Here's what was going on in Bovina 100 years ago this month, as recorded in the pages of the Andes Recorder.
August 1, 1924
• Miss Marjorie Forman, of Delhi, is with Bovina relatives.
• Miss Hannah Coulter is visiting relatives in the New Kingston valley.
• Mrs. Harry Crosier and child, of Stuebenville, Ohio, are guests at Wm. Crosier’s.
• Dr. James Crosier, of Philadelphia, has joined his mother here to spend his vacation.
• Hugh Keeley, the Delhi painter, is doing interior work on the new residence of Mrs. Alex Hilson.
• John Hilson Jr. has returned from visiting Superintendent and Mrs. Jas F. Forman at the County Farm.
• Mr. and Mrs. David Cameron and Cameron, of California, have been to town this week. She will [be] remembered as Alma Scott.
• Miss Ruth Coulter attended Redpath Chautauqua at Oneonta last week.
• There were no services last Sabbath at the U.P. church owing to the fact that the pastor’s throat was not fully recovered from his recent operation.
• Professor and Mrs. Leon Taggart and Miss Rachel Ritter, of Oneonta, spent Sabbath with Mrs. Taggart’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Strangeway.
• Miss Elizabeth and Master Jack McNair, of Binghamton, have joined their grandmother, Mrs. Peter McNair, at the home of her daughter Mrs. John McCune.
• Rev. David Russell preached at the Church of the Covenanters last Sabbath in the absence of the pastor, Rev. A.M. Thomson. It stated that Rev. has accepted a pastorate at Utica.
• Mrs. F.M. Crawford underwent an operation for the removal of a tumor last Friday at the hospital in Oneonta. For a few days her condition was considered critical, but she is now on the road to recovery.
August 8, 1924
• There was a slight frost here on the morning of August 4.
• William Lee has been visiting his brother, A.P. Lee, on the Lee homestead farm.
• The Juniors held a picnic Saturday at the home of William Burns below the village.
• The Misses Kate and Freda Muller spent over the week end with their sister, Mrs. Otis McCumber, at Andes.
• Gilbert D. Miller, the only surviving veteran of the civil war in Bovina, is under the doctor’s care. He recently celebrated his 80th birthday. [Gilbert would survive this illness, not dying until March 1931 at the age of 87.]
August 15, 1924
• Alex Myers is painting the new residence of Mrs. Alex Hilson [this is now the home of Mike and Christine Batey].
• There will be no preaching at the last two Sabbaths in August.
• Mrs. James Archibald, of Treadwell, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Mary C. Forrest.
• Bovina real estate transfers recorded are Martha Kelly to James A. Boggs $280.68.
• Mrs. G.J. Dickson, our postmistress has gone to Chautauqua, for a short vacation.
• Mr. and Mrs. William Aitkins, from Long Island, are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Aitkens.
• Miss Margaret Archibald, employed in the County Clerk’s office, spent the past week with Bovina relatives.
• Special services were held at the R.P. church on Sabbath afternoon. Rev. Wilson was one of the speakers.
• Mr. Murray, the new caretaker of the St. James church at Lake Delaware, is occupying the former J.K. Russell house.
• Edward Johnson and his mother, Mrs. Alex Johnson, of South Kortright, was in this place calling on friends on Sabbath.
• Rev. and Mrs. Newell have been visiting at Charles Hafele’s. Rev. Newell was a former pastor of the Methodist church here.
• During the thunder storm Sabbath afternoon, lightning struck one of the pine trees near the residence of John Hilson, but did no damage.
• Mr. and Mrs. George Decker, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Decker, Mr. and Mrs. William Armstrong and Mr. and Mrs. John Armstrong motored to Stamford last Sabbath. They report that there was a heavy hail storm there.
August 22, 1924
• Mr. and Mrs. James Ackerley spent Sabbath at Stamford.
• Neil Sprague, of Monticello, is visiting his father, Lew Sprague.
• Miss Mary Ormiston, of Oneonta, was with relatives here Monday.
• William F. Boggs is visiting relatives in the vicinity of Walton.
• William Hastings, of Oneonta, was a caller in town the first of the week.
• Mrs. Frank Coulter went to an Albany hospital Tuesday for an operation.
• Mrs. Archie Boggs, of New York, is a guest of her sister-in-law, Mrs. S.K. Ferris.
• Miss Louise Hilson is spending a few days with Andes relatives and friends.
• Mr. and Mrs. James L. Coulter, of New Wilmington, Penn. are renewing acquaintances in town.
• Miss Mary Flansburg, of South Hampton, Long Island, is a guest of her friend, Miss Jane Hilson.
• Miss Park, of Pittsburg, Penn., a daughter of Rev. Thos Park, called on Miss Jennie Miller here Monday.
• Miss Helena Stewart, of Endicott, who has been visiting here, had an operation for appendicitis at Delhi.
• Mrs. Hazel Russell Munson, of this place, and Edward Dougal, of Syracuse were married August 11. They will reside at Syracuse. [Hazel was the daughter of James and Rose Russell. Her first husband, Frank Munson, died in December 1920 when a tree fell on him. Hazel would have three children, two of whom survived to adulthood. She was widowed again in 1955 and died in Syracuse in 1981.]
• Mr. and Mrs. George Miller, Mrs. Geo Decker and Mrs. Arthur Decker attended a Sabbath School picnic at Mundale on Tuesday.
• Mrs. Libbie Jane Wilson, of Kansas was a visitor in town the first of the week. She was a native of the town, her maiden name being Aitken. [She was the daughter of Isaac Atkin and Nancy Blair. She married Charles Wilson in Kansas in 1886 and was widowed in 1911. She died in Kansas in 1940.]
• In a contest between the Delancey and Bovina Christian Unions Bovina lost and on Tuesday evening gave a banquet to the winners at the U.P. church parlors.
• Mr. and Mrs. George Kaufman and Mrs. Chas Kaufman, of Saugerties, Mrs. Wm Huber and George Middlemiss and wife, of Delhi, were guests at Alex Myers’ last Thursday.
• Hugh Galland, fireman at the creamery, and Miss Jennie Fay, of Andes, were married last week and have commenced housekeeping in rooms in Mrs. Julia McPherson’s house.
• Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomson, of Katonah, N.Y., visited his father, James W. Thomson, and attended the Thomson reunion this week. He reports that they have had it very dry.
• Wallace B. Smith was at Arkville on Sabbath, taking his son, Wallie, who had been spending his vacation at home, to the train. Young Smith is employed in the office of the International., Harvester Co. at Albany.
Eighty-two at Thomson Reunion
Eighty-two attended the Thomson reunion held August 19, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Thomson in Bovina Center. The officers for the ensuing year are, James A. Thomson, president; Thos Archibald, vice president; Mrs. Robert E. Thomson; secretary and treasurer. The next reunion will be held at Ed Gladstone’s in Andes.
Ford Driver Fell Asleep – From our Bovina Correspondent
A young man who had been working at James Barnhart’s, went to sleep last Thursday morning and his Ford left the road in the lower part of the village and running diagonally along steep bank brought up in the Muller yard. Strange to say it did not upset.
Miller Reunion
The Miller reunion will be held at the home of Miss Bell Miller in Bovina Center, on Tuesday August 26, 1924, and all relatives are invited. Bring dishes and sandwiches for your own family and one other article of food. Committee
August 29, 1924
• The public schools of the town will open next Tuesday.
• Superintendent of the Poor James F. Forman was a caller in town on Tuesday.
• Master Ledger Myers is spending the week with relatives at Kingston and Saugerties.
• Mrs. A.T. Doig returned Tuesday from visiting her brother, E.F. Thomson, at Walton.
• From a fair and silver tea the ladies of the St. James church at Lake Delaware realized $120.
• Mrs. Mary Shaver and Miss Lillian Carman, of Delancey, have been visiting at David Currie’s.
• Mr. and Mrs. George Baldwin, from Spring Valley, are guests of her mother, Mrs. G.J. Dickson. [Mrs. Baldwin was Mary J. Dickson. Mr. Baldwin died in 1927 at the age of 56. Mary survived her husband over 20 years, dying in 1948.]
• Rev. and Mrs. Charles Lay and children, of Mundale, are spending his vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo Miller.
• Louie Sanford, from near Binghamton, visited his brother-in-law, Charles Hafele, over Saturday night. His son who has bene at the Hafele home for the past year or more, went home with him.
Native of Bovina
Mrs. Nancy R. Scott, who for several years had made her home with her nephew, David H. Muray, at Bible School Park, near Binghamton, died August 16. She was the widow of Jas Scott and was born in Bovina on June 17, 1847. Her maiden name was Nancy Coulter. Burial was in Bovina.
Miller Clan Meet
There were about 75 relatives present at the annual reunion of the descendants of the three Miller brothers who came to this country, which was held at the home of Miss Bell Miller in Bovina Center, on Tuesday. The day was pleasantly spent and the bountiful lunch enjoyed. Several families were not represented. The reunion for 1925 will be held at Wautaga Falls probably sometime in June.
Bovina Boys Win
At the Delaware County picnic last Thursday the following Bovina boys were winners: Ledger Myers, 1st in 50 year dash for boys under 12 years; Hugh McPherson, 2d. In Jersey sack race, Frank McPherson was 1st and Ledger Myers 3d. In 3-legged Holstein race Ledger Myers, 3d; Frank McPherson, 4th. In 50-yard dash over 12, Lester McPherson, 2nd.
Bovina Lad Found Dead in Bed
Lloyd Oliver had Expired in Early hours of August 24
Lloyd Oliver was found dead in bed at the home of John Burns, who lives in the upper part of the town of Bovina, Sabbath morning, August 24. It is stated that he had not been in the best of health but was no worse. He had been out Saturday night and was heard to come in about 2 o’clock Sabbath morning. Between 5 and 6 o’clock when Mr. Burns rapped on his door he received no reply. Entering the room he found young Oliver lying with his back toward the front of the bed, apparently asleep. Mr. Burns placed his hand on him and could not arouse him. He then called Mrs. Burns and they found that the young man was dead. He had apparently passed away as he slept. Mrs. Burns heard a groan about 5 o’clock and there was a sound like a gasp following it, but thought nothing of it.
Deceased was a son of the late John Oliver was born in Bovina 22 years ago on June 15th last. He is survived by his mother, a brother, William Oliver, in Harpersfield, and two sisters, Mrs. Fred Thomson, in Bovina, and Mrs. Harry Martin at Cannonsville. The funeral held Tuesday was largely attended.
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