May 22, 2013 Front Page Headlines
Name Behind the Post
The Great War - World War I - ended Nov. 11, 1918 and during the
post-war period American Legion posts were being organized around
the country. A 95-year old document entitled ‘Book of Records’
(minutes book) has been discovered at the Waterville American Legion
in the Town of Sangerfield on Route 20. The Book of Records contains
an informative and interesting account of Clifford J. Fulmer,
namesake of Waterville’s Post 92. Fulmer grew up in Waterville and
was killed in action at the Battle of Chateau-Thierry shortly before
the war ended. The Book of Records also includes information that
pertains to the formation of the C. J. Fulmer Post 92, minutes of
the meetings up to 1934 and a list of the original members. In
excellent handwriting, A. Osborne Mayer (secretary when Post 92 was
organized) recorded the following about Fulmer and the events
leading to his being killed in action: Clifford J. Fulmer, son of
John T. Fulmer of Waterville, N.Y., was born May 27, 1899 in Utica,
N.Y., where he lived until he was 10-years old, when he moved to
Waterville. On Feb. 16, 1917 (footnote: before the United States
entered the war) he enlisted in the Marine Corps at Rochester and
was sent to Quantico, Va. After a period of intensive training he
was sent overseas where he arrived June 20, 1917 after a 14-day
voyage. He was a member of the 67th Company 5th Regiment United
States Marines. During the summer of 1917 he saw services of various
kinds, principally digging trenches at night.
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District Gave
Alert About Prom Party
Waterville Central School District Superintendent Chuck Chafee said
the district told law enforcement about a post-prom party days ahead
of time. Chafee said at last week’s Board of Education meeting that
the suspicion was that underage drinking would take place at the
party at MKJ Farm in Deansboro. He said law enforcement - he did not
identify which agency - was provided with the information and
details days before the May 4 prom. Despite that heads up, Chafee
said no one in the law enforcement agency followed up to break up
the party, which according to reports from people there, included
underage drinking and parents who took car keys knowing there would
be alcohol at the party. The party served as a demoralizing blow to
administration and staff who had taken time the week before to focus
on helping students make smart choices. At the meeting,
Junior-Senior High School Principal Jon Thummler reviewed the
pre-prom and prom activities, including a day-long series of
programs where, he said, pretty much all other learning was
suspended for the day. The teaching tools included presentations,
information booths set up by organizations and a mock DWI crash with
Waterville students playing roles in the accident. At the prom -
this year at the Skenandoa Golf Club in Clinton - Thummler said the
students were well-behaved and represented Waterville well. Thummler
did not mention the party, nor did anyone at the board table. The
only reference came when Chafee asked the board for an executive
session to discuss a personnel matter due to the prom. In response
to a question from the Waterville Times about why no administrators
or board members commented on the post-prom party at MKJ Farm in
Deansboro, Chafee said he and staff members were still gathering the
facts of the event. According to reports in the community and social
media, the party - put on by some parents of students who attended
the dance - included underage drinking with the knowledge of those
adults there. Several photos on Facebook show students holding
alcohol; one student who attended the party posted a photo of 200
Jello shots she made to bring.
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Brookfield Buys Third New Truck
A better-than-expected sale of used equipment has allowed the Town
of Brookfield to buy a third new truck this year. At last week’s
town board meeting, Highway Department Superintendent Robert Piersma
said the town’s sale of used equipment and scrap metal brought in
about $134,000. The town board voted 5-0 to use that money and other
money from the department’s budget to pay cash for the $183,000
snowplow truck. Under the start of a new replacement program Piersma
outlined earlier this year, the board previously decided to buy two
new snowplow trucks. These will be financed; money that typically
has been budgeted for maintenance on the older equipment will be
used for payments on the new vehicles. “We are spending that money
anyway,’’ Piersma said. “In the old days the crew could do the work
on the trucks. Now it’s not so easy and it has to be done elsewhere.
Buying these new trucks will save the town from again having so much
older unreliable equipment.’’ In the winter Piersma told the board
that something needed to be done with the town’s fleet, as he and
the crew believed some of the vehicles were no longer safe to
operate.
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Stealing Home - Photo
Brookfield’s Jake Cowen (2) leaps to avoid the tag in his attempt to
steal home during a game vs. Stockbridge Valley this season during
teammate Cody Beeching’s at-bat. Cowen was successful, as were the
Beavers for again making the Section Three Class D playoffs.
Brookfield opens the playoffs with a home game against DeRuyter at
4:30. If the Beavers win they will play Thursday vs. the winner of
the Hamilton/Sackets Harbor game. If it is Hamilton the game is
there. If it is Sackets Harbor, Brookfield will be the home team.
Also in the playoffs is the Waterville softball team, which heads to
No. 2 Weedsport Thursday. If the Indians win they will play at
Fabius-Pompey or Mohawk Saturday. Brookfield girls head to Poland
Thursday while Madison plays at Cincinnatus.
Brookfield Woman Honored
Four nurses were recognized with Nurse of Distinction Awards from
St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Case Management, St. Elizabeth Medical
Group and the College of Nursing. One was Doreen Rogers, MS, RN,
CCRN, CNE, a 1992 graduate of St. Elizabeth College of Nursing.
Rogers is pursuing a Doctorate of Nursing Science in Nursing
Education and Leadership at Sage Graduate School in Albany. She has
been an instructor at the SECON for the past six years and has been
an adjunct faculty member at Upstate Medical University College of
Nursing in Syracuse and adjunct faculty at SUNYIT. Rogers resides in
Brookfield with her husband, Ryan, and their children, Jonah and
Emma.
Memorial Day Events
Parades for Monday, 27: Waterville: Parade begins at 9 a.m. at
Putnam Street and proceeds down Main Street to Soldiers and Sailors
Monument Park. Lineup for the parade is at 8:30 a.m. A ceremony at
the Monument follows the parade and includes the Gettysburg Address
and a tribute to veterans. Deansboro: Ceremony at 10:15 a.m. at the
Veterans Memorial on Route 315. Parade on Route 12b at 10:30 a.m.,
with ceremony to follow in the cemetery. Oriskany Falls: Parade
begins at noon to Douglass Park, where a Memorial Day service
follows. Town of Brookfield: Ceremony in Unadilla Forks at 8 a.m.,
Leonardsville Cemetery 8:30 a.m., South Brookfield Cemetery 9 a.m.,
North Brookfield Cemetery at 9:30 a.m. and the parade in Brookfield
at 10 a.m.
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Obituaries
Emily P. Alexander, 88
Beverly P. Harris Hamm, 87
Frances Ryder Lindner, 92
Warren G. Rankins
Katherine M. Trudell, 86
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