Century-old Ti — The plumber, the doctor and the gas engine man

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

It was 21 below zero in South Ticonderoga and 15 below in Chilson on recent days, with little or no snow cover on the ground, the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on Jan. 20, 1921.

“Not any snow for sleighing, but very cold this morning,” the White Church correspondent reported from Crown Point.

“The condition of King Winter has become alarming,” the Ironville correspondent reported. “With a very low temperature, the plumber had to be called to adjust the pipes. With chills and coughs, the doctor had to be called to administer fever tablets, and the gas engine man to furnish more wood.”

In South Ticonderoga, a neighbor who attended a gathering of the Social Club got the cold shoulder.

“There seems to be one unwelcome and unbidden guest, who assumes because one neighbor invited him, that makes him a member of the club, but that does not,” the South Ticonderoga correspondent scolded. “Therefore if he is at all wise, he will remain at home when the next party comes off.”

Neighborly kindness was more evident in Chilson, where the Sunday School class sent Mary A. Phillips a bouquet of carnations.

“Words are too weak to express my feelings. … I do not feel that I deserve such kindness,” Phillips said.

In other Jan. 20, 1921 Ticonderoga Sentinel news:

State Sen. Mortimer Y. Ferris, R-Ticonderoga, was appointed chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee.

Mrs. James McCanna won a casserole dish and James Hoye a fountain pen at the Knights of Columbus card party on Jan. 18.

Seventeen tables were in play.

The Ticonderoga basketball team defeated Port Henry 33–19 at home on Jan. 14.

“The ball was in the hands of the home players most of the time, but their opponents never gave up trying to get the lead in scoring.”

Mrs. Silas Paine of Silver Bay donated two bed spreads and two sheets to Moses Hospital.

“The hospital would appreciate gifts of old cotton for bandages.”

Click here to read the most recent previous post in the series.