Century-old Ti — Early migration and no football

This is the latest in a series of posts about news reported a century ago in the Ticonderoga Sentinel.

The geese migrated early and there was no high school football at Old Ti a century ago.

Yet, all-in-all, it was a pleasant fall.

“Nice summer weather last week, also beautiful moonlight evenings,” the White Church correspondent reported Sept. 30, 1920 in the Ticonderoga Sentinel.

Farmers maximized the value of sunshine.

“Silo filling and thrashing are keeping the farmers busy, as well as apple picking,” the North Ticonderoga correspondent reported. “And some who have tractors have started their fall plowing.”

At Graphite, a giant potato was the talk of the hamlet.

“Henry Frasier dug a potato last week that that weighed four pounds and a quarter, and this is no story, as all saw the potato.”

Editors watched the skies.

“Wild geese have begun to fly south. The date is early and it may betoken a cold winter, or it may be an indication that the feed crop up north is small this year.”

Or, perhaps, the geese were confused by the absence of wild sports fans’ cheering.

“Having no football team this fall, the boys are making an early start in basketball. It is expected that the school will have a strong, winning team.”

The players elected Ed Boyle team captain.

In other Sept. 30, 1920 Ticonderoga Sentinel news:

The 103rd annual convention of the Essex County Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers, held at Ticonderoga on Sept. 28, was “one of exceeding interest.”

Republican U.S. Sen. James Wadsworth, running for re-election, held an evening campaign rally at the Ticonderoga Playhouse Sept. 28. His speech included “some tempered criticism” of Woodrow Wilson’s administration, but was “one of the cleanest, clearest, and best political addresses ever heard in Ticonderoga history.” Wadsworth focused on opposition to the United States entering the League of Nations.

Miss Rox, a Ticonderoga school teacher, was attempting to organize a student orchestra. “If an orchestra can be organized it would be a credit to the school.”

Mrs. Edward Joubert of Ticonderoga and Mrs. E. Wheeler of Hague donated linens to Moses-Ludington Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. David Reed of Hague and Mrs. Millard F. Smith of Baldwin Road donated flowers.

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