An early Morris Emergency Squad member, Gary Fisher, told me that the crash detailed below in a front page story in the September 14, 1961 edition of the Otsego Farmer and Republican and in the attached PDF did a lot to get people started on the road to the formation of an emergency squad.
Other squad progress is listed in articles linked below.
The village of Morris has joined both the New York and National Register of Historic Places, giving residents the opportunity to take advantage of generous tax credits when they make improvements to their property.
“Having this designation is really an expression of the pride we have in our community,” said Stacia Norman of the Morris Historical Society.
The Grove, an estate in Morris, NY, was once owned by Francis Rotch - check out this map from 1868 - the Gate House building is represented but not labeled - map of village of Morris
To the best of my knowledge these photos were also donated by Lynn Harris. They are both undated. If you recognize anyone in the photos please tell us. Or even if you can tell us what years they were taken. The optics that causes the reflection of the window to appear in the first photo is a mystery to me also.
A kind soul allowed me to borrow the Morris Old Home Days program from 1977. I have scanned it and you can access it by clicking on the cover below.
Be patient, it may take a few minutes to load. Very few of the people named in the program are around now -- so you are calling their spirits from a great distance!
