Bound Volumes, Hometown History

February 8, 2024

135 Years Ago

February 1889

110 Years Ago

Local News—“Pop” Snyder, the one, the only, and the original auctioneer, concluded his sale of the “once was” goods of Meyer Tanner Saturday morning. As was the case with the previous sales a large multitude were present and bids and witticisms alike filled the air in a never-ending stream till all the goods were sold. Just what certain unmarried gentlemen are going to do with certain articles of feminine apparel is a mystery for the sleuths of the city to discover if they can.

February 1914

50 Years Ago

Charles W. Woolever, assistant professor of geography at SUCO will give a talk in the Faculty Lounge, Hunt College Union, on “Bangladesh Revisited.” Woolever, who was in Bangladesh from October 15 to December 10, 1973, had gone to Bangladesh in March 1972 as part of the Airlift of Understanding of the Emergency Relief Fund for Bangladesh. He is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. C.E. Woolever, who were missionaries in India for 42 years and lived in the Calcutta area until he was 19. He went back to India for a year of research in 1961-1962 and in 1964 joined the SUCO faculty. Woolever will be honored after his presentation as one of SUCO’s recipients of the State University’s Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in teaching.

February 1974

30 Years Ago

Jonathan J. Layton, 20, of East Islip, a State University College at Oneonta sophomore, broke into a condemned house at 91 Maple Street, where Layton and members of the Iota Tau Kappa fraternity had once lived. He then shot himself with a bolt-action hunting rifle. Layton’s act, an apparent suicide, stunned college officials as well as fraternity members who now reside at 21 Cedar Street. Police reported that a friend described Layton as being highly intoxicated. He was said to have spoken about harming himself. A SUCO official said it was the first instance of a student suicide in 18 or 20 years.

February 1994

20 Years Ago

Propane gas is once again flowing through the Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company’s pipeline. The line has been shut down following an explosion on January 25 that destroyed a house on Quaker Hill Road in Harpersfield. However, the flow of propane has been reduced by 20 percent and cannot be raised until the company receives approval from federal authorities. The recent incident was preceded by a more horrific explosion on March 13, 1990 and New York authorities are investigating. “The pipeline is 40 years old and this is the second disaster in our region in 14 years,” James Eisel, Harpersfield Supervisor said.

February 2004