These items come from my Mother-in-law, Lena Belle (Beers) Alverson, she and Walter Alverson, were both born in Beerston, and graduated from Walton High School. After they married they lived in Indiana, Michigan and Florida. She kept a subscription to the Walton Newspaper and cut out these clippings of her relatives and friends. I am sorry to say there are no dates on the clippings to tell when they were printed in the newspaper, but most of them have dates within the clippings. I hope you will enjoy these. I remain, an avid researcher, --Diana Alverson
From the Scrap Book of Lena Belle (Beers) Alverson - Walton Reporter clipping - Feb. 8, 1938
FOUR ESCAPE FROM BLAZE AT BEERSTON
One man perished, another was critically burned, two were slightly burned and a third was cut by broken glass early Tuesday when a house of JESSE BEERS burned to the ground on Route 10 at Beerston. It was the second Delaware County fire within 72 hours, a man COLONEL VIVIAN BENNETT, trainer at the Gerry stables at Lake Delaware, near Delhi, having burned to death early Saturday.
THE DEAD - JOHN BUCHANAN, 23, formerly of Hancock, a farmhand on the JESSE BEERS' farm in Beerston. His charred remains were found late today in the smoldering ruins.
THE INJURED - JESS BEERS, 37, owner of the farm, critically burned on the face, neck, arms, chest, back and legs, now a patient at Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta. Condition described there tonight as "unchanged".
MRS. MABLE NICHOLS BEERS, 36 wife of JESSE BEERS, first degree burns on face, arms and right foot. Now a patient in Smith Hospital in Walton.
MRS. MELVINA BEERS, 59, mother of JESSE BEERS, cut on right hand from broken glass when she broke out a window to escape with her daughter-in-law and fractured ribs in the fall.
JACK PECK, 38, of Poughkeepsie, a visitor at the Beers farm, minor burns on hands and back of neck and sprained ankles suffered when he jumped to
safety from a second story window.
JESSE BEERS is believed to have discovered the fire, with his cries awakening the rest. PECK told authorities today he was awakened by Beers' cries and that he threw his shoes out a front window on the second floor, where he had been sleeping, and jumped to safety. Aroused by BEERS, his wife and mother made good their escape through a window from a ground floor bedroom, the elder MRS. BEERS sleeping in a room adjoining the bedroom of MR. and MRS. BEERS. By the time PECK and the two women reached safety outdoors, the house was a roaring inferno. Seeing that JESSE BEERS was missing, PECK, a long-time friend, went back into the blazing building through the front door to pull the badly burned BEERS out. After arousing PECK, his wife and mother, BEERS is believed to have made an attempt to get the hired man, BUCHANAN, to safety and also rescue his dog. The younger MRS. BEERS went about 1,000 yards down the road to call for help at the home of JOHN CAMPBELL on the opposite side of the street. MRS. CAMPBELL, awakened by the reflection of the blazing building through her bedroom window, was just getting up to investigate when MRS. BEERS arrived. Seeing that she was badly burned, the CAMPBELLs gave her emergency first aid and summoned help.
Meanwhile, the elder MRS. BEERS had gone across the street in the opposite direction to the home of FRANK B. McDOUGAL, who operates a gas station about 1000 yards away. He rushed over in time to help PECK in his successful effort to get BEERS out of the blazing house. BEERS was removed to the Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta in the Lyon Brothers ambulance, with the two women removed to Smith Hospital, where they received medical attention from DR. WALTER E. EELLS. Their condition was described by him tonight as "fair" with the younger MRS. BEERS' chances of recovery "good".
Troopers FOREST L. KNAPP and W. B. MARTIN located the remains of BUCHANAN's body this afternoon and DR. C. SUMNER GOULD, coroner, identified the bones as being those of a man. DR. GOULD said that with COOPER KNAPP he also discovered what he believed was the ruins of a still made out of a 40-quart milk can. He said he could not state if it had been used lately. He said tonight that he had not questioned members of the family about the device. BUCHANAN is survived by a wife, MADGE GILBERT BUCHANAN, now living in Rome; by one child: his parents, MRS. and MRS. JOSEPH BUCHANAN of Hancock; a sister, MAGGIE, employed on the Eaton farm at Beers Brook, and a brother, FRANK of Hancock.
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT - HOLMES - ALVERSON
Announcement is made of the marriage of MISS JULIA EMILY, daughter of THOMAS ALVERSON of Beerston, to REID J. HOLMES of Schenectady, by REV. WILLIAM H. HOPKINS, D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Albany, in that city on Saturday evening, June 28, at 8 o'clock. The bride and groom enjoyed a week's honeymoon in New York City. MRS. HOLMES is bookkeeper and stenographer for the Borst & Burhans company of Cobleskill, and will retain her position for the present. MR. HOLMES is a machinist in the employ of the General Electric company in Schenectady. The many friends of MR. and MRS. HOLMES at home and vicinity join in wishing them a long and happy life.
A Dairy to be Proud Of.
CHARLES T. ALVERSON of New York City, formerly of Beerston, has sold his dairy of grade and thoroughbred Holsteins to WALTER P. READER & SONS of Ferris Hill, Grand Gorge, who are building up a dairy of thoroughbred Holsteins. The dairy had been well cared for by JOHN CAMPBELL of Drydon since the loss of the Alverson barn by fire last fall. The dairy was one of the best money makers in this section of the state for its size and MR. ALVERSON took just pride in its record and accomplishments. His success was due to the patient and careful selection of home grown stock over a long period of time by THOMAS ALVERSON and his sons. The dairy had as foundation stock cows that gave as high as 14,000 pounds of milk a year and clearly demonstrated the value of heading a dairy with good sires, selecting good foundation cows and raising your own cows.
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT - BRAZEE - BRANDT
MISS BERNICE LOUISE BRANDT, daughter of MRS. and MRS. JOHN N. BRANDT of Delhi, and IVAN WILLIAM BRAZEE of Delhi, were married Wednesday, February 18, at four o'clock at the bride's home, 54 Elm street. The wedding was informal, REV. E. O. TAMBLYN performing the ceremony.
The bride was dressed in a gown of powder blue crepe made with overskirt effect, trimmed in contrasting braid and sand colored lace, and work a
corsage bouquet of pine and white sweet peas. The out of town guests were MR. and MRS. DAVID GLADSTONE and LELAND BRAZEE of Franklin, parents and brother of the groom; also grandmother, MRS. ELIZABETH SOUTHWORTH, of Walton. The rooms were trimmed in pink and green, the color scheme being carried out by the use of candles and place cards. The wedding cake was used as center piece, decorated with twenty-two pink candles, the occasion also bing the twenty-second anniversary of MR. and MRS. JOHN N. BRANDT. MR. and MRS. BRAZEE will be at home with her parents, MR. and MRS. JOHN N. BRANDT, for the present.
OBITUARY OF MRS. ELIZABETH SOUTHWORTH
(From Franklin correspondent.)
MRS. ELIZABETH ST. JOHN SOUTHWORTH died at the home of her daughter, MRS DAVID R. GLADSTONE, in Franklin, ON Sunday evening, April 5, after a long period of ill health. She was born in the town of Walton on August 9, 1855, the daughter of PETER AND CYNTHIA BENEDICT ST. JOHN. She was married to WILLIAM SOUTHWORTH in the village of Franklin in the year 1874. She is survived by two daughters, MRS. LORIN H. WAKEMAN of Walton and MRS. DAVID GLADSTONE of Franklin; one brother, E. B. ST. JOHN, and six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. One son, ARTHUR SOUTHWORTH, passed away several years ago. Services were held on Wednesday, with prayer service at the home at 12:45 and further services in the Walton Methodist church at 2 p.m.. Burial was made in Walton cemetery. At the home of REV. S. E. SARGEANT was in charge with REV. GRANT E. ROBINSON of Walton assisting. REV. ROBINSON officiated at the services in Walton, assisted by MR. SARGEANT. MRS. SOUTHWORTH was a member of the Walton Baptist church.
Another death notice: SOUTHWORTH - at Franklin, Apr. 5, MRS. ELIZABETH SOUTHWORTH, aged 75 years.
GANNON - SHAW - At hawleys, Dec. 1, by REV. C. S. SYCKOFF, LIEUT. WI
EXPLOSION OF SOFT COAL CAUSES BURNING OF HOUSE
An explosion of soft coal in the kitchen stove at GEORGE B. CABLE's home, Beerston, is believed responsible for the destruction of the house by fire early Monday morning. The house has been occupied by MR. CABLE, who operates a taxi service in Walton, and his nine year old son, GEORGE. During the past winter MR. CABLE has used soft coal to a considerable extent in, his kitchen stove. The father and son occupied rooms at the front of the house, separated from the kitchen by another room. MR. CABLE states that about 4 o'clock Monday morning he was awakened by a noise like a thud. At first he thought his boy had fallen out of bed and looked into the youngster's room but finding him all right went to the kitchen, which he found all in flames above the stove. His efforts to check the fire with water were fruitless. A piano, chairs and most of the other furniture on the first floor, outside the kitchen, were saved but all of the household goods on the second floor and a large quantity of the canned goods in the cellar were destroyed. A man was sent for the Walton fire department and a pump engine was dispatched to the scene but the building was too far gone to sve when the firemen arrived. After exhausting the booster tank only a small amount of water was available which proved inefficient against the burning building. MR. CABLE carried $1,200 insurance on the house and $1,000 on the furniture with H. S. OGDEN of Walton. He is a skilled fisherman and among the articles destroyed was a large quantity of fishing tackle. MR. CABLE has rented rooms over the Mastr.... billiard parlor.
DR. E. RAY GLADSTONE DIES FROM INFLUENZA
DR. E. RAY GLADSTONE died early Monday morning, April 1st, at his home at 24 Townsend street in the village of Walton. Death was caused by an attack of influenza, which the physician was unable to withstand in his physical condition weakened by overwork. About a month ago DR. GLADSTONE suffered an attack of grip and from that time until his last illness he ran a temperature daily, but kept about and answered the many calls which came to him without seeking to spare himself. On Sunday night, Mar. 24, his illness at last forced him to take to his bed. It was two days later before the seriousness of his condition was realized and not until Friday that the community generally learned how critically ill he was. The attack of influenza was made severe by an acute toxemia or poisoning due to a blood germ infection. There have been few deaths in recent years which have more profoundly affected the people of Walton and vicinity than that of DR. GLADSTONE. Coming to Walton in 1914 he had built up a very fine practice. The constant calls for his services come both day and night kept him ever in demand. He was a skilled surgeon as well as physician, as many patients will attest. It is not only as the beloved physician that DR. RAY GLADSTONE will be remembered in the hearts of Walton people, but as the good citizen and loyal friend. He actively entered into the life of the community, so far as the demands upon his time would permit. He was a member of Chamber of Commerce, of the Kiwanis club, the Truman C. Tobey post, American Legion, and of Walton lodge No. 559, F. & A. M. E. RAY GLADSTONE was born at Shavertown on April 15, 1889, the son of MR. and MRS. ARCHIE GLADSTONE, and would thus have been forty years of age had he lived until the 15th of this month. He attended the Hilton Memorial high school in Andes and after his graduation there entered the Albany Medical college from which he graduated in 1913. After a year's service as interne in Faxton hospital, Utica, DR. GLADSTONE located in Walton in the summer of 1914. On Feb. 3 1915, he was married to MISS HARRIET CONKLIN of Newark, N.J., and brought here to Walton as a bride. Some five years ago DR. and MRS. GLADSTONE and their daughter, HARRIET, moved from lower Townsend street to the new home which they had built on the site of the residence of the late DR ARTHUR ST. JOHN. DR. GLADSTONE's activities were many. He loved his work and took a personal interest in his patients, and this no doubt was one secret of his popularity. In addition to his regular medical work he has been health officer of the village for a number of years, one of the county coroners, medical inspector of the Walton union school district and for several years has been chairman of the board of managers of the county sanitarium at Delhi. During the World war he served as a first lieutenant in the medical corps, being stationed at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, most of the eleven months he was in service. He was about to go overseas when the armistice was signed, but was called upon to remain in the army for a time owing to the epidemic of influenza then prevailing.
The funeral service was held at the home on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. His pastor, REV. FRANK C. DAVIDSON, of the United Presbyterian church, officiated. Burial was in the Walton cemetery. The profusion of floral tributes and the large gathering of people of all walks of life from the whole countryside was an evidence of the regard in which DR. GLADSTONE was held. DR. GLADSTONE is survived by his wife and daughter, HARRIET, and by his parents, MR. and MRS. ARCHIE GLADSTONE, of Shavertown.
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Another article on the same page in the Scrap Book from the Walton Reporter
WILLED MUCH TO CHURCHES - The late NEWELL B. CABLE, who died at Beerston Friday, left an estate valued at from $30,000 to $35,000. The original will was made some ten years ago and numerous codicils have been executed since. Under the provisions of the will and codicils existing at the time of MR. CABLE's death each of some twelve nephews and nieces or their heirs, if deceased, are given $1,000. After a few other minor bequests the residuary estate is to be divided amount six Walton churches, the United Presbyterian, Methodist, Congregational, Episcopalian, Reformed Presbyterian and Free Methodist. If the will stands this will give each church about $3,000. Under the will of his brother, the late E. B. CABLE, NEWELL CABLE received during his life one-half of the income from E. B. CABLE's estate. On NEWELL CABLE's death the entire income from the E. B. CABLE estate goes to MRS. MARY CABLE, widow of E. B. CABLE.
He was married on April 17, 1879 to MISS MARY L. CLARK of Florence, near Northampton, MA. Besides his wife he leaves two sons, E. BURNHAM GUILD of Walton and CLARK GUILD of Summit, N.J.; a daughter, MRS. GERTRUDE DOUGLAS, died a few years ago. There are three grandchildren, MALCOLM DOUGLAS, PHELPS GUILD and VIRGINIA GUILD. DR. GUILD leaves also one brother EDWIN L. GUILD, of Walton, and two sisters, MRS. J. J. BERRAY of Bard, CA, and MRS. HENRI C. TOBEY of Pasadena, CA. The funeral service was held Tuesday at 1:30 o'clock at the home on Howell street, REV. ROBERT B. CLARK of New York, and REV. STANLEY U. NORTH of Walton, officiating. Burial was made in the Walton Cemetery.
STOCKTON AVENUE
First grade: WILLIAM KENT, ROBERT LINCOLN, RICHARD POND.
Second grade: GEORGE BEERS, RUTH DENNIS, GENEVIEVE MCCALL, RICHARD
McCLELLAND, REYNOLD NORTHRUP, WILLIAM NORTHRUP, WILLIAM O'DELL, MARION
WAKEMAN, RUTH ZINNO
Third grade: DOROTHY BOYER, DOROTHY BRANDT, MARION CLARK, RONALD GREGORY,
DOROTHY NUTT, ELEANOR ROBINSON, DOROTHY SHAW, JEAN TWEEDIE, MARGERY WHITE,
HARRIETT MARVIN.
Fourth grade: EVELYN ALEXANDER, ROBERT DAVIDSON, LOUISE MEALUS, JULIA
PINE, JAMES SHERWOOD, WILLIAM WADE.
Fifth grade: MADELYN BOVEE, GEORGE BRANDT, ISABEL CANGRO, ROBERT ROSE,
BETTY STERN, EARL TWEEDIE.
Sixth grade: ELEANOR WANNEMAKER, MARY CHURCHILL, HARRY WILBUR, HERBERT
ROBINSON, WILLIAM FANCHER, HELEN WRIGHT, ORA EDWARDS, HARRIET GLADSTONE.
Seventh grade: CELIA AUSTIN, NE– BRANDT, CATHERINE CALKINS, JACK CHARLES,
JOHN CLARK, HELEN KEMP, BARBARA MILLER, BEATRICE SIMON.
Eighth grade: LOUIS CAMP, MARGARET NUTT, MATTHEW MARVIN, TYRELL RANSOM,
MAXWELL GRIFFIN, PHILIP ROBB, DONNA SOPER, VERA HAWES, HELEN SINCLAIR,
ELEANOR STERN, MARGARET ROBINSON, AILEEN TWADDELL, CLARENCE WAKEMAN, DOROTHY
ROSE, DOROTHY ROBINSON.
MILLER AVENUE
First grade: MARY BROWNELL, MARGARET BURGHART, MADOLYN BUTLER, DOROTHY
HAYNES, ROBERT HUNT, WALTER KELSEY, WAHNETA LEWIS, FRANCES PAUL, CONCETTA
THOMAS, MADELINE WAGNER.
Second grade: VEDA ALVERSON, REGINALD BAXTER, DOUGLAS BROWN, GEORGIA
HAYNES, KATHRYN JOHNSON, WILLIAM McCOOK, VIRGINIA NORTH, MARGARET SULGER,
HOWARD WALWANIS, WAHNETA YOUNG, BETTY KINCH.
Third grade: RAYMOND FRANCE, PALM GUERRA, RICHARD KINCH, PAUL LAKIN,
JOSEPHINE LATRONICA, JOSEPH MATITATO, MARGARET SCHLAFER, HELEN SERGIO,
WILLIAM WALKER.
Fourth grade: CLARISSA BEARDSLEE, ELLA BEERS, FERN DuMOND, EARL HINMAN,
RICHARD HOOS, LUCY HOUCK, FLORENCE MILLER, WALTER MERRITT, TEMPLE ROBINSON,
BETTY RYLE, MARY RYLE, MARIAN STEVENS, ALFRED KANE.
Fifth grade: CHARLES CRANSTON, ARCHIBALD DEAN, THURSTON DuMOND, WARD
HOLLEY, GRACE HUNT, EDRIE IVES, MILDRED MASTRO, MARION MERRITT, BARBARA
STERN, SHIRLEY STEVENS, FLORA THURSTON, RUTH TERWILLIGER, AGNES WALWANIS,
WILLIAM WALWANIS.
Sixth grade: MINNIE ALBERTS, CHARLES BULLIS, CHARLES BUTLER, THELMA
DuMOND, MARIE ENTROTT, ELSIE FRAZIER, DOROTHY GRATOPP, FREDERICK SCHLAFER,
ADELE SHINN, HAROLD WALLACE, RUTH WOLFE.
Seventh grade: CHARLES BARRINGER, FLORENCE GAVETTE, ISABELLE GORTON,
LIONEL GOULD, MARIAN GRATOPP, ANNABELLE KEERY, GWENDOLYN HECTOR, ROBERT HOOS,
EDWARD KELLEY, HOWARD KELLEY, TONY LATRONICA, CLARENCE LURENZ, DOROTHY
LURENZ, HAROLD OLES, JOYCE PAUL, MARJORIE STEVENS, ARCHIBALD THOMSON.
Eighth grade: CLARA CETTA, JANET JOHNSTON, MALCOLM KELLEY, GLENNA KNAPP,
PATSY LATRONICA, ROBERT NORTH, RUSSELL MILLER, WALTER POMEROY, REYNOLD
SCHLAFER, WOODROW NICHOLS, CATHERINE STASIO, JENNY STASIO, FRANCIS
VANDERVOORT, BYRON TENNANT HILDA VANDERZEE.
WALTON PHYSICIAN DROWNS IN BATHING
DR. WILLIAM G. SMITH, for thirty-seven years a practicing physician in Walton, was drowned Wednesday evening in the Delaware river at Colchester Station, just below the outlet of Chase hollow brook. Apparently DR SMITH suffered a heart attack as he was swimming back from the north to the south shore of the river after having crossed the stream. The fatality occurred about 7 o'clock. DR. SMITH has in the past at various times enjoyed the swimming in the river at this place. Wednesday evening, accompanied by HOWARD HOUCK, the painter, he drove to the ADAM CAMMER farm above Colchester and then out across the flats to the river. After the men had put on their bathing suits DR. SMITH waded out in to the river and plunging in swam across the stream, which at this place is about up to a man's neck in the deepest place. After reaching the further shore he turned and started to swim back. HOUCK, who is unable to swim, states that DR. SMITH was swimming on his side or back when his arms stopped moving and his head went under the water and he did not come up again. HOUCK says he at once waded to the spot where the doctor went down which was about one hundred feet away. He states that the body was not at the bottom, which would confirm the theory that the physician had over-exerted himself in his swim and that his heart action went wrong. Had death come from having water in the lungs the body would have been on the bottom of the river. The heat that day was over 90 degrees in the shade. HOUCK says he waded out to DR. SMITH's body and seizing him around the chest dragged him across the river and on the bank. He rolled the body over and thought the physician breathed once. HOUCK ran to the farm home of ROBERT McDONALD, which is about a quarter of a mile away, and told the McDONALD family of what had happened and DR. W. B. MORROW and DR. EELLS were telephoned for. The two physicians started at once for the place, DR. MORROW arriving just ahead of DR. EELLS, who is a stop-son of DR. SMITH. They worked over the bod in a vain effort to revive life, but both physicians and DR. M. C. MacNAUGHT, the coroner, are of the opinion that failure of the heart action due to over-exertion in the hear caused DR. SMITH's death.
DR SMITH was born on the farm of his parents, MR. and MRS. JOHN W. SMITH, up East brook, near Walton, on October 11, 1866. His father died in 1881 and it fell to WILLIAM G. SMITH and his older brother, JOHN D. SMITH, to carry on the farm work. When he was 19 years of age WILLIAM G. SMITH, who had been attending Walton academy, spent a year at the Albany business college. Returning home he spent two years more on the farm and then, having decided to take up medicine as a career, returned to the Walton academy and in 1891 received a state regents' medical student's diploma. He studied in the Bellevue hospital medical college in New York City, from which he graduated in 1894, and refusing offers to take up hospital work, returned to his native town to practice. About two years later he married MISS KATE WIGHT, a daughter of DR. THOMAS WIGHT of Andes. She died in young womanhood leaving two small children, THOMAS, who is now connected with the Walton garage, and JEAN, the wife of ALFRED DAVIS of Roscoe. DR. SMITH's second wife was MISS MARY FITCH, daughter of the late MR. and MRS. AUGUSTUS S. FITCH. Of the union there are four children: ------us, who recently graduated from Albany business college and is ------in that city; CHRISTINA, who ---------in June from Russell Sage---------; ROBERT, who has been -----------MRS. FRED FITCH in ------------; DONALD at home who is attending class at the Walton high school. MARY FITCH SMITH died in March, 1923 and DR SMITH later married MRS. CARRIE EELLS, who survives him. MRS. HENRY S. OGDEN of Walton is a sister. DR SMITH took great pride in his family and sought to give to each one of his children the chance to develop along lines of their own choosing, whether by a college education or in a business. As a physician, he will be gratefully remembered by many whom he had restored from sickness to health. He had a genial personality and a sense of humor which made him a good companion at any gathering. He was a member of the Kiwanis club of Walton and a regular attendant at the weekly luncheons. The funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home. REV. F. C. DAVIDSON, pastor of the United Presbyterian church will officiate, with burial in the Walton Cemetery.
MISS HELEN M. EELLS
MISS HELEN M. EELLS died Monday morning, March 26, at the home of MISS CARRIE OLMSTEAD, 12 Townsend street, Walton, where with her mother, MRS. ALIDA BATES, she had been spending the winter. Death followed a short illness with pneumonia. MISS EELLS was 50 years of age. MISS EELLS was born in Walton, March 5, 1873, the daughter of BURR GOULD EELLS and ALIDA SILLIMAN EELLS. Her father was a descendant of one of the pioneer families of Walton and there were few, if any, in the village who were more familiar than she with the early history of Walton and the genealogical record of its settlers. MISS EELLS graduated from the Walton high school in 1890. Of her classmates four are now living in Walton, MRS. MARY OOTHOUDT DANN, MRS. MARY HOWLAND BECKWITH, MRS. ALICE DANN DuMOND and MISS LEILA BRISACK. The close friendship formed among the group in school days continued until death broke the circle. After leaving the Walton academy, MISS EELS entered the Oneonta normal and completed the course there. At the age of sixteen, before graduating from the Walton school, she had begun teaching in the district schools and at the time of her death had completed thirty years of service as a teacher. MISS EELLS became a member of the faculty of the Walton union schools after finishing the normal course and was soon promoted to the high school where for several years she has been the senior teacher of the English Department. MISS EELLS was a great lover of good literature. Through her influence and inspiration many of the boys and girls who passed through her classes came into a more intimate contact with the best books and through them gained a broader appreciation of the true values of service. MISS EELLS' life was one that counted for much and in the hearts of hundreds of former pupils her memory will abide. MISS EELLS was a charter member of the Mary Weed Marvin chapter, D.A.R., and was always active in its affairs. Her church home was the First Congregational church and the funeral service was held in the church Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, REV. STANLEY U. NORTH, with burial in the family plot in the Walton cemetery. Besides her mother, MRS. ALIDA BATES, MISS EELLS, leaves one brother, BURR GOULD EELLS of Babylon, Long Island, who is a teacher in the Commercial high school in Brooklyn.
FUNERAL CARDSFunerals arranged by Lyon Bros, Walton, NY Charles L. Beardslee Date of Birth: Sept. 2, 1880, Trout Creek, NY Date of Death: Oct 4, 1962, Walton, NY Place and Time of Service: First Baptist Church, Walton, NY Oct 6, 1962, 2:00 p.m. Clergyman: Rev. Eugene Bilotti Place of Interment: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Carl W. Beardslee Date of Birth: Feb 13, 1893, Beerston, NY Date of Death: Mar 3, 1972, Walton, NY Funeral Service: Lyon Brothers' Chapel, Walton, NY Mar 5, 1972, 2:00 p.m. Place of Interment: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Fred G. Beers Born: Jul 27, 1886, Beerston, NY Died: Aug 23, 1945, Rock Rift, NY Services Held at: Lyon Brothers' Chapel Clergyman: Rev. Henry G. Lincoln Interment: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Henry N. Tripp Born: Dec. 16, 1868, Conklin Forks, NY Died: Jan 4, 1939, Binghamton, NY Services Held at: Beerston Church Clergymen: Rev. Frank Lathom and Rev. M. M. Rector Interment: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Cora L. Tripp Date of Birth: Apr 2, 1877, Bloomville, NY Date of Death: Feb 12, 1967, Delhi, NY Place and Time of Service: Lyon Brothers' Chapel, Walton, Feb 15, 1967 1:00 p.m. Clergyman: Rev. Wayne E. Muckel Place of Interment: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Ardys Whitaker Date of Birth: Oct 24, 1895, Walton, NY Date of Death: Jan 9, 1971, Walton, NY Place and Time of Service: Lyon Brothers' Chapel, Walton Jan 13, 1971, 2:00 p.m. Clergyman: Rev. John B. Hawes, Jr. Place of Interment: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Martha B. Johnson Date of Birth: Oct 20, 1883, Beerston, NY Date of Death: May 1, 1969, Walton, NY Place and Time of Service: Lyon Brothers' Chapel, Walton, May 4, 1969 2:00 p.m. Clergyman: Rev. John B. Hawes, Jr. Place of Interment: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Hobart C. Wilson Date of Birth: Aug 23, 1903, Walton, NY Date of Death: April 16, 1968, Delhi, NY Place and Time of Service: Lyon Brothers' Chapel, Walton April 20, 1968 2:00 p.m. Clergyman: Rev. Billy C. Sparkman Place of Interment: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Kenneth C. Goodrich Date of Birth: Jun 13, 1903, Beerston, NY Date of Death: Aug 29, 1967, Walton, NY Place and Time of Service: Lyon Brothers' Chapel, Walton Aug 31, 1967 2:00 p.m. Clergyman: Rev. Paul W. Brown Place of Interment: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Inez Louise (Bartow) Wilbur Date of Birth: Aug 8, 1890, Walton, NY Date of Death: Aug 16, 1959, Walton, NY Place and Time of Service: Lyon Brothers' Chapel, Walton Aug 18, 1959 2:00 p.m. Clergyman: Dr. Cameron B. Reed Place of Interment: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Lillian F. Gifford Date of Birth: Jan 10, 1878, Walton, NY Date of Death: Feb 15, 1962, Binghamton, NY Place and Time of Service: Lyon Brothers' Chapel, Walton Feb 18, 1962 2:00 p.m. Clergyman: Rev. Eugene Bilotti Place of Interment: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Thomas A. Alverson Date of Birth: Apr 12, 1861, Walton, NY Date of Death: Nov 25, 1940, Bainbridge, NY Place and Time of Service: Lyon Brothers' Chapel, Walton Clergyman: Rev. Frank Latham Place of Interment: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Ethel Beers Date of Birth: Jan 23, 1889, Ellenville, NY Date of Death: Jan 25, 1960, Walton, NY Place and Time of Service: Lyon Brothers' Chapel, Walton Jan 28, 1960 2:00 p.m. Clergyman: Rev. Henry G. Lincoln Place of Interment: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Funerals arranged by Clark Funeral Home, Walton, NY Harry A. Wilbur Born: May 6, 1883, Walton, NY Passed Away: Mar 18, 1960, Walton, NY Masonic Service: Clark Funeral Home, Walton, NY Mar 21, 1960, 8:00 p.m. Funeral Service: Clark Funeral Home, Walton, NY Mar 22, 1960, 2:00 p.m. Officiating Clergyman: Rev. Henry G. Lincoln Final Resting Place: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Catherine Goodrich Beers Born: Oct 27, 1884, Town of Colchester, NY Passed Away: Jan 19, 1961, Walton, NY Funeral Service: Clark Funeral Home, Walton, NY Jan 22, 1961, 3:00 p.m. Officiating Clergyman: Rev. Reginald D. Avery, assisted by Rev. Henry G. Lincoln Final Resting Place: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Hallock D. Lambert Born: Aug 6, 1893, Forestburg, NY Passed Away: Jan 29, 1961, Deposit, NY Funeral Service: Clark Funeral Home, Walton, NY Feb 2, 1961, 2:00 p.m. Officiating Clergyman: Rev. John C. Cook Final Resting Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Stilesville, NY William A. Beers Born: May 2, 1874, Walton, NY Passed Away: May 9, 1961, Walton, NY Funeral Service: Clark Funeral Home, Walton, NY May 13, 1961, 1:00 p.m. Officiating Clergyman: Rev. Reginald D. Avery Final Resting Place: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Florence Beers Houck Born: Apr 27, 1899, Walton, NY Passed Away: Apr 15, 1956, Walton, NY Service at: United Presbyterian Church, Walton, NY Apr 18, 1956, 2:00 p.m. Officiating Clergyman: Rev. J. M. Findley Brown Final Resting Place: Walton Cemetery, Walton, NY Harvey Alexander Departed this life: Feb 11, 1963 Services At: Presbyterian Church, Saturday 2:30 p.m. Clergyman: Rev. Fremont L. Chapman Interment: Walton Cemetery Milford B. Fitch Passed Away: Oct 17, 1959 Services At: James C. Nugent Funeral Home Tues., Oct 20, 1959 - 8:15 p.m. Officiating: Rev. G. Linnferguson Final Resting Place: Riverside Cemetery, Long Eddy, NY Ralph L. Beers Born: Aug 18, 1901, Town of Walton, NY Date of Death: Aug 4, 1971 Services from: Barber Funeral Home, 10:00 a.m. Monday, Aug 9, 1971 Clergyman Officiating: Rev. Elvin S. Murphy Final Resting Place: Vestal Hills Memorial Park Wife: Helen Two Sisters: Mrs. Lena Alverson, Mrs. Ethel Teed Aunt: Mrs. Grace Cole Several Nieces & Nephews Member of: Binghamton Lodge F.&A.M. no. 177 Otseningo Bodies Kalurah Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. Grotto Temple A.A.H.M.E.S.
PAUL D. BEERS - hand written date, 26 Apr 1964
Funeral services for Paul D. Beers, formerly of Beerston, who died recently in Knoxville, Tenn., will be held Saturday at 3 in the Ernest A.
Parsons Funeral home, Binghamton. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday, 7-9. Rev. Ralph E. Johnson, curate of Trinity Memorial Church of Binghamton will officiate. Graveside services will be at 10:30 Monday in Walton Cemetery. Mr. Beers was born in Beerston, July 6, 1905, the son of William J. and Harriett M. DeKay Beers. He never married. He was a retired forester, and a captain in the second World War, his last assignment being in the Panama Canal zone. He was a member of the Episcopal church and member of Walton Lodge F & AM 559.
Survivors are one brother, George R. Beers, Binghamton, and two sisters, Mrs. Ernest MacDonald, Delhi, and Mrs. H. C Bertan of Schenectady.
MRS. LULU MAE HAWLEY
Mrs. Lulu Mae Hawley, River Street, Downsville, died Monday, Feb. 10, 1964 in Loomis Village, Liberty. Funeral services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Downsville, Rev. R. L. Donahue, rector of the church officiating. Burial will be in Paige Cemetery, Downsville. Arrangements are by Ramsay's Funeral home, Liberty, where friends may call until Thursday morning at 9. Mrs. Hawley was born in the Town of Colchester Sept. 7, 1886, the daughter of Franklin and Anna (Rad) Miller. She was married to Harvey J. Hawley in Arena, Jan. 20, 1904. He died in Downsville Mar. 22, 1959. She was a member of St. Mary's Episcopal church, Downsville, and had maintained her residence in Downsville although she had spent the past three years with her daughter in Loomis Village. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Frances Weisberg of Liberty and Miss Pauline Hawley, Loomis.
FLOYD J. BEERS - hand written date 1974 - a picture is with this clipping
Beers Was 66 Years Fireman. Floyd J. Beers was a member of Walton Fire Department Alert Hose Company No. 2 for 66 years. He died Monday, Sept. 9, at the age of 87 in Carrie Eells Smith Nursing Home in Walton after a long illness. His long service to the department was recognized in April of 1970 when the department made him fireman of the year. At the time of the award, he said that he had never missed a fire call.
The funeral will be this Thursday at 2 from Lyon Bros., Walton, Inc., chapel with Rev. Edwin N. P. Hempel of the First United Methodist church of Walton officiating. Interment will be in Walton cemetery. His certificate of membership in the department dated to 1909, but his original certificate which was issued in 1905 was burned in a fire. While working as a milkman for Meadow Brook Dairy which in those days
was operated by Herschel Garrison and Will DePuy, he was asked to become a maintenance foreman for the New York State Department of Public Works. He served in that post for 32 years, retiring Dec. 31, 1956. At that time he observed that perhaps he should have retired earlier
inasmuch as he had over 100 days of sick leave built up since he had never been ill. He recalled that as highway superintendent, he had carried water for Walton village in 1935 when the community was left waterless by the flood which took out the East Brook reservoir. He and his crew of four had maintained more that 30 miles of highway. As a fireman he recalled first drawing hand-pulled engines to fires and was present for some of Walton's biggest blazes, including the old Novelty Works at High and Delaware streets, the village hall, the two Crawford blazes
and the Camp Milling fire. Mr. Beers was born at Beerston, Dec. 16, 1886, the son of Charles W. and H. Idella Beers. Most of his lifetime was spent at 10 Brook Street, Walton, where he cared for a neat garden.
MRS. JULIA ALVERSON HOLMES - newspaper clipping - hand written date 1968
Mrs. Julia Holmes of Schenectady died Sunday Nov. 10, at St Clair's Hospital, Schenectady after a short illness at the age of 72.
Funeral services were held Wed. Nov 13 at the Ellis Funeral Home in Schenectady by Rev. Reynolds with internment in the family plot at East
Worchester. Mrs. Holmes was born in Baxter Brook, Town of Walton, April 2, 1896, a daughter of Thomas A. and Dida (Wilbur) Alverson and resided at Beerston before taking up residence in Schenectady. She married Reid J. Holmes on June 28, 1924. He died in July 1955.
She is survived by one son, Herman R. Holmes and granson Mark Holmes of Scotia, also three brothers, Charles T. Alverson of Englewood, Fla, Howard G. Alverson of Detroit, Mich. and James H. Alverson of Albany.
BEULAH I. HAWES
Mrs. Beulah I. Hawes, 87, of Mahwah, N.J. died Sunday, Nov 20 at Albany, NY. She was a former longtime Walton resident. Funeral services were Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Lyon Bros. Chapel, Walton,
Rev. F. William Schueler, pastor of the United Methodist Church, Walton, officiating. Burial was in Walton Cemetery. Mrs. Hawes was born at Beerston, Dec 16, 1882, a daughter of John L. and Clarissa (Beers) Beardslee. She was married to Frank T. Hawes, July 29 1902 at Beerston. She was a housewife, a resident of Walton for 36 years and a member of the United Methodist Church of Walton. She had resided in Mahwah, N.J. for the past seven years. Surviving are her son, Francis J. Hawes, Cornwall-on-Hudson; two daughters, Mrs. Vera C. Brady, Mahwah, N.J. and Mrs. Dorothy Armstrong, Altamont.
KENNETH C. GOODRICH
Funeral services for Kenneth C. Goodrich, 64, Walton Star Route, will be this Thursday afternoon at 2 from Lyon Brothers chapel, Walton, Rev. Paul W. Brown, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. Internment will be in Walton Cemetery. Mr. Goodrich died Aug 29, 1967, at Delaware Valley hospital, Walton, after several years illness. He was born at Beerston June 13, 1903, son of William and Nellie Beardslee Goodrich. His marriage to Frances Scott took place Aug. 2, 1927, in Walton. For the past 22 years Mr. Goodrich had lived on Third Brook, Walton Star Route, previously having resided at Beerston and in Walton. He had been an inspector at Scintilla, Sidney. Deceased was a member of the First Methodist church of Walton and had taught Sunday school there. Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs Wilbur R. Dunn of Homer; two sons, Lorin L. of Springfield, Pa., and Jason P. with the army at Fort Lewis, Wash.; two brothers, Victor B. Goodrich of Walton and Louis S. Goodrich of Franklin; two sisters, Mrs. Floyd Martin of South Fulton, Tenn., and Mrs Fred Nigro of Bakersfield, Calif. In lieu of flowers, a memorial may be made to Delaware Valley hospital.
JOHN R. HAWKINS - (hand written date - Aug 20, 1967):
John R. Hawkins, 76 of RD 3, Windsor, died Sunday at his home. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Effie Hawkins of RD 3, Windsor; two daughters, Mrs. George (Jean) Adams of Port Crane and Mrs. Oscar (Isabelle) Decker of Windsor; two sisters Mrs Esther Wandell and Mrs Grace Cole, both of Binghamton; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Polumbo Funeral Home, Deposit, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
RICHARD H. COLE
Richard H. Cole, 55, of McDonough, NY., died early Sunday morning in Lourdes Hospital, Binghamton, following a long illness. He was born December 21, 1918 in Binghamton, the son of Abraham and
Grace Hawkins Cole. He resided in the Binghamton area most of his life, having recently moved to McDonough, 34 years ago in Binghamton he married the former Maude Dalphenie Cardiner, who survives him. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Grace Cole, Binghamton; one daughter Maria Menhennett, Binghamton; two brothers Douglas Cole, Windsor, Calvin Cole, Bovdon Beach, Fla.; one half brother, Raymond Wright, Neward Valley; two sister, Mrs Madeline Marshall, Binghamton, Mrs. Joyce Loftus, Binghamton, and one half sister, Mrs. Emma Smith, Binghamton; three grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. from the Black Funeral Home, Cincinnatus. The Rev. William Quick, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church, will be officiating. Burial will be in the Family plot in German Cemetery, German, NY. Friends may call Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
PEARL E. HAWKINS
Pearl E. Hawkins, 84, died Monday, Dec 11, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Walker, at Sarasota, Fla. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Dec. 13, at Lyon Brothers Funeral Chapel, Walton, with Rev. Edwin N. P. Hempel, pastor of the United Methodist church, officiating.
Burial was in the Walton Cemetery. She was born at Liberty, NY., on Oct 28, 1888. She was Married to William D. Hawkins. A housewife, she spent many years living in Walton, and for the past 15 years was a resident of Florida. She was a former member of the Walton United Methodist church. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs Evelyn Walker of Sarasota, Fla.; and two sons, Thomas Hawkins, Walton, and Donald Hawkins of Federalsburg, MD. Arrangements were under directions of Lyon Brothers, Inc., Walton.
ELBERT HOOD
Funeral services were Friday at 11 a.m. in Henderson Funeral chapel, Hancock, Rev. Harold Justesen, pastor of the Hancock Presbyterian church officiating. Burial was in Riverview cemetery, Hancock.
Mr. Hood was born in the town of Colchester, 25 Sept, 1895, a son of Charles and Stella (Northrup) Hood. He married Bertha Fuller Apr. 25, 1925 in Downsville. He was a retired stock clerk for a garment factory in Boonton, NJ, retiring in 1961. He formerly had resided at Fishs Eddy. Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs Robert Mentus, Garfield, NJ; three sons, Andrew, Fishs Eddy, Francis, Clearwater, Fla, and George Wood, Paterson, NJ; two brothers, Harold and Philip Hood, RD Deposit; three sisters, Mrs. Archie Bennett, Downsville, Mrs Merton Knapp, Walton and Mrs. Howard Jennings, Sidney Center.
Notes for ELBERT HOOD: 1964, lived in Long Eddy, NY, according to his Mother's Obituary
EVA LENA HATCHNER
Mrs. Eva Lena (Van Valkenburgh) Allen Hatchner, died Monday Sep 25, 1967, at Stirling, NJ.
Funeral services were Sept. 28 at Ouaquaga at the Methodist Church with burial in Ouaquaga Cemetery.
She was born Sept, 8, 1881, at Finch Hollow, Granton, the eldest daughter of Abram and Julia (Dann) VanValkenburgh. She was married to Rutherford Allen, Sept. 16, 1900. They lived many years at finch Hollow and Dryden and five of their six children were born there. Later they resided at Oxford where both worked at the basket factory now closed. For more than six years, they managed a restaurant in Binghamton, later moved to a farm on the River Road between Bainbridge and Afton, then to Ouquaga where they owned and operated the general store, gas station and post office. When there health began to fail, they moved to a farm about one mile from Ouaquaga where they built a new home. Mr Allen died there in 1942. Mrs. Allen sold the farm and went to make her home with her children until she found employment. She met and married John Hatchner of Pennsylvania who later died. She lived for years in Florida until poor health forced her to see her trailer home and live with her children. Surviving are one son, Glenn Allen, Binghamton and Daytona Beach, Fla.; five daughters, Julia Allen, New York City; Mrs. Richard (Una) Christman, Afton; Mrs. Hobart (Mildred) Pratt, Lake Worth, Fla.; Mrs. Arthur Hall, Stirling, NJ.; one brother Ernest VanValkenburgh; sisters, Laura Eaton and Viola Delmater, all of Sidney Center, and a sister, Carrie Sutton, Gilbertsville.
JOHN D. HOUCK, DIES AT 82
John D. Houck, lifetime resident of the Town of Walton, and well known religious worker, died unexpectedly in his sleep Sunday morning, Apr. 3, 1966, at his home on Houck mountain. He was 82. Mr. Houck was born Oct 5, 1883, in his late home on Houck mountain, which had been named for his grandfather, Ekana Houck and where his entire lifetime was spent. He was the son of Henry and Frances (Weaver) Houck. He attended schools in Walton and was granted a teaching certificate. He taught in district schools in the area for over 30 years, also owned and operated his own dairy farm. He had been very active in all religious endeavors, was granted a preacher's license by the Free Methodist church of which he was a member for many years. He had held several revival services throughout the area. He married Nancy E. Wormuth in Walton on July 9, 1912. She survives; also one daughter Mrs. Burton Ecker of East Branch; three sons, Devillo of Berthoud, Colo., Stanley of Downsville and John W., East Branch; one sister, Mrs Bertha Gransbury of Walton. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1 in the Clark funeral home, Walton, Rev. Floyd Doan, pastor of the Hancock Free Methodist church officiating. Burial was in Harvard.
WILMOTT HOUCK
Wilmott Houck, 79, of Franklin, died Sunday Oct. 25, 1964, at his home follow a short illness.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 in the Howard Funeral home, Franklin, Rev. Gene Black, pastor of the Methodist church officiating. Burial was in Walton cemetery. Mr. Houck was born in the town of Walton, Apr. 22 1885, the son of Henry and Frances (Weaver) Houck. He married Anna Armstrong on Apr. 12, 1911 at North Harpersfield. He was a dairy farmer and a lifetime resident of the
Walton-Franklin area. He was one of the few remaining who had rafted logs on the Delaware river.
Surviving are his wife; three sons, Charles of Walton, William of Chittenango and Wilmott, Jr. of Franklin; three daughters, Mrs. Eva Bailey, Chittenango, Mrs. Thelma Palmer, Bainbridge and Mrs Harriett Wisse of Franklin; one brother, John D. Houck, Harvard and one sister Mrs Bertha
Gransbury of Walton.
HAROLD A. TRIPP - (hand written date - 1971)
Harold A. Tripp, 60, a former resident of Bainbridge and owner of Tripp Collection Agency there died Monday, July 19 at Ft. Meyers, Fla. Follow a brief illness. Funeral services were Thursday at 2 in Lyon Bros. Chapel, Walton, Rev Gerald W. Jones, pastor of the First Baptist church of Walton officiating. Burial was in Walton cemetery. Mr. Tripp was born at Beerston, Nov. 19, 1910, son of Henry and Cora (Bowker) Tripp. Surviving are his wife, Helen Tripp of Bainbridge; one daughter, Mary Tripp, New York City; two sons, Thomas and Richard Tripp, Bainbridge; one brother, Morris Tripp, Walton; two sisters, Mrs Leila Jacobs, Unadilla and Mrs. Eva Crevling, Conklin.
MABEL LILLIAN (McLEAN) BEERS - (hand-written date Feb. 1964)
Mrs Mabel Lillian Beers, 73, RD 1, Great Bend, PA., died at her home Monday at 2:50 p.m. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. John Chauncey, RD 1, Great Bend; four sons, Charles Beers, Binghamton; Clyde and Ronald Beers, both of Endwell and Theodore Beers, Westmont, Ill.; four brothers Clarence McLean, Binghamton, Arthur McLean, Corbettsville, Theodore McLean, Hamden and Charles McLean, Binghamton; three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Cleveland, Binghamton, Mrs. Pearl Caller, Delhi, and Mrs. Areatha DuMond, Binghamton; 16 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. She was a member of the DOA of American Endicott Chapter. The body was removed to the J. F. Riche Funeral Home, 150 Main St., Johnson City, where funeral and committal services will be held Thursday at 3 p.m., with the Rev. Russell Mathews, pastor of the Great Bend Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Riverhurst Cemetery at the convenience of the family. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
MRS. HENRY GIFFORD
Mrs. Lillian G. Gifford, 84 of Walton died in Binghamton Thursday, Feb 15, 1962, of bronchopneumonia after a long illness. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 in Lyon Brothers chapel, Walton, Rev Eugene Bilotti, pastor of Walton Baptist church, officiating. Burial was in Walton Cemetery. Mrs. Gifford was born in Walton, Jan 10, 1878, the daughter of Clark and Harriett Hayden Mills. She was married to Henry Gifford in Hancock, June 28, 1906. She was a housewife and member of Walton Baptist church. She was a lifetime resident of Walton. Surviving are her husband; two sons, Howard D. Beers, of Rome and Lorin C. Gifford, also of Rome; three daughters, Mrs. Raymond Pidgeon, Binghamton, Mrs. Katherine Jacobs, Conklin and Mrs. Ralph Ostrander, Amsterdam; several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Two brothers survive, Walter Cleaver, Rock Rift and Robert Cleaver of Downsville; several nieces and nephews.
HARLAN B. BEERS
Harlan B. Beers, 51, of Walton died Thursday, July 18, 1963, in Delaware Valley Hospital, Walton, after a long illness. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 in Lyon Bros. chapel, Walton, Rev.
R. L. Donohue, rector of Downsville Episcopal church officiating. Burial was in Walton cemetery.
Mr. Beers was born in Beerston, Oct. 19, 1911, the son of Adelbert and Melvina Howe Beers. He married Ruth Nichols in Beerston, June 30, 1934. He was a retired farmer and a member of Christ Church, Episcopal in Walton. Surviving are a son, James Beers of Margaretville; a sister, Bernice Beers, Sidney; a brother, Raymond Beers of Walton; several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the chapel from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
The following two were sent to me by Darly Holmes, she is also a member of the Delaware List.
WALTER J. CLEAVER - (1981)
WALTON - Walter J. Cleaver, 98, of Wakeman, Brook, Walton, died Friday, June 5, in Delaware Valley Hospital, Walton, after a long illness. Mr. Cleaver was born April 25, 1883, in Pine Brook, Walton, the son of Jeremiah and Harriett (Hayton) Cleaver. He married Mary L. Beers. He was a retired farmer, a veteran of World War One. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge 559, Walton, the Walton Post 32 of the American Legion, World War Barracks of USA, and Walton United Presbyterian Church. Mr. Cleaver is survived by several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, June 8 at Lyon Brothers Chapel, Walton, with the Rev. Willem Bodisco Massink, pastor of the Walton United
Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Walton Cemetary. Friends may call at their convenience. The family will be in attendance Sunday evening 7 to 9.
MARY L. CLEAVER
Mrs. Mary L. Cleaver, 76, of Rock Rift, died at Smith hospital, Walton, Tuesday, Jan 3, 1956, after an illness of four weeks. Mrs. Cleaver had been a member of the Rock Rift Presbyterian church for 57 years.
The daughter of Whitman and Agnes Kinsey Beers, she was born at Rock Rift Sept 9, 1879. She married Walter J. Cleaver. Most of her life was spent in and around Rock Rift, town of Walton, and she had her home at Rock Rift for the past 32 years. Mrs. Cleaver was a humble Christian who served her Lord by serving others. Her life, in time of affliction, was a noble example of uncomplaining and patient waiting upon God. Surviving are her husband of Rock Rift and two sisters, Mrs. James Goodrich and Harriett Stevens, both of Walton. Rev. Joseph A. Hill of Walton officiated at funeral services held
Thursday afternoon at 2 from Lyon Brothers' chapel. Burial will be made in Walton Cemetary.
MRS. ORVILLE WHITAKER - (hand written date 1971)
Mrs. Ardys Whitaker, 75, of Mt. Pleasant, Walton, died Saturday, January 9 at Delaware Valley Hospital, Walton. Funeral services were Wednesday at 2 in Lyon Bros. Chapel, Walton, Rev.
John B Hawes, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church, Walton officiating. Burial will be in Walton Cemetery. Mrs. Whitaker was born in Walton, Oct. 24, 1895, a daughter of Herschel and Georgianna (Beers) Garrison. She was married to Orville Whitaker, June. 29, 1918 at Walton. She was a member of the Walton Training Class and was graduated from Oneonta Normal School. She was a retired school teacher. She and her husband resided at Beerston until their property was taken for the New York
City Cannonsville Reservoir. She had resided with her husband in Walton for the past ten years, was a
member of the United Presbyterian Church, Walton. Surviving besides her husband is one daughter, Mrs Robert Galley, Walton.
HOWARD D. BEERS
Howard D. Beers of Little Ireland Road, Livingston Manor, a former heating contractor, died Saturday, Dec 4, at Liberty-Loomis hospital in Liberty. He was 83 years old. Mr. Beers was born in Walton, Sept. 6, 1893 to Ira and Lillian Mills Beers. He was a member of Livingston Manor lodge of Masons.
Surviving besides his widow, the former Lucinda Woods, are four sons, Ira of Otego, Fred Henry of Clearfield, UT, and Albert and George of Rome; a daughter, Mrs. Ester L. Boddy of Livingston Manor; a sister, Mrs. Shirley Pigeon of Ohio; two half-sisters, Mrs. Catherine Jacobs of Conklin and Mrs. Ruth Oestrander of Amsterdam; a half-brother, Loren Gifford of Rome. Services were Tuesday from Berry Funeral home in Livingston Manor with Rev. J. Richard Heaphy in charge. Burial will be in Walton cemetery. Memorials to Mr. Beers may be made to Livingston Manor volunteer Ambulance corps.
Family Records show that he died in 1976)
VERE A. BEERS, Retired Colonel
Death claimed Vere A. Beers, a native of Delaware county, Mar. 24, 1962, in Lafayette, Calif. He was a retired colonel of the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, and the son of Harriet (DeKay) and Will J. Beers, born in Beerston July 13, 1896. A graduate of Walton High school in 1914, he entered West Point Military Academy in 1915 but due to the need of trained men, that class was graduated just prior to the Armistice in 1918. He was one of several engineers that toured the battlefields of Europe before being assigned a post in this country. He is survived by his wife of Lafayette who was the former Elon Gullatt, of Shreveport, LA and three daughters. They are; Mrs. Patricia Adams of Honolulu; Mrs Betty Vail, Los Angeles and Mrs Harriet Stark of Rochester. There are 11 grandchildren. He also had two brothers, George R. Beers, former city clerk of Binghamton and Paul D. Beers, Capt. U.S. Army retired of Memphis, Tenn. There are two sisters surviving, Mrs. Avah Bertan, Schenectady and Mrs. Daisy MacDonald of Delhi.
Burial in California
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, March 28, in " The Little Chapel in the Valley " and burial was in Golden Gate Cemetery, San Bruno, CA Colonel Vere Beers served as an officer for Uncle Sam for 38 years which period embraced two World Wars and the Korean Conflict. Various assignments took him and his family to all sections of the country and outside territories. He had a tour in the Philippines and had just returned from Hawaii after helping enlarge Hickam Field when the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor. He spent 17 months in the South Pacific where he commanded a regiment of men in New Hebrides during World War II. In 1947 Col. Beers was sent to re-organize the huge engineer depot in Yokohama, Japan. When he had completed his job there, he was assigned to serve as Inspector General in the North Central states with headquarters in Chicago. He was serving in this capacity when he decided to return. He moved his residence to Calif., and bought a home in Lafayette. He was a tax appraiser for Contra Costa county when he died
MRS. STELLA HOOD - (family manuscript has her name as Estella)
Stella Hood, 91, lifetime resident of Walton, died Tuesday, Dec 29, 1964, in Delhi. She had been in poor health for several years. Funeral services were held Friday at 2 in Lyon Bros. chapel, Walton, Rev. Lyman P. Taylor, pastor of the Downsville Methodist church officiating. Burial was in Gregorytown Cemetery, Town of Colchester. Mrs. Hood, was born in Walton, April 4, 1873, the daughter of John and
Augusta (Louden) Northrup. She was married to Charles Hood on May 29, 1894. Surviving are three sons, Elbert of Long Eddy, Harold of Afton and Philip of Deposit; three daughters, Mrs. Merton Knapp, Walton, Mrs. Archie Bennett, Downsville and Mrs. Howard Jennings, Sidney Center; one brother, Edward Northrup of Unadilla.
GEORGE R. BEERS
Beerston Native was City Clerk - (hand written date - 1973)
George R. Beers of Binghamton, a native of Beerston, died Wednesday, June 13, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton. He was 81 years old. Mr. Beers was born in Beerston Sept. 30, 1892, son of William W. and Harriet DeKay Beers. He was the eldest of six children. He was clerk of the City of Binghamton for 23 years and active in Broome County Republican politics serving as election commissioner. He served in the navy in World War I and was active in the Red Cross. He was given credit for organizing the first Sea Scout Patrol. Among those attending the funeral at the Ernest H. Parson's Funeral Home in Binghamton were Mrs. Dean Fravel of Walton and Mrs. Bertrice Dailey of
Andes. Mr Beers is survived by his widow, Mrs. Blanche M. Beers of Binghamton; a daughter, Mrs. Edward Bauman of Binghamton and a sister Mrs. H. C. Bertan of Schenectady. Services were held Saturday.
RICHARD N. BEERS - (hand written date - 1971)
Richard N. Beers, 48, a former Walton resident died Friday, Nov. 19 at his home, Rock Island, Ill. following a heart attack. Funeral services were held Nov. 24 at the U.S. Army Arsenal Chapel, Rock Island with burial in the Arsenal Cemetery. Mr. Beers was born at Beerston Sept. 13, 1923, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Rex W. Beers. He was graduated from Walton high school and from Syracuse University where he majored in administrative engineering and received his B.S. degree in 1950. He enlisted in the Army Air Force in 1942, served during World War Two. He was employed as an engineer G.S. 12 at the Army arsenal in Rock Island, Ill. at the time of his death. Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Miller; three daughters, Lisa and Laura at home and Mrs. Diana Smith of Florida; his mother, Mrs. Reuben Johnson, Delancey and one sister, Mrs. Barbara Mills, Laurens; two brothers, Rex W. Beers, Syracuse and George Beers of Binghamton.
MRS. FRED W. WILCOX
Mrs Fred W. Wilcox died at her home on Shepard Street, Walton early Friday morning, July 10. Mrs Wilcox was born at Pinesville, 76 years old., the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Buckbee. Practically all her life has been spent in the Town of Walton, she having lived at Beerston for 30 years before coming to Walton Village, 20 years ago. Mrs Wilcox is survived by her husband and one son, Charles B. Wilcox, a marine engineer employed in Brooklyn. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Lyon Brothers Funeral Chapel, Rev. J. H. Osterhout officiating. Burial was made in the Walton Cemetery.
(Family record says she died in 1934.)
MRS HELEN WILSON - (1928) Obituary (East Branch correspondent.)
MRS. HELEN WILSON passed away on Monday morning, Nov. 19, after a short illness at the home of her son, OSCAR WILSON, at East Branch, with who she had been living since the death of her daughter several months ago. Funeral services were held at the WILSON home on Wednesday, conducted by REV. GORDON HAWLEY, with interment in the Walton Cemetery.
MISS DIDA WILBUR - (1928) Obituary MISS DIDA SHIRLEY WILBUR died on Sunday, June 24, at the home of her brother, HARRY WILBUR, at 15 Holley Street, in Walton. Death was caused by a cancerous trouble from which she had suffered for two years. MISS WILBUR was 38 years of age. She was the daughter of MR. & MRS. FRANK WILBUR, both now deceased, and most of her life had been spent in Walton. A few years ago she studied in the Binghamton Bible school and then for four years until ill health forced her to cease she was engaged in mission work withthe European Christian Mission in Brooklyn, which conducts work especially amoung the Russians and Slavs in the city. She had a deep religious nature and although never strong physically entered whole heartedly upon the work she had chosen. Her long illness she bore with cheerfulness and fortitude. She is survived by two brothers, HARRY WILBUR and ROBERT WILBUR of Walton and one sister, MRS. JOHN N. BRANDT of Delhi. The funeral service was held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of HARRY WILBUR. REV GRANT ROBINSON, pastor of the Methodist church, of which MISS WILBUR was a member, officiated at the service. Burial was made in the Walton Cemetery.
John D. Houck of Walton and Nancy E. Wormuth of Peakville were married at Walton Free Methodist church July 9, 1912 by Rev. John Wintch.
Most of the time since then they have resided on a farm on Houck Mountain (named for Mr. Houck's grandfather, Elkana Houck) at Readburn.
Last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Houck, Warren Drive, Brooklyn side of Downsville, they were greeted by 170 friends and relatives.
Asked for the recipe to make a marriage enduring, Mr. Houck said he well remembered the minister's final admonition after he had performed the
marriage ceremony. Mr. Wintch said, "Just remember the two bears - bear and forebear." In an active life, Mr. Houck has carried on a number of vocations and avocations. After attending school in Walton, he was granted a teacher's certificate and for 30 years taught district school. Most of this time he also an itinerant evangelist, holding religious meetings in various neighborhoods of Delaware county. To put bread on the table for their seven
children, five of whom are living, Mr. Houck operated his dairy farm and did some lumbering. Mr and Mrs. Houck have 27 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and no great-great-grandchildren "yet". It was during some revival meetings at Peakville that Mr. and Mrs. Houck met. "She was converted at those meetings," Mr. Houck added. And the romance resulted.
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CONFIRMATION OF HIS DEATH IN ACTION RECEIVED BY RELATIVES.
Sergeant HENRY C. HAWKINS, formerly a well known conductor on the Scranton branch of the Ontario and Western, was killed in action last July.
His brother ALEXANDER HAWKINS, of Middletown has just received a letter from the American Red Cross stating that the death of Sergeant HAWKINS, who was reported missing in action, had been confirmed through a member of his company, Private JOHN HENDERSON, who saw Sergeant HAWKINS when he was killed. Sergeant HENRY C. HAWKINS and his brother, ROBERT HAWKINS, enlisted in Co. L, 109th Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard. ROBERT HAWKINS, who was wounded about the same time his brother was killed, was taken prisoner, and only recently was released and returned to France. Another brother, NORMAN HAWKINS, of Colchester enlisted in the old 71st Regiment, and has been in France with the 105th Infantry. He was wounded in the lung, and has been in a hospital in England. MRS CLARK BEERS of Beerston is a sister, and WILLIAM HAWKINS of Delhi a brother of the men. Sergeant HENRY HAWKINS, whose death has been confirmed, was a member of the Hancock Masonic Lodge.
106th FIELD ARTILLERY
Corporal LEROY S. JOHNSON; Privates, JOHN H. ARMSTRONG, FRANK B. BARNES,
OLIN BEERS, LEE W. CRAWFORD, ED CARR, FRANK S. CONKLIN, WINFIELD DAVENPORT,
MONROE E. DOW, CHARLES T. GARNER, STANLEY HARRIS, HECTOR WELLS. Total 12.
Letter from Private OLIN R. BEERS of Beerston, to his brother ORRA BEERS of Johnson City.
France, July 1, 1918
Dear Brother,
Well, Orra, at last I am in the place that I have been wishing to be for some time, which is called France. There is just one thing more I am in a hurry for and that is the firing line, and I think I'll be there before long. Have you heard that I was in France before you received this letter? This is a very pretty country and I like it fine. We are stationed near the second largest city in France and it is called Bordeaux. I was down to the city yesterday (Sunday) and had a fine time. We had a nice long trip on the water on our way over here. I enjoyed the trip very much, although land did look good to me when we reached this side. I saw quite a few whales, a few sharks and some other fish that I don't know the names of. The second night we were on the water I commenced to get
seasick. It only lasted for about three hours but that was a great plenty for me. There was a sailor on the boat that I came over on from Walton. His name
is HILTON TWEEDLE and he used to work in the café in Walton. I was some surprised to see him as I didn't even know he was in the service.
Will you keep sending the Reporter to me? How is business moving in Johnson City? I suppose it will be some time before I will see Johnson City again. Well, Orra, guess I have gone to the length of my box of knowledge so I will close for this time. Let me hear from you soon and often.
Your brother,
Pvt. OLIN R. BEERS
Battery A, 106th F. A.
American E. F.
MRS CLARK BEERS of Beerston has received a letter from her son, Private OLIN R. BEERS, Battery A, 106th F. A., stating that he has been wounded slightly by a shell exploding near him. The shell exploded about four feet from him, instantly killing a friend, a member of the same company, who has always worked with him. It was only necessary for OLIN to go to the first aid tent, where his wound was attended to, and he returned to his company.
This is between 1922 and 1930, from the Walton Reporter.
ARCHIBALD W. PINE (Picture, if anyone would like a copy of this article or his picture, send me your snail mail address)
ARCHIBALD W. PINE, the Democratic candidate for county clerk, has been a resident of Walton the past ten years and is engaged in the wholesale and
retail feed business. Mr. Pine is the son of the late GEORGE W. PINE and MRS. POLLY PINE and his early life was spent at East Branch where he was
born. Mr. Pine is a member of Walton Lodge No. 559, F. & A. M. of Delaware Chapter, R. A. M., Norwich Commandery and Kalurah Temple, Mystic Shrine of Binghamton. He is a member of Walton Lodge No. 824, I. O. O. F. And was secretary of the lodge for tow years. He also belongs to Oneonta Lodge No.
1312, B. P. O. E. He was for two years secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Walton. Mr. Pine is a member of the official board of Methodist church of
Walton. Mr Pine married MISS EMMA SMITH of Livingston Manor. They have one son, ROBERT. Mr. Pine is a young man 29 years of age and if elected will bring to the office of county clerk energy and business ability.
Marriage Notice 1927 - HILLER - BEERS
In Walton, April 11, by REV J. H. OSTERHOUT, HAROLD C. HILLER and MISS BERNICE B. BEERS, both of Walton.
Birth Notice 1924 - At Rock Rift, Feb 4, to MR. and MRS. FRED BEERS, a son.
Obituary 1924 - The infant son of MR. and MRS. FRED BEERS, died Saturday, aged nearly three weeks. His name was LIONEL RAY. The loss has brought a cloud of great sadness over the parents' home. The funeral was held at one o'clock, Monday afternoon, REV TAFT of Walton officiating. MRS EDWARD RODE and two sons of Roscoe came Monday, remaining the MRS. BEERS until Tuesday. Her sister, MISS CHARLOTTE RODE, was with her during the funeral.
Another Obituary like above - LIONEL RAY, infant son of MR. and MRS. FRED BEERS of Rock Rift, died Saturday, Feb. 23, aged 19 days. There is one other child, BYRON, in the family. The funeral was held Monday at one o'clock, conducted by REV. F. N. TAFT.
Obituary of CHARLES W. BEERS (1924 - hand written date)
CHARLES W. BEERS, died Thursday, April 17, at his home on Brook Street, Walton, from a stroke of apoplexy which he suffered the previous Tuesday. He has not been in good health for some months. MR. BEERS, who was 73 yeas of age, was born at Beerston. On Mar, 2, 1880, he was united in marriage to MISS IDELLA BEERS, who survives with one son, FLOYD, at home, and a daughter, MRS W. H. DePUY, of Candor, N.Y. The family lived on a farm at Beerston until 1898, when they removed to Walton, which has since been their home. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon, April 20, at 3 o'clock, at the
home, 10 Brook Street, REV. FRANK N. TAFT officiating, assisted by REV. BOYD WHITE. Besides the wife and children mentioned there survive five grandchildren, three sisters, MRS. IMELDA OGDEN, MRS. EDSON DANN, and MISS RHODA BEERS; two nieces, MISS FLORENCE WAKEMAN and MISS LOUISE OGDEN, all of Walton; and two aunts, MRS. EMMA BEERS and MRS. ELLEN THAYER, both of Beerston.
Obituary - MRS. CLARISSA BEARDSLEE - Walton Reporter, (1928 hand-written)
MRS. CLARISSA LUCINDA BEARDSLEE died at the home of her daughter, MRS. CLYDE SMITH, near Loomis Tuesday April 24, aged 74 years and eight months. MRS. BEARDSLEE had not been in good health for several years but was confined to her bed for only one week. The immediate cause of her death was bronchitis and heart failure. She was born at Beerston July 30, 1853, daughter of BURTON and CAROLINE MOREHOUSE BEERS. In 1875 she married JOHN LEWIS BEARDSLEE, who died about fifteen years ago. Her whole life was spent at Beerston except for a few years in Walton while her daughter, EVA, was attending high school and the last six years, spent with the same daughter, now MRS. CLYDE SMITH, near Loomis. She leaves seven children, MRS. WILLIAM GOODRICH of Beerston, CHARLES L. GOODRICH of Pines, MRS. F. T. HAWES of Walton, MRS. E. J. LOVE and
MRS. E. L. GIFFORD of Pines, CARL W. BEARDSLEE of Walton and MRS. C. E. SMITH of Loomis, also twenty-nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The eldest son, BURTON M., died at Honolulu, H. I., Nov. 26, 1898 while serving with Co. F of Walton in the Spanish-American war.
MRS. BEARDSLEE was a member of the Presbyterian church at Beerston. An earnest Christian, a loyal friend and a most devoted mother, her influence
will long be felt and her memory cherished by those who knew her best. The funeral service will be held in the Walton Baptist church Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial in the Walton cemetery.
Streams Flood Residential Section of Village at Night and River Inundates Business Section in Morning. Flood Loss in Walton of $100,000.
The worst flood in the memory of the oldest inhabitants visited Walton Sunday night and Monday morning. The flood was worse than that of October 9,
1903, the last great freshet, due to the fact that both East and West brooks went on a rampage and after they were subsiding the river rose and again
overflowed Delaware street and adjacent land. The damage to hay fields and crops along the river flats and brook valleys is almost untold and extremely difficult to calculate in terms of dollars and cents. Some farmers suffered damage amounting to $1,000 to $2,000 and in the aggregate the loss to crops is the largest item of damage. The old ice house and grist mill at East brook dam site were carried out in the high water about two o'clock Monday morning, and in the flood waters following in the read end of Walton Garage, owned by JOHN R. BRYCE, caved in. The garage stands on the site of the old Walton House barn and MR. BRYCE's individual loss is probably the largest in Walton. The cost of repairing the garage is estimated at about $5,000. When the current struck the front doors of the garage they flew open, though bolted, and then the torrent hit the southeast corner of the building, carrying out about seventy feet of the wall. A steel girder fell on top of a truck of the Keystone Gas Co., pinning the machine tight. An electric car washer disappeared down the river and the BRYCE loss on machinery is about $2,000. The carrying out of the part of the East brook dam property let the
waters down in a rush and in the village the flood waters pouring down Griswold street from East brook rose seven inches in five minutes. The dam
spillway and the bridge spanning it still remain, but the bridge projects into space on the easterly side. Several families live across the bridge - SCHWARZ and HARRY JENKINS, and they are cut off from the East brook highway and either have to ford the brook or follow down along the hillsides to Park street.
While the heavy rainfalls early Sunday evening brought East and West brooks to flood height, it was between 11 and 12 o'clock Sunday night that
the water rose with great rapidity and in the remarkably short time the village streets running north and south, located between the two brooks, were
for the greater part under water. The flood waters tore and gouged, leaving behind them when they had subsided Monday afternoon a trail of wreck and
ruin. Liberty street was inundated its entire length. In places walks were torn out and in front of ALBERT PIERCE'‘s house on lower Liberty street the
walk was gouged out and at the former SARAH WARNER place, corner of Liberty and Mead streets, nearly all the flagstones were forced out of position.
Townsend street, too, was under water from the foot of Mr. Pleasant hill to Delaware street, something almost unknown. The river rose rapidly, reaching its peak, between 8 and 9 o'clock in the morning, when a torrent well above a man's knees and traveling with a strong current, was pouring down Delaware street from east to west. At LYON BROTHERS' furniture store the water came up to a height of 14 inches at this time against 8 inches during the brook flood. Every place along Delaware street except those raised up from the street level with steps or ramps as entrances suffered from flood water.
In the Victory store, on the corner of Delaware and Townsend, where the entrance is at street level, the water was up about two feet on the floor. In MORE BROTHERS, near West brook, which has a two-step entrance, the high water mark came 14 inches above the floor. As the waters receded after each of the two freshets an abundant supply of mud and slime was left behind. Then the East brook reservoir waters were released, timbers and debris lodged against the bridges. The bridge on Griswold street spanning East brook was carried several rods down stream. At the Benton avenue bridge the foot bridges on each side of the main structure were dislodged from their abutments and the main bridge was dropped a couple of feet or so by carrying out of stones above the concrete abutments. It is thought this bridge can be repaired. The maintenance of the foot bridges is a village expense.
The village board met in special session Monday night and estimates drafted at that time place the cost of replacing sidewalks and streets in their former condition at $18,000. In a town outside the village a bridge was carried out at the foot of Fish brook, a tributary of East brook, and one on the Palmer hill road, West Brook. Abutments of other bridges were badly damaged. The Fish brook road, the road leading to the WILLIAM HENDERSON farm and up the hill back of the HENDERSON place, were badly washed, as were other roads. The cost of repairing bridges and replacing the two swept away is placed as at least $3,000, and the repair of highways at as large a sum. Above Mundale, the Crystal creek and Herbert Griffin roads were washed out, the brooks running down the roadbeds. A bridge on the main road near the McKENNA farm was carried away.
MORE BROTHERS had five horses in pasture back of their barn. The water from West brook rose so rapidly about 11:30 o'clock Sunday night that it was impossible to rescue the horses that night. The next morning they were seen standing on a high and narrow strip of land near the brook. Twelve cows were kept by MORE BROTHERS on the EDMUND MORE farm, Beerston road. When the river rose they were trapped at the lower end of Island Park. Four were found Monday morning on GEORGE S. PIERCE's flat, one was carried down the river and managed to scramble out near the JAMES ARMSTRONG farm, three swam the river and reached safety on the eastern bank, three were marooned until Tuesday on a bit of high land and one is still missing. Cattle kept by W. H. AUSTIN on the HARBY flats near the HOLLEY swimming pool, just below cave bank, were rescued while the water was rising Sunday night. The pavilion and bathing houses and the swimming pool were overturned but carried away. One of the bath houses at the American Legion pool in West brook, above the former MEAD's dam site, disappeared in the flood. The Brook and Griswold streets section of Walton village suffered a great deal of damage. Three chicken coops belong to MR. and MRS. ALEX STEWART, Brook street, were undermined and floated down back of the residences of MISS LAURA EGGLESTON and GEORGE B. LYON on Griswold street. The 22 chickens occupying the coops all survived excepting one. They had climbed to the roofs, however. The tool house and garage belonging to MISS EGGLESTON was damaged to the extent of about one hundred dollars, one side being smashed and the whole structure being moved from its foundations. Her car was undamaged. A large pile of lumber, property of the state, standing behind the FLOYD BEERS place, was lodged behind the EGGLETON residence. Driftwood was piled behind the MUGGLIN property, but no other serious damage was done there. A garage housing the automobiles of CLIFFORD ARMSTRONG and STEWART BENEDICT, the property of the former, was nearly a total wreck. The car belonging to ARMSTRONG had a damaged fender.
Nine Walton cars were marooned in Franklin Sunday night and Monday, bridges on every road out of that village being carried out. GEORGE GARRISON, driver of one of the machines, states that his party was returning from Oneonta, leaving there about 10 o'clock at night. They passed through Franklin, but before reaching the Bennett hollow brook near the ELMER SMITH farm, they met THOMAS O'NEILL, Walton school athletic coach, who stated that this bridge was out. The two cars started back for Franklin. At the bridge over West Handsome brook, where there is a sharp turn in the highway, water was already over the bridge and shortly after the Walton cars crossed over on their backtrack this bridge also went out. They decided to stay in Franklin.
Here is a resume of statistics relative to the amounts of water which was on the floor of the business places: LYON BROTHERS had 8 inches of water from the brook that night, and 15 inches the next morning when the river overflowed. Damage at ROSENFELD's 8 inches of water. The KINGSBURY's was 7 inches of water. YOUMAN's A & P, with 18 inches of water. MAE TEED was flooded to 15 inches. SUSAN SHOP suffered no loss but had 10 inches on the floor. At WALTON AUTO SALES there was 3 inches in the showroom and 10 inches in the shop. Water did not enter the WALTON HOUSE. The VICTORY STORE had 2 feet of water. KANDYLAND with 12 inches of water. EVANS' RESTAURANT suffered no loss with about 5 inches of water. GUILD'S DRUG STORE sustained 12 inches. The A & P STORE, managed by CHARLES STEVENS had 2 ½ feet of water. ALSWORTH'S FIVE AND DIME STORE 1 ½ feet of water. WOODBURN'S PHARMACY had 2 feet of water. HOOS'S BAKERY 12 inches of water. DANN'S GARAGE suffered16 inches of water. OWENS DRUG STORE had 2 feet of water. The GRAND UNION STORE had 14 inches of water. BAXTER'S MARKET had 12 inches. NORTHRUP ELECTRIC had 12 inches also. DICK GOULD'S SERVICE STATION had 10 inches in the front and 3 ½ feet in the back. The amount of water in the garage of CHARLES LaFRANO is unknown. MORE BROTHERS' STORE, which is about 2 feet above the street level, had 14 inches of flood water. The J. J. NEWBERRY STORE had a heavy loss. BRONSON-SMITH MOTORS had 16 inches. PAUL WILLIAMS' SERVICE STATION had been flooded with about 36 inches of water. WILSON'S RESTAURANT had 18 inches. COULTER'S GARAGE estimated 2 feet of water. THE REPORTER COMPANY had damage to paper in a storage building. This makes a total of damage to business places of about $25,000 in the village.
The GAS COMPANY pipe lines crosses the river bridge under the foot bridge on Bridge street. Under the direction of Town Superintendent JOHN S. TUTTLE some of the foot bridge boards were taken out and men with tools kept driftwood from lodging. After the waters had done down a good rowboat was left suspended from the bridge. W. T. NEAL of the NEAL FLORAL CO. had nearly 200 loads of manure swept away, west of the HAULENBEEK place. When the rising river submerged their car FRED MILLER and son, DONALD, of Ogden street were trapped in the SHEFFIELD PUMP HOUSE. EARL THOMAS hurried to the pump house with his out-board motorboat, on his first attempt he could only get within 10 feet of the pump house due to the current. On his second try, the propeller of the craft caught on the top of the submerged MILLER car and sheared the pin that keeps the propeller rigid. After repairing the pin, MR. THOMAS accompanied by EARL RUTHERFORD succeeded in gaining the door of the house. MR. MILLER and son were clinging to a track in the t