Step Back in Time features community news items from The Daily Star 25 and 50 years ago.
25 years ago
July 2, 1984
COOPERSTOWN _ Burly Ken Williams and bouncing Bob Beebe won the Great Wheelbarrow Race on Main Street in Cooperstown Wednesday topping a field of five entrants in the July 4 classic.
Williams was the "driver" and Beebe the passenger as they got off to a good start on Pioneer Street, cleared the first turn at the Main Street flagpole, and led all the way through Pioneer Alley and back to the finish line on Pioneer.
Ken Watkins, with Ed Skriven, 69, in the saddle, finished second.
The winners walked off with a bottle of champagne and a $20 prize.
Watkins, one of the organizers, dubbed the race the 4th of July Classic and said it was, "just a way to celebrate the holiday."
50 years ago
July 2, 1959
SCHENEVUS _ The piano pupils of Mrs. Margaret Boorn entertained their parents and friends at a musicale at Mrs. Boorn's home.
Those taking part were Carol and Kaye Jester, David and Donald Pier, Roxanne Huntington, Carol Hanson, Loretta Snyder, Gilbert French, Linda Tyler, Christine Hamill, Alane and Judy Bartz, Sally Devillers, Priscilla Scott and Rosemary Arnold.
