Bound Volumes

October 31, 2024

160 YEARS AGO

The Final Arrangements: Final and thorough arrangements must be made by the Democrats of each town and election district for the contest of the 8th of November. We wish to offer a few timely suggestions to our friends in the county to this important matter. A committee should be appointed in each town, say of nine members, who should take upon themselves: 1. To complete the poll lists and see that every Democrat is registered. 2. To visit any and every voter in the town. 3. To provide conveyances for bringing out every Democratic voter who has not a team of his own. 4. To select two good challengers for each poll, and men to watch the canvass closely till the votes are all canvassed and the result declared. 5. Every Democrat who has ever been in the habit of attending the polls and giving out tickets, and who is able to do so now, should lend a hand on the 8th. Try and have the voting go off peaceably, quietly and good-naturedly. Discountenance the sale or use of liquor near the polls; it is the prolific source of trouble.

October 28, 1864

85 YEARS AGO

October 25, 1939

35 YEARS AGO

Alcohol abuse is pervasive in many high schools, but at Cooperstown Central School it has become hidden behind the collective denial of a large segment of the community. “Cooperstown likes to pretend its kids are perfect,” said one teenager. “But we aren’t.” “Part of the problem is that it (student alcohol use) is not brought to the surface,” Theodore Kantorowski, CCS athletic director, said. “It’s a problem, because there’s no support out there,” he said. “If parents, students and faculty members would openly say these students drink, then we can take action. Instead, the alcohol problem is camouflaged.” The denial is deep-seated. “The root of such widespread denial,” said Betty Currier, executive director of LEAF, “is fear. Parents are afraid for their children, afraid of what the community will think and they don’t want to ask themselves—‘Where did I go wrong?’”

November 1, 1989

20 YEARS AGO

CCS high school students under age 18 will cast ballots in the presidential election next week, too, thanks to the Cooperstown Central School 12th-graders in Kathleen Clare’s social studies classes. Clare, in her first year on the CCS faculty, teaches participation in government and economics classes. On Monday, students will hold a school-wide, lunch-time mock election with students in the 9th through 12th grades registering to vote, choosing party affiliations, and casting ballots.

October 29, 2004