By admin on September 28, 2010
A tragic incident occurred in 1954 with the death of a young boy in a grain chute. According to an article in the “Mirror Recorder,” Francis (“Pete”) Tryon, 12, fell into a grain bin while playing hide and seek and suffocated. Dr. Francis D. Brown, acting coroner for Delaware Co., issued a verdict of accidental death by asphyxiation. The accident happened shortly after 7:30 p.m
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By admin on September 28, 2010
First Named “Waterville” Because of Water Power Facilities; Then “Tinkertown,” Locally, From Tinker Shops — Name “Hobart” Finally Adopted as Honor to Bishop Hobart. By Mrs. Maud Harsha (Historians of this area and Scrapbook makers of Hobart and vicinity will be indebted to Mrs. Harsha for this contribution to Delaware County history so painstakingly assembled
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