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Oneonta and County Directory

THE

Official

Blue Book

Oneonta and Otsego County

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CONTAINING THE

Names

of President

Board of Trustees and

Town

and Members of the all

other Officials of

Names, and Post and all other Officers of Otsego County besides a Concise Description of Oneonta, and General the

of

Oneonta

;

the

Office Addresses of the Supervisors ;

Facts of Interest.

Copyrighted

1907,

,

by

Henry G.

Bishop.

Published by

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Index.

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Telephone Co. ..18 Hoard of education ..21 Hoard of health 8 Hoard of Supervisors 12 Board of Trustees 6 Building & Loan Ass'n 19 Hell

Page Oneonta Milling Co 18 Oneonta Theatre Co. 18 .

.

Overseer of the poor. 10 Past village presidents 27 Police department.... 7 .

Post office

Chamber of Commerce 13

16 Pres. board of trustees 3 Public library 23 Public schools 21

Churches 20 Citizens National bank 16 Com'ner of highways q Constables 10

Riverside cemetery ..15 School collector 21 School commissioners 11 School treasurer 21

Coroners

Sheriff State Normal Schools 24 State senator 11 Street commissioner.. 7

.

.

.

i

County clerk County judge County ofTicers County treasurer

....i

District attorney

1

i i i

Fire alarm boxes, cover 2 Fire department 7 First National Bank.. 15

Fox Memorial hospital 17 Glenwood cemetery .,14 Home Telephone Coi 18 Incorporated Co's ..17 Justices of peace .... g

Light and Power Co. 19 Loan commissioners ..11 Meetings of trustees. 7 .

Member of Assembly 11 Member of Congress. .11 Merchants' Ass'n ....13

Newspapers Oneonta club

n

Superintendent of poor Surrogate

The Town

of

Third Separate Co.

.

Town board Town board of health To wn clerk Town collector Town officers Village Village Village Village Village Village

11 11

Oneonta

3 .15 10

10

9 10

9

6

clerk

6

collector

committees

.

.

7

engineer

7

officers

6

treasurer .... 6

Water Works Co Wilber National Bank

17

ig 14

Woman's

14

club

15 •

The Town The town

of

Oneonta.

of

Oneonta contains a popula-

tion oi about 10,000,

is situated in the southern part of Otsego County, on the north side

of the

by a

Susquehanna

rich

ways.

river, and is surrounded farming country with good road-

It is the largest

any direction and coming a large city in

on the

It is

and

is

is

in

town within 50 miles well situated for be-

the near future.

line of the

& H. railroad & D. railroad, New York and

D.

the terminus of the U.

which afford two routes

to

a direct line for the west.

An

electric

Herkimer,

a

railroad

through Laurens, Richfield

from

here to

57 miles,

passing

runs

distance of

Hartwick,

Cooperstown,

Springs and other small villages.

The D. & H. shops which here employ seven hundred is

a silk mill, shirt factory,

flour

mill,

factories,

house,

two

planing

Swift

two

mill,

Go's cold

wholesale

wholesale

elevators,

&

flour

are situated

hands.

There

glove factory, several

cigar

storage

ware-

grocery

companies,

and feed firms

with

and also many other smaller

in-

dustries.

Here

is

situated one of the finest

Norma

Schools in the State, besides a High School

and

several grade schools.

National banks,

There are three

nine churches,

Men's Christian Association, a town club,

panies,

about

twenty

There

is

Young

comwoman's club and

a

and

secret

a

six fire

other

societies.

one daily and two weekly news-

papers.

The Aurelia-Fox Memorial Hospital one of the newest and most valuable

and occupies a very

stitutions of the town,

handsome

building

is

in-

erected

especially

for

that purpose.

The Armory hall, billiard

Guard

of the National

fine large brick building,

is

with fine large

room, bowling alley and

all

a

drill

other

conveniences.

The Opera House

probably the

is

be found in any town of this

A at

Municipal building

a

cost

of

ornament

A new

now being

$50,000.00, which

accommodations municipal

is

the

for

offices,

&c

,

finest to

size.

department,

fire

and

built,

provides

is

a

decided

to the town.

High School building

is

also being

erected at a cost of $110,000.00.

There also a

is

a

Chamber

Merchants' of

Association

Commerce, both 4

and

of which

organizations

are

powerful

factors

in

the

town's prosperity.

The

portions of the town are any place between Albany and

residential

unequaled

in

Very many of the residents own houses and there is not a poor The business streets in the town.

Blnghamton.

own

their

district

brick blocks and ofifice and a thriving business is done during the whole six days of the week. The town is lighted by electricity and is well

with fine

are lined

buildings,

A local company supplies

paved throughout.

plenty of pure water, passed through an upto-date filtering plant.

The population there

is

growing steadily and

is

always a demand for more houses.

Both for business purposes and for private

Oneonta

residence, in

which

is

a most desirable place

to locate.

At Colliers, six miles from Oneonta, an immense water power is being constructed, for the

purpose of develcpins'

electricity to

be

used by the trolley road, and for furnishing

power and

light to

Oneonta.

This means

that manufactories here can be supplied with

abundance of power

at 5

low

rates.

Village

Officers.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, William

W.

Capron, President.

FIRST

WARD.

A. S. Morris, lo Maple

street.

SECOND WARD. C.

H. Bowdish, 34 Ford avenue.

THIRD WARD.

W. W.

Capron, 9 Walnut

street.

FOURTH WARD. T. E. Marsh, 49 Chestnut

street.

FIFTH WARD. Floyd Harris, 163 Chestnut

street.

SIXTH WARD. E. J. House, 24 Luther street.

VILLAGE CLERK. H. D, McLaury, Esq., Office, 153 Main street.

11

Spring

street.

TREASURER. C. J. Beams, 39 Church street. National Bank.

Office, First

COLLECTOR. G.

W.

Ellis,

4

Ann

street.

street.

6

Office, 156

Main

O. A. Miller, 294 Main

street.

STREET COMMISSIONER. Chester Gurney, 204 Main

street.

MEETINGS. and

First

third

Tuesday

each month.

in

COMMITTEES.

— Bowdish, Marsh, Capron. — Morris, Bowdish, House. Walks — Marsh, Morris, Harris. Finance

Streets

Law

— Morris,

Bridges

and

Marsh, Bowdish. Watercourses

—

and

Harris

Marsh.

— Bowdish and House. — House and Morris.

Sewers Lights

Fire Department

— Marsh

and House.

Buildings— Harris and Bowdish,

POLICE DEPARTMENT. Thos.

W.

Blizzard,

chief,

East street

3

:

H. Stapleton, 44 Church street extras, P. C. Gilchrist, 15 Watkins avenue Geo. Hughson, 269 Main street; Jay W.

Jas.

;

;

Atsell,

78

Spruce

street

;

Omer

D.

Ganoung, Pardee Block. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Headquarters,

Department

Municipal Building.

Officers

— Frank Monroe, 7

chief

;

W.

M

Leventhall,

send, treas.

;

assistant

first

Oliver, second assistant

M.

;

F.

Elmer D. Town-

;

John Lance,

sec.

—

Chemical Engine Co., No i. O. R. Parish, first assistant Wells, foreman W. LaReau, second assistant; Rooms, Municipal Building.

Lewis

;

Steamer Co., No.

man

i.

— James

Kerwin, fore

H. Adams, second assistant Howard Driggs, Rooms, Municipal Building. engineer. No, i. I). F. Wilber Hook and Ladder Co E. Rifenbark,

;

first

assistant

;

;

,

— A.

Kellogg,

L.

Broas,

Joseph

;

Millard, assistant Jesse Municipal assistant. Rooms,

first

second Building

:

L Wilber Hose

(leorge

foreman

Fowler, foreman assistant

;

E

:

L.

Butts,

2.

— H.

M. Westcott.

first

No.

Co..

second

assistant

Rooms. Municipal Building.

—

Mechanic Hose Co., No. 3. P. McManus, foreman H. Blanchard, first assistant Rooms, 14-^ L. Banner, second assistant. ;

Main

;

street.

THE BOARD OF HEALTH. W.

Scott, president, 51 Chestnut A. B. Tobey, 39 Chestnut street Dr. C. W. J. S. Lunn, 6 Walnut street Walling, health officer, 143 Main street; Dr. O. W. Peck, registrar, 34 Watkins avenue.

Colonel

street

;

;

Town

Officers.

SUPERVISOR. A. L. Kellogg, 2Q Ford avenue.

Main

TOWN M.

II.

50

I'ard.

Broad

Office,

i

?4

street.

CLERK.

Centre

Office,

street.

6

street.

JUSTICES. (".

S.

Firman, 43 Spruce

Main

street.

Office, 1S4

street.

Elm

C. D. Sewell, 6r

Office, Chest-

street.

nut street extension. L.

i'.

Rockes,

5

Normal avenue.

Offiice,

over Wilber Bank.

Frank Taber, West Oiieonta.

COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS. C.

T..

J.

H.

Hotaling:, 65 Uietz street.

ASSESSORS.

W.

I.

Potter,

Maple

street.

Bolton, 27 Spruce street.

M. Ackley, 42 East

street.

OVERSEER OF THE POOR. A.

I. Bookhout, 354 Main 104 Main street.

9

street.

Office,

COLLECTOR. H. W. Sheldon, lo Gault avenue.

Office,

Prospect street.

CONSTABLES. John O'Brien, 26 High

street.

Abbott, 3 Hudson street. O. T. Yager, 82 Ford avenue.

W.

P.

TOWN BOARD. A. L, Kellogg, H. M. Bard, C. S. Firman, C.

D. Sewell, G.

L. Bockes and Frank

Taber.

TOWN BOARD OF HEALTH. C. D. Sewell, A. L. Kellogg, president Frank Taber, Charles S. Firman, Geo. L. PI. M. Bard, clerk Bockes. A. B. Tobey Dr. C.W. Walling, health officer. Regular Meetings, first Wednesday of each alter;

;

;

nate month.

Citizens of Oneonta should take every

opportunity of helping to

Send one of these

who might

little

boom the town.

books to anyone

be inclined to move here. 10

County Officers. County Judge, Jas. W. Barnum, Cherry Valley.

Surrogate, Nathaniel P. Willis, Cooperstown. Sheriff,

George M. Wedderspoon,

County Clerk,

W.

Scott Root,

County Treasurer, Riley

J. VVarren, Pleasant

Brook. District Attorney, Ulyses G.

Welch, Edmes-

ton.

Arthur II. Brovvnell, Harry Frink, Burlington Flats

Coroners

:

;

Ward,

Springs

Richfield

;

Oneonta

;

Henry A.

George

A.

Sloan, Westford.

School Commissioners Lowell, Schenevus J. Multer,

;

:

ist

2nd

district, district,

F.

S.

Walter

Oneonta.

Superintendent of

Poor, John

W. Brown,

Phoenix Mills.

Loan Commissioners Cooperstown;

Member

S.

:

Robert O. Marshall,

R. Barnes, Oneonta.

of Assembly, Chas. Smith, Oneonta.

State Senator, Seth G. Heacock, Ilion.

Member

of

district)

,

Congress

George

W. II

(24th

Congressional

Fairchild,

Oneonta.

Board of Supervisors.

W.

Wright, Burlington.

Burlington.

E.

Butternuts.

Wm. M.

Dietz, Gilbertsville.

Cherry Valley.

John Sawyer, Cherry Valley. Decatur. James Ferris, Decatur. Edmeston. L. C. Maxson, West Edmeston. Exeter. Patrick J. Horan, Exeter. Hartwick. George M. Augur, Hartwick. Laurens. Fred Hand, Laurens. Maryland.

Charles

C. J. Armstrong, Milford. W. Shaw, Jr., Morris.

Milford.

John

Morris.

New

Maryland.

E. Parish,

T. F. O'Connell, Middlefield.

Middlefield.

Lisbon.

W. L

Smith,

New

Lisbon.

A. L. Kellogg, Oneonta.

Oneonta.

Frank B. Cooke, Otego. Clement M. Allison, Cooperstown.

Otego. Otsego.

Pittsfield,

Charles Chapin,

Plainfield.

J.

H.Watkins,

New

Berlin.

Plainfield Centre.

John Oyer, Richfield Springs. A. H. Putnam, South Valley. William D. Walradt, SpringSpringfield. Richfield.

Roseboom. field

Centre.

Unadilla.

Westford. Worcester.

Eugene

Carr, Unadilla.

Ira D. Tipple, Elk Creek.

Charles Goodell, Worcester.

Local Organizations.

MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION. President

— F. — B. C.

Bresee.

11

Lauren.

VicePres.

— R. C. Briggs. — A. W. Carr. Directors — E. M. Ronan,

Secretary

Treasurer

George

S.

T.

W.

Stevens,

Wilder,

L. E.

Slade,

R

C.

Briggs, A. R. Benedict, Ralpli Murdock, B. C. Lauren, C. C. Colburn.

Auditing Committee

— E.

D.

Ilirshey,

J.

Hendy.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. President

— Dr.

— M. G. Secretary — Rev.

Treasurer

J.

— Dr.

Cutler.

—Walter Scott. —

Hon. Charles Smith. Ronan.

Second vice-president

Directors

W.

Arthur

First vice-president

W.

Smith.

Arthur

W.

Cutler,

Hon

Charles Smith, George

L Wilber, D.

Keyes, F, H. Bresee,

J.

esq.,

Harry

W.

F.

¥.

Thompson,

Lee, L. C. Millard,

W. W.

Capron, M. G. Ronan, Walter Scott, A. L.

Kellogg,

esq.,

L H

Murdock, E. A. Hayward,

Rovve,

R.

W.

esq., Dr. J. C.

Smith,

Frank D.

Rev.

Miller,

Smith, Alva Seybolt, esq., B. esq., Arthur

M.

W.

J.

W. Hoye,

Curtis.

ONEON7A CLUB, President

—Frank

D

Blodgett.

— Louis C. (lurney. 2nd vice-pres. — A. W. Carr. 1st vice-pres.

Secretary and Treas.

Board of

Governors

— A. E.Hewel. — Andrew B.

Saxton,

Charles Gardner, Charles J. Beams, C A. Schumacher, G. A. Lane, B. H. Morris.

THE WOMAN'S CLUB, Mrs. E. A. Scramling, president; L. Kellogg, vice-president

Hay ward,

;

Mrs, A. Miss Florence

recording secretary

Rowe, coresponding

;

secretary;

Mrs.

L H.

Mrs. \V.

S. Whipple, treasuer. Directors— Mrs. H. G. Bishop, Mrs. Burr Mattice, Mrs. J. C. Smith, and Mrs.

Chas. H. Baker.

THE OLENWOOD CEMETERY SOCIETY, Albert Morris, president (jeorge

L

Wilber,

Albert

B.

Tobey.

Gurney. 14

;

James Stewart, L. Brown,

Walter

Secretary,

L.

C.

Riverside Cemetery Society.

president secretary and treasurer.

Stephen

Ciile,

;

Henry Saunders,

THE THIRD SEPARATE COMPANY. Co. O.. N.O., S. N. Y.

— Frank O. Rollins. A. Millard. Second Lieut. — Surgeon — Dr. E. J. Parish. Quartet master-Sersjeant — F. L. Captain

J.

Serjjents— Claude J.

I..

I'luyn,

Olin.

C.

C

.Miller,

C. Stone, Albert B. Webster.

— Harry Parish, W. L. Harry .Anderson, A(idison Jenks, Fox, Perley A. Wood.

Corporals

l"uer. .Vriliur

BANKS.

W ilber

National Bank.

Organized 1874. Capital Sioo.ooo surplus. $200,000. Annual election, Second Tuesday in January. President, George I. Wilber vice-president and cashier, E. A. Scramling assistant cashier, Samuel H. ;

;

;

Potter.

First National Bank.

Organized 1871. Capital and surplus, $125, Annual election, second Tuesday in 000. President, M. L. Keyes viceJanuary. ;

president. F. Keyes;

Beams.

Ransom

Mitchell; cashier, assistant cashier, Cl.arles

I).

J.

Citizens National Bank.

Organized

1907.

Capital,

$100,000;

sur-

Annual election first TuesFrank H. Bresee, presiday in January. dent; John Graney, vice-president; A. D. plus, s-10,000.

Kowe,

cashier.

Oneonla Postmaster, Assistant

F. Shelland.

Charles

I'os:

Money Order Stamp

Post-Offlce.

master, James A.

clerk,

clerk, Sperry

Mailing clerks,

Dewar.

Solon E. Hopkins.

Wm.

W.

Hall.

F. Wilson and Charles

F. Mahon.

Night clerk, C. M. Clapp. Catriers, George E. l!ond. Charles W. Southworth, Michael J. Hickey, A. R. Webster, Charles H. Mahon, A. J. Relyea, and E. L. Burrows. Messenger, Louis A. Butts.

Superintendent Station A, F. Rur.d Carriers, Milton Lewis, E. D. Munson. i6

W. Whitcomb.

D. Munson,

A. C.

Companies.

Incorporated

Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital. Incorporated, May 29. 1900. lion. W. L. Bjfown, president Hon. G. W. Fairchild, vice-president B. C. Lauren, treasurer W. P. Blakeiy, secretary Miss Eva Caddy, superintendent. Directors: W. W Capron, G. VV. Fairchild, VV. L. Brown, E. Pardee, W. P. Biakeiv, R. W. ;

;

;

;

H

Murdock, N. H. Hrigj^s. M. G.'Ronan, I. S. Dauley, H. E. Huntington, IJ. C. Lauren.

Woman's Board — President, Mrs. J. ¥. Thompson vice-president, Mrs. George ;

Kirkland

secretary, Mrs. A. L. Kellogg; treasurer, Mrs. Howard Lyon. Directors for two years, Mrs. L S. Dauley, Mrs. :

(ieorge B. (jillespie for one year, Mrs. A. Curtis. Mrs. Charles Smith, .Mrs. Harry ;

M.

Baker, Mrs. P. R. Young, Miss

Mary Gor-

man. Oneonta Water Works Comoany. (leorge

L

Wilber, president; D. A. Diefenand secretary; E. A. Scramling, treasurer; J. G. Hoyt, superin-

dorf, vice-president

tendent.

Oneonta Union Agricultural Society. Organized 1873. Walter L. Brown, president; S. L. Huntington, secretary; H.

M. Bard,

treasurer.

17

Bell Telephone Company. Nicholson, Gen. manager, Syracuse, N. Y. B. C. Wolverton, chief engineer, Y. ; O. R. McKenzi", Gen. Syracuse, A. W. contract agent, Syracuse. N. Y L. D. Heas, auditor, Syracuse, N. Y. Brainard, district manager, Oneonta, N. Y.

W. W.

;

N

;

;

Home Telephone Company. L. C. Millard, Dr. A. W. Cutler, president vice-prc-ident M. G. Keenan, secretary and treasurer Orra I.. Tipple, manager. ;

;

;

Oneonta Light and Power Company. Edward E. ArpoM. president; John R. Gladdinc^, secre ary and treasurer; G. A. Lane, manager. Oneonta Theatre Company. and Treasurer D. V. Keyes. Vice Pre-ident— F. D. Miller. I'resident

—

M. G Keenan. Directors— D. F. Keyes, M. L. Keyes, F. D. Miller. W. L. Brown, O. S. Hathaway, Charles Smith, and M. G. Keenan. Secretary

Oneonta Milling Company. E. Gibson Oliver, president and treasurer W. Elmore, ist vice-president E. A. Durant, 2nd vice-president \V. Dyer, ;

;

;

secretaiy.

Buckley Brothers Company.

H. H. Buckley, president; W. D. Buckley, vice-president;

If. J.

treasurer.

i8

Baker, secretary and

Oneonta Grocery Company. Capital $150,000. Clinton Root, president; F. L. Larrabee, secretary; W. F. Kggleston, treasurer and manager.

,

Qardner»Thompson Laundry Co.

Charhs Gardner, president Albert G. Thompson, vxe-president and secretary ;

;

William

C

Blunden, treasurer. Directors, Charles Gardner, Albert G. Thompson, William C C Rlunden, A. I,. Kellogg and Harry J. Baker. C.

Oneonta Building and Loan Association. Walter .Scott, president; A. B. Tobey, vicepresident B. W. Ho\ e, secretary T. W. .Stevens, treasurer; directors. A. B. Tobey, B. W. Hoye, T. W. Stevens. Richard Downes, S. B. Gardner. M. L. Keyes, N. II. Briggs, L. L. Gardner, Walter Scott, Chas. E Hiils. ;

;

NEWSPAPERS. The

—

Oneonta Star Independent Daily. Harry W. Lee, editor and proprietor. Terms, one year, $4 00. The Oneonta Herald Published Thursdays. G. W. Fairchild & Co., editors and proprietors. Terms, $1.50 a year in advance. The Oneonta Press -Published Thursdays. Henry G. Bishop, editor and proprietor. Terms, $1 00 per year in advance.

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19

Churches. St.

James'

Episcopal Church, corner Elm streets. Rev. S. Barkdull,

Main

and

Rector. Presbyterian Church, Main street, Rev. J. C. Russell, opposite Elm street. Pastor.

First

United Rev. First

Church, Dietz Smith, Pastor.

Presbyterian J.

W.

Baptist Church,

and Academy

streets.

street.

corner of Chestnut Rev. E. J. Farley,

Pastor.

Free Baptist Church, corner of Maple and Main streets. Rev. Chas. S. Pendleton, Pastor.

Methodist

Episcopal

Church,

Church and Chestnut

corner

streets.

Rev.

of T.

Gilford Dickinson, Pastor. English Lutheran Church, Grove street. Rev. Henry Manken, Pastor. St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, corner Rev. Father of Grand and Main streets.

McCarthy, Priest. Church of Christ Scientist, 25 ChestMr. and Mrs. Franklin Blake, nut street.

J.

First

Readers.

Chapin Memorial Universalist Church, Ford No pastor. avenue Salvation Army Rooms, Corner of Grove and Main streets. Young Men's Christian Association, Broad street

A. E. Ceperley, .Secretary.

20

Oneonta Public Schools.

BOARD OF EDUCATION. Albert Morris, 43 Walnut street, president. John R. Skinner. 22 Watkins avenue.

William Edmunds, 141 River

street.

Arthur E. Ford, 31 Watkins avenue. T, W. Stevens, 25 Watkins avenue.

Henry

Harry

Bull,

5

Grand

street.

Superintendent of Schools. Rockwell, A. B., corner East and streets. Office, (temporary) the

W.

Ernst

Armory. Secretary.

M. G. Keenan, 4 Broad

10

Walnut

street.

Office,

street.

Treasurer.

Edward Crippen, 69 Ford avenue. Collector

Dan

Jennings, 43 Church street.

Broad

Office,

5

street.

Faculty for the Year 1907=1908. A. B., Superintendent, corner Enst and Ernst streets. Frances Ellen Sprague, Supervisor of Music and Physical Culture, 6 Myrtle avenue. Jennie L. Clark, Supervisor of Drawing, 36

H. W. Rockwell,

Grove

street.

HIGH SCHOOL. Elbert C.

Wixom, A.

Instruc-

B., Principal, tor in Science, 25 East street.

Ella in

M.

Brigcfs,

Vice-Principal,

Mathematics, 27 Walnut

Instructor

street.

E. Stevens, Instructor in 37 Chestnut street.

Harriet

E. Estelle tion

History,

Southwell, Instructor in Elocu-

and Biology, 28 Elm

street.

Emma

G. Bates, Instructor in Commercial Subjects, 54 Maple street. Alice E. Lattin, A. B.. Instructor in English, corner Main and Maple Streets.

Mabel A. Overbaugh, A.

B., Instructor in

Latin, 6 Myrtle avenue.

Mabel Tomkinson, A. B., Instructor Modern Languages, 36 Elm street.

in

(IRAMMAR SCHOOL, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES. Frances D. Kellogg, Instructor graphy and History, 6 Fairvievv Florence Ford Somerville, English, 5 Ford avenue.

Geo-

in

street.

Instructor

in

Elizabeth Blakely, Instructor in Arithmetic, 27 Elm street.

Fern A. Bronson,

Sixth Grade,

27 Grand

street.

Dorothy Wilber, street.

Fifth

Grade,

43

Grove

,

Jessie

M. Traber, Fourth

CIrade,

36 (irove

street.

Third

Helen

Nearing, avenue.

Clrade,

Myrtle

7

Clara Bunn, Third Grade, 48 Maple street.

Ann:t Bunn, Second Grade, 48 Maple

street.

Elm

street.

Agnes Roulston,

First Grade, 26

RIVER STREET SCHOOL. Fffie

Wrigley Covey, Fifth and Sixth Grades,

Main street. Mary Ward, Third and Fourth Grades, 21

S

Watkins avenue, jane L. Stevens, Second and First

30 Grove street. Mila Frazier, First Burnside avenue.

A

and

B

C

(irades,

Grades,

29

PUBLIC LIBRARY. Board of Trustees

— Albert Morris, president

Alva Seybolt, secretary

Hon. George Curtis,

W.

John R. Skinner.

M.

Alva Seybolt and Andrew B. Saxton,

book committee

When

;

Fairchild, Prof. A.

;

Mattie Cope, librarian.

talking with strangers, always

;peak well of your

own town.

THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS. Faculty for the Year 1907=1908.

Percy i8

Bugbee, A. M., D. Sc, Principal,

I.

Walnut

street.

Arthur M. Curtis, B.

Methods, 68 Maple

Edwin

Bacon,

F.

S.,

Mathematics and

street.

Ph.

Modern

B.,

Lan-

guages, 56 East street.

Frank D. Blodgett, A. B., A. M., Logic, History and Science of Education, 77 Elm street.

Howard Lyon, A.

B.,

Methods, 35 Cedar A.

Charles

M.

Science and

S.,

street.

Schumacher,

A.

B.,

Ph. D.,

Psychology and Methods of Literature, 65

Elm

street.

Kate M. Denison, Methods and English, 27

Elm

street.

Elm

street.

M. Whallay, Drawing, 42 Elm

street.

M. Paulsen, Music,

Charlotte Jessie

Helen M. tion,

S.

Sanborn, Reading and Elocu-

47 Elm

Florence

75

street.

M. Matteson, History and Methods,

65 Ford avenue.

24

Amelia E. Armbiuster, Physical Training, 44 Maple street.

Manual Training,

G. Sanford, Ford avenue.

P'rank

17

Elifa E. Gee, Principal Intermediate Depart-

ment, Model Ttachinsr and Criticism, 27 Cedar street.

Cora

Pettit,

II.

Principal

Primary

Depart-

ment, 63 Ford avenue

Helen Grant Irving, 63 Maple Helen C.

Fritts,

27 Walnut

street.

street.

Frances Alice Terrell, 57

Elm

street.

Caroline D. Hurlbutt, 50

Elm

street.

Bertha M. Loveland, 27 Cedar street.

Florence

M. Richards,

7

Myrtle avenue.

Kate B, Cristman, 27 Cedar

street.

Sabra E. Hayden, 283 Main

street.

Himes, Kindergarten, 27 Cedar

Jessie Scott street.

Edith H. Murray, Kindergarten Assistant, 75

Elm E.

May nut

Claire

street.

Hurlbutt, Principal's Clerk, 47 Chest-

street.

A.

Maple

Hurlbutt, Special Street.

25

Assistant,

38

Centre Street School.

Addie

E.

Hatfield,

27

Principal,

Cedar

street.

7th grade, West Oneonta. Vaughn, 6th grade, 715 Elm

Estella Matteson,

Ellen G. S. street.

Mabelle M. Boynton, 5th grade, 23 Watkins Avenue. Alice L.

Esmond,

4th

33

Cedar

Elm Elm

street.

grade,

street.

Jennie

M.

(Jreene, 3rd gr;\de, 31

Faith C. Brigham, 2nd grade, 50 Ellen

E.

Hitchcock,

street.

49 Kim

grade,

ist

street.

The Local Board. William H. Morris, president

and

secretary

treasurer

;

;

Henry Bull, Hon. W. I,.

Brown, Hon. James Stewart, Wilber,

George

I.

Eugene Raymond. Willard E.

George Kirkland, Frederick Mead, Hon. Hobart Krum, Harry

Yager,

A.

W.

Eee.

The the

better the

schools.

home town

if

town can be made the

Give your

you desire

receive the benefits of

to

support

have your children

good schooling.

26

better

to your

Village Presidents from 1871 to 1907.

1

87 1— Warren Gillett.

1872

— Samuel

1873

— James

H. Case. H. Keyes.

— Charles E. Bunn. — Anthony White. 1876 — Madison H. 1874

1875

Bissell.

1877— W. W. Snow, 1878— Madison H. Bissell. 1879— W. D. Bissell. 1880— Newton

I.

Ford.

1881— W. D. Bissell. 1882— W. D. Bissell. 1883— Frank Gould. 1884— Ransom Mitchell. 1885

— George Kirkland,

1886

— George

Kirkland.

1887— George

Kirkland.

888— George

Kirkland.

— George

Kirkland.

1

1889

— T. 1891 — A.

1890

\V. Stevens.

C. Moody. 1892— A. C. Moody. 1893 A. C. Moody. 1894 A. C. Moody. 1895 A. C. Moody,

— — —

27

1896— A.

C. Moody,

— A. C. Moody. 1898 — John Brewer. 1899 — John Brewer. 1900 — L. B. Lennon. 19QI — N. H Briggs. 1902 — N. H. Briggs. 1903 — N. H. Briggs. Bowdish. 1904— C. Lunn. 1905 — 1906 —J Lunn. 1907 — W. W. Capron. T897

PI.

J. S. .S.

How It is to

to

Help Your Town,

the best interest of the laborer thai

he patronize the stores and business place*

own town, says the " Home Tradf By so doing he helps himself. The more business in the home town the Wages are better is the pay of the laborer. of his

.Advocate "

^.uiged by the activity of a place.

The

following advertising pages pre-

sent a few Oneonta Merchants entitled to your patronage. 28

who

are

Always buy your

DRY GOODS, FURNITURE, CARPETS

and

MILLINERY

at

The Ronan Bros. Big Store. And

you'll save

money.

For

Shoe Information and call

GOOD SHOES

on Ralph

W. Murdock

1^7 Main Street.

Cash and Barter

Store.

Fancy and Staple Groceries, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables,

Fresh Meat, Fish and Provisions at

Lowest prices

TERRELL

and

for cash.

CAMPBELL,

263 and 267 Main street, Oneonta. Bell

and

Home

STEVENS

and

Phones.

BAKER,

General Hardware, 133 Main Street.

EDWARD

D.

HIRSHEY

Merchant Tailor, 133 Main Street, Oneonta, N. Y.

Shop.

Herrieff' s Clothes

Sole distributors in Oneonta vicinity of the celebrateti

KIRSCHBA U M HA N D-M A

and I )

K

HART SCHAFFNER & MARX and

COLLEGE BRAND CLOTHES Hawes' Hats.

Fowne's Gloves. Interwoven Hosiery.

Oneonta

Central Hotel Block,

Oneonla

Departmenl

BRESEE,

F. H.

Dry Goods

-

Store,

Prop.

Carpets

-

Millinery,

Clothing" and Shoes.

Groceries and Provisions of

121 to 127

kinds.

Main

St.,

Oneonta.

M.

L, Keyes, Prest.

D.

Ransom

Keyes, Cashier.

F.

First

Mitchell, Vice-Prest.

C. J. Beams, Ass't Cashier.

National

Bank

Oneonta, N. Y. Deposits over $1,000,000.00.

Your patronage

M.

solicited.

GURNEY & SONS Carpets

and

Dry Goods 161

Main

Street,

Oneonta.

The

Central Hotel

L.

C.

MILLARD & SON, Proprietors.

PROTECTION From

Fire

and Burglars

rent A SAFE DEPOSIT FJOX IN OUR AND BURGLAR PROOF ROUND DOOR

Vou can

FIRE

MANGANESE STEEL VAULTS

mod-

for a very

erate sum, which will atford you the greatest protec-

and guarantee Hj
tion and;Convenience, lire

An

or theft.

lost

by

THE VVILBER NATIONAL BANK ESTABLISHES CONFIDENCE. Accounts of Merchants, Estates, Societies and

lii-

ilividuals are respectifuUy invited.

Safe Deposit Boxes $5 per annum

&

up.

Wilber National Bank Opposite

Capital Surplus

Town -

-

-

-

The Surplus Fund in

proportion to

its

Clock, Oneonta.

$tOO,00.00 $200,000.00

of this

Bank

is

the Largest

Capital of any National

Bank

New

York, offering Persons of large or small means an Unusually Safe and Profitable place to do Business. in Central

Savings Department lieiignated depository of the United Slates, Slaie 1

New

Vork and Otsego county.

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