25 YEARS AGO
March 11, 1985
OTEGO _ A new horse show group, the Chenango
Hunter Association, was recently formed by local instructors,
breeders and amateurs to improve horse
shows in Chenango and Otsego counties.
Plans for 1985 include a “mini-series” of shows for
riders: June 30 at Pine Ridge Stables, Otego; July 4
at Norwich; Aug. 3 at Otsego County Fair, Morris;
Aug. 9, the Chenango County Fair at Norwich.
Directors of the group are Jane Sheldon, Pine
Ridge Stables, Otego; Debbie Brown, Hideen Pond
Stable, Norwich; Mary Ann Weidman, Stone Manor
Farm, Mt. Upton; Mary Pomeroy, Mill Creek Stable,
South New Berlin; and Margaret Thomson, Thomson
Farm, New Berlin.
50 YEARS AGO
March 11, 1960
DELHI _ Plans have been completed for the Delhi
Village Improvement Society’s annual Bakeless
Bake Sale, to be conducted March 15 through 21.
The 50-year-old Federal Women’s Club originated
the idea of the Bakeless Bake Sale three years ago
when the organization gave up its annual sale to
help a new bakery get started in Delhi.
The idea caught fire and has been so well received
by the community that many streets have initiated
coffes and teas, while others canvas each resident of
the blocks assigned to them.
The proceeds of last year’s project provided sufficient
funds to furnish a television set for the Delhi
Hospital. Funds from this year’s project will be used
for the society’s home and school committee’s activities
for plants to beautify the village this summer
and to send Safety Patrol Boys on their annual trip
to Washington, D.C.
