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November 27, 2025

110 YEARS AGO

Evangelist Charles F. Barrett is coming to Cooperstown. The great union evangelistic campaign in Cooperstown, for which preparations have been going on for the past three months, will begin next Sunday evening. The services during the first week will be held in the Methodist Episcopal Church, where an enlarged gallery will be constructed for a choir of 45 members. The church itself will be seated to accommodate over 600 people. Barrett is a man with a message, and all report him to be a brilliant preacher. He objects to offensive forms of personal work in his services. Of Irish parentage, Mr. Barrett’s addresses flash with wit and are sweetened by humor.

November 24, 1915

85 YEARS AGO

Deer Hunting Items: Otsego County game protectors will enforce strictly the prohibition against hunting game from an automobile. Numerous complaints have been received throughout the state in the last three weeks about persons shooting at deer from automobiles on public highways. Sportsmen were also warned about carrying loaded guns in automobiles. George Young, aged 45, of Utica, was shot and fatally wounded by a companion hunter when he was mistaken for a deer while the pair hunted in the Remsen Falls area four miles from McKeever in the Adirondacks. Lee Jones, a school bus driver, aged 25, of Brookfield, has been charged with manslaughter.

November 27, 1940

60 YEARS AGO

“Bloomer Girl,” a major 20th Century Fox motion picture will begin shooting in Cooperstown next July 26, it has been announced this week by Richard D. Zanuck, 20th Century Fox vice-president in charge of production. The picture will be directed by George Cukor, winner of the Academy Award for “My Fair Lady.” Cukor recently visited Cooperstown on an extensive tour of New York State to look for possible location sites. “Bloomer Girl” which is to be filmed in wide-screen and in color will star Shirley MacLaine. The musical score has been written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, whose collaborations include the Academy Award winning hit “Over the Rainbow.”

November 24, 1965

35 YEARS AGO

Walter Rich, president and chief executive officer of Delaware-Otsego Corporation announced the company’s third quarter financial results. The company realized net profits for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 1990, of $184,000 or $14 per share on revenues of $7,959,000, and $524,000 or $.39 per share on revenues of $31,767,000 respectively, representing increases in net earnings of $149,000 and $36,000 over the same periods in 1989. Rich attributed the increase to growth in container and equipment leasing revenues, decreases in interest expense on loans and a restructuring of the senior debt load.

November 28, 1990

20 YEARS AGO

D. Stephen Elliott, president of the New York State Historical Association and the Farmers’ Museum, announced the appointment of Wayne Mellor as Vice-President of Marketing and Finance. Four other NYSHA staff members received promotions—Dr. Paul D’Ambrosio, Garet Livermore, Joseph Siracusa, and Barbara Fischer. “We are fortunate to have the professional expertise, experience and commitment of these dedicated leaders,” Elliott said. Dr. D’Ambrosio, a 20-year NYSHA veteran, becomes Vice-President and Chief Curator. Garet Livermore becomes Vice-President for Education. Siracusa and Fischer were promoted to senior administrative director positions. A Vice-President for development has yet to be hired.

November 25, 2005