Morris, New York

Ray Clement loved to spend free time fishing. He didn't always catch fish -- but he enjoyed his time outdoors. He was a friend to Draper Daniels, a model for Don Draper in the TV series Madman about advertising executives in the late 1950s and 1960s.

Ken Stowell collected Ray's comments about local fishing holes in the booklet he created. Follow the link below to read it.
http://ourtownnews.info/morris-ny/Futility

At one time and for a long time, say from the 1930's until 1995, there was a USGS Stream Gauge on the Butternut Creek near the Broad St. Bridge. I asked Rene Elliott if he had any photos of the gaging station. Turns out he has the station, but not the inner works and some photos.

The sycamore tree Rene saved is prominent in the above view of the Franchot house before the fire.

A good year for the team!

Front row L - R: Barney Wheeler, Gene Bettiol, Don Foote, Jim Hamlin, Claire Jacobson
Row 2: Clarence Gregory, Elwyn Goodier, Howard Gardner, Sonny Boyd,
Row 3: Don Wing, Roland Anderson, George Schoradt

Coaches - On right is Ray Clement, on left wearing the coat and tie is Willard Douglas.

The summary of the season from the 1949 MCS Yearbook.

Beth Lull Child found this book among her among her grandmother's books and wanted to share it.

The book, Strawberry Acres by Grace S. Richmond came to Morris in 1915. Mrs. Richmond wrote quite a few books. The popularity of her books can be seen by the list at the bottom of this page that shows that 29 readers wanted to read this one -- sharing the book at 2 week intervals.

Page 3 of The Morris Chronicle,published in Morris, New York on Wednesday, April 17th, 1907

https://butternutvalleyfamilies.blogspot.com/search?q=Myers+Mill

D.W. Hull running the Morris Hotel as shown by this postcard with May 22, 1910 written on the back.

GARDNER HOUSE SOLD