Here’s what was going on in Bovina 100 years ago this month, as reported in the pages of the Andes Recorder.
January 1, 1926
• Lester Hoy, John McCune and Clarence Becker have recently had radios installed.
• Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Boggs on December 24, a daughter. [This was Grace Edna Boggs, who sadly died just before her fourth birthday in 1929 from a cancerous growth on her neck.]
• Mrs. A.S. Banker and son, Gilbert, spent over the week end with her parents at Pine Hill.
• Miss Maggie Storie has gone to spend the winter with her nephew, Eugene Storie, at Hobart.
• Mrs. Nancy Jane Ackerley, who is a native of Bovina, celebrated her 93rd birthday December 22, at her home in Margaretville. [She was born Nancy Jane McFarland in Roxbury in 1832, the daughter of Robert and Nancy McFarland. She married Jeremiah Ackerly in 1858 in Bovina. He died in 1895. Nancy Jane lived to be almost 100, dying in 1931.]
• Bovina real estate transfers recorded are Samuel McCune and wife to William McCune $400; John McCune and others to Paul Fuhrman and wife $1.
• Mrs. Elizabeth Irvine has received word that her son, Wm H. Irvine, who several weeks ago underwent a serious operation at Rochester , Minn., had arrived at his home in Seattle, Washington, in good physical condition. [William’s surgery involved the removal of a brain tumor. He died in Seattle in 1929 from the effects of the tumor.]
• Some of those here Tuesday for the funeral of R.R. Gladstone were, W.L. Gladstone and family and Robert Foreman and wife, Walton; J.A. Thomson and wife, W.T. Black and wife, Mrs. Milton and daughter, Delhi, and many from Andes.
BOVINA MAN DIES
Robert R. Gladstone Passed Away at His Home Dec. 26
Robert Ray Gladstone died at his home in Bovina Center on Saturday, December 26. He had been in poor health for number of years, but death was due to cancer of the stomach.
Deceased was a son of Robert O. Gladstone and Jane Miller, and was born in the town of Bovina on December 8, 1847. All of his life had been spent in Andes and Bovina. December 23, 1868, he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Thomson and she survives him. He also leaves three brothers, John T. in the state of Washington; Walter L. in Walton; Edward D. in Bovina.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, Rev. F.N. Crawford officiating, and was assisted by Rev. G.A. Forbes. Interment was made in the Bovina Center cemetery.
January 8, 1926
In the town of Bovina during year 1925, there were 14 births, 10 deaths and six marriages. All the deaths were adults and their average age was 70 8/10 years. In 1924, there were 14 births, 12 deaths and 5 marriages. In 1923, there were 19 births, 9 deaths; 3 marriages. In 1922 there were 22 births and only 3 adults died, but there were 6 infants…..
Births
Jan 10, David H. Sliter and wife, son
Mar 14, Wm. J. Storie and wife, son
March 27, Floyd Lewis and wife, son
May 6, Frank Drake and wife, son
May 25, Wm Fuhrman and wife, daut
Jun 4, Frank Schabloski & wife, daut
Jun 21, Robert J. More and wife, daut
Jun 23, Ralph Barnhart and wife, son
Aug 4, Alfred Russell and wife, son
Aug 7, Alex Thomson and wife, daut
Nov 14, Benson LaFever and wife, son
Dec 1, Henry Monroe and wife, daut
Dec 10, Guy Rockefeller & wife, son
Dec 24, James A. Boggs and wife, dau
DEATHS
Feb 6, William T. Russell, 57
Mar 7, Henrietta Worden, 64
Jun 6, Alfred A. Haynes, 71
Jun 7, Mary Lunn Forrest, 68
Jun 21, Margaret S. Burns, 68
Aug 8, Jason McCumber, 72
Sep 29, James E. Hastings, 85
Oct 7, Frances C. Armstrong, 87
Dec 17, Cyrenius John Hoyt, 53
Dec 26, Robert R. Gladstone, 78
MARRIAGES
Feb 22, Robert G. More and Pearl Ackerley
Jun 18, Edwin M. Burgin and Mary Brown
July 2, Kenneth Kaufman and Edna Russell
Oct 31, Leon Van Dusen and Edith M. Liddle
Nov 14, Louie Helda and Inez Heannings
Nov 18, Benj Scofield and Lena Doig
Married 60 Years
Mr. and Mrs. Thos R. Boggs of Bovina have Family Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Boggs, of upper Bovina, celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage on December 25, 1925, with a real family reunion and an old-fashioned turkey dinner. The five children were all present as well as twelve of the fifteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. The children are Mrs. Thos Ormiston and Mrs. William T. Miller, of Bovina Center, Mrs. Robert Foreman, of Walton, James Boggs, of Bovina, and Miss Callie Boggs, who lives with her parents. [Thomas Boggs would die in September 1926. His wife, the former Jane Archibald, died in 1930.]
Minor matters
• Mrs. Milton Stratton is visiting her sister at Scranton, Penn.
• Gilbert Banker and Miss Mary Glastone were at Andes on Saturday.
• W.D. Ceas, the Bloomville cattle dealer, was in town the first of the week.
• During the year 1925, Town Clerk David G. Currie issued 75 resident hunting licenses, 1 non-resident hunting license, and 1 non-resident fishing license.
• Charles Thomson of Katonah, NY and his sister, Mrs. Martha Dayton of Peekskill, NY were here last week to attend the funeral of their uncle, Robert R. Gladstone.
• Millard Hafele, son of Joshua P. Hafele, formerly of this town, was married to Madeline Hartman, of Wilkes-Barre, Penn, December 31. He is salesman for Carr Biscuit Co.
Notice-The annual meeting of the Bovina Co-operative Fire Insurance Company will be held in Hillis’ Hall on Tuesday, January 12, 1926, at 1 o’clock p.m. for the purpose of electing three directors and transacting any other business that may come before the meeting. J.W. Thomson, Sec. [Hillis’ Hall was formerly known as Strangeway’s Hall. It is now owned by Tom Hetterich.]
January 15, 1926
• Communion services were held last Sabbath at the U.P. church.
• Mr. and Mrs. George Russell were callers on Andes relatives Saturday.
• Mrs. William Armstrong, who has been ill for several months, is gaining slowly.
• Bovina real estate transfers recorded are James C. Mabon and wife to James C. Mabon jr. $1.
• Mrs. Elizabeth Irvine spent the past week with her son, Dr. Lester Irvine, at Delhi.
• Mrs. Marshall [Helen] Thomson, from Long Island, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Blair.
• William C. Russell has been called to the home of his sisters again in Southern Bovina on account of the illness of his sister, Mary.
• On account of the absence of the pastor, Rev. A.W. Thomson, there will be no preaching in the R.P. church during the remainder of January.
• The Womans Missionary Society met with Mrs. John McCune Thursday and the Young Woman’s Missionary Society met with Mrs. Cecil Russell the same day.
BOVINA FIRE INS. GO FOR 1925
Report Shows Losses for Year was on $211.50. Directors Elected.
The report of the Bovina Co-Operative Fire Insurance Company shows that during the year 1925, the losses by fire and lightning amounted to only $211.50. The Chase fire occurred in 1924, but loss was not paid until 1925. Below is the report:-
Polices in force Jan. 1925 – 217
Policies written during year – 44
Policies in force Jan 1 1926 – 203
Property insured Jan. 1, 1925 - $778,753
Property insured during year – 164,989
Insurance in force Jan 1, 1925 – 750,835
LOSSES
Eugene Chase, barn 1924, $3,250.00
James C. Mabon, 3 cows, $150.00
C.R. McFarland, 1 pull, $50.00
Henry Hennings, damage to house by fire - $11.50
Total losses - $3,461.50
Tuesday at the annual meeting the following directors were elected: Charles F. McPhersopn, John W. Storie, Fred J. Henderson. At a meeting of the directors the following officers were elected: Thomas C. Strangeway, president; William J. Storie, vice president; James W. Thomson, secretary; Harvey C. Burgin, treasurer.
Warning – Please take notice that the gates and locks at Tunis Lake Camp have been forcibly broken into. These gates are being repaired and new locks put on. Anyone trying to force their way or caught passing on these roads will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Directors Tunis Lake Camp, Inc.
January 22, 1926
• Mrs. Douglas Davidson spent last week with Delhi friends. [Mrs. Davidson was the mother of former Bovina historian Fletcher Davidson.]
• Born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kaufman, January 16, a son. [The son was named Everett William Kaufman.]
• Alex Thomson has had a radio installed at his farm residence in upper Bovina.
• The Willing Workers held an all-day meeting Thursday with Mrs. Ray Thomson.
• Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Raitt and daughter, Mary, of Andes, were callers here Saturday.
• Ellsworth Tuttle has been suffering from a very bad hand, caused by getting a thorn in it.
• Sloan Archibald, who broke his hip some time ago, is now able to be brought down stairs.
• Mrs. Lucy Coulter returned home on Saturday from James Boggs’ where she has been nursing.
• Mr. and Mrs. Homer Burgin went to New York last week where Mr. Burgin had an operation for hernia.
• John Northrup, who had an operation at Delhi several weeks ago, returned to his home last week.
• It is reported that the Trustees of the United Presbyterian church will wire the parsonage for lights.
• A game of basket ball between Bovina and Delhi resulted in favor of Bovina by a score of 25 to 18.
• Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dickson, from the Little Delaware, spent Saturday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos C Strangeway. [Mrs. Dickson was the former Margaret Bell Strangeway, who was Frank’s second wife and the mother of his children. Mrs. Thomas Strangewway was the former Margaret Doig.]
• Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Thomson and Mr. and Mrs. William Putter, of Hobart, spent last Thursday with Bovina relatives.
• Kestor Signor, well known here, who last fall had his leg broken at Downsville, had the cast removed from his leg last week.
• The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Thomson made them a surprise party last Friday night on the 10th anniversary of their marriage. [Ray Thomson was married to Ruth M. Joslin in 1916 in Delancey. Ray was an adopted son, born in Bovina to Cora J. Thomson. Ruth was born in Bloomville. Ray died in Sidney in 1975 after spending a number of years in the Unadilla area. It appears the couple may have separated – by 1940, Mrs. Thomson was working at the county poor house in Delhi.]
• Mrs. Fred Thomson and Mrs. Geo Russell attended a home bureau meeting last Thursday at George Hughes on the Little Delaware. [Mrs. Thomson was the former Janet Oliver. Mrs. Russell may be the former Jennie Elizabeth Miller, who was widowed in 1920.]
• William F. Mason, superintendent of “Aknusti” the summer home of Robert Gerry in southern Bovina, is on a business trip to New York.
Enrollment of voters in Bovina – 379 total; 94 Dem; 263 Rep; 1 Soc
January 29, 1926
• David Liddle had a valuable cow die last week.
• David Hoy and Clarence Becker were Delhi callers Tuesday.
• Supervisor W.J. Storie was at the County Seat on business errands on Tuesday.
• Ray Thomson, who was operated upon on Sabbath for appendicitis, is doing nicely.
• Mrs. Andrew T. Doig has gone to Walton to spend some time with her brother, E.F. Thomson.
• The Willing Workers have assumed the expense of wiring the United Presbyterian church for electric lights.
• Ralph Hillis, who now has a garage in the former Strangeway store, is having the floor lowered to the street level.
• Charles Thomson, of Katonah, and Mrs. Martha Dayton, of Peekskill, are visiting their father, Jas W. Thomson.
• Bovina real estate transfers recorded are Dry Milk Company to Daniel Franklin $1; Daniel Franklin and wife to Bovina Center Co-Op Creamery Inc, $100.
• Mrs. Silas Rockefeller died Saturday, January 23, at the home of her son, Guy Rockefeller on the former E.C. Dean farm. The funeral was held on Tuesday with interment in the Bovina Center cemetery. [Mrs. Rockefeller was the former Agnes D. Corbin. She was born in 1854.]
Bovina Center Creamery
Annual Meeting Held Tuesday – Company Now Free of Depot
From our Bovina Correspondent
The Annual meeting of the Bovina Center Co-Operative Creamery Company was held Tuesday. The creamery has the Dry Milk plant paid for and is free of debt. For the year just closed the company paid its patrons a bonus of 16 cents her hundred on their milk… The directors elected are Frank Miller, Fred Henderson, Fred Bramley, Frank Coulter and Adam Laidlaw. The officers are Frank Miller president and manager; Fred Henderson, secretary and treasurer.
