Bainbridge Central School Kindergarten Class 1947

Bainbridge Central School

Kindergarten Class - 1947

"Echo" 1947

 

 

First Row LtoR (sitting on floor):  Joan Lord, Douglas Tarbox, Joan Straka, Sarah Lou Dalessio, Minnie Lawrence, Bettye Bickford, Laurani Moore, Robert Pierson, Richard Terry

 

Second Row LtoR:  Elissa Freshman, Blanche Gliha, Nelson MacPherson, Lucille Talcott, Anthony Schrader, Nancy Wilcox, Rosemary Pratt, Christina Howland, Linda White

 

Third Row LtoR:  James Simonds, Philip Schroth, Walter Bloor, Doug Wilcox, [unidentified girl], Douglas Stokes, Bruce Dart, Alan Singmaster, Doreen Day, Shirley DeForest, Malcolm Herrick, Paul Tavelli

 

Standing in rear:  Miss Phyllis Palmer (teacher)

 



Bainbridge Central High School, Class of 1946, Part 3

Bainbridge Central High School - Class of 1946

Senior Portraits

"Echo" 1946

 

 

Emily Searles

 

Wilma Shelton

 

Douglas Snyder

 

Margaret Strong

 

Donald Sundstrom

 

Norman Weeks



Marriages (January 7)

Mr. & Mrs. Fred Whitaker

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 4, 1946

 

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whitaker, Sr., of Hancock [Delaware Co., NY], quietly observed their 57th wedding anniversary at their home in that village June 26.  Of the 30 guests present at their wedding only two remain, Clayton and Louis Wheeler, of that village.  Of the six children born to them, four are living, Mrs. Ada Winne, Mrs. Ella Reese, Fred Whitaker, Jr., of Hancock, and Mrs. Daisy Ranee, of Binghamton.

 

Agar - Chrisfield

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 25, 1946

 

In Christ Episcopal Church, Gilbertsville [Otsego Co., NY], Saturday afternoon Miss Helen Chrisfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Edward Chrisfield, of Gilbertsville, former residents of Johnson City, became the bride of Charles Agar, Jr.  Mr Agar's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Agar, Sr., of Delmar.  The ceremony was performed at 4 p.m. by the Rev. Frederic Evenson.  The bride, who was escorted to the altar by her father, wore a white faille gown and a full-length veil of tulle.  She carried a shower bouquet of white roses and lilies-of-the-valley.  Miss Janice Chrisfield, maid of honor, was gowned in white faille and net while the bridesmaids, Miss Elizabeth Dilbert and Miss Elizabeth Agar, sister of the bridegroom, were in white net.  Each wore a white net picture hat and carried a bouquet of white sweet peas.  Attending Mr. Agar as best man was Robert Hicks.  Ushers were Norman Chrisfield and Laurence Getman.  Mrs. Chrisfield chose for her daughter's wedding a black and white print dress.  The bridegroom's mother appeared in a blue crepe afternoon frock and both had shoulder bouquets of gardenias.  Mr. and Mrs. Agar will reside in Gilbertsville until September when they will attend the University of Iowa.  The bride was graduated from Wellesley College.  Mr. Agar has been discharged from the U.S. Army Air Corps. 

 

Marriage Notices - Chenango Union, December 31, 1874

 

BOWKER - STANTON:  At the residence of the bride, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 23d, by Rev. W.J. Judd, Mr. Nelson Bowker, to Mrs. Martha J. Stanton.

 

ROGERS - BATEMAN:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 24th by Rev. W.H. Waldron, Mr. E.B. Rogers to Miss Jennie Bateman, all of Norwich.

 

GARFIELD - CRANDALL:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 21st, by Rev. L.M.S. Haynes, Mr. George H. Garfield of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Clara A. Crandall of North Norwich.

 

SLATER - CLARKE:  At the residence of the bride's mother, Dec. 17th, by Rev. J.W. La Moine, Mr. Augustus P. Slater of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Helen L. Clarke, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].

 

GALE - CLARKE:  At the residence of the bride's mother, Dec. 23d(?), by Rev. J.W. La Moine, Mr. Byron? G. Gale of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Adelia J. Clarke, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].

 

FLAGG - LOOMIS:  At the residence of the bride's father, Dec -?-, by Rev. J.W. La Moine, Mr. -?- Flagg to Miss Emma Loomis, all of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

 

DANFORTH - PRINCE:  At the residence of the bride's father, Dr. G. Prince, in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 15th(?), by Rev. Mr. Reynolds, of Binghamton, Elliott Danforth, Esq. of Middleburgh, Schoharie Co., to Miss Ida Prince.

 

BROOKS - LATHROP:  In Sherburne, Dec. 23d, by Rev. Harttell, of Albany, Mr. DeForest Brooks to Miss Minnie C. Lathrop, both of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

 

DWIGHT - BANKS:  At the home of the bride, in German, Dec. 22d, by Rev. H.H. Garruth, Mr. Emory A. Dwight to Miss Hattie Banks, both of German [Chenango Co., NY]

 

TINKER - JENNINGS:  In New Berlin, Dec. 21st, by Rev. H. Pattengill, Mr. Frank Tinker, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Hanna Jennings, of Pittsfield, N.Y. [Otsego Co., NY].

WRIGHT - HASTINGS:  In Bainbridge, Dec. 23d, by Rev. A.B. Harrison, Mr. J.W. Wright to Miss Carrie M. Hastings, all of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

LYON - SMITH:  In Bainbridge, Dec. 23d by G.W. Abrams, Mr. Richard G. Lyon, in Miss Ellen Smith, both of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

 

 

 



Death Notices (January 7)

Death Notices

Chenango Telegraph, April 29, 1835

FARR:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday, the 21st inst., after a short illness, Mrs. Jane Farr, widow of Bela Farr, aged 53 years.

 

PRESTON;  In Butternuts, Otsego Co., on the 6th inst. after a protracted illness, Mr. James H. Preston, formerly of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], about 60 years.

 

Norwich Journal, December 30, 1841
BURGESS:  In Butternuts, on the 19th inst. Deacon N. Burgess aged 70 years; his sickness was very short, and he died in the triumph of faith; he freely gave up his interest here and laid hold of the interest he professed to have in his redeemer.
 

Bainbridge Republican, April 12, 1873

VINCENT: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], April 7th, Michael Vincent, aged 69 years. 

 

Bainbridge Republican, April 19, 1873

KIPP:  At Trout Creek [Delaware Co., NY], April 7, John Kipp, aged 85 years.

 

BEVERLY:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], April 14th, David Beverly, aged 85 years.

 

WATERS:  In Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], April 10th, Mrs. Russell Waters, aged 85 years,

 

PERKINS:  At Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], April 12th, Gurden Perkins, aged 61 years.

 

Bainbridge Republican, September 23, 1876

ROBBINS:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], of infantile fever, Johnny L., only child of Fred and Libbie Robbins, aged 10 months.

 

Bainbridge Republican, June 14, 1877

ALLEN:  In Graften, Nebraska, May 31st, of consumption, Mr. William E. Allen, aged 53 years employed in that office.

 

BLISS:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], June 4th, of diphtheria, Emma R. Bliss, aged 48 years, June 7th, Ella Bliss, aged 5 years.

 

GARLICK:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY] , June 7th, 1877, Isebell, daughter of Mr. Walter Garlick, aged 4 months.

 

Bainbridge Republican, August 2, 1877

RACE:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], July 31st, of typhoid pneumonia, Mr. Smith Race, aged 71 years.

 

GIFFORD:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], July 29th, Mrs. Lucy Gifford, relict of Abner Gifford, aged 95 years.

 

WASHBURN:  In Sayre, Penn., July 16th, Frank, son of John Y. Washburn, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 20 years.

 

Bainbridge Republican, September 27, 1877

COE:  In Sidney Plains [Delaware Co., NY] Sept. 21st, 1877, Saxton Coe, aged 80.

 

HALL:  On Pine Hill, town of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] Sept 22nd, Eugene Hall, aged 22.

 

Bainbridge Republican, November 1, 1877

BUNNELL:  In Tioga, Pa., Oct. 21st, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Bunnell, formerly of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], and mother of K.E. Bunnell of that town in the 57th year of her age.

 

Bainbridge Republican, February 7, 1878
PEAKE:  Elijah Peake, formerly of Delhi [Delaware Co., NY], a soldier of 1812 died at the Dayton, O. soldiers home, Jan. 10, age 83 years.

STEVENS:  Selah M. Stevens died at Stamford [Delaware Co., NY] Jan. 25th of cancer, aged 78 years.  He kept a hotel at that place for many years.

Bainbridge Republican, June 27, 1878

HUNT:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Saturday June 22nd, 1878, Dexter Hunt, aged 79 years.

 

AVERY:  in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], June 21st, 1878, Mrs. Leonard Avery, aged 72 years.

Smyrna Press, May 5, 1904
Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY]:  Last Friday the community was shocked by the sudden death of Henry Clark, who fell down while talking and died almost instantly.  The funeral was held today from his late residence.  Rev. Flory officiated.  Burial at South Plymouth.

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 4, 1946
ANGELL:  Leon Angell, 58, was killed Friday night by lightning as he was herding cattle on his farm in Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY]

 



Marriages (January 6)

Copley - Freiot

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, February 1, 1879

The marriage of Dr. H.D. Copley to Miss Lina E. Freiot, was the grandest affair of the kind that has transpired in this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] for a number of years.  They were married in the Episcopal Church by the Rev. Mr. Egbert.  The interior of the church was beautifully and tastefully decorated with evergreens, ferns and flowers, arranged by the classmates and associates of the bride. There was also a neat and graceful arch, which stood immediately in front of the altar rail, covered with running pine or myrtle, with here and there a bunch of white flowers twined along up the sides, and forming a kind of marriage bell of calla lilies at the top.  Beneath this loveliness and fragrance stood the happy couple, while their two hearts beat in mutual response.  Long before the appointed hour (3 o'clock) for the ceremony to take place had arrived, the church was filled to overflowing, and crowds stood in the aisles and vestibules eagerly awaiting for a glimpse of the bridal party  About twenty minutes after the appointed time (for wedding parties are proverbially behind hand) word was sent the clergyman and organist that the bridal party was at the door.  The organist immediately struck up "Mendelsohn's Grand Wedding March" with an execution surprisingly fine and creditable to herself.  While the concourse of sweet and harmonious sounds were filling the handsomely decorated edifice, the large doors were thrown open and the nuptial party entered, preceded by the ushers, gracefully gliding up the center aisle and  ascending the steps of the outer to the rail of the inner chancel where the clergyman in his priestly robes stood ready to receive them.  The tones of the organ were instantly dropped to a subdued--reverberating and almost inaudible sweetness, while the surpassingly beautiful marriage service of the Episcopal Church was read in the most impressive manner by the Rev. Mr. Egbert, Rector of the parish.  In less time almost than it takes to write it, two souls were launched as one on the sea of matrimony.  The bridal party then turned from the altar, and as gracefully, and far more smilingly (for they seemed to be relieved of a heavy burden) departed from the church as they had entered, amid the peering eyes of an immense multitude.  The bridal party consisted of the bride, groom, bridesmaid, Miss Ada Beverly, the grooms "best man ," Mr. Duncan Copley, brother of the groom, the bride's mother, and her great uncle Mr. Windsor, of Guilford.  The bride was elegantly and tastefully dressing in a rich garnet silk en traine, made and trimmed after the most approved and fashionable style of the day.  The long and handsome bridal veil was fastened with a wreath of orange blossoms, and completely encompassed her graceful form.  The groom looked handsomer than usual and was dressed in plain black broad cloth.  The rest of the party were arrayed in a most becoming style to correspond with the bride and groom.  As the newly married couple were to leave for New York City on the 8 o'clock train that evening, they could only receive the congratulations of a few of their numerous friends at a Reception given at the residence of Esquire Windsor, immediately after the ceremony.  When they took their departure a great many old shoes were thrown after them, and many good wishes of a long, happy and prosperous life for them filled the hearts of their young friends left behind.

 

On Wednesday evening of last week, Dr. Heman D. Copley, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] was married to Miss Lina E. Freiot, of the same place.  The ceremony was performed at St. Peter's Church, by the Rev. J.L. Egbert.  The church was handsomely decorated, presenting a holiday appearance. The bride was elegantly dressed, and was the recipient of many compliments.  Dr. Copley was warmly congratulated on his good fortune.  Miss Emma Juliand presided at the organ, and rendered some choice selections of music.  Mr. Duncan Copley acted as groomsman, and Miss Ada Beverly as bridesmaid.  The ushers were Mr. J.L. sill, and Mr. David H. Van Horne.  The bride was given in marriage by her mother, Mrs. Nellie Freiot.  The ceremony was deeply impressive.  At its conclusion a party of invited guests repaired to the home of the bride, where the newly married couple received the hearty congratulations of numerous friends and relatives.  The bridal party left on the evening train for New York, and are followed by the best wishes of a host of friends.  [Chenango Union, January 30, 1879]

 

McEligot - Pinaid

Bianbridge News & Republican, July 18, 1946

 

The wedding of Lt. Robert C. McEligot, formerly of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], and Miss Nanette Pinaid, of Nice, France, took place June 1 in Notre Dame Church in France. They expect to sail for the U.S. in July.  The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael McEligot, of Sidney, Mr. McEligot being a former O.&W.R.R. station agent in Guilford.

 

Dixson - Waldron

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 18, 1946

 

Mrs. Edith Waldron, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], announces the engagement of her daughter, Elizabeth, to Donald W. Dixson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Dixson, of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY].

 

Hall - Peters

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 18, 1946

 

Mr. and Mrs. Kingston Peters announce the engagement of their daughter, Edith Ilean, to Donald L. Hall, 2nd Lt. U.S.M.C.R., son of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Hall, of Hancock [Delaware Co., NY].  Both Miss Peters and Mr. Hall are graduates of the Hancock Central School.  Edith attended the Eastman Dental Dispensary in Rochester, where she graduated in the class of 1944 as a Dental Hygienist. She is now employed at Dr. J.T. Ivory's office in Binghamton.  Donald was at Cornell in the V-12 program and then attended Brown University, Providence, R.I.  He graduated from Brown in February, 1946, receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Naval Science. After receiving his commission in the Marine Corps, he was at Parris Island,  N.C., and is now at Quantico, Va.  Plans are being made for the wedding the latter part of August./

 

 

Obituaries (January 6)

Gilbert Freiot

 

FREIOT:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] April 16th, Mr. Gilbert E. Freiot, aged 33 years  [Chenango Union, April 27, 1870]

 

The death of Gilbert E. Freiot, which occurred at the residence of his father in this village last Saturday evening, cast a shadow of gloom over a large circle of relatives and friends.  [Chenango Telegraph, April 27, 1870]

 

Gilbert Freiot

Chenango Union, February 8, 1871

 

FREIOT:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 28th, Gilbert W., infant son of John H. and Helen D. Freiot.

 

John Freiot

Delaware Republican, May 31, 1873

John Freiot, one of a party of fishermen from Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], while fishing on the Tremperskill, in Andes, on Wednesday, was separated from his companions, and when found was lying in the edge of the brook, dead, with bruises on his head.  It is supposed that he fell into the stream while attacked with a "fit," receiving injuries that perhaps stunned him, and being unable to get out was drowned.  His body passed through this village on Thursday morning, on its way homeward.

 

John H. Freiot, whose sudden death on the Beaverkill we noticed last week, was a son of Dr. J.W. Freiot, and son-in-law of Geo. H. Winsor, Esq.  He enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who knew him, and his sudden death is a great blow to his family and friends.  He leaves a widow and two little daughters.  [Chenango Union, June 12, 1873]

 

Dr. Joseph W. Freiot

Bainbridge Republican, December 11, 1875

In Bainbridge, Nov. 14th, Mr. Joseph W. Freiot, aged 74 years. [Chenango American, Green, NY, Nov. 25, 1875]

 

On the 14th ult. at midnight, Joseph W. Freiot, M.D., a venerable citizen of this place, suddenly departed this life on the 74th anniversary of his birth.  Dr. Freiot was born in Pittstown, Rensselaer county, N.Y., Nov. 14th, A.D. 1801, and died at his home in Bainbridge, Chenango county, N.Y., Nov. 14th, 1875, his mortal days consequently numbering more than the three-score and ten years which the Psalmist mentions as the limit beyond which but few men pass.  Dr. Freiot studied medicine and graduated under the distinguished Dr. Valentine Mott, of New York city.  He entered upon his professional career in New Orleans, and afterwards established himself in the practice of his profession in the City of Troy, N.Y., where he remained until he removed to Bainbridge.  At Bainbridge, agriculture chiefly engaged his attention.  Dr. Freiot outlived six of his children, and died leaving a widow, a son and daughter, and several grandchildren to mourn his loss.  During the latter years of his life his mental powers were impaired by disease, but his affections remained as strong and active as ever.  In the year A.D. 1859 Dr. Freiot received the Rite of Confirmation the hands of Bishop DeLancey, and became a communicant in St. Peter's parish, Bainbridge; and on the 10th day of last month, by the present rector of that parish, and in the presence of his brethren and neighbors, his mortal remains were committed to the earth in St. Peter's Church cemetery, in the hope of a coming resurrection unto eternal life.

Maria Eddy Freiot

FREIOT:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 20, 1891, Mrs. Maria Freiot.  [Chenango American, Greene, NY, Dec. 3, 1891]

 

Mrs. Freiot, widow of the late Dr. Freiot, who has been a great sufferer for many months, died Friday night.  The funeral was held at the house Monday afternoon, and in the absence of an Episcopal clergyman, the burial services of that denomination was read by Rev. Mr. Grummon, a Presbyterian clergyman.

 

Helen Freiot

Bainbridge Republican, April 10, 1919

 

The death of Mrs. Helen Freiot occurred in Albany [NY] on Thursday April 3rd at the home of her son-in-law, Frank B. Gilbert.  The body, accompanied by Mrs. Frank Gilbert, Mrs. Lina Copley, Miss Dora Townsend and the Rev. Charles Gilbert, was brought to Bainbridge on Saturday.  Services were held in St. Peter's church the Rev. Charles Gilbert assisting the Rev. R.W. Nickel.  Interment was in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] .  Mrs. Freiot was born eighty-two years ago, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Winsor.  When about seventeen years of age, she came with her parents from Masonville to Bainbridge, and in 1858 was married to John Freiot.  The family lived in Bainbridge until about eighteen years ago, then moved to Albany, where they have since resided.  Mrs. Freiot is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lina Copley, widow of Dr. Heman Copley, who practiced here for many years, and Mrs. Frank Gilbert.  Mrs. Winsor and Mrs. Miner of Guilford, cousins of the deceased attended the funeral.

 

Otto H. Crooker

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 21, 1946

 

The death of Otto H Crooker, a Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY] hardware merchant, occurred on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at the Sidney hospital after a few days illness.  He was 60 years of age.  Mr Crooker is survived by his wife, a son, William Crooker, of San Francisco, Cal., and a daughter Mrs. Edward Ashton, of Norwich.  Otto Crooker was born in Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], April 8, 1885, and was the only son of William H. and Jennie Pratt Crooker. the greater part of his life was spent in Unadilla.  he moved to Unadilla from Masonville with his parents when a young boy.  For a few years they resided in Superior, Wis., where Otto Crooker was married.  Shortly after the family returned to Unadilla and he was associated with his father in the hardware business.  The funeral was held Friday, at the Crooker home.  Rev. Francis Blake, rector of St. Matthew's Episcopal church, officiate,.  Burial will be made in Evergreen Hill cemetery.

 

Ray Dwight Bennett

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 21, 1946

 

Ray Dwight Bennett, 46 years old, died Tuesday, Feb. 12 in the Binghamton City Hospital.  The deceased was born in Windsor [Broome Co., NY], August 6, 1899, the son of George Bennett and Harriet Garrett Bennett, both deceased.  He is survived by his wife, Jessie Martin Bennett, of Windsor; three daughters, Ruth M. Bennett, of Johnson City; Eleanor and Jennie Bennett, of Windsor; three sons, George Bennett, of Binghamton, James and Gerald Bennett, of Windsor; a brother, Ernest Bennett, of Tifton, Ga.; a sister, Mrs. Lena Watson,  of Binghamton; also a nephew, Charles Kenyon, of Binghamton.  The body was removed to the Clinton E. Wood Funeral Chapel, where services were held Thursday.  The Rev. E.G.W. Estlow, pastor of the Windsor Methodist Church, officiated.  Burial will be in the South Windsor Cemetery at the convenience of the family.

Soldier News continued, 1946

Ruth Van Akin Promoted to 1st Lieutenant

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 29, 1946

 

1st Lieut. Ruth VanAkin

 

Lieut. VanAkin is the former Ruth Olmsted and graduated from Deposit High School with the Class of 1930.  She began her hospital training by working as a Red Cross nurses' aide in Washington, D.C., studied in Montreal, Canada, and completed her training course in Physical Therapy in Los Angeles, Calif.,  She was sent to Fort Lewis, Wash., early in 1944.  In April of this year she was assigned to one month's duty with the hospital train unit and came east delivering patients to hospitals nearer their homes.  She was given a two weeks' leave at home and returned to Fort Lewis in May.  She found her promotion to first lieutenant waiting as a pleasant surprise.  Lieut. VanAkin is in charge of a department in physical therapy at Madigan General Hospital.

 

Lieut. Ruth VanAkin, P.T. of Fort Lewis, Wash., is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Olmsted, of Bainbridge, R.D.2. [Chenango Co.,  NY]

 

Stewart Cudworth Discharged from Navy

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 8, 1946

 

Stewart Cudworth, ETM 3/C, has been discharged from the Navy and has arrived at his home here after serving with the Navy in China.

 

Frank J. Strasnicsak Discharged from Navy

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 1, 1946

 

Frank J. Strasnicsak, SF 3/C was discharged from the Navy at Shoemaker, Calif., July 16 after one year of service in the Pacific area, and arrived at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Strasnicksak, July 22.  Entering the service June 20, 1945, he served on the USS Admiral W.S. Sims and LST No. 1106.  He holds the Asiatic-pacific Ribbon, American Theatre and Victory Medal.

 

Alvin W. Hayes Takes Part in Atomic Test

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 8, 1946

 

The Bainbridge News has received an interesting account of the atomic bombing of Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, from Alvin W. Hayes, CSM, USN, who is Chief Signalman of the USS Fall River (CA131), flag ship of the target vessels for the test.  The letter follows:

 

How hour (hour of release of atom bomb) was set for 0830.  Able minus one day and the target ships were being evacuated and ships were leaving the atoll on schedule.  It was a beautiful day and all hands were hopeful that the next day would be nice.  When darkness fell, only five ships were left that had to be out before How hour.  The flagship of the target group (USS Fall River) was the last one to leave on Able day working last minute checks and surveys to be sure no men were left aboard and that equipment was in shape.

 

Suddenly the word came through that How hour had moved up half hour to 0900.  On looking overhead and at the horizon you would become skeptical for there were lots of clouds that could obscure the bombers vision.  However as the time approached you realized that all the aerologists who have been working this area for months knew their business.  Overhead everything cleared away leaving nothing but a beautiful blue sky.

 

Ten minutes before Hour the bombardier reported at point Baker, starting the bombing run.  At two minutes of on-course visibility perfect.  All hands on top sides were ordered to sit down on decks with their backs toward point of blast and to cover their eyes tightly with arms.  On the nose of 0900 the bombardier gave "bombs away."  It was an anxious minute before the word to "carry on" was given.  Nobody knew quite what to expect.  Upon the words being given, we all jumped up to see a beautiful white cloud climbing steadily.  At about 5,000 feet it seemed to stop momentarily in its climb; then suddenly another great mass erupted upward from the stationary cloud.  This was repeated again and finally reached its highest point about 30,000 feet above the lagoon.  It was a thing of beauty to behold!.  The sound of the burst took about two minutes to reach us for we were about 17 miles away.  It had a strange sound and effect. To me it had the sound of a bowling alley with the pins being knocked down on the delivery end and the ball continuing down the alley.

 

Outside of the beautiful cloud we saw there was nothing we could determine about what was going on.  We could see black smoke emerging on the horizon so knew there was something on fire.  We moved in as soon as was possible after the area was thoroughly probed by drone boats for radioactivity.  Upon looking at the ships for that first time the thing that impressed me was that most of the ships were still afloat.  There were even bets flying thick and fast as to the amount of ships that would still be afloat.  I will say that the damage to the ships was considerable, but I am not at liberty to talk about it.  How much the newspapers will be allowed to print is a question.  One thing is certain, some mighty flowery reports have gone out over the wires.

 

I believe much will be found out about the atom bomb from this test.  Let us hope what they find out will be diverted into helpful and peaceful channels.  It is a good thing to know its power though--just in case.

 



Marriages (January 5)

August - Dalrymple

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 4, 1946

Miss Roberta E. Dalrymple, daughter of Mrs. Hazel L. Dalrymple, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], was married to Dominick M. August, Jr., son of D.M. August, of Schenectady [Schenectady Co.,  NY], last Thursday in the Sacred Heart rectory by the Rev. John A. Kavanaugh.  Mrs. Alfred J. Smith, of Mt. Upton, was matron of honor and Mr. Smith was best man.  After the ceremony, the couple left for a wedding trip to Schenectady and Niagara Falls.  They will reside on Sherwood Heights, Sidney.  Mrs. August is a graduate of Sidney Central School and has been employed for a year in the Western Union office at Miami, Fla.  Mr. August is a carpenter.

Hammond - Rudd

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 1, 1946

Miss Lois Rudd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Clifton Rudd, of West Windsor [Broome Co., NY], and Richard A. Hammond, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hammond, of Colesville road, were united in marriage Friday evening, July 19, in the West Windsor Baptist Church. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. Arthur Weber, pastor of the  Methodist Church, Windsor. The reception which followed the wedding was held at the bride's home.  It was attended by 50 relatives and friends.  The couple spent their honeymoon in the Catskill mountains at East Branch. They will reside with the groom's parents until they can find a permanent home.

Scofield - Hobbie

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 1, 1946

At a quiet ceremony at the bride's residence Walton [Delaware Co., NY], Miss Thelma Mable Hobbie, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Hobbie, was married to Robert Earl Scofield, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Scofield, last Saturday night.  the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Henry G. Lincoln, pastor of the Walton First Methodist Church.  Members of the immediate families attended a reception held at the bride's home.  Mr. and Mrs. Scofield will make their home in Walton.  The bride was an employee of the Kayser Mills there for several years, later going into war work at Scintilla plant in Sidney.  The bridegroom, discharged form the Army, after six years of service, is at present engaged in farm work in that vicinity.

Harpur - Possemato

Bainbridge News & Republican, June 27, 1946

On Friday, June 14, at Deposit, Wilson D. Harpur, son of Robert Harpur, of Hancock [Delaware Co., NY] and Anna Possemato, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cosmo Possemato, of Cadosia [Delaware Co., NY], were united in marriage by Justice of the Peace Paul Page.  They were attended by Howard Dingee and Elizabeth Possemato.  Following the wedding, a dinner was served for relatives and friends at Joe's Restaurant, Hancock.  The couple left on a brief wedding trip upstate.  Mr. and Mrs. Harpur will make their home in Cadosia.

Marriage Notices

Bainbridge Republican, November 1, 1877
HORNSHU - BIRDSALL:  At the M.E. Church, Unadilla Center, Oct. 17th, 1877, by Rev. D.C. Wood, C.F. Hornshu of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Carrie E. Birdsall, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY].

STRATTON - McFARLAND:  In South Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on 24th, by Rev. D. Ballou, of Utica, Mr. Melville Stratton to Miss Hattie McFarland.

NEWELL - CHURCH:  In Harpursville, Oct. 18th, by Rev. A.W. Cornell, Mr. Albert Newell of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary Ida Church of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].

HOVEY - BARBER:  In Afton, on 24th by the Rev. H.N. VanDuessen, Mr. George Hovey of Guilford Center [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Eva S. Barber of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].

Bainbridge Republican, June 27, 1878
GATES - EVANS:  At the home of the bride in Centervillage, Broome Co., N.Y., June 15th, 1878, by Rev. H.G. Harned.  Mr. Adison Gates of Lebanon, Madison Co., and Miss Ada A. Evans.

Obituaries (January 5)

Susan M. Sayre

Binghamton Press, March 10, 1915

Miss Susan M. Sayre, aged 82 years, died at her home, 101 Oak street [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY], Monday night after a brief illness.   She was a daughter of the late William Strong and Leapha Bush Sayre of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], having come to the city with her sister, the late Sarah E. Sayre, over 30 years ago.  She has resided in this city since that time.  Miss Sayre and her sister were among the founders of the Trinity Memorial church.  The funeral service will be held in the Trinity church Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock.  Burial will be in Bainbridge.  Friends are requested to omit flowers.

 

Phoebe A. Corson

Binghamton Press, March 10, 1915

 

Phoebe A. Corson, wife of A.B. Corson, died at 12:40 O'clock this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emily Corson, in Hopbottom, Pa.  She is survived by her husband; daughter; two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Perry of this city and Mrs. Mary Cross of Detroit, Mich., and three brothers, Samuel S. Hill of Wyalusing, Pa., Jesse Hill of Prattville, Pa., and Leroy G.  Hill of this city.  The funeral will be held at the home of her daughter in Hopbottom on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  Burial will be in Brooklyn, Pa.

 

Helen Pike

The Watchman, Monticello, NY, March 28, 1860

 

Miss Helen Pike, aged about eighteen, daughter of David Pike, of McConnellville [Oneida Co., NY], died very suddenly at Taberg yesterday (Friday) morning.  She was attending a ball at Gillett's Hotel, at the latter place, and about three o'clock in the morning, and while on the ballroom floor, she complained of feeling faint, and almost immediately fell over and was caught by someone near.  She did not speak again, but died instantly!  Two older sisters of hers were at the party with her.  Mr. Gillett was an uncle of deceased.--Ulster Dem.

William Strong Sayre

Chenango Union, January 29, 1880

We are pained to announce the death of our much esteemed townsman, W.S. Sayre, Esq., a gentleman for more than fifty years prominently connected with interests of our village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], and a lawyer who by her upright dealings and exemplary character has been an ornament to the profession.  Mr. Sayre was born in Romulus, Seneca County, N.Y., March 1808, was a graduate of Hamilton College, and one of the most conscientious and honest men of his profession, and we believe the oldest practitioner in Chenango County.  Mr. Sayre retired to bed about ten o'clock on Tuesday night in apparent good health.  About 11 o'clock Mrs. Sayre was aroused by hearing her husband breathing unnatural, but before assistance could be summoned death had taken place.  Aged nearly 77 years--Times.

John Clapp

Broome Republican, October 7, 1886

The funeral of Hon. John Clapp, whose death occurred last Tuesday, was held from his late residence, Chenango street [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY], at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, and was attended by a large concourse of friends, among whom were many representatives of the Bar of Broome county, of which he was a distinguished member.  the services were in accordance with the rites of the Episcopal church, and were conducted in an impressive manner by Rev. R.G. Quennel, rector of Christ church, assisted. by Rev. Mr. Capen.  The remains were laid at rest in Spring Forest cemetery [Binghamton, NY].  Messrs. T.R. Morgan, E.W. Brigham, John Ray Clarke, Job N. Congdon, F.T. Newell and Hon. B.N. Loomis acting as bearers.  At a meeting of the Broome County Bar Association the following minutes and resolution, prepared by P.P. Rogers, Esq., and Neil Pice, Esq. were were adopted, and the chairman of the committee requested to present them to the Supreme Court, with the request to have them placed upon the record. 

"John Clapp, Esquire, the oldest lawyer in Broome County, died in this city on the 28th instant, "an old man well stricken in years."  More than sixty years have passed since he was admitted to the Bar.  He began his professional career under a system of practice and pleading then considered almost the perfection of legal conciseness and logic.  In the learning and subtleties of that system, Mr. Clapp was an adept.  By the Constitution of 1846, this whole system was swept away, and what was then so highly regarded is come to be looked upon as artificial, cumbersome, useless and almost grotesque.  Simpler and more rational methods are now practiced, and "special pleading" is one of the lost arts.

Mr. Clapp practiced under the old system for more than twenty years, and was at all times a studious, conscientious, painstaking, faithful lawyer.  He met as an equal such lawyers as Samuel Beardsley, Hiram Denlo, Greene C. Bronson, James Clapp, his distinguished brother, Henry VanDerlyn, and others of scarcely less reputation, but whose names are now forgotten, "blotted from record and on the tongue of gray tradition voluble no more."  He was for many years the prosecuting officer of an adjoining county, discharging the duties of that position faithfully and well.  Forty-five years ago he became a resident of this city [Binghamton, NY], where he has since resided.  His professional life closed substantially with the adoption of the code in 1847.  He went out with the old system and did not come in with the new.

He was a cultured gentleman, read extensively, discussed with great vigor the currant literature and topics of the day and kept up his readings of the English classics until almost the last.  He was a strong thinker, strong in his affections for his family and friends--strong in his hatred of cant, snobbery, hypocrisy and wrong, and especially severe in his denunciation of political fraud and corruption.  He was a born conservative, attached to the past, distrustful of novelties, but ready to applaud and adopt all real improvements when proved to be such.

Therefore, the members of the Broome County Bar, gathered to pay our tribute of respect to the memory of our deceased brother:
Resolve,
1:  That in the death of Mr. Clapp, our oldest member, we lose one who had long  honored his chosen profession by an upright life, whose integrity was above suspicion, whose word was his bond, whose ability no one who came in contact with him would question.
2:  That while we mourn his loss, we are glad that as we stand beside his grave, we are able to say:

"His life was gentle,

And the elements in him so mixed;

That nature might stand up and say to all the world,

This was a man."

3: That we extend to his family ou rdeepest sympathy in their bereavement the sadness of which is tempered by the remembrance that the sheaf gathered was fully ripe." 

 

Post Listings December 29, 2014 - January 4, 2015

Listing of blog postings for the week of December 29, 2014 - January 4, 2015

Marriages

Posted December 29, 2014

Elizabeth Gregory - Marion Bookhout (1946)

Roberta Frances Dibble - Robert D. Warfield (1946)

Mary Eleanor Moody - Richard Dale Tweedie (1946)

Jessamine Louise Davis - Henry M. Trowbridge, Jr. (1946)

Marriage Notices

     Theodore C.  Hutchinson - Nettie L. Ives (1877)

     William Houghton - Nellie E. Price (1877)

     Matthew F. Smith - Carrie A. Cone (1877)

     John A. Parker - Jennie E. Bradley (1877)

     Albert Davis - Helen Weeks (1877)

     Albert C. Derby - E. Melissa Easton (1877)

     Charles M. Sheldon - Deliah A. Hawkins (1877)

     Silas A. Pindar - Ellen A. Ward (1877)

     Richard L. Bundy - Lucy A. Neff (1878)

Posted December 30, 2014
Lasira M. Drake - Frank E. Boice (1896)
Daisy A. Drake - Daniel M. Davis (1896)
Bettye J. Morrison - Robert F. Smith (1946)
Ruth Telesky Cairns - Reginald j. Kelly (1946)

Posted December 31, 2014
Autumn V. Follett - Charles l. Carlson (1946)
Florence k. Smith - Lawrence W. Caswell (1946)
Retha Budine - Everett Filer, Jr. (1946)
Jane R. Stilson - Richard B. Champlin (1946)
Chester Backus - Josephine Parsons (1946)
Mary Elizabeth Fretwell - Thewalt D. Hibbard (1946)
Marion F. Westcott - Charles H. McCumber (1946)
Marriage Notices
     Asa Wood - Emeline Clark (1835)
     Stebbins Hunt - Susannah Tuttle (1841)
     Jerome Finch - L. Weeks (1877)
     George W. Sexmith - Flora A. Rounds (1878)
     George E. Sackett - Ella N. Sloan (1878)

Posted January 1, 2015
Beverly J. Moore - Gordon Hoke (1946)
Jean Harriett Schloss - Ralph Winfield Welton (1946)
June Helen Schloss - Allen Eugene Welton (1946)
Mildred Juckette - George Terwilliger (1946)
Helen Chrisfield - Charles Agar, Jr. (engagement, 1946)
Theodore F. Elliott - LaRue Haynie (1946)
Louella Weeks - Hugh A. Devine (1946)

Posted January 2, 2015
Elopement - Fred Graves Convicted of abduction (1900)
Ruth Schermerhorn - William Size (about 1900)
Julia Urbanas - Edward G. Pixley (1946)
Lillian E. Blanchard - Ralph M. Nicholson, Jr. (1946)
Rose Herdecker - Leon A. Dart (1946)
Elizabeth Moore - Leland C. Maxson (1946)

Posted January 3, 2015
Richard W. Juliand - Lucretia Coan (57th anniversary, 1880)
Anna G. Mahon - James M. Oliver (1946)
Melba Hurlburt - Robert Stevens (1946)
Marjorie E. Barnes - Raymond A. Howe (1946)
Dorothy Anne Haynes - Rex W Beers (1946)
Mary Alice Fuller - William  L. McDonald (1946)
Marriage Notices
     Burton M. Searles - Viola Merriman (1879)
     Charles E. Rudd - Abbie A. Winsor (1879)
     Walter Bishop - Ida Newton (1880)
     C. Franklin Shaver - Harriet M. Everett (1880)

Posted January 4, 2015
Rev. & Mrs. T.F. Hall (25th anniversary)
Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Getter (48th anniversary, 1938)
Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Herrick (25th anniversary, 1936)
F. Irene Manwaring - Julian H. Ryan (1933)
Arlene meek - Philip John Freidenstein (1933)
Elizabeth Hitchcock - Donald J. Patchen (1946)
Frances Margaret Everett - Lawrence Edson Archibald (1946)
Marjorie Wayman - Homer Sands (engagement, 1946)


 

Obituaries

Posted December 29, 2014

Addison H. Cresson (East Windsor, 1946)

Robert Scott Lightfoot (Hampton, VA, Cannonsville, Walton, 1946)

Ross E. Brown (Pharsalia, 1946)

Fred Burnside (Masonville, 1946)

Mary Gude (Sidney, 1946)

Lyman E. Wright (Windsor, 1946)

Richard J. McCormack (Margaretville, 1946)

Death Notices

     Kimba Smith (Unadilla, 1877)

     Edward O'Leary (Oxford, 1877)

     Eunice Wheeler (Oxford, 1877)

     Patrick Riley (Nineveh, 1877)

     Michael Merrick (Nineveh, 1877)

     Edward  H.P. Ireland (Bainbridge, 1877)

     Margaret W. Foster (Masonville, 1878)

     Fredrick Snyder (Afton, 1878)

     Huldah Fisher (Afton, 1878)

Posted December 30, 2014
William Walter Reid (Bainbridge, 1895)
Jessie M. Clark (Bainbridge, 1897)
Sherman Holden (Bennettsville, ca 1895)
Alice E. (Ireland) Merchant (Cobleskill, West Bainbridge, 1900)
Pearle Marguerite (Nichols) Reynolds (Rogers Hollow, 1946)
William H. Coons (Walton, 1946)
William D. McAdams (Walton, 1946)

Posted December 31, 2014
Maria (Minor) Pearsall (Bainbridge, 1898)
Homer B. Parsons (Bainbridge, 1900)
Dan Keegan (Cincinnati, 1900)
Leon Barrett (Owego, 1946)
Myrvle L. Sweet (Curtis NB, 1946)
Orson Phetteplace (Manlius, Bainbridge, 1946)
Death Notices
     Billa Thurston (Bainbridge, 1841)
     John D. Ireland (Bainbridge, 1877)
     Harriet Ireland (West Bainbridge, 1878)
     Polly Brookins (East Guilford, 1878)
     Mrs. William Smith (Guilford, 1878)

Posted January 1, 2015
R. Wilbur Foote (San Diego, CA, 1946)
Gladys Sands Gifford (Bainbridge, 1946)
Francis A. Zagata (Oneonta, 1946)
Rev. Ralph W. Carr (North Plainfield, NJ, 1946)

Posted January 2, 2015
William H. Havens (Guilford, 1829)
Oleavia Ingersoll (Guilford, 1878)
Harriet A. Humphrey Jewell (Guilford, Bainbridge, 1888)
Alvin Hollenbeck (Guilford, 1888)
Dr. Solomon McFarland (Oxford, 1900)
Albert C. Hovey (Oxford, 1901)

Posted January 3, 2015
Harriet A. Fuller Hecox (Smyrna, 1904)
Rev. S.M. Keeler (Bainbridge, Smyrna, 1912)
Ellen M. Weaver (Smyrna, 1912)
Erastus C. Billings (Syracuse, Smyrna, 1911)
Death Notices
     Frances Pellet (Norwich, 1836)
     Irena Blivin (Norwich, 1836)
     Allen Nicholson (Preston, 1836)
     Lydia A. Egan (Rochester, 1836)
     Infant daughter of Orville Wilson (Wilkins Settlement, 1878)
     Horace Adams (Triangle, 1878)
     David Pearsall (Bainbridge, 1878)

Posted January 4, 2015
Franklyn A. Mowry (Oxford, 1897)
Howard Salisbury (Bainbridge, 1900)
Mary Davis (Afton, 1946)
Bennett P. Agano (Binghamton, 1946)
Geraldine Herndon (Asbury Park, NY, 1946)
Mary Albert (Guilford, 1946)
Augustus D. Burk (Nineveh, 1946)
Francelia S. Young (Windsor, 1946)

  

Miscellaneous

Posted December 29, 2014

Soldier News continued, 1946

     Robert T. Rosenstein Discharged form Navy

     Buddy of Adrian Bush Visits Mr. & Mrs. Bush

Miscellaneous Items - 1946

     Ruth Bacon Honored at University of Indiana

     Harry F. Noyes to Celebrate 25th Anniversary

     Rockwell's Mills Landmark Opened as Restaurant

    Junior Prom Social Highlight in Bainbridge Village

Posted December 30, 2014
Brief Biography of Hudson H. Lyon (1857 - 1950). written about 1895

Posted December 31, 2014
Bainbridge Central High School Class of 1946, Part 2

Posted January 1, 2015
Soldier News continued, 1946
     Pvt. C.A. Wilson in Army
     Ardo K. Thomas, Jr. Discharged from Army
     Andrew j. Sejersen, Jr. Discharged from Navy
Old Murder Case from 1832 Recalled

  

Posted January 2, 2015
Poems of George Dennison continued - 1833

Posted January 3, 2015
B.C.H.S. Students of Years Ago Meet - "The Refugees", 1946

Posted Janury 4, 2015
Miscellaneous Items
     Atty. Albert S. DeClue Opens Law Office (1946)
     James A. Hard Celebrates 105th Birthday (1946)
     Lost & Found, The Case of the Missing Pocket Book (1881)
     Hines Block Fire, Bainbridge, NY (1897)

Obituaries (January 4)

Franklyn Mowry

Chenango Union, November 25, 1897

 

The dead body of Franklyn Mowry, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], who had been missing from his home since Tuesday of last week, was found on Saturday within fifty rods of his own house.  Mr. Mowry was a popular man in the neighborhood where he resided, east of the village, and was a kind husband and father and an obliging neighbor.  His only weakness was appetite for liquor.  On Tuesday he returned from a visit at Binghamton.  Before going from the village to his home on the hill he purchased a suit of clothes and eight ounces of carbolic acid which he said he wanted to kill lice in his hen house.  Shortly after five o'clock he started to walk to his home.  About six he called at the residence of Seymour Young, about a mile from home.  He said that he had fallen and broken a bottle of carbolic acid in his pocket and the acid had burned his leg.  He asked for a liniment, which was brought and he bathed the injured parts.  He was invited to spend the night but refused and the offer of the Seymour boy to see him home with a lantern was also declined, Mr. Mowry stating that he would be at home in a few minutes.  From that time nothing was seen of him until his body was found by his son-in-law, J.E. Brown, of Oxford, Saturday morning.  It was about fifty rods from the house, under a tree just over the fence from the road and covered with snow.  Mr. Brown summoned assistance and Dr. Fernald was called.  He found the broken bottle which had contained carbolic acid is one packet and in another a partially filed whiskey bottle.  The coroner decided an inquest unnecessary, but ordered a post mortem examination which was conducted on Sunday by Dr. H.E. Smith, of this village. Traces of carbolic acid were found in the man's stomach and death was due to that poison.  It is probable that he took a drink from the bottle of acid by mistake. The funeral was held from his late residence Tuesday morning, Rev. Mr. Parsons, of Oxford, officiating.  The deceased leaves a widow, one son, Ira A. Mowry, of Oxford, one daughter, Mrs. J.E. Brown, of Oxford, and a sister Mrs. Albert Seeley, of this village.

 

Howard Salisbury

1875-1900

 

This community was terribly shocked last evening by the news that Howard Salisbury had been killed in a railroad wreck at Harpursville [Broome Co., NY].  Mr. Salisbury went to Lestershire on Tuesday of last week and was returning home when the accident occurred.  The dispatch announcing the sad news, which was received here at about six o'clock last evening, was very brief and gave no details.  He was on the second section of train 98 which reached Harpursville at about 5:30 p.m., and was riding on a flat car, loaded with rails.  Just before the train reached the Harpursville station a car wheel broke and five loaded cars were wrecked, including the one on which Mr. Salisbury was riding.  Undertaker Erwin Ramsdell, accompanied by Dr. D.L. Taylor and Jesse Anderson went to Harpursville on train 5 last evening.  The broken car wheel was on the forward end of the car of rails upon which Mr. Salisbury was riding.  The car was turned around nearly at right angles to the tracks.  The end upon which was the broken wheel being pushed down the steep bank so that the load of rails stood partially on end and Mr. Salisbury was lying under the ends of the rails.  Death must have been instantaneous.  One leg had been severed near the hip but otherwise the body was not greatly mutilated.  The tracks were of course blocked by the wreck.  Train 16 was held at that place until No. 5 reached there when the passengers were transferred from one train to the other, 16 returning to Binghamton. As soon as the work of removing the rails from Mr. Salisbury's body had been completed train 5 came east again, bringing Undertaker Ramsdell and party with the body in charge, reaching here at midnight.  Howard Salisbury was 25 years old and the only son of Mrs. Amanda Salisbury of this village.  His father, the late George R. Salisbury, died ten or twelve years ago.  The deceased was an estimable young man.  He had a genial disposition and was a social favorite.  He was an excellent bass singer and had been a member of the choir of the Baptist church for several years.  His death is a crushing blow to his mother and the sympathy of a host of friends is extended to her.  The funeral services will be held tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon, but the hour had not been decided upon when this paper was printed.  [Buried in St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery, Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]

 

Mary Davis

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 18, 1946

 

Miss Mary Davis, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], East Side, died Wednesday afternoon when she fell from a hay tedder which she was operating near the home of Carlton J.H. Hayes.  It is believed that Miss Davis suffered a heart attack.  The horses, becoming frightened, dragged Miss Davis for some distance.  They then continued on across the lawn of the Hayes residence through fences and shrubbery until they were finally stopped by Fred Holdredge.  Miss Davis suffered an extensive laceration on her scalp and died soon after the arrival of Dr. William H. Crull, who ordered the body brought to the Karschner funeral Home where the funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m., with the Rev. George B. Graves, Methodist pastor, officiating.  One brother, June Davis, survives, also a niece, Mrs. Blanche Partridge, of Bainbridge. 

 

Bennett P. Agana & Geraldine Herndon

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 18, 1946

 

A former Binghamton soldier and his Asbury Park, N.J., fiancée drowned Sunday night when a canoe carrying them and another young couple capsized in Lily Lake at Chenango Valley Park.    They are:  Bennett P. Agana, 23, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], and Miss Geraldine Herndon, 22, of Asbury Park, N.J.  Mr. Agana lost his life trying to save his fiancée who could not swim.  Calvin Cox, of Binghamton, also a former soldier, rescued his companion, Miss Marcheta Whitfield, 21, of Binghamton.

 

Sheriffs men said the canoe capsized while Mr .Agana and Miss Whitfield were exchanging seats so that the former could sit in the bottom of the canoe with his fiancée.  The double drowning happened about 7:35 p.m. in 10 feet of water about 125 feet from shore and about 200 yards from the bathing beach.  Deputy Sheriff Carroll Smythe said Mr Agana apparently became exhausted diving for Miss Herndon, who was visiting at the Agana home.  Mr. Cox managed to grasp Miss Whitfield, who also cannot swim, after she had gone down twice.  He started to shore with her as Mr. Agana continued diving for his fiancée. Four young girls in a rowboat met the couple as they neared shore and took Miss Whitfield into the boat. 

 

Meantime, two lifeguards at the bathing beach started for the scene of the drowning in a rowboat.  They had recovered Mr. Agana's body when Mr. Cox returned to the scene. The former soldier dived a couple of times and located Miss Herndon.  Authorities estimated Mr Agana and Miss Herndon had been in the water between 10 and 15 minutes before they were found and taken to shore.  The State park inhalator was used in an attempt to revive Mr. Agana as soon as he was brought to shore.  Deputy Sheriff Ernest S. Youngs, of Port Crane, arrived minutes later with another inhalator which was applied to Miss Herndon. The lifeguards administered artificial respiration.  Two physicians who were at  the park assisted.  Dr. A.J Stilson, of Windsor, a Broome County coroner, was summoned more than two hours later when attempts to restore life in the young couple failed. he issued a verdict of death due to drowning in each case. The four young persons has been at the park since afternoon.

 

Mary Albert

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 1, 1946

 

Miss Mary Albert, age 90 years, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Albert, passed away Thursday evening at 8:10 at the Kings' Daughter's Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.  She was born in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on Merchant street.  In early life she made her home with Dr. and Mrs. R.M. Clark, Guilford, and remained with them until death claimed them both.  For some time after that, she resided with Dr.and Mrs. Blinn Buell in Binghamton.  She was affiliated with Christ church in Guilford.  The body arrived in Binghamton Sunday at 2:30 where it was taken to the Prentice funeral Home, 55 Main street, where friends could call.  Final rites were held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock form Christ Church, Guilford, the rector, the Rev. Phillip Pearson, officiating.  Burial was in Sunset Hill Cemetery [Guilford, NY].  Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Esther Zoert, of Sidney; two nephews, Laurence Carney and James Carney, of Guilford.  Although many years have lapsed since Miss Albert left Guilford, her friends will pay a final tribute to her memory.

 

Augustus D. Burk

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 1, 1946

 

Augustus D. Burk, 88, of Nineveh [Broome Co., NY], R.D.1, died Sunday of last week at his home.  He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Roby Lord, Mrs. Minnie Craft and Mrs. Edith Martin, all of Oneonta; a son, Floyd, of Nineveh; several grandchildren and great grandchildren. The funeral was held at the Harpursville Baptist church, on the following Wednesday.  The Rev. Grover Thompson officiated.  Burial was in the Plains Cemetery.

 

Francelia S. Young

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 1, 1946

 

Mrs. Francelia S. Young, 90, of Windsor [Broome Co., NY], died Friday at the Binghamton City Hospital after a long illness.  She is survived by three nephews, Dr. A.J Stillson and Nelson Stillson, both of Windsor, and Robert L. Stillson, of New York City; two nieces, Mrs. Mary Backenstoe, of Windsor, and Mr. Ella Sanford, of Binghamton; several grandnieces and grandnephews. She was a member of the Windsor Presbyterian Church.

 

 

Miscellaneous Items

Atty. Albert S. DeClue Opens Law Office

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 1, 1946

Attorney Albert S. DeClue, of Hempstead, L.I., has purchased the Harman property, 29 North Main street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], and will open a law office in his home within the week.  Mr DeClue was discharged from the Navy on July 4, 1946, as a Lieutenant Commander, after more than four years' service, Including two years at sea.  Before entering the service, he practiced with the firm of Patterson & Christ, Hempstead.  Mr. DeClue is a graduate of Colgate university and Columbia Law School.  he is married and has two sons, Stephen and David.  Mrs. DeClue is a graduate of Pratt Institute School of Dietetics, Brooklyn.

 

James A. Hard Celebrates 105th Birthday

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 1, 1946

 

James A. Hard, a boyhood resident of Windsor [Broome Co., NY], observed his 105th birthday on July 15 at his home in Rochester [Monroe Co., NY].  In good health, Mr. Hard is the last surviving Civil War veteran in Rochester.  He fought in the battles of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, South Mountain and Antietam.  Attending school at Windsor as a boy, he worked on his father's nearby farm during the summer vacations.  He enlisted in the Army at the age of 20 in Dryden, after moving from Windsor.

 

Lost and Found

Chenango Union, July 14, 1881

 

There was something of a commotion in town on Thursday last, caused by the loss of a pocket book.  Truman E. Case, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], came to the village in the morning, and made some purchases at the store of L. Scott on South Broad Street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  In the afternoon he returned to the store, and stated that while trading there in the forenoon he had left upon the counter his pocketbook, contained about one hundred dollars and some valuable papers.  A colored man named James H. Andrews soon after came to him, and informed him that for a consideration he would show him the man who took the pocket book from the store, describing the same.  Case paid his informant two dollars, when he was conducted to one of the buildings in the row south of the N.Y.O.&W. depot.  While Mr. Case was waiting for the appearance of his guide with the thief, the gentleman with the two dollars left the house through a back door, and made good time over fences and through gardens.  The Justice issued a warrant, and Andrews was arrested by Officer Hubbard, who conveyed him to jail.  Adelbert Brushell, also colored, who was seen to leave on the Walton train, was arrested by Officer Turner, at Guilford, in obedience to a telegram, and brought back to this place in the evening, the conductor escorting him to jail.  But Friday morning changed the aspect of things, when it was learned that the missing pocket book had been found under the bed of a weak minded brother of Mr. Case, residing with his father on Sheldon Street.  After leaving Scott's store, Mr. Case drove to his father's residence, and while alighting from his carriage the pocket book fell from an inside pocket into the grass, where it was afterwards found by his brother, and thrown under the bed. The contents of the wallet were found to be all right, the prisoners were released, and the excitement died out.

 

Hines Block Fire - Bainbridge

Chenango Union, November 25, 1897

 

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] was visited by another disastrous conflagration Monday night, property of the value of about $30,000 being destroyed.  The flames were discovered in the basement of Barton & Clark's hardware store in the Hines block about 11 o'clock Monday night.  Dr Taylor, who was returning from a night call, discovered the fire and sent in the alarm.  The firemen soon had a stream on the fire but had been at work but a few minutes when an explosion of gun powder in the store scattered burning embers all over the building.

 

The Hines block was a frame building with a brick venured front, and there was no fire wall between it and the Wetmore block on the south.  The flames quickly spread to this block and the firemen were unable to stop the advance until the fire reached the brick wall of the Pierce block in which the bank is situated.

 

The Wetmore block was occupied by A.L. Palmer, dry goods and groceries and George Bentley, groceries.  Upstairs in the Hines block was the residence of Mrs. Shapley, a widow, and on the second floor of the Wetmore block, the residence of Lute Sweet.  Both families escaped without injury but they were unable to save any of their household furniture and only such wearing apparel as they could carry out with them. 

 

The stock and fixtures of the Barton & Clark and Bentley stores were a total loss, but Mr Palmer estimates that he saved one-tenth of his stock.  Both of the blocks were a total loss. 

 

The origin of the fire is unknown.  The hardware store where the fire started had been closed  not more than twenty minutes and there was no indication of fire at that time.  About 7 o'clock Tuesday morning the flames sprang up again among the ruins and the firemen were called out for another hour's work.  The burned district extends from the Pierce block on the south to the Graves block on the north, both of which have fire walls.

 

 

Marriages (January 4)

-Rev. & Mrs. T.F. Hall

25th Anniversary

 

The Oneonta Star  in its issue of Monday has the following account of a surprise given to Rev. and Mrs. T.F. Hall which is reproduced for the benefit of his many friends in this vicinity:

 

"Saturday was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the marriage of Rev. and Mrs. T.F. Hall and, during the day, they accepted an invitation to dine with Rev. and Mrs. H.O. McDermott at six o'clock.  When they departed, the latter couple suggested that they all step into the parlors of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which the unsuspecting couple consented.  They found nearly three hundred of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Hall, mostly members of the local church.  After all had had an opportunity to extend congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Hall were invited to a corner of the lecture room where were a handsome sideboard and silver tea set.  Pastor McDermott then, in a happy speech, presented the gifts to the estimable couple in behalf of local friends.  Rev. W.S. Adams of Laurens then, in behalf of the preachers of the Oneonta district tendered a pudding dish, nut dish, water pitcher and goblet and a flower stand all in silver.  Mr. Hall responded feelingly, evidencing the complete surprise and expressing their appreciation of the kindly feelings manifested.  Refreshments were served and the evening passed very pleasantly.  Owing to the anniversary falling on Saturday many of the district pastors who desired to attend were unable so to do.  Rev. J. S. Crompton of Unadilla and Rev. S. Moore of Wilkesbarre, Pa. were present.  Mr. Hall is doing excellent work in the Oneonta district and many friends, where ever he and Mrs. Hall are known, will rejoice that the Oneonta church friends and the various pastors have given this expression of their regard.

Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Getter

48th Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Getter were the guests of honor at a family surprise party in celebration of their 48th wedding anniversary Tuesday evening at their home.  Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Getter and daughter, Loretta and son, Laurence; Mr. and Mrs. M.J. Getter and daughter, Geraldine and Mrs. Jessie M. Russell [May 1938]

Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Herrick

25th Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Herrick were very pleasantly surprised last Saturday evening at their home in North Main street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] when about thirty of their friends appeared to help in the celebration of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.  Cards and other games were enjoyed during the evening and refreshments, provided by the guests, were served.  Jay F. Hager, on behalf of the guests, presented Mr. and Mrs. Herrick with a gift in memory of the occasion.  Out-of-town friends in attendance included Mr. and Mrs. Merville Cook of Sidney and Mr. and Mrs. Jay F. Hager of Masonville.  [1936]

Ryan - Manwaring

Miss F. Irene Manwaring, daughter of Otto Ives of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], became the bride of Julian H. Ryan at the parsonage at South Oxford, Friday, Sept. 1.  The Rev. R.A. Gates performed the ceremony and the attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Ward Winsor of Guilford.  Following the marriage Mr. and Mrs. Ryan left on a two weeks' wedding trip to various parts of New York state and will be at home in this township after October 1.  [1933]

Freidenstine - Meek

Arlene Meek of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] and Philip John Freidenstine of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] were united in marriage at nine o'clock Saturday evening by Rev. N.S. McPherson at his home on North Broad street, Norwich.  Accompanying them were Mr. and Mrs. George Bennett of Bainbridge.  Mr. and Mrs. Freidenstine intend to live near Bainbridge.  [Sept. 2, 1933]

Patchen - Hitchcock

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 18, 1946

Miss L. Elizabeth Hitchcock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Weland L. Hitchcock, was married to Donald J. Patchen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earle V. Benedict, Thursday, July 11, at 8:30 p.m.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Chester Zogg at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Patchen in Wolcott.  After returning from a trip to the Thousand Islands, they will spend the summer at Buena Vista on Mt. Pleasant.

 

Archibald - Everett

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 1, 1946

Miss Frances Margaret Everett daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Everett, of Delhi [Delaware Co., NY], and Lawrence Edson Archibald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Archibald, also of Delhi, were married Saturday morning, July 20, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Everett by the Rev. Cameron B. Reed, D.D., of the Delhi First Presbyterian church.

Sands - Wayman

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 1, 1946

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wayman, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], announce the engagement of their daughter, Marjorie, to Homer Sands, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orin Sands, of Vallonia Springs [Broome Co., NY].  Miss Wayman, who is about to begin her senior year at St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing, New York City, is spending three weeks' vacation with her parents.  Mr. Sands was recently discharged form the United States Navy, having spent 20 months of active duty in the Pacific Theatre.  No date has been set for the wedding.



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BCHS Students of Years Ago Meet - 1946

Bainbridge Central  High School Students

of Years Ago Meet

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 18, 1946

 

 

Front row (LtoR):  Alfred Winston, Lee mills, Louis Stevens, Howard R. Fuller, Sidney R. Bennett, Floyd E. Anderson, Irving D. Tillman and Edwin Jacobson

Back row (LtoR):  Charles H. Peckham, Ward Loomis, Joseph Herrick, Leigh Evans, Vernon F. Hovey, Dr. Ralph H. Loomis, Harold l. Payne

 

A group of men, former students of Bainbridge High School, met Sunday evening, July 7, at DeCumber Hotel, Sidney, for dinner.  The occasion was the revival of the Refugees, a club organized in 1905 by some of the boys on vacation from college and those still here at home.  They met annually for several years at a banquet, then the interests of many took them to homes away and no more meetings were held. 

 

The night of the Old Home Day celebration in 1939 found a group of them assembled on the Central Hotel porch talking over old times till the "wee sma' hours,"  and saying goodbye to each other firmly resolved to meet the next summer, but other affairs, worldwide, diverted their attention, for either they, or their sons, or other members of their families were called into war service.  But two weeks ago, when Lieut. Col. Howard W. Fuller, better known to Bainbridge folks as Dick, came to call on old friends, thoughts reached out to fellows not seen in many years, and a wish was expressed that the Refugees might gather again for an old time conclave.  The wish was no sooner expressed than it was put into action by some of the home men, invitations posted, and prompt answers received, with the result that 16 of them were at the dinner.

 

Sid Bennett, acting as master of ceremonies, called on Vern Hovey, Lee Mills, Dill Tillman, Alf Winston, Dick Fuller and Floyd Anderson, who responded with reminiscences, and a gladness to be able to meet the old gang again, some of whom had not seen one another in 40 years.

 

Messages were received from Clay Wilcox, Ward Redfield, Aug Jacobson, of New York City; Prof. Harry VanCott, of Schenectady; Rex Randall, of Adams; and Earl Westcott of Oneonta, regretting their inability to come and with greetings to all the fellows.

 

It was an unanimous vote that they meet next year and thereafter make it an annual affair.

 

Leon Loomis, Louis Hartmann, Harry Humphrey, Frank Williams, Howard Whitman and Jesse Wicks were spoken of with feeling as five who have died.

 

In attendance were:  Dr. H. Lee Mills, of Burlington, Vt.; Vernon Hovey, of Schenectady; Alfred Winston, of Herkimer; Irving D. Tillman, of Norwich; Dr. Ralph Loomis, of Sidney; Edwin Jacobson, of Sidney; Lieut. Col. Howard W. Fuller, of Binghamton; Senator Floyd Anderson of Binghamton; Sidney Bennett, Joseph E. Herrick, Charles Peckham Perry Teachout, Ward Loomis, Harold Payne, Louis Stevens, Leigh Evans, all of Bainbridge.