Remembering the Bovina Bicentennial Parade, Part 2

For the month of January, I’m going to do daily postings on the Town of Bovina Historian Facebook page on the Bovina Bicentennial parade held on July 30, 2022. This is the second of what will be four postings in January sharing these entries with you. I thought it would be nice during the cold winter months to reminisce about that lovely day in July. It’ll also serve a second purpose – I may have missed some names and other information on the parade entries, so please contact me at bovinahistorian@gmail.com. I want to have an accurate record of the parade.

• January 8, 2023 - Not so antique but still special cars: John and Carmen Tucker drove their 1965 Austin-Healey 3000 convertible.  Bonnie Denison drove her 1972 Super Beetle Convertible, with her mom Jan Bray along for the ride. Roger Robson drove his 1977 Pontiac Canam, with his daughter, Emma.

• January 9, 2023 - LaFever Insurance Agency, Jillienne LaFever (owner and driver) and Smith’s Tree Services, Derek Smith owner and driver, with his daughter Sadie along for the ride, joined in the festivities. 

• January 10, 2023 - Pat Miele rode in her Stonyfield Farm dump truck, with Wilford Barnhart driving, and Carrie Weber, Zach and Evan Weber and Sarah Cox and Marina Cox as passengers.

• January 11, 2023 - Don and Debbie Coager from Don’s Dairy Supply in South Kortright drove their Sweet Dreams Ice Cream truck, accompanied by their granddaughter Zoey White.

• January 12, 2023 - More tractors. This 1958 Massy Ferguson 50 was owned by Charles N. McIntosh. It was restored and driven by Bryan McIntosh, Charlie's grandson. The tractor is pulling a Bovina Center Water Company pump, owned by Chuck McIntosh. Also in the parade was a Massy lawn tractor, owned by Chuck and driven by his grandson Chase Rockefeller. And John Laing from Bloomville drove his Massy 98 in the parade. 

• January 13, 2023 - Clark Lay's 1914 Indian Motorcycle, a feature in several Bovina parades, was brought back for the Bicentennial by its current owner, Andrew Leahy.

Clark Lay with the motorcycle in 1976

The motorcycle in the 1970 Sesquicentennial parade

• January 14, 2023 - Brent Trimbell's Lasting Impression Landscape and Excavation brought along a couple pieces of equipment, involving several family members. Brent Trimbell drove the Bobcat, while Shae Trimbell  a lawn mower. Annalynn and Brooklynn Trimbell carried the sign.

• January 15, 2023 - Bovina Center Montessori School came out in force:  Sophie Wallas Rasmussen, Head of School, Co-founder; David Madie, co-founder; Ryan Tucker, Middle School Teacher (yellow); Jenna Tucker; Dan Deysenroth (on tractor) and Nova Iris Sazonova, inside the wolf. The students were Rose Tucker, sitting, Weston Deysenroth, Sophie Deysenroth, Amelie Madie, Leon Madie, and Seraphim Kai Malloy.