I'm starting a slight change with the daily entries on Facebook. Though I'll still have items related to today's date, I'm also going to mix in sharing some images, many of which I have not shared before. At the Delaware County Historical Association, where I work two days a week in their library, we've been scanning a set of chauffeur license pictures taken by Delhi photographer Harold McMurdy in the late 1930s, and there are a number of folks from Bovina in the collection. I'll also be sharing other images from my collection or ones that people, such as Chuck McIntosh and Jim and Tom Hoy have allowed me to scan over the years. Enjoy.
127 years ago today, on January 1, 1898, 20-year-old Maggie Coulter made the following diary entry: "Weather ranging from zero to six above with wind blowing snow 10 or 12 inches deep. Mother & Maggie Storie visiting in Scranton at Chas. Shedds. Went the 30th of Dec. 1897. Started from home 8 o'clock A.M. and arrived in Scranton 5 oclock P.M. Aunt Mary Anne staying with us. Mrs. Geo. Archibald buried to-day. Died suddenly at the wedding of the son William to Sarah Hobbie at John Hobbie's. Post Office changed from Wm. McCunes to Alex Hilsons." Maggie later married J. Russell Boggs. They had three children - Donald, Norris and Robert. She died in 1951.
These images of Arthur Coulter were taken by Delhi photographer Harold McMurdy in the late 1930s. Arthur Craig Coulter was born in Bovina in 1908, the son of Frank and Agnes Coulter. He lived in Bovina all his life and had just taken over the family farm when he died, only 30 years old, in 1938. He died from the effects of diabetes. Arthur was buried in Andes. His sister was Grace Coulter Roberts. Image courtesy of the Delaware County Historical Association.
This undated postcard view of Bovina Center likely dates from the late 1930s or early 1940s. The view is looking west (Maple Avenue would be to the photographer's right). Image courtesy of Chuck McIntosh.
Eighty-three years ago today, January 4, 1942, this telegram was delivered to Marjorie Russell while she was taking a train back to her home in Ohio where she was teaching. It appears she was planning to leave the train in Erie but was being advised to take the train on to Painesville where she would be met by Rae Storie. Madison is between Painesville and Erie.
139 years ago today, the Bovina column in the January 5, 1886 Stamford Mirror reported that "A donation for the benefit of Rev. Mr. Deming was held in Dickson's Hall on Wednesday eve. Dec. 30. Owing to the fact that the hall was formerly used as a skating rink, or, perhaps, because it is located so far above the earth, only a few were in attendance, and the proceeds amounted to only about twenty dollars." I'm not 100% sure but I think Dickson's hall was the second floor of what is now Brushland Eating House.
168 years ago today, the January 6, 1857 issue of the Bloomville Mirror carried this memorial poem composed on the death of Mrs. J. Lewis on Christmas Eve, 1856. Mrs. Lewis was Jane Wyear, born 1769 in Scotland. She had four children. Her husband, John, had predeceased her in 1853. She is buried in the old Reformed Church cemetery at County Route 6 and Bovina Road.
128 years ago today, on January 7, 1897, Mrs. Thomas Gordon died. The Andes Recorder reported that "This community was shocked to learn of the death of Mrs. Thomas Gordon.." She was 46 years old and had just lost her daughter, Maggie, six weeks earlier. The Recorder noted that "It is seldom that so sad an event is recorded. The husband and son have the sincere sympathy of the entire community." Mrs. Gordon was Mary Jane Oliver. She married Thomas Gordon in 1871 and had two children. In June 1899, Thomas Gordon would marry as his second wife Mary Richardson Scott and would have two more children, including daughter Margaret, who taught Social Studies at Delaware Academy for many years from the 1940s to the 1970s. This image shows Thomas (seated right) with what I believe are his children (Maggie, holding a cat, and John, standing), his wife, on the left holding another cat and an unidentified woman at the left, maybe Thomas's mother-in-law.
In 1946, Delhi photographer Bob Wyer took a series of aerial pictures around Bovina in a plane piloted by Eddie Davidson. This shows the Bob Hall farm on Bob Hall Road. Images courtesy of the Delaware County Historical Association.
This photograph of the McKenzie Sisters was likely taken by Marjorie Russell in 1973. Janet and Elizabeth McKenzie lived right across from Russell's Store in what is now Amy Burns' house. I wrote about these extraordinary sisters in my blog back in 2013. Here's the entry: https://bovinanyhistory.blogspot.com/2013/04/faces-of-bovina-mckenzie-sisters.html
129 years ago today, the January 10, 1896 Andes Recorder in its Bovina Column had the following commentary: "Your correspondent thinks if parents would keep their children in off the street and out of the stores a little more there would be less fault to find about children being mean and saucy. They are allowed to go where they please from morning until late at night and no one knows what mischief they are into."
Seventy-four years ago today, on January 11, 1951, Frederica Muller died in Delhi. She was born in Bovina in 1875, the youngest of 15 children. Her parents, Urban and Eloise Muller emigrated from Switzerland in 1870. Frederica was survived by one sister, Mrs. Jennie McCumber. Frederica was buried in the Bovina Cemetery. More on the Muller family can be found on the Bovina NY History blog at http://bovinanyhistory.blogspot.com/2013/01/stories-from-bovina-cemeteries-muller.html
Ninety-six years ago today, the Bovina column in the January 12, 1929 Delaware Republican reported that "Mrs. Jane L. Dickson is taking a vacation with her daughters at Port Jervis and Poughkeepsie, also at Washington, DC."
145 years ago today, the January 13, 1880 Stamford Mirror reported in its Bovina column that "We have been informed that Mr. Black, our Supervisor, kept 2 1/2 percent of the school funds for his trouble paying over the same. Black is more for self than for the schools." This was refuted a couple of weeks later. A statement, published in the Utilitarian, reads: "Mr. Editor - That report in regard to Mr. Black retaining a percentage of the school moneys is false. I was wrongly informed. As I did not intend to injure Mr. Black in any way. I take this opportunity to correct the mistake, and say that there is no truth in the report." The Delaware Republican, which republished this statement, noted "No one acquainted with Mr. Black believed the story in the first place, and all fair men regarded his denial as conclusive. The person who made a direct charge, so capable of being refuted by the records, was probably the dupe or tool of some person who wished to injure Mr. Black without burning his own fingers."
Seventy-six years ago today, the January 14, 1949 Catskill Mountain News carried this Bovina column:
Seventy-one years ago today, January 15, 1954, as later reported in the January 21, Bovina column in the Stamford Mirror, Mary Anne LaFever celebrated her 7th birthday at her home. Here's the full report of who attended.
This image of Alex Hilson was taken by Delhi photographer Harold McMurdy in the early 1940s. James Alexander Hilson was born in 1915 and lived most of his life in Bovina. He married Lillian Schneider in 1939. They had four children, three of whom are still with us, Marianne, Jim and Tom. Alex died in 1990. Image courtesy of the Delaware County Historical Association.
Henry and Ruth (Ormiston) Monroe celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in December 1960. Here they are with their children, Lauren Monroe, Eleanor Monroe Brink, Isabelle Monroe Deter and Frances Monroe Burns.
138 years ago today, the Bovina column in the January 18, 1887 Bloomville Mirror included this item: "Jim knew we were going to have cold weather after New Years. So he prepared to face the cold blasts of winter by getting a large stock of mittens, on hand. Jim is long sighted." As to who is meant by 'Jim' I have yet to work out. The major merchants in Bovina at that time period were John Hilson, Thomas Strangeway and Thomas Hastings.
113 years ago today, the January 19, 1912 Binghamton Press reported the death of a Bovina doctor, under the headline "Dr. Dickson of Bovina Center Dies Suddenly of Apoplexy." The article went on to report that "Dr. Gilbert J. Dickson, an esteemed physician of Bovina Center…died suddenly at his home Wednesday morning. Apoplexy was the cause of death. He had been in his usual health Tuesday, having driven with several members of his family to the train, where they started for Syracuse University. On his return he attended some patients and went to the stable to look after his horses. He was found in a semi-conscious condition later, and died in a few hours. He was well known in Oneonta where his brother, James Dickson conducts a pharmacy." Dr. Dickson built and lived in the building that is now the Brushland Eating House. He left behind his widow, the former Jane Loughran and five children. Dickson is buried in Bovina.
Seventy-five years ago today, the January 20, 1950 Catskill Mountain News reported in its Bovina column that "Mrs. Frank Pindar of Grand Gorge visited her daughter, Mrs. Charles McIntosh, Saturday." This would be Eva McIntosh. The same column reported that "Some of our townspeople are taking advantage of the adult education classes held in the Delhi central school."
This image shows the old Delancey Presbyterian Church. It was built from the timbers of the old Bovina Associate Presbyterian Church, which stood at the corner of County Route 6 and Reinertsen Hill Road. The left section is the original church. The Delancey church added the belfry. The building burned to the ground on Christmas Eve 1896. Image courtesy of the Delaware County Historical Association.
This undated postcard of Bovina Center shows the hamlet looking east on what is now County Route 6. The image probably dates from the 1930s or early 1940s. Post card was provided by Jim and Tom Hoy.
195 years ago today, on January 23, 1830, George Nesbitt was paid $12.25 for services as town clerk performed in 1829.
Eighty-one years ago today, January 24, 1944, this invitation to the wedding of Glenn Hobbie and Anna Boggs was postmarked and sent to Cecil and Isabell Russell and their daughter Marjorie.
177 years ago today, on January 25, 1848, the Commissioners of Excise for the town of Bovina issued this license to "Alexander Kinmouth to retail Strong and Spiritous Liquors…" His tavern was located at the former Clark Lay residence in Bovina Center.
Ninety-seven years ago today, on January 26, 1928, later reported in the Andes Recorder, "There was considerable excitement for a short time last Thursday afternoon when a call went over the telephone for aid to save the house of W. C. Redman on the Russell farm at the Butt End. Fortunately, it proved to be only a chimney fire." A little over a year later, in October 1929, the barn on the same property was struck by lightning and burned to the ground.
This image of the Bovina Busy Bees was taken probably in 1946 at a 4-H rally held at Delaware Academy. I could use some help identifying the children in the picture. The boy in the plaid shirt I think is Vince Trimbell and the girl crouching down behind the sign I think is Jean Parsons.
Sixty years ago today, the Bovina column of the January 28, 1965 Delaware Republican Express reported that "Mrs. Jack Hilson's father, Malcolm Hotchkin, was taken to Cooperstown to the Bassett Hospital for further treatment last Monday. Mrs. Hilson was up to see him Friday and his condition was about the same." Malcolm passed away a little over a month later on March 13.
141 years ago today, January 29, 1884, this order was signed altering the road districts in Brushland (now Bovina Center). Rev. Kennedy's house was the open land across from Brushland Eating House. The Methodist parsonage was where Chuck and Betty McIntosh lived.
194 years ago today, on January 30, 1831, Loruhannah Henderson was born in New Kingston, the daughter of James Henderson and Hannah Sprague. She married Francis Coulter in Bovina in 1857 and would have five children. She was predeceased by at least two children. Her sons Walter and James died 11 days apart in March 1900. Loruhannah died in 1909. Her husband died less than six months later. Both are buried in Bovina. This image shows their five children: Hannah and Walter in the back, James in the middle and Margaret and Elizabeth in the front.
Fifty-two years ago today, on January 31, 1973, this letter was sent to the Board of Directors of the Bovina Center Cooperative Dairy. The letter noted that "on the basis of current product operation…that the cash flow will be exhausted about July 31, 1973." Given this situation, the creamery was closed two months later on March 31, 1973.
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