Hometown History Jan 25-2019 150 Years Ago Excerpts from a “Letter of Remembrance” addressed to the editor from Benj. Shove, a former resident of Oneonta: “At the age of eight years I became a resident of Oneonta by the removal of my father with his family to a farm on Oneonta Creek, about two miles from the village. In that and adjacent neighborhoods the most of my boyhood was spent. Oneonta is not only endeared to me as the…
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Big Yankee, Plus Halladay, 2 More Could Draw Biggest Crowd, Katz Says Rivera Only Inductee To Win 100% Backing BY LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN – Jeff Katz thinks that this will be a record-breaking year in Cooperstown.“With Mariano Rivera getting in, I think it’s very likely we’ll break the all-time attendance record,” he said. Rivera, a career Yankees pitcher, was the first to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame unanimously by the 425 ballots cast by the Baseball Writers…
BOUND VOLUMES Jan 25-2019 200 YEARS AGO To The Public – The subscriber thinks it his duty to inform the public that he has found his absent daughter in Cherry Valley in a comfortable and respectable situation on the 22nd inst. Those kind citizens who have assisted in the discovery, will be pleased to accept my warmest thanks. John Cockett, Hartwick, January 23, 1819. The Electors of the Town of Otsego are requested to meet at the house of Luther…
She Happens On Oneonta, And Discovers Home Moving Here From Rochester, Merchant Finds She’s Related To Early Pioneers, Many Others By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA – When Jill Morgan-Meek first moved to Oneonta from Rochester, she would often drive down Lower Cross Road. “It relaxed me,” she said. “I was lonely, I didn’t know anybody here, but I always felt compelled to drive down that road.”…
WHEN IN COOPERSTOWN & CITY OF THE HILLS Plot Undone To Set Bomb In Islamberg Four young men in the Rochester suburb of Greece were arrested this week after police learned that they were allegedly planning to bomb Islamberg, the small Muslim community in…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Jan. 24-25, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE So Long, Winter Storm Harper Rivera Only Inductee Elected By 100% Hartwick Offers First Master’s Degree Many Dangers Found At Oneonta Hotel Hazzard Leaves Cooperstown Chamber Under Attack? Avoid, Deny, Defend Plot Undone To Set Bomb In Islamberg EDITORIAL Thrice Struck Down By Misfortune, Rob RobinsonRose To Inspire Others COLUMNS Worried About Global Warming? DON’T Buy An Electric Vehicle With Hotel…
IN MEMORIAM: Howard Coons, 92; WWII Veteran, Spent Career At USPS ONEONTA – Howard Coons, 92, a career Postal Service employee at the Oneonta Post Office, passed away peacefully at Fox Nursing Home on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. He was born in 1926 in Stamford, son of Howard and Mabel Dowell Coons. He lived most of his life in Oneonta, graduating from Oneonta High School. He served in the Navy and was stationed in the Philippines during World War II.…
IN MEMORIAM: Doris L. Beers, 89; Lived In Hinman Hollow Since 1946 MILFORD – Doris L. Beers, 89, of Hinman Hollow, passed away peacefully Jan. 3, 2019, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing. The daughter of Warren H. and Janette (Augur) Lyon, Doris was born June 4, 1929, in Oneonta. She attended the Oneonta schools until 1946 when her family moved to the family farm in Hinman Hollow. She would graduate from Milford Central School in 1947.…
IN MEMORIAM: Charles G. Green, 77; Plumber, 17-Year Custodian At CCS COOPERSTOWN – Charles “Charlie” G. Green, 77, passed away surrounded by his family Saturday morning, Jan. 19, 2019, at Bassett Hospital following a brief but bravely fought battle with cancer. He was born Charles George Green on Aug. 13, 1941, in Yonkers, a son of Harry Albert Green, Jr. and Lena Krisch Green. As a young child, Charlie and his family moved from Yonkers to Fly Creek and lived…
IN MEMORIAM: Mary Ellen Bellows, 92; Worked At Palace Theatre, Scintilla In WWII MORRIS – Mary Ellen (Taber) Bellows, 92, passed away on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 at Centers Cooperstown nursing home. Ellen was born in Herkimer, the daughter of Harry and Genevieve (Strong) Taber. She graduated from Oneonta High School and worked at the Palace Theatre in Oneonta as an assistant cashier and usherette. She worked in Scintilla in Sidney as a coil winder during World War II and…
