Step Back in Time features community news items from The
Daily Star 25 and 50 years ago.
25 YEARS AGO
March 8, 1985
A Utica secretarial school plans to open a satellite
office in Oneonta by next September in response to a
local call for better training opportunities for office
workers.
The Utica School of Commerce, a two-year businesses
school that offers associate degrees in office
skill areas, has plans to offer a one-year diploma in
the city.
Barbara Hess, a training coordinator for the Otsego
County Job Training office, said officials from the
school asked her office to determine if the secretarial
and business program was needed in this area.
She said the school will develop a program to meet
the needs of employees in the area, who indicated that
there is a shortage of properly trained office workers
in the job market.
Robert Whittemore, chamber general manager, said
the officials have narrowed their search for space
down to about six sites. He said they plan to open several
classrooms in 1,500 to 2,000 square feet of space.
He said the program will employ about 20 to 25 parttime
teachers and a small full-time office staff.
The school, founded in Utica, in 1896, is accredited
by the state Education Department.
50 YEARS AGO
March 8, 1960
HOBART _ The long established firm of E. L. Foote
& Son, Hobart, is going out of business.
The firm announced yesterday that its extensive
holdings in Hobart will be sold March 28, 29 and 30.
The auction will include a horse farm, commercial
buildings and several other parcels of real estate.
The Charles Vosburgh organization will also sell the
complete holdings of the machinery business, which
consists of new and used farm equipment, and 95 cattle,
horses and show equipment.
Mr. Vosburgh said that this auction will be one of the
largest he has ever held in Delaware County.
