Published: September 30, 2008 07:36 am      

Step Back in Time

Step Back in Time features community news from The Daily Star 25 and/or 50 years ago.

25 years ago

Sept. 30, 1983

SCHOHARIE _ A not-for-profit organization named Vroman's Nose Preservation Corporation acquired ownership Tuesday to more than 100 acres comprising Vroman's Nose mountain, a Schoharie County landmark.

The group purchased the mountain for $41,976 from Arlington and the late Arden VanDyke of Middleburgh.

The mountain is located along Route 30 near Middleburgh.

"The plan is to leave it just the way it is, " said Harold Vroman, a family spokesman.

The new corporation is working closely with the Schoharie County Historical Society to learn more about the mountain's history and to gather folklore, post cards, pictures, photographs and any other record of the mountain's characteristics.

Vroman's Nose, identifiable by its corroding south face and its rocky topside ledge, is said to be the mountain from which Timothy Murphy, a legendary hero of the American Revolution, leaped with a bucket of milk in each hand.

According to legend, Murphy landed without spilling a drop.

50 years ago

Sept. 30, 1958

Betty Bettiol of Otego won't have to pay much for groceries during the next few weeks.

Drawing at The Star office yesterday for the winners of the Celebration Day prizes, Mayor Roger G. Hughes and Morris Freudenheim of the Merchants Division of the Oneonta Chamber of Commerce pulled her name from the box as the winner of the top award _ $100 worth of groceries _ free. Her ticket was deposited at Flack Drug Store.

Winner of the second prize, a Westinghouse roaster and cabinet, was Mildred Amatuccio, 9 Meckley Ave., who deposited her ticket at Dan Phipps.

Third prize, an electric percolator, was Stewart Vroman, 14 Linden Ave., who deposited his slip at Grants.