Step Back in Time

June 19, 2009 10:17 am

— Step Back in Time features community news items from The Daily Star 25 and 50 years ago.
25 years ago
June 19, 1984
The Damaschke Field diamond will face plenty of faces this season as a new group of Yankee prospects move in to entertain the Oneonta area baseball fans.
But the changes don’t stop there.
High above the field, in the Damaschke field press box, there will be a new public address announcer and a new official scorer who is quite familiar to Oneonta baseball fans.
Bob Whittemore, former sports editor of The Daily Star, will replace Jack Wells as official scorer this year. Whittemore, who works for the Oneonta Chamber of Commerce, won an award for a 1972 article titled “The O-Yanks, the Incredible Kids.”
Replacing former WDOS disc jockey Ron Shapley at the PA microphone will be two people, WDOS radio personality Rob Pondiscio and Oneonta resident Brett Moore.
50 years ago
June 19, 1959
UNADILLA _ The piano students of Mrs. Raymond Struble presented a recital at the Unadilla Central School.
Those who participated were Susan Hust, Susan Simmons, Philip Hunt, Janet DeMott, Janice DeMott, Kitty Hust, Carol Ludwig, Priscilla Gurney, Mary Westfall, Linda Nichols, Susan Van Cott, Bruce Armour, Margaret Campbell, Donald Hull, Carolyn Cable, Gail Gilbert, Rita McLaughlin, Pamela Struble, Beth Russell, Sharon Reed and Marcia Verzarro.