100 years ago saw a soldier return from the Great War and a doctor and a minister depart Bovina.
August 1, 1919
August 1, 1919
·
Supt. Of Schools Arthur Hamilton was here
Tuesday [July 29, 1919] taking the trustees reports.
·
Rev. Walter D. Strangeway, of Watervliet,
is spending his vacation with Bovina relatives.
·
D.C. Worden had another sheep killed by
dogs Tuesday night [July 29, 1919]. He
had two killed a few weeks ago.
·
Geo Van Dusen has completed his work for
William Archibald and has gone to Wallace Smith’s, up-town.
·
Nelson Reynolds and Walter Counter have
commenced the work of altering and remodeling the basement of the United
Presbyterian church.
Dr.
Whitcomb Will Go to Egypt
Dr.
Norris B. Whitcomb, who for about seven years has been practicing in Bovina,
has been accepted for service as a medical missionary in Egypt by the board of
the United Presbyterian church. He will
leave Bovina about September 1.
August 8, 1919
·
Fred Thomson now drives a new Oakland car.
·
William A. Hoy had his son James to
Oneonta on Sabbath for medical treatment.
·
John W. Blair is having his village
residence treated to a new dress of white.
Alex Myers is the artist.
·
Millard Gow and John Miller have arrived
home from France, having received their discharge from the army.
·
Harry Martin, employed by the Dry Milk
company, is at Trout Creek, where the company has a plant, installing
machinery.
·
Douglas Davidson has received a telegram
announcing that his son, Fletcher Davidson, had arrived safely from overseas
and was at Camp Mills.
Bovina
Without a Physician
Dr.
and Mrs. Whitcomb left Tuesday morning for New Wilmington, Pa., at which place
the doctor will take a course of instructions preparatory to work as a medical
missionary in Egypt, to which place he expects to go the later part of
September.
August 15, 1919
·
George Barnes moved this week to the
Margaret Hoy farm.
·
Rev. Thomas E. Graham has resigned as
principal of the Bovina Center school.
·
George VanDusen has hired to work for A.P.
Lee during the fall and winter.
·
Harry Martin has purchased what is known
as the John R. Hoy house on the Dennis corner.
·
A refrigerator machine using the ammonia
process is being installed at the Dry Milk plant. The huge fly wheel on the compressor weighs
5,300 pounds.
·
The work of remodeling the building left
by J.W. Coulter for a public library, has been begun. Walter G. Coulter is in charge, assisted by
Nelson Reynolds.
·
George H. Miller is making improvements on
his residence (the Kinmuth house).
Previously the front of the basement came out flush with the varanda of
the house. He will put front back even
with the main sill of the house and the varanda will be supported by brackets.
Bovina
Farm Sold
John
M. Miller has sold his 250 acre farm, (John R. Thomson place) located up Pink
street in Bovina, with stock and farm machinery to Rupert Brothers of
Canada. Possession is to be given next
month.
August 22, 1919
·
The town picnic has been postponed to
Friday, August 29.
·
Fletcher Davidson arrived home last
Thursday from France. He was on five
battle fronts.
·
Miss Jane Hilson has returned from Columbia University, where
she has attended summer shool.
·
One hundred and fifty relatives attended
the Archibald re-union held on Wednesday at home of William J. Archibald.
·
It is stated that the trustees of the
Bovina Center school have secured Prof. James Hastings as principal for the
coming school year.
·
Thomas Gordon was at Delhi on Wednesday on
business connected with their 144th Regiment re-union to be held at
Delhi on August 27.
·
Postmaster Lauren Dickson went to New York
last Thursday and his sister Mary Dickson, who has been attending summer school
at Columbia University, returned home with him.
Bovina
Pastor Resigns
Rev.
Thomas E. Graham, who for several years has been pastor of the Covenanter or
Reformed Presbyterian church of Bovina, announced his resignation as pastor
last Sabbath and further stated that he had accepted a call to become pastor of
a United Presbyterian church. His resignation
came as a complete surprise to the congregation and to the community.
August 29, 1919
·
Herman Joslyn will move into part of the
Dennis house.
·
Chemical toilets are being installed at
the school house in the Center district.
·
Stone is being crushed with which to make
blocks for the foundation for the public library building.
·
Miss Kate Craig, who is nursing in Albany,
is spending a week’s vacation with her mother and sisters here.
·
Miss Caroline Dickson has returned to
Washington, D.C. where she is employed in one of the government bureaus.
·
James Hastings has purchased of George
Gladstone what is known as the Kennedy house in Bovina Center. John R. Aitken
will move into the house.
·
George H. Russell and wife arrived home
the first of the week from Racene, Wisconsin, where he had been with a party
after autos. He drove a Mitchell thru to
Delhi, having a fine trip across the lakes.
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