bixby, 72, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], died Monday morning at his home. He is survived by his wife, Emma Bixby, of Oxford; two sisters, Mrs. A.A. Sizer, of South Bolivar, and Mrs. Loren Warner, of Olean; one brother, Ira Bixby, and a half-brother, Horace Pratt, both of Shinglehouse, Pa.; also several nieces and nephews. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
Mrs. Flora Moat Hubbard, of Windsor [Broome Co., NY], died Monday at Binghamton City Hospital. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Lillian Meeker, of Windsor; several nieces and nephews. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
The railroad accident Tuesday at Cooperstown Junction [Otsego Co., NY] claimed a third life when Michael Kelly died last week Wednesday. He was riding on a railroad motor car carrying three others when it was rammed from behind by a swift-moving D.&H. milk train. That he survived 29-1/2 hours was a source of wonder to his physician and hospital attendants. He suffered a concussion, fractured arms, and internal injuries. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
Andrew Jackson Dibble, a life-long resident of Livingston Manor [Sullivan Co., NY], was found dead at the roadside near his home near the overhead crossing on Friday morning. It is believed that he became ill and started to walk to the Manor for aid, when he collapsed. Last winter while visiting friends at Narrowsburg, he suffered a severe attack and was confined to the hospital for some time. He had visited a physician on Nov. 1, having suffered frequent heart attacks. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 15, 1945]
Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY]: The body of George Ehlert, 17, of Otego, R.D.2 [Otsego Co., NY], who was employed at the D.&H. roundhouse here as laborer, was found Friday by city firemen who dredged the ash pits near which the youth was working Thursday night when he disappeared. His disappearance was discovered when his father, Henry Ehlert, also of Otego, R.D.2, missed his son when the youth failed to appear to go home with him. A search of the area failed to show any signs of the youth at 11 p.m. He was seen between 7 and 7:30 p.m. by Samuel A. Hilsinger, of West Oneonta, who supposed that young Ehlert had left the pit with the foreman Samuel Slawson, who had stopped there to get wreckers for Cobleskill. The two employees were washing wheel covers of locomotives over the pit. The youth's dinner pail was discovered about 11:20 p.m. An investigation revealed that he had not checked out from work at 11 o'clock. The ash pit forms steep banks around a pool of water judged to be about eight feet deep and is used as a dump for hot ashes from locomotives. The platform is provided with a railing as a safety precaution, the official explained, and how the boy fell into the pit has not been determined. Dr. Norman W. Getman, Otsego County coroner, was called to the scene when the youth's body was discovered and recovered from the pit of water. He issued a verdict of accidental death due to drowning. The youth is survived by his parents and two brothers. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 22, 1945]
Mistaken for a pheasant by an older brother, eight-year-old Jacques Bouton, of Chenango Forks [Broome County, NY], is dead. State police said Jacques was "sneaking up" on his brother, Harry, 15, in tall grass in a field on the Bouton farm Friday when Harry discharged his .22 rifle in the direction of rustling grass. The bullet pierced the boy's chest, and traced a course to his heart, resulting in almost instant death. Jacques called out to his stunned brother and then died, troopers said after investigation. Troopers Edgar D. Croswell, of Troop C's Bureau of Criminal Investigation, said Harry would be summoned to Chenango County Children's Court for a hearing "because he had no right to have a gun." Trooper Croswell said Harry told him he was after a pheasant he had seen earlier in the day. Jacques, who had been warned previously by his mother not to go with Harry when the latter had the rifle, followed without his brother's knowledge, the trooper said. The boys' father, Edwin S. Bouton, is serving overseas with the Army. he is believed to be in Germany at the present time. Dr. Matthew Boname, of Oxford, A Chenango County coroner, who investigated with troopers, issued a verdict of death due to accidental shooting. [Bainbridge news & Republican, Nov. 22, 1945]
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