Obituaries (December 23)

Alton Simmons

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 18, 1946

Binghamton [Broome Co., NY]:  Alton Simmons, 42, of 112 Washington street a veteran of 13 years' service with the U.S Army, died in City Hospital shortly before 3 Sunday afternoon, apparently as a result of injuries sustained when he fell down a flight of stairs at his home, police said.  Discovery of the accident was made by Mrs. Caroline Pobooek, who lives at the Washington street address when she tried the front door of her home at approximately 1:30 p.m. Sunday, and was unable to open it.

 

Herman Levine

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 18, 1946

 

Herman Levine, 57, of Hancock [Delaware Co., NY] died in the police ambulance late last Thursday on the way to City Hospital after being stricken in a Court street store.  After an autopsy at the hospital, Dr. John J. Brevis, a Broome County coroner, issued a verdict of death due to natural causes.

 

Gerald Lee Kellogg

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 18, 1946

 

There was sadness in Treadwell [Delaware Co., NY] when the news was received of the death of Gerald Lee Kellogg in Toumey hospital at Sumter, S.C., on Apr. 4.  After spending two months in Florida, he was on his way home with his parents when he was taken ill at Sumter.  Gerald was born at Treadwell on Maple Grove farm Mar. 18, 1926, the son of Charles and Ethel (Wheat) Kellogg .  He graduated from Kellogg Central School in 1943, and was salutatorian of his class.  He was a member of the Treadwell Methodist church and had always taken an interest and helped in the church activities.  His was a likeable and friendly personality and he will be greatly missed.  Surviving are his parents; one brother, Carlton Kellogg, of Treadwell, and one sister, Mrs. Frank Lyon, of Hobart.

Alice Priest Lewis

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 18, 1946

Saturday morning, Apr. 6, 9:30 o'clock occurred the death of Mrs. Alice Priest Lewis at the home of her son, Roy C. Wilson, Ossining.  Alice Priest Wilson was born Aug. 15, 1851, in Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], the daughter, of Martha (Neff) Priest and Herman Priest.  Had she lived until summer, she would have reached the advanced age of 95 years.  Twice married, first to Theodore Wilson, a Civil War veteran.  To this union was born three children, the late Mrs. Edward Slade, of Sidney, the late Ralph E. Wilson, of Guilford, and Roy C. Wilson, of Ossining.  Five years after the death of her husband, she was united in marriage to Thomas Lewis, of White Store [Chenango Co., NY].  Coming to Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], their's was one of the first homes to be built on Cartright avenue. There they lived for many years, Mr. Lewis passing on in December, 1921.  After the death of her daughter, Mrs. Edward Slade, she made her home with her granddaughter, Mrs. Myrtle Wilson, in Guilford, for nearly two years. The past eight years she has lived with her son, Roy Wilson, in Ossining, where she has been lovingly cared for by him and his daughter, Harriett.  Her body was brought to Sidney Monday and final rites were held form the Congregational Church, of which she was a member, with the Rev. Updyke, pastor officiating.  She was laid to rest in the family plot, Prospect Hill cemetery [Sidney, NY].  Surviving are the son above mentioned, nine grandchildren, Mrs. Harriett Goslin, Mrs. Walter Johnson, Ralph and George, all of Ossining, and Herman Wilson of Bridgeport, Conn.  Mrs. Donald Christie, Niagara Falls, Mrs. John Hicks, Norwich, Mrs. Myrtle Wilson, Guilford, and Theodore Wilson, Delmar, 22 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren, three nieces, Mrs. George Whitman, of Morris, Mrs. Bertrand Gifford, Saugerties, and Mrs. Fred Dimorier of Guilford, and one nephew, Herman Newell, of Bainbridge.  Accompanying the body from Ossining to its final resting place were the son, Roy Wilson and his daughters, Alice and Harriett, and sons, Ralph and George, and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wilson.  Other relatives attending the service were from Bainbridge, Morris, Sidney, Norwich and Guilford.  A woman of sterling qualities, her entire life was devoted in living and doing for her children, and her children's children.  She will always be remembered and be loved.

Caroline Ruff

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 18, 1946

Caroline, 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ruff, of Palmer, hill, near Andes [Delaware Co., NY], was fatally injured when trampled on by a horse Friday evening.  She died in the Margaretville Hospital Sunday morning.  Caroline was the proud owner of a horse of which she had made a pet and the animal seemed to be equally fond of her.  About 6 o'clock Friday night Caroline went to the barn to feed the horse and took her mother and two sisters, Harriett, and Mrs. Ray Hammond, of Union Grove, along, so that they might see her horse.  She started feeding the horse and it is thought that she may have touched it with the pitchfork with which she was carrying the hay as the animal started to plunge in its stall and knocked her down and stepped on her.  Mrs. Ruff and Mrs. Hammond went to the little girl's recue and they were also stepped on but succeeded in dragging Caroline from the stall.  The horse had become so excited that its plunging and kicking demolished the stall.  Caroline was rushed to the Margaretville Hospital where Dr. Gilbert Palen diagnosed her worst injury as a punctured liver.  He immediately made a telephone call to Albany in an effort to obtain another surgeon as it was impossible to move the child.  The surgeon was unable to come to Margaretville immediately and the only chance of saving the child's life was immediate surgery.  Dr Palen performed the operation and Caroline showed some improvement until Sunday morning when she passed away.  Caroline had lived on Palmer hill all her life and was loved by all who knew her. She was a very intelligent child in her studies and music and was a great favorite with her schoolmates and teachers.  She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ruff; two brothers, William and Melvin, at home, and two sisters, Mrs. Ray Hammond, of Union Grove, and Miss Harriett Ruff, who is attending school at Kingston.  The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at the Andes Methodist church, the Rev. Robert Reynolds officiating.  The fifth grade of Andes Central School and the 4-H Club of which she was a member, attended in a body.  Burial was made in the Andes Cemetery.

Soldier News continued, 1946

Lt. Leonard I. Tompkins Declared Dead
Bainbridge news & Republican, April 18, 1946

The war department has officially declared dead Lieutenant Leonard I. Tompkins, of Shinhopple, Delaware County, navigator of a B-24 Liberator bomber reported missing on Aug. 14, 1944 on a mission from Saipan to Iwo Jima.  The bomber was returning from Iwo when it encountered enemy aircraft.  Four parachutes were seen to have opened, the Army report, before the plane burst into flames and crashed into the sea.

David Blakeley Discharged from Navy

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 25, 1946

David B. Blakeley, S 1/C was discharged from the Navy at Lido Beach Apr. 18 after two years and eight months of service with the Armed Guard in the Pacific Theatre, and has arrived at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bryce D. Blakeley.  He participated in the invasion of Morortai, Leyte, and Mindanao.  David holds the American Theatre Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon, Philippine Liberation and Victory Medal.

 

Lyall Fletcher Discharged from Navy

Bainbridge News & Republican, May 2, 1946

 

Lyall B. Fletcher, Sp. (A) 2/C, of Newport, R.I., was discharged at Lido Beach Apr. 5 after 37 months of service, and has arrived at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Fletcher.

 

Mr. & Mrs. Louis Fairbanks Present Plaque to St. Peter's

 

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fairbanks will present to St. Peter's Church at 11:00 a.m., Sunday, Apr. 28, a Bronze Plaque bearing the names of all the men and women, members of St. Peter's Church in the service of their country during World War II.  Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks are giving this Honor Roll in honor of all these and in memory of their son Paul who was killed in action in Germany.  The flowers on the alter Sunday will be given in loving memory of Paul Fairbanks by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fairbanks, the anniversary of Paul's birthday being Monday, Apr. 29.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, April 25, 1946]

 

A Bronze Plaque bearing the Honor Roll of members of St. Peter's Church who served in World War II was dedicated in St. Peter's Church last Sunday, Apr. 28, at 11 a.m.  The 36 names appearing on this Honor Roll are:

David Blakeley

Virginia Blakeley

John Burgin

Gordon Burton

William Burton

Robert Christy

Maurice A. Colwell

Harry Crane

Dr. Edward Prince Danforth

Harold E. Elander

Kenneth L. Elander

Russell Elander

Charles Fairbanks

Paul Fairbanks

Douglas Gardner

Billy Lee Grow

Carl D. Hutchinson

Stanley Hutchinson

Harry Jaynes

Edward Danforth Knight, Jr.

David Lewis

Frank Lewis

Richard Lewis

Stanley Lord

James G. Noyes

Renwick Parsons

Robert Parsons

William Dunn Richardson

Milton R. Simmons, Jr.

Norman Simonds

Edson Smith

Harold Smith

Neal Stoddard

Henry Supplee

Merritt Sweet

James Taft

 

Of these, three were killed action:  Paul Fairbanks, Harry Jaynes and Edson Smith.

 

The Honor Roll was given by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fairbanks in honor of all those, members of St. Peter's Church, serving during World War II and in loving memory of their son, Paul Fairbanks.  The Plaque is placed on the wall of St. Peter's in the rear of the Nave.  With it is a very beautiful United States Flag, given by Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Noyes, in honor of these men and women of this Honor Roll.  This Flag is carried in processionals at the church services.

 

 

 



 

 

 

Marriages (December 22)

Dibble Divorce
Bainbridge News & Republican, April 18, 1946

The divorce granted Mrs. Bertha Dibble from Waldo Dibble by Judge Martin W. Deyo became final Mar. 10, 1946.

 



Jones - Baker

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 18, 1946

A quiet wedding took place at the parsonage in Masonville at 5:30 p.m. last week Thursday, Apr. 11, when Miss Juanita Baker became the bride of Kenneth Jones, of Conklin [Broome Co., NY].  Those present to witness the ceremony performed by the Rev. Jensen were the parents of both bride and bridegroom, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Baker, of Arctic, and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jones, of Conklin, also brothers and sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Baker, of Deposit; Wilfred Baker, of this place, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Myers, sister and brother-in-law of the groom.  The bride wore a powder blue suit with black accessories and a corsage of pink and white carnations.  The wedding party enjoyed a supper served at the Baker home, after which the young couple departed on a week-end honeymoon trip to Albany.  On returning to Binghamton they will reside near the "Little White Church" on the Conklin road.

 

Drachler - Cornell

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 18, 1946

 

Clara T. Cornell and Walter F. Drachler were united in marriage Saturday afternoon, Apr. 13, at 5:30 o'clock.  The Rev. George Youngs, formerly of Unadilla, performed the double ring ceremony.  A program of organ music was presented including "The Chimes," "O Promise Me," and Mendelssohn's "Wedding March."  The couple was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Davis, of Sidney, and Miss Estella Schultes, of Bainbridge, carried the bride's bouquet of white and red carnations which were tied with rose colored taffeta ribbon.  Richard Armstrong, of Athens, Pa., acted as ring bearer. A reception was held at "The Iron Kettle Inn" for 25 guests.

 

Tiffany - Lawrence

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 18, 1946

 

Gerald Tiffany, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] and Ruth Evelyn Lawrence, of Vega [Delaware Co., NY], were united in marriage at the Methodist parsonage in Deposit last Saturday afternoon at 2:30.  Officiating at the double ring ceremony was Dr. Clyde H. Snell, pastor.  The wedding couple were accompanied by Mrs. Dorothy Stafford, the bride's sister, and Donald Tiffany, brother of the groom. The bride wore a blue traveling suit and a corsage of red roses.  A wedding supper was served at the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Tiffany.  The young couple will visit relatives in Vega on their honeymoon trip to Buffalo, Niagara Falls and other points of interest. 

Marriage Notices

Norwich Journal, July 27, 1837
SMITH - OLENDORF:  On Sunday the 23d inst. by the Rev. George messenger, Mr. Geo. M. Smith, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary E. Olendorf, of the same place. 

Norwich Journal, November 18, 1841
CARPENTER - BAKER:  In Earlville [Madison Co., NY], on Sunday the 31st of October last, by the Rev. Mr. Denniss, Mr. Lewis E. Carpenter, of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Laura Baker, of the same place.

Bainbridge Republican, April 26, 1877
SHERWOOD - EDWARDS:  In Sherburne, April 15th, 1877, by Rev. G.R. Burnside, Herbert A. Sherwood of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Francis Edwards of Sauquoit, N.Y. [Oneida Co.]

Obituaries (December 22)

Clarence Butts
Bainbridge Republican, June 6, 1878

Masonville [Delaware Co., NY]:  Since our last death entered our midst Mary 29, and took from among us, little Clarence, the youngest child of Darius and Emily Butts, aged 1 year 7 months and 3 days. The funeral took place on Friday in the school house.  The sermon was preached by Rev. Mr........ Ripley, of Masonville. The funeral was quite largely attended and they have the entire sympathy of the neighborhood in their bereavement.

Lovisa Norton Winsor
Bainbridge Republican, June 21, 1878

Died, in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., at the residence of her son-in-law, Glover Ives, Mrs. Lovisa Winsor, aged 92 years.  The deceased came to this town when but seventeen years of age, and was the oldest woman in the town.  She was married early in life to Milton Norton, and some time after his death married Paris Winsor, of White Store.  She lived an honored and useful life.

Howard Willis

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 3, 1944

Dr. Lester Woolsey, of Hancock, Delaware County coroner, issued a verdict of accidental death in the case of Howard Willis, 42, of Brewster [Putnam Co., NY], who died a few days ago in the Binghamton City Hospital as a result of injuries received in a highway mishap.  Deposit State Police said Mr. Willis was a passenger in an automobile involved in collision with a tractor-trailer Sunday night on Route 17, near East Branch.  Police identified the operator of the car as William Kilcoyne, 34, of Brewster, who is in fair condition at the City Hospital.  Mr. Willis suffered a fractured skull.

May Perham Woodmansee

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 3, 1944

Mrs. May Woodmansee, of Lake Como, Pa., died Thursday morning Jan. 20, after a short illness aged 79 years.  Mrs. Woodmansee was a daughter of the late Sylvanus G. Perham and Lucinda Schoonover Perham, one of a family of 12 children.  Her early days were spent at Mt. Pleasant.  In March, 1888, she married Samuel B Woodmansee and the first few years of their married life were spent at Williamsport, Pa.  Then they returned to Lake Como, where she has since lived.  She was preceded in death by her husband and two children, Warren W. and Ethel L.  Her survivors are a brother, John Perham, of Mt.  Pleasant, Pa., and four grandchildren.

Eda Ellen Hessinger Cook

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 3, 1944

Mrs. Eda Ellen Hessinger Cook, wife of Cecil Cook, died from a heart attack on Sunday, Jan. 23, at her home in Cadosia [Delaware Co., NY] at the age of 57 years.  She had been ill only two days.  Mrs. Cook, born at Shandelee, was a daughter of George and Sarah Hessigner.  She was married to Cecil Cook on June 21, 1904.  The Cooks have resided at Cadosia since 1925.  Prior to that they lived at Elk Brook.  Mrs. Cook is survived by her husband, two sons, two sisters and a brother.

Emma Jane Terry

Bainbridge  News & Republican, February 3, 1944

Mrs. Emma Jane Terry died Wednesday at the Bainbridge Hospital, after a long illness.  She is survived by her husband, Jay G. Terry, of Vallonia Springs [Broome Co., NY]; two sons, Lee and Clarence Terry, both of Nineveh; three daughters, Miss Marie Terry, of Vallonia Springs, Mrs. Robert Bunt, of Afton, and Mrs. Ronald Meade, of Oxford; her mother, Mrs. Oscar Pulis, of Afton; two sisters, Mrs. Ralph Morley, of Tunnel, and Mrs. Austin Livingston, of Afton, and five grandchildren.

John Bush

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 3, 1944

John Bush, 80, a resident of Kelly Corners [Delaware Co., NY] for the past 20 years, died early Sunday morning at Binghamton State hospital, where he had been a patient for a few days.  Death was caused by a heart ailment.

Clarence Gordon

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 3, 1944

Clarence Gordon, 24, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], an employee of the American Separator Co., Bainbridge, was instantly killed Sunday evening at 7:30 when his car crashed into the side of a freight at the main crossing in Greene.  The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Taber Funeral Home, Afton, with the Rev. Kenneth Kingston officiating.  Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery [Afton, NY].  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Susan Gordon, who is confined to the Afton Hospital with a new born son, and two other small children; father, Eugene Gordon, of Greene, and a sister, Mrs. Leatha Valenti, of Brooklyn.  Michael Spring, Lackawanna station agent at Greene, stated the car struck the 10th car of the freight train broadside.  Skid marks indicated he applied brakes about 20 feet from the crossing, probably as he turned from a side street onto the main highway.  There were three other occupants injured in the car at the time of the accident; two of the injured are in a critical condition in the Binghamton City Hospital.  Miss Ethel Barnard, 16, daughter of Floyd Barnard, of Afton, suffered possible fractures of skull, breast bone and both arms, and possible lung punctures; and Daniel Capel, 20, of Afton, son of Mrs. Anna Pavlov, of Deposit, received compound fractures of the skull, nose and multiple lacerations.  Mrs. Leta Bryden, 17, wife of Pvt. Adam Eugene Bryden, of Bainbridge, suffered head and mouth lacerations and bruises.

 

Soldier News continued, 1946

Robert Lee Discharged from Navy

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 18, 1946

Robert E. Lee, R.M. 2/C, LSM No. 258, was discharged from the Navy Apr. 7, at Lido Beach, after 31 months of service, and has arrived at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Lee.  Petty Officer Lee took part in the invasion of Leyte, Ormac Bay, Mindoro, Mindanao, and Borneo.  He holds the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with 3 stars, Philippine liberation Ribbon, with two stars, Victory Medal.

 

Milton Simonds Jr. Discharged from Navy

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 18, 1946

 

Milton R. Simonds, Jr., C.M. 3/C, has arrived at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milton R. Simonds, after receiving his discharge from the Navy, Apr. 8, at Lido Beach, after 31 months of service.  He served in Hawaii, Mariannas, and Okinawa, and holds the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon, American Theatre, and Victory Medal.

 

John Newcott Discharged from Service

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 18, 1946

 

John Newcott, Sp. 2/C, U.S. Coast Guard, received his discharge at the Brooklyn Separation Center, Apr. 2, after almost four years of service.  Serving on the USS General Black, he holds the European Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific, American Theatre, Good Conduct, and Victory Medal. 

 

Sgt. Leonard Wearne Discharged from Army

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 18, 1946

 

Fort Leavenworth, Kans.:  Discharged today from the Army at the Fort Leavenworth Separation Center under the adjusted service rating plan was Sgt. Leonard R. Wearne, son of Arthur Wearne, Front street, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  Wearne is authorized to wear the Good Conduct Medal, American Theatre Ribbon and Victory Ribbon.  Before entering the Army July 23, 1942, Wearne was employed as machinist at Sidney.  His wife, the former Jessie Propst, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Propst, of 314 S. Main street, Archbald, Pa., has been making her home at Archbald, Pa.

 

Veterans of Foreign Wars Install Officers

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 11, 1946

 

At an impressive ceremony conducted Friday evening, Mar. 29, the Leon R. Mott Post, #6511, of Veterans of Foreign Wars, was officially instituted.  The installation and initiation ceremony was conducted by a team from the Richard J. Hoyt Post, #478, Binghamton, headed by District Deputy Ivan Cook, of Ithaca.  The post comprises of 58 members, 54 of which are new members and four transfers from other posts.  The commander wishes to congratulate the 33 members who made such an excellent showing at the initiation ceremony and to urge all those members who were not present to receive the obligation to make a special effort to attend the next meeting of the Post.

Mr. Best & Mr. Andrews Take a Walk, 1964

Walk to Sidney Rotary Club

1964

 

 

 

Edward Andrews (right) and Emil Best (left) walked from Bainbridge to Sidney and attended the Friday noon Rotary meeting.  Then they walked back to Bainbridge.  Looks like the high school pupils aren't the only ones that are physically fit.

Post Listing, December 15 - 21, 2014

Listing of blog postings for the week of December 15 - 21, 2014.

Marriages

Posted December 16, 2014

Marriage Notices

     George Wells - Frances Donaldson (1835)

     Thomas Rockwell - Lucia Holbert (1935)

     Hugh Harding - Emily M. Percival (1836)

     Roswell K. Bourne - Rosina Maria Carpenter (1836)

     Ansel Berry - Hannah J. Gage (1836)

     William m. Fenton - Adelaide S. Birdsall (1936)

     Roswell R. Bush - Lucyna Burlingame (1836)

     Wait Wells - Polly Root (1836)

     DeLauzon DeForest - Eliza Pettengill (1836)

Posted December 17, 2014
Wells Ramsdell - Emily Lyon (1878)
Betty Esther Mott - Benjamin I. Cornell, Jr. (1946)
Hazel M. Weidman - Francis Winsor Casey (1946)
Marriage Notices - 1878
     Dellavan S. Windsor - Emma J . Ireland
     Alexander Austin - Flora Mathewson
     William H. Blakeslee - Myrtie E. Wright
     James D. Grover - Zana J. Miller
     Alfred A. Bennett - Mary L. Elmendorf

Posted December 18, 2014
Edna Evans - Arthur Twitchell (1946)
Grace Elizabeth Tallaksen - Robert Cass (engagement, 1946)
Jessamine Louise Davis - Henry M. Trowbridge, Jr. (engagement, 1946)
Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Cole (50th anniversary, 1946)
Federer - Pangaro (1946)
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Murphy (52nd anniversary, 1946)
Golda J. Pratt - Douglas Gardner (1946)

Posted December 19, 2014
Doris M. Moore - Michael E. Thoms (1946)
Aaron Winans - Marjory Riley (bridal shower, 1946)
Andrew lindsley - Lucy Vermilyea (1946)
Isabelle Lavonne Roof - Cecil Lloyd Francisco (1946)
Elaine Herron - Dewey A. Ellis (1946)
Martha Yukl - Rev. Wilfred Lyon (1946)
Marriages Notices - 1877
     James W. Ireland - Katie S. Winsor
     Edward P. Armes - Georgia T. Hyatt
     Jas. W. Carpenter - Jennie I. McDonald
     Andrew J . Marsh - Minnie S. Burt
     Laura Bowen - Andrew Shelton

Posted December 20, 2014
Mr. & Mrs. Grant Tiffany (50th anniversary, 1944)
Barbara Cooper - John Ferguson (1944)
Cynthia Katherine Stanton - Charles F. Auringer (1946)
Madona L. Carter - Wilbur Shapley (1946)
Marriages Notices
     Abner Johnston - Nancy Latham (1835)
     William A. Baldwin - Lucia G. Williams (1935)
     Mr. Dibble - Mary Burbanks (1835)
     Philo E. Stebbins - Emma A. Rogers (1878)
     Edward miles - Frankie Brockett (1878)

Posted December 21, 2014
Dr. & Mrs. J.A. Holley (68th anniversary, 1944)
Eleanor Zita - Robert F. Smith (engagement, 1946)
Florence Leona Howe - Lyle Edwin DeMorier (1946)
Patricia Mallery Hughes - Richard E. Hoal (engagement, 1944)
Donald Swart - Helen Bernice Dalton (1944)
Marriage notices
     Lewis Juliand - Cornelia E. Butler (1835)
     Sidney T. Smith - Harriet Wood (1835)
     Egbert Ballard - Eliza Douglas (1878)
     William Sherman - Libbie S. Johnson (1878)
     H.H. Smith - Nettie A. Wilkins (1878)



 

Obituaries

Posted December 15, 2014

Seymour Sprague (Afton, 1936)

William Phelps ( Afton, 1936)

Arvine D. Loomis (Afton, Bainbridge, 1936)

Sarah A. Shapley (West Bainbridge, 1936)

Minnie (Petley) Bliss (Bainbridge, 1936)

Albert Hadsel Sheldon (North Afton, 1936)

Posted December 16, 2014
Lyman Baldwin (Oxford, 1836)
Eugene King (Bennettsville, ca 1873)
Elizabeth (Russell) Kenyon (Smyrna, 1904)
Catherine J. (Rider) Knowles (Smyrna, 1904
Death notices
     Semanthe (Farrell) Monger (Lebanon, 1836)
     Samuel Guernsey (Oxford, 1836)
     Abijah Lobdell (Oxford, 1836)
     Harry N. Fargo (Sherburne, 1836)
     Anna Hopkins (Norwich, 1836)
     Betsey Brooks (Norwich, 1836)
     Child of Frank Eaton (Albany, 1878)

Posted December 17, 2014
Rev. Egbert Kilapatrick (Hobart, 1946
Mrs. B.W. Carpenter (Bergen, 1946)
Charles Johnson (North Afton, Bainbridge, 1946)
Frank C. McLean (Greene, 1946)
Ray D. Edson (Sidney, 1946)
Jennie F. Sturgess (Oxford, 1946)
Edmund Daugherty (Guilford, 1946)

Posted December 18, 2014
Carrie H. (Minnis) Dildine (Norwich, 1946)
Louis J. Auerbacher (St. Petersburg FL, Newark, NJ, 1946)
Charles E. Marshall (Bainbridge, 1946)
Eupehmia (Seeley) Marshall (Bainbridge, 1946)
Etta (Peck) Dunshee (Bennettsville, 1946)
Colonel Floyd D. McLean (Binghamton, 1946)

Posted December 19, 2014
Frank H. Hatton (Coventry, Bainbridge, 1946)
Velma Owens (Masonville, 1946)
Andrew Prohaska, Sr. (Sidney, 1946)
George Lewis Stafford (Oxford, 1946)
Floyd Teel (Oneonta, 1946)
Death Notices
     Eliza Newton (Bainbridge, 1877)
     Viola M. Mathewson (East Guilford, 1877)
     Peter Rapelye (Afton, 1877)
     Jacob J. Multer (Schenevus, 1877)
     Eugene H. Mathewson (East Guilford, 1877)
     Tinnie Lee Cashman (Guilford, 1878)
     Mrs. C.M. Benedict (Afton, 1878)
     James Pierce (North Sanford, 1878)

Posted December 20, 2014
Stella A. Hinds (Afton, 1946)
Lawrence Slater (Afton, 1946)
John Willis Churchill (Great Bend, PA, 1946)
Clyde R. Place (Mt. Upton, 1946)
Maurice J. Huyck (Windsor, 1946)
James M. Zeigler (Landesboro PA, 1946)
Sidney B. Garrison (Hancock, 1946)
William Skojec (Binghamton, 1946)
Death notices
     James Thompson (Norwich, 1835)
     Stephen L. Avery (Norwich, 1878)
     Hanah Vanderwacker (Sodney Plains, 1878)
     Sarah S. Brooks Barnes (Norwich, 1878)
     Lydia Matthews (Masonville, 1878)

Posted December 21, 2014
Allen Blanchard (East Meredith, 1944)
Stephen E. Secord (Delhi, 1944)
Rev. Moses S. Godshall (Waverly PA, 1944)
Glenn Scott Tripp (Guilford, 1944)
Rev. Francis C Davidson (Pittsburgh PA, 1946)
Archie Holmes (Downsville, 1946
Lucia Rosencrance Cromption (Mehopany PA, 1946)
Death Notices
     Lucretia Packer (Preston, 1935)
     Louisa Baldwin (Guilford, 1835)
     Mary Arnold Toby (Norwich, 1836)
     Mrs. Lewis West (West Bainbridge, 1878)
  



 

Miscellaneous

Posted December 15, 2014

Soldier News continued, 1944

     Corp. Frank R. Nolf Killed in Action in Asia

     Pvt. Ray E. Myers killed in Action in Germany

     Dean Holmes Injured when Wave Strikes Ship

     Corp. Lester E. Dickerson Wounded in France

     Pfc. Robert L. Field Missing in Action in Holland

     Gordon Willisma Killed in Action of Leyte

     Lt. Arthur E. vo Berg killed in Plane Crash in France

     Tech Sgt. Harold mcIntyre kIlled in Action in France

     Staff Sgt. Earl F. McMullen Awarded Bronze Star

Posted December 16, 2014
Soldier News continued, 1944
     Pfc. Clifford Sherman Survives Plane Crash Overseas
     Lt. Col. James Comings Awarded Bronze Star
     Pfc. Howard Foster Wounded in Germany
     Pfc. Ernest Mead is Prisoner of Germans
     Ove Munk Training in Submarine School
     Pfc. Daniel Kirk Dies of Wounds
Miscellaneous Items form 1836
     Accidental Shooting
     Lightning Strikes
    Congress Debates Slavery
     Bible Distribution in Chenango County

Posted December 17, 2014
Soldier News continued, 1944
     Local Veterans of WWII (photos)
          Pfc. Earl Clark, Jr. (Army)
          Edwin DeLong, R.M. 3/C (Navy)
          Cpl. Robert Knowles (Marines)
          Robert Rosenstein, Y 1/C (Navy)
          Sgt. Leo Terry (Marines)
          Alvin Hayes, S.M. 1/C (Navy)
          Bruce Weeks, R.M. 1/C (Navy)
Bainbridge Central High School Class of 1942 - Part 3

Posted December 18, 2014
Soldier News continued
     Letter from Major Edward P. Danforth (1944)
     Pvt. John H. Kark with the 399thInfantry Regiment (1944)
     John A. Parsons, Jr. Home onf Re-enlistment Furlough (1946)

Posted December 19, 2014
Soldier News continued, 1946
     Winfred G. Michel Discharged from Navy
     Pfc. Robert E. Seaman Re-enlists in Army
     Joseph Milius & Charles R. Mott Discharged from Navy
     Sgt. Charles T. Mott Discharged form Army
     Robert E. Lee Home on leave
     Gerald Tiffany Discharged from Navy
     Sgt. Neil E Stoddard Discharged from Army

Posted December 20, 2014
Casein Factory Fire, Bainbridge, NY, 1944
Soldier News continued, 1946
     Harry Donald Hadley Discharged from Army
     Charles R. Mott Discharged from Navy
     Captain Walter J. Roider, Jr., Receives Army Commendation
     Joseph P. millus Discharged from Navy
     George Munk Discharged from Navy

Posted December 21, 2014
Mr. Best and Mr. Andrews Take a Walk, 1964 (photo)

Marriages (December 21)

Dr. & Mrs. J.A. Holley

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 3, 1944

Dr. and Mrs. J.A. Holley, of Walton [Delaware Co., NY], celebrated the 68th anniversary of their marriage Wednesday, Jan. 26, the day also being Mrs. Holley's 86th birthday.  While no special observance was made of the day, the couple received visitors, as well as cards. 

 

Smith - Zita

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 11, 1946

 

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Zita, of Main street, South Hadley Falls, Mass., announce the engagement of their daughter, Eleanor, to Robert F Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fayette Smith, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]. The wedding will take place at one o'clock Saturday afternoon, May 4, at the South Hadley Falls Methodist Church.  Miss Zita attended the local schools and is employed at the Plastic Coating Corp.  The future bridegroom is a veteran of World War II, having served as a Lieutenant with the 15th Air Force.  He was a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology before entering the service and is now attending Syracuse University.--Holyoke Daily Transcript, Holyoke, Mass. 

 

DeMorier - Howe

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 11, 1946

 

Miss Florence Leona Howe, daughter of Leland Howe, of North Afton [Chenango Co., NY], became the bride of Lyle Edwin DeMorier Mar. 31 in the Conklin Avenue Baptist Church, Binghamton.  The bridegroom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Edwin DeMorier, of Afton.  Officiating at the double ring ceremony was the Rev. Hinson V. Howlett, pastor, Miss Ruth Anthany, of Sidney, and Lawrence DeMorier were wedding attendants.

 

Hoal - Hughes

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 3, 1944

 

Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Patricia Mallery Hughes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Hughes, of Windsor [Broome Co., NY], to Richard E. Hoal, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard F. Hoal, of Susquehanna [PA].  A graduate of Windsor Central School, class of 1941,  Miss Hughes attended Lowell School of Business and is employed by the Binghamton Office of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.   Her fiancé graduated from Susquehanna High School and is associated with his father on a dairy farm.  The wedding will take place in the spring.

 

Swart - Dalton

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 3, 1944

 

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Swart have received word of the marriage of their son, Pvt. Donald Swart, of Keesler Field, Miss., to Miss Helen Bernice Dalton of Fairfield, Ohio.  The marriage took place on May 24, 1943.

 

Marriage Notices

Chenango Telegraph, July 1, 1835

JULIAND - BUTLER:  At New Hartford, (Oneida co.) on the 24th ult., by the Rev. Norman H. Adams of Unadilla, Mr. Lewis Juliand, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Cornelia E., daughter of Mr. Joseph Butler, of the former place.

 

Chenango Telegraph, September 16, 1835

SMITH - WOOD:  In Richland, Oswego Co., on the first inst., by the Rev. E.B. Fuller, Mr. Sidney T. Smith, merchant of the village of Pulaski (formerly of Sherburne, Che. co.) to Miss Harriet Wood, daughter of Mr. John Wood, of the former place.

 

Bainbridge Republican, April 4, 1878

BALLARD - DOUGLAS:  At the bride's home in East Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], March 27th, by Rev. Samuel Johnson, Egbert Ballard, of Sidney Plains [Delaware Co., NY], and Miss Eliza Douglas, of Bainbridge.

 

SHERMAN - JOHNSON:  At the Good Templar's Lodge Room, East Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Saturday evening, March 30, 1878, by Rev. H.M. Crydenwise, Mr. William Sherman to Miss Libbie S. Johnson, both of Norwich, N.Y.

 

SMITH - WILKINS:  At Afton, March 28th, by Rev. J. Jones, Mr. H.H. Smith of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Nettie A. Wilkins of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Obituaries (December 21)

Alan Blanchard

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 3, 1944

Allen Blanchard, of East Meredith [Delaware Co., NY], died Wednesday morning, Jan. 26, in Fox Hospital, Oneonta, as a result of a fall about 10 days before, in which he fractured his skull.  He had lived at East Meredith since 1938, previously having farmed near Watertown.  His wife and two sons, Robert and John, of Watertown, survive.

Stephen E. Secord

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 3, 1944

Funeral services for Stephen E. Secord, 58, who was fatally injured in a fall through a trap door on the farm of Mrs. William R. Brock of South Kortright, was held Sunday at the Hall Funeral Home in Delhi with the Rev. Thomas J. Carlisle officiating.  Burial was in Andes [Delaware Co., NY].  Mr. Seacord, who had been a resident of Delhi [Delaware Co., NY] for 23 years, was employed as a farmhand.  His body was found Friday by another employee on the second floor of the three-story barn.  A verdict of accidental death was given by Dr. Ben Andrews, of South Kortright, a coroner's physician.  It was believed that Mr Seacord stepped through an open trap door on the third floor and died instantly as the result of severe head and internal injuries.  It was his custom to sleep in the barn.  He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Gordon Coulter, of Delhi.

 

Rev. Moses S. Godshall

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 3, 1944

 

The Rev. Moses S. Godshall, D.D., 81, member of Wyoming Methodist Conference since 1890 and for many years a leader in Conference services and activities, died "unexpectedly" at his home in Waverly, Pa., Saturday.  Dr. Godshall had served for many years in Methodist pulpits, continuing until close of his district superintendency over Oneonta District, from 1922 until his retirement in 1928.  Since then he had remained on the conference retired list and made his home at Waverly.  His pastoral record reveals that he has served Methodist Churches in New Berlin, Lisle, Guilford, Windsor, Waverly, Pa., Binghamton, Ashbury, Scranton, Carbondale, Oneonta district superintendent.  He was born in Montgomery, Pa., and during his 54 years in Wyoming pastorate service he held leading conference chairmanships and was prominent in committee activities.

 

Glenn Scott Tripp

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 3, 1944

 

The community was shocked by the sudden death of Glenn S. Tripp, O.&W. station agent at Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Wednesday, Jan. 26, around 2 p.m.  The milk train had pulled into Guilford and Mr. Tripp had begun to pull away from the train with the loaded wheel cart of freight, when he was stricken.  Trainmen and Scintilla workers, who at that time had begun to arrive to take the 2:18 train to work, began calling to locate a doctor.  Dr. A.H. Evans could not be found.  Other doctors were called, but were unable to come at that instant.  Mrs. Laura Hubbard, R.N., who lives next to the station, was summoned, but she could find no life in the body, and it was thought death was instantaneous.  As soon as Dr. Matt Boname, of Oxford, could clear his office of patients, he came, and as coroner pronounced him dead.  Cary & Landers, morticians of Sidney, came for the body.  Richard Kline, a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Tripp, who is employed in the G.L.F. at Homer, was notified and he and his wife left immediately for Guilford, to be with their mother.  Another daughter, Mrs. Charles Ackley, and husband, the Rev. Charles Ackley, of Millerton, Pa., arrived the next day.  Mr. Tripp was born in the Town of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] on May 21, 1887, 56 years ago, the son of Jenny (Bairgess) and Elias Tripp.  Mr. Tripp came to Guilford as station agent after the death of Walter Wedge.  He had been station agent in Rockdale and Morrisville for many years.  He was eligible for retirement, and had put in five years over the required time, but had not reached the specified age when an agent.  He had only served here one year, but was very well liked, always courteous and genial, and considered one of the railroad's best agents.  He had been subject to a heart condition for several years and Mrs. Tripp assisted him in all ways that she could.  A Masonic service was held Friday night in Sidney, and final rites were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  The body was placed in the vault at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney, to await burial in the spring.  The flowers were especially lovely, one large piece from the Scintilla workers who daily take the train from Guilford, another one form the business places in Guilford and many more.  Our sincere sympathy is extended to the widow and the two daughters.

 

Rev. Francis C. Davidson

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Funeral services for the Rev. Francis C. Davidson, former pastor in Walton [Delaware Co., NY] who died Thursday at his home near Pittsburgh, were held Saturday.  At the time of his death the 62-year-old clergyman was pastor of the united Presbyterian Church of Gayley, Pa.  A native of Gallery, Pa., Mr. Davidson entered the ministry in 1906 as pastor of the Second United Presbyterian Chruch in Altoona, Pa  He also held a pastorate in Johnstown, N.Y.  He is survived by his widow and three sons.

 

Archie Holmes

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Archie Holmes died at his home at Downsville [Delaware Co., NY] last Thursday morning from the effects of a shock he sustained Wednesday afternoon.  Mr. Holmes had not been in good health for several months.  He had had two previous strokes, the second one last summer and since then he had been able to get around but had been more or less incapacitated.  Mr. Holmes was born in Downsville on May 21, 1900, and had lived in that village practically all his life.  Until several years ago he was the manager of the Holmes Milling company in Downsville, feed merchants, and became very well known through this section of the county.  He had been prominent in the Masonic fraternity serving as district deputy grand master.  He is survived by a son, John, in the United States navy, and a daughter, Miss Beta, cadet nurse in the Albany hospital, and two sisters, Mrs. Willard Young, of Elmira, and Miss Esther Holmes, of Downsville. 

 

Lucia Rosencrance Crompton

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Death claimed Mrs. Lucia Rosencrance Crompton, eighty-one, wife of the Rev. John S. Crompton, retired, Monday night of last week at the family home at Mehopany [PA] following an illness.  Mrs. Crompton was born at Shohola, Pa., a daughter of the late James and Charity Rosencrance and married the Rev. Crompton on May 12, 1891.  They would have celebrated their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary on May 12.  The deceased served with her husband at a number of Methodist Churches of the Wyoming Conference over a period of forty-two years.  The Rev. Crompton's charges included several churches in the states of New York and Pennsylvania.  Some forty years ago he was pastor of the Methodist church in Bainbridge.  His last pastorate was at the First Methodist Church, Pittston.  He retired thirteen years ago.  In addition to her husband she is survived by a son, the Rev. J. Rolland Crompton, D.D. Kingston, district superintendent of the Wilkes-Barre District of the Methodist Church; a daughter, Helen G. Crompton, a member of the Tunkhannock High School faculty; a niece, Mrs. H.J. Spangenberg, Toledo, Ohio, who from childhood made her home with the Cromptons; three grandchildren, Richard E. Crompton, a junior in the Syracuse College of Medicine; Sgt. Wesley R. Crompton, with the Army of Occupation in Germany and Patricia Ruth Crompton, Kingston; a sister, Mrs. Ida Sebring, Toledo, Ohio, and a brother, Bert Rosencrance, St. Mary's, Pa.,  The funeral was held Thursday afternoon with services in the Mehoopany Methodist church. The Rev. W.S. Jones, pastor, officiated.  Burial in Union Hill cemetery.

 

Death Notices

Chenango Telegraph, September 23, 1835

PACKER:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., after an illness of a few hours, Miss Lucretia Packer, youngest daughter of William Packer, Esq., aged 26 years.  In the death of this young woman we have a striking instance of the uncertainty of human life.  Yesterday we saw her enjoying and enlivening the social circle of friends, in all the bloom and beauty of health-today, alas! we consign her mortal remains to the cold and silent grave!  Could youth, beauty, or intelligence, have averted the shafts of the Dread Destroyer, we should now be spared the melancholy reflection that Lucretia is no more.  But, it is the fulfillment of destiny from which there is no exemption--"Tis the way of all the world."

"Here would I dwell and heave the sigh,

Nor, haste to wipe the weeping eye:--

Tis Pity's tear, O, let it flow,

It soothes my heart, relieves my woe!"

 

Chenango Telegraph, December 23, 1835

BALDWIN:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday, the 16th inst., Mrs. Louisa, wife of William Baldwin, aged 27 years.

 

 

Chenango Telegraph, February 3, 1836

TOBY:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., Mrs. Mary Toby, daughter of Stephen Arnold, Esq., aged 30 years.

 

Bainbridge Republican, February 7, 1878

WEST:  In Union Valley [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 29th, 1878, Mrs. Lewis West, aged 73 years.

Casein Factory File, 1944

Casein Factory Leveled by Fire

Second Time in 24 Years

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 3, 1944

 

 

One of the worst fires in the history of the Village of Bainbridge completely destroyed two-thirds of the Casein Company of America factory early Tuesday evening causing damages estimated approximately between $200,000 and $500,000.  For a short time, the residential area near the plant was threatened, and had there been a high wind as of the previous night, the situation would have proven most disastrous.

 

It is reported that plans are underway for the erection of a new building at once and salvaging began Wednesday morning on the twisted ruin.

 

A fire proof annex constructed in the front of the original building and separated by a firewall, suffered only water damage; the saving of this building was very valuable as considerable equipment was housed in this portion.

 

The plant, a three-story brick building located on Johnson street, along the Delaware & Hudson Railroad tracks, was a blazing inferno within a few minutes after its discovery with flames shooting into the air 40 to 50 feet high.  The cause of the fire has not been determined.  James Singmaster Jr., manager, stated he didn't have any idea what could have happened.

 

The Bainbridge firemen responded to the call at once under the command of Assistant chief Arthur Clark, who took charge in the absence of Chief Leigh Evans.  The local firemen were greatly handicapped at first because of lack of water pressure due to the small water main on Johnson street.  However, upon the arrival of Sidney and Afton Fire departments, who came to our assistance in record time, with added hose, lines were extended from Pratt's Garage, American Separator Company, Greenlawn avenue, and Newton Creek.  Also the Sidney first aid ambulance was on hand prepared to meet any emergency which might arise.  The fire was under control in approximately three and a half hours. 

 

John Scanlon, watchman at the D.&H. crossing on Johnson street, was the first to discover the fire.  He stated that he saw smoke coming out of the second story windows on the East side of the building at about 5:35.  Because he had been notified that a troop train was due, he was unable to leave his post to report the fire, but he stopped an approaching car and asked the driver to turn in the alarm.  In a few seconds, he stated further, there were two explosions after which dense black smoke poured forth and within a few minutes flames were raging.

 

Arthur Zeh, night watchman at the plant, had just completed his round of inspection a few minutes before the fire was discovered and he stated there was no fire apparent at that time.  All of the employees had departed and no one was in the building at the time the fire started.

 

In the portion of the building where the blaze apparently started is housed most of the machinery of the entire plant, also Casein adhesives and small package products.

 

All trains on the railroad were held up for more than two hours, as firemen stretched hose across the tracks to reach the building.  Three loaded freight cars on the siding at the factory were moved to a siding at the lower end of town.  Two of the three cars caught on fire but the flames were soon under control.  Telegraph wires were cut off by the flames.

 

The plant is one of the five factories in Bainbridge owned by the Borden Company of New York City, and employs approximately 200 people.  William Callan, of New York City, is president; Dr. Henry V. Dunham, vice-president, who is recovering from a recent illness at his home in Bainbridge; and Walter J. Roider is factory superintendent.

 

In 1920, the factory, a wooden structure, burned to the ground, and the presen tplant was rebuilt on the same site.

 

G.E. Howland, chairman of the emergency committee of the Bainbridge Branch of the Red Cross, assisted by its committee and volunteers, did an excellent job serving coffee, sandwiches, doughnuts and cakes, to the half frozen firemen.  Coffee and cookies were also contributed by a number of individuals. The kitchen of the Central Hotel was used as headquarter to prepare the food.

 

The first aid squad of the Bainbridge Civilian Protection were also on hand awaiting any emergency which might occur.  Dr. Edward Danforth had blood plasma brought from Sidney to be ready for any accident which might happen.

 

The people of Bainbridge are very grateful to the firemen of Sidney and Afton for their fine assistance.  Local firemen were on duty all night, and Wednesday morning they were still extinguishing the remaining embers.

 



 

 

 

 



Marriages (December 20)

Mr. & Mrs. Grant Tiffany

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 3, 1944

On Sunday, Jan. 30, occurred a very pleasant event at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Tiffany, of Bainbridge R.D.2 [Chenango Co., NY], it being their 50th wedding anniversary, the following day, Jan. 31.  The occasion, although not being entirely a surprise, renewed pleasing memories of many years in the past as well as furnishing food for many bright thoughts in the future life of Mr. and Mrs. Tiffany.  About 45 friends, neighbors and relatives gathered to partake of the abundance of food at the noon hour and talk over old and enjoyable times at this home where the latchstring is always hanging out.  In mid-afternoon a purse was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Tiffany, accompanied by a few appropriate remarks. As the hours of night approached, the party dispersed, wishing the Tiffany's many long years of continued happiness.

 

Ferguson - Cooper

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 3, 1944

 

On Friday, Jan. 11, at Laurey Field, Denver, Colorado, occurred the marriage of P.F.C. Barbara Cooper, daughter of Mrs. Melda Cooper, of Norwich, to Sgt. John Ferguson, both being stationed at Laurey Field.  The ceremony took place in the post chapel, and the double ring service was performed.  Mrs. Ferguson, before entering the service, was employed in the Scintilla and her home was in Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], where her mother then lived.  She is a graduate of Mt. Upton Central School.  One summer she spent in Guilford with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Alfred Cooper, so she is well known in the community.  Sgt. Ferguson has seen service in the Aleutians and enters O.C.S. soon to qualify as a navigator.  His home is in Hustis, Texas.

 

Auringer - Stanton

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Stanton, of Tully, announce the marriage of their daughter, Cynthia Katherine, to Sergeant Charles F. Auringer, United States Army, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Auringer, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Mar. 28, in the Methodist Parsonage in Cazenovia.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. McConnell.  Mrs. Auringer will remain in Tully where she is secretary to the principal of Tully Central School.  Sergeant Auringer reported ot Greensboro N.C., Mar. 31, for duty after re-enlisting recently in the Army. 

 

Shapley - Carter

Bainbridge news & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Saturday, 2 o'clock, Mar. 30, occurred the marriage of Miss Madona L. Carter, daughter of Mrs. Hazel Fellows, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Wilbur Shapley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everette Shapley, of Guilford.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. James W. Bump at his home.  The attending couple were Miss Genevieve Clark, of Norwich, close friend of the bride, and Marvin Carter, brother of the bride.  The groom is employed as an electrician in Oxford at the present.  They are both popular Guilford young people. The bride choose a black dress with matching accessories and wore a blue coat. The groom has received his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army. They left for a wedding trip which will include Albany. On their return they will reside with the bride's mother, until they can locate an apartment.  Best wishes are extended to them.

 

Marriage Notices

Chenango Telegraph, July 22, 1835

JOHNSTON - LATHAM:  At Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Seth H. Rogers, Mr. Abner Johnston, of Sidney Plains [Delaware Co., NY], to Miss Nancy Latham, daughter of John Latham, esq., of the former place.

 

Chenango Telegraph, November 25, 1835

BALDWIN - WILLIAMS:  On Tuesday morning, Nov. 17, by the Rev. Elijah Whitney, Mr. Wm. A. Baldwin, Merchant, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Lucia G. Williams, of the same place.

 

DIBBLE - BURBANKS: In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., by the Rev. L.A. Barrows, Mr. Dibble, of Michigan, to Miss Mary Burbanks, of the former place.

 

Bainbridge Republican, February 7, 1878

STEBBINS -ROGERS:  At the M.E. Parsonage in Bainbridge, Feb. 6th, 1878, by the Rev. N.S. Reynolds, Philo E. Stebbins of Union Valley, N.Y. [Chenango Co.] to Miss Emma A. Rogers of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].

 

Bainbridge Republican, February 21, 1878

MILES - BROCKETT:  At the residence of the bride's parents by Rev D.N. Grummon, Feb. 19, 1878, Mr. Edward Miles to Miss Frankie Brockett, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

 

 

 

 

Obituaries (December 20)

Stella A. Hinds

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

Mrs. Stella A. Hinds, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], mother of Mrs. Leone Grow, of Bainbridge, died Monday night in Afton.  Funeral services will be held at the Fisher Chapel, Bainbridge, Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock.

 

Lawrence Slater

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Lawrence Slater, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died at the Binghamton City Hospital Saturday morning.  He is survived by a daughter, Miss Florence Slater, and a son, Harold Slater, both of Afton.

 

John Willis Churchill

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

John Willis Churchill, 27, of Great Bend, Pa., who recently completed four years and two months of service with the Army Air Forces, lost his life in a freight elevator accident late Friday afternoon.  The overseas veteran was killed instantly at the Robinson street plant of the Brewer-Titchener Corp.  Officials of the corporation where Mr. Churchill was an employee of the shipping and packing room, said the ex-soldier stepped on a freight truck to peer over the backboard of the elevator as it was moving upward.  They said he was crushed between the backboard and a third-floor beam.  Dr. john J. Breivis, a Broome County coroner, who issued a verdict of accidental death, said an autopsy disclosed death resulted from a broken neck.  The victim also suffered a skull fracture.

 

Clyde R. Place

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Clyde R. Place, 68, consulting engineer for Rockefeller Center, the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the British Museum in London, died Thursday, Mar. 28.  He was a native of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY].

 

Maurice J. Huyck

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Funeral of Maurice J. Huyck, 73, Town of Windsor highway superintendent, who died Monday morning, was held Wednesday in the Windsor Presbyterian Church.  He had been superintendent since November, 1924.  Mr. Huyck, whose death was attributed to a heart condition, was a native of Barbourville, Town of Deposit [Delaware Co., NY].  He was born Dec. 30, 1872.  He was the son of the late John Nicholas and Philena Rogers Huyck, of Albany County.  A resident of Windsor [Broome Co., NY] for 30 years, Mr. Huyck was educated in the public schools of the Town of Deposit and Lowell School of Business in Binghamton.  He had been an elder of Windsor Presbyterian Church since 1916.  The Rev. Erban F. Cline, of Candor, officiated at the funeral Burial in Windsor.  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lillian Smith Huyck; a daughter, Mrs. J. Douglas Bennett, both of Windsor; two sisters, Mrs. Dayton McLaughlin, of Cannonsville, and Mrs. Brainard Cook, of Deposit; a granddaughter, Ann H. Bennett, of Windsor.

 

James M. Zeigler

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Susquehanna [PA]:  James M. Zeigler, 23, of Lanesboro [PA], who was injured Wednesday night in a motorcycle accident, died at the Barnes Hospital Thursday.  Mr. Zeigler had just purchased the motorcycle Wednesday morning.  On the way from Susquehanna to Lanesboro he lost control of the machine on East Main street.  He was carried across the street and struck the front of the Harry Benson building.  The motorcycle struck the building with such force that the rider was catapulted from the machine and his head struck a supporting timber in front of the building, fracturing the skull.  He was taken to the hospital but failed to regain consciousness.  Last December the young man was honorably discharged form the navy after three years' service.  He had served on the U.S.S. Rocky Mount in the Pacific and his ship took part in seven major invasions.  He had escaped any injury and wounds.  Mr. Zeigler is survived by his father, Philip Zeigler, of Carbondale, and one sister, Mrs. Reed Knorr, of Susquehanna.

 

Sidney B. Garrison

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Sidney B. Garrison, father of Mrs. R.N. Criddle, of Susquehanna and a business man of the olden days who lived to see many great changes in America, died at the Barnes Hospital in Susquehanna [PA] Saturday morning Mar. 23.  Mr. Garrison, a native of Delaware county, where he was born 90 years ago, had made his home with Mrs. Criddle for about ten years.  A good share of his life was spent in Hancock, where he was engaged in the lumber business.  In his early days he was a rafts man and transported lumber with the turbulent tide of the Delaware River for his power.  He was also engaged in other lines of business.

 

William Skojec

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

William Skojec, 38, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], died in Wilson Memorial Hospital Friday night about 48 hours after sustaining severe internal injuries while working in the E.J. Rubber Reclaim plant in Johnson City.  Details of the accident in which he was injured were still incomplete Saturday.  A company official said that investigation had failed to produce evidence as to how the injuries were sustained, Mr. Skojec was working alone at his job, and there were no witnesses, he said.  The victim told a physician at the hospital that the door of a pressure cooker used in processing rubber flew open and struck him.  He is survived by his wife, six children, five brothers and two sisters.

 

Death Notices

Chenango Telegraph, November 25, 1835

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., of consumption, James Thompson, Esq., aged 61 years.  Mr. T. was one of the early settlers of this part of the county, and a highly respectable man.  He held the office of Justice of the Peace for a great number of years, which station he filled to the day of his death.

 

Bainbridge Republican, February 14, 1878

AVERY:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]on 3d, Mr. Stephen L. Avery, aged 63 years.

 

VANDERWACKER:  In Sidney Plains [Delaware Co., NY], Jan. 23, 1878 Hanah Vanderwacker, wife of John Vanderwacker, aged 78 years.

 

BARNES:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 1st, of consumption, Sarah S. Brooks, daughter of Moses Brooks of Rockdale and wife of Edwin R. Barnes of Norwich.

 

Bainbridge Republican, February 21, 1878

MATTHEWS:  In Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], Jan. 29 Lydia Matthews, aged 35 years.

Soldier News continued, 1946

Harry Donald Hadley Discharged from Army

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

Harry Donald Hadley, who was calling in town Tuesday, will resume his position at the Casein Laboratory [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] beginning next Monday.  Mr. Hadley, who served as a Technical Sergeant in both the European and Pacific Theatres, was discharged at Fort Dix, N.J., Feb. 25.  He holds the European Ribbon, American Theatre Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, Good Conduct, American Defense and Victory Medal.

 

Charles Mott Discharged from Navy

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Charles R. Mott, S 2/C, who has been stationed at Olathe, Kan., for the past several months, was discharged Mar. 18, at Lido Beach, after three years of service.  Seaman Mott was stationed in North Africa for 20 months at the beginning of the European war.  He holds the American Theatre Ribbon, European Ribbon and Victory Medal.  The young ex-sailor has accepted a position with the telephone company in Cooperstown and will begin work Monday.

 

Capt. Walter Roider Receives Army Commendation

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Captain Walter J. Roider, Jr., QMC, a resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] has received the Army Commendation Ribbon and Citation for the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Army Commendation Ribbon.  His most recent assignment was at the Schenectady ASF Depot, Schenectady, where he served as Officer in Charge, Subsistence and Storekeeping Branch, Storage Division, Quartermaster Supply Section, until his recent separation from the service.  Captain Roider was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on Dec. 23, 1942, and reported to this depot on Jan. 4, 1943.  The citation, which was signed by the Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army, reads as follows:  "During World War II the Quartermaster Corps successfully accomplished its mission of supplying the United States Army and many of our Allies.  This task was made possible only through the combined efforts of all Quartermaster personnel.  Your service with the Quartermaster Corps has been exceptional when compared with others of the same grade in similar positions and I wish to commend you for your outstanding contribution."

 

Joseph Millus Discharged from Navy

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Joseph P. Millus, S 1/C, of the USS Wadleigh, was discharged at Lido Beach Mar. 18, and has arrived at the home of his father, Joseph S. Millus, of Greenlawn Ave. [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  With 20 months of service in the Pacific Theatre, Seaman Millus saw action in the Marshall Islands, Marianas, Caroline Islands, Philippines and Borneo.  He holds the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with 4 stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one star, American Theatre Ribbon and Victory Medal.

 

George Munk Discharged from Navy

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

George Munk, F 1/C received his discharge from the Navy Mar. 22, at Lido Beach after two years in the submarine service, in the Atlantic Theatre.  He holds the America Theatre Ribbon and Victory Medal.  Last Friday, he and his wife and baby returned to their home on Mt. Pleasant [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].

 

Marriages (December 19)

Thoms - Moore

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 21, 1946

Miss Doris M. Moore, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] was married to Michael E. Thoms, of Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY], Mar. 16, at Christ Church in Gilbertsville.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Frederic Evenson.  Mrs. Charles Barber, a sister of the bride, was matron of honor, while Charles Barber acted as best man.  They will make their home in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY].

 

Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Winans

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 21, 1946

 

Mrs. Graydon Tallmadge was hostess at a variety shower in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Winans Friday evening at her home.  Mr. and Mrs. Winans, who were recently married, received many lovely gifts, after a buffet supper was served to 23 guests.  Mrs. Winans, the former Miss Marjory Riley, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Riley.

 

Lindsley - Vermilyea

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 21, 1946

 

Andrew Lindsley and Mrs. Lucy Vermilyea were united in holy matrimony March 15, at 8 p.m. at the Free Methodist Church in Bainbridge.  The ceremony as performed by the Rev. Emery D. Stokes.

 

Francisco - Roof

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 28, 1946

 

Miss Isabelle Lavonne Roof, daughter of Mrs. Laura Roof, 71 Pine street, Deposit [Delaware Co., NY], was married to Cecil Lloyd Francisco, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Francisco, R.D.2, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Friday afternoon at 2:30, in the Methodist parsonage in Deposit.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Clyde H. Snell, Ph. D.  The bride wore a fuchsia suit with black accessories and a corsage of white carnations.  Mrs. Roof and Mr. and Mrs. Francisco witnessed the service.  The bride graduated form Deposit Central School in 1945.  After a brief wedding trip to Niagara Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Francisco will make their home with his parents in East Afton [Chenango Co.,NY].

 

Ellis - Herron

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 28, 1946

 

Miss Elaine Herron, daughter of Mrs. Mildred Herron, of West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], became the bride of Dewey A. Ellis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rae Ellis, of Bristol, Pa., Saturday evening, at 8 o'clock, in the Methodist Church at West Bainbridge.  A candle light ceremony was performed by the Rev. Howard Willets, of Greene.  The bride, given in marriage by her brother, J.B. Herron, wore a gown of white satin and lace, with matching headdress and carried a bouquet of white lilies and sweet peas.  Mrs. Phyllis H. Bennett, sister of the bride, was matron of honor.  She wore a gown of light blue satin with matching headdress and carried a bouquet of gladioli.  Richard Ellis, brother of the bridegroom, who is serving with the Navy acted as best man.  A reception was held following the ceremony at the bride's home, after which the bridal couple left on a short wedding trip.  Mr. Ellis, who was recently discharged, served three years with the U.S. Coast Guard as a Gunner's Mate.

 

Lyon - Yukl

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 28, 1946

 

Miss Martha Yukl, of Silver Lake, Minn., was married to the Rev. Wilfred Lyon, son of Mrs. E.J. Partridge, of Stillwater, Feb. 24, at Naples, Italy.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Robert Kellerman, former pastor of the Centinary Church in Binghamton.  Following the ceremony, the bridal couple was given a dinner by the mission.  They will spend their honeymoon on the Isle of Capri..  Both the Rev. and Mrs. Lyon are associated with the UNRA.  Mr. Lyon, who was the Methodist pastor in Hartwick before going overseas, was located in North Africa, near Cairo, before going to Italy.

 

Marriage Notices

Bainbridge News & Republican, December 27, 1877

IRELAND - WINSOR:  In Bainbridge, at the home of the bride, Dec. 26, 1877, by Rev. N.S. Reynolds, Mr. James W. Ireland, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Katie S. Winsor, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

 

ARMS - HYATT:  In Guilford, on 18th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Edward P. Armes to Miss Georgia T. Hyatt.

 

CARPENTER -McDONALD:  Dec. 19, in Oneonta by Rev. H.H. Allen, Mr. Jas. W. Carpenter to Miss Jennie I., daughter of Jay McDonald, all of Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY].

 

MARSH - BURT:  At the Sullivan House, in Afton Dec. 15th, 1877, by Rev. H.N. VanDeusen, Mr. Andrew J. Marsh of Apalachin, N.Y. [Tioga Co.], and Miss Minnie S. Burt of Kirkwood, N.Y. [Broome Co.]

 

BOWEN - SHELTON:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 18th, by Rev. Colgrove, Miss Laura Bowen and Mr. Andrew Shelton.

Soldier News continued, 1946

Winfred Michel Discharged from Navy

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 28, 1946

 

 

Winfred G. Michel

Winfred G. Michel, S 1/C, USCG, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Michel, Pearl street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], was discharged Mar. 9 at the Naval Separation Center, San Francisco, Calif., after two years of service in the Pacific Theatre.  Seaman Michel took part in seven invasions, Marshall Islands, Emiaru Island, Pelepieu Islands, Saipan, Leyte, Luzon and Iwo Jima.  He holds the American Theatre Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with seven stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with two stars.  At the present time, he is in Oregon where he will spend an indefinite period. 

 

Pfc. Robert E. Seaman Re-enlists in Army

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 21, 1946

 

Fort Monmouth, N.J.:  Pfc. Robert E. Seaman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Seaman, of Sunset Hollow, R.D. No. 3, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], who recently re-enlisted in the Regular Army has left the 1220th Reception Center, here, and is enroute to Fifth Infantry Division, Camp Campbell, Ky., where he will report for duty.  Seaman holds the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal and the Philippine liberation Ribbon.

 

Joseph Milius & Charles Mott Discharged from Navy

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 21, 1946

 

The U.S. naval personnel separation center, Lido Beach, Long Island, N.Y., announces the discharge from the naval service of several men from the New York state area.  Among those listed are the following from Chenango county:  S 1/C Joseph P. Milius, Green Lawn avenue, Bainbridge; S 2/C Charles R. Mott, R.D.1, Bainbridge.

 

Robert Lee  Home on Leave

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 21, 1946

 

Robert E. Lee, R.M. 2/C, of LSM #258, arrived at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Lee, of Johnson street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], Sunday on a 15-day leave, after 18 months of service in the Pacific Theatre.  Petty Officer Lee took part in the initial landings at Leyte, Ormoc Bay and Mindoro, as well as three assault landings in Mindanao, and one on Borneo.  Later he served on transport duty, taking troops to Korea.  He wears the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with three stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with two stars, American Defense Ribbon and Victory Medal.

 

Gerald Tiffany Discharged from Navy

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 28, 1946

 

Gerald Tiffany, M.M. 2/C, arrived at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Tiffany, R.D.2, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Wednesday of last week, after receiving his discharge at Lido Beach.  Eighteen months of his two years in the service were spent on Saipan in the Pacific Theatre.  He holds the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon, Victory Medal, and American Theatre Ribbon.

 

 Neil Stoddard Discharged from Army

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 28, 1946

Sgt. Neil E. Stoddard has arrived at his home in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] following his discharge at Fort Dix, N.J., Mar. 18, after one year of service in the European Theatre.  Serving with the 90th Division, Sergeant Stoddard, arrived in France in April, 1945, where he joined the 3rd Army, and continued to serve with this group until the end of the war, when they had already entered Czechoslovakia.  After the surrender, he then was assigned ot the 3rd M.G.R., Army of Occupation.  He holds the European Ribbon with one star, American Theatre Ribbon, Victory Medal and Good Conduct Medal.