Wikisource:New York/Edmeston/1930s

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The history of Edmeston, New York: 1930 through 1939

[edit] 1937

• The Edmeston Local/Scout's Run to Warn Of Peril To Be Marked, Edmeston Local, June 25, 1937
• The Edmeston Local/Question Over Famous Run Is Finally Solved, Edmeston Local, Oct 12, 1937

[edit] 1938

D.A.R. Marker in Plot Near West Edmeston — Edmeston Local June 24, 1938.

The marker erected by the Col. Israel Angell Chapter DAR. Of New Berlin on the Carr farm two miles south of West Edmeston and dedicated June 19, 1914, has been moved to a plot 12 by 20 feet farther south to the new road to South Edmeston.

The old road has been abandoned. The inscription on the tablet reads: "In memory of the Three Scouts killed on the estate of Percifer Carr by Brandt’s Indians. September 1778. Erected by the Col. Israel Angell Chapter, N.S., D.A.R."

It is fenced on three sides and is accessible from the highway. The Carr farm is famous for the beautiful old dishes unearthed on it a few years ago. They were buried by the Carr family in the Revolutionary times when Brandt made his raid. (The spelling of the name Brant and Brandt are interchangeable)

Albert Talbot Buys Interest in Theater — July 1, 1938 Edmeston Local

Albert Talbot has bought of A.J. Menard his interest in the theater business and the opera block. Possession was given last week. Mr. Talbot has conducted a farm near Burlington Flats for a number of years but plans to move to Edmeston to make his permanent home. It will be recalled that Mr. Talbot and Mr. Milton Shatzel, now of Edmeston, started the moving picture business in Edmeston way back in the silent picture days. They held their first shows in the Grange Hall, starting about 1918, and later moving the business to its present location. Mr. Talbot continued in the business until about 1924 when he removed to his farm at Burlington Flats.

Motorcade to Mark Famous Run — Adam Helmer’s Trip Started at the Carr Farm, Edmeston Local September 2, 1938.

A 35-mile run through Ilion which saved Fort Herkimer settlers from an Indian massacre in 1778, will be commemorated this month by a motorcade which will cover the same historic route.

The hero was Scout Adam Helmer, who ran from the Carr farm, Unadilla River, near South Edmeston, to Fort Herkimer, after eluding a band of redskins who were on his trail and intent on wiping out the Herkimer settlers.

Helmer was one of eight scouts dispatched by Col. Peter Bellinger, commander at Fort Herkimer, to attempt to locate a party of Brandt’s Tories and Indians. About 10 a.m. September 16, 1778, Helmer and his companions were surprised by a war party of 40 savages who attacked them at a spring on the Carr farm. They were driven into the Unadilla River, but Helmer finally escaped and started his dash to Herkimer.