Bound Volumes, Hometown History

June 20, 2024

110 YEARS AGO

The annual Flag Day outing of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was held on Saturday, the event being a luncheon served by the chapter at the camp of Mrs. J. Olney Rowe at Goodyear Lake. The day and the scene were alike ideal and the 36 ladies who participated declared it one of the most delightful and enjoyable events of the organization. Those attending were all conveyed to the camp in motor cars and the luncheon was served at 1 o’clock. The camp was gaily decorated with flags, displayed conspicuously in every room and about the porch, the table also bearing small ones, giving the scene a very patriotic appearance. Later, a business session was held at which committees were named for the various activities of the year, and other matters discussed. The afternoon was passed in various amusements not the least of which were motorboat rides about the lake in the Rowe and Van Wie launch. The air was delightful and the view from the spacious porch of the camp house fairly enticing and the ladies seemed not too weary gazing upon it.

June 1914

70 YEARS AGO

June 1954

40 YEARS AGO

Marcella Drago, a first grade teacher at the Center Street School, has been named “Teacher of the Year” in the Oneonta School District. Mrs. Drago already had been declared “Teacher of the Year” by one of her first grade students. Geoffrey Hahn had made a blue ribbon for her to wear earlier in the week. After receiving the district’s official recognition, Mrs. Drago held up the child-made ribbon with equal pride. One of the student nominations submitted in support of Mrs. Drago read: “She is very patient and didn’t get mad easily. She has us write a lot of stories and she corrected them for us. We later made them into books.” A parent wrote: “Mrs. Drago never seems to be too busy to listen to a child, or to spend extra time helping a child master a difficult problem. Her patience is exemplary.” Mrs. Drago has been at the Center Street School for 12 years. She is the wife of high school athletic director Tony Drago, who retires this year.

June 1984

20 YEARS AGO

R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, in Louisville, Kentucky, recently voiced concern about women in the U.S. Armed Forces. “Christian moral teaching holds that military service is for men, not women,” he asserts. “The inclusion of women in combat military units is a challenge to the moral character of the American people. The presence of women in combat forces degrades humanity, putting women in the line of fire, while sending all the wrong messages about family, gender and moral honor.”

June 2004