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Vintage view from C. Spielmann Rd.: This photo of Youngsville predates the building of the old firehouse and St. Francis R.C. Church. The German Reformed Church (now the United Reformed Church) can be seen by its spire near the center-right of the photo. The now non-existent corner store (where the Youngsville Fire Department’s electronic sign now gives the time), is the long, tall building on the left, situated on the corner of North road (Shandelee Road) and the state route that bisects the hamlet. It appears here that Panther Rock Brook once traveled the way of what is now Tremper Lane. The photographer unfortunately is unknown.
Sept. 20, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 G.H. Treyz & Co. is the name of a new firm which last week purchased of Corbett & Stewart, their acid factory in Livingston Manor. The plant consists of a ten-pair … more
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Sept. 13, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 The second annual clam bake and Firemen’s Day held under the auspices of the Liberty Hose and Truck Company No. 2 was a huge success with about 550 visiting firemen. … more
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Polio’s painful past: The polio virus can destroy motor neurons that control the muscles for swallowing, breathing, and limb movement. Before vaccinations to prevent polio were available, it infected thousands of people in the 1940s and 1950s. Recovery and rehabilitation of polio patients was a long and arduous process. The earliest treatment was to apply braces to weakened limbs and torso. Later it was learned that in water, it was easier to stretch, massage and exercise the muscles, with the water assisting the patient’s buoyancy. In this contributed photo, a patient is being lowered into a pool for a therapy treatment.
Sept. 6, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wahl of Callicoon, a daughter, on Wednesday. Gus Neumann has installed new gas lights in the shoe department of B.E. Dycker and Co. store, the … more
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Farming in Jeffersonville: This is a rough photo (the sky is marked by someone’s thumb, caused by developing fluid), but St. George’s R.C. Church in Jeff is one recognizable feature. The present church was constructed in 1914, according to the late historian Charles S. Hick (Sullivan County Record, 1943). St. George’s rises on the hill at upper right, with the cemetery behind it. We don’t know the farmer pictured in the foreground, but his is a vintage two horsepower vehicle. Note the handkerchiefs protecting the animals’ ears from flying pests. The photo was contributed by Brian LaBarr, whose ancestors include the Bollenbachs of Jeffersonville, early settlers and one-time operators of the mill at the island.
August 30, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 Percy Hadsell, 17, of Galilee, Pa., while fishing on Bush’s Pond with his cousin, Walter Hadsell of Jersey City, was thrown into the water when the boat overturned. He … more
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Sportsmen identified: Thanks to our sharp-eyed readers for helping to identify all the gentlemen pictured in this photo from 1992. From the left are outdoorsman and guide Bill Fraser, New York State Senator Charles Cook (R-40 Delhi), Klendin Kirby of Yulan, and Jack Danchak, then-president of the Federation of Sportsmen Clubs of Sullivan County. The late Mr. Kirby was once a director of the Beaver Brook Rod and Gun Club, a member of the Ridge Runners Hunting Club, and a Town of Highland councilman, among other community organizations.
August 23, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 Wednesday morning the bowling alley of William Ives at Beach Lake took fire and was not only destroyed but also took the lives of three boys, John Gaw and Elwood and Neil … more
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Ye olde Lower Main: A photo contributed by Philip Kautz of Middletown shows Lower Main Street in Callicoon, before the Delaware Youth Center took its place in the neighboring field at left, with what appears to be sheaves of wheat or corn in its place instead. Dated September 1921, it shows the Sullivan County Democrat office, flanked to the right by John Kautz’s feed store and grist mill, where Peck’s Market stands today. Note the awning that extends out into the street, where carts could be driven up to be weighed on a scale. Nestled between, also a part of the Kautz building, was at one time a paint shop. Behind all these buildings (circa 1918) also stood an ice house and horse shed!
August 16, 2022 Edition
110 years ago - 1912 C.H. Young of Callicoon has purchased a Pope motorcycle for use in his grocery business to make quick deliveries. The post office at Narrowsburg has been raised to the … more
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August 9, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 Saturday was a record breaker in Cochecton when city boarders arrived with every train loaded. It is said that nearly 400 people arrived, for different locations. Robert S. … more
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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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