March 1922 - 100 Years Ago in "That Thriving Town"

Here's what was happening in Bovina 100 years ago this month, as reported in the Andes Recorder:

March 3, 1922

• A Hamden home talent play is to be given here Friday evening.

• Robert Smith has moved to Delhi, and has a position at the County Sanitarium

• Lee Lent, the cheese maker, is at his home in Treadwell for a few days.  Walter Wilson commenced work at the cheese room Wednesday.

• Clarence Lee, son of John B. Lee of this town, was operated upon in the hospital at Oneonta last week.  While serving overseas in the world he was gassed and instead of affecting the lungs it caused troubles of the bowels and the operation was undertaken as a last resort. [Sadly, Clarence died on April 28.]

Bovina Farm House Damaged

The farmhouse of Christopher S. Gladstone was damaged by fire Tuesday afternoon.  During the forenoon the chimney had burned out.  Soon afternoon while the men folks were at work a short distanced from the house they saw fire coming through the roof around the chimney.  By prompt use of water and with the aid of neighbors summoned by telephone, the fire was put out before the much damage was done.  Had the wind been in the opposite direction nothing could have saved the house.

March 10, 1922

• Mrs. William Armstrong is ill with tonsillitis.

• Daniel Franklin was in town the first of the week.

• Alex Myers is redecorating the ceiling in Hilson Bros store.

• Mrs. Lancelot Thomson has been ill the past week with the grip.

• Homer Burgin is now attending the Agricultural School at Delhi.

• Fletcher Davidson is installing electric lights in the United Presbyterian church.

• Hilson Brothers have their Brockaway truck in running order again after a thorough overhauling.

• John Van Valkenburg, of Roxbury, was here the last of the week plastering the cheese room at the creamery.

• Two men from Bainbridge were here this week, crating up some of the stuff in the Dry Milk plant and shipping it.

March 17, 1922

• The concert of musical held here last Friday evening, bringing to a close the series of singing lessons, was largely attended.

• Bovina leads the county on the roll of honor in membership in the Farm Bureau with 102 members.  Last year there were only 23 members in town.

• Jean Muller has sold what is known as the S.G. Bramley farm on the Bloomville road to a Mr. Arnold form Pennsylvania, and the new owners are now there.

March 24, 1922

• Miss Hannah Coulter has moved from the small house on the former Lauren hotel property, to one of Will Hoy’s tenant house.

• Nelson Reynolds commenced work on the re-modeling of the house of Fred Thomson, on the old Methodist parsonage lot, this week.

• Nelson Siring is building the cellar and foundation walls under James Ackerley’s house, which he recently purchased and is re-modeling.

• Thomas C. Strangeway, who recently completed a new house on the former Lauren property, has torn down the house, which was one of the old landmarks of the village. [This was once the Secord hotel, active in the mid-19th century.]

March 31, 1922

• Sloan Archibald has been on the sick list the past week.

• Thomas C. Strangeway was on a business trip to Dayton, Ohio, the past week.

• Douglas Davison was called to Franklin this week by the death of his brother.

• John Northrup has rented the Margaret Hoy farm and will soon move to it from the village.