1925 Crown Point — Many hands make light work

It is said that many hands make light work.

“A bee composed of about a dozen members of the men’s class met at the M. E. (Methodist Episcopal) church Tuesday to work on the wood pile,” the Crown Point correspondent reported in the Ticonderoga Sentinel on April 23, 1925. “Some drew more wood to the church with their teams and sleighs, some worked on the saw, some used axes and some exercised on a cross-cut saw, but the way the wood flew was a caution.”

In other 1925 Crown Point news collected from historic newspapers of the region:

• A local landmark was no more.

“Gen. Hammond’s old home at Crown Point was completely destroyed by fire Friday … . Gen. Hammond was a Civil War officer and a former owner of the Hammond Mines, and died some 35 years ago,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on May 21.

• “The Pond sawmill started last week with a force of about eight men,” the Crown Point correspondent reported in the Ticonderoga Sentinel on April 9.
• “Robert Tormey has returned to his music studies at Albany. He had as his guest last week Stanley Hummel of Albany, an accomplished pianist and son of Robert’s instructor on the violin,” the Crown Point correspondent reported in the Sentinel on April 23.
• “Earnest DeZalia of East Center Street is having his house wired for electric lights. Noble C. Benedict is doing the work,” the Crown Point Merchant Row correspondent reported on May 7.
• “The fifth annual concert and dance of the Crown Point band, which is to be held at Factoryville Hall, May 21st, gives promise of being the best concert they have ever held. They have been fortunate in securing the services T. Currie Baso, the well-known local singer, for that night,” the Sentinel reported on May 7.
• “George Buck is installing a new Delaval milking machine,” the Ironville correspondent reported in the Sentinel on May 21. “Michael Bush is using a new manure spreader.”
• “Will Hunter has a new Dodge car. Earl Peacock has an Overland, purchased of Jos, Delaire,” the Ironville correspondent reported in the Sentinel on May 14.
• “It has snowed every day this week, so far. It looks like a cold summer,” the Ironville correspondent reported in the Sentinel on May 28.
• “Robert Peasley and Milton Curtis each have purchased a pure-bred Jersey bull calf through the Farm Bureau,” the Ironville correspondent reported.”
• “Fred Cartwell has purchased the O. J. Moore place on the corner of the Ironville and Stone Neighborhood roads of Robert and Annie Barton,” the Ironville correspondent reported.
• “Gardens have been made here, but the continuous cold weather is somewhat discouraging to the planters,” the Crown Point Hammond Corners correspondent reported.
• The Crown Point High School baseball team defeated Ticonderoga 13–12, the Sentinel reported on May 28.
• “Fruit trees are in blossom and the face of nature is is beautiful,” the Crown Point Center correspondent reported.

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