Here's what was happening in Bovina a century ago, as reported in the pages of the Andes Recorder.
October 7, 1921
· Frank Miller and wife motored to Andes in their new car Saturday evening.
· The Bovina state road has been almost impassible the past summer and now the State is having the holes filled with loose stones and gravel.
· Jacob Gerkins, who has been living on the Alex Bryden farm, has rented a farm on Cabin Hill. A number of the neighbors made them a farewell party last Wednesday evening.
October 14, 1921
· Charles J. Russell has purchased a Dodge car.
· John M. Campbell is putting up the foundation for a new house which he will erect on his farm. South Kortright carpenters will do the job.
· Mrs. Elizabeth Irvine, Mrs. Sloan Archibald, Mrs. John Blair, Mrs. Fred Thomson and Mrs. Cecil Russell were on a shopping trip to Kingston last week.
· The legal machinery has been set in motion by the New York Conference for the sale of Methodist church and parsonage in Bovina Center. The membership has been reduced to a mere handful by deaths and removals. For the last few years no services have been held in the church. [The parsonage is now the home of Chuck and Betty McIntosh.]
October 21, 1921
· Thos C. Strangeway has the frame up for his new residence in Bovina Center [now the home of Jim and Peg Hilson].
· Alex Myers is painting and finishing the interior of new house of Gustave Lifgren up Pink street.
· Mrs. John M. Miller, of Walton, is visiting in town. Her two daughters, Shirley and Leila, were here over Sabbath.
· Wendell Ormiston and family, of Goshen, spent a few days the past week with his mother, Mrs. Thomas Ormiston.
· Elliott Thomson has sold his house in Bovina Center to George Decker for $2,500. Mr. Thomson will move to rooms in Mrs. Julia McPherson’s house.
· John Blair and wife were called to Glen Spey, Sullivan county, last week by the illness of their daughter, Mrs. Marshall Thomson. She is now improving. [This is Helen Thomson, who lived to be 107.]
Bovina Farm Sold
George Decker has sold his farm, located near Lake Delaware, in the town of Bovina, to Harvey Wickham, of Shavertown. The sale includes the personal property on the farm and the price is reported to be $6,000 for the farm and $1,500 for the personal. The farm is the former Thomas Purdy place and Decker had erected a $3,000 house thereon. Mr. Decker will move to Bovina Center.
October 28, 1921
· Walter G. Coulter is having his mill re-shingled.
· Elliott Thomson, who sold his house to George Decker, is moving to rooms in part of Sloan Archibald’s house. Mrs. Harry Robinson and Mrs. Robert G. Thomson, of Bainbridge, are here assisting.
· A surprise party was held at the home of Edith Liddle last Saturday evening for Frances Bell. Games were played after which refreshments were served. Then each girl went home to dream of Gobblins and ghosts.
Bovina Has a Runaway
Horse of Paul Furhmann Takes the Thills and leave Wagon
Tuesday morning as Paul Furhmann, who recently purchased W.C. McDivitt’s farm, was on his way to the creamery his horse attached to a buckboard, started to run on the hill above the U.P. church. Just above the old Lauren hotel, now owned by T.C. Strangeway [now the home of Jim and Peg Hilson], the outfit collided with a tree and the wagon stopped but the horse continued up Maple Avenue and onto the flat above. Mr. Furhmann was thrown out but the wagon remained right side up and the milk was not even spilled. No one was injured and the damage was broken thills.
Boost the committee
The first number of the Bovina Lecture course has already been given and the next one will soon be here. Everyone was well satisfied. Now lets try to boost our lecture course committee by having every seat sold again this time. Chew less tobacco and gum and give it toward something that is really worth while.
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