August 1925 - 100 Years Ago in "That Thriving Town"

 

From the Bovina column of the Andes Recorder for August 1925:

August 7, 1925

• Born to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Russell August 3, a son. [This son was named William James Russell. He died in 1966.]

• Charles J. Russell, of Delhi, was a caller in town Wednesday.

• Miss Nettie Doig, of Delhi, is with her sister, Mrs. T.C. Strangeway.

• Professor Leon Taggart and family, of Oneonta, were here on Sabbath.

• Mrs. Marvin J. Thomson and children, of Troy, were here the first of the week.

• Mrs. John Aitkens is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Flynn, at Pepacton.

• Mr. and Mrs. Tracy and children, of Philadelphia, are visiting her father, A.B. Phyfe.

• The U.P. church was filled Sabbath morning to hear Rev. H.B. Speer, a former pastor.

• Miss Edith Tripp, of Oneonta, is a guest of her aunts, Mrs. J.F. Brown and Mrs. C.S. Gladstone.  [Mrs. Brown was Nancy D. Coulter. Mrs. Gladstone was Margaret J. Coulter. They were the daughters of Dixon E. Coulter and Margaret Elliott.]

• Mr. and Mrs. James Ackerley spent Sabbath with his sister, Mrs. Josephine Hornbeck, at Arkville.

• Miss Margaret Archibald, of the County Clerk’s office, spent over the week end with relatives here.

• Ralph Barnhart has purchased of Charles J. Russell his house in the upper part of Bovina Center. [This house later became the home of Roy and Eleanor Worden and is now the home of Brian and Marcia Olenych.]

• Mr. Bell Dunn, Mrs. E.F. McNair, Raymond McNair and wife, of Binghamton, are visiting at John McCune’s.

• John Northrup, and daughter, Mrs. Scutt and children, spent Monday with his daughter, Mrs. Will Oliver in Harpersfield.

• David J. Miller, of Walton, with a carpenter, is making repairs on the barn on the homestead farm, which is back on his hands. [David was named for his grandfather, who came to the United States around 1815 from Scotland. The farm was in the Bramley Mountain area.]

• Dr. and Mrs. Trader and children, of Sonyea, N.Y., are visiting her father, James W. Thomson. Mrs. Trader is also a physician.

• F.W. Hyatt, who a few weeks ago moved to Delhi, has moved into the house on the former Thomas Mabon farm on the Turnpike.  During the moving Mrs. Hull, his housekeeper, broke her wrist.

August 14, 1925

• Mrs. Gideon Miller, of Hamden, is a visitor in town. [This likely was the former Christiana Northrup.]

• Mrs. James A. Gow has been visiting her sons at Endicott.

• Born to Mr. and Mrs. Alex Thomson uptown on August 8, a son. [Actually, the Thomson's had a daughter, Thelma Eloise, on October 7. Mrs. Thomson was the former Thelma Joslin. Thelma Eloise later married George Fletcher. She passed away in 1992.]

• The Coulter reunion will be held on August 19, at J.W. Thomson’s.

• Bovina real estate transfers recorded are Margaret Storie to Eugene Storie $1.

• Mrs. and Mrs. Henry Monroe are spending a few days in New York City.

• Harold Kern, of Ithaca, was a guest at the Dickson home over the week end.

• Mr. and Mrs. William Aitkens of Long Island, are visiting his parents here.

• Master Alex Hilson has been spending the past week with Master Robert Hunt at Delhi.

• Mrs. Scholas and three children, of Walton, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Smith. [Mrs. Scholas was actually Mrs. Horace Schloss. She was born Helen Eusebia Smith in 1899.]

• Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomson and children, of Katona, N.Y., spent a few days this week with his father, Jas W. Thomson. 

• Mrs. George Decker, Mrs. Arthur Decker, Mrs. William Armstrong and Mrs. Hugh Galland spent Tuesday at Margaretville.

• Mr. and Mrs. Gaylie Hafele and his mother, Mrs. Charles Hafele, have gone to Canada to visit his brother, Dr. Jardine Hafele.

• Jayson McCumber died at the home of his son, Harry McCumber in upper Bovina, on August 9. The funeral was held Tuesday and interment made at Margaretville. His age was 69 years. He was a stone mason by trade.

Attacked by Bull

Last Thursday Elmer Gladstone was attacked by a bull and knocked down. Fortunately the bull then walked away a short distance and before it could renew hostilities Mr. Gladstone made his escape.  All the other members of the family were absent from home. [I believe this is Robert Elmer Gladstone, son of George Gladstone and Helen Strangeway. He survived this attack and lived another 30 years, dying in 1951 at the age of 81.]

August 21, 1925

• Mr. and Mrs. James Rogers and two sons, of New York, were callers here Tuesday.

• There was a large attendance at the Coulter reunion held Wednesday at Jas W. Thomson’s.

• Milton Hasting spent from Friday until Wednesday with his brother, Elmer Hastings, at Saranac.

• Rev. Tucker, a representative of the Anti-Saloon League, preached at the U.P. church Sabbath morning.

• G.D. Miller is having the basement wall under his barn rebuilt. He will move the barn back about five feet.

• Mrs. John McCune entertained her Sabbath School class on the heights of Utsayantha at Stamford on Tuesday.

• Employees of the New York State Gas and Electric Company have set the stakes to run the line into Bovina Center.

• Mrs. Charles Scovell, son, Robert and daughter, Bertha, of Glen Cove, Long Island, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Decker.

Bovina Woman Breaks Arm

Mrs. John McCune had the misfortune to have her arm broken between the shoulder and elbow.  She was returning from Stamford and at Delhi as she approached the turn from Main to Kingston street she put out her arm to give the signal a truck backed into her car at that moment and her arm was caught in such a manner as to break it.  She was taken to the office of Dr. Goodrich, where the fracture was given attention. [This probably was the former Ida Jane McNair. She was in her 50s when this accident occurred. She died in 1953.]

August 28, 1925

• A new roof is being put on the Bovina Center school house.

• Alex Myers was at Andes on business errands Wednesday.

• This section was visited by a heavy white frost Saturday morning.

• Loron Maxin moved this week into the house on David J. Miller’s farm.

• Millard Gow and wife and Willard Gow and wife, of Endicott, were here Wednesday.

• Mrs. Bell Laing, of Andes, is visiting her niece, Mrs. Bell Hilson and other relatives. [Mrs. Laing was the former Isabella Anderson. Mrs. Hilson was married to Alex Hilson. Both women were widows at this point.]

• Milton R. Hoy and three children, of Oil City, came Wednesday for a visit with Bovina relatives.

• Miss Mary Flamsburg, of South Hampton, Long Island, is a guest of her friend, Miss Jane Hilson.

• Born in New York City, August 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Miller, a son. The father was a former resident here. 

• The Archibald family reunion was held Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Alexander Hilson. There was large attendance, about 100 of the clan being present.

• Henry M. Archibald came up from New York City this week to attend the Archibald reunion. He was accompanied by his daughters, Mrs. Agnes McGill and Mrs. Irene Craddick, and granddaughters, Miss Irene McGill and Miss Agnes Craddick. They made the trip by auto with William Scanlon as driver.

New Residence of Miss Gerry

Plans are said to be nearly completed for the fine new summer home which Miss Angelica Gerry of New York and Lake Delaware is to build on the former J.K. Russell place, which Miss Gerry purchased last year, near the Lake Delaware church.  The building will be of colonial style; will have 23 rooms, and will be built of native stone, to be taken from the place, and will be on a knoll which affords a delightful view. [This became Ancrum and stood until after Miss Gerry's death in 1960. It was demolished a few years later.]