Marriages (May 16)

Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Taft announce the engagement of their daughter, Viola Gladys to Robert Craver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Craver, of Bainbridge, R.D.1.  The date of the wedding has not been set as yet.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 13, 1941]

 

In the room in which her parents, Jesse Warren Timmerman and Marie Adams, were married, June 4, 1914, and with the same minister, Bishop William N. Ainsworth, officiating and the same musicians, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Guttenberger, playing the same wedding music, Miss Evelyn Timmerman became the bride of Charles Herron Fairbanks, of Macon, Ga., formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co.,  NY], at noon Saturday, February 8, 1941.  The ceremony took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Timmerman and Mrs. Timmerman's mother, Mrs. Charlton Berrian Adams, in Macon, Ga., on College street, and was followed by a wedding breakfast.  Given in marriage by her father, the bride had as her only attendant her younger sister, Miss Mary Timmerman.  Tom Fleming, of Atlanta, was best man for the groom.  For the wedding processional, Mr. Guttenberger, pianist, and Mrs. Guttenberger, violinist, played Mendelssohn's Wedding March as they did at the wedding of the bride's parents and they also included in the program "Evening Star" from Tannhauser which they played at the other wedding.  The maid of honor and then the bride and her father descended the stairway and the ceremony was performed at an improvised altar arranged before the fireplace in the back parlor where the altar had been arranged for Mr. and Mrs. Timmerman.  It was banked with palms, the greenery covering the mantel and at each side were tall arrangements of Bermuda Lilies.  The maid of honor was gowned in ice blue marquisette, her dress made with round shoulder yoke and long full sleeves edged with silver lace.  Lace also edged the fitted, corselet waistline. The skirt flared widely. She wore blue satin slippers embroidered with silver and carried a bouquet of Briarcliff roses.  The bride was gowned in traditional white satin.  A yoke of marquisette was set into the waist with plaited band of satin and pearls, outlined the high round neck.  Tiny satin covered buttons fastened the back of the long fitted waist onto which the skirt was gathered fully.  The long satin train extended from the skirt.  The sleeves, puffed at the shoulders were fitted into points over the wrists.  From an orange blossom tiara her tulle veil fell in two lengths, one short one and one that floated out the length of her satin train.  Her slippers were white satin and she carried a sheaf of calla lilies tied with a satin ribbon.  She also carried her mother's wedding handkerchief.  After the ceremony the bridal couple, Mrs. Timmerman and the groom's mother, Mrs. Louis B. Fairbanks, of Bainbridge formed the line that greeted the guests.  Mrs. Timmerman was gowned in a floor-length dress of green-blue crepe, the waist and elbow length sleeves embroidered with gold and coral, the neckline and sleeves edged with small scallops.  At her shoulder was a corsage of Talisman roses.  Mrs. Fairbanks wore a Copenhagen blue crepe dress, street length, and matching hat timed with pink feather roses and a blue veil.  Her corsage was of pink roses.  Mrs. Adams, the bride's grandmother, wore a black crepe gown, long, the waist and long sleeves embroidered with crystals.  Her corsage was of white roses.  Mrs. John J. McKay, Jr., Mrs. Holmes Mason, Mrs. Ernest Black and Mrs. Ernest Corn presided over the two punch tables.  Others assisting in entertaining were Mrs. Frampton Farmer, Mrs. Thurston Futch, Mrs. H.P. Heath, of Columbia, S.C., aunt of the bride, Mrs. Northrup Smith, Mrs. Stewart Cole, Mrs. P.O. Holliday, Mrs. J.C. Anderson and Mrs. Lee Worsham.  A group of the bride's friends who served included Miss Eugenia Anderson, Miss Martha Emma Watson, Mrs. Jack Tarver Miss Jane Huckabee, Misses Eva, Emily, and Anne Heath, of Columbia, S.C., Miss Anne Lillian Mann, Miss Jean MacDonnell, Miss Onie Ruth Burns, Miss Betty Futch and Miss Marcella Martin.  Through the house were effective flower arrangements.  In the other parlor were white gladioli and in the library pink ones were used.  In the dining room all the decorations were white.  The bride's table was covered with a linen cloth trimmed with Irish lace medallions and cutwork and edged with filet lace.  In the center was the wedding cake, a three-tired one embossed with white flowers bedecked with net leaves and topped with a tiny colonial bride and groom dressed in white satin.  It was a plateau edged with lace frills and frosted net leaves.  At each end of the table a silver bowl held white hyacinths and narcissus and silver compotes held peppermints.  In the early afternoon the bridal couple left by motor for a wedding trip, the bride changing for traveling to a three piece spring costume of beige wool suit and topcoat, with which she wore a pale green crepe blouse, a brown felt hat and accessories that combined brown and beige.  Later they will make their home at Ocmulgee National Monument where Mr. Fairbanks is archaeologist.  Out of town guests here for the wedding included the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Fairbanks, his brother, Paul Fairbanks, of Bainbridge, N.Y.; and his sisters, Miss Mary Fairbanks, of Washington, D.C. and Miss Helen Fairbanks, of New York City.--The Macon Telegraph and News.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb . 20, 1941]

 

Final judgment of divorce has been granted to Harry F. Brookins, formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] and now of Walton [Delaware Co., NY], against his wife, Ethia Mae Brookins.  The divorce was granted by the Hon. Martin W. Deyo.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 20, 1941]

 

Word has been received of the marriage of Miss Ellen Weeks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Weeks, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], and formerly of Bainbridge, to Morris Ellis, of Bainbridge[Chenango Co., NY], at Winchester, Va., Tuesday, February 11, 1941.  Mr. and Mrs. Ellis are now residing at Lebanon, Pa.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 20, 1941]

BCHS Class of 1936, Part 2

Bainbridge Central High School - Class of 1936

Senior Portraits

"Echo" 1936

 

Joseph Delello

 

We wonder what the Class of 1936 would have done without "Joe."  His business ability and keen judgment have proven valuable in all our class affairs, which were all successful largely due to his untiring efforts.  He is always faithful to B.C.H.S. whenever anything has to be done.  A good student, a faithful worker, and above all a real fellow, we wish him the best of success in whatever he undertakes in life.  

Jack Eldred

 

Here he is, folks, our Sophomore and Junior president, who proved to be very capable.  We can always find Jack up to some trick and we find that he is quite popular with some of the fair sex.  Good natured, unfailing respect for B.C.H.S. and a wit, the keenness of which has won much friendship for him, are but a few of his qualities we will never forget.

Edith Foster

 

This, friends, is none other than our all star basketball guard.  Truly "Edie" is to be congratulated on her fine work on the team.  If "Edie" is entrusted with an important piece of work, she is conscientious and bears the responsibility well, coming through triumphantly in an efficient manner.  Her interests at present, are at Swarthmore but don't forget your Class of 1936, "Edie," and remember the old gang wishes you plenty of good luck.

Carol Fowler

 

Carol comes to us from Harpursville and to that little town we extend our thanks for such a friendly student.  Always ready for fun and a friendly smile for everyone, that is Carol.  We don't think she likes school very well, but we know her future is assured if she keeps up her present attitude toward life.

Florence Franks

 

Our girl's basketball manager is Florence.  Always ready to do her bit when someone is in need.  Florence has curly hair and a re-appearing smile which lights up this cruel, dark-world.  She never truckles for bigness, but out of the sideshows of our passing fancies chooses those things which best fit her capabilities.  As you leave us to go out into life, Florence, we know that you will bring honor to your Alma Mater and to your class.

Bernice Gifford

 

Bernice Gifford--what does that call to mind?  A very pretty and well dressed young lady who always greets you with a cheerful "hello."  Charming?  Wholly so.  Athletic?  We don't know, she never tried it.  Capable?  We know just how capable!  Yes.  "Bernice" is all of this and more.  Best wishes for the future and we hope it will be a prosperous one.



Marriages (May 15)

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Main, of Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], announce the engagement of their daughter, Helen Esther, to Jack Andrew Tuckey, son of Mrs. Florence Brown, Binghamton.  The wedding will take place February 14, 1941.  Mrs. Brown and son were former residents of Bainbridge.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 2, 1941]

 

At 8 o'clock on the evening of December 26, a very pretty wedding was solemnized in the Church of the Good Shephard, Binghamton, when Miss Dorothy Edwards, of 242 Vestal avenue, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], became the bride of Sergeant John F. Shaffer, formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  After the ceremony, a reception was held at the home of the bride's mother.  The bride wore a white satin gown with a long illusion veil and carried a bouquet of white rosebuds and baby's breath.  Her attendant wore cadet blue taffeta and carried a bouquet of pink rosebuds.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 2, 1941]

 

Nettie B. Secord, of Franklin [Delaware Co., NY], daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hillard Boggs, was united in marriage to Marshall Moore, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], son of Hiram Moore, Friday, December 13, 1940 in the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Franklin. the Rev. S.E. Sargeant performed the ceremony.  The couple was attended by the bridegroom's sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Roland VanTassel, of Sidney.  The bride was attired in a street length dress of soldier blue with black accessories.  Mrs. Moore is a graduate of Franklin High School and Mr. Moore attended Bainbridge High School.  Both are employed at the Scintilla Magneto Co., Sidney.  They are residing on bridge street, Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 2, 1941]

Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, February 5, at Fairview Avenue Methodist Parsonage, in Binghamton, occurred the marriage of Miss Alice Preston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Preston, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Leslie Wedge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wedge, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  The Rev. Leon Bouton, former pastor of the couple was the officiating minister.  The bride was charmingly attired in navy blue crepe with matching accessories and carried Talisman roses.  Her sister, Miss Ada Preston, of Oxford, attended her, and wore a similar gown of blue, with accessories to match.  Her flowers were roses. The best man was Robert Schutt, fraternity brother of the groom. The bride is a graduate of Oxford Academy Class of 1936.  The groom is a graduate of Guilford Central School and of Colgate University and is affiliated with Landa-Chi Fraternity.  He is employed at the Scintilla Corporation, Sidney.  After a brief wedding trip, they will be at home to their many friends in their newly furnished apartment on Schott street, Oxford.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 13, 1941]

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Schaap, of Albany, announce the marriage of their daughter Florence, to Frederick E. Buddenhagen, Jr., of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY].  The Rev. Clarence Bell of the Methodist church, Alexandria, Va., officiated at the service.  Miss Gina Wakeman, of Washington, D.C., and John More, of San Antonio, Tex. were the attendants.  Mrs. Buddenhagen, who attended Russell Sage College and graduated form Syracuse University in 1939, has taught in the Oswego High School during the past year and a half.  Mr. Buddenhagen, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Buddenhagen, of Sidney, graduated form Colgate university in 1937.  Mr. Buddenhagen is affiliated with the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Syracuse.  The couple will reside at 207 Hickok Ave., Syracuse [Onondaga Co., NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 13, 1941]

Obituaries (May 15)

On Wednesday morning, December 11, 1940, occurred the death of Leonard D. Lord.  About two weeks previous, Mr. Lord was seriously injured when his team ran away.  This accident was followed by complications which resulted in his death.  He was born April 20, 1880, in Brooklyn, the eldest son of Sarah C. and Oleph O. Lord and for the greater part of his life was lived in this vicinity, having at one time conducted a milk route in this village.  He was a loyal member of the L.O.O.F. Lodge and during his membership had acted in every chair from that of outside guard to district deputy, which is the highest office which can be attained in the district.  He was also active in all degree work.  About 25 members of the lodge attended the funeral.  The deceased is survived by his widow, Ida R. Lord, and nine children:  Mrs. Howard Seaman, of Guilford; Mrs. W. Schwehm, of Binghamton; Mrs. W. Schwehm, of Binghamton; Mrs. Lester Sayler, of Johnson City; Lela Lord, of Bainbridge; Leonard Lord, Jr., of Unadilla; John Lord, of Binghamton; Alvin Lord, of Afton; Robert Lord, of Bainbridge; Bert Lord, of Bainbridge; his mother, Mrs. Sarah C. Lord; a sister, Mrs. Grace Monahan and two brothers, Philip J. and Delavan M. Lord, all of whom reside in Bainbridge; besides 12 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.  The funeral was held Saturday at 2 o'clock in the Colwell's Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Lewis R. Johnson, pastor of the First members of the Odd Fellows Baptist Church officiating.  Six Lodge acted as pall-bearers.  They were: Henry Cheesbro, Sr., Fred Hamlin, Lester Andrews, Harold Brandt, O.F Howland and Lee Harrington.  The body was placed in the vault at Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] to await burial in the Spring.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Dec. 19, 1940]

 

Merritt A. Parsons passed away at the home of his son, John A. Parsons, Thursday evening, December 12, after a long illness.  He was born in Ouaguaga on December 6, 1857.  His younger days were spent on Perch Pond Hill and in Center Village.  He later moved to Oneonta.  On February 22, 1878, he was united in marriage with Ada L. Warner, with whom he spent 62 years of married life, he having survived her by a few months.  To them were born five children, three of them surviving him;  Mrs. E.G. Hinebaugh, Mrs. Lou Putnam and John A. Parsons.  In 1896 he moved to Bainbridge and has lived here since.  He was a member of the M.E. Church and Susquehanna Lodge F.&A.M.  The funeral was held Sunday, December 15, the Rev. Clarence Carman officiating at the home and his lodge in charge at the cemetery, R.W. Hugh E. Collins acting as Master.  Interment was made in the Perch Pond Hill Cemetery.  Besides the children surviving, he is survived by two sisters, two brothers and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Dec. 19, 1940]

 

Mrs. Clara E. Cass, 81 years old, widow of V.N. Cass, of Vallonia Springs [Broome Co., NY], died Saturday morning, December 28, 1940, in the Afton Hospital.  She is survived by two sons, Ralph Cass, of Bainbridge, and Ray Cass, of Vallonia Springs, with whom she resided; a brother, Ira Huggins, of Vallonia Springs and three grandchildren.  The funeral was held at Colwell's Chapel, Tuesday at 2 o'clock, with the Rev. Frederick Nichols, of the Baptist church of Afton, officiating.  The body was placed in the vault in Bainbridge for burial later in the Glenwood Cemetery, Afton.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 2, 1941]

 

Mrs. Arthur A. Radley, of Waterville [Oneida Co., NY], died Sunday, December 29, following a major operation in St. Luke's Hospital, Utica.  Mrs. Radley will be remembered and mourned by a host of friends who knew her during Mr. Radley's principalship of Deposit High School several years ago.  The sympathy of the community goes out to Mr. Radley and his son, Albert.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 2, 1941]

Brief mention was made in last week's issue of the News of the tragic death of Floyd Francisco, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. Francisco was born at Peeksville, 53 years ago.  His parents are dead.  Mr. Francisco was instantly killed in the Walton railroad yards Sunday, January 26, when he was caught by the pilot of an engine being switched into the Sheffield plant siding.  For the past three years, while in Guilford, he has resided at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Carney.  He was a member of the Brotherhood of the O.&W. Railroad, also a member of Townsend Post No. 1143, Mt. Upton, and served overseas in the World War.  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Betty Francisco, of Sidney; a sister, Mrs. Stella Garrison, of Middletown; an uncle, Herbert Francisco, of Hancock; and a stepmother, who resides at the W.R.C. Home, Oxford.  Final rites were held Wednesday from the Lyons Funeral Home, at Walton.  The brotherhood was in charge of the service.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 6, 1941]

Friday evening, February 7, occurred the death of Nellie Miller, wife of Fred R. Miller, at her home on Shumway Hill, Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  Death brought release from many months of suffering.  Nellie Miller was born in the Town of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY], on October 14, 1871.  She was the daughter of Anna (Leonard) and Charles Greene.  She has resided where death occurred for 34 years.  Final rites were held from her late home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  the Rev. Frederick Ransier, rector of the Christ Church, Guilford, officiating.  Burial in Maplewood Cemetery, Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY].  Mrs. Miller was a sister of Mrs. Ward Pearsall, of Mt. Upton, and of Charles Greene, of Guilford.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 13, 1941]

News of final rites at Hawleyton, Pa., Thursday, January 16 for Rev. Wesley Bouton, 68, were received in Guilford with deep regret, as he was well known here.  He joined the Wyoming Conference in 1901 and has since filled many prominent charges in the conference.  In 1899 he supplied the Rockdale Church [Chenango Co., NY] from July to the end of the conference year.  He was the father of the Rev. Leon Bouton, now pastor of the Fairview Avenue Methodist church, in Binghamton, who was pastor of the Guilford-Oxford Methodist Churches from 1933-1937.  burial was in the family plot at Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 13, 1941]

Obituaries (May 14)

Mrs. Jane W. Andrews, widow of the late Elman L. Andrews, passed away at her home on North Main street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co. NY], Tuesday, November 19, after a long illness.  Born in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], July 31, 1853, Mrs. Andrews was the daughter of Franklin and Almyra Mudge.  On March 14, 1877, she was united in marriage to Elman Andrews at Coventry where they lived until 1902, when they moved to the present home in Bainbridge.  They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1927 in the First Baptist Church, of Bainbridge.  She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Nellie Wakeman, two sons, George and Lester, all of Bainbridge; 14 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; three brothers, Merton Mudge, of Oxford; Ernest J. Mudge, of Springfield, Mass. and Louis Mudge, of Johnson City; one sister, Mrs. Estelle Wilkins, of Binghamton and several nieces and nephews.  The funeral services were held Friday, November 22, at the Frist Baptist Church, where she was an active member, with the Rev. R. Lewis Johnson officiating.  The church choir sang several hymns with Mrs. Ernest Hoyt at the organ.  The pall-bearers were Maurice Wilcox, Nathan E. Truman, Joseph Hitchcock, Albert DeGroat and Alfred Robbins.  Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery in Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 28, 1940]

 

Thomas R. Alverson passed away in his sleep Monday morning, November 25, at the home of his son, James h. Alverson, on Juliand street [Bainbridge, ,Chenango Co., NY], who is a construction engineer in the employ of Frank Lewis and Sons.  For the past eight years he has made his home with his son and has resided here since August.  Mr. Alverson was born in the town of Walton [Delaware Co., NY] and for many years operated a farm at Beerston.  He is survived by five sons:  Walter S., of Detroit, Mich.; Robert E., of Birmingham, Ala.; Charles T., of New York City; Howard G., of Detroit, Mich.; and James H. with whom he resided, also one daughter, Julia E. Holmes, of Schenectady; and 19 grandchildren and one great grandchild.  The funeral was held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Lyon's Bros. Funeral Chapel, in Walton, with the Rev. Frank Latham officiating.  Burial in the Walton Cemetery.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Dec. 5, 1940]

 

Harriet Guile Petley, wife of Herbert Petley, died in the Bainbridge Hospital last Wednesday morning, December 4, 1940, after an illness of nine days following a cerebral hemorrhage.  She was born November 13, 1882, in Plymouth, N.Y. [Chenango Co., NY], the daughter of Edwin J. and Martha (Titus) Guile.  She attended school in South Plymouth and North Norwich and taught the Primary Department in the North Norwich School for one year, 1903-1904.  On February ? 1904 she was united in marriage to Herbert Eugene Petley, of Bainbridge.  From that time until her death she was a resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  Mrs. Petley was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and for the past 14 years she had been one of the local telephone operators.  The deceased is survived by her husband, one daughter Mrs. Newton Hovey, of Bainbridge; a sister, Mrs. Nellie Petley, of Binghamton; a brother, William Lewis Guile, of South Plymouth; an aunt, Mrs. Georgia Smith, of Norwich, and several nieces and nephews.  The funeral was held on Friday at 2 o'clock in the Colwell's Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. G.H. Underwood, pastor of the Methodist church, conducting the services.  The pall-bearers were:  Bert Bliss, Howard Bliss, Roland James, and Lester Stead, all of Bainbridge; Arthur Guile, of South Plymouth; and Clifton Stannard, of Frankfort; all nephews of the deceased. Interment was in the family plot at Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Dec. 12, 1940]

 

Nellie M. Davis, widow of the late Edgar Davis, of Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY], died at the home of her son, Charles Davis, at Dunellen, N.J., December 13, 1940, after being an invalid for two years.  She joined the Baptist church when a young girl and was a devoted Christian and a faithful church member wherever she lived.  Mrs. Davis was loved by all those who knew her and was always helping people in need.  Born March 7, 1865, in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], she was the daughter of Whitcomb and Emaline Broad and was united in marriage to Edgar Davis, April 20, 1886, in Bainbridge.  After her marriage she lived many years in Nebraska and Idaho before coming to Bennettsville.  Left to mourn the deceased are:  two sons, Frank E., of Bremerton, Wash.; and Charles A. Dunellen, N.J.; 10 grandchildren, Mrs. Dorothy Russell, Oregon; Mrs. Viola Parker, Mrs. Beatrice Donnelly and Miss Guendolyn Davis, all of Bremerton, Wash.; and Gloria, Caroline, David, Nancy Ann, Ruby Joan and Charles Davis, Jr., all of Dunellen, N.J.; three great grandchildren and five nieces, Mrs. Claude Sweet of Bainbridge; Mary Broad, Nebraska, and Hetty Breffle, Rochester; Ada Rhoan, Nebraska; Lena Rockwell, California; three nephews, H.L. Payne, Bainbridge; Arthur and Ancil Broad, Nebraska.  A prayer service was held Sunday morning at Dunellen and the funeral was held in Bainbridge Monday morning at 10 o'clock at Colwell's Funeral Chapel with the Rev. R. Lewis Johnson officiating.  Mrs. Harvey Wood and Albert Wilcox sang "In the Sweet Bye and Bye."  The pall-bearers were:  Harry Smith, Bennettsville; Ernest Breffle, Rochester; and Clayton Sweet and J.G. Corbin, Bainbridge.  The body was placed in the vault and burial will be in the cemetery in Afton in the Spring.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Dec. 19, 1940]

 

We regret to learn as we go to press of the sudden death of Warren Gray, Esq. an old and highly esteemed citizen of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on Saturday morning last.  He had been during the preceding day, as well as usual, and, transacting some business in his office at 8 o'clock that evening, slept well during the night.  But while dressing the next morning, he was suddenly taken ill, and died in three hours thereafter, in the 84th year of his age.  Esqr. Gray was one of the Justices of the Peace of Greene at his death, and had been so for nearly fifty years, and always, as his repeated elections proved, discharging his duties honest and well.  In his death we have lost another of the venerable "Fathers" of our County, and he leaves a void which others cannot fill.  [Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, Jan. 13, 1869]

Marriages (May 14)

Miss Meta Moeckly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Moeckly, of the Sidney-Bainbridge road, and Donald Cumber, son of Ralph Cumber and the late Blanche Cumber, were married Saturday afternoon, November 16, in the congregational Church, Sidney, by the Rev. Willard Soper.  The bride was attired in ice blue velvet.  Her attendant was Miss Marie Ferkatz of Paterson, N.J., and the best man was Ogden Hamilton, of Sidney.  The bride is a graduate of Paterson High School and Drake Business College, New York City.  The groom attended Sidney High School.  After a wedding trip through Tennessee, they will reside in a newly furnished apartment in Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 28, 1940]

 

Mrs. Thomas J. Dalessio, formerly Miss Edith Foster, was honored at a surprise bridal shower given by her mother, Mrs. George Foster, and sister, Miss Genevra Foster, at their home.  About 30 friends and relatives gathered to surprise her with many lovely and very useful gifts.  After the gifts were all opened and admired by everyone, refreshments were served.  The friends and relatives were also shown the many lovely gifts Mr. and Mrs. Dalessio received at a shower given in their honor at Beyer, Pa., by the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dalessio, on Tuesday.  Those attending the shower on Saturday were Mrs. Anna Riley, Mrs. William Thomas, Mrs. William Snyder, Mrs. Wiley Foster, Mrs. Daisy Moore, Mrs. Theodore Purvis, Mrs. John Parsons, Mrs. Lewis Kirkland, Mrs. Darwin Taft, Mrs. Reginald Nichols, Mrs. Charles Nutter, Mrs. Mildred Rowe, Mrs. Frank Leonard, Mrs. Fred Gerow, Mrs. Howard Eggleston, Mrs. Ann Collinge, Mrs. William Foster and Misses Julia Riley, Viola Taft, Margaret Taft and Lillian Moore.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 28, 1940]

 

Terebo-Moore:  On Monday, November 18, at 9:25 P.M. occurred the marriage of Ramona Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Moore, of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], to Fred Terebo, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY].  The Rev. John A. Kavanaugh, priest of the Sidney Catholic Church, performed the ceremony.  Witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Palombo, of Sidney.  They will make their home in Sidney, where Mr. Terebo operates a barber shop.  [Bainbridge News & Republican,Nov. 28, 1940]

 

Frank Lee Smith, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith of Bixby street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], and Miss Ione Beth Wilkinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wilkinson of Berkshire [Tioga Co., NY] were united in marriage by the Rev. Paul L. Carpenter at the Presbyterian manse on Thursday, November 21 at 10 A.M.  The bride and groom were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Harvey, and will reside at the home of the groom's parents on Bixby street.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov.  28, 1940]

Miss Katherine Owena Crumb, of Niagara Falls [Niagara Co., NY], and daughter of Mrs. Owen Crumb, of this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], was united in marriage to Preston DeVoe of Niagara Falls, November 29, 1940.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Dec. 12, 1940]

Prentis-Smith:  On Tuesday evening, December 3, at 8 o'clock occurred the marriage of George Prentis, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], and Nellie May Smith, also of Guilford.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Frederick Anderson, of Oxford.  Witnesses were Mrs. F. Anderson and Mrs. Eleanor Cox, of Oxford.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Dec. 12, 1940]

Matterson-Murray:  Saturday, December 7, at 2:30 P.M. occurred the marriage of Ruth Murray, daughter of Dairus Murray, of Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY], to Dever Matteson, son of Mrs. Clara Matteson, also of Rockdale.  It was a very pretty wedding with the double ring service and took place in the church at Rockdale, the Rev. Sidney Heath, rector of the Episcopal Church of Bainbridge, officiating.  The bride was attired in white satin with full length veil; her flowers were pink roses and baby's breath.  Her sister, Helen Murray, of Guilford, acted as maid of honor, and was gowned in blue taffeta and wore a corsage of pink roses.  The bridesmaids were two sisters of the groom. The groom's brother, Keith Matteson, of Laurens, acted as best man.  Ushers were Donald Murray and Elsworth Matteson and Ruth and Janice Matteson acted as flower girls.  Following the ceremony a reception was given the bridal party and immediate relatives and friends at the home of Mrs. Ethel Fisk.  After a brief wedding trip, they will take up their residence in Rockdale.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Dec. 19, 1940]

 

Georgiana Hovey in College Who's Who, 1940

Miss Hovey Receives Unusual Honor

Local Girl is listed in New Issue of Nationwide College Who's Who

Bainbridge News & Republican, Dec. 12, 1940

 

Miss Georgiana Hovey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hovey, 22 Kirby street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], who will receive her B.S. Degree from Schauffler College in June, is among those students who will be listed in the 1939-40 issue of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

 

[Miss Hovey was a member of -?-] Sorority at Schauffler College, was president of the Junior Class, on Executive Board of the College, is Soprano soloist of the College Choir, was Social Chairman of Sophomore Class and social chairman of the present Senior Class, was one of the May Queen attendants, 1940, and is now secretary of the Cooperatives at College. 

 

Miss Hovey graduated from Bainbridge Central High School is the class of 1936 and during her high school career was active on the basketball team, and a member of the Glee Club. 

 



Obituaries (May 13)

Mrs. Harry Green, a former Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] resident, residing on Gospel Hill, passed away Thursday night October 17, at the Brookside Crest Sanatorium, Sherburne, where she has been a patient for several months.  Her daughter, Mrs. C.M. Wilcox, at Guilford Center, was immediately notified.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 24, 1940]

 

Miss Mary Donaldson, of Deposit [Broome Co., NY], passed away after brief illness at the home of her niece, Mrs. Morel Colwell, of this village, Tuesday evening.  The funeral will be held Friday at 2 o'clock at Colwell Brothers' Chapel, Bainbridge.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 24, 1940]

Delia P. Thomas, 80 of Colesville [Broome Co., NY], died at the home of her son, Ardo Thomas, Bainbridge, R.D. 3, November 3, 1940, after an illness of two weeks.  She was the daughter of Simon P. and Chloe Holcomb Sawyer, of Fenton.  The survivors are:  a son, Ardo Thomas, a daughter, Mrs. Chloe Smith, of Cobleskill; a brother, George Sawyer, of Oneonta, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.  The funeral was held Wednesday at Tunnel, with the Rev. R. Lewis Johnson, of Bainbridge, officiating.  Burial was in the cemetery at New Ohio [Colesville, NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 7, 1940]

Helen Irene Thompson, widow of the late David Thompson passed away Tuesday evening, November 12, 9:30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Ida Beckwith, in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], where she had been staying for the past five months.  Mrs. Thompson was born at Preston [Chenango Co., NY] on August 8, 1856, 84 years ago.  She was the daughter of Abigail (Norris) and Ira Simpson.  She is the mother of Ivan Doing, of Oxford, and the grandmother of Harold Doing, of Oxford.  Final rites were held Friday, November 15, at Oxford.  Burial at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Norwich.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 21, 1940]

The subject of the following order was a brother of Mr. J.S. Osmond, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  He was born in Willett, Cortland county, which place and German, in this County [Chenango, NY] was his early home, and where he leaves many kind friends, who will deeply mourn his dearly death.  We clip the following from an Indiana Journal: 
Headquarters Department of Alaska, Sitea, Alaska Territory June 25, '68:  It is with deep regret that the Brevet Major General commanding announces to the Department the death of Lieutenant B.W. Livermore, Second Artillery, killed on the 20th inst. by the accidental discharge of a Henry rifle.  Lieutenant Livermore was born in the State of New York.  He entered the volunteer service at the breaking out of the rebellion as a private; was promoted to a Sergeant; afterwards to a Lieutenant, which position he held, with distinction, during the war.  He was appointed Second Lieutenant, Second Artillery, Regular Army, May 11th, 1866, and by his death his regiment has been deprived of the services of a valuable officer.  His manner and uniform courtesies won him the admiration of all.  Cut down in the vigor of health and prime of manhood, his brother officers have lost a true friend and comrade, the army a faithful and gallant officer.  It will be a source of great satisfaction to his relations and friends, in the midst of their grief, to know that Lieutenant Livermore was not only esteemed by his brother officers but also by the citizens of the post at which he was serving, as they, together with the military, accompanied the remains to the burial ground.  The usual badge of mourning will be worn by the officers of the department for thirty days.  By command of Brevet major General Davis--Samuel B. McIntire, Brevet Captain U.S.A. and A.A.A.G.  [Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, Dec. 9, 1868]

A sad accident occurred on Monday evening the 14th inst., on the Indian Brook about three miles southwest of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].  Leroy Adams a little boy about nine years old, son of Ezra Adams, left home early in the evening to spend an hour or two at Mrs. Wm. C. Dunn's.  While there, he and Willie Dunn a boy about eleven years old were playing with a rifle unaware that it was loaded, when by some accident it suddenly discharged and shot Leroy through the head; the ball entered the base of the skull about the middle of the inferior border of the temporal bone and came out near the superior angle of the occipital.  Dr. Wood was sent for immediately but the boy did not live more than five or ten minutes after he was shot.  He was dead before his father or the neighbors had time to get there.  He was one of those little boys that every body loves and his death has caused a great deal of sorrow in the neighborhood, especially among his school mates, with whom he was a general favorite.  It was a sad sight for his parents to see him carried home dead about the time he ought to have returned from his evening's visit.  both the boys were particular friends to each other and Willis is a very mild good natured boy, entirely free of all those mischievous tricks which are common amongst boys of his age--American [Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, Dec. 23, 1858]

Died, in Brooklyn, N.Y., April 5th, 1881, at the home of her son, Hiram P. Cable, Esq., Sarah, widow of the late Daniel P. Cable, aged 71 years, formerly of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  In 1854 Mrs. Cable with her husband and three children removed to Brooklyn.  She had been in feeble health for some months, but displayed, in all her sufferings, the same brave, cheerful spirit that characterized her whole life.  As a wife, she was ever kind and affectionate; as a mother and friend, a true woman.  What more need be said?  She lived and died a consistent member of the Episcopal Church.  Her remains were brought here by the family for interment on Thursday afternoon last.  The group of sympathizing friends who met them at the depot attested well the regard for the departed dead, and the worthy living.  As the sun was sinking behind the hills she loved so well, they laid her at rest, finding consolation in their sorrow, in the words of the voice heard from Heaven; "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord."  [Chenango Union, April 14, 1881]
 

James Ryan in College Who's Who, 1940

James F. Ryan in College Who's Who

Selected by Student Body of St. Bonaventure for the Honor

Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 21, 1940

 

James F. Ryan, son of Mr. and Mrs. P.F. Ryan, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], and a student at St. Bonaventure College, gained a singular honor this past week when in a poll sponsored by the publication "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges," Mr. Ryan was voted the right by the St. Bonaventure College student body to have his name and biographical sketch included in that publication.  This "Who's Who" is a national publication appearing annually, and containing a brief writeup of the outstanding students as selected by their student bodies.  The admission requirements consist in the qualities of character, leadership, personality and scholarship.  Statistics show that men thus selected are the most likely to succeed in their post-college days.

 

Mr. Ryan who is in his senior year has made a remarkable record at college.  Besides being an earnest student, he has served his class two years as secretary; was vice-president of his fraternity last year and this year its president; and also serves as vice president of the Student Senate, the college law making body.  The field of sports has also felt his presence.  For three years he has represented his class in basketball and track but his best records have been made in boxing.  St. Bonaventure College  is proud to claim this man as her own and extends to him most sincere wishes for a prosperous future. 

 



 



Marriages (May 13)

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Dr. and Mrs. Dexter Darling were most pleasantly surprised on Saturday evening, October 5.  The occasion was their 50th wedding anniversary.  they had spent the fore part of the evening at the home of their son, Clark Darling, at Rockwells Mills.  As they approached Camp Ravine, their summer home on Guilford Lake, no lights were visible, and they were greatly surprised to have more than 50 guests greet them as they opened the door.  The house was decorated with autumn flowers.  there was a background of autumn  leaves, which formed a bower.  They took their places under an archway of hydrangeas to receive their guests.  Miss Juanita Johnson rendered the ever beautiful "Oh Promise Me" and "The End of a Perfect Day."  Junior Dempsey sang "I Love You Truly," and Walter Hunt, of Unadilla, nephew of Mrs. Darling, made the remarks appropriate to the occasion.  The occasion was also Dr. Darling's birthday.  Games were played, Ice-cream and cake, including a beautiful wedding cake were served.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 17, 1940]

 

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mr. and Mrs. L.H. Anthony celebrated very quietly on Tuesday October 8, their Golden Wedding Anniversary.  Due to the illness of Mr. Anthony, the occasion was observed by old friends and neighbors and their children and grandchildren, who extended congratulations.  From out of town were their sons, Reinhold, of Norwich, Jack, of New Berlin, and Herbert, of Sidney, and their wives and families, and their daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Winsor and Mrs. Louella Jarvis, of Norwich; their grandson, Sgt. Donald Anthony, of Fort Dupont Del.; their granddaughter, Mrs. Norman Chase, and daughter, Sandra, of Edmeston.  They received many lovely cards of congratulations from friends everywhere, also flowers and silver totaling nearly $25.00.  Best wishes were extended to them for the years to come.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 17, 1910]

 

Miss Dorothy M. Dean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dean, of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], was united in marriage to Kenneth E. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Davis, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], October 10, 1940, at the bride's home in Masonville.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Harold Hammer, of Masonville.  They were attended by Miss Beatrice Dean, sister of the bride, and Bynum Moretz.  Upon their return from a wedding trip to New York City, they will make their home at 31 Pleasant street, Sidney [Delaware Co., NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 17, 1940]

 

The wedding of Bernice Sperry, daughter of Mrs. Queene Sperry, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], and Clarence Sherwood, son of Mrs. Jesse Sherwood, of Johnson City [Broome Co., NY], took place Wednesday, October 16, at 2 o'clock in the Presbyterian Church.  The church was beautifully decorated with white chrysanthemums and colorful autumn leaves.  The service was read by the Rev. Clifford Webb.  Mrs. Arthur Grover sang "O Promise Me." The bridal march was played by Mrs. Webb.  Attendants to the couple were Ralph Sherwood, of Johnson City, brother of the groom, and Mrs. Fenton Gallup, of Afton, sister of the bride.  The bride wore a street dress of soldier blue with brown accessories and a corsage of bronze talisman roses.  After the ceremony the bridal party went to the Schohanna Restaurant, where a luncheon was served to 30 guests.  Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood left soon after for a short trip through the western part of the state.  Upon their return they will make their home in Mr. Tanner's apartment on Caswell street.  Mr. Sherwood is employed in the Afton Garage.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 24, 1940]

 

Curtis - Rice:  Saturday evening, October 19, at 8 o'clock, occurred the marriage of Mrs. Nora Rice, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], daughter of Mrs. James Oldfield, of Guilford, to Harry B. Curtis, of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], son of John Curtis, of Rockdale. The ceremony as performed by the Rev. Norman B. Graves, of Oxford, and took place at the parsonage, in presence of Caroline E. and Reeve D. Curtis, daughter and son of the groom as witnesses.  After a wedding trip to New York City, where they attended the World's Fair Mr. and Mrs. Curtis are at home to their many friends in Mt. Upton, where Mr. Curtis is engaged in the feed business. Sincere congratulations are extended to them.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 31, 1940]

 

Houck - Kirkham:  Margaret Kirkham, daughter of Mrs. Leon Pierce, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], and Donald Houck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Houck, of Deposit [Broome Co., NY], were united in marriage Friday evening, November 15, by the Rev. Clifford E. Webb, of Afton.  The couple will make their home near Afton.  Mr. Houck has employment in Sidney.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 21, 1940]

 

Young - O'Conner:  Robert Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Young, former residents of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] for many years, was united in marriage last week to Miss Catherine O'Conner, of Cortland. The ceremony took place in the rectory of the Catholic Church.  A reception followed at the home of the bride's sister. They will reside at Montclair, N.J., the groom being employed at the ammunitions works at Paterson, N.J.  Mr. Young is a brother of Mrs. Walter Felt, of Norwich.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 21, 1940]

 

Ostrander - Seeley:  Sunday, November 10, at 3 P.M. occurred the marriage of Ruth V. Seeley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Seeley, of Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY], to Howard Ostrander, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ostrander, also of Rockdale.  The ceremony took place at Masonville, the Rev. Harold E. Hammer officiating.  Witnesses were Miss Ruth G. Murray and Dever Matteson, of Rockdale.  Mr. and Mrs. Ostrander will reside in Rockdale, where he operates a farm.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 21, 1940]

Bill Payne reminisces (about 1965)

Policeman Recalls Long Career (about 1965)

by Carolyn Nemes, Star Sidney Bureau

 

 

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  When an organized force of civil officers is established for the purpose of preserving order under a chief such as Bill Payne, the public need not worry that order will be preserved.

 

For approximately 28 years Bill Payne has been in the Town of Bainbridge, to surrounding communities and to other police organizations, a strong arm of the law.  In 1934 he was with the Police Department in Walton and came to Bainbridge as a patrolman in 1939.

 

A native Waltonian, he attended and graduated form Walton High School and served three years with the U.S. Army in the Criminal Investigation Division.  During his three years he saw active service in England, Ireland and France.  He married Angela Corti, in London, who was of Italian descent, in 1945.  He received extensive training at Fort Riley, Kansas where he received the classification of agent for the United States Army.  Discharged from the U.S. Army in September, 1934, Bill came back to Bainbridge.

 

Getting Chief Payne's sentiments and memories stimulated where he would discuss them was a job not easy as he is a very modest man.  However his memories are many and upon suggestion to the past he was eventually prevailed upon to  reveal them.

 

Football was a favorite sport.  In 1928 he remembers donning the uniform of the high school football team under Coach Dedrick Towne, who had come to the high school from Endicott as coach.  That year Bill played left end and eventually came under Thomas H. O'Neill, who replaced Towne the following year.  One vivid recollection is when he trained for a week under a friends of Tom O'Neill's, Charles Meehan.  He lost five pounds that week. 

 

Another of his most vivid memories is that of Judge Walter Terry, who is now serving as Delaware County Judge.  The judge was starring for Colgate, and it was right after a bitterly fought Syracuse - Colgate tilt.  He was wearing a Chesterfield a black derby and he had two big black eyes, Bill remembers. 

 

A boy of varied interests, he recalls wrestling during dance intermissions at the old Delaware Pavilion.  "They used to get two dollars a match and one time I wrestled Elmer Dann there.  My strong holds were a head scissors and an arm lock.  Elmer thought he could take the pressure off but the hold was cutting off the circulation and he soon passed out and went limp as a rag.  I was some scared.  I thought he was dead.  I hardly breathed myself as I watched them work on Elmer with smelling salts and first aid.  I can tell you I was happy when I saw him breathing again."

 

Pressured under constant interrogation (a real switch for one who usually does the interrogating) Chief Payne relinquished a few more tales from the past.

 

A fellow, name of Yager, of Oneonta's Co. G, wrestled Bill in Peekskill.  Yager was beat and agreed to a return match two nights later, but neglected to show.  In order to maintain order the referee asked for a challenger from the crowd.  A big hulk of a man, who looked monstrous to Bill, came down the aisle. For a minute Bill was a little taken aback but went ahead with the match and found it took only a body scissors to finish his opponent off. 

 

Prior to Bill's active duty in the Army the Civil Defense Authorities requested Bainbridge to organize a volunteer police auxiliary, to aid and assist the regular police department and other law enforcement agents in connection with CD activities.  Twenty-five men and their training was extensive in the field of traffic control of evacuees from other areas to this area in the event of enemy attack, general law enforcement and the protection of life and property.  Some of the original group included O.F. Howland, Raymond Holman, Charles Silvey, Stanley Price, Patrick Ryan, Carl MacLagan, Lynn Smith, William Davidson, Jasper Partridge.  Frank Weeks, and Clayton Wakeman.    When Chief Payne went into the service the group continued under the direction of Ray Holman.  It continued until the end of WW II.  At the outbreak of the Korean Conflict in 1950, Bill was asked to reorganize the group.  It continued until the end of the operation and were finally put on an active schedule still in effect.

 

Members work regular weekend shifts with the Police Department, one man on motor patrol and one man each weekend night, is assigned to radio, telephone and other desk duties.  They are completely uniformed in police blue with Civil Defense shoulder emblems and side arms.  They meet once a month for instruction and regular business.  There are currently 30 active men now on the force, including all the aforementioned.  In addition are Claude Hancock, Bethel Bickford, Frank Mott, Eugene Craver, Gordon Dolph, Robert Hall, Warren Holbert, William Lang, Charles Manly, Norman Linsley, Floyd Hughes, Harvey Fink, Michael Rhomada Gene Snyder, Ralph Zimmerman, Lt. Donald Vroman, Sgt. Nicholas Pangara, Sgt. Carl MacLagan, Sgt. Charles Silvey and Capt. Ray Holman.   

 

The organization has purchased a good deal of police equipment including a base station transmitter, and receiver.  It has bought and paid for with its own funds three walkie talkies.  It donated $100 to the construction of a new shooting range in the basement of the elementary school on Greenlawn Ave., in Bainbridge.  It has two complete sets of radiological detection meters which are used for determining radio active fallout in the event of nuclear attack around this part of the country and there is a specially trained crew to operate it.  The Army surplus supplied with a jeep and trailer, two portable gasoline operated generators, four flood lights with necessary extension equipment and four riot guns.

 

Bill is father of two children.  His son, who is a 15 year old fullback on the second string of the Bainbridge Bobcats, recently broke his leg in football practice. His daughter Francine Feltman, is currently employed at Scintilla.

 

Chief Payne remarked that "For a volunteer Civil Defense Auxiliary Police Organization that serves strictly without pay, the group in Bainbridge is considered by the authorities to be one of the best and most well trained groups in the state."

 

 

 

 



Obituaries (May 12)

Guilford [Chenango Co., nY]:  Friends extend sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Burton for the loss of their little daughter, born Wednesday morning at the Chenango Memorial Hospital.  Norwich.  She only lived a few hours.  Mrs. Burton's condition is considered good.  The child was laid to rest in the Yaleville Cemetery [Guilford, NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Sept. 26, 1940]

 

Alice Wightman Winthrop, widow of Isaac Winthrop, passed away Thursday morning, September 19, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Grace Smith, in Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY].  Born 77 years ago on December 6, 1862, she was the daughter of Miranda (Gage) and Charles Wightman.  The last 50 years of her life have been spent in the village where she passed away.  Final rites were held Sunday, with Carr and Hare in charge, Burial was in Mt. Upton Cemetery [Chenango Co., NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Sept. 26, 1940]

 

Elizabeth J. Brayman, 56, former resident of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Smith, of Bainbridge, following several months' illness.  The funeral was held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Colwell bros. Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Z. James Hall officiating and the Rev. W.S. Jones assisting.  Burial was in the East Side Cemetery at Afton.  Mrs. Brayman was born in the Town of Afton, May 4, 1884, the daughter of John and Priscilla Meek.  She was a member of the Methodist Church in Afton and the Amber Rebekah Lodge.  She is survived by three daughters, Miss Erma Brayman, of New York City, Mrs. John Smith, of Bainbridge, and Mrs. Kenyon Page, of Afton;  one son, Lynn Brayman, Jr., of Afton; three grandchildren, Robert Smith, Ray Page and Patricia Page; four brothers and several nieces and nephews.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Sept. 26, 1940]

Sunday, October 6, occurred the death of Hermon E. Foote, at his home on Merchant street [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY].  Death brought release from weeks of suffering.  In the death of Mr. Foote, Guilford loses one of the most substantial citizens.  His life work had been dairy farming.  Mr. Foote was born 68 years ago on April 15, 1872, the son of Christopher and Isabelle (Anderson) Foote.  He was born in the town where he spent his entire life.  Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ernest Clark; two sons, Jesse, of Guilford, and Ralph, of Franklin.  Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Colwell Funeral Home, Bainbridge.  The Rev. J.W. Bump officiated.  Burial was in the Guilford Center Cemetery.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 17, 1940]

Mrs. Nellie A. Bradley, widow of the late Irving L. Bradley, passed away Friday morning, October 11, at 7 o'clock at the home of her daughter and husband, the Rev. and Mrs. Harris Freer, on Windsor avenue.  Her condition had been rapidly growing weaker until the family realized the end was approaching swiftly.  Mrs. Bradley was born September 8, 1861, 79 years ago, at Sanitaria Springs [Broome Co., NY], the daughter of Nancy (Hilton) and Elmer Andrus.  Fifty years of her life have been spent in this community, many of them in Yaleville [Chenango Co., NY], where they owned and operated a farm.  An earnest worker in the Methodist church as long as her health allowed, a kindly neighbor and a great lover of her home and family, she will be missed at every turn.  Since the death of her husband in 1932, her time has been divided between  her two daughters, Mrs. Harris Freer and Mrs. Thomas Hubbard, who survive her, together with a sister, Mrs. Dora Cator, of Binghamton.  Final rites were held Monday afternoon from her late home at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Dempsey of the Guilford Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. Weaver, of Pennsylvania, a close friend of the family, officiating.  Burial was in the family plot at Yaleville.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 17, 1940]

Last Saturday evening, Mr. Jehiel Beach, who lived on the hill in this village [Walton, Delaware Co., NY], went to the pasture after his cows.  He did not return as soon as expected and his son Charles went after him, and found him lying dead from heart disease.  Mr. Beach was aged seventy years, and a worthy member of the M.E. Church--Walton Chronicle.  [Bainbridge Republican, Aug. 22, 1878]

It is with regret that we announce the death of George L. Winsor, Esq., which occurred on Tuesday morning last, after an illness of several months with that dread disease, consumption.  He was a young man universally respected and esteemed, and his early death is mourned by a large circle of relatives and friends.   [Bainbridge Republican, Aug. 22, 1878]

FENTON-In this city [Flint, MI], on the 9th inst., of consumption, Adelaide S. Fenton, wife of Col. Wm. M. Fenton, aged 56 years.  Mrs. F. was born in Norwich, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], where she spent her youth, and formed that character which so endeared her to her friends, and made her life so useful to society, and an ornament in every circle in which she ahs been called to move.  Mrs. F. possessed a mind of high order, sound in judgment, discriminating in character, firm in her principles, yet kind and courteous in her intercourse with all with whom she had to do.  She was one of those few happy spirits, who know how to secure the love and affection of all who came under her influence.  No lady in this city had more or warmer friends, and none will be more deeply mourned.  When death claims such an one for his victim, the whole community feel a loss which cannot soon be repaired.  The afflicted family have our warmest sympathy and we know we speak the public mind of this city, when we say that the whole community join with us in tendering condolence to their deep sorrow.  Her death, though somewhat sudden to her friends, was not unexpected to herself.  For some years she had been a professor of religion, a member of the episcopal Church in this city; and her life adorned her profession and showed the reality of her religion.  Her end was peace.  Today her funeral was attended by the Rev. H.H. Northup at the home of Col. Fenton, where a large concourse of citizens were present, who bore her remains for burial to our beautiful cemetery.--Flint (Mich.) Globe Nov. 13.  [Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, Dec. 9, 1868]
 

Marriages (May 12)

Sunday evening at 9 o'clock occurred the marriage of Miss Anna Reede, daughter of Justice and Mrs. Ray Reede, of Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY], to Stanley Breward, of 78 Prospect street, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY].  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J.W. Bump and took place at the Pillars.  They were attended by Mrs. Gertrude Bump and C. Curtis.  The bride is one of the popular young ladies of Mt. Upton and a graduate of Unadilla Central School.  The groom is a graduate of Mt. Upton Central School and holds a position as quotation clerk in the City of Binghamton.  Heartiest congratulations are extended to them.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Sept. 26, 1940]

 

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Glover were very pleasantly surprised Sunday evening at a party held in their honor.  Twenty-seven friends met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Van Buiten on School street. Games were played, music enjoyed, and delicious refreshments served.  Mr. and Mrs. Glover were presented with a beautiful floor lamp with indirect lighting.  The party was in honor of their recent marriage.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Sept. 26, 1940]

 

Saturday afternoon, September 21, at East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], occurred the marriage of Alma Faigle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Faigle, to Howard Osborn, son of Mrs. Edna Church, also of East Guilford.  The ceremony was performed by their pastor, the Rev. Ralph B. Gamewell, of the Center and East Guilford Presbyterian Churches.  The attending couple were Ann and Wendell Bachman, of Unadilla.  The bride is an inspector in the Scintilla Corp. and the groom a clerk.  Congratulations are extended to them by their many friends.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Sept. 26, 1940]

 

Miss Agnes Almeda Bennett, of this village and daughter of Lee Bennett, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], was united in marriage to Edward Gliha, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], the son of Mrs. Louise Gliha, of Forest City, Pa., Saturday evening, October 5, at 6 o'clock in the Presbyterian Church, Guilford Center.  The Rev. Bump performed the ceremony.  The couple were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bly, of Bainbridge.  After the ceremony a dinner was served at Rock Inn, Rockdale.  Mr. Gliha is a graduate of Forest City High School, Forest City, Pa., and Stroudsburg State Teachers' College.  The popular young baseball player taught school for three years before securing his present position at the Resin plant.  Mr. and Mrs. Gliha will reside on Tyler street.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 10, 1940]

 

The marriage of Miss June L. DeGrand, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John DeGrand, of Gloversville [Fulton Co., NY], to Roger Merritt, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Merritt, of Highland [Ulster Co., NY], will take place in the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Gloversville, Saturday morning, October 19, 1940, at 10:30 o'clock.  Miss DeGrand is a graduate of Oneonta Normal and is a member of the faculty at Oppenheim.  Mr. Merritt graduated from Highland High School and Braydon Hall and is a State Trooper, stationed at Troop C Barracks, Sidney.  They will reside at 23 Smith street, Sidney.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 17, 1940]

Miss Dorothy Winona Hendricks, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hendricks, of Unadilla [Otseog Co., NY], and Hudson L. Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Perry, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], were married at the Baptist parsonage, October 9 by the Rev. R. Lewis Johnson, pastor of the Bainbridge Baptist Church.  The couple were attended by Miss Adelaide DeForest and William Hendricks, brother of the bride, both of Unadilla.  Mrs. Perry is a graduate of the Unadilla Central School class of '39.  Mr. and Mrs. Perry will reside on their farm at Bainbridge after November 1.  Mr. Perry is employed in the Scintilla plant at Sidney.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 17, 1940]

On Monday, October 7, occurred the marriage of Miss Marie Carter daughter of Mrs. Hazel Fellows, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Albert Oliver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Delos Oliver, of Center Lisle [Broome Co., NY].  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Floyd E. Terwilliger in the manse of the congregational Church at Lisle. The attending couple was Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vought, sister of the groom. The bride is one of Guilford's popular young ladies. They will make their home at Whitney Point, where the groom is employed on the dam project, that is underway there.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 17, 1940]

 

 

 

 

Post Listings May 5-11, 2014

Listing of blog postings for the week of May 5-11, 2014

Marriages

Posted May 6, 2014

Flora L. Vincent - Delbert L. Braun (1940)

Mr. & Mrs. John E. Masters (50th anniversary, 1940)
Woodrow Johnson - Alice Connelly (1940)
Meryl Harris - Graydon Roloson (1940)

Posted May 7, 2014
Ruth H. Schuster - Clifford R. Loudon (1940)
Mary Louise Sawyer - Arthur James Tyler (1940)
Darleen Sheely - Howard Stilson (1940)
Harriet Tyler - Joseph Throop (1940)

Posted May 8, 2014
Marion Joyce Davis - Bynum Clay Moretz (1940)
Alene Peckham - Elmer Smith (1940)
Joseph Throop - Phyllis Tyler (1940)

Posted May 9, 2014
Joyce Barbara Showalter - Carlson P. Schroth (1940)
Inez L. Randall - Curtis O. Ballard (1940)
Lucy Emma Whaley - Ira A. Tillotson (1940)
Ruth Louise Terwilliger - Vernon N. Livingston (1940)

Posted May 10, 2014
Rev. Donald Earl Babcock - Lora C. Terwilliger (1940)
Roscoe Ralph Beers - Norma May Dann (1940)
Clifford R. Louden - Ruth H. Schuster (1940)
Hilda Belle Moore - Adolph G. Weis (1940)

Posted May 11, 2014
Dorothy Adams - K. Melanton Hoyt (1940)
Marion Elizabeth Silvernail - William Donald MacPherson (1940)
Erma Louise Garlow - Richard Orman DeLong (1940)
LaVern Watson - William Richard Moffitt (1940)


 

Obituaries

Posted May 5, 2014

Bert Church (Norwich, Oxford, 1940)

Addison Benedict (Norwich, 1940)

Ida Sprague (Bainbridge, 1940)

Mrs. Adelbert Clark (Bainbridge, 1900)

Nettie (Phelps) Peaslee (Riverside CA, New Berlin, 1940)

Pansy Page Robinson (Bainbridge, Oxford, 1940)

Posted May 6, 2014
Milo G. Albrecht (Unadilla, 1940)
Issac Glover (Guilford, 1940)
Carrie Porter (Bainbridge, Chenango Forks, 1940)
Edna P Greene (Rockwells Mills, Norwich, 1940)
Martin H. Farley, Jr. (Oxford, 1940)
Caroline Alberta Winsor (Guilford, 1940)

Posted May 7, 2014
Seymour Lowman (Elmira, 1940)
Richard Bolster Wheat (Bainbridge, 1940)
Mabel Kelsey Turtur (Masonville, 1940)
Eugene Barber (East Guilford, 1940)
Mary Ellsworth Paddock (Mt. Upton, 1940)

Posted May 8, 2014
Albert Burr Alford (Coventry, 1940)
Martha V. Christian (Masonville, North Afton, 1940)
Flora H. Cooley (Sidney, 1940)
Caroline A. Dickinson (Guilford, 1940)
Melvin Norton (Sidney, 1940)

Posted May 9, 2014
Carrie Lyon Parker (Bainbridge, 1940)
Cynthai Clymena Flint (Syracuse, 1940)
Carrie Lyon Parker (Schenectady, 1940)
Mr. & Mrs. Marsh Grannis  (Unadilla, 1878)
Thomas P. Main (Bainbridge, Boone IA, 1878)

Posted May 10, 2014
Mrs. Gerald A. Smith (nee Alcott) (Sidney, 1940)
John William Jones (Afton, 1940)
Cora Belle Ringleka Hovey (Guilford, 1940)
Etna E. Wilcox (1940)
Andrew J. Carley (Masonville, 1940)

Posted May 11, 2014
William Henry Youmans (Walton, Bainbridge, Greene, 1940)
Ada L. (Warner) Parsons (East Windsor, Bainbridge, 1940)
Myrtle (Woodworth) Ireland (Bainbridge, Fenton, 1940)
Charles Richard Hofer (Johnson City, 1940)
Harriet Furman (Sidney, 1940)
Faye Furman (Sidney, 1940)
Fred Rogers (Guilford, 1940)
LaVern Watson - William Richard Moffitt (1940)



 

Miscellaneous

Posted May 5, 2014

The New Post Office, A Matter of Local Pride in the Way that It Has been Equipped, Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 28, 1900

Posted May 6, 2014

Sleuth Party Checks Up On Old History of Town, Group Visits Older People for Answers, Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York [Time Frame of Quiz Answers was 1930s]

Posted May 7, 2014

Fire at Juliand Homestead, Terrace Hill, May 1881.

 

Posted May 8, 2014

Woman Fights Bed Bugs, Chenango Union, April 18, 1889.

Posted May 9, 2014
BCHS Class of 1936, "Echo" 1936, Part I

Posted May 10, 2014
Social Gathering of Old Times, Chenango Union, Sept. 5, 1878.

Posted May 11, 2014
Miscellaneous Happenings, 1940
     Sidney Crash: Four Escape Serious Injury (James Scott, Paul & Leroy Bouton, C. Carpenter)
     Local Girl Speaks Only in French (Doris I. Stead)
     Guilford Boy Graduates (John R. Shelton)
     Three Russians with Maps and Cameras Snared by Troopers in Afton
     Donald Pratt Enters Aeronautical School

Obituaries (May 11)

William Henry Youmans, of this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died about 2 o'clock Wednesday morning, July 17, in the Binghamton City Hospital after a long illness following an injury suffered March 24, 1939, in what was then the upper A.&P. store in Walton.  He fell from a stepladder in the rear of the store upon the edge of an empty butter tub.  Mr. Youmans was 43 years old.  Mr. Youmans was admitted to Wilson Memorial Hospital in Johnson City in April and felt fairly well.  [..?torn..] he became fatigued easily.  This was his sixth week as a patient in the Binghamton institution and physicians blamed a complication of difficulties for his death.  William Youmans was born at Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], January 9, 1897, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Youmans.  He received his schooling at Oxford High School for three years  On January 9, 1914, he was married to Gladys J. Race, also of Oxford, and they operated a farm at Oxford for a time, moving from there to Johnson City, where Mr. Youmans became an Endicott-Johnson fire department member, a position he held 13 years.  Recently both store in Walton were closed and Mr. Youmans was appointed manager of the A.&P. super-market.  A shift in personnel of this district of the A.&P. Company brought about his removal in February to Bainbridge where he has been manager of one of the chain's stores.  He remained here until his recent illness.  A member of the Methodist church, Odd Fellows and Masonic Lodges, the deceased was well-known both through his customer-storekeeper association and his live interest in civic and athletic doings about town  In business life he gained and held a large number of patrons through quick service--an out-growth of his dynamic energy--his honesty and cheerful personality which, coupled with a ready wit, helped transmit his good humor to others.  "Bill" Youmans will be long remembered.  Surviving besides Mrs. Youmans is a daughter, Mrs. Douglas Bell; a son, Gerald W. Youmans, both of Walton; his mother, Mrs. Charles Youmans, of Oxford; a sister, Mrs. Robert Adams, of Oxford; three brothers, Raymond, of Binghamton, Ernest, of Sherburne, and Stanley Youmans, of Greenwich, and three nephews.  Services were held in the Root funeral parlors in Greene Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, daylight saving time, and burial was in the family plot in the Greene Cemetery [Chenango Co., NY].  Rev. Gould conducted the services--Walton Reporter.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 25, 1940]

 

Ada L. Parsons passed away after a short illness Saturday afternoon, July 27, 1940, at the home of her son, J.A. Parsons.  She was born at East Windsor [Broome Co., NY], October 20, 1857, and was the daughter of Elias and Lurina Warner.  On February 22, 1877, she was united in marriage to Merritt A. Parsons, who survives her.  Moving to Bainbridge in 1896, she united with the Methodist Episcopal Church and until recent years was very active in church work.  Funeral services were held at her son's home Tuesday afternoon, July 30, with the Rev. Clarence Carman, one of her most beloved pastors, officiating.  Interment was in the Perch Pond Hill Cemetery.  Left to mourn besides her husband are two daughters, Mrs. E.G. Hinebaugh, of Minneapolis, Minn.; and Mrs. Lurina Putnam, of Bainbridge; a son, John A. Parsons, and a daughter-in-law Mrs. Emma Parsons, both of Bainbridge; a sister, Mrs. Alice Mayo, of Damascus; and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 8, 1940]

 

Mrs. Myrtle Ireland died at her home in Bainbridge, New York [Chenango Co.] Wednesday afternoon July thirty-first 1940, after an infirmity of many years.  She was the daughter of George Morris Woodworth and Rachel Anna Miller Woodworth, born April 13, 1869 in the town of Fenton, Broome County, New York.  She was married to Charles Winfield Ireland of Bainbridge, October 19, 1893.  Mrs. Ireland is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Dow Campbell, Miss Charlah Ireland; one granddaughter, Miss Barbara Campbell, all of Bainbridge.  Mrs. Ireland was a member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church and a charter member of the Order of the Eastern Star and a past matron of that organization.  The funeral was held Saturday afternoon August 3rd from Mrs. Ireland's late home.  The Reverend Sydney Heath conducted the service.  The bearers were Dow Campbell, son-in-law, Earl Clark, Raymond Holman and Charles Colwell.   The burial was in St. Peter's Cemetery, Bainbridge.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 8, 1940]

The gloomy shadow of tragedy darkened over this section of the Southern Tier as it was revealed yesterday morning that two more victims of Tuesday's crash had passed away.  Charles Richard Hofer, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hofer, of Johnson City [Broome Co., NY], was instantly killed when the coupe he was driving crashed into a truck loaded with logs and his companions, popular Miss Harriet Furman, 17, and Miss Faye Furman, 14, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. P.B. Furman, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], died of fractured skulls a few hours after the accident occurred.  Miss Letha Bunday, 14, also of Sidney, is in a serious condition at the Sidney Hospital.  Dr. Elliot Danforth stated that she "suffered a compound fracture of the right thigh, fracture of both bones of the left fore arm, fracture of left elbow, fracture of right forearm, and multiple lacerated wounds."  First to be at the scene of the accident were W.E. Dewey and E.E. Carkuff, who live nearby.  They found young Hofer dead and summoned an ambulance to take the girls to the hospital.  It was necessary to obtain a crowbar from the Lakin farm to pry the wreckage of the coupe apart to get out the four occupants who are said to have been going swimming about 1:05 o'clock when the car crashed into the truck on the Sidney-Sidney Center highway.  In a statement to the "News" the elderly Mr. Carkuff said, "When I saw the lad's body and the two girls it was nearly too much for me.  It is the worst accident I've ever seen."  Troopers R.B. Merritt and F.C. Storm, who investigated the accident, exonerated from blame Raymond Reynolds, 23, of DeLancey, operator of the truck.  Reynolds, who received only minor bruises, stated that he saw the coupe coming around a curve in the road and pulled his truck to the right shoulder as far as he could without going over an embankment trying to avoid the crash. The truck was owned by Freeman Shaver, of DeLancey, and was being driven from DeLancey to Frankfort.  It was badly damaged, the cab being smashed and the coupe was demolished.  Young Hofer had been recently employed by the Scintilla Magneto plant in Sidney.  The youth is survived in addition to this parents by a sister, Miss Mildred Hofer; two brothers, Clayton and Lewis Hofer, all of Johnson City; a grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Reninger, of Williamsport, Pa.  The Furman girls are survived by their parents, two sisters, and one brother of the U.S. Navy.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 8, 1940]

Fred L. Rogers, a resident of Guilford [Chenango Co., nY], passed away at his home on Merchant street on Saturday morning, August 17, 1940, after a lingering illness, at the age of 61 years.  Mr. Rogers was born in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], the son of the late Fanny (Salisbury) and Leroy Rogers.  He was a graduate of Greene High School and taught in the rural schools of Greene and Guilford for several years.  He has served as assessor for both towns for several years and as assistant postmaster in Greene in 1905.  He was a member of the Central Baptist church of Greene and of Eastern Light lodge, 126, F.&A.M.  Final rites were held in the Harry R. Rogers Funeral Home in Greene, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev Ralph E. Gould of the Central Baptist Church officiated.  Burial was made in Sylvan Lawn Cemetery at Greene, with Eastern light Lodge, conducting the committal service.  Surviving are his wife, Leora, a son, Llewellyn L. Rogers, of West New Jersey, and a sister, Atala Rogers, of Flanders, L.I.  In the death of Mr. Rogers, Guilford loses one of its most highly esteemed citizens, a man of sterling qualities, and a kindly neighbor.  His passing is deeply felt.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 29, 1940]



 

Marriages (May 11)

Miss Dorothy Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Adams, of Whitehall [Washington Co., NY], became the bride of K. Melancton Hoyt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hoyt, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on Saturday evening, July 20, at 8 o'clock.  the ceremony was performed by the Rev. William Frazer, in the First Presbyterian Church, at Whitehall.  The bride was given in marriage by her father.  She wore a princess gown of blush pink organza over net, with a shoulder length veil and carried a colonial nosegay of sweetheart roses and forget-me-nots.  The bride was attended by her sister, Mrs. Edwin Bigelow, of Fair Haven, Vt., who was gowned in ice blue net and carried pink sweet peas.  Eloise Dorothy Bigelow, niece of the bride, was flower girl.  Kenneth Hoyt, of Binghamton, a brother of the groom, was best man.  The ushers were Robert Adams and Edwin Bigelow.  A reception for the immediate families followed at the home of the bride's parents, after which the couple left for a motor trip through the New England States.  Mrs. Hoyt has been for several years a member of the faculty of Bainbridge High School.  On their return the couple will make their home in Bainbridge, where Mr. Hoyt is associated with the American Separator Company.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 25, 1940]

A beautiful wedding took place, Thursday afternoon, August 1, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leland J. Silvernail, of Otego [Otsego Co., NY], when their daughter, Marion Elizabeth, became the bride of William Donald MacPherson, son of Mr. and Mrs. William V. MacPherson, of this village.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. George E. Youngs, of Unadilla, with the bridal party standing under an arch of hydrangea blossoms and ferns.  The bride was attended by her sister, Mrs. Ray Sherburne, of South  New Berlin, and the groom by her brother, Fenton H. MacPherson, of Bennettsville.  The bride wore a dress of navy blue sheer with white accessories and carried a bouquet of white roses and baby's breath. The bridesmaid wore a dress of powder blue crepe with white accessories and the bride's mother wore flowered chiffon with white accessories.  The bridegroom's mother was attired in a dress of blue print crepe, also had white accessories, and wore a corsage of pink and white sweet peas and baby's breath.  The couple will be at home to their friends at 32 Tyler street, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 8, 1940]

Miss Erma Louise Garlow, of Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY], and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Garlow, of Deposit [Broome Co., NY], was united in marriage to Richard Orman DeLong, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin DeLong, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Thursday evening, in the parsonage of the Congregational Church, at Greene, with the Rev Wood performing the ceremony.  The couple was attended by the bridegroom's parents.  Mrs. DeLong attended Oxford High School.  Mr. DeLong is a graduate of the Bainbridge High School and has a position as bookkeeper with Charles Eldred and Co., of Bainbridge.  The newlyweds will make their home in Bennettsville.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 8, 1940]

Miss LaVern Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Watson of 1209 Summit street, McKeesport, Pa., became the bride of William Richard Moffitt, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], and the son of Mr. and Mrs. S.R. Moffitt, of Wilkensburg, Pa., in a service at 7:30 P.M., Saturday, Sept. 14, in the Coursin Street Methodist church, with the Rev. S. John Wylie, of Dogelville, and the pastor of the church assisting before an altar appointed with candles, white flowers and cibotium fern.  A quarter hour of organ music preceded the service.  The bride chose a gown of frost-white taffeta with fitted bodice, bracelet length sleeves net yoke and full length square cut train.  Her veil of net fell from a Queen Anne bonnet and her only jewelry was a three strand necklace of pearls, the gift of the bridegroom.  She carried a bouquet of white roses, lilies of the valley and orchids. She was attended by Miss Martha Watson, her sister, as maid of honor and by Miss Virginia Fawcett and Miss Hazel Fawcett, of McKeesport, Pa., Miss Virginia McBride, of Wilmerding Pa., and Miss Dorothy Moffitt, of Wilkensburg, Pa., a sister of the bridegroom, as bridesmaids.  The best man was James G. Richardson, of Brooklyn, and the ushers were Arthur Watson, brother of the bride, Harold R Letner, Harry W. Guenther, and Charles A. Bishop, of Pittsburgh.  The bride's attendants wore similar gowns of taffeta with full skirts and sweetheart necklines accented by pearl clips.  The maid of honor wore rhumba green and the bridesmaids appeared in acadia rose. They wore ribbons in their hair and covered sheaves of mixed fall flowers.  The bride's mother selected a dinner gown of river blue with gold trim and had a corsage of yellow roses.  Mrs. Moffitt wore a gold gown and had a corsage of Talisman roses.  A reception at Jacktown Hotel for members of the bridal party and the families followed the service  The coupe left by plane for New York City. They expect to be at home after Oct. 1 at 28 South Main street, Bainbridge. Mr. Moffitt is employed as a chemist at the Casein Laboratory in this village.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Sept. 26, 1940]

Miscellaneous Happenings, 1940

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 25, 1940

 



Four Escape Serious Injury in Sunday Crash:  Four persons escaped serious injury Sunday when a car driven by James E. Scott, Unadilla R.D.1 [Otsego Co., NY[, collided with a car operated by Paul Bouton, Delhi, R.D.2, on the Sidney-Unadilla highway. 

 

Scott was coming out of Mrs. George Shaver's driveway going east and Bouton was traveling west on Route 7 at the time of the accident.  Bouton told Troopers Batters and E.J. Palombo that he failed to see the car coming out of the driveway and when he did see it, he pulled to the left of the road and as the cars collided, lost control of his, going over an embankment with the car landing on its side. 

 

Mr. Scott was treated by Dr. Burian, Sidney, for a broken left arm.  Paul Bouton was taken to the Sidney Hospital and was treated for a two-inch cut on the forehead, skinned left ear and a badly bruised arm.  Leroy Bouton and Clarence Carpenter, both of Delhi, and passengers in the Paul Bouton car, received attention for minor cuts on forehead and hands from Dr. Ralph Loomis, Sidney.  No criminal action was taken. 

 

Local Girl Speaks Only in French:  Miss Doris I. Stead, 98 N. Main street, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Stead, of this village, is participating in a six weeks program at the Middlebury College Language Schools, designed to better international relationships through language study.  Miss Stead is a student in the French school.  All the students, at the schools, have pledged themselves to speak, read, and write only the language in which they are specializing. 

 

Faculty members in the segregated schools of French, Spanish, German and Italian, are natives of their respective countries.  The schools stand for the thorough preparation of language teachers through efficient methods of teaching, a mastery of the spoken and written language, and an intimate knowledge of the life, institutions, literature, history and culture of the country studied. 

 

Bainbridge News &Republican, Aug. 29, 1940

 

Guilford Boy Graduates:  John R. Shelton, of Guilford, who re-enlisted in the U.S. Army Corps on February 13, 1940, has graduated from the Roosevelt Aviation School at Roosevelt Field, Mineola, L.I.  This school is one of the seven civilian aviation schools designated by the government to instruct Army Air Corps enlisted personnel in airplane mechanics.  The course lasted six months and covered all phases of repairing and overhauling of airplane engines.  P.F.C. Shelton was one of 25 students selected from the Army Air Corps base at Mitchel Field, last February to pursue this course.  P.F.C. Shelton has been assigned to the Second Air Base Squadron at Mitchell Field to perform the duties of a specialized air mechanic on one of the hugh twin-motored bombers. 

 

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 26, 1940

 

Three Russinas With Maps And Cameras Snared by Troopers in Afton:  Konstantine Gregory Vorobiev, 31, of Orange, N.J., was arrested Monday morning, Sept. 23, by Inspector Ernest Maynard, and Trooper James Fleming, B.C.I., and charged with failure to stop for a stop sign, at Route 41, before entering Route 7 at Afton.  The young Russian electrical engineer, who is employed by the Amtory Trading Corp., New York City, was arraigned before Judge Paul Brown and fined $5.  The discovery of maps and high powered cameras in the machine lead to an extensive official investigation, the result of which police failed to disclose.  Neither the drive nor his two companions could speak English. 

 

Donald Pratt Enters Aeronautical School:  Donald Pratt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pratt, will enter the Academy of Aeronautics, La Guardia Airport, Flushing Bay, L.I., next Monday.  Donald, who is a graduate of Bainbridge High School has won many prizes in various state and other model airplane meets.