Life in Bovina 100 years ago this month, from the pages of the Andes Recorder.
November 6, 1925
• Mrs. Hamilton Russell is nursing at Walton. [Mrs. Russell, formerly Margaret Doig, was the mother of Cecil Russell.]
• The poles are being set for the electric light line.
• Mrs. William Armstrong is under the care of a nurse.
• Mrs. Patrick Doig, is visiting her nephew, C.S. Gladstone.
• George Gladstone has gone to Delhi to visit his son, Walter Gladstone.
• Some thermometers are reported to have reached zero Saturday morning.
• The Woman’s Missionary Society realized about $12 at their bake sale on Election day.
• George Cable, of Delhi, has been helping Norton Forrest lay water pipe to take the water into his stable.
• Bovina real estate transfers recorded are Jessie Bryden to Floyd Rockefeller $1; Floyd Rockefeller and wife to John Bopp and another $1.
• Charles McPherson and wife, Oscar Felton and wife, C.S. Gladstone and wife, Thos C. Strangeway, William Strangeway, and Mrs. W.G. Coulter attended the funeral of John Strangeway at Unadilla on Monday.
• Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Gladstone entertained at a dinner party last Thursday the following: Dr. and Mrs. Whitcomb and son, of Walton, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dickson, of Little Delaware, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown and children, of Delhi, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Burgin and Mr. and Mrs. John Hilson, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller, of Bovina, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Taggart, of Oneonta.
VanDusen-Liddle, from our Bovina Correspondent
Miss Edith Liddle and Leon VanDusen were married by Rev. F.N. Crawford on Saturday, October 31. The newlyweds went to Niagara Falls on a wedding trip, returning home on Tuesday night. The bride is primary teacher in the Bovina Center school. [The couple spent most of their lives in Broome County. Leon worked for IBM for 29 years. Edith and Leon had one daughter, Ellen. Edith died in 1968, Leon in 1977. They were buried in Bovina.]
Election in Bovina
There was considerable interest in the election in Bovina on Tuesday and below is the result:-
• Supervisor – W.J. Storie, r, 208; Wallace B. Smith, d, 156.
• Town Clerk – David G. Currie, r, 262; John W. McCune, d, 87.
• Justices of the Peace – John W. Storie, r, 192; M.T. Hastings, r, 149; Howard McPherson, d, 164; James A. Boggs, d, 160.
• Justice (to fill vacancy) – T.C. Strangeway, r, 231; Rema Hobbie, D, 107.
• Collector – Isabelle Myers, r, 128; Jennie I. Hoy, d, 233.
• Assessor – W.J. Archibald, r, 228; Harold Campbell, d, 114.
• Assessor (to fill vacancy) – William C. Russell, r, 291.
• Superintendent of Highways – W.G. Coulter, r, 237; Guy Rockafeller, d, 82.
November 13, 1925
• Mrs. Gideon Miller, of Hamden, is visiting in town.
• Bovina real estate transfers recorded are Jennie B. Doig to Lena Doig, $1.
• Harry Frisbee, of Walton, was in town Tuesday in the interest of Farm Bureau.
• The Young Ladies Missionary Society held an all day meeting with Mrs. Alfred Russell on Friday.
• Misses Kate and Freda Muller spent over the wek end with their sister, Mrs. Otis McCumber, at Andes.
• Supervisor Wallace B. Smith is in Delhi this week attending the annual meeting of the board of supervisors.
• The Pickwick farm Lake Delaware, has been sold to John Ballard, of the town of Kortright. This is the former Franklin farm.
• There will be a chicken pie supper in the U.P. church parlors November 27, under the auspices of the Young Ladies Missionary Society.
• About 60 were present at a surprise party given the newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Leon VanDusen last Friday evening. All reported a good time.
• Dr. N.B. Whitcomb, medical missionary to Egypt, who is home on a vacation, will speak at the Thank Offering service at the U.P. church on November 22.
Bovina Man Injured
Thursday forenoon while Sloan Archibald was working on the telephone line in Bovina Center the pole broke and threw him to the ground. It is feared that his hip may be broken.
November 20, 1925
• From a social last Friday night the sum of $23 was realized.
• The Gerry house at Lake Delaware has been closed for the winter.
• Miss Edith Russell is employed in the home of Fletcher Davison.
• Born to Mr. and Mrs. Benson LaFever, November 15, a 5 ¾ pound son – Howard James.
• Mrs. Cora Tripp, of Oneonta, spent over the week end with her sister, Mrs. C.S. Gladstone.
• Robert Forrest and sisters, Misses Mary and Margaret Forrest, from the Little Delaware, were callers in town Monday.
• There was considerable damage done by high water caused by a heavy downpour of rain in the thunder storm Sabbath night.
• In the estate of Frank C. Armstrong late of Bovina, the estimate is $3,200 all of which is given to the son, William Armstrong.
• It is reported that Miss Lena Doig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Doig, and Benj. Schofield, were married November 18.
• Mr. and Mrs. Milton Liddle, and Mr. and Mrs. David Liddle visited the brother of the last named’ William A. Liddle, at Andes on Sabbath.
• The town of Bovina has had the following sums levied against it: Town audits $1,010.36; Library $100; Street Lighting $430; Compensation Insurance $300.
Helda-Hennings
Miss Inez Hennings, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hennings, of Bovina, and Louis Helda, of Brooklyn, were married November 14, by Rev. T.C. Bookhout at Delhi.
Surprise Bovina Newlyweds
A very pleasant evening was spent by the King’s Daughters’ Sabbath School class, their husbands, and many other friends at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Van Dusen on Friday evening. The party numbered over sixty. The class presented Mrs. VanDusen with a beautiful framed picture “Dawn”. The bride was also given by her class a large bride’s cake decorated with orange blossoms and a wedding bell. Underneath the bell on top of the cake reposed a miniature bride and groom. Many other useful and costly gifts were left as a reminder of the occasion with best wishes for a long and happy married life. Mrs. VanDusen was Miss Edith before her recent marriage.
November 27, 1925
• Bovina Center is now lighted by the new electric lights.
• Union Thanksgiving services were held in the R.P. church.
• Norton Forrest and John Robinson have each purchased a truck.
• Dr. Lester Irvine has been in town the past week examining dairies.
• Frank Brown and family, of Delhi, spent the week end at C.S. Gladstones.
• Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Thomson, of New Kingston, attended church here on Sabbath.
• The first entertainment of the Bovina Lecture Course will be held in Hillis’ Hall on November 28.
• Mrs. William Armstrong, who has been ill for several weeks, is now able to sit up for a very short time. [This likely is the former Mary Kaufman. She would survive another four years, dying in December 1929.]
• Mr. and Mrs. Milton Liddle and daughter, Dorothy Bergman, Mr. and Mrs. David Liddle were callers at Alex Anderson’s at Delhi on Sabbath.
• Mr. and Mrs. Thos C. Strangeway and Mr. and Mrs. John Hilson spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dickson on the Little Delaware.
• Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Oliver and family, of Peak’s Brook, Delhi, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oliver and Mrs. James Oliver were Thanksgiving guests of their sister, Mrs. Alfred Russell.
