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50th WINTER CARNIVAL •  WEEKEND II

Soup, Chili Inaugurate

2nd Carnival Weekend

For a 23rd year, Dick Sliter is stirring the pot at the Soup & Chili Luncheon underway until 2 p.m. at the Cooperstown Baptist Church on Elm Street.  The event launches the second weekend of the 50th Anniversary Winter Carnival.  In the background, Marge Schellhammer is sorting desserts.  Sliter just finished a stint as the church’s interim pastor with the arrival of the Rev. Joseph Perdue, who succeeded Rev. Douglas Deer, who retired in 2014. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

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