Bound Volumes, Hometown History
June 25, 2026
135 YEARS AGO
At the request of the officers of the Oneonta Fish and Game Association, the water company has decided to post the Ackley and Wilber Lake reservoirs and streams leading out of them, so far as they are owned by the company. The association and water company taken these steps because the bass put in only a month ago are already being taken by anglers. One fisherman is said to have caught ten black bass in one day last week, a number equal to one-tenth of those released. The penalties for trespassing upon a fish preserve are very severe. There is an erroneous impression that the reservoir has been stocked by the state and has become public waters. The fish were bought and paid for by the Oneonta Water Company.
June 1891
110 YEARS AGO
Reports come from East Worcester that a touring car owned and driven by M. Possum of Gallupsville in which were three other residents of that village overturned about one mile east of that place at about 7 o’clock yesterday morning. Mr. Possum sustained a broken leg and scalp wounds and Mrs. Belier was somewhat bruised. Two others escaped with very slight injuries. It is reported that the car was moving rapidly and when the car skidded the driver became confused and the car overturned three times. The injured men were taken to Richmondville for treatment. The car was considerably damaged. Saturday was a big day in Oneonta Police Court for drunks. Five men, Milo Waterman, William Andrus, G. Price, Joe Cosman, and Clariton Babcock plead guilty before Judge Shove and Acting Judge Holmes to charges of public intoxication.
June 1916
50 YEARS AGO
June 1976
30 YEARS AGO
Christopher Wilcox, speaking for his graduating class at Oneonta High School likened the experience to playing with a set of building blocks. “You pick up a block and try to fit it into a hole. You keep trying to move it in different ways until it fits. Then, you move on. In high school you’re not sure what you want to do, so you try things in different ways until you find a fit. Then you move on. I used to think confusion was a Chinese philosopher,” Wilcox said. “When grown-ups ask what we want to be when we grow up, it’s because they’re still looking for ideas,” he quipped.
June 1996
20 YEARS AGO
The United States is on target to hit 300 million in population this fall and it’s a good bet the milestone baby—or immigrant—will be Hispanic. No one will know for sure because the date and time will be just an estimate. Latinos and immigrants, and those born in this country, are driving the population growth. They accounted for more than half the increase last year, more than any other ethnic or racial group. White, non-Hispanics, who account for two-thirds of the overall population, contributed less than one-fifth of the increase.
June 2006
