Bound Volumes

November 14, 2024

160 YEARS AGO

Re-Election of Mr. Lincoln—It is probable that Mr. Lincoln—denounced by leading members of his own party as “a failure,” truly respected by but few of them, re-nominated by a convention made up largely of office-holders and contractors—has been re-elected to the Presidency of our dissevered and unhappy Republic. We esteem this a misfortune, which might have been prevented by wise action on the part of the Chicago Convention. The destinies of the country are to remain in the hands of incompetent men—who have mismanaged the war and the finances, and have shown contempt of constitutional restrictions—for another four years. Looking back upon the past, who would wish to penetrate the future and reveal the events of the next Presidential term? A prompt and radical change of policy can alone save our country from worse evils than those through which we have already passed. Dare we hope for that change—ardently desired by all conservative men?

November 11, 1864

110 YEARS AGO

In Our Town—Robert Caney, manager of the Cooperstown High School basketball team and Walter L’Homadieu, manager of the Cooperstown Leatherstockings, appeared before the village trustees at the regular monthly meeting Monday evening and asked to have the privilege of renting the Village Hall at $7 per game, and at the same time to have the use of the hall one evening each week for each team for practice work. The request was granted.

November 11, 1914

85 YEARS AGO

The members of Cooperstown High School’s undefeated, untied football team are: Ricks Littell, James Letttis, Dorrence Weir, Captain James Callahan, Richard Deakin, Vito Pugliese, Walter Eggleston, George Gilmore, Robert Peaslee, Glenn Weir, Winsor Simmons, Martin Moakler, Charles Root, Roger Davidson, Francis Thompson, Forrest Cooper, Bruce Clark, Charles Wells, Geary Wilmot, George Turner, Clark Simmons, Charles Schader, Stephen Lynch, Theodore Czech, Douglas Lindsay, Jack Minnick, Robert Lettis, Charles Stewart, Arthur Peevers, and Charles Newell.

November 15, 1939

60 YEARS AGO

Mike Weir, 13, of Cooperstown, has been named one of the six District winners in the national Punt, Pass & Kick competition, co-sponsored by Ford Dealers and the National Football League. Michael’s sponsoring dealer, Smith Ford of Cooperstown, reported that a handsome Punt, Pass & Kick trophy will be presented to Mike Weir before this week is up. The coveted honor indicates that young Weir is very much in contention for area and national awards which are to be determined.

November 11, 1964

20 YEARS AGO

Since his days performing high school concerts with “Freeze That Yak,” Aaron Stayman has been headed toward a milestone he recently achieved with the release of his first album of original songs. Stayman, the son of Webster and Helen Stayman of Hartwick, graduated from Cooperstown Central School in 1994 and matriculated at Amherst College in Massachusetts. While there, he played his guitar in a number of small jazz ensembles, hearkening back to his days with the Cooperstown-based fusion group “Larry Mondello.” In his junior year at Amherst, Stayman studied classical guitar in St. Petersburg, Russia. After graduation, Stayman enrolled as a Peace Corps volunteer and went to Armenia where he developed a close friendship with singer/songwriter Gor Mikhitarian, a collaboration that led directly to Stayman’s recent release “Human Condition.”

November 12, 2004