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The
EVA KIMBLE Collection
Obituaries
& Newspaper Clippings
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(contributed
by Irene C. Johnson)
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Surnames mentioned, in order of appearance: Bellinger, Kent, Gould, Cady, Bump, Brown, Ringer, DeMun, Stowits, Hamilton, Personius, Kimble, Webb, Myres, Hope, Crout/Grought, Cook, Wolcott, Dr. Wylie, Rev. Allington, Davis, Cutter, Bucher, Ostrander, Easterbrook, Rowley, Bailey, Rev. Clark & Rev. Woods, Chapman, Kendall, Markham, Ogden, VanDeventer, Rev. Stevens, Ransom, Hinman, Johnson, Darby, Lane, Bowman, Dunham Trusdell, Saylor, Doane, Mallory, Palmer, Davenport, Pangborne, Thompson, Burgess, Decker, Spraul, Royce, Hill, Mains, Northrop, Kent, Hedden, Lee, Morgan, Teed, Neese, Castilla, Gould, Fenton, Sgrecci, Yaw, Starkweather, Wilbur, Goltry, Rev. Alcott, Rev. McKinney, King, Maine, Edmister, Cody, Rev. Fryer, Baker, Sterling, Tinker, Rev. Maxwell. [Use the FIND function.]
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Obituaries: Miss
Susan Bump, Jun. 1900.
Franklin Bump &
Edith Bump, Nov. 1900.
A. Clayton Crout, Feb. 1974.
Audrey Crout, Sep. 1947
Homer A. Crout, Mar. 1933
John "Grought" (John C.
Crout), Aug. 1876.
James H. Davenport, May, 1932.
Harry J. Kendall, 1925.
Mrs. Frank (Julia) Maine, 1965.
Fannie Ostrander, April
1911.
Bertha A. Starkweather,
Mar. 1975.
History of Moreland Telephone Co.-
with a number of local names
"This is what I have written
about funerals I have attended, and I have a book of sheets of
wrappers off church papers when they came enclosed, and have sewn
them together and made a tablet of 1-1/2 inches thick--with a black
cover made from cloth that the ladies years ago used to stiffen their
"woostered" [worsted?] shirts. And I began with my
Bellinger grandparents that died in 1909 (gm., 75), 1911
(uncle, 56), 1912 (gp., 89), 1915 (cousin, age 21) and then there is
the Kent family, mother of Jess in Johnson Hollow. I
and a neighbor girl walked down a mile or more.--Endo(?) Royce was
the undertaker and Jennie Crout Kent had a baby in arms. It may
have been their first. And the Crouts of Magic and Burt may
have been there. Then before Mrs. Kent [died] there was double
funeral in the Ralph Gould home in 1916 or later--neighbors to
Kents. And I started my book around then. And drew a picture to
start the heading. And those little headings help me to see now
what the house and barns looked like... I have tried in later years
to put the deaths in the same year after year. But some I
attended I never made a record and have to go by obituaries and what
I could remember as a girl. I tell all that happened."
--Eva Kimble
Catlin Center News
"John
Cady married Sarah Bump. Daniel Bump
married Sarah Cady. Silas Cady and Patience
Brown were parents of John and Sarah Cady. Their
brothers were Silas Cady Jr. who married Margaret Ringer,
and Guilford Cady who married Rachael Demun who lived
in Catlin. The graves of Silas Jr. and Patience Cady have not
been located.
Joshua Stowits married Welthy
Cady. Walter Hamilton of Chambers married Olive
Cady. She died in 1925. Pearl Cady married James
Personius of Chambers in 1907. Marvin Cady died in
1919. His wife's name was Ann. Their two sons were
Charles Cady and Andrew Cady of East Creek Rd, Catlin.
Amos Kimble, who died in 1898 was a brother to Brant
Kimble, the grandfather of Mrs. Emily Kimble Webb.
Mrs Myres has a cousin by the name of James E. Hope,
a historian in Bath, NY.
Corning
NY Democrat August 3,1876
John Grought
(John C. Crout), a farmer residing at Beaver Dams, met his
death early Monday afternoon, under the the following circumstances:
He intended going to visit a son in law, George Cook residing
at Caton and to make a short cut from here took the Eris track to a
lane leading from the tracks near George Wolcott’s. When
near the bridge he was warned of the apporoach of train 38 coming
behind him, and he was on the eastern bound track but not in time to
avoid train 35 which was going west. He attempted to leave the
track but did not succeed and
was struck by the engine and
thrown against the bridge. He received several injuries about
the abdomen and neck, his right arm was also broken. Train 35
picked him up and brought him to this station where he died about
half past two, living about two hours after receiving the
injuries.
He was a man of about sixty-five years of age, and leaves a
wife and several children. The Coroner, Dr. Wylie, of Bath
held and inquest on Monday evening. The jury rendered a verdict
in accordance with the above facts and exonerated the Erie Railway
Co. and its employees from all blame."
Franklin Bump and
grand-daughter pass away.
Franklin Bump passed quietly away
Fri. morning Nov. 9, 1900 after a short illness. He was in his
80th year and was one of the oldest and most respected citizens of
Catlin, having lived within its boundaries 45 years He was
always patient and kind in his manner and beloved by all who knew
him. His wife, and one son, three sisters and one brother
survive him. The funeral was held Sun. at the Baptist Church,
Moreland, Rev. Mr. Allington of Beaver Dams had charge of the
service, and Charles Davis of Watkins was the undertaker.
Burial in Moreland Cemetery. Franklin's wife was Elinor
(Cutter) Bump. And again this bereaved family had to have
the eyes of another loved one closed...
Sat., Nov. 10, 1900,
Edith Bump, grand-daughter of the former, died at
Hector where she had been packing grapes the past season. After
an illness of two weeks the effects of physicians and a trained nurse
were of no avail. Her Saviour called her and she went, and many
are the friends and schoolmates, her life was short--only 13 years.
She stayed with us, but all are better for having known her and come
under her influence. Her funeral was held Mon. Nov. 12, at 2
o'clock at Moreland, and again the same minister and undertaker were
called upon to perform the solemn service. And in memory of her
we say...."A precious one from us has gone...A voice we loved is
stilled...A place is vacant in our home...Which never can be filled."
[Also, Mrs. Delia (Bucher) Bump died Mar. 28, 1933 at
her daughter Florence's home in Catlin.]
Mrs. Fannie Ostrander 85 years of age,
widow of the late Cornelius Ostrander, a prominent resident of
the town of Catlin, Chemung county, NY, died this morning April
1911.--day obliterated by egg-white paste holding the clipping
(Corning Evening Leader). The funeral was on a
Sunday, and usually held on the third day after death in those days.
She died in the morning at 4:45 o'clock at the home of her daughter
Mrs. I. N. Easterbrook of 129 East Erie Ave., Corning, of a
complication of diseases. She had been in ill health since May
25, 1910 when she sustained a collar fracture at the home of her
sister Mrs. William Rowley of Post Creek. During the
winter she suffered from attack of grip. Mrs. Ostrander was
born in Moreland Schuyler county on Mar. 27, 1827, one of the family
of 14 children. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bump
were prominent residents of Moreland. Her father was born Feb.
20, 1792 in the State of Rhode Island. He removed to the town
of Hector nearly 70 years ago. He served in the war of 1812.
He died at Moreland Mar. 17th, 1869. Cornelius Ostrander her
husband died 22 years ago last November. He was at one time a
prominent farmer in the town of Catlin. Since that time Mrs.
Ostrander has made her residence at the home of her daughter Mrs. I.
N. Easterbrook.
She is survived by one daughter Mrs. I.N.
Easterbrook of this city at whose home she died; two sisters Mrs.
William Rowley of Post Creek and Mrs. John Bailey of Moreland,
NY; and two brothers--Wilson Bump of Portland, Oregon and
George W. Bump of Petoskey, Mich. Mrs. Ostrander was a
much-beloved and highly respected resident of thsi city. She
was a member of the First M.E. Church and also of the Ladies Aid Home
Missionary and Mary Sharp Societies. She was consecrated
woman. Her loss will be mourned by not only her immediate
relatives, but by the community at large. Her funeral will be
held from the late home at 129 East Erie Ave. on Sun. at 3pm Revs.
Burton M. Clark of the First M. E. Church and H.C. Woods
of Bath will officiate. Interment will be in the Hope Cemetery,
Corning.
Sad Ending of a Reunion 1900:
Obituary of
Miss Susan Bump
The annual reunion of the
Bump family was held at the home of Miss Susan Bump, in the town of
Dix, Schuyler co., on Sat. June 22, 1900. Miss Bump is blind
and is cared for by a married sister. A dinner composed of all
the good things one could wish was served by Mr. and Mrs John
Bailey and the large party present enjoyed the repast most
heartily. During the afternoon a speech was made by Joseph
Wood of Elmira, and prayer offered by Franklin Bump.
Now comes the sad part of the occasion: Miss Susan Bump at
whose home the relatives had gathered was taken suddenly sick and did
not rally from the stroke of apoplexy by which she was stricken, and
was relieved by death on the Sunday following. Deceased was a
good woman, a sincere Christian, and loved and respected by all.
Homer
A. Crout, March 22, 1933--and other genealogy notes
(from the Corning Leader)
Homer A. Crout, aged 71, died this morning at 1 o'clock at his
home in Westfield, PA following an illness of about a year of
complications. Mr. Crout was born Jan. 2, 1862 in Beaver Dams,
NY, the son of Abraham P. and Melissa Crout. He was
married in Reading Center Dec. 19, 1883 to Etta Chapman who
died Oct. 30, 1925. Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Crout
lived for some time in Beaver Dams where Mr. Crout engaged in the
grocery business. They moved to Potter Brook 44 years ago where
Mr. Crout continued working in the grocery business, being employed
by the late W.C. Kendall and the late Charles Markham.
In 1900 Mr. and Mrs. Crout moved to Westfield, PA where Mr.
Crout accepted employment with the Eberle Tannery, a post which he
held until his death. Mr. Crout possessed a kindly cheerful
nature which gained for him a host of friends not only in Westfield
but throughout the community.
Surviving are one son Leon
of Bradford, PA; one daughter Mildred at home; one brother
George of Avoca; four grandchildren--Clifford and Creston
Ogden of Denison Parkway, Corning; Lennora and Benjamin Homer
Crout of Bradford; several nieces and nephews and one
son-in-law George Ogden of Denison Parkway, Corning; and one
sister-in-law Mrs. Charles VanDeventer of Corning. The
funeral will be held Fri. afternoon at 2 o'clock at the late home.
The Rev. Mrs. Stevens, pastor of the Baptist Church.
Burial will be ain Westfield, PA. (This Homer Crout's father
Adrian Crout might have been a brother to Washington Crout for
Homer and Burton Crout were born 5 years apart--1862 and
1867.) (One day my father, Charles Kimble, told me the names
of people married and intermarried that he knew, and grandpa's old
diaries gave peoples' deaths that he knew and attended funerals.
As my Grandma Kimble was a Lane related to the Ransoms,
I wrote down the names as father told, and now I find some names are
real helpful to me. Rev. Milo Ransom igness of Catlin or
Dix--His first wife was a Bailey, daughter of Wilson Bailey
of Moreland. Wilson Bailey had a son Lewis Bailey,
the father of George Bailey, Miss Julia Bailey, Mrs. Kate Hinman
(the wife of a minister)--they went to California--and she came back
to Moreland. The Rev. Milo Ransom had a brother William
Ransom. I have the name of Azariah Ransom and I am
not sure who is his father. But could be William Ransom, the
brother of Milo. My record says Azariah had a son Harper
who married Phebe Bump.--They had a child Didama Ransom
married Chancey Johnson a brother of Mrs. Darby,
mother of Mort, Fred and Alle DeMun of Catlin. Phebe
Bump Ransom married her second husband, an Uncle Joseph Johnson
to Chancey. Azariah had a daughter by the first wife named
Roncy married a man in Watkins who bought wool. Azariah
had 3 sons. He married Catherine Lane for second; she
was the daughter of William Lane up where Bowman(?)
lived on the road that Frank Smalley...[to next page]...I was
finishing up withthe names of Azariah Ransom marrying his second
wife, an old maid around 40-50 years named Catherine Lane. My
father said his Uncle Billy Lane lived on the farm that
Mengo(?) Bowman had or the same house. And also said that
there was once a Seventh Day Baptist Church on that farm, told him by
Mengo when he called there in 1912 about land assessment, as he was
one of the Town of Catlin assessors. And my great-grandma
Martha Dunham Trusdell Kimble was a Seventh Day Baptist whe
she came to Catlin to live. And then became a Seventh Day
Adventist when the Catlin Church was organized in Aug. 25, 1861.
And Catlin Dist. 1 Schoolhouse was used for Church services for all
denominations on Sat. and Sun until 1960. Milo Ransom's first wife
was a Bailey. Their daughter was Fannie Ransom married
Will Saylor and Charles & Selma Doane, who sang at
Harry Kendall's funeral, are the ones who Saylors have in their
home. I think Selma was adopted. That young couple have
sung at funerals I have attended. Mr. Saylor and a brother
Henry were both Civil War soldiers. Catherine and Azariah
Ransom had a daughter who married Leet Malory and had one
daughter, May, who married Mack Palmer and she [Jane]
had a daughter. Rev. Milo Ransom's second wife was a sister to
Henry Saylor's last wife. Quick girls of Montour... )
James
H. Davenport, aged 64 years, died Friday morning, May 20,
1932 while doing chores around 7 or 8 o'clock. His funeral was
held Monday, May 23, 1932 at the home of Mrs. Callie
Pangborne where he had resided for the past six years since his
wife died. He had no near relatives. Cora Thompson
and Lottie Burgess of Pine Valley were cousins.. There were
some from Elmira who were relatives and came to the funeral.
The funeral was held at 2pm ad was well-attended by neighbors and
Mrs. Pangborne's relatives. I [Eva Kimble] went with Cora and
Lige [Elijah?] and Joe Whea-- took me. Pearl
stayed at Cora's--she did not care to go....We stopped at Burt
Decker's on the Beaver Dams & Townsend road and Mrs. Decker
told Elijah where to go. She said Mr. Decker was digging the
grave....we drove toward Monterey on the Monterey & Townsend road
until we came in sight of a school house. Mrs. Pangborne lived
the first house to the school...Miss Josephine Bowman raised a
window in a bedroom and told us to come in the back way. The
hearse was standing up back of the house and there were some of the
undertakers' chairs on the porch. A Mr. Spraul (a young
man) took charge of the funeral, as Mr. Royce was away on
business. A basket of dark pink and white carnations were from
Cora's cousin who lives in Elmira near the S.D.A. [7th Day Adventist]
church on Third St. (her name is Hill).--This lady could
not attend the funeral, so she and her husband came up the night
before...[description of some of the flowers: red rosebuds and
ferns tied with ribbon; a spray with pink snapdragons and fern; dark
red tulips; white jonquills and fern from the woods.]...we were
seated in the sitting room. The bearers were seated in the
parlor. There were six and I think they were all neighbors of
Mr. Davenport.--I think Mr. and Mrs. Burt Crout and Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Crout and Chester Crout. Mr. and Mrs.
Jess Kent and baby. Burt Hedden and Frank Mains
and Will DeMun. If their wives were there I did not know
which one they were...Mr. Northrop of Beaver Dams officiated;
he stood in the parlor and sitting room door....Mr. Davenport was a
large man. Mr. Spraul and Mr. Ostrander carried the
casket to the hearse....Burgess of Pine Valley were behind the
casket, and Cora and Elijah came next behind us....There were 11 or
12 cars in the procession. He was buried at Beaver Dams...on
the east side near the Lee and Morgan lots in the
cemetery. We got home at 5 o'clock. A nice day.
BAKER HILL--Nov. 4, 1936--[Watkins Paper]
Lurette Kendall Crout is Albert Crout's wife and their sons are Chester and Ernest.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Crout and son were recent callers of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Laughlin and son of Beaver Dams.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Crout were recent callers of Mr. amd Mrs. Bert Hedden.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Crout and son spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Teed and family.
William Teed of Enfield CCC camp spent the weekend at his home here.
Robert Gould has accepted a new position in Elmira working for the Swifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hedden have moved to Watkins Glen.
Miss Ethel Teed spent Monday evening of this week with Miss Alice M. Castilla.
Claud Fenton and Mrs. Florence Neese and son Charles attended the masquerade dance at the Old Barn Saturday Night. [Baker Hill news]
A.
Clayton Crout, 72, of 2561 Cooley Rd., Beaver Dams, died Wed.
at home unexpectedly. He was a retired employee of
Cotton-Hanlon in Odessa where he was a carpenter. (cut from
Feb. 28, 1974 Corning Leader) Mr. Crout was born
in the town of Dix Aug. 5, 1901, a son of Burton and Margaret
Bowman Crout of Moreland. Surviving are four daughters
Mrs. Ernest (Eldred) Sgrecci and Mrs. David (Florence)
Wilbur of Watkins Glen. Mrs. Philip (Mary) Yaw and
Mrs. Harry (Lillian) Johnson of Montour Falls. Also
surviving are three sons, Claire Goltry of Montour Falls,
Clayton Crout of Florida and Arnold E. Crout of
Elmira; a sister Mrs. Cecil Starkweather of Montour
Falls, 50 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren; nieces and
nephews. Friends may call Fri. from 2-4 and 7-9pm at the Vedder
and Scott Funeral Home, Montour Falls where services will be held
Sat. at 2pm, the Rev. James Alcott officiating. Burial
will be in Hector Cemetery.
Mrs. Bertha A. Starkweather age 75 of
Montour Falls, died Thurs. March 20, 1975 at the Arnot Ogden
Hospital. Friends are invited to call at the Vedder & Scott
Funeral Home, Montour Falls, Sat. 2-4 and 7-9pm. Furneral
services and committal will be held at the conclusion of calling
hours. The Rev. Clark McKinney officiating. Burial
Hector Cemetery at the convenience of the family. Donations
will be made to the Myrtle Lodge Bldg. Fund in her memory. She
is survived by husband Cecil A. Starkweather of Rushville, NY,
Charles Starkweather of Burdett, NY, daughter Mrs. Robert
(Marjorie) King of Montour Falls, NY; 17 grandchildren, 10
great-grandchildren. Mrs. Starkweather was a member of the Fern
Chapter O.E.S. No. 142.
Audrey
Elnor Crout --Miss Audrey Elnor Crout, 16, of 195 State
Street, died in the Corning Hospital Monday evening about 6:15.
She had been a patient at the hospital for the past week, having been
admitted there Sept. 2. She would have been a senior at Corning
Free Academy this term. Friends may call at the A.W. Beilby and
Son Funeral Home from 2-5 and from St. Mary's Church at 9 o'clock.
Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Miss Crout was born in
Corning Dec. 26, 1931 and has lived here all of her life. She
was the daughter of Chester Crout and Doris Bailey, two
sisters Betty Lou and Irene Crout, at home; her
father Chester Crout of Watkins Glen; a maternal grandmother Mrs.
Rose Bailey of Beaver Dams, and paternal grandparents Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Crout of Moreland.
Mrs.
Frank B. Maine
Mrs. Julia Maine , 75, RD 2
Beaver Dams, died Sat. Dec. 26, 1964, following a short illness.
She was born Jul. 18, 1889 in Town of Dix, the daughter of
Burton H. and Margaret Bowman Crout and was a member of
Moreland Presbyterian Church. The wife of Frank B. Maine, they
celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary on Fri., Dec. 13.
Surviving besides her husband are town sons Clarence of
Ithaca, and Tracy of Cayuta; a daughter Mrs. Helen
Edmister of RD 2 Beaver Dams; a brother Clayton Crout of
Montour Falls, and two sisters, Mrs. Cecil Starkweather of Montour
Falls, and Mrs. Leon Cody Sr. (Jennie Crout) of Corning; 10
grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call
at the Vedder & Scott Funeral Home in Montour Falls this evening
and Tues. from 2-4 and 7-9pm and where services will be held Wed. at
2pm. The Rev. Charles W. Fryer will officiate and burial
will be in Beaver Dams cemetery.
Harry
J. Kendall 1925
The silent messenger of death has again
invaded our midst and called home another loved one...Harry J.
Kendall, age 48, of Moreland. Who departed this life at 11:30
Monday morning. Feb. 9th, 1925, after a lingering illness
extending over a year, with an incurable malady which gradually
sapped the life away just in the prime of manhood. Everything
known to medical science, all that loving care and a trained nurse
could do was done, but to no avail--so "God's finger touched him
and he slept". The last few months his suffering was
intense but he patiently bore his affliction with remarkable
Christian fortitude, trusting in his Saviour to whom he gave his
heart in early manhood, uniting with the Baptist Church at Townsend
where he still retains a membership.
The deceased was the
second son of Harriet Baker and Ira J. Kendall and was
born Feb. 5, 1877. He has lived near Moreland all his life
where he has made many enduring friends. He was married Jan.
18, 1899 to Mary Sterling of Sugar Hill--who with their
children Mrs. Maude Tinker of Elmira, and Pearl and Warren at
home, are left to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and father.
He is also survived by two grandaughters, one brother, William
Kendall, and a sister Lunette Kendall Crout.
The
funeral services were held from the home Thurs. afternoon at one
o'clock and were largely attended. Rev. John Maxwell of
Watkins officiated. Two duets, "Face to Face with Christ,
My Saviour" and "There Will Be No Night There" were
very sweetly sung by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Doane. Amid a
profusion of beautiful floral tributes he was taken to Glenwood
Cemetery.
Moreland
Telephone Company
(from Eva Kimball)
Eva said the switchboard was in the house at the interseciton of
Pearl St. and Miller St. (Catlin Hill Rd. and Beaver Dams-Moreland
Rd) when Rose Ackley ran it. There were nine lines:
No.1
Roloson line, No.2 Rhodes, No. 3 Sandord, No.4 Personius, No.5
Miller, No.6 Chambers, No.7 Baker Hill, No.8 Catlin Hill and No. 9
was the Wedgwood line. There was also a Beaver Dams-West Hill
line.
Wedgwood Tel. co. was incorporated in 1910 and
shares of $10 were sold. Mrs. Pearl Wakeman has two
stock certificates issued to William T. Wakeman. She also has a
record of the dissolution of the company in 1951 signed by a majority
of the directors: Wm. Wixson, Chas. Heden, Earl Boyce, Frank
Updyke, Minor Wakeman, Fred Williams, Albert Crout and Ira LaFever.
October 1983 saw the end of an era when the nations’s last
hand-cranked telephone system at Bryand Pond, Maine, ceased to exist.
Moreland had a similar system with a switchboard that had at least
four homes.
It was first operated by Jady DeMunn
in his home (Joe and Pat Stansfield’s); next it was in the home
of Mrs. Rose Ackley and run by her; then a Mrs.
Bessie Jones had it in her home (Virgil and Millie Cleveland’s)
and finally Mrs. Gala DeMunn ran it for 33 years, first in her
home on Pearl St. (on the corner across from Kennedy’s) and
finally at her residence across from the church--the same place Mrs.
Ackley had it.
The lines ran as far north as Harry
Knowles (Warren and Marie Bennet’s) west to Beaver Dams;
north to William Johnson’s on Catlin Hill; into
Johnson’s Hollow to Ely Personius’ farm then
operated by M. Fred Edminster (Willard Lashure’s as we
know it) and east into Rolloson Hollow.
Floyd Maggart
worked as a lineman for Ross Stevens. He said the lines were
divided into sections with a man in charge of each section. Irving
Russell had the part toward Beaver Dams. He said it was easy to
maintain in the winter of 1945-46, because the snow was so deep that
the men could stand on top of it to repair the lines. Ben Laughlin
and Ira LaFever also worked on the lines, among others.
As
a boy, Mark DeMunn delivered the telephone tickets (bills) to
the subscribers. In later years, Mrs. DeMunn called her customers at
the end of each month to tell them the amount of their bills.
Mrs.
DeMunn sometimes closed the switchboard for a few hours on Sunday
afternoons. Otherwise, it was a 365 day a year operation.
There
was a switch in Fred Williams’ house to connect the
Mead’s Hill and Baker Hill lines through the Williams
telephone. This was when Louise Meeks was a child.
The
use of he switchboard and hand-cranked telephones of the Moreland Co.
ended about 1948.