Bound Volumes

November 16, 2023

110 YEARS AGO

Over 800 relics of Indian times have been presented to the museum at the Village Club by Dr. James C. Ferguson of St. Paul, Minnesota, a former resident of Cooperstown. The specimens are now being catalogued by Manager George N. Smith and will soon be on exhibition. Three hundred of the specimens were picked up along the Susquehanna River and the shores of Otsego Lake. Many of the remaining relics were found near Ontario, Canada, at Chickamunga Park, Tennessee, and at Richfield Springs. Several spear heads were found in the collection as are some of the copper arrowheads. Also found in the collection are beads used in barter and as ornaments of dress, as well as bone awls with which the Indians bored holes, and a number of bone drills which are in an excellent state of preservation.

November 12, 1913

85 YEARS AGO

The Board of Trustees of Cooperstown, by unanimous action, has leased to the New York State Historical Association the building known as the Village Club & Library. Immediate possession will be given, subject to commitments with groups already occupying the quarters. The lease was signed by Cooperstown Mayor Theodore R. Lettis and clerk John J. O’Connell on behalf of the village. Signing for the historical association was Dixon Ryan Fox, President of Union College who is also president of the association and Frederick B. Richards of Glens Falls, secretary of the association. The office of Dr. Edward P. Alexander, director of the association, will be sited in the new quarters. Dr. Alexander will edit the association’s quarterly magazine “New York State History” which goes out to the association’s 2,000 members.

November 9 & 16, 1938

60 YEARS AGO

Members of the Church & Scott softball team in Cooperstown had the unique distinction of having their team photograph published in the “American Druggist” magazine in the October 14 edition. The Church & Scott team, which won the league trophy this year, was made up of young Cooperstown men who were home from college for the summer. The roster included Theodore P. Feury, Jr., James Schaeffer, John Schaeffer, Les Grigsby, Tom Weeks, Don Wertheim, Robert Winne, James Moyer, Don Rogers, and Joe Polulech. The team was managed by William S. Adsit, treasurer of the firm. Mr. Adsit is a pharmacist as is Albert J. Meehan, the team sponsor and president of the firm.

November 13, 1963

35 YEARS AGO

The Biblical parable of Lazarus and the rich man will be enacted with music and puppets at 4 p.m., Sunday, November 20, at the Cooperstown Presbyterian Church. Written by Joel Underwood for Bread for the World, the presentation represents a community-wide expression and concern for world hunger. The public is invited. Children will be admitted free. Adult donations are requested. Proceeds will be divided between the Cooperstown Inter-Church Food Bank and Bread for the World. Lazarus is directed by Katie Boardman with solo parts sung by Hetty Adams, Bob Birch, Melissa Raddatz, and Karen Schlather.

November 16, 1988

20 YEARS AGO

Since 1983, Kathryn “Katie” Boardman has been at the helm of the First Presbyterian church’s musical offerings. That commitment will be celebrated this Sunday with a program of workshops and a special worship service called “Giving Thanks with Church Arts.” “I can’t believe it’s been 20 years already,” Boardman said on Wednesday. “I don’t get it. How did that happen? We were just getting started.”

November 14, 2003