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August 2, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 Editor Hones of the Roscoe Review has recently been elected president of the New York State Editorial Association. Several detectives attached to the central office of … more
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Miss Janet’s graduates of ‘62: Thanks to Jim Schultz for another look at Miss Janet’s Nursery School’s first graduation ceremony. Miss Janet’s school operated for three decades, schooling hundreds of pupils over the years. Janet Sausmikat Doetsch operated the preschool, first located down the River Road and later along Route 97. The first graduating class included, front row, from left: Barbara Mills Fancker, Holly Curtis Perdan, Susanne Ziegler, and Douglas Doetsch. Second row, from the left, are Teresa Tenbus McBeath, Linda Leewe Kitson, and James Schultz. Third row, from the left, are Terri Moran Kuhn, Thomas Meyer, Lori Whitmore and Joan Chesnick. Eric Meyer can just be seen in the background (behind his brother Thomas). But who is the littlest one, barely visible in the greenery at right?
July 26, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 On Wednesday one of the worst storms we have had visited this section, accompanied by severe thunder and lightning. Long Bros. boarding house in Beechwoods was struck and one … more
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Callicoon Kiwanis celebrated: This photo dates back to September 15, 1986 and shows the Callicoon Kiwanis Club at its Annual Divisional Steak Bake meeting at the Delaware Youth Center, in Callicoon. The Callicoon Kiwanis were also celebrating their 40th Anniversary as a club that year. Callicoon Kiwanians were, front row, from the left, Robert Inteman, Audley Dorrer, Kiwanis President Ed Sykes, unknown and Charles Mills. Standing, from the left, are, Willard “Bud” Slausenberg, Howard Stewart, Matthew “Joe” Freda, unknown, Ed Lohr, Donald Molusky and Ron Gorr. If anyone knows the unnamed members please call Ruth at 845-887-5200. The Callicoon Kiwanis Club will be celebrating its 76th Anniversary this year.
July 19, 2022 Edition
140 Years Ago - 1882 One of the lady boarders at the summer hotel at Guymard’s took a dram and a  half of Fowler’s solution by mistake last Sunday. Dr. Cuddeback of Port Jervis … more
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Who was the bridal couple? The reverse of this Hillig photo was inscribed “Mrs. Matilda Wells,” nothing more. The archive of the Liberty Register, accessed through the Liberty Library website, reveals that Mrs. Wells was married in 1897 to Dr. Stephen W. Wells, then on the medical staff of Loomis Sanatorium. Shortly afterward they moved to the village of Liberty where Dr. Wells set up his private practice, and the Wellses raised three sons, one of whom was later elected to serve as town clerk. Matilda Wells was active in the American Legion Auxiliary and the S.P.C.A. and likely knew many people. Whose wedding this was is uncertain, but it is certainly one of the biggest wedding gatherings we have ever seen photographed on a porch.
July 12, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 Saturday afternoon, during the heavy thunderstorm, lightning struck the chimney of Jacob Dreher’s house in the Beechwoods, and nearly killed two little girls, Louisa … more
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Union Park was a local hot-spot Many church picnics and clam bakes were scheduled at a new park by the Masonic Hall in Jeffersonville, according to the Sullivan County Record, July 1891. Andrew Bietz’s Union Park was well-located for a community eager to have a good time outdoors. Music was provided by the Jeffersonville Band, and the crowd was sure to increase in the evenings once the farmers had finished the haying and other chores. In the park, the Record says, “electricity is not employed as the lighting power, but on such an occasion as this there are generally enough ‘sparks’ and auburn-haired girls around to fill the vacancy left by kerosene torches.” Willow Grove in Callicoon, Kohler’s Grove in Beechwoods, and Inderlied’s Grove in Youngsville (among others) offered alternate choices for entertainment in the warmer months.
July 5, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 The safe in the post office of South Fallsburg was blown some time during last Tuesday night by yeggmen and over $2,000 in money and stamps was secured. There is no trace of … more
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School is out! Local area high school grads should look for our special 2022 graduation issue of the Democrat, Friday, July 1. Philip Kautz of Milford, Pa. shared this postcard of the “lower school house” in Jeffersonville, now a family residence, according to a description on the reverse of the card dated 1941.
June 28, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 At the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Bauernfeind of the Beechwoods Wednesday evening, their eldest daughter, Ruth, was united in marriage with Ralph Harold Myers, son of Mr. and … more
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Stone cottage a part of historic ‘farm’: There have been a few stone dwellings in the county’s history, and only a few remain standing. We aren’t aware of the current status of the cottage pictured here, but we do know that James Wood of Philadelphia, Pa. settled near Round Pond near Roscoe around 1893, with intention to build on a summer resort there named Lake Wood. It was said that Wood “spent a large amount of money in building a large house, several cottages, etc.” He even considered raising Shetland ponies there. That first resort is said to have burned in 1897, and was rebuilt into a major property, and burned again in the 1930s. By 1944, the sale of Lake Florence (better known as Lakewood Farms), containing a private lake and golf course, was made to Lewis E. Wolff and Samuel Levenstein of Brooklyn, beginning a new era for the spot between Tenannah Lake and Roscoe. The mounting block from the hotel, which was used to alight from and to coaches, was removed from its resting spot in 2016 and installed outside the Roscoe Public Library by a number of volunteers. It can be seen to this day in Roscoe, with “LAKEWOOD FARM” still etched on the stone.
June 21 , 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 During the heavy storm last Tuesday afternoon, a small-sized cyclone swept through Beechwoods, ruining orchards and damaging trees that were in its course of destruction. … more
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Jeff-Youngsville faculty starting line-up: This photo dates back to the early 1970s when many schools raised money through charity basketball games. The faculty team looked to be a formidable group at Jeff-Y with the players ready to go. From the left are Bob Breffle, Jeff Clewell, Ross Dimler, Bob Lynch, Jerry Davitt, Jim Scheutzow and Paul Zintel. With so many coaches on the team, we only wonder who was calling the plays.
June 14, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 At a meeting of the Delaware town board at Kenoza Lake last Tuesday, it was voted to give the contract for lighting the streets of Callicoon to the Busy Bee Club, whose bid of … more
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Union School among ‘cool’ photos: This image was printed from a 4-inch by 5-inch glass plate negative found in a shed in Callicoon in 1981. Along with about 100 other plates, it had been stored in a suitcase that had deteriorated and that fell apart when moved. Despite the rough storage conditions, and although a few plates broke in the moving process, most of the images survived. One of the people who discovered them, Lisbeth Neergaard Kohloff, is a photographer, photo-historian, lecturer and tour organizer in Colorado. Kohloff donated prints made from the plates to the Sullivan County Historical Society, hoping to identify some of the images. This is an early 1900s image of the Callicoon Union School, located on School Street, with what appears to be teachers and perhaps the principal of the school.
June 7, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912   Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Huff of Fremont Center, a son, Wednesday…born to Mr. and Mrs. George Segar of Briscoe, a daughter, on May 19. The following class … more
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Powerful waters: As mentioned in this week's Decades, the rains of 1942 had a disastrous effect on Long Eddy, and areas of nearby Pennsylvania. While we don’t have vintage photos of the flood available, the above postcard shows the Long Eddy acid factory which was said to have suffered some damage from the rising waters. The consequences of this flood of 80 years ago was felt for a long time as it displaced houses and even the Erie Railroad. Honesdale, Pa. was among the hardest hit, with at least 15 people who lost their lives, in addition to damage to houses and businesses.
May 31, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 The boys are having great sport catching suckers lately, which are quite plentiful. The White Sulphur Springs House is being cleaned and renovated prior to its opening for … more
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'Main Street' looking east: The Republican Watchman reported in 1908 that Monticello village trustees had decided to change several street names, including renaming Main Street to Broadway, and discontinuing the use of “East” and “West” along its route. This postcard mailed in 1908 shows The Osborn, a boarding house operated by the Osborn sisters, which was later demolished. The hotel was located on the south side of the street, across from the intersection of Jefferson Street with Broadway. Note the wooden bridge that spans the distance between the curb and the sidewalk, offering pedestrians a place to alight from a carriage without stepping into mud and other debris. Broadway was first paved in 1912.
May 24, 2022 Edition
110 YEARS AGO - 1912 The Isaac Walton Fishing Club of Callicoon started on their annual outing to Stevensville on Tuesday evening, fully equipped with “Bait,” tents and other good things … more
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General Lyman Lemnitzer to be honored with historical marker May 28
SCRANTON, PA — General Lemnitzer was born in Honesdale, PA on August 29, 1899 and was the first of three generations graduating from West Point. In an Army career which extended over more than … more
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