Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site

Front row (l to r): Margaret Turnbull, Mabel Becker, Ruth Guttridge, Elsie Simenson, Maggie Banuat, Cora Shaw & Linnea Mattson;
2nd row: Irving Guttridge, Rosebud Gray, Theo Baldwin, Mabel Neff, Idabelle Tait, Margaret Salton, Fred Banuat, Perry Champlin & Alton Neff;
back row: Jim Stanton, Bill Bouw, Pang Gray, Wendall Salton & Howard Tait.
the little girl in the front of the photo is Gale Lorraine Spoor.

Further clarification - The picture commemorates the Dedication of the Grange Hall - the new building necessary because the Hall in Pepacton, due to the dam, was no longer available. For quite a few years, the meetings were held in rooms over the A & P store (no longer there) on main street until there was enough money raised to build the new Hall on Tannery Rd. Gale was given a gift because she served as Bible Carrier during the Dedication Ceremony. It is that gift that she is holding. Howard & Idabel Tait are Gale's grandparents. Sadly, these are all deceased except for Gale. Margaret Turnbull & Margaret Salton were both teachers at Downsville Central School and were among the best that school ever had. If a student didn't know or understand something, they usually knew why. --Harriett Schultz, September 2, 2005