Soldier News continued - 1943

Sgt. Truair Halbert Missing in Action

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 19, 1943

Mrs. Truair Halbert, Jr., of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] received word last week Wednesday from the War Department announcing that her husband, Sgt. Truair (Bunker) Halbert, was missing in action.  Sgt. Halbert was a gunner on one of the U.S. bombers reported lost over Kassel, Germany, July 30.  Previous to his enlistment he was employed at the Scintilla Magneto, and played the position of third base on the Sidney Cardinals baseball team.

 

Pvt Robert Kingsley Injured in Action

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 19, 1943

 

Pvt. Robert Kingsley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kingsley, Sr., of Front street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], who was in the thickest fighting in Tunisia, was also with the invasion forces in Sicily. Because of an injury, Robert has been sent back to North Africa from Sicily.

 

David Blakeley & Robert Lee Join Navy

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 19, 1943

 

Two more Bainbridge youths are in the U.S. Navy.  David Blakeley, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bryce D. Blakeley, of Bainbridge, [Chenango Co., NY], R.D.2, and Robert Lee, 17, son of Wilbur Lee, of Johnson street, passed their final physical examinations in Albany Tuesday and left immediately for the Naval Training Station at Sampson.

 

Both lads, popular high school students, were very active in school activities.  "Dave" played football, basketball and baseball.  He was a member of the band, press club, Latin club, town baseball team and an auxiliary fireman.  He was manager of the football team in 1939, and also took part in dramatics.

 

"Bob," who was a member of the graduating class in June, was president of the Senior Class.  He played football, basketball and baseball.  He was a member of the boxing and wrestling team, of the press club, glee club, band and Latin club, also of the town baseball team.  He was an auxiliary fireman.

 

Milton R. Simonds, Jr., 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Simonds, of West Main street, passed his final physical examination for the Seabees the same day in Albany, but was sent home to await call through his local induction board within the next month.

 

Robert Christy Joins Marines

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 12, 1943

 

Robert Christy, 17, son of Mrs. Rosamond Christy, of North Main street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], passed his final physical examination for the U.S. Marine Corps last Friday in Syracuse and was sworn in.  Robert a student in Bainbridge Central High School, was a member of the football, basketball and baseball teams.  He makes the sixth Bainbridge boy to enter the Marine Corps.  Others already serving include Cpl. Robert Knowles, Cpl, Carl Osterhout, Pvt. Renwick Ned Parsons, P.F.C. Clarence Adrian Bush, and Cpl. Leo Terry.

 

Charles Fenner Assigned to 1548th Army Service Unit

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 12, 1943

 

S/Sgt. Charles Arthur Fenner, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Fenner, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], has been assigned to the 1548th Service Unit of the Army Specialized Training Program at the University of Kentucky, in Lexington.  The unit is in charge of Col. B.E. Brewer, University of Kentucky commandant and commanding officer of the soldier-trainees located on the campus.  The course, which will parallel to a certain extent normal freshman work in engineering, will include, in addition to the engineering subjects, work in physics, mathematics, chemistry, English, history, geography, physical education and military science.  Regular members of the college staff are serving as academic instructors.  Enlisted men are housed at the residence halls on the campus and eat at the Commons in the Student Union building.  The cadet system of control is in effect.  Friends and relatives wishing to visit these men are asked to go to the Student Union building upon arrival on the campus, where an information desk has been established for the men in service. The men will then be notified of their callers, after class periods are over.  No man will be called from class or drill to see visitors.

 

Lt. Harry Odell Missing in Action

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 12, 1943

 

Lt. Harry Odell, one of the most popular young men ever brought up in Margaretville [Delaware Co., NY], is missing in action over Europe since July 28.  Lt. Odell was a navigator on a bomber.  A government message giving this information was received by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Odell, Sr., his parents, there Thursday.

 

 

Marriages (October 12)

Miss Alice Parsons, daughter of the late John D. Parsons, was married at 4 o'clock this afternoon, at her home "Happy Hill" two miles above Bainbridge village [Chenango Co., NY], to Chester F. Waters of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY].  Rev. A.H. Grant performed the ceremony.  A large company of friends was present at the wedding.  Mr and Mrs. Waters will reside in Mt. Upton where the bridegroom holds the position of book-keeper in the Borden condenser.  [Oct. 10, 1900]

Rev. E.G. Bowers, the recent rector of the Episcopal Church in this village, and Miss Sarah Moe, of Jersey City [NJ], were married at the home of the bride on Monday evening, Dec. 31, Deposit [Broome Co., NY] extends congratulations [1900]

The following wedding notice from the Glens Falls Morning Star, of June 5, will interest all our Bainbridge readers:  Charlotte Aurelia, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hyler White, and Sterling Frederick Higley were married yesterday noon at the home of the bride's parents, 54 Warren street, Rev. Alexander H. Grant, rector of St. Peter's Episcopal church, Bainbridge, officiating, assisted by Rev John R. Mackay, pastor of the Presbyterian church.  The parlors, library and dining room were handsomely decorated with palms and ferns, with bits of white.  Under a bower of bridal wreaths and palms in the east parlor the ceremony as performed.  To the strains of the Lohengrin wedding march the wedding party left the library, being met in the back parlor by Charles C. McNitt, of Oneonta, and C. Herbert Everest, who with Miss Mabel Rogers, of Plattsburg, and Miss Lillian K. Wendell, the bridesmaid, held the ribbons opening the way.  Miss May Elizabeth Higley, of Bay Shore, L.I., sister of the groom, who was the maid of honor, followed, preceding the bride, who was accompanied by her father.  After them came Clifford H. Allen and Adelbert  H. Sprague, the other ushers.  The bride was met in the parlor by the bridegroom and his best man, Clifford R. Morris, of Oneonta.  The bride was beautiful in a gown of white satin trimmed with point lace cut entrain.  She wore a veil and carried lilies of the valley.  She also wore a necklace of brook pearls, the gift from the groom.  Miss Higley wore white silk mull over pink silk, her gown being trimmed with white satin ribbons.  She carried pink roses.  The bridesmaids gowns were of white silk mull over white silk with lace trimmings.  The bridesmaids wore white tulle pompons and carried bride's roses.  A reception and wedding breakfast followed and the wedding party and relatives were served in the dining room and on the side piazza, which was enclosed. The dining room, as well as the house throughout, was darkened and lighted by scones. The table decorations were of asparagus vine and smilax, the center piece being a large basket of pink roses tied with pink ribbon. Mr. and Mrs.  Higley left on the 2:10 train on a wedding trip of about ten days.  The bride's going away gown was of black, with silk eton jacket and fancy silk waist, with hat of white straw trimmed with black and white silk.  The attendants of the bride were remembered by her with handsome silver bell buckles, gray finish, and the ushers received from the groom silver mounted card cases.  The music was furnished by Gloscia's Orchestra of Albany, the floral decorations were by Crandall, and Mrs. Conway was the caterer.  upon their return Mr. and Mrs. Higley will make their home for the summer with the bride's parents.  [1901]

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Chamberlin, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], announce the engagement of their daughter, Alice Eleanor, to Borden Jenners Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Smith, of Johnstown [Fulton Co., NY].  Miss Chamberlin is a graduate of the Unadilla Central School and the College of Home Economics at Cornell University.  She is now employed as an institutional dietician in Newark, N.J.  Mr. Smith attended Green Mountain Junior College and Cornell University.  He is now with the General Electric Company in Bloomfield, N.J.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, August 5, 1943]

Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Johnson, of Johnson City [Broome Co., NY], announce the engagement of their daughter, Helen Louise, to Philip F. Monrian, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Monrian, of Glens Falls [Warren Co., NY].  No date has been set for the wedding.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 5, 1943]

Invitations have been received here [Sidney, Delaware Co., NY], for the wedding, Aug. 7, of Miss Kathryn Burch, of Grahamsville [Sullivan Co., NY], and Robert F. Thompson, of Delhi [Delaware Co., NY].  Miss Burch was formerly employed in the Scintilla offices.  Both youg people are graduates of the Delhi Agricultural School.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 5, 1943]

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Crawford, of Grand Gorge [Delaware Co., NY], former residents of Unadilla, announce the engagement of their daughter, Evelyn, to Ray Cottone, son of Ross Cottone, of Grand Gorge.  The marriage will take place in the near future.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 5, 1943]

 

Obituaries (October 12)

Mrs. Mary Woodworth:  The death of the mother of George M. Woodworth and Mrs. J.M . Roberts of Bainbridge, occurred Sunday morning at the home of her son, Ira Woodworth, in the town of Windsor [Broome Co., NY].  Mrs. Woodworth had enjoyed good health notwithstanding her advanced age, her next birthday bringing her to ninety-five years.  She sat down to her dinner on Thursday, Jan. 29, with the family, appearing usually well, when she was seized with strangulation.  Those at the table sprang to her assistance and a doctor was called.  Mrs. Woodworth continued to suffer much for twenty-four hours when her pains subsided.  Her physician thought her illness was due to a violent attack of pneumonia.  Mr. Solomon Woodworth, the husband of the deceased, died by an accident at Vallonia Springs thirty years ago.  He was a farmer and an extensive cattle buyer in those years when large droves, consisting of hundreds of heads of cattle, were accumulated and driven to large cities, many days being consumed in the long travel.  Mr. and Mrs. Woodworth belonged to the sturdy, honest, reliable portion of the founders of this section of the country and were greatly esteemed. Mrs. Woodworth since her husband's death has resided with her son, Ira, at Windsor.  She enjoyed life greatly, was fond of reading, her intellect being very keen.  Mrs. Woodworth visited in Bainbridge occasionally and it was a rare treat to listen to her reminiscences of the early part of the century, her intelligent relation being very interesting and clear.  The funeral of Mrs. Woodworth was held Sunday morning at ten o'clock from her late home, and burial was at Plains cemetery in the town of Windsor. Those  present from Bainbridge were George M. Woodworth and two granddaughters of the deceased, Mrs. W.W. Hovey and Mrs. C.W. Ireland.  Besides the three children, Ira, and George M. Woodworth, and Mrs. J.M. Roberts, another daughter Mrs. Newby, resides in Duane.  [Feb. 1, 1903]

Edgar Hayes, a well-known citizen who resided about one mile east of the village, died last evening as the result of injuries received in his wood lot yesterday.  Mr. Hayes with his son were at work in the woods when a limb being dislodged fell and struck him on the head.  Dr R.D. Evans was summoned and all was done that was possible for his restoration but without avail, and he passed away after remaining unconscious during the day and evening.  [December 1903]

The funeral of Edgar D. Hayes, was held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late home above the village, Rev Arthur Spaulding officiating.  The singers were Mrs. C.C. Hovey, Mrs. Will Evans, George A. Ives and Dr. Evans.  The interment was in St. Peter's cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] and the bearers were:  A.D. Bristol, Wallace May, Charles Stever and Hudson Lyon.

Our fellow townsman, Mr. Edgar D. Hayes, came to his death December 9th from an accident while working in the woods, the particulars of which have been published.  The funeral was held December 12th, Rev. Arthur Spaulding officiating, the interment was in St. Peter's cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  Edgar D. Hayes was born in the town of Oxford, June 24th, 1845.  His boyhood and youth were spent in the town of Coventry, whither his parents moved soon after his birth.  He came to Bainbridge about thirty-five years ago and January 24th, 1871, married Electa, daughter of Deacon Giles and Lucinda Smith.  He thus entered by marriage one of the oldest families in this valley; Mrs. Hayes being of direct lineage with Deacon Israel Smith who fought in the battle of Saratoga, and in 1789 settled on the east side of the river opposite the month of the Unadilla.  Mr. and Mrs. Hayes lived on the old Stockwell homestead about a mile from the village, which has been in the Stockwell family for more than a century.  During Mr. Hayes long residence in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], he made many warm friends.  His nature disposed him toward friendship.  He was of kindly instincts, genial disposition and was possessed of an undercurrent of humor that made him a pleasant companion.  He was sympathetic toward those in trouble and always ready to aid a neighbor in need or distress.  he united with the Presbyterian Church on confession of this faith in Christ thirty-three years ago.  During the whole of this period he was one of the most faithful members in attendance upon the services of the church and in bearing his share in the labor.  He was a firm believer in the Bible as the rule of faith and practice, in the efficacy of prayer, and in Jesus Christ as the Savior from sin.  While he did not neglect the calls of duty from without, yet it was in the home he found his greatest delight.  He loved his home and the home circle.  The evening lamp, the fireside, and the family gathered about them was his club and he wanted no other.  His death is a loss.  He will be greatly missed in the church and in the community and most of all in the home where his virtues were best known and appreciated.  The members of this broken home circle have the sincere sympathy of the entire community.

Ernest Comstock, 73 years old, died at his home in Windsor [Broome Co., NY], July 24, of chronic heart ailment.  Mr Comstock had been ill for several years, and had been confined to his bed for several months.  Born in Port Dickinson, he had lived most of his life in Windsor, as a wagon-maker, tinsmith and farmer.  He was a member of the Windsor band for many years.  Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, Roy Comstock, of Endicott; four daughters, Mrs. Catherine Schattuck, of Endicott, Mrs. Leone  French, of Binghamton, Mrs. Nellie Pherkelsen, of Union, and Miss Sara Comstock, of Windsor, and seven grandchildren.  Funeral services were held at the chapel of Clinton E. Wood.  The Rev. T. Pert Gates, pastor of the West Windsor Baptist Church, officiated.  Interment in Riverside Cemetery.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 5, 1943]

 

Joseph J. Kille, aged 76 years, for many years a resident of the town of Hancock [Delaware Co., NY], following his occupation of sawyer, died in a hospital at Buffalo, July 26.  He had been ill about a year and a half.  Mr. Kille was born at Mileses [Sullivan Co., NY], July 26, 1867.  He was twice married; his first wife was Josephine Gales and his second, Florence Hulse, who survives, together with three sons, Frederick, of Monroe; Edgar, of Newark, and Harold of Hancock.  He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Anna Duffy, of Hancock, and several grandchildren.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 5, 1943]

Ruth Goodman Write from Australia - 1943

Ruth Goodman Writes from Australia

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 5, 1943

 

Mrs. H.H. Hutchinson received the following letter written July 18, from Ruth R. Goodman, who is with the Red Cross in Australia:

 

Many thanks for your very nice letter.  I was so glad to have heard from you.  I have missed all the Bainbridge news since I left the States in May, but I think I am caught up on it now.

 

We have been here for several weeks now, and I feel as if I really know this section of Australia very well.  I have had innumerable opportunities to see everything interesting, and the Australian people have been most kind.  Being here is so much like being in the States that it doesn't seem possible that I am several thousand miles from home.

 

I have been very fortunate in getting a job which would permit me to use my Home Economics training to very good advantage.  I am to be an Assistant Club Director, and my most important job will be to plan meals, do the buying and supervise the dining room in our Club, which is really a lot.  It will be opened within a few days as a club for officers on leave in this area.  We have been working on it for several weeks now, and it should be a really attractive place when it is finished.  The Red Cross Clubs here are very popular because they serve good food America Style, and the boys like that.  Of course steaks are the most popular; and we can get them any place.  I was amazed to find that food is very plentiful and a good deal cheaper here than in the States.  All my friends here know that my one weakness is food, as it was when I was in Bainbridge, and they tease me about it.  I don't mind a bit, however, although I have gained weight, I have been doing quite a bit of cooking at home too because we have a wonderful apartment with a very well equipped modern kitchen.  My apartment mate and I are both very fond of cooking, so that we do have a good time together.

 

We were extremely fortunate to have been able to get our apartment because the housing shortage is really serious here too.  We have a four room apartment with a huge living room, two bedrooms, a kitchen and bath.  We have a fire place in the living room, and we have a balcony room which we hope to use when it gets warmer.  It is Winter here now, and it is really cold.  I hadn't expected such weather, and consequently I came down with a mild case of the flu the first week I was here.  I'm all over that now; and I am gradually becoming accustomed to the weather.

 

It took almost two months for your letters to get here from Washington, but they did get here, and that's all that matters.

Soldier News continued - 1943

Clifton Skinner Killed in Action

Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 5, 1943

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Skinner, of Oakland, have been notified by the War Department of the death of their son, Clifton Arthur Skinner, who was killed in action with the American Air Force in North Africa on July 13.

Rexford Locke Killed in Action

Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 5, 1943

Mrs. Forrest Locke, of Peake's brook near Delhi [Delaware Co., NY], received a telegram from the War Department a few days ago announcing the death of her son, Private Rexford F. Locke, in the South Pacific area on July 17.  the telegram said that a letter would follow.

Arthur VerValin Sr. Enlists

Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 5, 1943

Arthur VerValin, Sr., 43, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], Commander of Joyce-Bell Post of the American Legion, veteran of World War I, has enlisted in the Merchant Marines, and went to New York a few days ago, where he will be assigned to a ship for duty as a carpenter.

WAC Helen Nesbitt in Florida

Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 5, 1943

WAC Auxillary Helen Nesbitt, of Bloomville [Delaware Co., NY], is stationed at Daytona Beach, Fla.  She entered active service Feb. 11 of this year.  She was employed as a beauty operator at the Scintilla in Sidney, prior to volunteering for service.

Donald Patchen Completes Basic Flying Training

Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 5, 1943

Completing his basic flying training here this week, Aviation Cadet Donald J. Patchen, of R.F.D. 3, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] left for Advanced Flying School, where he will receive further specialized flight training.  Aviation Cadet Donald J. Patchen is the son of Mrs. Genevieve W. Patchen, Bainbridge.  No fanfares or formal ceremonies marked this graduation.  There were no speeches and no diplomas.  Mass formation flying on the final day was the sole indication aside from a formal graduation dance, that stores of young aviators had successfully passed the basic phase of their flight training and are now ready for the final steps that will soon lead to combat wings in the growing Army Air Forces of the United States.  Behind the graduates were many weeks of intensive flying training here, that fully tested their resourcefulness and ability and brought them commendation from 1st Lt. Harry M. Homer, commandant of cadets, and Col. Roy T. Wright, commanding officer of the Malden Army Air Field.  They spent long hours in cross-country and night flying and studied such ground school subjects as navigation, meteorology, engines, radio code and communication. There were also frequent sessions on instrument flying in the Link Trainers.

 

Post Listing October 6-12, 2014

Listing of Blog Postings for the week of October 6-12, 2014.

Marriages

Posted October 6, 2014

Lillian Blanchard - Ralph H. Nicolson (engagement 1946)

Carol Rebecca Schloss - Charles W. Higley (1946)

Shirley Cole - Edwin L. Kingsbury (1946)

Francis m. Kimball - Clarence M. Peters (1946)

Dorothy E. Ely - George H. Vicary (1946)

Kathryn Marie Griffin - James Michael Friery (engagement 1946)

Posted October 7, 2014
Mr. & Mrs. George Hovey (50th anniversary)
Mr. & Mrs. John Hovey (55th anniversary)
Charles Nash - Jennie Davis (Norwich)
Grace Sherwood - Fred Norris
Marriage Notices - 1834
     Levi B. Collins (Smyrna) - Eveline Ransom (North Norwich)
     Garret Reed - Diana Rowland (Sherburne)
     John Utter Jr. (Brookfield) - Ann Bloodgood (Unadilla Forks)
     Levi Harris (Vermont) - Nancy Smith (South New Berlin)

Posted October 8, 2014
Gloria Evelyn Higbie - Earl L. Clark (1946)
Lillian Palmer - Robert Howe (1946)
Betty Brown - Paul Barber (engagement, 1946)
Bessie Franchino - Paul Smith (1946)

Posted October 9, 2014
Herman M. Richards - Jennie B. Hovey (1893)
Harvey O. Gray - Jennie Millard
O.D. Merchant - Mary E. Harris
Marriage Notices, Antimasonic Telegraph, 1834
     Walter M. Conkey - Louisa Francis Randall (Norwich)
     Alfred Purdy (Norwich) - Charlotte Miller (Truxton)
     Zenas C. Wiswell - Sarah Hartwell (North  Norwich)
     Arba K. Maynard - Minerva Gates (Sherburne)
     Thomas Ogden (McDonough) - Mary Warn (Sennett)
     Harman Leroy Clarke (Loydsville)  - Phebe Chapman (Plainfield)
     Arad Gilbert (Greene) - Mary Fowler (Northfield, MA)
     Platt S. Fowler - Esther Beebe (North Norwich)

Posted October 10, 2014
Josephine A. Grillo - Malcolm D Carr (engagement, 1943)
Lorena Wagner - Thomas E. Judd (1943)
Jeanne Shirley Sloan - Maurice Wightman (engagement, 1943)
June Delight Hemingway - Howard Taft Berg (1943)
Albert a. Gurney - Susie Lee Savage (1943)
Joan Hill - Donald Sage (engagement, 1946)
Esther Yaeger - Richard Decker (1946)

Posted October 11, 2014
Charles E. Kinch - Barbara Ford (1943)
Harriett Jean Spencer - Gerald D. Hayes (1943)
Catherine Fosdick Jewett - Harry Reynolds Cole, Jr. (1943)
Jannette Irene Fassett - Harry Peter DeBloom (1943)
Ada Marion Frear - Frank Edward Blackwell (1943)

Posted October 12, 2014
Doris E. Sherman - Kenneth M. Wilcox
June Carman Peterson - Robert Moore Wotton
Marriage Notices, Chenango Union, Sept. 20, 1865
     Denis Conway (Norwich) - Margaret Hynes (Springfield, MA)
     Arnold D. Evans - Maggie Nelson (Norwich)
     George Thompson (Otselic) - Ann M. Rogers (Preston)
     James h. Hadlock (Norwich) - L.M. Gritman (Columbus)
     Branch Morgan - Patience L. Smith (Bainbridge)
     Frederick Juliand (Greene) - Harriet . Crocker (Cambridge)
     Milan Hill (McDonough) - Caroline C. Carr (Norwich)
     John W. Houghton - Samantha L. Adams (Earlville)
 



 

Obituaries

Posted October 6, 2014

Daisy Silvey Moore (Bainbridge, 1946)

Mrs. Gilbert Henry (Cannonsville, Sidney, 1946)

Fred Benedict (Kirk, 1946)  hit-and-run accident

Alfred Schemerhorn (Sidney, 1946) fire

Will Edwin Mead (Guilford, 1946)

Posted October 7, 2014
Martin M. Nash (Guilford, 1905)
Ellen M. Nash Hovey (Guilford, 1928)
Myron R. Wheeler (Guilford)
Mrs. William O. Nash (Guilford, 1909)

Posted October 8, 2014
Robert Queal Meaker (West Bainbridge, Syracuse, 1902)
William Hovey (Guilford, 1906)
Robert Hovey (Guilford, 1916)
Oliver C. Bentley (Gilbertsville, 1915)

Posted October 9, 2014
George Z. Stoddard (Gilbertsville, Morris, 1897)
Lydia Sephronia (Ireland) Hovey (West Bainbridge, 1899)
Elizabeth (Heslop) Gray (Butternuts, 1894)
Floyd Bentley North (Yaleville, 1892)

Posted October 10, 2014
William H. Joles (Oxford)
Angie (Derby) Carpenter (Afton, 1895)
Minnie Nicholson (1893)
Hilda May Evans (Mt. Upton, 1900)
Death Notices, Antimasonic Telegraph, 1834
     De Witt Pellet (Norwich)
     Hiram Skinner (Preston)
     Anne Fryer (Norwich)
     Sarah Button (Pharsalia)
     James Birdsall (Norwich)
     Matthew Dimmick (Plymouth)
     Charles Skinner (Preston)

Posted October 11, 2014
Richard Clark (Unadilla, 1943)
Ralph E. Monroe (East Pharsalia, 1943)
Clarence Helm (Unadilla, 1943)
Emerson Scofield (Masonville, 1943)
Arthur Wellington Earing (Oneonta, 1946)
J. Edward Hurlburt (Binghamton, 1946)

Posted October 12, 2014
Amanda L. Ely (New Berlin, 1834)
Sarah Buttolph (Norwich, 1834)
Joseph Smith (Colesville, Bainbridge, 1871)
Guiles Smith (Bainbridge, 1892)
Eunice Smith (West Bainbridge, 1895)
Death Notices, Chenango Union, Sept. 20, 1865
     Lorinda Van Tassel (Oxford)
     Avery Stratton (South Oxford)
     Myron Warner (Sherburne)
     Cornelia Brazee (Plymouth)
     William S. Nye (Pharsalia)
     Mrs. Hezekiah Harris (Sherburne)
     Norman Morton (Norwich)  Civil War Soldier
 



 

Miscellaneous

Posted October 6, 2014

Daniel Beebe, Veteran Merchant (Guilford, 1875)
Soldier News continued

     Sgt. Joseph Kilb Missing in Action (1943)

     Pvt. George Lazarek Dies in Japanese Prison (1943)

     Cpl. Paul Risedorph Discharged from Army (1946)
     T/3 Charles Dix Discharged from Army (1946)
     T/5 June Ahrens, Jr. Discharged from Army (1946)
     John Davidson Discharged from Navy (1946)

Posted October 8, 2014
Battle of South Mountain, Maryland; by Martin M. Nash
Bainbridge Central High School Class of 1940 - Part 3

Posted October 9, 2014
Daniel Kelleher Jr. Arrested - 1885

Posted October 10, 2014
Leading Bainbridge Citizens of 1930s/40s:  Photos

Posted October 11, 2014
Miscellaneous - Jr. High Graduation BCHS, 1943
Soldier News,  Continued 1943
     Capt. Clifford Keeler Dies in South Pacific
     PFC John DiSerio is Japanese POW
     PFC John A. miller Died as POW
     Mrs. Ruth Weir receives call from son Lt. James P. Weir

Posted October 12, 2014
Thomas Shippey, Pioneer Settler Honored, 1955
Copy of Speech Given at Dedication of Placement of DAR marker on grave of Thomas Shippey

Marriages (October 12)

Miss Doris E. Sherman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sherman was married to Kenneth M. Wilcox, son of Fay Wilcox, Sunday afternoon by the Rev. Paul L. Carpenter, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.  The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's parents, on Guilford street.  Approximately thirty-five guests and members of the immediate families and neighbors were present.  The attendants were Miss Freda Anderson, of Greene, and Bryce Wilcox, brother of the bridegroom.  The bride wore a white silk crepe princess style dress with a corsage of pink roses.  Miss Anderson wore a dress of blue crepe and also wore a corsage of pink roses. A reception, at which refreshments were served, followed the wedding.  Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox left in the afternoon for a short wedding trip and upon their return will reside in Afton.

 

The Oxford Methodist church was the scene of an afternoon wedding Saturday, June 29, at 4 o'clock when Miss June Carman Peterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn F. Peterson of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], became the bride of Robert Moore Wooton, son of Mrs. Alfred Wotton of New York and Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  The Rev. August C. Blinzinger of Buffalo, Wyoming, uncle of the bride, who untied the brides' parents in marriage 22 years ago, performed the ceremony.  The altar of the church was decorated with white peonies and poplars while the remainder of the church was set with gladioli and ferns.  Mrs. Herbert Scarlett, music director at the Methodist church played favorite compositions of the bride during the seating of the guests.  Included in the numbers were "Venetian Love Song" by Nevins, "At Dawning" by Cadman, and "Oh Perfect love" by Barnby.  Mrs. Scarlett also accompanied Mrs. George Harper of New York who sang "Calm as the Night" by Bohm,"  "I Love you Truly"  by Carrie Jacobs Bond, and "Because" by D'Hardelot.  During the processional march Mrs. Scarlett played Lohengrin's Wedding March.  The bride, who was given away in marriage by her father, wore white flower embroidered mousseline de soie with a circular train.  The double tiered illusion veil crowned with orange blossoms was knee length in back.  She carried an old fashioned bouquet of orchids surrounded with white roses and gypsophalia.  Miss Betty Peterson, sister of the bride, was maid of honor and bridesmaids were Miss Dorothy Compton of Carmel, Miss Bernice Pfeifer of Utica, both college classmates of the bride; Miss Ethel Schumm of Amsterdam, a cousin of the bride, and Miss Emma DeLong Mills of New York, cousin of the bridegroom. The maid of honor wore orchid marquisette with lace insets and carried a bouquet of cabbage roses.  Flowers of similar design were worn in her hair.  The Misses Mills and Pfeifer wore light blue marquisette and the Misses Young and Compton yellow marquisette.  The bridesmaids' dresses had sweetheart pockets with flowers attached and long velvet streamers.  Each one carried a large white hat on her arm filled with old fashioned flowers, and each wore old fashioned flowers in her hair. The best man was Douglas McCowan of New York and the ushers were Jack Hutchinson and Fred Tripp of Guilford and Gene and Vern Peterson, brothers of the bride.  The bride's mother, Mrs. Peterson, wore aqua chiffon with white accessories and a corsage of talisman roses.  Mrs. Wotton, mother of the bridegroom, wore blue lace with matching hat and accessories and a corsage of talisman roses.  A reception followed the ceremony in the Congregational chapel for relatives and friends.  Covers were laid for 100.  The chapel was trimmed with pink roses, peonies and ferns. The bridal table was centered with a large tiered wedding cake with bouquets of white roses.  During the reception, Mr. Parclany, instrumental music instructor at Oxford Academy played three violin selections "Oh Promise Me", "At Dawning," and "Calm as the Night."  He was accompanied by Mrs. Scarlett.  Mrs. Harper also sang a number requested by the bride, "Through the Years", by Youmans.  A buffet luncheon was served.  Mr. and Mrs. Wotton left immediately for a two weeks' trip through the new England states.  The bride's traveling costume was a gray cape ensemble with large brimmed gray felt hat, red accessories and a corsage of orchids.  On their return they will spend the summer at Guilford.  Mrs. Wotton attended Oxford Academy and was graduated from Hartwick College, where she was a member of Gamma Phi Delta Sorority.  Since then she has been teaching in Guilford Central School.  Mr. Wotton prepared for college at the Barnard School for Boys and was graduated from Columbia University and the graduate faculty of pure science.  He is now engaged in research work in the medical sciences at Columbia while working toward his doctor's degree.

 

Marriage Notices

Chenango Union, September 20, 1865

 

In St. Aloysius Church, Washington, D.C., on the 11th inst., by the Rev. Father Lockwood, Denis Conway, of Norwich, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], to Miss Margaret Hynes, of Springfield, Mass.

 

In this villalge [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 5th, 1865, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Arnold D. Evans, to Miss Maggie, daughter of John Nelson, all of Norwich.

 

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 8th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. George Thompson, of Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Ann M. Rogers, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].

 

In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], August 10th, by H. Gritman, Esq., Mr. James H. Hadlock, of Norwich [Chenango Co., N Y], to Miss L.M. Gritman, of the former place.

 

In Bainbridge, Sept. 6th, by Rev. M. Keeler, Mr. Branch Morgan, to Miss Patience l. Smith, both of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]

 

In Cambridge, Washington Co., n.Y., Sept. 6th, by Rev. J.N. Crocker, Hon. Frederick Juliand, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Harriet M. Crocker, of Cambridge.

 

In Lincklaen, Sept. 6th, by Rev. E.N. Ruddock, Mr. Milan Hill, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Caroline C. Carr, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

 

In Earlville, Sept. 4th, by Rev. L.V. Ismond, Mr. John W. Houghton, to Miss Samantha L. Adams, all of Earlville [Madison Co., NY]

Obituaries (October 12)

DIED:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday morning, the 22d ultimo, of consumption, Miss Amanda L., daughter of Noah Ely, esq. aged 21 years.  Cut off in the flower of her years, and in the midst of high hopes and promise, this afflicting dispensation of Providence will prove to her relatives and friends a most distressing stroke.  Few were so well qualified to confer happiness upon the domestic circle.  With an accomplished and brilliant education, she united the most sweet and gentle manners.  Her temper was cheerful and amiable, and her whole deportment marked by every grace and virtue which can adorn and dignify the female character.--Her sufferings during a protracted illness were borne with resignation, and she died in the full hope of a glorious resurrection through the merits of her Redeemer.  [Antimasonic Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 2, 1834]

 

DIED:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst. of Consumption, Miss Sarah, daughter of David Buttolph, esq. aged 15 years.  The removal from earth of this young lady, exemplifies the uncertain tenor of human life, and the transitory nature of earthly enjoyments.  But a few weeks since she was in the bloom of life, prosecuting with a success that gladdened the hearts of her parents and teachers, her literary pursuits; and now is the sole tenant of the lonely tomb.  Her sweetness of temper, her meekness and truly Christian goodness of heart, endeared her to numerous friends, and rendered her the delight of the family circle.  She is the third child of which Mr. B., has been deprived in a very short time. Truly has this event filled his cup of bitterness to the brim, and the Fountain of mercies alone can sweeten it.  But the stay and consolation of her bereaved parents are, that she cherished and enjoyed a faith and hope which sustained her in her final sufferings, and ensure a glorious resurrection to eternal life.  [Antimasonic Telegraph, July 21, 1834]

 

DIED:  In Colesville, Broome Co., May 21st, after a long and painful illness, Joseph Smith, aged 60 years.  Mr. Smith was long a resident of the town of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  A few years since he sold his farm and removed to Colesville.  He will long be remembered by his old friends and neighbors as a good citizen and industrious farmer, a man of integrity.  He died full in the faith of a blessed immortality.  [Bainbridge Republican, June 3, 1871]

 

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  Guiles Smith, an old resident of this place, died last Thursday afternoon from the effects of a paralytic shock.  He was 78 years of age, a member of Presbyterian church and for a long time an officer in the society of Salicia.  [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Oct. 2, 1892]

 

West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  Eunice Smith, wife of Wheeler Smith, died at her home in this place on Sunday evening last, at the age of 72 years.  She had been an invalid for twelve years, but endured her suffering without a murmur.  About a week ago she was stricken with paralysis which resulted in her death.  She had been a member of the Baptist church in this place for a number of years. Funeral services were held on Wednesday at 11 o'clock at the house, and 12 at the church.  Rev. F.E. Benjamin officiated.  Interment at West Bainbridge.  The deceased leaves six children to mourn her loss.  [Oxford Times, April 2, 1895]

 

Death Notices

Chenango Union, September 20, 1865

 

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 11th, 1865, Lorinda, wife of Lawson Van Tassel, aged 28 years.

 

In South Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 3d, of consumption, Mr. Avery Stratton, aged 22 years.

 

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], August 30th, Mr. Myron Warner, aged 26 years.

 

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], August 27th, Cornelia, wife of the late Isaac Brazee, aged 85 years.

 

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 16th, Mr. William S. Nye, aged 54 years.

 

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 12th, Mrs. Harris, wife of Dea. Hezekiah Harris, aged about 75 years.

 

In Florence, South Carolina, Nov. 28, 1864, Norman Morton, a Union prisoner, formerly of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 31.  He had experienced the horrors of Andersonville, as well as those hardly less endurable at Charleston and Florence, but death finally relieved him of his sufferings.

 

 

Thomas Shippey, Pioneer Settler Honored

Thomas Shippey, Pioneer Settler, is Honored

Oneonta Star, June 29, 1955

  

A Revolutionary War marker in honor of Thomas Shippey, a pioneer settler of the White Store section, has been unveiled and dedicated on his grave in White Store Cemetery.

 

He was a great-great-grandfather of three Oneontans--Frank M. Shippey of 69 East St., Jesse Leal and his sister, Mrs. Lena Ryndes of 72 Ford Ave.  A resident of New Berlin, Dwight Pope, is a sixth generation descendant.  Dwight Linger of New Berlin, another sixth generation Shippey, unveiled the marker.

 

The dedication conducted by Capt. John Harris Chapter DAR, Norwich, was attended by a large number.  Mrs. Grace Johnson, a teacher in South New Berlin Central School, and a delegation of her "Yorkers," together with descendants from a wide area were present.

 

Thomas Shippey fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill and served a total of seven years and seven months in the American Revolution.  His father, Joseph Shippey, at the age of 58, also fought in the war for Independence.  Joseph was a son of David Shippey who settled in Rhode Island prior to 1664.  On Narragansett Bay near East Greenwich is "Shippee Hollow" where there are Shippeys still carrying on a family residence of nearly 300 years. 

 

Many Rhode Island soldiers who had done service in New York State were fascinated by the opportunities here, and they began a westward movement.  By 1806, a large company of relatives and friends of the Shippeys packed all their possessions.  It took Thomas Shippey four weeks to drive an ox team to Chenango County.  The region where this company settled has always been called the "Rhode Island Settlement." 

 

A mile and a half south of White Store, Thomas Shippey bought a large, productive farm and there lived until death March 20, 1823.  Thomas Shippey had married Hannah Matthewson on Sept. 3, 1770, in Gloucester, R.I., and they had 12 children.  The youngest was Ezekiel, who served in the War of 1812.  Ezekiel's grandson, George P. Shippey, was born in New Berlin,.  George was the father of Frank M. Shippey, circulation manager of the Star. George's sister, Jennie R. Shippey, was married to Leonard H. Leal.  Her two children are Mrs. H.A. (Lena) Ryndes and Jesse Leal.  Mr. Leal recently retired after 43 years as foreman of the Star's commercial printing department.

 

________________________________________________________________________

 

Dedication Speech Delivered by Miss Louise Scoutten

At Gravesite of Thomas Shippey, Evergreen Cemetery, White Store, NY

June 1955

 

 

Thomas Shippey

Died March 12

1823 in the 76

year of his age

 

Madam Regent, Daughters of the American Revolution, Descendants of Thomas Shippey, and Friends:

 

We are gathered here today in this beautiful old cemetery to honor the memory of an old soldier, and to pay tribute to our great great grandfather, Thomas Shippey, who fought for seven years and seven months in the American Revolution.

 

Very early in the struggle of the colonies with England for their independence, Thomas Shippey took an active part.  According to his pension record in Washington, D.C., he entered the service of his country in May, 1775, and was mustered out of the service December 15, 1782.  During this history making period of our country, Thomas Shippey served long and faithfully.

 

100 years after the fighting of the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, the first battle of this Great War, a series of centennial anniversaries were held throughout the Nation.  Evidently such an event was observed in Norwich, N.Y., because in a newspaper of that village published May 25, 1876, we find the following; and I quote:  "A short time previous to the Battle of Bunker Hill, Thomas Shippey, with some of his Rhode Island neighbors, volunteered their services to the cause of freedom. They also provided themselves with ammunition with which to fight the enemy.  These men hurried from their homes and entered the adjoining state of Massachusetts, where they fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775."  End of the quote.

 

It was when General George Washington heard of how bravely the American boys had fought in this battle at Bunker Hill that he exclaimed, "The liberties of our country are safe."

 

Again quoting from the Norwich newspaper of May 25, 1876, we find the following:  "Ezekiel Shippey of New Berlin, the youngest son of the old soldier, owns an ancient musket manufactured in Holland. This gun was carried by Thomas Shippey through the war."

 

Yes, this old patriot has left us, his descendants, a noble heritage, the great American heritage.  May we who follow after him not only preserve this heritage but may we transmit it to succeeding generations improved and its possibilities increased.

 

The descendants of Thomas Shippey and Hannah Matthewson, his wife, have increased greatly since September 3, 1770, when they were married in Gloucester, R.I.  Doubtless today there are thousands of their offspring living in many of the 48 states of the union.  Among them may be found successful farmers prominent business men, many skilled mechanics, law-makers, ministers of the Gospel and, in the three Great World Wars, there were many soldiers, sailors and fliers and some officers.

 

It has been said, "We best serve the interest to Posterity by treasuring the memory of our ancestors."

 

In the summer of 1941, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Pope visited the State of Rhode Island, the land of their forebears.  While there they drove to the old and ancient town of East Greenwich on999 the shore of Narragansett Bay.  Here they found living William F. Shippey, the son of William W. Shippey and Mercy Card.  This family and progenitors had lived in the vicinity of Shipee Hollow for approximately 300 years.

 

The emigrant, David Shippey, came to Rhode Island before 1664.  On August 15th of that year he was married to Margaret Scranton, daughter of Thomas Scranton.  The marriage was performed by Walter Todd.  There were present at this wedding the bride's sisters, her brother, her brother-in-law and neighbors.  Of this marriage were born seven children, four sons and three daughters.

 

On May 25, 1699, David Shippey and family left Shippey Hollow and moved to the town of Gloucester in the northern part of the state.  There, in 1717, their grandson, Joseph Shippey, was born.  He was 58 years old when the war broke out.  As every male citizen between the ages of 16 and 60 years was expected to bear arms and serve his country, Joseph Shippey became a soldier in the Revolutionary War.  He was a Private in Captain Benajah Shipple's Company; Colonel Archibald Cary's Regiment; from February 1st to March 18, 1778.

 

On August 2, 1744, Joseph Shippey married Bethia Herendeen and to them in 1752, was born Thomas Shippey, our Revolutionary soldier.  He married Hannah Matthewson September 3, 1770, and to them were born twelve children.

 

Many soldiers who had done service in New York State were fascinated by the opportunities to be had here, and they began to long to follow their friends and relatives to New York.  By 1806, quite a company of relatives and friends of the Shippeys packed all their possessions on to huge sleighs and they started out on the new adventure.  It is said that it took four weeks to drive an ox team from Gloucester, Rhode Island, to Chenango County, New York.  The region were this company settled has always been called the Rhode Island settlement.  One and one-half miles southwest of White Store, Thomas Shippey bought a large, productive farm, and here he lived until his death March 20, 1823.  Here he is buried in this beautiful old cemetery in the valley of the Unadilla.

 

We do take pride in being descendants of this patriotic old soldier who did so much to make America FREE.  May all of us honor him in the only way he would understand -- by practicing the Democracy he fought to maintain.

 

In appreciation we, his descendants, have made it possible to place this bronze marker on his grave today.

 

The names of the twelve children of Thomas Shippey and Hannah Matthewson:

 

1 - Dorcas Shippey, b. Nov. 16, 1771 (m. Emer Aldrich)

2 - John Shippey, b. May 31, 1773 (no record)

3 - Freelove Shippey, b. Nov. 10, 1775 (m. -?- Harrington)

4 - Sabra Shippey, b. Mar. 23, 1778 (m. -?- Cady)

5 - Eliakim Shippey, b. Aug. 18, 1782 (m. Lydia Phillips)

6 - David Shippey, b. Oct. 13, 1784

7 - Paul Shippey, b. Aug. 21, 1787

8 - Rhoda Shippey, b. May 17, 1788 (m. Wilmarth Peters)

9 - Philemon Shippey, b. Apr. 8, 1789 (Sally Sheffield)

10-George Shippey, b. Aug. 18, 1792

11-Deuteronomy Shippey, b. Jan. 24, 1795

12-Ezekiel Shippey, b. July 21, 1797 (m. Rachel Houck)

 

Marriages listed in parentheses were added by Claribel Aldrich Mickle, great-granddaughter of Dorcas and Emer Aldrich, who was present at this dedication ceremony.

 

 

 



BCHS Junior High Graduation 1943

BCHS Junior High Graduation - 1943

Bainbridge News & Republican, June 17, 1943

 

Commencement exercises for the Junior High School [Bainbridge Central School, Chenango Co., NY] will be held Friday morning, June 18, at 9:30 in the school auditorium.  Parents and friends of the graduates are cordially invited to attend. 

 

This year, Charles Lord is valedictorian and Marshall Andrews, Jr., salutatorian.  The Rev. John J. Toomey will be the guest speaker.

 

The musical program will include band numbers, under the direction of Maurice Seeley; a duet, by Dolores Lloyd and Mary Butler; violin selections, by George Stangler; also the Junior High girls' sextette will make its first public appearance. The sextette consists of Jean Salzberg, Nanette Horton, Theresa Lord, Dorothy Bacon, Barbara Branham and Dorothy Fenner.  Dorothy Bacon will also sing a solo. The girls will be accompanied by Lorraine Roberts.

 

At this time the P.T.A. will present for the first time awards for the student in Junior High having the highest average in mathematics, English and citizenship.  Also the annual award of the dictionaries by the Woman's Club will be made to the boy and girl in both the 7th and 8th grades for the highest scholastic average.

 



Marriages (October 11)

PFC Charles E. Kinch, Fort Clairborne, La., a son of Mrs. Guy Fitch, of Sidney Center [Delaware Co., NY], and Miss Barbara Ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Ford, of Watervliet [Albany Co., NY], were married June 22 at the home of the bride.  On his return to camp, Mrs. Kinch accompanied him as far as Buffalo, and expects to join him later at Fort Clairborne.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 15, 1943]

Miss Harriett Jean Spencer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Spencer, of West Main street [Sidney, Delaware Co., NY], and Staff Sergeant Gerald D. Hayes, son of Mrs. Fern Hayes, of Main street, Sidney, were married Monday night in the rectory of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Robert Moore, rector.  They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Max Nichols, sister and brother-in-law of the bride.  Both Sergeant and Mrs. Hayes are graduates of Sidney High School.  Mrs. Hayes also studied at Rider College, Trenton, N.J., and is employed in the production department of the Scintilla Magneto plant.  Sergeant Hayes joined the U.S. Army Air Force after graduating in 1939.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 29, 1943]

Miss Catherine Fosdick Jewett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carleton Fosdick Jewett, Old Lyme, Conn., became the bride of Harry Reynolds Cole, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reynolds Cole, Sr., Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], Friday at noon.  The marriage was solemnized in the rectory of the Church of Christ the King in Old Lyme, by the Rev. John J. Barney.  Mr. Cole is an instructor of industrial arts in the Suffield, Conn.,  High School.  After spending the summer in Unadilla with Mr. Cole's parents, they will make their home in Suffield.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 22, 1943]

Two Sidney [Delaware Co. NY] young people, Miss Jannette Irene Fassett, daughter of the late Arthur Fassett, and Mrs. Myra Chase Fassett, formerly of Cooperstown, and Harry Peter DeBloom, physical education instructor of the Sidney schools, son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. DeBloom, were married June 27 in Christ Episcopal Church, Cooperstown, by the Rev. Jackson L. Cole, rector.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 15, 1943]

Miss Ada Marion Frear, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Frear, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], was married Saturday to Frank Edward Blackwell, son of Victor Blackwell and the late Mrs. Blackwell, of Manlius [Onondaga Co., NY].  The impressive Episcopal ceremony was performed in the Christ church at Manlius by the Rev A. Gilbersleeve, rector.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 15, 1943]

Obituaries (October 11)

Richard Clark, 15, a student at the Unadilla Central School [Otsego Co., NY], was instantly killed Sunday night, when he grabbed a high tension wire while climbing on the girders of the Susquehanna River bridge, at that place.  Dr. Norman Getman, Otsego County coroner, after a check of the accident is satisfied that the lad lost his balance while climbing on the bridge, and grabbing the high tension wire, fell 15 feet to the floor of the bridge.  The victim's right leg was fractured in the fall and the wire burned deep into the palm of this left hand.  A companion who was with him summoned aid, but attempts to revive the boy by means of artificial respiration were futile.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 22, 1943]

 

An O.&W. fireman was crushed to death at 8:54 Monday morning in a head-on collision between two freight trains at the south end of the Walton yards.  Three large freight engines were badly damaged in the crash.  The fireman was Ralph E. Monroe, 38, of East Pharsalia, Chenango County.  He was unmarried and had been working for the railroad about a year and a half.  He lacked only a split second of escaping with his life as he was standing in the gangway between engine and tender, one foot on the step and grasping the handrail, ready to jump, when the collision forced the engine back on the tender pinning him between the two and crushing out his life.  The other five men of the crews of the three engines involved in the collision jumped before the crash.  Railroad officials and workers are non-committal as to the cause of the head-on collision and probably blame will not be placed until there is an official investigation Commission.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 29, 1943]

 

Clarence Helm, 45, a life-long resident of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], died Wednesday morning of a heart attack.  Mr Helm, evidently feeling ill, dressed and went out o the house early.  He was found a short time afterwards by members of his family on the bridge which crosses Martin brook, near the rear of his home. Dr. John M. Constantine acting as coroner, pronounced death due to a heart attack.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 22, 1943]

 

Funeral services for Emerson Scofield, of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], were held Monday afternoon in Colwell Brothers Funeral Home, Bainbridge.  The Rev. Harold Hammer of the Federated Church at Masonville, officiated and burial was in Bainbridge cemetery [Chenango Co., NY].  The funeral was in charge of Masons, of which he was a member.  The sudden death of Mr. Scofield Friday morning came as a shock to the people of the community, as he had been in usual health.  His wife noticed that he was not breathing normally and called a physician but he passed away before the doctor arrived.  Born about 63 years ago at North Sanford, he was the son of the late Charles R. and DeEtta (Keith) Scofield.  He was a lumberman by trade and was well known throughout Delaware, Chenango and Schoharie counties. Surviving are his wife, Five sons, Louis, Sidney; Charles, near Otego; Glenn, Binghamton; Leo, a private in artillery located in Texas, and Lavern, Masonville; one daughter; besides his aged mother, of Oxford, and one sister, Mrs. W.B. Ruland, Sidney; and a number of grandchildren.  [Bainbridge news & Republican, July 15, 1943]

 

Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY]:  Arthur Wellington Earing, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Earing, of Portlandville, was killed Sunday morning when he coasted from a driveway near his home and was struck by a car.  According to state police at the Oneonta substation, the youth coasted into the road in front of his home and he was struck by a vehicle driven by Dr. John F. Jensen, veterinarian with Sheffield Farms Co., this city.  Dr. Jensen, police said, told them he did not see the youth until he was almost upon him and stepped on the accelerator hoping to get past the spot before the vehicle struck him.  Dr. Norman W. Getman, Otsego County coroner, issued a verdict of accidental death due to a fractured skull.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 3, 1946]

 

J. Edward Hurlburt, 75, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], a veteran Broome County educator died Sunday in the Binghamton City Hospital. He was admitted to City Hospital Friday morning.  Death was attributed to a chronic heart ailment.  Mr Hurlburt retired Aug. 1, 1936, after 36 years and seven months as school commissioner and superintendent of Broome's Second Supervisory School District.  Son of the late George E. and Julia A. Hurlburt, the Hillcrest man was born Mar. 1, 1870, at Perch Pond HIll in the Town of Colesville [Broome Co., NY].  [Bainbridge news & Republican, Jan 3, 1946] 

 

 

Soldier News continued - 1943

Capt. Clifford Keeler Dies

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 15, 1943

 

Capt. Clifford R. Keeler, a native of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] and former Binghamtonian, died while on a special mission in the Southwest Pacific area, according to a telegram received by his mother, Mrs. Hugh V. Kelly, of East Orange, N.J., as she arrived in Norwich to spend a vacation with relatives.  Captain Keeler, 29, left for the Pacific area March 1.  He was aboard a Navy ship on a special mission for the Army when his mother last heard from him.  A War Department telegram reporting his death was sent to his wife, who resides in Washington, D.C., and who relayed the report to his mother in Norwich.  The telegram reported that Captain Keeler "had died" while in the war zone, but did not state whether he was killed in action or succumbed to natural causes.

PFC John DiSerio Japanese POW

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 15, 1943

PFC John D. DiSerio of the U.S. Marine Corps, Friday was reported a prisoner of the Japanese in the Philippine Islands.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. DiSerio, of Vestal, R.D.1, the 22-year-old Marine enlisted in May, 1940, and was in the Cavite Islands when Pearl Harbor was attacked.  He was reported missing in action in May 1942.  A brother, Pvt. Dominick DiSerio, is with the Army at the Fort Worden, Wash.

PFC John Miller Dies as POW

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 22, 1943

Mrs. Hazel H. Miller, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], has received word from the Japanese Government through the International Red Cross that her son, PFC John A. Miller, who was previously reported a prisoner of war, died in the Philippine Islands.

Ruth Weir Receives Call from Son, Lt. James Weir

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 22, 1943

Mrs. Ruth Weir received word last week that on Monday evening, July 12, at 8 o'clock, her son lieut. James P. Weir, would call her on the telephone from overseas, destination unknown and for Mr.s Weir to be waiting to receive the call.

Promptly at 8 o'clock Monday night, Mrs. Weir was notified by the New York City overseas operator that contact was being made and she would speak with Lieut. Weir shortly.  Although she was called several times, nothing materialized only a faint "Hello" from her son twice.  At 10:30 the call was cancelled and Mrs. Weir was told to be ready for the call again Tuesday night, the same time. At 8: o'clock the call came through, and in a very few minutes, contact was made and Mrs. Weir and her son were talking.  The reception was excellent, her son's voice being easily recognized.  They talked freely and interruptedly for several minutes, his sisters, Miss Bernice Weir and Mrs. Harold Winsor, also speaking with him. The conversation was mostly of a jovial nature, which is easier on such an occasion, when a soldier son is overseas.  It was a wonderful occasion for Mrs. Weir to be able to speak with her son  He has been out of the States for 14 months.  He is a graduate of the O.C.S. at Fort Belvoir, Va. 
 

Leading Bainbridge Citizens - 1930s/40s - Part 1

Leading Citizens of Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY of 1930s/40s

 

 

Robert Armstrong

Bob's Diner

 

Dr. R.C. Bender

Borden Research Chemist

 

G.E. Howland

Arrowhead Store

 

Charles W. Ireland

Ireland Hardware Corp.

 

Ralph W. Kirby

 

Ass't. Vice President and Director

National Bank & Trust Co. of Norwich

Manager Bainbridge Office



Marriages (October 10)

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas, of Millville, Conn., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Josephine A. Grillo, to First Sgt. Malcolm D. Carr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin W. Carr, of Wells Bridge [Otsego Co., NY].  The marriage will take place in St. Thomas' Church in Millville, July 17.  Miss Grillo is a graduate of Waterbury Catholic  High School and Rider College at Trenton, N.J., where she received a bachelor of science in commerce degree.  She also attended the College of St. Elizabeth in New Jersey and St. Joseph's College in Hartford, Conn.  Sgt. Carr is a graduate of Unadilla High School and of Rider College, where he received a bachelor of accountancy degree.  Before entering the armed forces he was employed by the U.S. Rubber co., at Rockefeller Center, New York.  He is stationed with the 6th Quartermaster training center at Camp Lee, Va.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 15, 1943]

 

Miss Lorena Wagner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Wagner, of Windsor [Broome Co., NY], became the bride of Staff Sergeant Thomas E. Judd, of Owatonna, Minn., Thursday evening, July 1.  The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's parents, by the Rev. Clarence l. Holmes, pastor of the Windsor Presbyterian Church.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 15, 1943]

 

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Sloan, of Windsor [Broome Co., NY], announce the engagement of their daughter, Jeanne Shirley, to Maurice Wightman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wightman, of Nineveh [Broome Co., NY]. [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 15, 1943]

 

Marriage of Miss June Delight Hemingway, music instructor in the public schools of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], to 1st Lt. Howard Taft Berg took place Saturday afternoon in the Frist Presbyterian Church, Ilion.  Ceremony was performed by the pastor, the Rev. F.W. Ainslie, and a reception followed in the church for relatives and friends.  [Bainbridge News & Republican,, July 22, 1943]

 

Lt. Albert A. Gurney, son of Mrs. Jessie O. Gurney, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], and Susie Lee Savage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Savage, of Tuscalossa, Ala., were married Tuesday at the home of the groom in Unadilla by the Rev. Archie W. Benedict.  Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ives, brother-in-law and sister of the groom, acted as best man and bride's attendant.  After a short honeymoon, Lt. Gurney will return to camp at Ft. Belvoir, Va., and Mrs. Gurney after a short stay in Washington, near the camp, will return to her home in Tuscaloosa for the duration.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 22, 1943]

Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Hill announce the engagement of their daughter, Joan, to Donald B. Sage, of Rush [Monroe Co., NY].  Miss Hill is a graduate of Bainbridge Central High School and is now a student in Eastman Dental School in Rochester.  Mr. Sage is a graduate of Alfred University and is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Sage, of Rush. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 17, 1946]

 

DECKER - YAEGER:  Friday evening, Jan. 11, at Afton [Chenango Co., NY], occurred the marriage of Esther Yaeger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Yaeger, of Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY], to Richard Decker, grandson of Mrs. Gussie Hendrickson, of Afton.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Alan Douglas in the presence of Edith Douglas and John Douglas, of Afton.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 17, 1946]

Obituaries (October 10)

"Jolly's" Travelings Over

 

 

William H. Joles 

 

Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Sunday in this village a figure very familiar to the residents of this county passed away when William H. Joles died.  Deceased was in his 65th year and was born in Columbus this county.  Ever since the war he traveled through this section peddling Yankee notions, and his honesty and truthfulness made him a welcome visitor in many homes.  He had a cheerful disposition, so much so that he was known in the Unadilla and Sauquoit valleys as "Jolly."

 

The sad and sudden death yesterday morning of Mrs. S.F. Carpenter occasioned much sorrow among her innumerable friends.  Her death, though expected, was a severe shock in the family, who were gathered about the bedside when the messenger of death appeared at 5:15 o'clock.  Mrs. Carpenter's maiden name was Angie L. Derby.  She was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Derby of Afton, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], where she was born not quite 31 years ago.  She was married to Mr. Carpenter Dec. 30, 1885, and in 1888, with her husband removed to this city, where she has since resided.  Her father died at the home of his daughter in this city in December last, and her mother was present when her beloved daughter breathed her last.  Mrs. Carpenter was a lady of many excellent traits of character and was a great favorite in both her own family and that of her husband.  since her residence in this city, a large circle of friends gathered round her, attracted by her quiet manner and pleasing disposition.  Mrs. Carpenter is survived by her mother, Mrs. Derby, her husband, S.F. Carpenter, business manager of the Herald, two children, one a boy of 5 and the other a babe of one week, and two brothers, Frank Derby of this city and W.C. Derby of Afton. The funeral services will be conducted at the house on Spring street this evening.  The remains will be taken to Afton Thursday morning and interment will be made in the family plot.  [Angie Derby Carpenter, 1864 - 1895, buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton, NY]

 

NICHOLSON:  In this village, August 10, 1893, Minnie, only daughter of Frank and Lucinda Nicholson, aged 10 years.

 

Hilda May, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Evans, of Lathams Corners [Chenango Co., NY], died Monday after a short illness, aged twenty-nine days.   The heartfelt sympathy of the community is extended the bereaved ones in their sad affliction.  Funeral at their home Wednesday at one o'clock.  Rev E.R.D. Briggs, of Mt. Upton, officiating.  Interment at Mt. Upton.  [d. 29 October 1900]

 

Death Notices - Antimasonic Telegraph, 1834

April 30, 1834

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday morning, the 24th instant, De Witt, only child of Elias P. Pellett, aged three years, four months and fourteen days.

"Happy infant!--early blest,

Rest, in peaceful slumber, rest;

Early rescu'd from the cares,

Which increase with growing years."

 

May 14, 1834

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on Saturday last, Hiram, eldest child of Mr. Justin Skinner, aged 2 years and 10 months.

 

May 21, 1834

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday last, Anne, daughter of Mr. Peter Fryer, aged three years.

 

June 11, 1834

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th of March last, after a lingering illness of the numb palsy for 11 years, which she bore with Christian fortitude, Mrs. Sarah Button, aged 72 years, wife of Elias Button, a Revolutionary Soldier.  She was a benevolent parent, kind and affectionate wife, and a friend to the Christian race.

 

June 18, 1834

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Friday evening last, James, son of James Birdsall, esq., aged 4 years.

 

June 25, 1834

In Plymouth [Chenango County, NY], on Saturday last, Mr. Matthew Dimmick, an old and respectable inhabitant of that town.

 

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday, the 18th instant, Charles, son of Mr. Justin Skinner, aged one year and six months.



 

 



Daniel Kelleher Jr. Arrested - 1885

Daniel Kelleher, Jr. Arrested for Attempted Murder

Chenango Union, Nov. 12, 1885

Bainbridge {Chenango Co., NY]:  On Monday last Justice Van Horne issued a warrant for the arrest of Daniel Kelleher, Jr., a boy about fifteen years of age, who resides in this village.  the warrant was placed in Officer Aylsworth's hands, and on Wednesday  morning the prisoner was brought before the court, Hon. Elliot Danforth for the people and Leroy Bennett, Esq., appeared for the prisoner.  The testimony taken in regard to the case is as follows:  Monday about 12:30 a freight train going west stopped a few rods below this station when young Kelleher boarded the caboose.  When asked to get off he became abusive and insolent to the brakeman, Bennett Pangburn, of Oneonta, who followed him to the platform of the caboose to see that he got off, which he did.  As he struck the ground from the moving train he was thrown down, but quickly regained his feet, and drew from his hip pocket a revolver from which he fired at Mr. Pangburn, who was standing on the rear end of the caboose.  One shot struck under the car and the other shot was fired in the same direction but he did not know where it struck.  the young would-be murderer said, the day before the trial and while under arrest, that he intended to have shot the brakeman but his nerves were not steady enough   It is said that young Kelleher was under the influence of liquor at the time of committing the act.  After the lawyers had had a short argument on a few points of law, Judge Van Horne held the prisoner in the sum of $500, in default of which he was taken to the county jail at Norwich to await the action of the grand jury.--Republican

Marriages (October 9)

RICHARDS - HOVEY:  At the home of the bride's parents in Guilford Centre, by the Rev. M.S. Godshall, Dec. 27th, 1893, Herman M. Richards, to Jennie B. Hovey, both of Guilford Centre, N.Y. [Chenango Co.]

 

Harvey O. Gray and Mrs. Jennie Millard were married at the home of the bride in Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY], Wednesday evening, in the presence of a small company of the immediate relatives and friends. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Nestor Light, pastor of the Gilbertsville Presbyterian church.  The Journal tenders its congratulations and best wishes.

 

News has just reached us of the marriage on the 25th ult., of Mr. O.D. Merchant, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary E. Harris, of Norwich [Chenango Co.,  NY], by the Rev. L.M.S. Haynes.  Miss Harris was a former teacher in our Academy, an accomplished lady, and beloved by all her students.  her marriage with so estimable a gentleman as Mr. Merchant will be hailed with hearty approval.  May they grow younger in each other's affections, and live to hear the old clock "tick, tick, tick, tick, ninety years without slumbering," etc.

 

Marriage Notices - Antimasonic Telegraph, 1834

 

April 30, 1834

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday evening, the 24th instant, by the Rev. Mr. Barrows, Walter M. Conkey, Esq., Cashier of the Bank of Chenango, to Miss Louisa Francis, daughter of Col. John Randall.

 

At Truxton, Cortland county, on Wednesday morning, the 23d instant, by the Rev. Mr. Clark; Mr. Alfred Purdy, Merchant, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Charlotte, daughter of Doct. John Miller, of the former placed.

 

May 7, 1834

At North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult, by Elder Ludlow, Mr. Zenas C. Wiswell to Miss Sarah Hartwell, all of that place.

 

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Burrows, Arba K. Maynard, Esq. to Miss Minerva Gates, all of that town.

 

May 14, 1834

In Sennett, Cayuga co., on Monday, the 28th ult. by Elder Brown, Mr. Thomas Ogden, of McDonough, Chenango county, to Miss Mary, daughter of Mr. John Warn, of the former place.

 

June 11, 1834

In Plainfield, Otsego co., on Sunday the 25th ult. by the Rev. Joshua Wells, Mr. Harman Lyroy Clarke, Merchant, Loydsville, to Miss Phebe Chapman, of the former place.n

 

June 18, 1834

At Northfield, Mass. on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Mr. Fowler, Mr. Arad Gilbert, of the firm of A.&W.W. Gilbert, merchants of Greene, Chenango co., to Miss Mary Fowler, daughter of the Rev. Bancroft Fowler, of the former place.

 

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. by Sylvanus Waters, esq. Mr. Platt S. Fowler, to Miss Esther Beebe, all of that place.