August 6, 1926
• Mrs. Georgia More, of Stamford, is a guest at Harry Robinson’s.
• Mr. and Mrs. James A. Gow spent last week with their two sons in Endicott.
• Mrs. Charles Wingard, of Scranton, Penn., is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Milton Stratton.
• Ralph Tuttle, son of Ellsworth Tuttle in Tuttle Hollow, had his hand severely torn by a horse jerking the chain halter shank thru it.
• E.M. Lyon, who works on the town highways, had a bolt driven thru his arm last week. He was dumping a load of stones from a Ford truck, when it came down on his arm.
• The newly elected officers of the Lake Delaware community Club are George Bye, president; Frank Graham, vice president; James Patterson, treasurer; Mrs. James Patterson, secretary.
• We understand that Mr. Cobbe, of Walton, has taken the contract to erect a new barn on the S.G. Bramley farm to replace the one burned July 23. It is stated that the building is to be up in a month.
August 13, 1926
• Ledger Myers is visiting relatives at Binghamton.
• Mrs. Addie Cowan is moving to her house in the village.
• Harold Kern, of Buffalo, is a guest at the Dickson home.
• Mrs. Ruland, of Jefferson, has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Barnhart.
• Charles Hobbie, of Binghamton, has been visiting his sister, Mrs. William Archibald.
• Mrs. Bertha Stewart and children, of Long Island, is visiting her father, A.B. Phyfe.
• James Hilson and John Armstrong went to Cortland last Thursday after a part for Hilson Bros. truck.
• Rev. W.L. C. Samson, a former pastor of the U.P. church, has arrived in town to spend his vacation.
• Mrs. Craig will open a blacksmith shop here. He will move his family to rooms in William Boggs’ house.
• Dr. Jardine Hafele and family, from Canada, have been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hafele.
• William Aitkens and wife, of Elmhurst, Long Island, are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Aitkens.
• Miss Ruth Coulter and Miss Elizabeth Strangeway arrived home Saturday from their trip to Seattle, Washington.
• William Gordon and Lauren Dickson started Wednesday on a business trip to Florida. They make the trip by auto.
Native of Bovina. E.C. Dean Passed Away at Delhi on August 8, aged 71
Edward C. Dean, of Delhi, died of paralysis early Sabbath morning, August 8. Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon. Interment was in Bovina beside the body of his wife, who died about 10 years ago.
Mr. Dean was born in Bovina 71 years ago, the son of John and Elizabeth (Johnson) Dean and spent his early life in the township. He was at one time supervisor from the town. About 33 years ago he moved to Delhi and engaged with his brother-in-law, the late William H. Bramley, in the coal and feed business, the firm name being Dean & Bramley. Mr. Dean was formerly prominent in the affairs of the Methodist Episcopal church, but later changed his membership to the Second Presbyterian.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Harper, and two grandsons.
Coulter Reunion
The eight annual reunion of the descendants of Francis and Nancy Coulter will be held at D.W. Coulter’s in Walton, Wednesday, August 18, 1926. Each family please bring sandwiches and one other article, also dishes for family. Ruth Coulter, Sec.
August 20, 1926
• Miss Caroline Dickson is home from Ithaca.
• Miss Shirley Miller, of Walton, is visiting relatives in town.
• Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Filkins and Miss Stevens, of Syracuse, spent over Wednesday night in town.
• John Grieg, the new blacksmith, moved his family from Chatham this week to W.S. Boggs’ house.
• Mrs. Alex Hilson and daughter, Miss Jane, arrived home from their western trip of five weeks on Monday.
• A good many went to Walton on Wednesday to attend the Coulter reunion. Over one hundred were present.
• The Bovina town picnic will be held Thursday, August 26. The Andes Band will furnish music. There will be a parade.
• Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Archibald, who have been attending summer school at the Albany Normal College, arrived home Saturday.
• The Graham reunion was held at the home of Harry Robinson on Wednesday. In spite of the rain there was a good attendance.
• Emory Wilber and Mr. and Mrs. John Nichol, and Miss Jennie Taylor of Worcester, spent the first of the week with Mrs. John Thomson.
August 27, 1926
• Mrs. M.M. Boggs, of Albany, is visiting relatives in town.
• John Doig, of Delhi, is visiting his sister, Mrs. T.C. Strangeway. [Mrs. Strangeway was the former Margaret Jane Doig. John and Margaret were children of Walter A. Doig and Margaret Armstrong. John died in 1933 and Margaret in 1936.]
• Misses Rose DeSilva and Evelyn Liddle had their tonsils removed last week at Delhi.
• Bovina real estate transfers recorded are Executor of Adelbert W. Baker to Federal Land Bank of Springfield, $50.
• James Frisbee and daughter, Miss Jennie, and Miss Sarah McMullin, of Delhi, were callers in town Wednesday.
• Mr. and Mrs. Frank Myers and his sister, Mrs. William Thomson, from Endicott, visited their parents over Sabbath.
• Rev. W.L.C. Samson preached in the U.P. church Sabbath evening. He returned to his home in Pittsburg this week.
• Mrs. H.B. Schloss and three children, of Walton, have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Smith in upper Bovina. [Mrs. Schloss was the former Helen Smith. Her parents were Wallace and Hattie (Redmond) Smith. She was married in 1921 to Horace Schloss. Helen died in 1990.]
• William Gavett, of Delhi, was severely scalded by steam Tuesday while employed at the Bovina Center Co-operative Creamery.
• Miss Lulu Hastings, daughter of Elmer Hastings, was married in New York City on August 25. The groom is from Saranac Lake. [Lulu married H. Putnam Fischer. She was widowed in 1933. For several years, she was the director of Nursing at Homer Folks hospital in Oneonta. She died in Saranac Lake in 1968.]
• Mrs. Charles Scovel and two children, of Long Island, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Decker. Mrs. Scovel and daughter were taken ill a few days after their arrival. One doctor says it is measles and another insists that it is scarlet fever. The little son of Arthur Decker has now taken the disease.
Taken to Hospital
Mrs. Alonzo Tuttle, of Lake Delaware, who has been in declining health for the past two years, was taken to the State Hospital at Binghamton recently for treatment. [Mrs. Tuttle was the former Martha Jane Redmond. She died in March 1927.]
