Oxford Historical Society visits UHS Senior Living at CMH
NORWICH – UHS Senior Living at Chenango Memorial Hospital received a visit from the Oxford Historical Society (OHS) on Wednesday, May 11, with a “What is it?” program for the residents of the health care/long-term care facility. They enjoyed seeing some antiques and guessing the purpose of a few others. There were a couple of special history “connections” at the Senior Living center too.
Fred Lanfear, OHS president, was contacted by Karen Blackman, the UHS Senior Living Activities Director. She had seen an ad for the OHS program back in December and thought it was something that the residents would enjoy. Fred, assisted by Jeanie Petersen, OHS secretary, brought in boxes of “what-cha-ma-call-its” from the museum for a show-and-tell and guessing game.
The residents and staff enjoyed hearing about the Oxford businesses from at least a century ago. Oxford was home to the once prolific Basket Factory, the Woman’s Relief Corps Home (the precursor to the Veterans’ Home), the “Oxford Beauty” cigar company, the blue stone quarries, and many dairies.
Among the many artifacts exhibited was a rare pair of nested baskets, handmade from the Oxford Basket Factory. The baskets were constructed of split wood splints that were cut, bent and woven into simple, utilitarian baskets. Due to the delicate nature of the material, not many of these baskets survive today. There also was an unusual framed panoramic photo of the residents of the Women’s Relief Corps Home.
Items that were guessed at included an apple peeling machine; an iron collar/cuff crimper or fluter; and a Stereopticon, the first “hi-def” viewer. Fred’s collection of clothes pressing irons was also quite interesting to many. One familiar cast iron model was the very heavy “Sad” iron. Long ago sad meant heavy or dense, and this iron was so weighty almost no one there could lift it, giving new (or old) meaning to “pumping iron”. Other unique irons were the slug box iron, a very early electric iron, and a gas iron.
The Senior Living residents and staff were quite interested in history, sharing their stories as well. Karen Blackman was raised with local history as her mother is author Dorothy Blackman, the Town of Edmeston’s historian. Another surprise was the introduction of resident Mae L. Smith, the former Chenango County Historian. Mae was Chenango County Historian from Oct 15, 1966 - May 1, 1997.
The OHS hosts fun, educational and cultural programs, free to the public, five times a year. To read more visit: www.Museum.OxfordNY.com . The OHS Depot-Museum, an authentic D L & W railroad depot built in 1914, is located at 1 Depot Street, Oxford. For info call: 821-1223 or email: Museum@OxfordNY.com .
Fred Lanfear, OHS president, was contacted by Karen Blackman, the UHS Senior Living Activities Director. She had seen an ad for the OHS program back in December and thought it was something that the residents would enjoy. Fred, assisted by Jeanie Petersen, OHS secretary, brought in boxes of “what-cha-ma-call-its” from the museum for a show-and-tell and guessing game.
The residents and staff enjoyed hearing about the Oxford businesses from at least a century ago. Oxford was home to the once prolific Basket Factory, the Woman’s Relief Corps Home (the precursor to the Veterans’ Home), the “Oxford Beauty” cigar company, the blue stone quarries, and many dairies.
Among the many artifacts exhibited was a rare pair of nested baskets, handmade from the Oxford Basket Factory. The baskets were constructed of split wood splints that were cut, bent and woven into simple, utilitarian baskets. Due to the delicate nature of the material, not many of these baskets survive today. There also was an unusual framed panoramic photo of the residents of the Women’s Relief Corps Home.
Items that were guessed at included an apple peeling machine; an iron collar/cuff crimper or fluter; and a Stereopticon, the first “hi-def” viewer. Fred’s collection of clothes pressing irons was also quite interesting to many. One familiar cast iron model was the very heavy “Sad” iron. Long ago sad meant heavy or dense, and this iron was so weighty almost no one there could lift it, giving new (or old) meaning to “pumping iron”. Other unique irons were the slug box iron, a very early electric iron, and a gas iron.
The Senior Living residents and staff were quite interested in history, sharing their stories as well. Karen Blackman was raised with local history as her mother is author Dorothy Blackman, the Town of Edmeston’s historian. Another surprise was the introduction of resident Mae L. Smith, the former Chenango County Historian. Mae was Chenango County Historian from Oct 15, 1966 - May 1, 1997.
The OHS hosts fun, educational and cultural programs, free to the public, five times a year. To read more visit: www.Museum.OxfordNY.com . The OHS Depot-Museum, an authentic D L & W railroad depot built in 1914, is located at 1 Depot Street, Oxford. For info call: 821-1223 or email: Museum@OxfordNY.com .
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