Bound Volumes
October 24, 2024
210 YEARS AGO
About 300 Negroes from the Chesapeake, arrived at Halifax on the 2nd ult. In an emaciated condition—30 had died on the passage, and four expired on the quay, at landing them. Among them were many women and children, one man 70 years old and blind. Nine hundred more were expected. Those able to work had been sent to the work house. The people (of Halifax) were dissatisfied with the encumbrance.
October 27, 1814
85 YEARS AGO
It is four straight this year without a loss for the Cooperstown High School football team with two games to go. The Redskins kept their record unblemished Saturday afternoon by downing the West Winfield eleven, 13 to 7, after having defeated New Hartford, Oxford, and Walton. Saturday’s contest was no breather. West Winfield put one of its best teams on the field this year. Cooperstown took a 7 to 0 lead in the second period on a long pass and four line bucks from the two-yard line. The visitors countered with a 93-yard run back of the opening kickoff of the second half for the tying touchdown and extra point. Then, with the ball on the Winfield 45-yard line, Walt Eggleston tossed a 20-yard pass to Jim Callahan and Callahan made it to the two-yard stripe. It took four tries to get the final two yards.
October 25, 1939
60 YEARS AGO
Nearly 150 boys, ages 8 to 13, took part in Cooperstown’s annual Punt, Pass and Kick contest Saturday at Doubleday Field. The contest was sponsored by Smith Ford of Cooperstown under the direction of Lester G. Bursey, director of athletics at Cooperstown Central School. Mike Weir put together a whopping total of 380 feet on a 119-foot punt, a 138-foot pass, and a 123-foot place-kick, to win the event for boys in the 13-year-old bracket, his second win in the competition. Frank Hill became a three-time winner in the nine-year-old bracket with a total of 211 feet. John Hendricks, competing for the first time won the eight-year-old bracket with total of 200 feet. Other participants included Andrew Armstrong (222 feet—12-year-olds) and Bruce Buffett (223 feet—11-year-olds); and Danforth DeSena (192 feet—10-year-olds).
October 21, 1964
35 YEARS AGO
The Cooperstown Girls Varsity Soccer team members are: Daphne Monie, Jennifer Arquin, Courtney Slater, Teresa Jennings, Carolyn Murphy, Yael Levy, Carrie Allison, Christy Horner, Rebecca Utter, Katy Dietz (Coach), Kristina Ives, Tasha Rathbone, Megan Donnelly, Beth Sywetz, Wendy Mitteager, Elizabeth Tedesco, Lisa Brunner, Kristen Murphy, Brian Horner and Tim DeRosa (Managers).
The Cooperstown Boys Varsity Soccer Team members are: Matt Spencer, Mike Crampton, Ken Fetterman, Dan McCormack, Aaron Corso, Ben Savoie, Jeff Stevens, Matt Washburn, Tim Osterhoudt, Patrick Streck, Marty Smith, Patrick Donnelly, Brendan Miosek, Matt Kelly, John Selover, Ian Porto, Ilan Levy, Alan Lewis, Scott Waller and Jeff Ainslie.
October 18, 1989
20 YEARS AGO
Carl D. Stearns of Crawford & Stearns, an architecture and preservation planning firm based in Syracuse, visited Cooperstown last April. Stearns came to assess the condition of the Village Library at 22 Main Street. Stearns is now back in Cooperstown with a 56-page report detailing $282,000 worth of restoration and repairs needed at the building. The single biggest ticket items are the six historic skylight windows in the upper story. Stearns recommends rehabilitation for five of the six windows at a cost of $85,000. The sixth skylight, which lies above the main stairwell in the building’s northeast corner, has been covered and Stearns recommends that it be removed.
October 22, 2004