130 Years Ago - 1895
F.W. Hartig raised from an acre of ground in Livingston Manor this year: 18 bushels of potatoes, 2150 pounds of hay, 5 bushels of sweet corn, 1 bushel of turnips, and 150 …
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130 Years Ago - 1895
F.W. Hartig raised from an acre of ground in Livingston Manor this year: 18 bushels of potatoes, 2150 pounds of hay, 5 bushels of sweet corn, 1 bushel of turnips, and 150 bunches of celery, besides a second crop of hay.
Mary A. Woolsey of Livingston Manor has started a class in physical culture at Roscoe. The class is composed of ten young ladies.
Arthur Sipple of Mileses had the misfortune to saw one of his fingers off and bruise another very badly while working in the cooper shop at that place recently.
Fred Bietz, our village meat man, is confined to the house by illness. Fred Luchs is running his route for him.
William Lieb went to Youngsville recently on his “bike” but on returning the silent steed’s wind gave out, and he had to lead it home all the way. The next time he rides a bicycle, he says, he’ll ride a horse.
The creamery in Jeff has been running on two-thirds time only – four days a week – since the new tariff bill became a law. It is the falling off in milk and cream, however, and not the tariff bill which is the cause of this.
Several persons in town have received liar’s licenses, entitling them to lie from the first day of January to the last day of December, inclusive. Anyone caught telling falsehoods here now, unless duly licensed, will be in disgrace.
120 Years Ago - 1905
The large barns of George Crary on the Neversink Road two miles east of Liberty were burned on Wednesday evening together with a number of pigs, a lot of poultry, the farm produce, wagons, sleighs, harnesses and farm machinery. The total loss is estimated at $8,000. The insurance on the property is only $2,500, the Callicoon Mutual carrying a portion of the risk.
Beechwoods: Friends and relatives gave Wm. Allgeier a birthday surprise party Tuesday night. It was all secretly arranged by Mrs. Allgeier and great indeed was the surprise to him when everyone came walking in. But Mr. Allgeier was not slow in entertaining the people and how the Wuerzburger and champagne did flow! At midnight a grand supper was served by the hostess, assisted by her charming daughter, Gertrude. The night was pleasantly spent in singing, etc. The affair broke up at 2 o’clock with “Hoch soll ehrleben; vetz noch cin aml, hoch soll ehrleben!”
The express carriers here handled more Christmas packages this year than ever. Santa Claus Herbert of the Liberty stage line was probably the most liberal dispense of the bundles of good cheer. Pete makes a first rate Old Nick.
Rain on Monday spoiled the first ice crop before some of our businessmen could get in their supplies. Tuesday night the water in the Callicoon Creek raised sufficiently to take out the ice below the dam.
Our merchants are becoming more and more city-fied. Their places of business were closed on Monday allowing for the Christmas holiday.
Lester McDermott of New York came up Saturday for a visit to the old hometown; the first in five years. Lester is a pitcher for the Emeralds, a semi-professional baseball team which has the good record of winning all but four games out of eighty-seven played last season.
110 Years Ago - 1915
Merchant Harry C. Patterson of Youngsville is receiving congratulations on his appointment as postmaster at that place to succeed Jacob Rogler.
It is reported that sheriff-elect Elmer Winner has decided to appoint John Lennon of Liberty undersheriff and that the appointment of deputy sheriff lies between Mr. Hillard of Thompson and former deputy Jesse Barlow of Tusten.
The Delaware Town Board of Callicoon Tuesday appointed Dr. Augustus Mayer of Callicoon health officer for that town, in place of Dr. H.J. McClellan, who resigned.
A pleasant evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Neiger of Beechwoods on Monday evening, December 28, when they entertained about thirty of their friends at a euchre party in honor of their children and grandchildren who are spending the holidays with them.
Christmas Day, so full of mirth and joy in most homes, brought sorrow and gloom in the home of David Meyer of near Youngsville when Caroline, wife of Mr. Meyer, passed away after an illness of some length. Mrs. Meyer was a daughter of the late Adam Klingman. She was born in Baden, Germany, December 27, 1863. She leaves behind her husband, three daughters and a son – Josephine, wife of Henry Ruth, and Rose, wife of Henry Wehner, both of Liberty, and Katherine and William, at home.
Callicoon: The old saying that when the old Delaware River freezes over before Christmas, it will surely go out before New Year’s, has made all the business people hustle to get their ice houses filled before the ice goes. The ice is of good quality and 12 and 14 inches thick.
Joshua P. Royce, a well-known farmer, former justice and supervisor in the Town of Bethel, died at his home at Mongaup Valley, December 23, aged 82. Death was brought on by injuries sustained in a fall from his wagon a few weeks ago when his horse ran away and he had four ribs fractured.
100 Years Ago - 1925
Jacob Yager, 88, who died at the home of his son-in-law, M.F. Ernst on Sixteen, January 3, was an old settler of that community. Born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, he came to America at the age of 16 when his parents migrated. He engaged in farming until retirement a few years ago.
Gottlieb Wahl, 53, a native of Hankins, died of dropsy at his home in Cadosia January 1, after an illness of two years.
The Department of Commerce is taking a census of agriculture covering the crop year 1924 and relating to conditions on or near January 1st. This is the first census of agriculture to be taken, midway between the decennial consensus.
While the Pure Oil truck was nearing the Lake Ophelia section below Liberty Thursday afternoon, John Prince, the driver, detected a fire beneath the tank. He attempted to steer the truck to the side of the road, but the wheels locked and the heavy truck went over the bank. Just after Prince crawled out of the cab unhurt, the tank exploded.
The creamery and Fred Huff have completed filling their ice houses. Mr. Huff’s ice house supplies refrigeration for his meat market during the summer.
Michael Rinas, 95, died at the home of his son-in-law, Otto Kron, of above North Branch, January 1.
Mrs. Catherine Flynn Crowley, for 73 years a highly respected citizen of Long Eddy, died January 7, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Burns of Plainfield, N.J., at the age of 89.
“In God We Trust” first appeared on coins of this country in 1864. S.P. Chase, secretary of the treasury, addressed a letter to the director of the mint at Philadelphia stating that our coinage should bear a motto expressing in the fewest words that no nation can be strong except in the strength of God. This particular motto was finally decided upon. It first appeared upon a two-cent piece.
90 Years Ago - 1935
Last year it was legal to use your new car license plates on December 15. This year dealers’ plates only may be used that early – with the result there is confusion and violations. If the license regulators would settle upon some plan and hold to it, it would be better for all concerned.
Children in Salt Lake City, Utah, discovered a new racket. They asked admission to movie theaters on the ground that their fathers were firemen. It worked for a while until theater owners began to doubt that there were enough firemen in the city to be fathers of so many children.
What you fall for isn’t as important as what you stand for, which isn’t as important as what you help with.
Citizens of Sullivan County are petitioning Governor Lehman to appoint County Judge George L. Cooke to the Supreme Court bench, Third District, to fill the vacancy caused by the election last fall of Judge Loughran to the Appellate Court. Judge Cooke’s qualifications, both as a man and lawyer, stamp him as the outstanding candidate for the office thus far advanced, and if the governor can be convinced of this fact we feel sure that he will let no purely political considerations swerve him from the right course in the matter.
80 Years Ago - 1945
Rudolf Lohse, 74, who lived alone in his home near Cochecton Center, was found Friday morning, December 22, by Rural Carrier Edward Hartmann, lying on the floor with his clothing burned from his body. Kerosene had been put in the stove and the side was blown out of it. When found, Lohse was in a stupor and kept talking about his money, which was found burned to a crisp with the wallet in his pocket. He died shortly after from the burns, in a Monticello hospital.
The long existing problem of the publication of names of newborn children by newspapers will be solved by a revision of the birth certificate which will be used in this state beginning February 1. This revised form carries, on the reverse side, a statement to be signed by the attending physician, as to whether the parents of the child are willing that newspapers be furnished with a notice of the birth. Only those notices of birth with an affirmative answer may be given to the papers.
Births: A daughter, Janey Marie, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Smith (Rita Hick) of Liberty at the hospital, December 23. This is their second child.
A daughter was born recently to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Heidt, formerly of Kenoza Lake, now of Middletown.
A son, Peter Adam, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Adam Diehl (Ethel Keim) of Beechwoods at the Callicoon Hospital on December 23.
Up to December 23, the total amount of the bond sales in the sixth war loan drive was $86,114, against the quota of $44,000.
Personals: PFC Donald Rose, for two years a German war prisoner, and for the past few weeks here with his sister, Mrs. Arthur Brey, has been sent to Atlantic City, an Army convalescent center, and is nicely domiciled at the Hotel Traymore there.
PFC Adam Bernhardt, who was recently transferred from the Halloran General Hospital on Staten Island to a Kentucky hospital, is spending the holidays with his wife, Vera, and other relatives here. Adam is still under treatment for the injury to his leg sustained in action in France.
Miss Charlotte L. Hahn of Callicoon Center, who graduated last spring from Technical Institute at Delhi, has been given an additional honor: “Shelf of Home Economics Books,” given upon recommendation of the faculty for her outstanding work as a student of home economics for her scholarship, citizenship, interest and cooperation. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Hahn and a graduate of Jeffersonville Central High School.
70 Years Ago - 1955
Harold E. Norris, Fosterdale dairy farmer, killed a fox that appeared to be rabid early Monday morning with a piece of pipe after the animal jumped from a stone wall and came at him.
Caroline Ferber, 72, a lifetime resident of Beechwoods, died at the Callicoon Hospital Christmas Eve.
Those townships in Sullivan County which presently have four justices of the peace will have to change their system and have two councilmen and two justices by January 1, 1957, according to officials in Monticello.
A suit for $175,000 was filed in Federal Court Monday by a cook and a waitress who were injured escaping from the fire at the Grossinger Hotel, Ferndale, last February 28th. Eight hotel employees, who were housed in a staff cottage, died in the blaze, and 50 others jumped through windows to escape.
Albert Bock, 60, a native of Callicoon, and an outstanding soldier in World War I, died at the Loomis Hospital, December 28. An outstanding soldier, he received a military citation for his service and courage as a member of the 2nd Balloon Co. His company was the only unit to complete the Argonne Forest Drive without relief.
Tracey Myers and Paul Schick were the grand prize winners of the bicycles in the Rexall Contest, conducted at the Jeff Pharmacy the last several weeks.
Penny parking by meters on the streets of Liberty is scheduled to be discontinued under a proposed ordinance sought by the Board of Trustees which would make a nickel the only acceptable coin.
60 Years Ago - 1965
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Kohler of Jeffersonville celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary December 27, with a dinner party at the Valley View House.
Eddie Kraack of Lake Huntington is one of the most successful fishermen the lake has seen in many a moon. On December 24, Eddie took a string of nine pickerel, with the largest weighing 3 1/2 pounds.
The new Dairymen’s League milk receiving plant at Jeffersonville was opened on New Year’s Day.
Capt. Richard J. Freda, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Freda of Callicoon, has been certified as a C-130 Hercules aircraft commander at Charlestown AFB, S.C.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Newport of Lookout, Pa., on December 28.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Connelly Jr. of Hancock are the proud parents of a daughter born December 29.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Decker of Livingston Manor announce the engagement of their daughter, Linda Jane, to James Roche, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Roche of Hortonville.
Mr. and Mrs. Judson Paddock of Brooklyn have announced the engagement of their daughter, Judith Ann, to Robert H. Schellberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Schellberg of North Branch. . . Dr. and Mrs. Arnold N. Bennett of Narrowsburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Beverly Sharyn, to Stephen H. Green of Philadelphia. . . Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Whalen of Scotch Plains, N.J., announce the engagement of their daughter, Patricia Ann, to Clarence Feigenbutz of Obernburg.
Edward Salami, 86, a former resident of Hankins, died January 2. . . John Kiernan, 60, president of the Damascus Township School Board, died December 30.
50 years ago - 1975
General Lyman L. Lemnitzer of Honesdale, Pa., former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and, until his retirement in 1969, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe, has been named by President Gerald Ford as one of seven distinguished private citizens to serve under Vice President Nelson Rockefeller on a blue ribbon commission to investigate the C.I.A.
Well over 300 guests were present on December 29 to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Kohler of Jeffersonville, held at the Jeff firehouse.
Bernie Shore, proprietor of the Chateau Restaurant in Monticello, has been re-elected president of the Licensed Beverage Industries of Sullivan County, a chapter of the New York State Restaurant and Liquor Dealers Association. Frank McBride of Hankins will serve as secretary and Ludwig Grupp of the Lake Jefferson Hotel in Jeffersonville, will serve as 3rd vice president.
40 Years Ago - 1985
Anthony T. Kane of Forestburgh became Sullivan County’s Family Court Judge on New Year’s Day when he was sworn into office by Supreme Court Justice Robert C. Williams. Mathew and Timothy Kane, sons of Judge Kane, lead the Pledge of Allegiance at their father’s swearing in ceremony. Joseph Purcell was also sworn to carry out the duties of Sullivan County Clerk for his fifth three-year term. Purcell declared this to be his last term. Chief Justice Lawrence H. Cooke officiated at the swearing in ceremony of Eugene M. Hanofee as Sullivan County Judge and Surrogate on Sunday afternoon.
The Callicoon office of Mike Preis, Inc., has moved down Main Street in Callicoon as of January 2 because “we needed more space, a bigger office,” says Joyce Sykes, wife of Ed Sykes, president of the business. The corporation also has offices in Jeffersonville and Narrowsburg.
James Robert McGinnis was the first born in Wayne County in the new year, arriving at the Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale, Pa., on January 2 at 8:35 a.m. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGinnis of Hawley, Pa. In Sullivan County, at the Community General Hospital in Harris, it was a boy, Daniel Scott Atkins, born to Lisa and Donald Atkins of Liberty, who arrived on January 1 at 1:33 a.m. For being the first babies born in each county, and as winners of the Great Sullivan County Democrat’s New Year’s Baby Sweepstakes, each will have waiting for him a host of gifts from area merchants.
Conflicts between business and commitments to the Town of Tusten came to a climax for Tusten Supervisor Fred Tegeler this week as the five-year supervisor announced his resignation, effective January 31. He has said a year and a half ago that he did not wish to run for a third term, however, concern for the town’s new sewer system prompted a reversal of that decision and Tegeler ran unopposed.
The first 800 plus series in Sullivan County bowling history was recorded Thursday night of last week in the Fraternal League at Liberty Lanes as Monticello ace lefty Dwayne Cabrera smashed the maples for games of 300, 257 and 257, for a booming 814 series. This is Dwayne’s first 300 game at Liberty Lanes, but he has recorded six other perfect games at Kiamesha Lanes.
30 Years Ago - 1995
Dan and Julie Bennett of Starlight, Pa., are the proud parents of a daughter, Kayla Elizabeth, born at 4:35 a.m. on January 1, at the Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale, Pa. . . Sherrie and Paul Kavleski welcomed a second son, Cory Kenneth, who arrived at 9:47 p.m. Sunday evening at Community General Hospital. He has an older brother, 12-year-old Paul Jr. Mom, a postal clerk in the Liberty Post Office, joked that “Cory arrived just in time to beat the new postal rate increase.”
Jean Weiner, widow of Max Weiner and co-owner of the Monticello Travel Agency, has announced that she will continue the business which they established 37 years ago. They were former owners and operators of the White Roe Lake Hotel in Livingston Manor, which burned down prior to the start of the travel agency. Mr. Weiner was known as the “Toastmaster General of Sullivan County” and was well-known for his WVOS radio broadcasts where he acted as answerman for questions concerning travel once a week.
A Forestburgh man was arrested Sunday night by Sullivan County Sheriff’s Deputies in connection with a suspicious house fire on Route 55 in White Lake. Thomas McRae, 53, allegedly started the fire at an unoccupied summer residence at about 8 p.m. McRae suffered lacerations and burns while jumping out of a second-story window of the house he had allegedly set on fire, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
20 Years Ago - 2005
The Town of Fallsburg Police Department recently became the first police department in the county to be authorized to use TASER guns, advertised as non-lethal.
Sullivan County’s only remaining railroad may soon be no more. As the three other local railroad townships have been told this week, the Town of Fremont Board heard Wednesday that Norfolk-Southern plans to abandon the line unless a tax abatement deal is worked out with a new company leasing the line for just $1 a year. The Central New York Railroad Corp. based in Cooperstown, has taken over the maintenance and operation of the Southern Tier line, which runs through the Tusten, Cochecton, Delaware and Fremont on its trek between Port Jervis and Binghamton.
Folks who thought the noontime whistle was unusually long Wednesday afternoon soon learned the alarm warned of tragedy. The home of Jim Long and his son, Bryan, was almost destroyed. No one was home when the fire started, but the family lost a dog in the blaze. The incident has been ruled accidental.
Sullivan County will get its own version of “American Idol” when the first-ever “Catskill American Idol” is held at the Villa Roma. The 5-day event is being organized as a benefit for St. Peter’s Catholic School in Liberty.
Susan Wootan and David Carr, both of Oakland, Calif., were married in a ceremony of their own design just before sunset at the Bear River Retreat in the Sierra foothills of California. Glen Ellwood solemnized the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Gary and Carol Wootan of Callicoon. The bridegroom is the son of Stanley Thomas Carr and the late Asae Kono.
Employees at the Dime Bank, foregoing their own Secret Santa gifts and holiday grab bags, recently chose to donate the money they would have spent on gifts to the Wayne County Children’s Christmas Bureau. The total donation was $1,408, half of which was a match granted by The Dime Bank’s Board of Directors. This year, 671 children from 282 families got gifts for Christmas.
10 Years Ago - 2015
Claire Ernsberger of New York City has died at age 80. She was, of course, the About Books columnist for this newspaper for almost twenty years, alongside her professional activity as a psychoanalyst and psychoanalytic educator and writer. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, the Sullivan County Democrat’s current About Books columnist, George Ernsberger, who succeeded his wife in that capacity.
The dismantling of Kutsher’s Country Club has begun, marking a farewell to the famed Catskill resort. Fortunately, in its future, the land will be grounds for the Veria Lifestyle health resort which is expected to feature a 265-room hotel and 37,000-square-foot spa.
The New York Knickerbockers presented Rock Hill’s Barbara Strong with its monthly Sweetwater Clifton “City Spirit” Award for establishing the Allyson Whitney Foundation – a non-profit organization that empowers and fights for the interests of young adults with rare cancers. After losing her daughter Allyson to a long battle of small cell cervical cancer, Barbara wanted to turn her daughter’s dream of helping others into a reality. The Allyson Whitney 5K Walk/Run is the organization’s biggest success. The award money will go to the Allyson Whitney Foundation to improve the quality of life and provide emotional support for young patients.
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