This Day in Bovina for July 2024

 

Here's the compilation of the Town of Bovina Historian Facebook page entries for the month of July:

Eighty-five years ago today, on July 1, 1939, as later reported in the Bovina column of the Delaware Republican, the Bovina Boy Scout troop, accompanied by Rev. McClellan and Edward Schneider returned from a two day trip to the World's Fair in New York City. This image is a post for the 39 Fair created by Joseph Binder: 

Eighty-two years ago today, the Bovina column of the July 2, 1942 Delaware Republican reported that "Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ormiston and two sons of Liberty spent the week-end with his mother, Mrs. Margaret Ormiston." Edwin was the brother of Lois Ormiston Davidson and Ruth Ormiston Monroe. Married to Ione Segar, he was widowed in 1981 and died in 1990 at the age of 88.

175 years ago today, in a Chattel Mortgage dated July 3, 1849, Zebulon Ashby mortgaged "the grass on the ground also the corn & potatoes, one yearling heifer red & white, one grey mare, one brown mare, nineteen sheep…one saddle & bridle & spirituous liquors & tavern furniture on the premises…" Ashby had a tavern at the Hook (Lake Delaware area). The mortgage was for $370.70.  The mortgage holder was William Schermerhorn.

198 years ago today, on July 4, 1826, was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Bovina, like many communities, held celebrations of this event. More information about the Bovina celebrations can be found at the Bovina NY History blog at http://bovinanyhistory.blogspot.com/2015/08/celebration-at-bovina-1826.html

It also was on July 4, 1826 that founding fathers John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died. 

119 years ago, on July 5, 1905, as later reported in the Bovina column of the Andes Recorder, "Claude Erkson and his aunt while returning from Hobart, met with an accident.  The passenger train rounded the curve just after they passed the crossing and the horse taking fright ran into the steep bank and upset the buggy.  Both occupants were thrown out and badly shaken up, but not seriously injured. Erkson held to the reins and stopped the horse." Claude was born in 1880, the son of Thomas and Julia (Coggeshall) Erkson. The aunt likely was Elizabeth Erkson, given that in 1905 Claude and his father were living with Elizabeth. Claude died in 1951.

Ninety-six years ago today, the July 6, 1928 Andes Recorder reported that "The new residence of Miss Angelica L. Gerry near Lake Delaware is expected to be ready for occupancy about September 1." This was Ancrum. The house would be demolished in 1963 after Miss Gerry's death. 

162 years ago today, on July 7, 1862, Charles F. Smith submitted this claim for exemption from military service "on account of ill health since he was afflicted with diphtheria…" The statement was sworn before Justice of the Peace James R. Douglas

Charles was a native of Scotland, born in 1818. He came to the US around 1848. He was married in 1852 to Annie Williamson, who died a few months after the birth of her second child in 1855. He remarried a year later to Christina Lamont. Charles lived to be 90 and was Bovina's oldest resident at the time of his death in 1908.

120 years ago today, the July 8, 1904 Andes Recorder Bovina column reported that "Alexander Burns has been building an addition to his barn.  Last week in a little less than 2 ½ days James G. and Harvey Seath, James Aitken and Jas. Boyd put on 31,000 shingles."

Eighty-two years ago today, the Bovina column in the July 9, 1942 Delaware Republican reported that "Charles Lichtenberg of Springfield, Mass, spent the week-end with his wife at the home of her mother, Mrs. Sarah Archibald. Mrs. Lichtenberg has been with her mother for some time due to her poor health. Mrs. Archibald is much improved." Mrs. Archibald was the widow of William Archibald, who died in January 1941. Mrs. Archibald passed away three years later in June 1945. Mrs. Lichtenberg died in 1986, Mr. Lichtenberg in 1999. In 2000, the estate of Charles Lichtenberg made a major bequest to the Bovina Public Library.

156 years ago today, on July 10, 1864, as later reported in the Delaware Gazette, the house of William Bailey and his wife of Bovina burned down, while the family were at church. "How the fire originated is not known. Loss estimated at about $800. Whether there was any insurance, we have not been informed." I don't know the exact location of this home, but I think it was on Scutt Mountain Road. It shows up on the 1856 Gould Map but not in the 1869 Beers Atlas. William's wife was the former Mary Curry. She died in 1865 and William in 1870. Their daughter Nancy married James Cathels. Mary's death happened while her daughter was coping with the deaths of her husband and several children: https://bovinanyhistory.blogspot.com/search?q=cathels

132 years ago today, a post card dated July 11th, 1892 from Ghent, NY was later published in the Delaware Republican: "Dear Sir:- Knowing the great value of the dairy interest of the town of Bovina, I am desirous of taking a census of the town; wishing to learn the value of the cows and their products. This census will be incorporated in the annual report of the New York State Dairymen's Association. Can you have the number of your cows, the amount of butter made, the amount obtained from sale of butter, calves, etc., the quantity of grain fed and the cost of keeping your dairy for the year ending July 1st, 1892, ready for me by the 23d of this month? This will be of great value not only to your town, but to the state as well. Please request your neighbors to do the same. I am, very truly yours, Geo T. Powell, Treasurer N.Y. State Dairyman's Association." This census was conducted later in 1892.

Two hundred and four years ago today, on July 12, 1820, Thomas E. Forrest was born, son of William Forrest and Jane Wilson. He was married twice, first to Ellen Raitt, second to Margaret McEachron. He died March 12, 1887 and is buried in Bovina.

122 years ago today, on July 13, 1902, Miss Margaret Thomson died at the age of 84. As later reported in the Andes Recorder, "She had been suffering for some time with heart trouble and had been unable to lay down. On Thursday previous to her death she felt the atmosphere of the house oppressive and was moving toward the door assisting herself by shoving a chair before her. In some manner the chair slipped and she fell breaking her hip. She suffered greatly. " The paper noted that she lived all her life in Bovina on the family farm. Margaret was the daughter of James Thompson Sr and Agnes Russell, both natives of Scotland. She was buried in the Bovina cemetery.

113 years ago today, the Bovina column of the July 14, 1911 Andes Recorder reported that "For several years the pupils in the D.J. Miller district have been sent to the Center school, but for the coming year the Center district wants $25 per pupil. The Armstrong district will take the pupils but all the Miller district do not approve of this and the matter remains unsettled." The Miller district (number 5) was located at Miller Avenue and Lee Hollow in the Bramley Mountain area. The Armstrong district (number 10) was located on East Bramley Mountain Road.

134 years ago today, the July 15, 1890 Stamford Mirror reported that "from a recent survey by E.W. Lindsley, the residence of George Brown, which has been recognized as standing in the town of Bovina, was shown to be in Andes." This property was near the Gerry estate and ultimately appears to have "stayed" in Bovina. In 1904, George sold the farm and the following year moved his family to Colorado. He died there in 1932. His wife Margaret died there in 1944.

Eighty-two years ago today, the Lake Delaware Column of the Delaware Republican for July 16, 1942 reported that "The Venerable A. Abbott Hastings (1887-1972), arch-deacon of the Diocese of Albany, was a guest of Miss Angelica Gerry the first of the week."

Seventy-two years ago today, the July 17, 1952 Delaware Republican Express reported the following in its Bovina column: "A/Sgt Isabelle Johnston from W.A.C.T.C. Fort Lee, Va, made a surprise visit to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. George Johnston Saturday and Sunday evening. She returned with Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson to Millbrook where Monday morning she left New York for her return back to camp. She reports it is very warm in Virginia." This photograph of Johnston was taken by Bob Wyer in September 1952. 

Eighty-four years ago today, the Bovina column of the July 18, 1940 Delaware Republican carried this item: "Lester MacPherson (sic) fell from the hay load into the mow on Saturday. He was not seriously injured."

123 years ago today, the Bovina column of the Andes Recorder for July 19, 1901 reported that "The new creamery will be located on Alex Hilson's flat and will be 28 x 60 feet and two story." This was the Bovina Center Cooperative Creamery, which opened in 1902 and operated until 1973.

It was five years ago today, July 20, 2019, that the Bovina Country Pie and Cake Auction was held at the community. The over $3,000 raised by the auction went to the Bovina Bicentennial celebration fund. The success was due to auctioneer Chuck McIntosh and to the work of the auction committee Brooke Alderson, Pamela Benson, Wendy Buerge, and Briana Riera.

113 years ago today, the July 21, 1911 Bovina column of the Andes Recorder reported that Isaac Hauver from Lexington in Greene County "brought two sacks of wool to Johnson Bros' mill in Bovina to have it carded ready for spinning. He made the trip on foot carrying the wool on his back."

115 years ago today, on July 22, 1909, as later reported in the Andes Recorder, Bovina native William Irvine, son of John and Elizabeth Irvine (and brother of Isabell Russell) "started for Seattle, Washington, to attend the exposition and also with a view of locating in the west if satisfactory." William indeed did settle in the Seattle area. He later would travel to China, Japan and the Philippines as director of ceremonies for the Shriners. He was married to Hazel Price in 1922. In 1925 he became ill with a brain tumor and spent the rest of his life battling it, including having at least two brain operations in Rochester, Minnesota. He recovered enough after the first surgery to pay a visit to his family in Bovina during Thanksgiving 1926. William died in May 1929 in Seattle.

197 years ago today, on July 23, 1827, commissioners appointed by Judge Bostwick convened on the property of John Hastings to set damages for a private road built by David Thomson through the lands of Mr. Hastings. Damages were assessed at nine dollars. 

121 years ago today, on July 24, 1903, as later reported in the Andes Recorder, "the Gerry young people and a party of friends made a coaching trip to Cooperstown ….  Relays of four horses were stationed at Delhi, Meredith, Portlandville and Oneonta."

105 years ago today, the July 25, 1919 Andes Recorder reported in its Bovina column that "William A. Hoy is having his residence, the Pressley house, treated to a new dress of paint." It was built in the 1890s by Bovina pastor Mason Pressley. It was owned for many years by Jim and Margaret Hoy, then by John and Margaret Hilson.

Ninety-five years ago today, on July 26, 1929, the Rev. William M. Robb passed away in China. His wife, the former Orlena Russell, was from Bovina. Their children were living with Orlena's mother. As later reported in the Delaware Republican, "This is very sad news for them as well as the whole church. Rev. Robb was a speaker in Delhi while on his last furlough."

130 years ago today, the Bovina column of the July 27, 1894 Andes Recorder reported that "We learn that Bovina is to have a furniture store in the near future, Hoy's Hall having been hired for the purpose." Whether or not this enterprise took off I cannot determine. 

150 years ago today, the Stamford Mirror for July 28, 1874 carried this item: "Miss Maggie Lockhart, of Bovina, has accepted an appointment as Missionary to Egypt, under the care of the Board of Foreign Missions of the U.P. Church. She was recommended to the Board by Rev. J.B. Lee and expects to leave for her field of labor about the 1st of September." Maggie actually had lived in Andes and was living in Virginia around this time. She was recommended by the pastor of the Bovina UP Church. In April 1878, the Stamford Mirror reported that after four years in Egypt, she was "about to return home, as her health is failing." She was back in the U.S. by 1879. She died in Virginia of consumption (tuberculosis) in 1882.

Eighty-one years ago today, the July 29, 1943 Delaware Republican Express reported that "Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Davidson took their son, Lt. Edwin Douglas Davidson, to Albany on his way back to duty after a ten-day furlough here."

Fifty-eight years ago today, on July 30, 1966, Callie Boggs Hastings died. Born in 1883, she was the daughter of Thomas R. Boggs and Jane Archibald. Callie was married to Milt Hastings in 1950 and was widowed in October 1964. Callie is buried in the Bovina Cemetery. [Note: Emily Elliott Burns died the same day as Callie. Emily was the mother of Robert Burns, Sr., Jim Burns, Eleanor Archibald, Clarence Burns and Kathryn Messina.]

Augusta Lee, daughter of Alphonso Lee and Adelia Howland, was born 181 years ago today, July 31 1843.  She would die two and a half years later and is buried in the Brush cemetery next to the library.

A Week with Bovina People - July 1899 - 125 Years ago from the Andes Recorder

Here’s what was happening in Bovina 125 years ago, July 1899, from the pages of the Andes Recorder.

July 7, 1899

• Henry Raitt arrived in town Friday.

• Robert Oliver was seen in town Friday.

• Richard Smith returned from Walton Monday.

• David J. Miller was at the county Seat Monday.

• William C. Oliver and wife were in town Thursday.

• D.M. Coulter, of Andes, was in this place Thursday.

• John Blair and Richard Smith were at Delhi Saturday.

• Misses Anna and Bertha Phyfe returned from Oneonta Monday.

• Alexander Bailey and wife were here Thursday, from DeLancey.

• Frank Dickson, of the Little Delaware, was in this place recently.

• Mrs. David J. Miller and Miss Jennie Campbell visited relatives at Walton the first of the week.

• A.C. Seacord recently caught a trout 15 inches in length which weighed one pound and two ounces.

• Mr. and Mrs. William R. Miller were at Andes Wednesday.  While there Mr. Miller purchased a Deering mowing machine.

• Mrs. James Archibald died Saturday morning, July 1.  Rev. W.L.C. Samson officiated at the funeral which was held Monday. [She was the former Ethel Haynes. She died of Bright's disease, a disease of the kidneys. She was 28 years old and had been married to James William Archibald for only a few months before her death.]

• Quite a number of new mowing machines have bought this year.  Besides those mentioned last week they are Walter Biggar, a McCormick, E. Burgin, an Osborn, James Coulter a Walter A. Wood and F.C. Armstrong, a Buckeye.

• Married, on Wednesday evening, June 28, at the home of the bride, by the Rev. Howard F. Brown, Miss Helen A. Bailey to William D. Ceas. The occasion was an unusually pleasant one for those who [were] privileged to attend. The couple went to New York city and New Jersey on their wedding trip. 

Almost a Blaze

Friday afternoon as Mrs. Ireland who is stopping at Herman Rotermund’s was curling her hair the flame of the lap ran down into the oil fount. Mr. Ireland, who as in the room seized the lamp and hurled it through the window before it had time to explode. His presence of mind undoubtedly averted a serious fire. – Utilitarian. 

July 14, 1899

• T.E. Hastings is done haying in the Centre.

• William T. Black was at Bloomville last Thursday.

• William Bramley, of Delhi, was in town on Sabbath.

• Gideon Miller went to Andes Tuesday to help his father in haying.

• Rev. James Black and wife are visiting his brother, William T. Black.

• Alex Hilson, F.R. Coulter and Elliott Thomson were at Delhi Monday.

• Lisabel Donnelly, of Davenport, is visiting her grandfather, D.L. Thomson.

• David F. Hoy and wife, of Ithaca, arrived in town Saturday for a short visit. 

• Raymond Ballantine, Nelle More and Ida Glendenning were in town Friday.

• Rev. Brown, who has been preaching at New Kingston, was in this place on Sabbath.

• Mrs. Charles St. John, of Denver, Colorado, has been visiting relatives in this locality.

• Six new members were received into the United Presbyterian church at the last communion.

• Rev. J.K. McClurkin, D.D., of Pittsburg gave an excellent address on Egypt Thursday evening.

• Miss Carrie Kaufman arrived home from New York Wednesday, where she has been for some time. 

• Mrs. John R. Hoy, Mr. and Mrs. David F. Hoy and Jennie Hoy, were in Andes the first of the week. 

• A.B. Phyfe has gone to New Kingston to assist John Archibald in haying. He has worked there for a number of years. 

July 21, 1899

• Rev. Slater was at Delhi Monday.

• Wilson Raitt was at Delhi Tuesday.

• Frank R. Coulter was at Delhi last Friday.

• Miss Nellie Butts arrived in town Monday.

• George Gladstone was at Delhi Thursday.

• Adam Scott, of Delhi, was in this place Friday.

• A number of our farmers have finished haying.

• E.J. Turnbull was in town from Andes Thursday.

• Mrs. Amos Northrup is visiting at Walton this week.

• David Oliver was at Delancey the latter part of the week.

• Thomas Gordon and Berry S. Miller were in Fall Clove Friday.

• James Hannon, of Oswego, has been visiting friends in this vicinity.

• Mrs. John Hilson and Mrs. Albert Butts were at Delhi on Monday.

• Rev. T.M. Slater now drives a fine bay horse and Albert Butts a black.

• Thomas Gordon has purchased the Stott house in this village of George Stott.

• Robert Robson recently had his leg badly bruised by being kicked by a horse.

• Mrs. Samson has gone to visit her people and to attend the marriage of her sister.

• The family of William Rogers are at his residence at Lake Delaware for the summer.

• Mr. and Mrs. G.D. Miller were at Andes on Sabbath attending the funeral of her uncle, James Dickson.

• The Town of Bovina now has a safe in which to keep its books and papers.  John Irvine was at Delhi after it on Monday.

• It is expected that J.K. McDivitt, of Andes, will conduct services next Sunday in the Methodist Episcopal church and also at Lake Delaware.

• Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Adee, of New Kingston, who were for many years residents of this town, will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage, September 13, 1899.

Mrs. J.B. Hastings has in her possession a gold nugget recently received from her brother John, who is located eight miles from Dawson City. Mr. Sherman stated that he was in excellent health and prospering finely. At present he and his companion, a young Englishman are getting $12 per day. – Davenport Correspondent to Independent

July 28, 1899

• William Mable was in town Tuesday.

• Alex. Myers was at the County Seat Friday.

• James A. Gow was at Andes Wednesday.

• G.D. Miller was at New Kingston Tuesday.

• Thomas Gordon was down at Delhi Saturday.

• James Turnbull was seen in this place Monday.

• Robert Liddle, of Cannonsville, was here Monday.

• Ephriam Worden, of Andes, was in town Tuesday.

• William Black and Elliott Thomson were at Delhi Thursday.

• Alex. Liddle and wife, of Andes, were in this place Thursday.

• William Richardson and Charles Palmer were at Delhi Thursday last.

• Halsey, the Hobart creameryman, was here Monday trying to engage milk for his creamery.

• Joshua K. McDivitt preached in the Methodist church on Sabbath and at Lake Delaware in the evening.

• Mrs. Charles St. John, who has been visiting here, started Monday to return to her home in Denver, Colorado.  

• Rev Miller, who has been preaching at New Kingston, preached in the United Presbyterian church on Sabbath evening.

• Charles Carman and Ed Hanlon were here Tuesday repairing the damage recently done by lightning to the telephone at Strangeway’s store.

• John Blair, Leonard Sloan, Andrew Seacord, Leslie McNee and George Douglas were in Delhi Friday to witness the ball game between Hamden and Oneonta.

"She has a club laid up to break Mike's head:" The Quarrels of the Agnews

The February 17, 1880 Bovina column in the Stamford Mirror carried this item:

Last Sunday seems to have been a high day for family quarrels in Brushland. A row was begun that day … between Robt. Agnew and wife. Agnew is a blacksmith by trade, and located here some time last fall. This worthy couple have been in the habit of quarreling occasionally ever since they have been here, and on Sunday (according to Mrs. Agnew’s story) Agnew shut her up stairs, and kept her there all day, with nothing but two cold griddle-cakes to eat. On Monday, she went up to Mrs. Boyd’s (a relative of Mrs. Agnew’s) and returned home on Tuesday. Agnew came from his shop in the evening, and finding his wife at home, the quarrel was again commenced, when Agnew put his wife out of doors, and threatened to kill her if she came in again. Soon after this, Thomas Miller was crossing the stone bridge, near Strangeway’s store, and heard a noise, as if some one was trying to break the ice, and going down the stream a short distance found Mrs. Agnew, who acted as if she intended to drown herself. She was then taken to M. Dickson’s, where she remained over night. The next day she went to Boyd’s, and is there at present, but is said that she intends to leave Agnew and go back to her mother, who we believe, lives in Scotland.

It seems that Robert left first. In the Stamford Mirror for August 17, 1880, it was reported that “Robert Agnew, blacksmith, has sold out to McPherson & Salton.”

Mrs. Agnew showed up in the papers again a week later in the August 24 issue. It seems she ended up staying at Dickson’s and overstayed her welcome. 

Michael Dickson having obtained a judgment against, Mrs. Agnew served, an execution on her Monday last, and levied on "three silver dollars, also the potatoes and apples in the garden at present occupied by her," and ordered her to vacate the premises within three days.  The three days have expired and she is still in possession of the premises, and says she has a club laid up to break Mike's head with if he troubles her again."  

We don’t know much about Mr. and Mrs. Agnew. They were both from Scotland. Mrs. Agnew’s maiden name was Margaret McBurney. In 1871, they were living in Renfrewshire, Scotland with their one-year-old son Robert. Mr. Agnew came to the U.S. in 1873. We don’t know when Mrs. Agnew came but by 1880, they were living in Bovina with their ten-year-old son Robert and three-year-old daughter, Margaret. The information on daughter Margaret is confusing. Her death certificate in 1963 gives her birthyear as 1879 and her birthplace as Renfrew, Scotland. 

At this point, Mr. and Mrs. Agnew disappear from local newspapers. Robert appears to have headed on to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In September 1885, a Robert Agnew died in an accident working on the railroad in September 1885 in Pittsburgh. This likely is the same Robert who briefly was a blacksmith in Bovina. 

In June 1914, the Andes Recorder reported “Robert Agnew, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, was a visitor here this week.  His father had a blacksmith shop in Bovina some thirty years ago.”

What happened to Mrs. Agnew I cannot determine. 

July 1924 - 100 Years Ago in "That Thriving Town"

Here's what was happening in Bovina 100 years ago from the pages from the Andes Recorder.

July 4, 1924

• Milton Hastings is having a radio installed.

• Mrs. Ida Burgin is having concrete floor put in her barn.

• Three imported sheep were received Tuesday at the Gerry Farms at Lake Delaware.

• Miss Carrie Dumond has gone to Stamford to work in the Kendell boarding house.

• Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Boggs in Upper Bovina, June 19, a daughter, Mary Elinor. [Mary Eleanor Boggs married Sig Bathen in 1948 and had three children. She was widowed in 1998 and died in 2007.]

• The King reunion with a picnic dinner, was held Tuesday at the home of Fred Thomson. 

• Mr. Harrington, of Margaretville, and assistants are plastering the new house of Mrs. Alex Hilson.

• Mrs. Thomas Fuller has had her residence newly sided and it is now receiving a new dress of paint.

• Mrs. and Mrs. Lloyd Filkins and daughter, of Syracuse, were guests at Frank Miller’s the first of the week.

• The uptown branch of the Willing Workers motored to Hobart on Thursday and held an all day meeting with Miss Mary Thomson. 

• William S. Gordon has received word that he has successfully passed the entrance examinations to Pratt’s Institute in Brooklyn. [William was the son of Thomas Gordon and brother of Margaret Gordon.]

• Bovina real estate transfers recorded are William H. Clement and wife to John Jarvi and wife $1,500; A.L. O’Connor (Referee) to Chas A. McPherson $3,000.

• The Risley Lumber Company finished their lumber job on Dickson Mountain on Monday and moved their mill over on the other side of the hill in Bovina.

• Mrs. S.F. Ferris and her mother, and Mrs. M.M. Boggs have arrived in Bovina to spend the summer and are occupying furnished rooms in William F. Boggs’ house.

• Mr. and Mrs. David Cameron and two children, of Los Anges, California, have been visitors in town. Mrs. Cameron will be remembered as Alma Scott, daughter of the late Wilson Scott.

BOVINA FARMER DEAD

Arthur Hoy Passed Away June 29 After Long Illness

Arthur D. Hoy, a farmer residing on the former Aitken farm up Pink street in Bovina, passed away June 29, after an illness of several months from tuberculosis. He was a son of Thomas Hoy and Julia Ann (Tuttle) Hoy and was born on the farm adjoining the one where he died on March 2, 1872. He is survived by his wife, who was Jennie I. Currie, and two sons. The funeral was held Tuesday with interment in the Bovina Center cemetery. [Hoy's wife Jennie would die less than a decade later in 1933.]

July 11, 1924

• Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cowan, of Andes, were here Wednesday.

• Mrs. Godfry Olson of New York is visiting her father, F.W. Hyatt.

• Miss Caroline Dickson expects to leave soon for a business trip to California.

• Miss Gladys Worden has gone to Cortland Normal to attend summer school.

• Milton Hastings motored to Cortland this week, combining business and pleasure.

• Ralph Barnhart was on a business trip on road grading matters to Canada the past week.

• The Dickson store building is receiving a new dress of paint. Alex Myers is doing the job. [The Dickson store is now the Brushland Eating House.]

• Lauren Dickson, who recently completed his law course at the Yale Law School, is at his home here.

• John Shaver and family, of Pepacton, spent Sabbath with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Shaver.

• Rev. and Mrs. Charles Lay and children, of Mundale, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo H. Miller.

• Mrs. Jennie Shaver and Mrs. Eliza Sprague, of Pepacton, were recent guest of their cousin, Mrs. George H. Miller. 

Archibald-Dickson

From our Bovina Correspondent

Miss Marjorie Dickson, daughter of Mrs. G.J. Dickson, of this place and Wilbur Archibald, son of Thomas A. Archibald, of Walton, formerly of Bovina, were married Saturday, July 5. They will reside at Warren, Pennsylvania, where the groom has a position. [They later settled in Poughkeepsie, NY where Wilbur was a teacher. He died in Poughkeepsie in 1982. Marjorie died in 1979.]

Church to be Consecrated

St. James’ Church, at Lake Delaware, the new memorial church given by Miss Angelica L. Gerry, is to be consecrated on July 25. Bishop Nelson and Bishop Oldham are expected to be present. The pipe organ will be installed before that date. The cornerstone was laid July 25, 1922. 

July 18, 1924

• Workmen are engaged in putting a fireplace in Mrs. Alex Hilson’s new house.

• Mrs. John Aitkens and son Floyd spent the past week with friends in New York City.

• Bovina real estate transfers recorded are Margarat (sic) Hoy (administrator of) to Jennie I. Hoy $1.

• Mr. and Mrs. Willard Gow, of New York City, are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas A. Gow.

• Mr. and Mrs. Millard Gow, of Binghamton, accompanied by her parents, spent Sabbath with his parents here.

• J.D. Burns, who is trying to gain an accredited herd, had another test recently and nine cows and nine heifers were condemned.

• Mr. and Mrs. Frank Myers, of Binghamton, and Mr. Startup, the Liberty marble man, were over the week end visitors at Alex Myers’.

• George Shaver had one of his fingers cut a few days ago by getting it in the knives of the mowing machine, while working for Hilson Bros.

• Ray Jardine, son of A.B. Jardine at Lake Delaware, fell on a scythe last Saturday and cut a bad gash in his leg at the knee. Dr. Latcher and Dr. Ormiston had to take several stitches to close the wound. 

• Ralph Mabon, who was operated on at the hospital in Delhi for an abcess at the appendix, removed three years ago, was able to leave the hospital on Monday and is stopping at the home of his grandfather, James Mabon, in Delhi. 

A Bovina Estate

Estate of Arthur D. Hoy, late of the town of Bovina, letters of administration issued to Jennie I. Hoy and David Hoy. Estimate $4,000 reall and $2,000 personal. Widow and two sons the heirs.

July 25, 1924

• Rev. F.N. Crawford was at Oneonta last week and had his tonsils removed.

• Arthur Dibble and family, of Bloomville, spent Sabbath at Lancelot Thomson’s.

• Misses Kate and Freda Muller spent over the week end at George Cable’s in Delhi.

• United States Senator Peter G. Gerry has been at his summer home at Lake Delaware.

• Harry Robinson has a new enclosed Studebaker, and Walter Coulter and William Burns have new Overlands.

• Mrs. Mary Crosier, who keeps house for her son, Dr. James Crosier in Philadelphia, is visiting relatives and friends in town.

• Mrs. R.P. McIntosh and her son, Robert, of Delhi and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Low, of Brooklyn, were visitors here on Sabbath.

• Arnold VanDusen, son of Frank VanDusen of this place, and Mrs. Mae Johnston, formerly of upper Bovina, were married recently at Utica.

• Mrs. John Hilson had her tonsils removed at Oneonta on Tuesday. She is stopping for a few days with her sister, Mrs. Leon Taggart in that city.

• Mr. and Mrs. Alex Myers are visiting their daughter and two sons at Endicott. Mrs. Arthur Decker is the operator at the central telephone office in Mrs. Myers’ absence.

• A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Currie at Delhi on July 21. The mother is a daughter of William Mable and a granddaughter of the late John T. Miller of this place. [The son was named William Howard Currie. The couple previously had a daughter Jean, who died when only a few weeks old. William died in 1998.]