HOMETOWN HISTORY, June 27, 2014
125 Years Ago
There was a good attendance of the leading taxpayers of the village at a meeting of the Board of Trustees on Tuesday evening, when a petition asking that a wooden block pavement be laid in Oneonta was presented. Several gentlemen present spoke in favor of the adoption of wood pavement. A committee composed of T.W. Stevens, D.F. Wilber, G.R. Shearer, A.C. Moody, and Albert Morris was appointed to investigate as to the pavements in use in various cities and report to the Board of Trustees, who would adopt the pavement recommended by the committee.
June 1889
100 Years Ago
For some time the company which has in charge the many improvements to the Case property has been making extensive repairs to the building at 11-13 Dietz Street, and particularly to that portion formerly occupied as offices by Dr. Meigs Case. These repairs are now practically completed and a store will be opened therein on Wednesday, July 1. The proprietor of the new enterprise is Lynn Collins, who for the past eight years has been employed in the grocery department of the Oneonta Department Store, and for the past four as manager. He will put in a line of groceries and will also carry a full stock of the Russell-Spaulding bake stuffs and the O-K ice cream from Binghamton.
June 1914
80 Years Ago
Five persons were shaken up and one cut above the right eye when the car in which they were riding went out of control and crashed down an embankment between Wells and Rose avenues, landing in the middle of three D&H tracks about 9 o’clock last night. With a train due there in five minutes, city and railroad police, assisted by volunteers, made quick work of moving the automobile. Mrs. Claire Harmon, wife of Milton Harmon of 3 Stapleton Avenue was the driver. She was issued a summons by Patrolmen Rivera Still and Robert Simmons, shortly after the accident on a charge of driving without a license.
June 1934
60 Years Ago
Military manpower – Continuing international tensions, highlighted at the moment by the possibility of involvement in the war in Indo-China, have underlined the need of the United States to develop more satisfactory means of building an adequate reserve of trained military manpower. At the same time, it has taken account of the fact that the armed forces must be prepared, not only to carry out massive retaliation in a global war, but also to wage the kind of limited warfare in which ground forces are all-important.
June 1954
30 Years Ago
Kevin Johnson, a city tavern owner, said that after he heard about the plans for an alcohol-free party for the seniors, he decided it was a perfect opportunity for the newly formed Otsego County Liquor Dealers Association to help out. The party, which attracted 118 of Oneonta High School’s 168 seniors early Saturday morning, was organized to prevent an automobile accident which often follows drinking parties on prom night. Johnson, along with two other tavern owners, set up a non-alcoholic bar for the seniors who arrived at the YMCA where the party was held.
June 1984
20 Years Ago
The State University College at Oneonta has received a $700,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to help students develop a stronger sense of social responsibility. The four-year grant is the largest grant SUNY has ever received from a private foundation. With the grant the college will establish a Center for Social Responsibility and Community to coordinate volunteer, internship, service and philanthropic experiences for students.
June 1994
10 Years Ago
A judge was asked Thursday to invalidate about 180 gay marriages performed in New Paltz this year and to enjoin any New Paltz village official from performing more same-sex unions. The lawsuit was filed by the Liberty Counsel, a conservative legal group that is challenging the legality of same-sex weddings performed by New Paltz Mayor Jason West.
June 2004