Bound Volumes, Hometown History

October 1, 2026

110 YEARS AGO

The only Fair in Otsego County in the year 1916 came to an end Friday after five days of genuine enjoyment for all those who attended an attendance fully satisfactory to the management when the circumstances of attending such an exhibition during the present year are considered. The infantile paralysis quarantine regulation, forbidding the presence of children less than sixteen years of age prevented the attendance not only of the children themselves, but also of many parents who could not safely leave the little folks at home alone.
The Pioneer Restaurant opened for regular business yesterday. The proprietors, Messrs. William and Charles Higgins, reported a highly gratifying trade throughout the day. It is well-equipped in every respect for both short order cooking and for the baking of its own foodstuffs, which latter feature has contributed in no small degree to the success of the firm. The service is to be cafeteria style, or self-serving, now generally adopted in all first class places of its kind.

September 1916

70 YEARS AGO

A graduate level course offered at Hartwick College in educational administration by the School of Education at Syracuse University will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The course in “School-Community Relations” is aimed directly at school personnel and may be applied toward the master’s degree in education at Syracuse University. Dr. Richard C. Lonsdale, associate professor of education in the School of Education at Syracuse, will conduct the course. Classes will meet weekly at Hartwick College in 15 two-hour sessions on Tuesday evenings. They will deal with the two-way process of integrating school and community in order that all educational resources of a community can be brought to bear upon its educational needs.

September 1956

50 YEARS AGO

September 1976

30 YEARS AGO

Yuliya (Julie) Kamenikhina, a college student from Moscow, Russia, will be speaking at the Southside Wesleyan Church, Route 23E, Sunday, at the 11 a.m. worship service. Julie was born in Moscow on May 31, 1975 and is 21 years old. She presently is majoring in Psychology at a private university in Moscow. She had been taught there was no God but her testimony will reveal how she met God and how her life was changed. Her goal is to start a Christian school for Russian children. Julie works part-time as a translator for Revival Fire Ministries of Branson, Missouri, a non-denominational group whose aim is to put Bibles in the hands of people in countries where Bibles have been banned in previous years.

September 1996