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Homer Osterhoudt Celebrates 99th

Homer Osterhoudt celebrates his 99th birthday this past Tuesday at Woodside Hall, Cooperstown, with two of his pals, Gene Young, left, and Dick Sliter, the First Baptist Church interim pastor. Homer, one of the last surviving baseball fans who attended the first Baseball Hall of Fame induction in 1939, spent his career as a mailman, walking 10 miles a day along village streets.

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