130 Years Ago - 1896

William Bollenbach, the Jeffersonville miller, has completed the repairs to his mill and is now prepared to grind all grists brought to him.

Edwin A. Brand, our wide-awake, young furniture dealer and undertaker, will be united in wedlock with Miss Helen A., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Neuberger of this place on September 16th. Only a few relatives will be present. Rev. G. Church of the Presbyterian Church will be officiating.

William Staib, the eldest son of G. Staib of Brooklyn, and Miss Annie Meyers of the same place were married on September 6 in Brooklyn.

J.W. Goodrich’s Mammoth Wagon Shows will exhibit in Jeffersonville for two performances, Saturday, September 12th. Mr. Goodrich has the largest, greatest and best show that ever exhibited under canvas at 10 and 20 cents.

G.L. Samson, dentist, will be at the Eagle Hotel, Jeffersonville, September 21, 22 and 23 and Homer’s Hotel, Youngsville, September 25 and 26.

Asa K. Osterhout died at his residence at Kenoza Lake September 3, at the age of 56.

Thomas D. Purvis died at Livingston Manor September 1, at the age of 74 years.

Miss Lizzie Ward of New York is having a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Huebsch in the Beechwoods.

120 Years Ago - 1906

Trouble is brewing between Rudolph Gute and Louis Voegtli over the ownership of a flock of turkeys. Some weeks ago the latter lost a flock of some forty turkeys. Since then he got track of a flock of ten in the Scheidell woods back  of Gute’s and took possession of them, claiming them to be his. Gute also claims the turkeys and has notified Voegtli that unless they be given up, he will begin suit to recover them.

W.H. Lawrence of this village has brought of Theodore Koenig the ten acre farm of the late John Goebel, situated on the Youngsville road a mile and a half east of the village. The price paid was $850. Lawrence bought the property for George H. Meyer, a wholesale fish merchant of Hoboken.

Behrmann & DeLap will hold another of their popular dances at Kenoza Lake dance hall next Saturday night at the usual low admission. Everybody welcome.

There were few more picturesque weddings hereabout in recent years than that which took place Wednesday evening of last week when on the lawn in front of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wahl of the Beechwoods their daughter, Matilda Marie, was married to John Geib, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Geib of Jeffersonville.

William H. Gettel, formerly of Black Lake, and Miss Ida May Tymeson, formerly of Livingston Manor, were married at Walton August 15.

Callicoon Town Board met Tuesday and appointed the places for the registration of voters and polling of votes. In District No. 1, at John F. Durr’s, Youngsville; No. 2 at F. Steinhauser’s, Callicoon Center.

In Delaware, the Town Board has designated H.M. Darling’s at Callicoon in the first district and Behrmann & DeLaps at Kenoza Lake in the second.

The annual street fair and stock exhibition will take place at Callicoon Center next Monday.

110 Years Ago - 1916

Ideal weather attended the Jeffersonville Fair on Labor Day, but the attendance of people did not appear to be up to the usual number, due probably to the paralysis scare. The awards were: Cattle - 2-year-old heifer, Howard Smith; cow, 3-year-old heifer, V.P. Scheidell; yearling, Henry Huebsch; bull, August Wilson; 2-year-old steers, Michael Klein; matched oxen, Arthur Riemenschneider. Judges were Edward Norris, James Deppa and Henry Riemenschneider.

Horses - 3-year-old colt, L. Bauernfeind; single  horse, W.H. Lawrence; stallion, Charles Schick; matched team, Henry Huebsch. Judges were William Pless, Henry Wagner and Roland Hauschild.

A new feature of the fair this year was the display of farm and garden products in Union Park, which was formerly conducted by the late Fred Bietz, but abandoned for the last few years.

The barn of Jacob Beck of Buck Brook burned last Thursday.

The Board of Education has appointed L.P. Faubel collector of taxes for the school district.

William P. Krantz of Kenoza Lake, who last year bought the schoolhouse property in the Delaware District No. 4, has just bought a lot of August Schmidt across the road from the school property.

A seven pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schminke of New York on September 3. Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Schminke of New York are the grandparents of the new arrival.

The town  Board of Health has appointed Dr. J.C. Gain of Jeffersonville as a special health officer, to look after any child paralysis cases or suspects that may appear.

John Wohltjen of Brooklyn has taken a job in the bank.

Charles Cronauer of Brooklyn was a weekend visitor in Jeffersonville.

The annual agricultural fair at North Branch will be held next Monday, September 11.

The newly organized Hortonville Rifle Club held its maiden shoot Saturday afternoon with 15 members present. The range was 300 yards.

100 Years Ago - 1926

The Long Eddy Schoolhouse burned to the ground Monday night with an estimated loss of about $20,000. The trustees will erect a new building as soon as possible. Four teachers are employed.

School days. Correct this sentence: “Gee, ain’t I glad school has started again.”

William H . Metzger and family returned to New York Monday after vacationing at the homestead in the Beechwoods.

The weekend was a fitting windup of the season – a grand fizzle and drizzle. The expected great rush of city people to the country didn’t come off. Unfavorable weather no doubt helped in the grand flop, but it was in keeping with the whole damp season. So we’ll hope for the return of the good times next year.

Election time is two months away and many a stump speaker is already up a tree.

When the ladies bowling team defeated one composed of men, the latter complained they were looking at the wrong pins.

Miss Helen Jane Pintler, believed to have been the oldest woman in Sullivan County, died Friday, August 27 and was buried August 31 at Bethel. She was 96 years old.

Miss Irene Pauline Edman of Fosterdale and Watson Rudolph Abplanalp of Lake Huntington were married in Middletown on Tuesday afternoon, August 31.

The O&W Railroad is putting the fall and winter schedule into effect today.

Fosterdale – School opened today with Mrs. Bert Calkins as teacher.

90 Years Ago - 1936

About forty attended the informal meeting called at the schoolhouse last Monday to discuss the question of merging the Youngsville and Jeffersonville district into one central rural district – Youngsville is now a central rural district. No vote was taken, but there seemed to be no opposition to the central rural plan. The matter will lie largely with the state authorities.

It was cold enough here on Monday to turn light rain drops into little specks of snow.

The Jeffersonville firemen’s band played at the Hortonville Firemen’s Field Day last Sunday. The Presbyterian Ladies Aid meetings will be resumed next Wednesday with the following ladies serving: Mrs. Louella VanSchoick, Mrs. Kate Will, Mrs. August Wilson and Mrs. Samuel Baer.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Strawbridge, who have been living with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schmidt, since their marriage last year, have leased one of the apartments over the Jeffersonville Pharmacy and will move in the end of the week.

School opens next Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. F.H. Schumacher and Mrs. F. Schuber of New York are spending their vacation at the Nohtse farm in the Beechwoods, where there has been a good run of boarders this season.

It’s an outrage and perhaps worse to mention school in this glorious weather, but soon the sour notes of the old school bell will be ringing again.

John Bennedum, postmaster at Fosterdale in 1892, and later for many years a summer hotelkeeper in Lake Huntington, died August 28, in White Plains. Burial was in the Fosterdale Cemetery Monday.  He was 69 years old.

Miss Rose Kautz, 50, of Callicoon, died of heart trouble Sunday at the Interpines Sanitarium in Goshen.

80 Years Ago - 1946

Laverne Knickerbocker and Miss Jean French of Roscoe were married at the Congregational church there August 18th.

Lillian Lauer of Kenoza Lake and George McMahon of Brooklyn were married in Brooklyn on August 30.

Laura V. Moller, daughter of Mrs. Victor Moller of Jeffersonville, became the bride of William H. Keesler of Cochecton yesterday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church manse. Rev. Joseph Kovach officiated.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Grossinger of the Grossinger Hotel, Ferndale, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Elaine, to David Etess, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Etess of Liberty. Miss Grossinger is a student of Russell Sage College, Troy. Mr. Etess is taking a medical course at Syracuse University.

70 Years Ago - 1956

J.C.S. opened last Tuesday with an enrollment of 525 compared to 520 for the last year.

Gilbert Weiss of the Edson J. Tegeler Insurance Agency left September 9 to attend a 10-week session at the Hartford Training Center.

2nd Lieut. Jacob Epstein, son of Dr. Max Epstein, has been transferred to Medical Corps for his medical training at Stritch  School of Medicine, a branch of Loyola University. He was a June 1956 graduate of St. Bonaventure University.

Peter Diehl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Diehl, received seven ribbons at the Grahamsville Fair. He is in his first year of 4-H Club work.

Stephen H. Erdenbrecher, 64, of Buck Brook, died unexpectedly at his home on Monday.

Miss Martha Scheidell, Mrs. Dora Krenrich, Mrs. Kitty  Bird and Miss Edna Lyon drove to the Eastern Star Home at Oriskany last Friday to visit Mrs. Margaret Neumann, who is 95 years old. Mrs. Krenrich and Mrs. Neumann are girlhood friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Al Snedeker of Kenoza Lake are the proud parents of a boy born at Liberty Maimonides Hospital on September 2.

Frank Faber recently shot a large water snake in the small pond near the Charles Farenz home at Mitchell Pond and when the snake’s body was opened it was found to contain fifty embryo snakes. – Cochecton Corresp.

Starting next week the page size of the Record will be enlarged in keeping with demands of modern advertising and journalism.

60 Years Ago - 1966

Kathy Slausenberg of Callicoon was given the honor of marshaling the horses at Monticello Raceway Saturday night. Kathy is an equestrian of some note in this area and is having one of her best seasons this year. She has competed in several horse shows and has brought home more than her share of prizes.

Miss Charlene Mauer and Raymond Finerty were united in marriage at the Hortonville Presbyterian Church on Saturday, August 27. Mrs. Milton Mauer of Hortonville is the mother of the bride and Mrs. Ernest Finerty of Monroe is the mother of the groom.

Fiftieth wedding anniversary celebrations were accorded August 20 to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bischoff of Lake Huntington at Kennedy’s Korners, and August 28 to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Chilson at the Abrahamsville Methodist Church.

Mrs. Vesta M. Williams of Middletown and Vincent T. Whitmore of RD 2, Callicoon, were united in marriage at the First Baptist Church, Middletown, on August 19.

A son was born Wednesday to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hartman of Tyler Hill, Pa., at the Callicoon Hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Pelton were honored on the occasion of their 35th wedding anniversary at a buffet supper.

50 Years Ago - 1976

Roger Calhoun, 29, of Mongaup Valley, a night manager at a Monticello supermarket, approached his car at 4 a.m. in a Monticello lot near Roark’s Tavern, when he was approached by two youths. They forced him to lie in the trunk of his car and then drove off. After five hours, Calhoun was able to open the trunk lid with some tools stored in the trunk and found himself in Harlem with his alleged kidnappers, accompanied by two girls, observing him from across the street.  He was picked up by the second car to pass him and taken to a police station. Police arrested Timothy A. Askew, 16, of Harris and his companion, Gregory E. Herman, 17, of New York City. They were held for hearing on  August 27 before Liberty Town Justice Richard Hering. Both were remanded to the County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail each to await the action of the Grand Jury on a single charge of robbery in the first degree. District Attorney Emmanuel Gellman stated earlier in the week that additional charges might be filed against the pair, after more witnesses had been queried.

John Werner won the 1976 Port Jervis Country Club Championship on Sunday but it took the full 36-holes to do it.

Five Narrowsburg area stalwarts had to abandon their attempt to raft down the Delaware River to Philadelphia. Low water in the vicinity of Lambertsville, N.J., just 30 miles short of their goal, forced them to abandon their efforts in the ten-day attempt.

The first modular unit for the new classroom arrived in Narrowsburg last week.

Local tennis champs at the Delaware Youth Center are: Madeline Wootan, girls under 14; Gale Slevin, girls over 14; Tom Ziegler, boys under 14, and Roger Widmann, boys over 14.

Kelly Keeler and Thomas Watson were united in marriage on August 7 at St. Peter’s Church, Liberty.

Liberty-Loomis Hospital is celebrating 25 years of dedicated service to the community. Mrs. Mabel Sisco was awarded a watch – a “thank you” gift – given in commemoration of her joining the staff as a nurse’s aide on the maternity floor when the hospital opened its doors.

Mr. and Mrs. George Karkkainen of Long Eddy celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 31.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Yewchuck of Jeffersonville celebrated their 30th anniversary by enjoying a trip to Salt Lake City, Utah, and other points of interest.

40 Years Ago - 1986

The first annual SYDA Award to an outstanding citizen of Sullivan County has been awarded to Sister Kevin John Shields of the Catholic Religious Education Center in Liberty.  Sister Kevin John’s work primarily for the youth of the county, in the field of drug abuse and in helping the hungry and homeless made her an ideal choice for the first SYDA award, the trustees said.

The  Grahamsville Firemen’s softball team has captured the 1986 Eastern Sullivan Firemen’s Softball League championship by shutting out White Sulphur Springs 7-0 Monday night.

Floyd Emery of Livingston Manor has been named Athletic Director of the Liberty School District. He spent 13 years coaching the boys varsity basketball team, amassing a 214-52 record which included eight league titles, three Section 9 Class C crowns and a Capitol Conference win.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jay of Liberty celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at their home on August 23. . . Mr. and Mrs. Chet Davis of Swan Lake celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a party hosted by their sons, Dean and Paul, at the Liberty Elks Club.

Highlight of the recent picnic of Holy Cross Church in Callicoon was the burning of the paid off agreement. The church was built in 1980 and replaces the former Holy Cross Church which is now part of the Delaware Valley Job Corps Center.

The Liberty Volunteer Ambulance Corps has taken possession of a new $35,000 1986 Ford ambulance which went into service last week.

30 Years Ago - 1996

The opening of the new school year at Tri-Valley Central School also marked the opening of the new 44,000-square-foot addition to the high school. The addition cost the district $5 million to build and will allow Tri-Valley “to provide new courses and new opportunities for our students,” according to District Superintendent George Vanderzell.

Father Ignatius Smith, O.F.M., and Father Gus Richardson, O.F.M., will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their Franciscan Priesthood on Sept. 11.

Callicoon Kiwanis Club members celebrated their 50th year with more than 100 Kiwanians in attendance. 

Air Force Airman Timothy V. Mullally has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He is a 1994 graduate of Delaware Valley Central School in Callicoon.

Edith Helen Curtis Craig of Callicoon, 95, died September 4, 1996 at the Community General Hospital in Callicoon. She was the daughter of the late Charles Griswold and Jessie Marble Curtis, and lived all of her life in the family home at Callicoon.

A daughter, Erin Elizabeth, was born on August 29, 1996 to Jim and Joy Finn of Kenoza Lake.

The First Baptist Church of Damascus, Pa. will celebrate the 175th aniversary of the formal founding of the church on Sunday, Sept. 8. One interesting highlight of this observance is that the first Covenant Meeting of the church also was on September 8, only in 1821.

20 Years Ago - 2006

The Town of Forestburgh held its annual Forestburgh Day behind the Forestburgh Firehouse on August 19. Sullivan County Historian John Conway spoke about the town’s history which includes a pivotal role in the early development of the film industry. Screen master D.W. Griffith directed actresses who would become the most famous of their time, namely Mary Pickford, Dorothy and Lilian Gish, right over in Oakland Valley.

The annual meeting and awards dinner of the Sullivan County Historical Society will honor Woodridge native Andrew Neiderman, author of the V.C. Andrews collection, with this year’s “History Maker” award. James Eldridge Quinlan, author of a famous 1873 history of Sullivan County, will be honored as this year’s “History Preserver.”

Adele and Michael Erlwein were married June 17, 1956 at Holy Cross Church in Callicoon. The couple celebrated their 50th anniversary with a party at the Youngsville Firehouse which included a renewal of their wedding vows. The party was given by their four children, David, Scott and Peter Erlwein and Julie Yewchuk and also a close friend, Walter Mall. The Erlweins are proud grandparents of ten grandchildren.

10 Years Ago - 2016

The Smallwood Forest Reserve came about in part because of Richard “Dick” Crumley’s efforts, and thus the late Town of Bethel councilman was recalled Saturday during the unveiling of a bench and street sign named in his memory. Richard Crumley Drive is now the moniker for the entrance road to the Reserve, while the bench sits along the creek where he spent much time. Supervisor Dan Sturm, who unveiled the sign with the help of Crumley’s wife, Pat, and family, said, “Serving with him was a very unique experience.”

Built and owned by the Center for Discovery, the Hurleyville Arts Centre is nevertheless not intended for that nonprofit but for the people who live around it and throughout the region. Artistic Director Janet Carrus has been working with Program Director Erin Dudley on what promises to be a dazzling soft-opening Saturday. The Centre is already in operation, with Main Street Dance Studio (a private company which rents space) offering dance classes, soon to be joined by The Yoga Space in an adjacent room. Those spaces are available for others to rent when they’re otherwise not in use, as is the 130-seat theater and 466-person ballroom. 

The two areas of NY with the largest amount of reported dead zones are the Southern Tier and the Hudson Valley.  The top county with the most dead zones? The one we call home, Sullivan, followed by Erie, Saratoga, Suffolk and Delaware counties.  And the five zip codes with the most dead zones within Sullivan County are 12719 (Barryville), 12764 (Narrowsburg), 12737 (Glen Spey), 12723 (Callicoon) and 12740 (Grahamsville). U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that over 4,000 cellular dead zones have been identified by residents in response to his crowdsourcing campaign to identify and locate them.