Bound Volumes, Hometown History

October 31, 2024

110 YEARS AGO

Evidence of skill with the rifle was witnessed Saturday by many Oneontans when two Ford motor cars were driven into the city by Mssrs. William Whitney and William Walker of Deposit, containing three fine bucks which were shot in the Long Lake region in the Adirondacks. Willis Walker, who was also a member of the party, brought down two of the bucks with his rifle.
Among all the autumn decorations in the display windows of the city, few have attracted as much attention as that of T.W. Stevens before which hundreds of men and boys stand each day, gazing with delight at the multiplicity of sportsman’s articles on display there.

October 1914

70 YEARS AGO

Nine Oneonta High School journalists from the staff of the OHS Echo will participate in the 17th Annual Empire State School Press Association convention this week in Syracuse. The OHS Echo will be entered in competition with other school newspapers throughout the state for editorial, feature, photography, news stories, advertising and sports coverage. The students will also participate in special news writing and current events contests, competing for scholarships to Syracuse University. Making the trip are: Edna Gromisch and Joanne Gage, Echo co-editors; Lewis Rose, sports editor; Nancy Horton, circulation editor; Charles Martin, photographer; Jean Payne and Nancy Hamm, co-editors of OHSan yearbook; Roberta Constable, OHSan business manager, and Joan Payne, circulation manager. Mrs. Gladys Rifanburg Brink, faculty advisor, will accompany the students.

October 1954

40 YEARS AGO

At last week’s meeting of the Delaware County Board of Supervisors, several board members spoke against continued funding of the Planned Parenthood program because of its stance on abortion. “I just don’t want money going out of my pocket to advise young people to have abortions,” Meredith Supervisor Owen Howarth said at the meeting. But, according to Planned Parenthood Director Susann Landfield, the agency does not counsel young women toward abortion. “We do not do abortions, nor do we advise individuals to have abortions. We are extremely careful in that respect, because we are under enormous weight of federal regulations connected with our funding.”

October 1984

30 YEARS AGO

October 1994

20 YEARS AGO

State University of New York trustees approved a range of salary increases for campus presidents, but a raise for Chancellor Robert King was withdrawn. The Chancellor’s salary was slated to go from $250,000 a year to as much as $420,000 annually. The board also approved $300-a-year tuition increases at several community colleges to correspond with tuition hikes at 25 other community colleges earlier this year.

October 2004