Main House - Past Residents

Past Residents of the Main House at 208 Chemung Street Waverly,  Tioga County, New York

We, Amy and Brad Zehr, purchased this estate in 2010 and have been restoring and revitalizing this estate ever since. We have named the entire estate “Zehr Estate.”  The main house we have named “Enchanting East Empress” of Zehr Estate.

The main house at 208 Chemung Street Waverly, New York,  on the corner of Chemung and Athens street, was rebuilt in 1873 as a wedding gift from Dewitt Slaughter to his son, Samuel Wickham Slaughter. Dewitt Slaughter bought the corner lot with a smaller rectangular shaped home, the home of Thomas Jefferson Brooks, on the site in 1857. Dewitt and his wife Caroline, son Samuel, and daughter Nettie, lived in the home.  Dewitt had additions to the home so that by 1869, the basement foundation was as it is today. At the time of the rebuild in 1873, Dewitt Slaughter, a wealthy retired farmer from Hamptonburgh Orange county New York, along with his son, Samuel, proprietor of the Corner Drug Store at 337 Broad street was living in this home. Dewitt’s wife, Caroline Mills Slaughter, had died in November of 1861 and Dewitt’s daughter, Nettie Slaughter, died in March of 1868 at 21 years of age. 

Shortly after the death of Dewitt’s daughter, the Walter H. Lewis family moved into the home and lived there with Dewitt and Samuel.  The Lewis family appears to have been good friends of the Slaughter’s, and most likely were living in the home for a short time while they were having a home built at 117 Park Park Place in Waverly. The Lewis’ came to Waverly in 1855 and were also from Orange county New York.
Walter H. Lewis was a maker of casks and barrels.

Also, living in the home, with Dewitt and Samuel in 1870, for just a short time,  was Nathaniel Ackerly, a farm laborer. Nathaniel came to Waverly in 1870 from Montana where he had worked in the gold mines. After moving to Waverly he worked as a clerk for the Lehigh Valley railroad. Nathaniel  was a witness for Samuel Slaughter’s marriage to Miss Charlotte Wells of Goshen, New York.

Dewitt Slaughter hired Azariah J. Vanatta to rebuild his home for his son Samuel as a wedding gift and by August of 1873, the rebuild was done, though for years afterwards, Samuel continued to make improvements on his home. Azariah J. Vanatta was a carpenter, architect and contractor who designed and built other former Waverly buildings. For more history on Azariah Vanatta, you can view the video on our YouTube channel “Victorian Estate”, “Prominent Waverly Families and Former Town Clock Block History.”

Dewitt Slaughter died in September of 1875.
Sept. 23, 1875 The Republican, Goshen, N. Y. - Mr. DeWitt Slaughter, a former resident of Scotchtown, but for several years past of Waverly, N. Y., died very suddenly Saturday evening at the residence of his relative, Mr. Robert Bull, in Circleville. Apoplexy is supposed to have been the cause of his death. Mr. Slaughter had been subject to epileptic fits for many years. His age was seventy-two.

June 18, 1875 census - at 208 Chemung street, Waverly, New York - Home worth $8,000, this was about 2 years after the rebuild, S. W. Slaughter 37 yo., druggist; wife Mrs. C. Slaughter 24 yo.; father Dewitt Slaughter 72 yo. (Interesting that after the 1873 rebuild, the home increased in value from  $1,600 in 1865 to $8,000 in 1875. Using an inflation calculator, what cost $1,600 in 1865, would cost $31,710.23 in 2025.  Using an inflation calculator what cost $8,000 in 1875 would cost $234,944 in 2025. In 1875, the home did not yet include the yard to the west of the house nor did it include 7 nor  9 Athens street, nor the buildings it does today. Samuel purchased the west yard which had an octagon home on it and also included the land of 7 and most of 9 Athens street, in 1877. In 1879, he removed the octagon house down below to 7 Athens street. For more history on the former octagon house, which is no longer standing, you can view the video on our YouTube channel “Victorian Estate”, “Waverly’s Former Octagon House.”)

Samuel Slaughter died in August of 1894. Samuel’s wife, Mrs. Charlotte Wells Slaughter, died in 1912 leaving an estate of $40,000, using inflation calculator for the year 2025, the $40,000 would be equivalent to $1,332,156.70. In 1912, the estate consisted of a small outbuilding at 208 and a half Chemung street, the carriage house at 9 Athens street, an octagon house at 7 Athens street, which was used as supplemental rental income, and the building at 337 Broad street which was Samuel Slaughter’s former Corner Drug Store, which was also used as rental income by Mrs. Samuel Slaughter after her husband’s death. After Mrs. Slaughter’s death, the Corner Drug Store building remained a source of rental income for Samuel’s daughter, Mary Gertrude Slaughter Knapp, until she sold it in 1946.

After the shocking tragic accidental death of Mary Gertrude Slaughter Knapp’s husband, George Brinker Knapp, in October of 1927, Mrs. Gertrude Knapp started renting out a part of her home to family and friends, and at one time it appears there were three separate living spaces in the home including Mrs. Gertrude Knapp’s with her daughter Charlotte Knapp. Prior to George’s death, his mother was living in the home and she continued to stay there after George’s death until she went to live with another son. Those who lived in the home at points in time after George’s death were: Ronald C. VanAtta and his wife, Ethel. Ronald happened to be a grandson of Azariah J. VanAtta, the designer and builder of the 1873 rebuild of this home; Edwin Knapp and his wife Lucy, who were relatives. Ed and Lucy gave dancing lessons in the home and also entertained in the home; Edgar D. Sebring and his wife Carolyn and son Edgar Jr. Edgar D.  Edward D. Sebring was a family friend and a lawyer; for a short time Edward Renton and his wife Alberta, Edward Renton was a Theater Operator.

In 1940, according to the census, the home was worth $12,000, using an inflation calculator that would be in the year 2025. $12,000 in 1940 would have the same purchasing or buying power as $276,898.29 in 2025.

From the 1942 directory, there was only listed Mrs. Gertrude Knapp with her daughter, Charlotte S. Knapp and Edgar D. Sebring listed. (Charlotte Knapp born March 24, 1916.)

Jan. 30, 1945 The Evening Times - Waverly Personals. Mrs. Edgar D. Sebring of 208 Chemung street has gone to Clymer, N. Y., where she will visit her son John Sebring and his family for a few days.

March 29, 1945 The Waverly Sun-Recorder - Miss Charlotte Knapp was the guest of honor at a birthday party held for her on Saturday evening by Mrs. Edgar Sebring. 

August 23, 1945 The Waverly Sun Recorder - Mrs. Nellie Best is visiting Mrs. George Knapp of 208 Chemung street.

In 1945, the “Slaughter - Knapp” estate at 208 Chemung street was sold by Mrs. Gertrude Slaughter Knapp, daughter of Samuel Wickham Slaughter and grand daughter of Dewitt Slaughter. She sold the estate to Mrs. Mary Fralick. Gertrude sold her family’s estate where she was born and raised as was her daughter, Charlotte Knapp,  born and raised. 

Sept. 13, 1945 The Waverly Sun-Recorder - Mrs. Fralick of the Ellistown road, owner of the Marilorn Cabins, has purchased the home of Mrs. Gertrude Knapp on Chemung Street. (Out abstract date has November 15, 1945 as when it was officially sold.)

Sept. 29, 1945 The Evening Times -  Wanted: Two persons to clean apartment. 208 Chemung street, Waverly. Phone 270-J. (This was Mrs. Gertrude Slaughter Knapp’s phone number)

October 2, 1945 The Evening Times - Wanted: Two persons to clean apartment. 208 Chemung street, Waverly. Phone 270-J.

Oct. 10, 1945 The Evening Times - For Sale. Gas Stove, Kitchen Cabinet, 2 Hat Racks, Rocker, Chairs. Mrs. George Knapp (Gertrude Slaughter Knapp) 208 Chemung Street Waverly. Phone 413.

October 25, 1945 - Mrs. Gertrude Knapp who recently sold her Chemung Street home, is now living at 470 Pennsylvania avenue. (Gertrude Knapp lived at 470 Pennsylvania avenue temporarily and then returned to one of the apartments in her former home at 208 Chemung street. 470 Pennsylvania avenue was owned by Dr. Albert P. Knight at that time in 1945. Mrs. Gertrude Knapp knew the Knight family. Mrs. Knight and Mrs. Gertrude Knapp  had served on the executive committee of the Waverly Chapter of the American Red Cross in the 1930s and 1940s together, they also were members of the Waverly Garden Club.)
Mrs. Gertrude Slaughter Knapp lived at 470 Pennsylvania avenue for a while, during the transition of her recently sold family’s estate being converted into apartments, then came back and rented an apartment in the house from Mrs. Mary Fralick. Both Mrs. Gertrude Knapp and her daughter, Charlotte Knapp, also after renting an apartment in their former home, rented an apartment on the first floor of their former carriage house at 9 Athens street.

When Mrs. Mary Fralick purchased the estate, she quickly turned it into an apartment complex. Mary Fralick along with her second husband, Ralph W. Fralick lived in one of the newly renovated six apartments in the main house, while she rented out the other five apartments in the main house. She also rented out two newly converted apartments in the former carriage house at 9 Athens street, just below and around the corner from the main house, as well as one newly converted small apartment which was in part of the former outbuilding which was possibly used as a garden shed and part of the apartment was in an addition to this former shed along with the addition of attached 3 upper garages and 4 lower garages. Mrs. Mary Fralick and her first husband Loren Pierce had owned the former Marilorn cabins just outside the village of Waverly on Route 17 C.  We found a card in the basement of the main house advertising The Marilorn as a modern Tourists House with hot and cold water for each room, heated cabins and showers.  
For more history on our Zehr Estate, you can also view the videos on our YouTube channel “Victorian Estate”, “9 Athens street Waverly, New York History”, “208 and a half Chemung Street, Waverly, New York History”, and “Zehr Estate Overview 2025”.

In the nineteen forty’s in Waverly and other nearby areas, several large homes were listed for sale, advertising as - good for converting to: apartments, commercial use, doctor offices, tea room, tourists houses, rooming house, convalescent homes and club houses.

Some recollections: "I remember going to a big house and Cousin Gertrude seemed to live there all by herself. I didn't know about a daughter until I read it on your history which, by the way, is wonderful." "And I'm pretty sure that Cousin Gertrude gave my mother a red and white quilt that I have. It could have been made by her mother who was the Wells. I would date it to the mid 1800s." From Peg Ross Jan. 8, 2011 (Peg thinks Gertrude Slaughter Knapp was cousins with her mother, Gertrude Wells Seaman) (She also can't remember when they visited, but that it may have been in the 1940s) 
Susie Alamo O'Hara in 2011, remembered taking ballroom dancing lessons in 1940, along with Ann Murray and about 12 or 13 others, on the third floor of our house at 208 Chemung street. The lessons were taught by Ed and Lucy Knapp. She said that Ed's dad, Joe Knapp, later lived on our estate one time. (Around 1963 -1967,  Joseph Knapp, Jr. rented an apartment at 208 Chemung street and then later rented on the first floor of the former carriage house at  9 Athens street.)
"I grew up on Tioga Street and all of us neighborhood kids would slide down the hill in the winters, we knew it as "Knapp Hill". " From Mr. Simonds, who lives by the reservoir, July 2011 (referring to Athens Street hill)

October 31, 1945 Elmira Star Gazette - Auxiliary Members Going to Conference. Waverly - Four members of Betowski-VanDeMark Post, American Legion Auxiliary will attend the fall conference of the Sixth District auxiliary Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1-2, in Norwich. Representing the local post and Tioga County will be Mrs. Marslette Wilcox, county chairman; Mrs. Ralph W. Fralick, president of the Waverly auxiliary; Mrs. William Barnes, chairman of rehabilitation; and Mrs. Floyd Stewart, chairman of child welfare work. ...

Aug. 23, 1946 The Evening Times - Mrs. George Knapp and Miss Charlotte Knapp of Chemung street left today for Canajahorie, N. Y. to visit friends. (It is possible that Mrs. Gertrude Knapp and her daughter Charlotte Knapp were among the very first tenants to have lived in their former home after they sold it in 1945 to Mrs. Mary I. Fralick and after it was turned into an apartment complex by Mrs. Mary Fralick. 

Nov. 9, 1946 The Evening Times - For Sale. Two garage doors, also small electric range. Call 208 Chemung Street, Waverly. (These two garage doors could have possibly been at the back of the former carriage house, which was later used as an automobile garage, the entrance and exit was at the rear of the building at 9 Athens street.

November 27, 1945 The Binghamton Press - In the slowest week in several months only 17 pieces of Tioga County property changed hands in the week ended Nov. 24. Included in the deeds filed in the county clerk's office are: ... Gertrude Slaughter Knapp of Waverly to Mary I. Fralick, property located in Waverly. 

Nov. 28, 1945 The Evening Times - Only one Waverly property transfer was listed among seventeen Tioga County deeds recorded in the office of Tioga County Clerk, Mrs. Florence J. Tilbury, for the week ending Nov. 24. It was Gertrude Slaughter Knapp to Mary I. Fralick.

December 10, 1946 - Gertrude Slaughter Knapp, Waverly, to Earl J. and Nellie F. Payne, property in Waverly. (This sale was the former Corner Drug Store building that Gertrude's father, Samuel Slaughter, had owned at 337 Broad street.) (Earl James Payne, born in South Waverly Borough on November 2, 1897, his father was James Payne, his mother was Sarah E. Gross.) This sale was confirmed in 2013, to be the building at 337 Broad street which Earl Payne had been renting from Mrs. Gertrude Slaughter Knapp, confirmed by the late Anna Frances Payne, daughter of Earl Payne. Also confirmed by the following newspaper article.
Dec. 4, 1946 The Evening Times - Earl J. Payne, Waverly merchant, has purchased the three-story brick building located on the northeast corner of Waverly and Broad streets, Waverly, it was announced today. Mrs. Gertrude Knapp of Waverly was the previous owner of the building, which at present houses the Payne Pharmacy store and Payne’s Liquor store on the ground floor; the office of Attorney Edgar Sebring on the second floor and the apartment of Mrs. Bridget Sweeney on the top floor. Before Mrs. Knapp became owner of the structure, members of the family which dated back to her grandfather (Dewitt Slaughter) had held title to the establishment. A program of modernization and alteration on the building will be started, Mr. Payne revealed, as soon as conditions permit and building materials are obtainable. (Gertrude’s father was Samuel Wickham Slaughter. Samuel’s father was Dewitt Slaughter.)

Jan. 20, 1947 The Evening Times - Mrs. George M. Cady, 208 Chemung street, Waverly, was thrilled at the sound of her son's voice Sunday night. He is Ted Snook, now in Tokyo, Japan, who talked with her by way of Trans-Oceanic telephone at 11 o'clock. He told his mother he was in excellent health and that he is going to remain there, having accepted a civilian post in the services of the U. S. Army after being honorably discharged from that branch of the service in Japan. He entered the army two years ago.

Feb. 27, 1947 The Evening Times - Garage for rent. Available March 1. 208 Chemung street, Waverly. Phone 477-J.

March 27, 1947 The Evening Times - Waverly Police Probe Series of Auto Burglaries. ... two boys were running west on Clinton avenue. He described them as both between 12 and 16 years of age. ... About 9:15 o'clock Dr. Harry S. Fish of 208 Chemung street reported to headquarters that his car, which was parked on Athens street, had been entered. A flashlight was missing from the glove compartment. ... 

It appears that among the very first tenants living in apartments in the home with Mrs. Mary Fralick and her husband Ralph Fralick were: Mrs. Gertrude Knapp and daughter Miss Charlotte Knapp; Dr. Harry S. Fish, a surgeon of the Tioga General Hospital, and his wife Ruth;  and Mrs. George M. Cady, who was a friend of Gertrude and Charlotte Knapp.

(Aug. 2, 1960 The Evening Times - Dr. Harry S. Fish, 80, of Waverly, one of the founders and chief surgeon for 25 years of the Tioga County General Hospital, died.
Aug. 3, 1960 The Evening Times - Largely attended funeral services for Dr. Harry S. Fish of 437 Park avenue, Waverly, were held at the Russell Funeral Home, 462 Fulton street, Waverly, Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock with Rev. Johnstone Patrick, rector of the Sayre Presbyterian Church, officiating. Active pallbearers were Victor L. Buley, David C. Meyer, James Davenport, W. Ernest Lehr, Ronald L. Robinson and Harold M. Sawyer. Doctors on the staff of the Tioga County General Hospital served as honorary pallbearers. Burial was in the family plot in Glenwood cemetery. Richard T. Robinson, assisted by Ronald L. Robinson, folded the flag and presented it to Mrs. Fish. Among the many groups attending the services were the Board of Trustees of the Tioga County General Hospital, nurses and personnel of the hospital, representatives of the Robert Packer Hospital, members of Rotary Clubs of Waverly and surrounding area, four past governors of Rotary International, and members of the Boy Scouts of America. Memorial services were held Monday evening at 7 o’clock by Waverly lodge 407 F&AM, followed by services by Sayre Elks lodge at 8 o’clock. There was a profusion of floral tributes. )(Dr. Harry S. Fish and his wife lived in one of the apartments at 208 Chemung street in 1947 - 1950.)
(Sept. 12, 1964 The Evening Times - Mrs. Ruth Esser Fish, 83, of 426 Park Ave., Waverly died Friday afternoon at the Tioga General Hospital. She was the widow of Dr. Harry S. Fish. Born on Jan. 8, 1881 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., she was the daughter of Oscar and Caroline Moot Esser and attended school at a German convent in Wilkes-Barre and the Lady Jane Grey School in Binghamton. She married Dr. Fish in 1909 and they made their home at the present location of the Robert Packer Hospital Nurses residence until they built “Breezy Brow” at 710 Lockhart St., Sayre. They lived there for 35 years and later moved to Waverly where Mrs. Fish has resided since. Very active in civic activities, Mrs. Fish was the founder of the Sayre Canteen of World War One and World War Two. The first Canteen went into action on July 7, 1918, after Mrs. Fish had met a group of soldiers in Sayre, seeking shower facilities and hadn’t enough time, so she invited them to her home. Within a few weeks over 200 men had been in her home and the idea was born for an organized canteen to serve all men in uniform. Desmond Street Park and local Lehigh Valley Railroad buildings were used by the Canteen. Funds were always a problem and Mrs. Fish raised them in July of 1918 at a “Kurious Kanteen Karnival” on the lawn of her home. During the flu epidemic of World War One, the canteen assisted in preparing and distributing soups, custards and puddings to Valley residents, as well as nursing aid. During World War Two, Mrs. Fish reactivated the Canteen and the same process of service was again underway. She was very active in Red Cross, Tioga General Hospital Auxiliary, civic leader in various activities, including welfare. She was also active in Rotary at one time, as well as the Elks, Moose and all hospital affairs. Survivors include one son, James Junkin of Philadelphia; two daughters, Mrs. Nancy Leonard of Waverly and Mrs. Harriet Holloway of Philadelphia; two grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Friends may call at the Russell Funeral Home, 462 Fulton St., Waverly, Sunday evening from 7 to 9. Funeral and committal services will be held from there Monday morning at 11 o’clock with the Rev. James MacKellar, pastor of the Waverly Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood Memorial Park.
(Dr. Harry and Ruth Fish lived in one of the apartments at 208 Chemung street around 1947 to 1950. By 1951, Dr. Harry S. Fish (Ruth) surgeon-in-chief Tioga County Hospital were living at 477 Waverly street Waverly)

(Dec. 8, 1969 The Evening Times - Grace S. Cady, Lifelong Valley Resident, Dies. Mrs. Grace S. Cady, 83, of 20 Howard Street, South Waverly, died this morning at 10 o’clock following a lengthy illness. Born April 13, 1886 in Athens, she was the daughter of the late George H. and Lille Carter Stimpson. She married the late Dr. Theodore P. Snook of Waverly. In 1935 she married the late Dr. George M. Cady of Nichols and was a former member of Grace Episcopal Church in Waverly. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Byram L. (Barbara) Winters of Smithboro; a son, Theodore P. Snook of Santa Barbara, California; a granddaughter, Mrs. Page Reitzel of Hickory, North Carolina, and two grandsons. … Private burial will be in Smithboro Cemetery. …
Oct. 10 1935 Elmira Star Gazette - Dr. G. M. Cady Widely Known Doctor, Dies. Prominent Nichols Practioner and Member of Hospital and Reformatory Boards Stricken at 70. Nichols - Dr. George M. Cady, 70, known and beloved throughout this section as a brilliant physician and a kindly gentleman, died unexpectedly at the historic Cady homestead … He was the third generation of medical men to occupy the house where he was born and died (in Nichols, New York). … He was twice married. Following the death of Mrs. Cady in an Elmira hospital about five years ago, he married Mrs. Grace Snook of Waverly, widow of Dr. Theodore Snook, a Waverly dentist, during the last summer. She survives. …)

May 14, 1947 Elmira Star Gazette - Auxiliaries At Waverly Hear Leader. Waverly - The four units comprising the Tioga County American Legion auxiliaries honored State Department president Mrs. Isabel Powers of Rochester at a dinner at the Iron Kettle Inn on her official visit to the county Tuesday evening. Mrs. Marslette Wilcox, Tioga County Legion Auxiliary chairman, presided and introduced these officials and out-of-town guests: Mrs. Lucy Johnson of Oneonta, Sixth District chairman; Mrs. Lora Grant, first vice chairman of the county auxiliary; Mrs. Helen Craig, second vice chairman; Mrs. Marietta Ellis, third vice chairman; Mrs. Edna Simcoe, treasurer; Mrs. Marjorie Rolls, chaplain; Ronald Ward, Sixth District Legion commander; and John L. Craig, county commander in Tioga County. The program included two vocal solos by Mrs. Charlyne Sutton, accompanied by Miss Marion Bruster. Seated at the speaker's table also were the following county unit chairmen: Presidents, Mrs. Mary Fralick (208 Chemung street Waverly, NY), Betowski-Vandemark Post 492; Mrs. Catherine Whitney, of Owego, Tioga Unit 401; Mrs. Helen Craig, Arden Kelsey Unit 907; and Mrs. Marietta Ellis, Richford Unit 1431. The Department president, in her talk, urged all members to back up the American Legion in its fight to preserve universal military training in the United States. She explained programs of the state Auxiliary and said that the new infirmary at Tupper Lake for women, would be officially opened July 1, for its first patients. ... 

Nov. 20, 1947 The Evening Times - Apartments - Rooms. Modern apartment. Adults only. Available December 1. Phone Waverly 477-J. Inquire 208 Chemung Street, Waverly.

Nov. 24, 1947 The Evening Times - Miss Charlotte Knapp of Cornell university is spending Thanksgiving recess with her mother, Mrs. Gertrude Knapp of 208 Chemung street, Waverly. (Home is owned by Mrs. Ralph Fralick. Mrs. Gertrude Knapp, previous owner, is living in one of the apartments.)

Dec. 2, 1947 The Evening Times - Miss Louise Lynch of Waverly, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James M. Lynch of Waverly, and Albert J. Williams, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alex Williams of Springfield, Mass. were married in St. James Catholic church in Waverly Saturday morning at 9 o’clock. … The wedding breakfast was served at the O’Brien Waverly Hill restaurant. When the couple return after a wedding trip they will reside at 208 Chemung street in Waverly. Mrs. Williams was employed by Dr. M. D. Martin in his offices in Sayre. Mr. Williams is employed by the D. L. and W. railroad company.
(Albert Williams, chef on the D. L. & W., of 202 William street Waverly, died in Nov. 1949.)

March 30, 1948 The Evening Times - Waverly - Mrs. George Knapp, 208 Chemung street, is a patient at the Robert Packer Hospital. (Mrs. Knapp is living in one of the apartments in her former home, now owned by Mrs. Mary Fralick.)

April 2, 1948 The Evening Times - Born to Vincent and Edna Welton Hinds, 208 Chemung street, Waverly, a son this morning at the Tioga County General hospital.
(In 1947, Vincent Hinds was living at 209 Chemung street Waverly, Oct. 9, 1947 The Evening Times - Part time work evenings and Saturdays. Service station preferred. Vincent Hinds, 209 Chemung street, Waverly.)

April 2, 1948 The Evening Times - Mrs. George Knapp has returned to her home at 208 Chemung street after being a patient in the Robert Packer hospital.

April 22, 1948 The Evening Times - Dr. Harry S. Fish was reappointed chief of surgical service for the Tioga County General hospital, Waverly, by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors …

From 1948 Directory of Athens, Sayre, & Waverly: at 208 Chemung Street - 5 apartments listed in main house in this directory, not 6 apartments yet.
1. renting, Mrs. Gertrude S. Knapp, former owner of the estate, widow of George B. Knapp;  daughter Charlotte Knapp, employed at Blue Swan Mills; 
2. Ralph Fralick, husband of owner, employed at 245 Broad street;  Mrs. Mary Fralick owner of the estate;
3.  renting Ben C. Young, manager at Whipples Lumber Yard; wife Betty J. Young; 
4. renting Albert J. Williams, employed by Erie Rail Road; wife Louise L. Young; 
5. renting Dr. Harry Spaulding Fish, surgeon -in - chief at Tioga County General Hospital in Waverly; wife Ruth Esser Fish. (Dr. Harry S. Fish died in 1960, he was former chief surgeon at Tioga County General Hospital, Waverly, New York. Mrs. Ruth Esser Fish, 83, of 426 Park Ave, Waverly died in Sept. 1964.)

(Nov. 8, 1949 The Evening Times - Notice is hereby given … November 10, 1949, a certificate for the conduct of business in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, under the assumed or fictitious name of the “Better Homes Insulation Company.”, with its principal place of business located at 374 Pennsylvania Ave., South Waverly, Pennslyvania. The names and address of owners of the company are Ben C. Young, 374 Penna. Ave., South Waverly Borough, Bradford County, Pennslyvania and Frank Morrison, Laceyville Borough, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Nov. 8) (Ben C. Young rented one of the apartments at 208 Chemung street in 1948. Ben and Frank may be cousins.)

May 10, 1948 The Evening Times - Miss Charlotte Knapp of Chemung street visited her mother, Mrs. George Knapp, who is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sawyer of Judson Heights, N. Y., over the weekend.

Sept. 15, 1948 The Evening Times - Seven piece bedroom suite, glass top, custom built, complete with box springs, $200; chest of drawers; secretary desk and small kitchen articles; fur coat, size 16. Moving to Florida. After Wednesday call after 6 p.m. 208 Chemung Street, Waverly. Phone 317-R (Apartment 1 West W. McEnerney)

Sept. 16, 1948 The Evening Times - Contents of 3 room apartment. Newly furnished. No kitchen equipment. Moving to Florida. Must sacrifice. W. McEnerney. 208 Chemung Street, Waverly. Phone 317-R. First floor west.

October 11, 1948 Elmira Star Gazette: Waverly OES To Meet. Waverly - Star Chapter 9, Order of Eastern Star, will meet in the Waverly Masonic Temple Tuesday at 8 p.m. Refreshments will follow the chapter session. Mrs. Mary Fralick (of 208 Chemung street Waverly, NY) is in charge.

Dec. 7, 1948 The Evening Times - The Past Presidents club of the Betowski-VanDeMark American Legion auxiliary will hold a Christmas party meeting at the home of Mrs. Mary Fralick, 208 Chemung street, Waverly, Friday evening starting at 6:30 o'clock. Mrs. Mae Lawler, club president, will preside at the business meeting to be held following the picnic supper. A social hour is planned with members bringing gifts to exchange.

Dec. 29 1948 The Evening Times - Modern 4 room apartment with heat, range, refrigerator, 2 adults only. Inquire Mrs. Fralick, 208 Chemung Street, Waverly

March 10, 1949 The Evening Times - Born to James and Marion Baxter Aldrich of 208 Chemung street, Waverly, a son Wednesday at the Tioga County General hospital.

March 24, 1949 The Evening Times - Miss Charlotte Knapp of The Evening Times is celebrating an occasion today. This corner is sure of it for a little bird told us that it’s so. It’s her birthday. (Charlotte Knapp born March 24, 1916.)

July 21, 1949 The Clinton Courier, Clinton, NY: Extensive Repainting Planned By St. James Church. Painting and redecorating the inside of St. James Church is expected to begin during the late summer or early fall. A firm that specializes in redecorating churches, D. W. Lougher & Sons of Waverly, N. Y. will be doing the job. ... (a grandson of D. W. Lougher has said that D. W. Lougher & Sons had worked in our estate at 208 Chemung street Waverly, New York on several occasions.)

family 1 , Ralph Fralick 59 years old., clerk at a plant; wife Mary I. Fralick 54 years old, owner of the estate; 
family 2,  Richard J. Phelan 27 years old, history teacher at public schools; wife Mary Anne Phelan 23 years old; son Richard C. jr. infant; 
family 3, Arthur Coddington jr. 29 years old, doctor M. D. at hospital; wife Abbie J.  Coddington 28 years old; 
family 4, Thomas E. Toole 27 years old, barber at barber shop; wife Madelyne S. Toole 25 years old, nurse at hospital; daughter Madelyne G. Toole 3 years old; (by 1952, the Toole’s moved down to the former carriage house on the estate at 9 Athens street.)
family 5, John H. Richardson 29 years old, investigator for retail credit company; wife Marjorie D. Richardson 28 years old; 
family 6, Harry S. Fish 70 years old, surgeon at hospital; wife Ruth E. Fish 69 years old; sister Ruth A. Fish 74 years old never married; sister Alice P. Fish 72 years old never married.
This 1950 census has all 6 apartments in the main house filled.

May 8, 1950 The Evening Times - Miss Ruth Ann Fish, 75, a lifelong resident of Waverly and particularly active in church work, died at 10:25 a.m. Sunday at the Tioga County General hospital. Miss Fish, who resided at 28 Orange street, suffered injuries in a fall in front of her home on last Dec. 21 from which she never recovered. She was born in Waverly the daughter of George Warren and Anna Parsons Fish and has never lived outside the village. Her brother is Dr. Harry S. Fish of Waverly, surgeon-in-chief of the Tioga County General hospital. To her death, she was an active member of the First Presbyterian church of Waverly. For 25 years she had been superintendent of the church kindergarten school and is a past president of the Women’s Missionary Society. She was also a member of the Women’s association of the church. She was a charter member of both the Polyhymnia club and Carantouan Chapter, D.A.R. During both World Wars, Miss Fish was particularly active in Red Cross Canteen work in the Valley. She was in charge of knitting production in World War II. Besides her brother, Dr. Fish, she is survived by a sister, Miss Alice P. Fish of Waverly; another brother, Robert A., of Milwaukee, Wis.; and four nieces, Mrs. Nancy Leonard of Waverly; Mrs. Alvin Cohen of New York city, Mrs. John Kline of Los Vegas, Nev., and Mrs. Marshall Holloway of Los Alamos, N. Mex. … Burial will be in Glenwood cemetery. The family requested the omission of flowers.]
[July 14, 1956 The Evening Times - Miss Alice P. Fish, 78, formerly of 6 Lincoln avenue, Waverly and a lifelong resident, died last night at 10:20 o’clock in the Tioga General hospital following an extended illness. She was the daughter of the late George W. and Anna Parsons Fish of Waverly. She attended Waverly schools and was a graduate of Vassar college in 1902. She attended the 50th reunion of her class at Vassar in 1952. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Waverly and was superintendent of the Sunday school for many years. She was an active member in the missionary society of the church, the Women’s Association and the Red Cross sewing unit of the church. Miss Fish was an active member and registrar of the Carantouan chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is survived by two brothers, Dr. Harry S. Fish of Waverly and Robert A. Fish of Milwaukee, Wis.; three nieces, Mrs. Phyllis Cohen of Great Neck, L.I., Mrs. Anne Yashvin of Santa Fe, N.M. and Mrs. Harriet Holloway of Arlington, Mass.; and one great niece. … Burial will be in Glenwood cemetery. The family has requested friends to please omit flowers.]

[Feb. 2, 1954 The Evening Times - Mr. Phelan Leaving. Mr. Richard Phelan, 9th grade social studies teacher, has accepted a position with the J. E. Roerig Company, dealers in pharmaceutical goods as a detail man in the sales department. Mr. Phelan is a graduate of Penn State university from which he holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree. He is doing work on his doctorate. He will continue to make his home in Waverly with his wife Mary Anne and three children. We wish Mr. Phelan much luck in his new job. (Reporter, Gail Schamel) From 1953 directory,  the Phelan’s were living at 124 Wilbur street, Waverly]

[March 1, 1959 Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin - Dr. Arthur M. Coddington, Jr., Johnson City pediatrician who heads the poison control station at Wilson, told of an infant death last year, attributed to pneumonia, in which the swallowing of kerosene had been a contributory factor.]

[May 7, 1946 The Evening Times - Madelyne Carter And T. E. Toole Wed in Rectory. Miss Madelyne Lois Carter daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude L. Carter of Montrose, RD4, and Thomas E. Toole, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Toole, 207 Allison street, Sayre, were married Saturday morning at 10 o’clock in the rectory of the Church of the Epiphany. … Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast for the bridal party was held at the Silver Grill in South Waverly. After a wedding trip through upper New York state, the bridal couple will make their home in Sayre. … The bride is a graduate of Montrose High school and the Robert Packer training school for nurses, class of 1945. The bridegroom is a graduate of Sayre High school. He recently returned from four years service with the U. S. Navy, and is employed at the Swift Lubricator company in Elmira. Nov. 28, 1952 The Evening Times - Born to Thomas and Madelyne Carter Toole of 9 Athens street, Waverly, a son Tuesday in the Robert Packer Hospital.  - A niece of Madelyn, which also happens to be my  cousin-in-law, yes, small world, told me that it was Thomas jr. who was born here and he passed away in 2020. She also told me that her Aunt and Uncle moved around quite a bit and that her uncle was a barber.
(Madeline Carter Toole was 5 years old from 1930 census living with her parents and siblings in Auburn, Susquehanna county, PA.; Claud Carter 45 yo. farmer, wife Ethel M. 44 yo., daughter Pauline H. 19 yo., daughter Marion L. 16 yo., son Harland E. 12 yo., daughter Charlotte E. 8 yo., daughter Madelyne L. 5 yo., sister Nellie Carter 65 yo. dress maker at home. Madelyne Carter Toole was born Nov. 19, 1924 and is buried in Retta Cemetery, Retta PA. She died Oct. 10, 2013. Madelyne Carter and Thomas E. Toole were married in May 1946 when they were to make their home in Sayre, PA.)]

[June 16, 1948 Elmira Star Gazette - Doane-Richardson - At an open house Saturday, the engagement of Miss Marjorie Beecher Doane to John Howard Richardson was made known. Miss Doane is the daughter of Mrs. Benjamin V. Doane, 1457 W. Water St., and the late Mr. Doane. Mr. Richardson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Richardson, 958 Farnham St. The engagement party was attended by about 50 friends. The announcement was made by the names of the prospective bride and bridegroom appearing on cards attached to individual corsages presented to each guest. Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Doane presided at the tea table. Miss Doane is a graduate of Elmira schools and Elmira College, Class of ’43. She is employed in the home economics department of the Corning Glass Works. Mr. Richardson is a graduate of Elmira schools and the New York School of Embalming and Restorative Art. After four years in the Navy he was discharged as a Pharmacist’s mate 1/c. He is affiliated with the Culligan Soft Water Service. - John H. Richardson born Aug. 17, 1920, died June 5, 1965, buried in Woodlawn cemetery, Elmira, NY - Marjorie married second husband Francis A. Rauh (born 1926- died 2009). Marjorie Doane Richardson Rauh - born Dec. 19, 1921, died Dec. 8, 2006.]

Aug. 11, 1950 The Evening Times - Area Students to Receive Degrees At Penn State. … also Richard Joseph Phelan, 208 Chemung street, Waverly, master of education with a major in education; …
(Oct. 20, 1951 The Evening Times - Waverly Teachers List Committees. … Richard Phelan will be chairman of the committee to help with the study of centralization assisting him will be William Gates, Alice Purple, Jennie Francis and Frank Cichocki. 1951 directory - Richard J. Phelan [Mary Ann] teacher WJHS living at 10 Lincoln.)

Aug. 31, 1950 The Evening Times - Mrs. George Knapp and daughter, Miss Charlotte, of  (208) Chemung street have returned from a trip to Bridgeport, Conn., where they visited Mrs. Nellieana Best, formerly of Waverly. They returned home via Asbury Park.

Dec. 16, 1950 The Evening Times - First Baptist. … Monday, Martha class Christmas dinner at the home of Mrs. Ralph Fralick (208 Chemung street); …

Jan. 27, 1951 The Evening Times - Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fralick of 208 Chemung street left today for a vacation in Miami, Florida.

From 1951 Directory of Athens, Sayre, & Waverly: at 208 Chemung Street - Has five apartments filled with 1 apartment vacant -
1. vacant, 
2. Ralph W. Fralick,  employed in Barton;  wife Mary I. Fralick, owner of the estate;
3. John R. Foster, proprietor of Mountain Top Restaurant; wife Ethel K. Foster, (Aug. 12, 1979 Elmira Star Gazette - The Mountain Top Restaurant closed in 1971. In Aug. of 1979, fire was set by area volunteers to destroy the “rambling four-story cliffside building. Many of the firefighters present recalled having eaten there before it closed in 1971.” Seventy-five firefighters conducted a drill at the Mountain Top Restaurant on Waverly Hill.);
4. Parvin V. Mensch, carpenter; wife Ruth Mensch employed at BSM
5.  Roland P. Holmes, cashier at the Citizen’s National Bank; wife Edith Holmes; (Roland P. Holmes was cashier at The Citizens National Bank and lived at 304 Chemung street Waverly in 1948. June 7, 1951 The Evening Times - Home Nursing Forum Held in Waverly … Mrs. Roland Holmes of Waverly as chairman. … By Sept. 1957, Roland Holmes was president of the Waverly Citizens National bank.);
6. Earl E. Armstrong, proprietor of Armstrong Music House in Sayre, PA; wife Laura V. Armstrong

(March 1, 1949 The Evening Times - Mountain Top Is Sold to Foster, Barton Resident. A real estate deal that has been in the offing for some time has been completed it was made known late Monday with the Mountain Top restaurant located at the top of Waverly Hill on Route 17 being bought by John Foster of Barton from the present owner, Arthur Mosher. Mr. Foster, a former employe of IBM in Endicott and the Pan-American airways and a veteran of World War II who was placed on inactive service as a major, plans no immediate changes in policy. Prior to his purchase of the hilltop restaurant, Mr. Foster has been working with his father on the family dairy farm in Barton. Mr. Mosher, who purchased the restaurant 12 years ago, has increased the size and facilities of the establishment until today it provides adequate meeting rooms for service clubs of the Valley besides family-size living quarters on the bottom floor. Mr. Mosher and his family will continue to maintain their residence in these rooms until their new home is completed. While there, the family will work for the new owner for an unstated period of time.) (John R. Foster and Ethel K. Foster, proprietors of Mountain Top Restaurant, lived in one of the apartments at 208 Chemung street in 1951.)

March 26, 1951 The Evening Times - Miss Charlotte Knapp of 9 Athens street has taken a secretarial position in the mechanical engineering department at Cornell university.

March 28, 1951 The Evening Times - Mrs. Roland Holmes of 208 Chemung street, Waverly was hostess to the Polyhymnia club of Waverly at their meeting last night, which featured hymns and songs of praise.

April 17, 1951 The Evening Times - Mrs. Mary Jean Morningstar of 208 Chemung street, Waverly, cut her forehead when she struck it against the edge of a door in her home. She was treated at the Robert Packer hospital. -  1951 directory lists; John Morningstar, wife Jean Morningstar, emp. at IR Company, were living across the street at 209 Chemung sreet. Also a Mrs. Llewellyn Morningstar at 209 Chemung street.

May 24, 1951 Elmira Star Gazette: Poppy Days Slated In 2 Valley Towns. Waverly - Annual Poppy Days will be observed in the three Valley communities Friday and Saturday. In charge of the sales in each of the three villages are: Waverly, Mrs. Mary Fralick (of 208 Chemung street Waverly, New York); Sayre, Mrs. Ruth Wood; Athens, Mrs. Charlotte Ackley. 

June 6, 1951 The Evening Times - The next home nursing class in Waverly training program will start Wednesday at the Clayton Luckner home with Mrs. Wallace Young as instructor. A total of 10 trainees make up a class, and four are needed to fill the complement. Study periods are held in the evenings. Anyone desiring to enroll should get in touch with Mrs. Dean Hoy of 521 Clark street or Mrs. Roland Holmes of 208 Chemung street.

Nov. 8, 1951 The Evening Times - Joyce Keene and Waverlyite Wed In Church Rite. St. James church, Waverly was the scene of the wedding Nov. 3 of Miss Joyce Keene and William McMahon, both of Waverly. Rev. G. Stuart Hogan, pastor of the church, performed the double ring service at 9:30 a.m. for Miss Keene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Keene of 147 Center street, and Mr. McMahon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McMahon of Ithaca street. Mr. and Mrs. Donald McMahon, brother and sister-in-law of the bridegroom, attended the couple. The bride was attired in a wine suit with pink accessories and had a pink rosebud corsage. Her attendant was in a wine dress with black accessories and wore a peach rosebud corsage.  A reception for the families of the bridal couple was held at the Keene home following the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. McMahon are residing at 208 Chemung street, Waverly. Both Mr. and Mrs. McMahon are Waverly High school graduates. She is employed at the Woolworth store in Waverly and he is employed by Corning Glass. 

June 21, 1952 The Evening Times - Born to Donald and Mary Kerwin McMahon of 208 Chemung street, Waverly, a daughter, Tuesday, at the Tioga County General hospital.

Aug. 5, 1952 The Evening Times - Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Roe of Hallstead, Pa., announce the engagement of their daughter, Audrey Roe to Glenn Dunlap, son of Mr. and Mrs. Olen Dunlap of RD 1, Waverly. Miss Roe is a graduate of Montrose high school in the class of 1952 and is now employed at the House of Hudson in Binghamton. Mr. Dunlap attended Waverly schools and is employed at Boyce Motor company, Elmira. He served four years with the U. S. Army after World War Two and saw foreign duty while stationed 25 months on Okinawa. The wedding is planned for Saturday at noon, Aug. 23, at the Langdon church, Binghamton.

Sept. 4, 1952 The Evening Times - Audrey L. Roe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Roe of RD 1, Hallstead, Pa., became the bride of John Glenn Dunlap, son of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Dunlap of Waverly August 23 at the Langdon Christian church of Langdon, N. Y. Before a background of gladioli, palms and candles, Rev. H. Stenzhorn performed the double ring ceremony at 12 noon. Nuptial music was provided by Miss Eleanor Seeley of Montrose, who was soloist and Mrs. H. Stenzhorn, pianist. Given in marriage by her father, the bride was attired in a gown fashioned with a Chantilly lace bodice with stand-up collar and a satin skirt with lace panels in the front. The skirt ended in a train. A crown of seed pearls caught her fingertip veil and she carried a cascade bouquet of white roses and pompons. Miss Jean Roe, sister of the bride of RD 1, Hallstead, was maid-of-honor. … The bridesmaids, Mrs. Lois Aldrick of Montrose, Pa., and Sarah Lindsley of RD 1, Hallstead, … Best man was Donald Foote of Waverly, Charles Strope, Jr. of Waverly, cousin of the bride, and Carleton Roe, brother of the bride, were ushers. For her daughter’s wedding, Mrs. Roe … In the afternoon from 1 o’clock until 6 a reception was held at Danceland, Kirkwood, N.Y. After the reception the couple left for a week’s trip to New York city. … Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap are making their home at 208 Chemung street, Waverly. Mrs. Dunlap was graduated from Montrose High school and  was employed at the House of Hudson in Endicott. Mr. Dunlap was graduated from Waverly High school and served four years in the U. S. Army, two of them in Okinawa. He is employed at Boyce Trucking in Elmira.

Sept. 5, 1952 The Evening Times - Mr. and Mrs. John Glenn Dunlap of 208 Chemung street, Waverly, were married August 23 in the Langdon Christian church, Langdon, N. Y. Mrs. Dunlap is the former Miss Audrey Roe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Roe of R. D. 1, Hallstead, Pa., Mr. Dunlap is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Dunlap of Waverly.

Dec. 1, 1952 The Evening Times - Mr. and Mrs. Horace D. Brown of RD 1, Endicott, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Laura Janet, to John Millard, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Millard, Sr., of Lockwood. The couple will be married the evening of Dec. 12 at 8 o’clock, in the First Methodist church of Campville. The bride-elect is a graduate of Owego Free academy and is employed by Steves Market. Mr. Millard, who attended Waverly High school, recently returned from Korea and was discharged in November from the armed forces. (Lived in one of the apartments at 208 Chemung street as newly weds.)

December 14, 1952 Binghamton Press, N. Y.: First Methodist Church of Campville was the scene Friday night of the candlelight wedding of Miss Laura Janet Brown to John Millard, Jr. The double-ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. Edwin Schumacker. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace B. Brown, Endicott RD 1. Mrs. and Mrs. John Millard, Sr., of Lockwood, are parents of the bridegroom. Escorted to the altar by her brother, William Brown, ...The newlyweds will live at 208 Chemung Street, Waverly.
1. Edward C. Brown, employed for Lehigh Valley Railroad; wife Myrtle Brown; (April 11, 1955 The Evening Times - Edward C. Brown of 430 Pennsylvania avenue, Waverly, a  Sayre native and lifelong Valleyite, died Sunday morning at the Tioga County General hospital following an extended illness. His age was 65. He was employed as a machinist by the Lehigh Valley railroad where he had 47 years of service. He was a member of the International Association of Machinists 1067 of Sayre and attended the Waverly Baptist church. Survivors include his wife, Myrtle Swartwood Brown; a son, Jack G. Brown of Waverly; a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Keener of Sayre; a sister, Mrs. Stanley Husick of Waverly; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. … committal services will be held later at Tioga Point cemetery, Athens.);
2. Ralph W. Fralick, employed in Barton New York; wife Mary I. Fralick, owner of the estate, living in apartment 1 also known as apartment 1 East
3. Donald Holton, employed in Elmira, New York; wife Alice Holton; by 1956, the Holton’s moved over to 208 and a half Chemung street into the garage apartment on this estate
4. Walter L. Kintz, employed in Wellsburg, New York; wife Emma Gunderman Kintz, employed as secretary for C. S. Johnson, living in apartment 2 also known as apartment 1 West; 
5. Esther F. Cooper, employed at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre PA
6. Earl E. Armstrong, Armstrong Music House in Sayre PA; wife Laura V. Armstrong

(Feb. 23, 1950 The Evening Times - Dr. Corbet S. Johnson of Waverly was elected president of the medical staff of the Tioga County General hospital at a staff meeting held Tuesday at the hospital. … (Walter and Emma Kintz lived in apartment 1 West at 208 Chemung street Waverly from about 1953-1979. Emma worked as a secretary for “C. S. Johnson” I have not been able to confirm this, but I think it is highly likely that it was Dr. Corbet S. Johnson who she was a secretary for.)

Oct. 17, 1953 The Evening Times - Waverly - Miss Esther Cooper of 208 Chemung street is a patient at the Robert Packer hospital. 

February 16, 1954 The Evening Times: For Rent. One 3 room and one 5 room modern apartment. Automatic heat, range, refrigerator, bath and shower. Adults. Apply 208 Chemung Street, Waverly after 5 p.m.

April 28, 1954 The Evening Times - A Waverly and two VanEtten young men have enlisted in the U. S. Marines and are now at Parris Island, S. C., where they are undergoing boot training. They are: William A. Veasey of 208 Chemung street, Waverly; and Howard F. Gallow and Eugene R. Rorick, both of VanEtten.

May 4, 1954 The Evening Times - William A. Veasey of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, enlisted in the U. S. Marines and is presently at Parris Island, S. C., where he is undergoing boot training.

June 15, 1954 The Evening Times - Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Corbin of Albany spent Sunday visiting at the home of his mother, Mrs. Lillie Corbin of Chemung street (Leslie was living in one of the apartments at 208 Chemung streeet for a short time.)

June 24, 1954 Binghamton Press: WAVERLY TO CELEBRATE 100TH YEAR. Special to The Binghamton Press. Waverly - Turning back the pages of history a hundred years this village is ready to celebrate its first 100 years of existence with a mammoth Centennial Celebration with parades, pageants and rodeo sports. The first five days of the Centennial which begins Saturday will be given over to the presentation nightly of a historical pageant "The Cent-o-rama" in Memorial Stadium. The pageant will include a fireworks display. The final five days of the celebration will be given over to the westerners and the cowboy will hold the spotlight as the JE Ranch Rodeo moves into the stadium with 200 head of outlaw bucking horses, wild longhorn steers, vicious Brahma bucking bulls and trained cowponies with contests of broncho busting, calf roping, wild steer wrestling, bull riding and kindred sports of the cattle country, in which approximately 100 cowboys and cowgirls will vie for thousands of dollars in cash prizes. The rodeo in addition to its nightly performances will hold matinee contests July 3, 4, and 5.

Jan. 3, 1956 The Evening Times - Miss Sylvia I. Corbin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Corbin of 58 Lincoln street, Waverly and Robert D. Geiss of 520 Clark street, Waverly were married Friday evening, Dec. 30, at 8 o’clock at the home of the bride’s parents. … Mr. Geiss is the son of Elmer Geiss of St. Petersburg, Fla. … Following the ceremony, a reception was held in the home for the immediate family. The bride is a graduate of Waverly High school and is employed in the office of the Ingersoll Rand company in Athens. Mr. Geiss received his diploma through the United States Armed Forces Institute program. He is a veteran of the Korean war and in his nine years of service achieved the rank of sergeant. He is employed by Haggerty’s Appliance Center in Sayre. The newly wedded couple will make their home at 520 Clark street, Waverly. (Miss Sylvia Corbin lived in one of the apartments at 208 Chemung street in 1954 for a short time.)

From 1956 Directory of Athens, Sayre, & Waverly: at 208 Chemung Street - Has five apartments filled with 1 vacant apartment -
1. Mrs. Lillian Shaw, 
2. Ralph Fralick, retired; wife Mary I. Fralick, owner of the estate, living in apartment 1 East
3. Richard L. Catlin, clerk in Clark’s grocery store in Waverly; wife Dorothy Catlin
4. Walter Kintz, employed in Wellsburg, New York; wife Emma J. Kintz, secretary for C. S. Johnson, living in apartment 1 West
5. Gerald Peterson and wife Florence Peterson, Gerald and Florence were married May 16, 1953
6. vacant

(May 25, 1953 The Evening Times - Miss Florence Mae Fuhrman of 2801 Sixth street, N. E., Washington 17, D. C., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fuhrman of RD 1, Zion Grove, Pa., became the bride of S-Sgt. Gerald J. Peterson of Fort Belvoir, Va., son of Mr. and Mrs. Judson Peterson of RD 1, Athens, Saturday noon, May 16, in St. John’s Lutheran church, Sayre. … Immediately following the ceremony a reception was held at the Moose Home in Waverly. … S-Sgt. Peterson was graduated from Athens High school and is now stationed with the U. S. Army at Fort Belvoir, Va. A secretary with the Department of Justice, Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization Service, in Washington, Mrs. Peterson is a graduate of Conyngham Township High school, Aristes, Pa….)
(The Peterson’s lived in one of the apartments at 208 Chemung street Waverly around 1956. By 1958, the Peterson’s  were not living on the estate and by 1959 they were living at 324 Fulton street Waverly.) 

June 14, 1956 The Evening Times - Mrs. Lillie M. Corbin, 79, of 58 Lincoln street, Waverly, died this morning at 10:10 in the Tioga County General Hospital, after a five month illness. She was a resident of Waverly for many years and the widow of Gilbert T. Corbin. She would have been 80 years old on June 18. She was a member of the Waverly Methodist Church. Surviving are four sons, Leslie G. of Albany, Walter H. of Salamanca, Charles E. of Waverly and William T. of Castile, N. Y.; two daughters, Mrs. Emma May Akins and Mrs. Verna L. Busch of Kenmore, N. Y.; 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. … Burial will be in Forest Home Cemetery, Waverly.
(Mrs. Lillie Corbin lived in one of the apartments at 208 Chemung street around 1954, in-between living at 58 Lincoln street) 

June 23, 1956, Mrs. Mary Gertrude Slaughter Knapp died, daughter of the late Samuel Wickham Slaughter and the late Charlotte Wells Slaughter. 
June 25, 1956 The Evening Times: Gertrude Knapp Dies, Lifelong Waverly Resident. Mrs. Gertrude S. Knapp, 66, of 436 Pennsylvania avenue, Waverly and a lifelong resident died Saturday night at 10 o'clock in the Robert Packer Hospital after and extended illness. She was the widow of George B. Knapp. Born in Waverly, she was the daughter of Samuel W. and Charlotte W. Slaughter. Mrs. Knapp was a member of the Waverly First Presbyterian Church and of Carantouan chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Surviving are one daughter, Miss Charlotte Knapp of Ithaca; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. The body is in the Russell funeral home, 462 Fulton street Waverly, where friends may call tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock. Funeral service will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock with Rev. Frederick Homrighouse, pastor of the Waverly Presbyterian church officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood cemetery.

June 25, 1956 Elmira Star Gazette - Funerals Deaths Elsewhere …  Mrs. George Knapp, 66, of 436 Pennsylvania Ave., Waverly, Sunday, June 24, 1956. Survivors include daughter, Miss Charlotte Knapp of Cornell University. 

June 27, 1956 The Evening Times: Gertrude Knapp Funeral Is Held. Largely attended funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude S. Knapp of 436 Pennsylvania avenue, Waverly, were held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 at Russell funeral home. Rev. Frederick Homrighouse, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Waverly, officiated. The Carantouan chapter of the Waverly DAR attended the services. Pallbearers were: Wilton S. Hall, Harold C. Watrous, H. Slade Palmer, Victor L. Buley, Francis L. R. Gibbs and Herbert H. Smith. Burial was in Glenwood cemetery. (1953 directory has; Mrs. Helen D. Holcomb, Charlotte S. Knapp, Edward W. Eaton, Nellie L. Shedden, Mrs. Anna M. Burke, Mildred B. Smith all at 436 Pennsylvania avenue. The 1958 directory has; Mrs. Helen D. Holcomb, Francis J. Madden, Ernest S. Bentley, Nellie L. Shedden, Marzella F. Woods, Mrs. K. Mildred Potter.)

June 28, 1956 Waverly Sun: Mrs. Gertrude S. Knapp Succumbs to Illness. Funeral services were Tuesday afternoon, June 26, at Russell Funeral home in Waverly for Mrs. Gertrude S. Knapp, 66, of 436 Pennsylvania avenue, Waverly, who died Saturday night in Robert Packer hospital after an extended illness. The Rev. Frederick M. Homrighouse, pastor of the Waverly Presbyterian church, officiated with burial in Glenwood cemetery. Mrs. Knapp was the widow of George B. Knapp. She was the daughter of Samuel W. and Charlotte W. Slaughter, a lifelong resident of Waverly, a member of Waverly First Presbyterian church and Carantouan chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Survivors include one daughter, Miss Charlotte Knapp of Ithaca, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. (Russell Funeral Home, 462 Fulton St., Waverly, NY, then later McKee Memorial Chapel)

Nov. 3, 1956 The Evening Times - James R. Catlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Catlin of 208 Chemung street has been promoted to specialist third class in the 100th Tank Bn. of the First Armored Division at Fort Polk, La. (Jan. 24, 1963 The Ithaca Journal - Freeville - Army Specialist 4 James R. Catlin, 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Catlin of Freeville, recently was assigned to the 30th Artillery on Okinawa, APO 331, San Francisco, Calif. Specialist Catlin, a draftsman in the artillery’s Headquarters Battery at Fort Buckner, entered the Army in December 1960, completed basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., and arrived overseas in December 1962. Catlin is a 1953 graduate of Waverly High School and attended Syracuse University.)

Jan. 20, 1957 Elmira Star Gazette - see pic. For Young Readers - A reading desk and bench for the youngsters of the community has been place in the Waverly Free Library reading room. They were presented by the Waverly Free Library Board in memory of the late Gertrude Knapp, a library trustee. H. W. Brauer of Waverly made the desk and bench.

March 8, 1957 The Evening Times: PAST MATRONS and Past Patrons club of Waverly Star Chapter will meet at the home of Mrs. Ralph Fralick of 208 Chemung street, Monday at 7:30 p.m. 

June 28, 1957 The Evening Times - $500 Left to Library to Go In Merriam Fund. Trustees of the Waverly Free Library have voted to add the $500 remaining in the will of Mrs. Gertrude S. Knapp to the Waverly Free Library to the Mrs. F. W. Merriam Endowment Fund. …

July 17, 1957 Syracuse Hearld-Journal - Attending the wedding Saturday, of Miss Elvina J. Sneddon and Reuben E. Long in University Methodist Church will be Mr. and Mrs. Robert Long of Rahway, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson of Roanoke, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Biery and Miss Laura Biery of Short Hills, N. J. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Sneddon, 1000 Glencove Rd. Long is the grandson of Mrs. Amy Barrows, 201 S. Edwards Ave. (by the 1958 directory Reuben and Elvira Long were living in one of the apartments at 208 Chemung street, Waverly, NY. It’s possible the Long’s came here as newly weds in 1957.)

Sept. 16, 1957 The Evening Times - Born to Robert and Helen Burns Alex of 208 Chemung street, Waverly, a daughter yesterday in the Tioga County General hospital.
(Nov. 2, 1956 The Evening Times - Tioga’s First Probation Officer Tells Waverly Rotary About Job. Robert Alex, the first probation officer in the history of Tioga County, was the guest speaker at the regular meeting of the Waverly Rotary club held yesterday afternoon at the Iron Kettle Inn. Mr. Alex, who completed his first month on the job this week, noted that the Rotarians as business men in the community can help some of the people put on probation by giving them jobs to keep them busy and provide them a second start in community life. He pointed out the percentage of those on probation who get into trouble the second time is very low. The age group that has the most difficulty is the 15 to 18 year-olds, he said. One of the most important functions of the probation officer is the pre-sentence investigation. During the pre-sentence investigation it is the job of the probation officer to dig into the accused person’s background and see if there is any help for him through probation. The facts on the person are then given to the judge in order for him to make the penalty fit the man rather than the crime. Mr. Alex, who with his wife are residents of Waverly, pointed out the fact that if a man is given probation for three years and for some reason is arrested again following two years, he can still receive the original sentence with no time considered for “street time” or probation time. “When a man is put on probation he usually reports once a week and after a time he may report as infrequently as once in three months, depending on the person,” he stated. During the question and answer period following the talk, he noted that probation is give in lieu of a prison term where parole is following a term. President Donald B. Frederick introduced the guest speaker to the members in the absence to the secretary, Bill Donnelly.)

Nov. 16, 1957 The Evening Times - The second in a series of family nights will be held Sunday in the Waverly First Presbyterian Church social hall from 5 o’clock to 7 o’clock. Dessert and coffee will be furnished by the committee. Families attending are asked to bring food for their own family. Mr. and Mrs. David Grand will conduct a brief devotional service. The guest speaker of the evening will be the Tioga County Probation officer, Robert Alex, who will speak on “Juvenile Delinquency.” The kitchen committee will be Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Tighe and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thorn. 
 (Feb. 17, 1958 The Evening Times - The Tioga County probation officer Robert Alex of Waverly, today announced his resignation from that post and recommended to the Tioga County Board of Supervisors that they set up a separate Children’s Court in the county with a separate Children’s Court Judge. Recommendations contained in the seven page report included: a full-time Children’s Court judgeship which should be a well-paid high prestige position, as non-political as possible, and providing sufficient financial renumeration to free its holder from the necessity of supplemental private law practice. The man chosen should be reasonably young, extremely high-type lawyer, one who has already demonstrated a knowledge of and interest in children and their problems. “At the same time,” Mr. Alex noted, “in order that this separate Children’s Court might operate at maximum effectiveness, it should have its own probation officer, preferably a woman, and its own exclusive clerk. Both of these people like the judge, should be unburdened by county or other court work.” Mr. Alex pointed out, “a giant step in the direction of good services for our children has already been taken in the board’s appointment last July of a full-time child welfare worker” He added! “but the system will never operate to the best advantage of all our children until the above steps are taken. Our children deserve no less,” he said. Mr. Alex stated, “the writer has no personal axe to grind in making these recommendations; they are made only with the interest of the children of Tioga County at heart.” In rounding out the report that covered the 15 months of Mr. Alex’s duties in Tioga County, he noted that only eight neglect cases were turned over to the probation department, and of the eight cases it was necessary to remove children from the home and place them in foster homes. In a total of 70 non-support cases that were handled by the probation department, in 22 instances action had to be taken by the court to collect for the non-support. The collections for non-support, both on voluntary and court ordered basis, totaled only $8,688.84 in 15 months (Steuben County for 1957 collected $133,666.14 in 528 cases handled by the Children’s Court there.) Also during the period covered in the final report, 28 children were supervised on probation and at the close of 1957, all of the 28 were still on active probation. In other work handled by the probation department he pointed out that 17 formal, pre-sentence investigations were completed and were supplied as the basis for intelligent sentencing. Of the 16 adults placed on probation, 14 from Tioga County and three from other counties, there was only one failure and only five were still on active probation at the close of 1957. Mr. Alex has accepted a job as parole officer in Utica, N. Y. He came to Waverly October 1, 1956 and is a native of Albany. He graduated from Siena College in 1952 and also graduated from Fordham University School of Social Service in 1956. He started his career in 1956 as a parole officer.) (June 16, 1959 The Evening Times - Three men are eligible for appointment as Tioga County probation officer it was announced today by the Tioga County Civil Service Commission and have been certified to Tioga County Judge Francis J. Clohessy for appointment. The candidates are: John E. Carr of Savannah, N. Y.; Herbert S. Halliday of Owego; and Fred L. Rosecrans of Port Byron, N. Y. Tioga County has been without a probation officer since the resignation of Robert Alex in February, 1958.)

Nov. 25, 1957 Elmira Advertiser - Three Elmira area residents are among the 155 freshmen enrolled this year at the College of Forestry at Syracuse University. They are Lester L. Straw of 804 Holdridge Rd. and James W. Giffune, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Giffune of 61 Ohio Ave., both of Elmira, and James R. Catlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Catlin of Waverly (208 Chemung street, renting one of the apartments from Mary I. Fralick).

Dec. 2, 1957 The Evening Times - Polyhymnia Club will hold its annual Christmas party and program tomorrow evening at the home of Mrs. Ralph Fralick, 208 Chemung street, Waverly. Guest artist will be Mrs. Dorothy Potter Shellard. 

December 4, 1957 The Evening Times - Polyhymnia club members gave a program of Christmas music at their annual holiday party last evening at the home of Mrs. Ralph Fralick, 208 Chemung street, Waverly, who was chairman of the program. Mrs. Dorothy Potter Shellard was guest artist. With the hostess, Mrs. Fralick, Mrs. Shellard played "A Christmas Eve Memory" by Wilson and "Jingle Bells" by Pierpont in an organ-piano duet to open the program. She then presented two piano solos, "Clair de Lune" by Debussy and "The Cat and the Mouse" by Copland. Two organ solos, "Andante Cantabile" by Tschaikowsky and "Twas the Night Before Christmas" by Moore were played by Mrs. Shellard and she and Mrs. Fralick played "He Shall Feed His Flock" by Handel in a piano-organ duet at the close of the program. Members taking part in the porgram were Mrs. Gene Dimmick, Mrs. F. M. Homrighouse and Mrs. J. William Merrill who presented a vocal trio, "O Little Hills of Nazareth" by O'Hara; Mrs. Fralick who played two organ solos, "Green-sleeves" (Old English) and "Cantique de Noel" by Adam; and Mrs. Thomas Knapp who sang "The Blue Madonna" by Niles, accompanied by Mrs. Arnold Williams. Mrs. Lawrence Conlon gave a Christmas reading, "Let's Keep Christmas" by Peter Marshall. Members of the chorus sang several carols after the meeting. Mrs. William Smith of Grand Rapids, Mich., mother of Mrs. Russell Worobec, was a guest at the meeting. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Harry B. Smith, chairman; Mrs. Fred Pittsley, Mrs. Clifford Parshall, Mrs. Robert Bean and Mrs. Merrill.

From 1958 Directory of Athens, Sayre, & Waverly:  at 208 Chemung Street - has five of the 6 apartments lived in - 
1. Mrs. Lillian Shaw, 
2. Ralph Fralick, retired, wife Mary Fralick, owner of the estate; apartment 1 East
3. Richard Catlin, clerk at Clark’s grocery in Waverly, NY; wife Dorothy Catlin
4. Walter Kintz, employed in Wellsburg, NY; wife Emma J. Kintz, secretary for C. S. Johnson; apartment 1 West
5. Reuben Long, product engineering at IBM Owego; wife Elvina Long
6. vacant

April 17, 1958 From Palmyra newspaper: Mrs. Norman Leo Ryan (Miss Ann Marie Noonan) A beautiful Spring wedding took place in St. Michael's Church, Newpark, on Saturday, April 12, at 10:00 a.m., when Miss Ann Marie Noonan, daughter of Mrs. William Riorden Noonan of Newark and the late Mr. Noonan, became the bride of Norman Leo Ryan, son of Mr. and Mrs Dennis J. Ryan of Maccedon. .... The bride is a graduate of Neward High School and has a B. A. degree from the College of New Rochelle. She has been associated with the atomic energy project at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester. The bridegroom is a graduate of Walworth High School and Brockport State Teacher's College. He has a Master's degree in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago. He is now Senior Case Worker in the Child Welfare Division in the Tioga County Department of Social Welfare in Owego, New York. After a wedding trip to Virginia Beach, Virginia, the couple will be home May 1 at 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, New York.

Aug. 14, 1958 The Evening Times - Born to Reuben and Elvina Sheddon Long, of 208 Chemung street, Waverly, a daughter today at the Robert Packer hospital.

August 28, 1958 The Evening Times - Real Estate for Rent - Superior, spacious, distinctive 3 and a half rooms, separate tile shower and tub bath. Reasonable rent. Electric range, refrigerator, heat, hot water furnished. 208 Chemung Street, Waverly. (apartment second floor, east side of house, 2 East)

Sept. 8, 1958 The Evening Times - Vacant, excellent 4 room apartment on bus line. Conveniently located. Electric range, refrigerator, hot water and heat furnished. 208 Chemung Street, Waverly. Phone 1364-R

Sept. 22, 1958 The Evening Times - Vacant spacious, 3 room apartment, on bus line. Heat, electric refrigerator, range, hot water furnished. 208 Chemung Street, Waverly. 1364-R

Nov. 24, 1958 The Evening Times - Valley Chorus to Give Christmas Concert Dec. 15. The annual Christmas concert of the Valley Chorus will be given Monday evening, Dec. 15 at the Sayre high school, it was announced today by Margery Rawley, publicity chairman. … Decorations committee includes Mrs. Edwin Waltman, chairman, Mrs. Elvina Long, Miss Judy Cole, Miss Janet Burleigh, and Mrs. Richard Earley. …

Dec. 16, 1958 The Evening Times - Large Crowd Attends Valley Chorus’ Concert Sponsored by Sayre Rec. … Members of the chorus included: Carol Annheim, Alice Boston, Florence Brownholtz, Lorraine Coleman, Thelma Cotton, Rita Cushing, Joan Deubler, Joan Devine, Joyce Dowd, Nancy Drake, Catherine Fish, Nancy Drake, Catherine Fish, Nancy Gardner, Sylvia Gobel, Carol Irion, Carol Kreamer, Nancy Lee, Sue Lewis, Ruth Little, Elvina Long, Margaret Lowe, Marcia Mullen, Barbara Press, Susan Simpson, Ruth Tuttle, Alma Waltman, Ann White, and Esther Wilcox, sopranos. Altos included … Tenors were … Bass were … Chairmen of the decorations committee was Mrs. Edwin Waltman. Assisting her were Mrs. Elvina Long, Miss Judy Cole, Miss Janet Burleigh and Mrs. Richard Earley. …

March 26, 1959 The Evening Times - Attractive 4 rooms, sun porch. Range, refrigerator, automatic heat furnished. 208 Chemung Street, Waverly 1364-R

(Nov. 4, 1958 The Evening Times - Marriage license applications have been taken out at the office of the register and recorder by John M. Thomas of Sayre and Betty Ann Mayo of Waverly; …)
Nov. 12, 1958 The Evening Times - Miss Betty Mayo of England Is Bride of Dr. John M. Thomas of Sayre. Miss Betty Mayo of Milnthorpe, Westmoreland, England, became the bride of Dr. John M. Thomas of Carmarthen, South Wales, Monday afternoon Nov. 3 at the First Presbyterian church in Sayre. The bride is the daughter of Frank Mayo and the late Ruby Mayo of Milnthrope. The bridegroom is the son of Mrs. Margaret Thomas and the late Morgan Thomas of Carmarthen. Rev. Johnstone Patrick, pastor of the church, performed the 3:30 o’clock ceremony before a few close friends of the couple. The church was decorated with baskets of white mums and candelabra for the occasion. Traditional wedding music was provided by Mrs. Burton Hock. For her wedding, the bride chose a navy blue suit with gray accessories. She carried a white prayer book. Attending the couple were Dr. Daniel Grow of Pittston and Mrs. Daniel K. Bierne of Sayre. Mrs. Bierne is the former Miss Shirley Cummiskey of Scotland. Ushering the guests were Dr. Steven Levin, Dr. John Wiltsie and Dr. Daniel K. Bierne, all of Sayre. The bride is a graduate of Milnthorpe high school and of the Edinborough College of Domestic Science. The bridegroom is a graduate of Carmarthen high school and of the University of Wales and the University of Edinborough. He is presently serving his internship at the Robert Packer hospital in Sayre. A reception was held immediately following the ceremony at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Donald Strehler, 410 South Elmira street, Athens, after which the couple left for a wedding trip to Canada. (Dr. John M. Thomas and his wife lived in one of the apartments at 208 Chemung street and a son was born to them while living at 208 Chemung street.)
(Jan. 8, 1986 The Evening Times - Dr. John Thomas, chairman of the department of surgery at the Robert Packer Hospital, was recently elected to a three-year term as a member of the board of governors of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Thomas was elected as a governor-at-large representing the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the college. Associated with the local medical facility since 1958 when he served as an intern at the hospital, Dr. Thomas has been chairman of the department of surgery since 1969. He is also president of the Guthrie Foundation for Research, president of the clinic’s board of directors, and a clinical professor at the Hahnemann Medical College. In addition to serving as a member of the executive board of directors for the Guthrie Medical Center and research foundation, Dr. Thomas is also on the advisory board for Blue Shield of Central New York and the Pennsylvania Trauma System Foundation Board. As a member of several national and regional medical associations, he has served as an examiner for the American Board of Surgery. He has also served as president of the College of Surgeons’ Central Pennsylvania Chapter and is currently chairman of the district credentials committee. Born in Carmarthen, Great Britain, Dr. Thomas studied medicine and surgery at the University College of Wales and the University of Edinburgh, receiving his degrees in 1958. He served as an intern and surgical resident at the Robert Packer Hospital; as chief surgical resident in 1963 and as associate surgeon from 1963-69. The American College of Surgeons was founded in 1913 for the purpose of raising the standards of surgical practice and improving the care of the surgical patient. The 233 member board of governors acts as liaison between the College’s Board of Regents and the members of the organization.)
(Dr. Thomas and his wife lived in one of the apartments at 208 Chemung street, Waverly around 1959. While living at 208 Chemung street, one of their children was born, a son.)

Sept. 16, 1959 The Evening Times - Born to John M. and Betty Mayo Thomas of 208 Chemung street, Waverly, a son Tuesday in the Robert Packer Hospital.
(Dec. 19, 1961 The Evening Times - Born to Dr. John and Betty Mayo Thomas of 517 North Wilbur Ave., Sayre, a son Monday in the Robert Packer Hospital. Dr. Thomas is a resident at the hospital. Dec. 26, 1963 The Evening Times - Born to Dr. John and Betty Mayo Thomas of 504 Cooper Street, Athens, a daughter today at the Robert Packer Hospital.)

Sept. 24, 1959 The Evening Times - Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Catlin, formerly of Waverly, have moved to Lockwood. (Previously rented one of the apartments at 208 Chemung street.)

Oct. 13, 1959 The Evening Times - Superior 5 rooms, screened porch, garage, Range, refrigerator, hot water, automatic heat furnished. 208 Chemung Street, Waverly. 1364-R (Apartment 2 West)

Oct. 21, 1959 The Evening Times - Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Walker of 208 Chemung street, Waverly, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Sunday at a family dinner. The affair was held at the home of their son, Lewis R. Walker of 325 North Keystone avenue, Sayre. Mr. and Mrs. Walker were married Oct. 21, 1909 by Rev. George Briggs, then pastor of the Waverly First Baptist church. Both are members of the Church of the Redeemer in Sayre. Mr. Walker is employed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad in Sayre. They have two sons, Lewis, and Donald H. Walker of 30 William street, Waverly. There are four grandchildren.

Dec. 12, 1959 The Evening Times - Advertisement for The J. H. Carroll Sales Company., Inc. Robert G. Callison, Representative. 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, N. Y. “… Insulate Now Fuel Savings After Insulation Run As High As 40% And We Will Insulate The Attic Of Your Home For Average 6 Room House $89.50 Material And Labor. …” (208 Chemung street Waverly, Apartment 1 East, Robert Callison owned the property)

April 12, 1960 The Evening Times - Gordon Callison, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Callison of 208 Chemung street, Waverly, has enlisted in the U. S. Army Engineer corps and left yesterday for Fort Jackson, S. C. He has been a resident of Waverly for the last year and a half, and has been attending Morrisville Agricultural and Technical Institute at Morrisville, N. Y. He is a graduate of Miami, Fla., Military Academy, 1957, and spent two years at George Washington university, in Washington, D. C. (Gordon is a son of Robert G. Callison and Vera C. Callison, who own the estate at 208 Chemung street.)

April 20, 1960 The Evening Times - Reuben E. Long of Waverly has been appointed staff engineer in Production Systems Engineering at Owego IBM. Mr. Long joined the Vestal Airborne Computer Laboratories in June 1956, and a month later was assigned to the Owego Product Engineering at the Poughkeepsie plant, working in the electromechanical Units group of Product Engineering. He came to Owego in August 1957. He was transferred to the Systems group the following June and promoted to associate engineer in September 1958. Originally from Syracuse, he attended Eastwood High School there and earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University in 1956. He is a member of the Institute of Radio Engineers, the Tioga County Civil Defense and the American Radio Relay League. Mr. Long, his wife Elvina and their daughter Vickie reside at 208 Chemung Street, Waverly.

April 27, 1960 The Evening Times - Reuben E. Long of Waverly has been appointed staff engineer in production systems engineering of the Owego IBM’s General System Division. Mr. Long joined the company at its Vestal Airborne Computer laboratories in June 1956 and in July of the same year was assigned to the Owego Product Engineering of IBM at Poughkeepsie. Mr. Long, his wife, Elvina, and their daughter, Vickie reside at 208 Chemung street, Waverly.
July 27 & July 30, 1960 The Evening Times - Upper pleasant 4 rooms; TV cable. Range, refrigerator, heat, hot water furnished. 208 Chemung Street, Waverly 1364-R
(May 16, 2021 Binghamton Press and Sun Bulletin - Owego, New York - Elvina Joy Long, 85, of Owego, NY passed away on May 14, 2021. Funeral service will be held in Owego at Esty, Monroe and Fahey on Wednesday May 19th. … Elvina was born in Syracuse to Andrew and Viola Sneddon on December 7, 1935. She attended Eastwood High School and graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University School of Nursing with membership in Phi Kappa Phi. She worked as an RN both at Syracuse Memorial and Robert Packer hospitals. Even after she left the paid workforce to devote herself to raising her family, she continued to serve as a private nurse whenever anyone in the family had need. Elvina has an extraordinary talent for cooking and hospitality. She was especially known for her special cookies and candy making. Her labors of love included special meals for family birthdays, Christmas packages mailed to her many friends and hosting hospitality suites for numerous Masonic events. Her generous spirit will be sorely missed. Her Christmas trees, filled with multitudes of ornaments, and her bell collection gathered through her travels with Rex brought her great joy. Elvina was predeceased by Rex Long, her husband of almost 60 years. She is survived by: her daughters Vickie (Dave) Rice, Celeste (Lenora) Davis-Long and Kathleen (Mark) Titus, grandchildren Brian (Joyce) Rice, Evan Rice, Melanie (Robby) Peters, Margaret Titus (White), and Andy (Adriana) Titus, and great-grandchildren Liam and Maeve White. … All state required social distancing guidelines are to be followed. Interment will be private. A burial will be held privately in Woodlawn Cemetery, Syracuse, NY. …)

From 1961 Directory of Athens, Sayre, & Waverly -  at 208 Chemung Street - 
1. Robert G. Callison, retired; wife Vera; owners of the estate; apartment 1 East
2. Edward G. Staback,  insurance inspector; wife Angie 
3. Ralph Snider, 
4. Walter L. Kintz, employed in Wellsburg; wife Emma G. Kintz, secretary for C. S. Johnson; apartment 1 West
5. Mrs. Kathryn Mays, employed at Thatcher manufacturing company in Elmira
6. James Keith Davidson, employed in Elmira; wife Betty Davidson

(Edward G. Staback born July 2, 1937 in Olyphant, Lackawanna county, PA, died Nov. 19, 2022 in Nebraska. His spouse, Angeline D. Staback, was born May 6, 1938 in Eynon, Lackawanna county, PA, she died on Jan. 23, 2018 in Scranton, PA.  Jan. 26, 2018 The Times Tribune - Angeline ‘Angie’ Staback January 23, 2018. Angeline “Angie” Staback, 79, of Sturges, died Tuesday evening, Jan. 23, 2018, at Moses Taylor Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Her beloved husband of 58 years is Ed Staback. Born in Eynon, she was the daughter of the late Mariano and Jenny Paparelli Berardi. She graduated from Archbald High School and was a member of Holy Cross Parish, Olyphant, the Archbald/Eynon Lions Club and the Scranton Chapter of UNICO. She loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren, who were her pride and joy. She also loved cooking, especially for holiday traditions with her family, gardening and dancing the Polka. She was a very generous woman, who enjoyed helping people in need. Also surviving are a daughter, Sharon Danks and husband, Paul, Sturges; two sons, Edward Staback and wife, Maria, Sturges; and Randy Staback and wife, Maura, Eynon; a sister, Elizabeth Leri, Eynon; six grandchildren, Kayla and Caden Danks, Ryan, Nicholas, Gabby and Olivia Staback; and nieces and nephews. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Janet Meade. Also, we would like to thank the staff of the Moses Taylor Hospital who cared for Angie over the last several months, Compassionate Care Hospice and her guardian angel, Dr. Frank Kolucki for watching over her every need. …) (from findagrave - 
Edward G. Staback, 85, of Sturges passed away Saturday in Nebraska while on a hunting trip. For 58 years, he was the husband of the late Angeline "Angie" Berardi Staback. He was a proud and dedicated father, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend and public servant. He was born in Olyphant, PA on July 2, 1937, son of the late Adolph and Irene Zipay Staback. He was a graduate of Saint Patrick's High School in 1955 and Kings College in 1959, where he played on the basketball team and earned a degree in business economics. He was a former member of the Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Olyphant, now known as Holy Cross Parish. For 24 years he worked with the Commercial Credit Savings and Loan, serving as a district manager. He became active in local politics in the early 1980s, serving as a Democratic Borough Chair in Archbald. In 1985, he was successful in his first contest as a candidate winning in the 115th Legislative District of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. In all, he served 14 terms as a state representative, retiring in 2012. In 2015, he was appointed as Lackawanna County Commissioner to fill a one-year vacancy. As state legislator, he quickly became a leader on hunting and fishing issues, and acid mine land reclamation, while prioritizing local constituent services. In his 28-year career of public service, he helped thousands of residents with their interactions with state and local government. His work on the House Game and Fisheries Committee, on which he served for a full tenure in Harrisburg, first as a member and then as a long-time chair, resulted in him becoming the statewide authority on outdoor issues. In his later years, he served as a mentor to other elected officials and local leaders, offering support and advice while promoting civility and compromise. Throughout his career in public office, he respected the trust and responsibilities he was given with each election. His policy of helping anyone who asked and his availability to organizations and numerous charitable causes earned his reputation as a caring and tireless civic leader. He was the definition of a true gentleman. He treasured the wonderful times he spent with his late wife, beloved children, grandchildren and great-granddaughter. He enjoyed being a part of their everyday lives. His kind heart and love for helping others will live on in all of us forever. He was a member of many charitable groups and organizations, too numerous to mention. He was recognized with countless awards throughout his life for dedication and love of community and public service. One of his most prideful accomplishments was the children's shooting competition he created and hosted for numerous years, which taught the importance of gun safety and love of the outdoors to our region's youth. His greatest joy came in the time he spent with his sons and grandsons hunting for deer in Nebraska, Kansas and Pennsylvania. He loved his beagles and would spend countless hours hunting behind them for rabbits. He lived his life doing what he enjoyed to the very end. At 85, he would spend several hours a day at the gym. He would often say he "wanted to die with his boots on" doing what he loved, St. Joseph's Centerand he did just that. It was a fitting end to a beautiful life. Surviving are a daughter, Sharon Danks and husband Paul, Sturges; two sons, Edward Jr. and wife Maria, Sturges; and Randy and wife Maura, Eynon; grandchildren, Kayla and Caden Danks, Nick, Ryan, Gabby and Olivia Staback; and a great-granddaughter, Natalia Staback; and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Richard and Robert Staback. The funeral will be held Tuesday from the James M. Margotta Funeral Home, 1019 Main St. Peckville with Mass at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Peckville at 12 p.m.)

Jan. 17, 1961 The Evening Times - Born to William L. and Dorothy Backus Callison, a son, Paul Edward, Saturday, Jan. 14 at San Mateo, California.  Mr. Callison is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Callsion of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly. He is a 1952 graduate of Athens Area High School and is teaching in Redwood City, California (Robert and Vera Callison along with their son, Gordon, lived at 208 Chemung stree. Waverly apartment 1 East,  Robert and Vera Callison owners of the estate)

May 29, 1961 The Evening Times - Mr. and Mrs. James W. Benjamin of 139 East Hudson St., Elmira, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Sandra Lee, to Gordon M. Callison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Callison of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly. Miss Benjamin is a graduate of Southside High School in Elmira and employed by the firm of L. H. Estabrooks of Elmira. Her fiance is a graduate of Miami Military Academy, Miami, Florida. and is employed by the Croft Lumber Company of Sayre. A summer wedding is being planned. (Robert and Vera Callison along with their son, Gordon,  lived in apartment 1 East. Robert and Vera Callison owners of the estate.)

July 12, 1961 The Evening Times - Miss Sandra Lee Benjamin of 139 East Hudson St. Elmira, and Gordon M. Callison of 208 Chemung Street Waverly, were married Saturday morning, July 1 at 11 o’clock at the Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church in Waverly. … The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Benjamin of Elmira. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Callison of the Waverly address. … For their wedding trip to the Adirondack Mountains, … The bride is a graduate of Southside High School, Elmira. Her husband is a graduate of Miami Military Academy at Miami, Fla. He has received an honorable discharge from the U. S. Army and is employed by Croft Lumber Company, Sayre. The couple are residing at 705 South Main Street, Athens. …(Robert and Vera Carpenter Callison owned the estate at 208 Chemung street Waverly and lived in apartment 1 East.)

July 20, 1961 The Evening Times - Born to James and Betty Hollenbeck Davidson of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, a daughter Wednesday at the Tioga County General Hospital.
(James and Betty were married July 1960. By 1963, the Davidson’s were living at 11 Orchard street Waverly.)

As per Eileen Johnson Reagan thru facebook; Eileen lived in apartment 3 West of 208 Chemung street Waverly, most of her childhood, approximately 1961 to maybe 1970. They are not in the 1970 phone book. Clifford and Henrietta Johnson, Eileen’s parents - apartment 3 West.
As per Cindy Johnson Kain thru facebook; Cindy lived in apartment 3 West at 208 Chemung street (Clifford A. and Henrietta Johnson, Cindy’s parents) with her family. We actually met Cindy and gave her a tour in 2013.

Dec. 14, 1961 - The Evening Times - Attractive 4 room upper apartment. Range. Refrigerator. Automatic Heat and Hot Water furnished. 208 Chemung Street, Waverly LN5-8344 after 5 p.m.

January 2, 1962 The Evening Times - Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Knapp, Jr. of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, were honored at a family tea Sunday. The occasion was the observance of their 60th wedding anniversary. Twelve members of the immediate family were in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp, who have been residents of Waverly their entire married life, were married New Year's Day 1902, by Dr. Ross of the First Presbyterian Church in Waverly. Both are members of the First Presbyterian Church and are the parents of three living children, Edward Knapp of Daytona Beach, Florida, Warren Knapp, 3rd of Waverly and Mrs. Frank Boyle of Honolulu, Hawaii. An older daughter Helen is deceased.
(Apartment 2 East)(The Knapp’s lived in 2 East at 208 Chemung street from as early as Jan. of 1962 to at least the end of Aug. of 1967 and then moved down to first floor of 9 Athens street on the estate for a short time before moving to Sayre House by at least the summer of 1969. Mr. Joseph Knapp was a brother-in-law to Mrs. Gertrude Slaughter Knapp, whose family were the original owners of the 208 Chemung street estate. Joseph W. Knapp, Jr., was a brother to the late George Brinker Knapp, Gertrude Slaughter Knapp’s late husband. Mrs. Gertrude Knapp sold the property to Mary Fralick in 1945.)

March 16, 1962 The Evening Times - For rent - Attractive four room upper apartment with range, refrigerator, automatice heat. 208 Chemung Street.

October 25, 1962 The Evening Times - For rent - Lower desirable four rooms with range, refrigerator, automatic heat furnished. 208 Chemung street.

Dec. 12, 1962 The Evening Times - Mrs. Anna T. Sheahan of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, died this morning at the Robert Packer Hospital at the age of 79 after a prolonged illness. She was the widow of Thomas Sheahan. Born in Waverly, Jan. 26, 1883, she was a lifelong resident of the village. Mrs. Sheahan was a member of St. James Catholic Church of Waverly and its Altar and Rosary Society, a charter member of the Catholic Daughters of America, Court No. 235, Joan of Arc, and a grand regent of that organization for 16 years. She was a district deputy of the CDA for many years until failing health caused her to resign. She was very active in church and local organizations. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Emma Dimon of Waverly, Mrs. Marie Corvan of Roslyn, N. Y. and Mrs. Ann Buckspies of East Hampton, Conn.; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. … Burial will be in the St. James Cemetery.

Dec. 13, 1962 Elmira Star Gazette - Mrs. Anna T. Sheahan, 79, of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1962. She was a communicant of St. James Church, Waverly. Survived by daughters, Mrs. Marie Corvan of Roslyn, N. Y., Mrs. Emma Dimon of Waverly, Mrs. Ann Bucksties of East Hampton, Conn.; …

December 14, 1962 The Evening Times: Upper desirable, heated 4 rooms, range, refrigerator, hot water, some furniture, garage. 208 Chemung Street. Waverly 565-9117

Dec. 17, 1962 The Evening Times - Last Rites Held For Mrs. Sheahan. Largely attended funeral services for Mrs. Ann T. Sheahan, 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, were held … Pallbearers were John Mahoney, Joseph McNamara, Delbert Huckle, Jess Manning, Lewis Creedon, and Louis Sullivan. Burial was in St. James cemetery, Waverly … 
(Her mother was the late Mrs. Emma Tozer, the head of WCTU for quarter of a century, who passed away in Jan. 1934.)

Dec. 29, 1962 The Evening Times - Eileen Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Johnson of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, was guest of honor at a surprise party Friday in honor of her eighth birthday. Games were played with prizes awarded to the winners. Refreshments of cup cakes and ice cream were served. Those attending were Barbara Baker, Sheila Berry, Kathi Bostwick, Jenny Carpenter, Janet Gressel, Valerie Henderson, Nancy Mathews and JoAnn Stewart. (Apartment 3 West at 208 Chemung street)

From 1963 Directory of Athens, Sayre, & Waverly;  at 208 Chemung Street - 
1. Robert G. Callison (apartment 1 East), retired; wife Vera C. Callison,; owners of the estate;
2. Clifford A. Johnson (apartment 3 West),  employed at GLF; wife Henrietta “Hezzie” Johnson;
3. David Packard, apartment 3 East, insurance agent; wife Beverly Packard;
4. Walter L. Kintz (apartment 1 West), employed in Wellsburg; wife Emma G. Kintz, secretary for C. S. Johnson; 
5. Joseph W. Knapp Jr. (apartment 2 East), retired; wife Ella Knapp;
6. vacant apartment 2 West

(Feb. 15, 1973 The Evening Times - David S. Packard of Towanda RD 1, has accepted the appointment as Bradford County crusade chairman, Dr. John Kelly, president of the Bradford-Sullivan Unit of the American Cancer Society, has announced. Mr. Packard is a graduate of Towanda Area High School, Broome Technical Community College, and the Pennsylvania Banks Trust School at Bucknell University. He is a cashier and trust officer with the First National Bank of Bradford County. He is a member of the Towanda Country Club, Elks Lodge 2191, Union Lodge 108 Free and Accepted Masons, and the International Management Council. Mr. Packard also is a member of the Towanda Area Physician’s Procurement Committee, the Towanda Area Industrial Development Corporation, the American Institute of Banking, and the Franklin Steam Fire Engine Company of Towanda. Mr. Packard and his wife, Beverly, have two daughters, Tiffany and Stephanie. Dr. Kelly said that the Cancer Crusade, the American Cancer Society’s annual fund raising drive, will get under way with a kickoff program Thursday evening, March 1, at the Towanda Motel.)
March 7, 1980 The Evening Times - Packard Named President Of First National Bank of Bradford County. (David S. Packard and wife, Beverly were listed in the 1963 directory at 208 Chemung street Waverly.) 

May 20, 1963 The Evening Times - Two Cars Damaged In Rte. 17 Mishap. No injuries were reported, but two cars were damaged in an accident Saturday evening about 7:35 on Route 17, near the Luxury Lanes. State police said a car driven by Duane R. Horton, 22, of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, was passing an eastbound car when a car driven by Grover Ellis of 219 So. Higgins Ave., Sayre, pulled from a private driveway. Horton's car struck the Ellis car in the left front. Trooper Bill Gowan investigated. 

June 28, 1963 The Evening Times - Nice upper four rooms, tub-shower, TV cable, garage, range, refrigerator, heat furnished. 208 Chemung Street, Waverly 

July 24, 1963 The Evening Times - William L. Callison of 1345 Rosa Linda Ave., Los Angeles, California., has been appointed director of admissions at Occidental College at Los Angeles. Mr. Callison, is a 1952 graduate of Athens High School and a 1956 graduate of Occidental College. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Callison, 208 Chemung Street (apartment 1 East), Waverly.

Oct. 7, 1963 The Evening Times - Airman Second Class James L. Cain of Waverly, N. Y., has arrived at Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, for assignment with a Strategic Air Command unit. Airman Cain, a cook, previously was assigned to March AFB, Calif. The son (newspaper made mistake, confirmed by a relative, should say “husband” of) of Mrs. Patricia A. Cain of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, he is a graduate of Athens High School. His wife, Patricia, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kinney of RD 1, Sayre. (Apartment 2 West)
[A Friend of ours, Mrs. Jen Cain Riley, daughter of James and Patricia Cain, said that her parents moved back before this assignment so that her mom would have family nearby.]

April 7, 1964 The Evening Times - Monday evening in the village hall with committees named for the coming year. Mayor George McNaney welcomed the three new board members, Stephen Downs, Edgar Dixson and Robert Callison (208 Chemung street Waverly, NY), who were elected in March to make a complete slate of Independent Citizens Party in office. Appointments to committees were as follows: Fire - Henry Laman, chairman, Edgar Dixson, Stephen Downs; street - Oliver Myer, chairman, Robert Callison, Richard Eddy: police, Mayor McNaney chairman, Oliver Myer, Henry Laman; finance, Stephen Downs, chairman, Oliver Myer, Robert Callison; parks, Edgar Dixson, chairman, Richard Eddy: buildings and street lights, Robert Callison, chairman, Stephen Downs, Henry Laman. The board voted to accept the bid of Matt DePumpo for a new truck for the street department. Sherman Allgeier was appointed to the Water Board to replace W. J. Heidig. The public hearing on the 1964-65 budget will be held at 7:30 Tuesday evening of next week, followed by the regular board meeting at 8 o'clock. 
October 14, 1964 The Evening Times - ... Robert Callison, Henry Laman, Stephen Downs and Oliver Myer were the dissenting voters. In other business, board members authorized Street Commissioner Olive Myer to purchase 12 trees, which will be planted on village property to replace the elms which have been removed. All elm trees in the village have become affected from elm disease and many have died. ...
1. Robert G. Callison, retired; wife Vera Callison,  (owners of the estate, apartment 1 East); 
2. Clifford A. Johnson,  employed at Agway; wife Henrietta Johnson, apartment 3 West;
3. Donald V. Johnson, guidance counsellor Mary Muldoon School [Donald married Donna Fiske in June 1965 and they both lived here. Donald and Donna remained here in 1967 directory. Apartment 2 West]
4. Walter L. Kintz, employed in Wellsburg; wife Emma G. Kintz, apartment 1 West; 
5. Joseph W. Knapp Jr., retired; wife Ella Knapp; apartment 2 East; 
6. Otto Allen, worked in a lab; wife Judy Allen; apartment 3 East 

March 1, 1965 The Evening Times - Past Matrons Club of Sayre, Chapter No. 43, Order of Eastern Star, will meet Wednesday afternoon for a covered dish luncheon at the home of Mrs. Robert Callison, 208 Chemung Street, Waverly (Apartment 1 East)

March 3 & 5, 1965 The Evening Times: Desirable four rooms. Automatic heat, range, refrigerator, hardwood floors. Garage. 208 Chemung Street. Waverly 565-9117

March 10, 1965 The Evening Times: Superior five rooms. Range, refrigerator, hot water automatic heat. Garage. Cable. 208 Chemung Street, Waverly. 565 9117

March 12, 1965 The Evening Times: Desirable four rooms. Automatic heat, range, refrigerator, hardwood floors. Garage. 208 Chemung Street, Waverly. 565-9117.

March 25, 1965 The Evening Times: Desirable four rooms and sunroom, range, refrigerator, zoned heat, cable, 208 Chemung Street. Waverly 565-9117

April 6, 1965 The Evening Times - New Committees Are Appointed. The Waverly Village Board held its organizational meeting Monday evening and Mayor George McNaney appointed committees for the year, including two new ones, a study and progress committee and public safety committee. Appointed to the fire committee were Henry Laman, Stephen Downs, Max Dixson; police committee, Mayor McNaney, Oliver Myers, Laman; finance Downs, Robert Callison, Alfred Walden; street committee, Myer, Laman, Walden; Sewer committee, Walden, Callison, Dixson; Lights and building, Callison, Myer, Downs; Study and Progress, Laman, Callison, Downs; public safety, McNaney, Laman, Myer. Mrs. Ethel Shumway was reappointed village clerk. William Donnelly was reappointed village attorney. George Porter was appointed acting police justice. The Marine Midland Trust Company will still be the official depository and the Waverly Sun the official paper. Board members voted to continue their regular meetings on the second Tuesday of the month.

April 12, 1965 The Evening Times - Furnished upper heated modern four room apartment. 208 Chemung Street, Waverly 565-9117

June 26, 1965 Cortland Standard - Donna Maria Fiske Is Married To Donald Johnson In St. Anthony's. To Reside In Waverly. The Ave Maria and the Panis Angelicus were sung in St. Anthony's Church at 11 this morning for the marriage of Miss Donna Maria Fiske and Donald Victor Johnson. The pastor, the Rev. Carl J. Denti officiated at the double ring ceremony. Miss Fiske, a mathematics teacher at Waverly, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas L. Fiske of 7 Randall St., Cortland. Mr. Johnson, guidance counselor in the Waverly School system, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul V. Johnson of 477 Queisner Ave., Lowellville, Ohio. ... Following a trip through New York State, the couple will reside at 208 Chemung Street, Waverly after Aug. 13. The bride, a graduate of Cortland High School in 1960, was graduated from State University College at Cortland in 1964. She plans graduate work at Oneonta State University this summer as does her new husband. The bridegroom is a Lowellville High graduate, 1954; Ohio University, 1958 and received his MS degree in 1959. He has done post graduate work at the University of Cincinnati. ...

Jan. 4 1966 The Evening Times - Sayre OES Past Matrons Club will meet Wednesday afternoon at 1 0’clock for a picnic luncheon at the residence of Mrs. Vera Callison at 208 Chemung Street (Apartment 1 East), Waverly.

Feb. 15, 1966 Elmira Star Gazette - Three Independent Citizen party trustees who will seek re-election at Waverly, Stephen Downs, Edgar M. Dixson and Robert G. Callison (208 Chemung street apartment 1 East, Waverly). 

March 9, 1966 The Evening Times: ... Board member Alfred Walden stated that he had reports that the car was being used excessively and Robert Callison noted that the police are allowing 15 miles and hour over the speed limit. Max Dixon remarked that the police car is parked often east of Waverly on Route ... (Robert and Vera Callison were the owners of 208 Chemung Street., 208 and a half Chemung street, and 9 Athens street Waverly, NY from 1958 - 1970 and lived in apartment 1 East at 208 Chemung street.)

April 5, 1966 The Evening Times - Waverly Board (Continued from Page 1) water board, five years; Mrs. Florence Suffern, police clerk; Oliver Myer, acting mayor; Edgar Dixson, recreation commission; Mrs. Frances Hulett, registrar of vital statistics; Mrs. Anna Laux, assessor; Edgar Dixson, delegate to American Legion: Mayor McNancy, delegate to business group; Stephen Downs, delegate to library meetings. The special police officers and school guards were all reappointed. Members of the village board on committees with the chairman listed first are as follows: Fire. Henry Laman, Stephen Downs, Edgar Dixson; Police, Mayor McNancy, Oliver Myer, Laman; Street, Myer, Laman. Alfred Walden: Finance, Downs, Robert Callison, Walden; Sewage, Walden, Callison, Dixson; Lights and Buildings, Callison, Myer, Downs; Study Progress, Laman, Callison, Downs; Public Safety, McNaney, Laman, Myer. The regular meeting of the board will be held Tuesday evening, April 12, at 8 o clock and every second Tuesday of each month.

Oct. 24, 1966 The Evening Times - Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Johnson of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Cynthia Dianne, to Donald R. Jones, son of Albert Jones of Sayre and the late Mrs. Phoebe Jones. Miss Johnson is a 1966 graduate of Waverly High School. Her fiance attended Waverly schools and is a member of the U. S. Army. He recently returned after serving in Viet Nam and is presently stationed at Fort Bragg, N. C. A Nov. 5 wedding is planned. (apartment 3 West)

Jan. 19, 1967 The Evening Times -  Non-Teaching Staff Pay In Waverly Schools Set. … Salary increments of $150 each to Donald Johnson and Mrs. Donna Johnson for 15 additional hours of college work; …

Feb. 22, 1967 The Evening Times - The Sayre-Athens Lions Club will hold its regular weekly dinner meeting at the Keystone Inn in South Waverly tomorrow night at 6:45. Donald Johnson is program chairman for the evening.

March 10, 1967 The Evening Times - Students, Parents To Meet With Counselors. … Donald Johnson, 9th and 10th grade guidance counselor will also be available to answer any questions the parents may have concerning senior high courses and BOCES. 

From 1967 Directory of Athens, Sayre, & Waverly: at 208 Chemung Street - 
1. Robert Callison , retired and Village of Waverly Trustee; wife Vera C. Callison (owners of the estate) apartment 1 East, 
2. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Johnson, apartment 3 West
3. Donald Johnson, guidance counsellor Mary Muldoon School; wife Donna Johnson, teacher Waverly Central School, apartment 2 West;
4. Walter Kintz, employed in Wellsburg; wife Emma G. Kintz, apartment 1 West; 
5. Joseph W. Jr. Knapp, retired; wife Ella Knapp, apartment 2 East; 
6. Dale Wright, employed at Ingersoll Rand company; wife Diana Wright, apartment 3 East, by 1969, Dale and Diana Wright were living at 539 Chemung street Waverly, NY.

June 13, 1967 The Evening Times - Muldoon Chapter of Junior National Honor Society Has Initiation. The Mary Muldoon Chapter of the National Honor Society held its initiation on Friday as part of the Junior High School’s annual Awards Assembly. Donald Johnson, the faculty sponsor of the organization stated that admission to the National Junior Honor Society is one of the greatest honors that comes to a Junior High School student. … Mr. Johnson thus pointed out that a student may make all honor roll grades and still miss the National Junior Honor Society if he demonstrates traits of character that are not up to the high standards of the organization. …

June 26, 1967 The Evening Times - Donald V. Johnson, chairman of the Waverly Teachers Association West Scholarship Loan Committee, has announced the awarding of eight combination scholarship-loans for the coming year. …

Aug. 28, 1967 The Evening Times - For Rent - Excellent upstair four rooms, tub-shower, sun-porch. Appliances, zoned heat furnished. Some furniture, TV cable, garage, laundry. 208 Chemung Street, Waverly. (apartment 2 West)

Aug. 29, 1967 The Evening Times - Dr. Frank P. Boyle, a former Waverly resident and presently of Albany, Cal. will leave shortly for Madrid, Spain, to present a research paper on the ultra-fast freezing of fruits to the 12th International Congress of Refrigeration. Following the Congress, he will visit research institutions in France, Holland and England before returning to California. A graduate of Waverly High School … He, his wife, the former Elnora Knapp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Knapp of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, and three of their children, Sue Anne, Laurie and Michael, have been visiting relatives in Waverly for the past week. (Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Knapp lived in Apartment 2 East)

(July 8, 1969 The Evening Times - Joseph W. Knapp, Jr., a resident of Sayre House, is celebrating his 90th birthday today. His wife, who will be 90 on Aug. 30, also a resident at Sayre House, will be helping him celebrate. Mr. Knapp was born in Waverly on July 8, 1879, the son of the late Joseph Warren Knapp and Frances Durkee Knapp. He attended Waverly High School where he played end on the football team and recalls traveling by train for games in Corning and Elmira. He worked with his father in Knapp’s Department Store and ran a small dairy business on the family homestead in Lyman Ave. In 1915, he entered into partnership with his father-in-law, Edwin D. Mixer, who operated a hardware store on Broad Street. He purchased the business in 1918 and operated it until his retirement in 1952. He joined the Waverly Rotary Club a few months after it was organized in 1919 and was an active member until 1924. He served on the Waverly School board of education from 1922 to 1925 with Harold Watrous, Hart I. Seely, Dr. Tucker and Percy Meserve. Mr. Knapp was a member of the Shepard Hills Country Club for many years and has been a member of the Waverly First Presbyterian Church for 75 years. He married the former Miss Ella Mixer on Jan. 1, 1902 and they will celebrate their 68th wedding anniversary next New Year’s Day. Mrs. Knapp will celebrate her birthday on Aug. 30. Born in Machias, N. Y. on Aug. 30, 1879, she was the daughter of the late Edwin D. Mixer and Elnora Sweeten Mixer and resided in Fredonia, N. Y. until 1891 when the family moved to Waverly. She attended the Waverly schools and was a charter member of the Polyhymnia Club. Also a 75-year member of the Waverly First Presbyterian Church, she sang in a quartet at the church for several years. Their children are Edwin M. Knapp of Daytona Beach, Fla., J. Warren Knapp, III, of Waverly, Elnora Knapp Boyle of Lafayette, Cal. Another daughter, Helen Knapp Coward, died in 1950. They have nine grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp have been residents of Sayre House since April.) (The Knapp’s lived in apartment 2 East at 208 Chemung street from as early as January of 1962 to at least the end of August of 1967 and then moved down below the main house to the first floor of the former carriage house at 9 Athens street, for a short time before moving to Sayre House (Nursing Home) by at least the summer of 1969. Mr. Knapp was a brother-in-law to Mrs. Gertrude Slaughter Knapp, whose family were the original owners of the 208 Chemung street estate. Joseph W. Knapp, Jr., was a brother to the late George Knapp, Gertrude Slaughter Knapp's husband.)
Interesting is that in 1930, Edwin M. Knapp 23 year old clerk in hardware store and wife Lucia C. Knapp 24 years old teacher at high school were renting at 91 Spring street Waverly. Sometime around 1931 Edwin and Lucia "Lucy" Knapp moved into the home of Mrs. Gertrude Slaughter Knapp at 208 Chemung street. In May of 1939, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin M. Knapp and family moved from 208 Chemung street to 89 Spring Street, Waverly. Yet, in the 1936 directory, Edwin M. Knapp is listed at 60 Orange street Waverly, clerk at 317 Broad street. So, possibly, Edwin moved out for a short time then back in and, out again in 1939. In 1940 from census, Edwin Knapp owned a home at 89 Spring street Waverly - Edwin M. Knapp 33 years old, research at mill, wife Lucia C. 34 years old, teacher, son Edwin Knapp jr. 9 years old, son Jeffey 2 years old. I was told by the late Miss Elizabeth Alamo that it was “Ed” and “Lucy” Knapp who taught the dance lessons on the third floor ball room at 208 Chemung street Waverly. The late Isabelle “Susie” Alamo O’Hara had told me she took ball room dance lessons from the Knapp’s on our third floor. Also interesting is that as early as 1924 to at least 1928, Frances E. Knapp, Joseph W. Knapp Jr.’s mother, and Gertrude Slaughter Knapp’s mother-in-law, also lived in the home at 208 Chemung street.
(March 15, 1980 The Evening Times - Edwin M. Knapp, 73, 1288 Monticello Drive, Daytona Beach, Florida, died March 5, 1980 at Halifax Medical Center after a prolonged illness. Mr. Knapp was born in Waverly, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Knapp, Jr. and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1927. He and his wife, the former Lucia Crowell of Elmira, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last July. Before retiring to Daytona Beach in 1960, Mr. Knapp served as Vice President in charge of sales for the Dog Food Division of Kasco Mills in Waverly and held the same position at Corn Products International in New York City. An ardent sportsman, Mr. Knapp was golf champion five times at Shephard Hills Country Club in Waverly and a noted field trial handler and judge of English Setter and Pointer hunting dogs. He was a member of the Daytona Beach Golf Club, where he served as Secretary and Vice President of the Men’s Golf Association. From 1960 until 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Knapp owned and operated the Knapp Apartments at 615 South Grandview Ave., Daytona Beach. They were members of the First Presbyterian Church, where Mr. Knapp served as Deacon and Treasurer for seven years. Survivors include his widow and a sister, Mrs. Elnora Boyle, of Lafayette, California, and several nieces and nephews. Two sons, Edwin, Jr. and Jeffrey, died in the 1950’s. There will be no local services. The ashes will be interred in Glenwood Cemetery, Waverly, at a later date.)

The late Mrs. Elizabeth Alamo of 7 Athens street, had told me, Amy,  that the stairs in the main house were getting too hard for Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Knapp, so for a short time they moved down into the former carriage house, first floor, at 9 Athens street on the estate.  A 1969 New York Telephone book confirms this. By July 22, 1969 The Evening Times - Mr. and Mrs. J. Warren Knapp,III, of 94 Spring Street, Waverly, were guests of honor at a dinner party … Mr. Knapp, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Knapp, Jr., residents of Sayre House, married the former Miss Alice Kemp, daughter of Mrs. Elbert L. Kemp now of Sayre House and the late Elbert Kemp, on July 19, 1944 at the First Luthern Church of Albany, N. Y. …)

Nov. 24, 1967 The Evening Times - Robert Packer Hospital - Born to Donald and Donna Fiske Johnson of 489 Waverly Street, Waverly, a son yesterday. 

March 15, 1968 The Evening Times - Miss Lois Van Wormer is Bride of Michael Bostwick in Church Rites. … Richard Temple of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, brother-in-law of the groom was bestman … 
[March 1, 1968 The Evening Times - Leap Year Babies Born in Valley. Two Leap Year Day babies arrived in the Valley yesterday, Feb. 29. The first was born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Temple of Waverly RD 1 at the Tioga General Hospital. Parents of the other are Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cron of 184 Center St., Waverly. Both are sons. They will have birthdays only every four years. June 18, 1969 The Evening Times - Under Lockwood news; A family reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Temple, Sunday. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Temple, Sr., and daughter Audrey; Tom Temple, Mr. and Mrs. Vunis Selph and children Bradley, Vivian, Virginia, Robert; Mr. and Mrs. George Woodcock and children, Connie, John, Mary, Peggy, Patty, Mildred and Joseph; Mrs. Margaret Presher and children Michael and Steven; Mr. and Mrs. Alex Whitbeck and daughter Leslie; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Temple and son Richard of Waverly; Mrs. Betsy Sargent and children Tom, David, Anna and William. A covered dish supper was served and games were played.]

April 1, 1968 The Evening Times -  Past Matrons of Sayre Chapter of Eastern Star meets Wednesday at 1 p.m. for a luncheon at the home of Mrs. Vera Callison, 208 Chemung Street (apartment 1 East), Waverly.

June 21, 1968 The Evening Times - A Waverly man was injured yesterday while working at the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Richard Temple, 23, of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, injured his right big toe while working. He was taken to the dispensary of the Robert Packer Hospital where he was treated and released for the injury.

Sept. 30, 1968 The Evening Times - Past Matrons Club of the Sayre Chapter O. E. S. will hold a luncheon meeting Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Robert Callison, 208 Chemung Street (apartment 1 East), Waverly

From 1969 Directory of Athens, Sayre, & Waverly -  at 208 Chemung Street - 
1. Robert Callison, retired and Village of Waverly Trustee; wife Vera C. Callison, owners of the estate, apartment 1 East;
2. Robert B. Lutz, wife Emma Lutz, apartment 2 East;
3. First part of the year was Clifford A. Johnson 565-8377 / then Richard. E. Jr. Coleman, wife Sandra Coleman, apartment 3 West 
4. Walter L. Kintz, employed in Wellsburg; wife Emma G. Kintz, secretary for C. S. Johnson, apartment 1 West;
5.  Eugene Friel, wife Theda Friel, apartment 2 West; 
6. first part of year - Joseph R. Tolan 565-2333 / then Kenneth F. Whitbeck, employed I-R company in Athens; wife MaryLouise Whitbeck  {July 5, 1973 The Evening Times - Sp-4 Kenneth Whitbeck, son of Mrs. Milford Howard of 520 E. Chemung Sreet, Waverly, is spending a 20-day leave visiting his wife, Mary Louise Whitbeck, and daughter Dilleighligh at 509 Fulton Street. He will return July 9 to Kaiserslautern, Germany, where he is stationed with the 1st Signal Cable Construction Company of the U. S. Army.}

(March 19, 1969 The Evening Times - 23 Properties Change Hands. … Waverly: Fay F. Morris, Sr., and Lillian Morris to Clifford A. Johnson and T. Henrietta Johnson.  (April 18, 1974 The Evening Times - Clifford A. Johnson, 50, of 15 Tioga St., Waverly, died unexpectedly at work Wednesday morning, April 17, 1974. Born in Italy Valley, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1923, he was the son of Mrs. Lottie Burke Johnson of Middlesex, N. Y. and the late Thomas E. Johnson. He resided most of his lifetime in Rushville, N. Y. and for the past 13 years had resided in Waverly. He was employed for 20 years by Agway as a fork lift operator and was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, 1490 of Waverly, Cayuta Hose Company, Euchre Club and an avid bowler in the Moose League. Survivors include his wife, Henrietta, at home; his mother, Mrs. Lottie Johnson of Middlesex; two daughters, Cynthia Jones of Elmira and Eileen Johnson at home; one granddaughter, Kathy Jones of Elmira; one sister, Mrs. Tony (Ruth) Hiler of Middlesex; one brother, Gordon Johnson of Waverly; one niece, Judy Johnson of Somersworth, N. H.; one nephew, Gary Johnson of Whitman Air Force Base, Mo.; several aunts, uncles and cousins. …) (Clifford A. Johnson - Vine Valley - Funeral services were held April 20 for Clifford A. Johnson, 50, in the Russell Funeral Home, Waverly, with the Moose Lodge holding a memorial service the previous evening. Interment was in Overackers Cemetery, Middlesex. Mr. Johnson, who has resided in Waverly for the last 13 years, died unexpectedly April 17, 1974, while at work. A native of Italy Valley, he has resided in the Rushville area during his youth, and had been employed by Agway, Incorporated in Canandaigua, before being transferred to Waverly. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, Waverly and the Cayuta Hose Company. Besides his widow, Henrietta, he is survived by his mother of Middlesex; two daughters, Cynthia Jones of Elmira and Eileen at home; a sister, Mrs. Tony Hiler of Middlesex; a brother, Gordon of Waverly; and a granddaughter.)

(Aug. 25, 1967 The Evening Times -  Miss Sandra Minturn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Minturn of Sayre RD 2 and Richard Coleman, Jr.,  of Newport, Rhode Island., son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Coleman of Waverly RD 1 were married Wednesday, Aug. 16, at 7 p.m. at Saint James Catholic Church in Waverly. … A reception was held at the Wilawana Community Hall immediately following the ceremony. The bride is a 1967 graduate of Athens High School and resides with her parents. Her husband attended Waverly Schools and is serving with the U. S. Navy.) (1969 directory - Richard. E. Jr. Coleman and wife Sandra, apartment 3 West at 208 Chemung street Waverly, NY)

Aug. 15, 1969 The Evening Times - The Keeler reunion was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Harris of Sayre. Those that attended from here were Mr. and Mrs. Pete Keeler and Pat, Mrs. Geraldine Keeler and Miss Ruth Keeler, Earl Brooks, Mrs. Kay Richard Keeler, Mrs. Helen Kelley was there from California. She will be staying at 208 Chemung Street, in Waverly, N. Y. for two weeks. (Mrs. Helen Kelley was staying with Robert and Vera Callison.)

Aug. 18, 1969 The Evening Times - Mrs. Helen Keeler Kelly of Oxnard, Califoria, formerly of the Valley, is a patient at the Tioga General Hospital. She is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Callison, 208 Chemung Street.

In 1970, Amy’s father, Richard Morris purchased this estate at 208 Chemung street, on land contract from Robert G. Callison and Vera C. Callison. The property in 1970 included the main house at 208 Chemung street, the garage apartment with attached garages at 208 and a half Chemung street and the former carriage house at 9 Athens street.
Richard Morris was born and raised in Wyalusing, PA . He joined the army in June of 1955 and finished in 1958. While serving in the army, he was cook, truck driver, and worked in artillery. In 1958, he went to work for a construction company and helped, along with his father, to build the Towanda Hospital in Towanda PA. Richard held various jobs through out his working career before becoming self-employed: riveter for Piper Aircraft in Lockhaven, PA, riveter for Schweizer Aircraft in Horseheads, NY, A & P grocery store in candy and shipping, produce manager for Acme grocery store in Waverly, NY (current "Jolly Farmer" building), worked on military jeep bodies at Twin Coach in Waverly, NY (about 1962), and worked on picture tubes at Westinghouse at Horseheads, NY. In the 1960's, he bought his first "Mr. Softee" ice-cream truck. Soon afterwards, he purchased another for his wife, Ruth, to operate. Later, their ice-cream business was changed to D&R, for Dick and Ruth. The locals still call him, "Mr. Softee" and Ruth "Mrs. Softee," names that have stayed with them thru the years. Richard and Ruth raised 4 children; Amy, Herbert, Jon, and Wendy. Dick and Ruth also owned and operated the D&R ice-cream stand in Athens, PA for over 25 years until the flood of 2011, which at that time they decided to sell their ice cream stand in Athens. Richard still had one D&R ice-cream truck in operation until about 2018. Thru his years of self employment he also owned and operated laundromats in Athens and Sayre, PA, a gas station in Athens, PA, and several rental homes / apartment houses in the valley. In 1980, he purchased "Vans" gas station in Sayre, PA and named it "Dick's Auto." For many years he sold auto parts, gas and kerosene. He also repaired kerosene heaters and sold, changed and fixed tires. In 2011, he quit selling gas and kerosene. He currently, in 2025, remains self-employed and continues to sell, change and fix tires at Dick's Auto on Elmira Street in Sayre, PA. He will be 90 years old on October 22, 2025.  He has a history of being very generous and sympathetic to the many people of this valley area who have asked for his help through out the years. He enjoys watching our progress on the restoration / revitalization of Zehr Estate. Richard and his family did not live on the estate, he used the estate as supplemental rental income. Though, three of Richard’s four children; Amy, Herb, and Jon, all lived on the estate at one time, while Richard owned the estate. Two of Richard’s grandchildren were born while his son Jon with his wife Patti, was living in one of the apartments in the main house. Two other grandchildren were born while Richard’s sons were living on the estate, one being a granddaughter while his son Herb with his girl friend, Candy, were living in the upstairs apartment in the former carriage house at 9 Athens street and another granddaughter had been born while his son Jon previously was living in the garage apartment at 208 and a half Chemung street, before moving into one of the apartments in the main house. 

1970 - at 208 Chemung street - Estate owned by Richard Morris of 119 Herrick street Athens, PA - 
Apartment 1 East or Apartment  1 - Robert and Vera Callison 565-9117;
Apartment 1 West or Apartment  2 - Walter and Emma Kintz 565-8344;
Apartment 2 East or Apartment . 3 - Robert B. Lutz Jr. 565-9978
Apartment 2 West or Apartment . 4 - Eugene Friel 565-8360
Apartment 3 East or Apartment . 5 - Richard E. Jr. Coleman / John Coleman;
Apartment 3 West or Apartment  6 - Michael D. Foster 565-2661

Aug. 22, 1970 The Evening Times - Desirable furnished three rooms, upstairs, dinette, tiled bath-shower. zoned heat, garage. 208 Chemung Waverly. 565-9117 (Callison’s phone number). (apartment 2 East for rent)

1971 to 1972 phone book - at 208 Chemung street - 
Apartment 1 East or Apartment  1 - Robert and Vera Callison 565-9117;
Apartment 1 West or Apartment  2 - Walter and Emma Kintz 565-8344;
Apartment 2 East or Apartment . 3 - 
Apartment 2 West or Apartment . 4 - 
Apartment 3 East or Apartment . 5 - 
Apartment 3 West or Apartment  6 - Lemuel M. Foster 565-2661 (Dec. 7, 1966 Elmira Star Gazette - Waverly - Lemuel M. D. Foster, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel G. Foster, Waverly RD 2, has received an early promotion to Army pay grade private E -2  on completion of basic combat training at Ft. Dix, N. J.) (Feb. 25, 1976 The Evening Times - Michael A. Foster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Foster of Cannon Hole Road, has completed his basic training at Great Lakes, Ill. After a two week leave he was stationed in Memphis, Tenn., where he is now attending school at the Naval Aviation Technical Training Center for structural mechanics.)

Jan. 8, 1972 Elmira Star Gazette - Tioga General, Waverly - A daughter, Thursday, Jan. 6, 1972, to James and Terrie Foster Smiley of 208 Chemumg Street, Waverly

Jan. 13, 1972 Elmira Star Gazette - Tioga General, Waverly: A daughter, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1972, to Lemuel and Kathryn Thomas Foster of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly.

Jan. 16, 1972 Elmira Star Gazette - Planners View Waverly: It’s ‘Depressing’ Planners have scrutinized Waverly and have come to two main conclusions, It’s “depressing”; it’s going to stay that way until its disorganized supporters band together in action. There are hopeful signs of activism. When and if that activism finds direction some cold, hard obstacles must be overcome. Among the 137 pages of information in the Southern Tier East Regional Board’s (STERPB) housing survey is the following: Yet the planners, who recommend a complete renewal for Waverly but realize its limitations, recognizes that a little improvement can go a long way. “In general, the area is depressing. Sidewalks are in poor shape, streets, curbs, and gutters vary in condition and are in need of repair. Broad Street is by far the worst street in the study area.” “It is felt,” the report by Egner & Niederkorn Associates of Ithaca says in part, “that a number of relatively minor steps could be taken which would result in major improvement in the study area, many of which could be initiated by private enterprise or on a volunteer basis.” Joseph Missavage, STERPB director, said of Kobacker’s decision to close its Waverly store: “Another store pulling out is just not good for the community, especially one like Waverly that seems to be in the doldrums.” What should be done? 
“Saving Waverly has got to be done by a self-help program. People in the village are just going to have to band together. They’re going to have to do two things: First, get moving and start programs and then show potential businesses and industries that Waverly has some initiative. The Planning Board is more than happy to get involved in helping out, if the village would ask us. To save Waverly, all the forces - the businessmen, the local organizations, government bodies - must be brought together.” Lynn Douglass, president of Tioga County Chamber of Commerce and manager of Endwell Rug Fair, Waverly, also sees the need for an organized effort. “I think it’s really sad that Kobacker’s is leaving Waverly. It’s just one more step backward for the Valley and it really shakes everybody’s confidence in the area. “We’ve got enough empty buildings in downtown Waverly already and now, it’ll start to look like a ghost town. “Right now, if you own a business in Waverly, you have to get people to walk past and ignore those empty stores if you want to get them in your store.” Why are things so bad? “Because there’s no organization in Waverly that’s active in an official sense. The people in Waverly have very little interest in one, so there’s nobody willing to face the problems of parking, poor lighting, poor merchandising and the empty buildings.” What can be done to turn things around? “It just takes bodies - people who are interested in getting together and forming a Chamber of Commerce that can throw some weight around. “Without and organization, you can feel like a voice in the wilderness if you want to get something done. Either we can pick ourselves up or sit around and cry.” Why haven’t people gotten together? “Because people say, ‘Look, Waverly can take care of itself. We don’t need any help, especially outside help.’ Well, you need management and organization and you’ve just got to look for ties with the outside.” Will the new highway help? “It just depends on the community. It boils down to this: We can sit here and watch people buzz by us on the new highway or we can take the responsibility of getting them to stop. I think this year is going to be a critical one for Waverly. It’ll be a time when we decide to either move ahead or back up.” … “Kobacker’s leaving is a great loss to Waverly,” said William Taff of Haggerty’s Appliance Store. “Anytime a store closes, it makes the rest of downtown just that less inviting for shoppers.”  … Taff laid part of the blame for the empty storefronts along Broad St. to village taxes. “I’m not sure of the exact tax base for Broad St. property,” he said, “but, it’s much higher than over in Sayre. What needs to be done,” Taff said, “is to lower that base. It’ll make a big difference downtown.” … “That new road is not going to help us merchants here,” said Michael Pudiak, manager of Philadelphia Sales. “We’ve got nothing to offer Elmira people here, so why are they going to come?” … “The problems of Waverly are everybody’s fault,” said Henry Clark of Clark’s Drug Store. “There’s always been an element of opposition that kills things, just like the parking lots were killed here and our village fathers don’t seem to want to do anything about it.” … The village board received a sharper blast from John Lattari, an unsuccessful candidate for the board and an employe of General Shelters. “The board’s not interested in keeping young people around here,” Lattari said. “They just want to turn Waverly into a retirement community.” … “Just look at this place,” he said pointing to Broad Street, “some stores need paint, others are falling down. They ought to just tear the whole place down.” He also claimed that property on Broad Street was over-valued and that taxes were “too high for what you get.” “I don’t blame Kobacker’s on bit for leaving,” Lattari said.
- … The Committee for a Better Waverly is a group of merchants formed last year to try and end the village’s downward trend. David L. R. Gibbs, of the Gibbs Insurance Agency, co-chairs the unit with Charles Medalie. “It was depressing news to hear that a well-known store is leaving a business district that desperately needs the traffic,” Gibbs said. “Before this came about,” Gibbs recalled, “We - the merchants as a group and interested people - had already formulated plans for ways of improving Waverly, specifically Waverly’s downtown district. … “Steps have already been initiated to generally clean up the business district,” Gibbs reported, noting that the trustees have promised increased street cleaning efforts and a tax break for merchants who improve their store fronts. “I feel that with the help of the trustees and a positive attitude by the merchants and shoppers, the trend can be reversed.”… Store Closings - Harding’s Dress Shop, 1956 - Knapp’s Department Store, 1962 - Schwartz’s Dress Shop, 1963 - Endicott Johnson Shoes, 1966 - Gem Drugs, 1966 - Zausmer Jewelry, 1968 - Hub’s Store, 1968 - Waverly Music Store, 1970 - Woolworth’s Department Store, 1970 - Acme Market, 1971 - Kobacker’s Furniture, 1972.

From 1972 Directory of Athens, Sayre, & Waverly: at 208 Chemung Street - Estate Owned by Richard and Ruth Morris, Amy Zehr’s parents. Richard Morris making payments to the Callison’s on land contract. The Callison’s stay on the estate as tenants.
1. Robert and Vera Callison, retired, Apartment 1 East or Apartment  1; 
2. Eric Boehm, employed at Rynone Industries Inc.; wife Linda Boehm, Apartment 5 or 3 East; 
3. James R. Smiley, employed in Sayre; wife Terri Smiley, Apartment 4 or 2 West;
4. Walter L. Kintz,  employed in Wellsburg; wife Emma G. Kintz, employed as secretary for C. S. Johnson, Apartment 1 West or Apartment  2;  
5. Randy Benjamin, employed in Elmira; wife Judy Benjamin, Apartment 3 or 2 East; 
6. Michael D. Foster, employed in Elmira; wife Kathleen Foster, Apartment 6 or 3 West

Sept. 16, 1972 Elmira Star Gazette - Packer Hospital, Sayre: Benjamin - A son, Thursday, Sept. 14, 1972, to Randy and Judy Kay Robinson Benjamin of 208 Chemung Street Waverly. (Apartment 2 East)
(June 7, 1969 The Evening Times - Mr. and Mrs. Earl Robinson of 221 Chestnut Street, Athens, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Judy, to Randy Benjamin, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Benjamin, 310 Steuben Street, Horseheads. Miss Robinson is a 1969 graduate of Athens High School and is employed by W. T. Grant. Her fiance is a 1969 graduate of Horseheads High School and is employed at Kennedy Valve. Their wedding date is set for Aug. 16. In September the couple will be attending Pinecrest Bible School at Salisbury Center, N. Y. for three years.)
(Aug. 29, 1969 The Evening Times - Miss Judy Kay Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl L. Robinson of 221 Chestnut St., Athens, and Randy Duane Benjamin, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Benjamin of 310 Steuben St., Horseheads, exchanged wedding vows and rings last Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Glad Tidings Church in Waverly. … Miss Kathy Smith and Robert Stevens were soloists. They were accompanied by Mrs. Sandra Callison, organist. … A reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents after which the couple left for a trip in the Appalachin Mountains and the lake region. … The former Miss Robinson is a graduate of Athens High School and was employed by Grants. Her husband is a graduate of Horseheads High School and is employed at Kennedy Valve in Elmira. The couple will reside at Salisbury Center, N. Y. …)
(1972 directory in Waverly, Randy Benjamin employed in Elmira, wife Judy Benjamin,  living at apartment 2 East, 208 Chemung street. The Benjamin’s lived here from around 1972-1976.)

(Nov. 28, 1969 The Evening Times - Miss Linda Lucille DeProspero of Riverside Drive, Athens RD 2, and Eric William Boehm of Waverly exchanged wedding vows and rings Saturday, Nov. 22, at 1 p.m. at the Sayre Baptist Church. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Joyce DeProspero of Athens RD 2. The bridegroom is the son of Elton Boehm of 528 Waverly Street, Waverly, and the late Helen Boehm. … Given in marriage by her uncle, Clifford Reed of Athens, … The bride attended Athens High School. Her husband attended Waverly High School. They will reside at 528 Waverly Street, Waverly. …)
(1972 directory - Eric Boehm (Linda) emp. Rynone Industries Inc. Apartment 3 East, 208 Chemung street Waverly, NY)

January 31, 1973 The Evening Times: Robert Callison, Former I-R Employee, Dies. Robert G. Callison, 78, of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, died Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 30, 1973 after an extended illness. Born in Bowser, Texas, he attended schools in Texas. He moved to Arizona in 1912 and attended the Phelps-Dodge Mining Corporation School in Bisbee, Ariz. and became a mining engineer. He was a veteran of World War I and later graduated from the EL Paso School of Mines after which he joined the Ingersoll-Rand at El Paso. He was transferred to the Athens Plant where he joined the sales force. He later was sent to Mexico City and Central America for the Ingersoll Rand and joined the New York, Honduras and Rosario Mining Co. in Honduras, Central America. In 1926, he left Honduras and returned to Athens where he married Vera F. Carpenter. After their marriage he went to the Northern Peru Mining and Smelting Corp. He later returned to the United States and the Phelps-Dodge Corp. in Arizona. Mr. Callison then went into business for himself as an oil distributor in New York. He later managed the El Dorado Mining in El Salvador. After liquidating the El Salvador and New York Honduras and Rosario Mining Co. he returned to Waverly in 1957. Mr. Callison had resided in Waverly and operated an apartment complex ever since and for a period of time was employed by Fraley's Garage in Athens. He was a member of Waverly Lodge No. 407, F. and A.M., and in June of 1970 received the 50-year pin. He was a past commander; of the American Legion in Bisbee, Arizona, having served in 1943 and in 1944. He was also a village trustee in Waverly for several terms. Surviving are his wife, Vera; two sons, William L. Callison of Cabot, Vt. and Gordon M. Callison of Waverly; two grandsons and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Lowery Funeral Home, 225 S. Main St., Athens, Thursday from 2 to 4 and, 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home Friday at 3:30 p.m. Rev. Harry R. Burnard, pastor of the Capitol Assembly of God Church in Waverly, will officiate. Burial will be at a later date in Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens.

April 9, 1973 The Evening Times - A parked car owned by a Sayre couple was demolished when it was struck by another vehicle Saturday night about 9:45 on Desmond St. Sayre Police Officer Jeffrey Spaulding investigated and reported that Michael D. Foster, 24, of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, was driving south on Desmond Street, when, he said, he reached over to light a cigarette. He said he pulled the steering wheel to the right in doing so and the car veered into a parked car owned by Joseph and Alice Dailey which was in front of their home at 316 Desmond Street. The Dailey car was pushed over the sidewalk and over a five-year-old maple tree on the front lawn of the Jack Twoomey residence at 318 Desmond Street. Police reported that the rear of the Dailey machine was demolished in the accident, and listed the car as a total loss. No injuries were reported.

From 1974 Directory of Athens, Sayre, & Waverly:  at 208 Chemung Street - 
1. Vera C. Callison, widow of Robert Callison, Apartment 1 East or apartment 1;
2. Eric Boehm, employed at Rynone Industries Inc., wife Linda Boehm, Apartment 3 East or apartment 5;
3. Albert Orso, wife Linda Orso, Apartment 2 West or apartment 4;
4. Walter Kintz, employed at I-R company in Athens, wife Emma G. Kintz, employed as secretary for Guthrie Clinic, Ltd., Apartment 1 West or apartment 2; 
5. Randy Benjamin, machinist at Kennedy Valve, wife Judy K. Benjamin, Apartment 2 East or apartment 3;
6.  Michael D. Foster, wife Kathleen Foster, Apartment 3 West or apartment 6 

Aug. 10, 1974 The Evening Times - Ann Richards, a 1974 graduate of the Don W. McClelland Waverly Senior High School, was recently notified that she is to be featured in the eighth annual edition of Who’s Who Among American High School Students, 1973-74, the largest student award publication in the nation. Students from over 20,000 public, private and parochial schools throughout the country are recognized for their leadership in academics, athletics, activities or community service in the books. Ann, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Richards of Waverly, RD 2, was a member of the Student Council in high school, a class officer in the 10th and 11th grades, on the honor roll and a member of the girls’ basketball and volleyball teams. She was the recipient of a Physical Fitness Award. In addition to her biography being published, Ann will also compete for one of the 10 scholarship awards of $500 to $1,000 funded by the publishers and will be invited to participate in the annual “Survey of High Achievers.” Ann plans to study inhalation therapy. (Ann Richards lived at 208 Chemung street apartment 3 West around 1975-1976.)

Aug. 24, 1974 The Evening Times - Dr. William Callison, co-founder of the Nationwide Upward Bound program and a graduate of Athens High School, has been named professor and president of special programs in education at California State University at Fullerton, California. … A 1952 graduate of Athens High School, Dr. Callison holds a Ph.D in education and sociology from Stanford University and founded the Head Start supplementary training program while working for the Office of Economic Opportunity. He also founded the Center for Humanistic Evaluation, funded by the U.S. Office of Education and designed a rural school development for OSOE, and while at Goddard wrote article and pamphlets for the Vermont Department of Education. … He is the son of the late Robert G. Callison and Vera D. Callison of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, and resides at 110 North Raymond, Fullerton, California, with his wife, the former Dorothy Backus, and two sons, Paul, 13, and David, 11.
(Robert and Vera Callison owned the 208 Chemung street property from 1958 - 1970. Vera remained in her apartment, 1 East, until around 1976. Vera Callison remarried. Vera Callison Coveney passed away at the age of 95 in Sept. 1995.)

October 10, 1974  - Redo land contract (for 208 Chemung street estate, which included 208 and a half Chemung street and 9 Athens street) since Robert Callison had died.

April 29, 1975 The Evening Times - Area Police Apprehend Shoplifters. … Also charged with shoplifting were Donald Burr Glosenger, 54, of 528 Lincoln Street, Sayre, and Katherine Rogers, 22, of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly. The event occurred at Ames Department Store, Sayre RD 2. …

1975 - 208 Chemung street estate owned by Richard Morris of 119 Herrick Street Athens, PA;
Apartment 1 or 1 East - Vera Callison;
Apartment 2 or 1 West - Walter L. Kintz (Emma);
Apartment 3 or 2 East - Randy D. Benjamin (Judy);
Apartment 4 or 2 West -  Deborah Youker in January, vacant February, March & April, then in May, Gerald Mullen , moved to this apartment from 208 and a half Chemung street, the garage apartment on this estate
Apartment 5 or 3 East -  Rick and Linda Boehm;
Apartment 6 or 3 West - Jenny L. Schultz and Ann Richards 

Aug. 13, 1975 The Evening Times - Born to Gerald and Sylvia Ann Spencer Mullen of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, a son Aug. 13, 1975.

Nov. 3, 1975 The Evening Times - Past Matrons of Sayre Chapter No. 43, O. E. S. will hold a luncheon Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Vera Callison, 208 Chemung Street, Waverly (Apartment 1 East) 

1976 - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 119 Herrick street, Athens PA - 208 Chemug street estate - 
Apartment 1 East, Vera Callison; Vera C. Callison lived in apartment 1 East for about 18 years, 15 of those years with her husband, Robert Callison
Apartment 1 West, Walter Kintz ;
Apartment 2 East, Randy Benjamin ;
Apartment 2 West, Gerald Mullen ;
Apartment 3 East, Rick and Linda Boehm; 
Apartment 3 West, Jenny Schultz and Ann Richards 

Sept. 4, 1976 The Evening Times - Mrs. Vera C. Callison of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly, and Paul H. Coveney of 133 Elmira Street, Athens, were married Thursday, Sept. 2 at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Athens. The Rev. Edward Coveney, pastor of the Warsaw, N. Y., church, and the Rev. Augustine Conniff, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, performed the ceremony. Mrs. Nester (Patricia) Sozanski of Verona, N. J., daughter of the bridegroom, was matron of honor. Gordon M. Callison of Waverly, son of the bride, served as best man. H. K. Lawrence of Cortland, N. Y. and Port Charlotte, Fla., cousin of the bride, gave her in marriage. Ushering the guests were Nester Sozanski of Verona, N. J. and John Michael Sozanski of Buffalo, grandson of the bridegroom. Guests included local family members and those from California, Arizona, Florida, New Jersey, New York and Ohio. A rehearsal dinner was given at the Keystone Inn, South Waverly, and a wedding brunch for the immediate families was served at Tomasso's Restaurant in Waverly. The couple left for a trip to Western Pennsylvania and New York. They will reside at 133 N. Elmira Street, Athens.

Oct. 8, 1976 -  Vera C. Coveney formerly Vera C. Callison to Richard H. Morris and Ruth M. Morris, 208 Chemung street estate. Vera Callison had remarried. Richard Morris took out a mortgage with bank in 1976 versus continuing with the land contract.

Nov. 30, 1976 The Evening Times - Roberta Allen Is Married to John Schultz. … Jenny L. Schultz, sister of the bridegroom of 208 Chemung Street (apartment 3 West), Waverly and Joseph S. Schultz, brother of the bridegroom of 117 Elm St., Athens, served as attendants. …

Dec. 6, 1976 The Evening Times - Margaret Wells of Athens Is Bride of Richard Zimmer. … The former Miss Wells is a 1974 graduate of Athens High School and a 1976 graduate of Careerco School for Paraprofessionals in Syracuse. She is employed at Bernard Dental Laboratory Inc. in Elmira Heights. Her husband is a 1972 graduate of Waverly High School and a 1976 graduate of Careerco School of Paraprofessionals in Syracuse. He is employed as a medical laboratory technician at the Tioga General Hospital in Waverly. The couple will reside at 208 Chemung Street (apartment 1 East), Waverly. …

As Per Margaret Wells Zimmer thru facebook: Richard “Ric” Zimmer and Margaret Zimmer lived on first floor East from Nov. 1976 to summer of 1979.
She recalls; Linda Montgomery (now Stroud) at apartment 2 East. She also recalls on the third floor, not sure which side was Steve and Hazel Merilahti.

March 2, 1979 - William J. Rynone and D. Scott Jewell, take over ownership of 208 Chemung street property until March of 1982, when Richard and Ruth Morris take back ownership.
(March 24, 1990 Elmira Star Gazette - Walter L. Kintz Age 72, of 126 Washington St., Sayre, PA, Thursday, March 22, 1990. No prior calling hours. Private services at convenience of the family. Rev. George Hough of Christ Episcopal Church, Wellsburg officiating. Interment, Glenwood Cemetery, Waverly convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, friends may contribute to: The Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Associated Inc., Souther Tier Chapter, Box 562, Union Station, Endicott, NY 13760 or the Greater Valley Emergency Medical Services in Sayre, PA 18840. Arrangements: Roberts Funeral Home, Wellsburg. Survived by his wife of 38 years, Emma Gunderman Kintz; sister, Mrs. Doris Kintz; brother Leslie Kintz, both of Wellsburg; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Walter was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, Wellsburg, US Army Veteran of World War Two, serving in the New Guinea, Southern Philippines and the Luzon Campaigns. He was a member of the Chemung Valley Lodge #350 F & AM, 40 year member of the Corning Consistory and a member of the Chemung Grange.)
(May 10, 2004 Elmira Star Gazette - Emma Gunderman Kintz Age 82, of Sayre, PA, passed away Saturday, May 8, 2004 at the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre. Born October 17, 1921 in Chemung, NY, she was the daughter of the late Harry M. and Floy (Hubbard) Gunderman. Surviving are a niece, Susan (Richard) Willmott of Toms River, NJ; a nephew, John (Judy) Hedges of Florence, SC; a sister-in-law, Doris Kintz Durham of Wellsburg, NY; brother-in-law, Leslie (Betty) Kintz of Wellsburg, NY, and several other nieces, nephews and cousins. Besides her parents, Emma was also preceded in death by her husband, Walter L. Kintz; sister, Marguerite Cummings; and a brother, Norman P. Gunderman.) (May 11, 2004 Elmira Star Gazette - Emma Gunderman Kintz Age 82, of Sayre, PA, passed away Saturday, May 8, 2004 at the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre. Family and friends are invited to call at Roberts Funeral Home, Inc., 279 Main St., Wellsburg, NY, on Tuesday, May 11, 2004, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. the funeral service will immediately follow at 2:30 p.m. at the funeral home. The interment service will be May 19, 2004, at 11 a.m. in the Glenwood Cemetery, Waverly, NY. Those wishing may direct memorial donations in Emma’s name to the America Lung Association of Central New York, 506 E. Washington, St., Syracuse, NY 13202.)
Apartment 1 East or 1, Janet Dodge; 
Apartment 1 West or 2, R. W. Phelps (Rita) ;
Apartment 2 East or 3, William Dimmock III ;
Apartment 2 West, or 4, JoAnn Condame ;
Apartment 3 East or 5, Brad and Amy Zehr (yes we were tenants of this estate from 1984 to 1987, while I, Amy was attending nursing school at the Robert Packer Hospital School of Nursing in Sayre PA; 
Apartment 3 West or 6, Brittine L. Garrison for short time before John R. Damian Jr. lived in this apartment

(Sept. 21, 1976 The Evening Times - Miss Mary Rita Costello and Gary Joseph Phelps exchanged wedding vows Saturday, Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. in St. James Catholic Church in Waverly, …The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Costello of Waverly. The bridegroom is the son of Gordon Vanderlyke of Waverly. … After a trip to Cape Cod, the couple will reside at 914 South Ave., Secane, Pa. Prior to her marriage, the bride was employed as a registered nurse in the Emergency Room at the Tioga General Hospital in Waverly. Her husband is employed by ConRail in Philadelphia. … ) (Mary Rita Phelps lived in apartment 1 West at 208 Chemung street from about 1984 -1986, by the 1987 phone book Mary Rita was living with her husband Greg Geneviva in the same apartment.)

1984 summer, 50th Class reunion for Waverly class of 1934: Miss Charlotte Knapp of 5162 E. Florence No. 2 Bell , California 90201, Graduate of Cornell University in 1938. Worked for College of Engineering (Cornell University) as secretary. Moved to California in late 1950s - did secretarial work. Retired - ("I am still single, and like the rest of us getting old." Charlotte said at her 50th class reunion) Charlotte stopped by her former estate, where she was born and raised, at 208 Chemung street,  and saw Brad painting on the main house in that summer of 1984. It was her last visit. Brad and I were living on the third floor east apartment at that time, while I was attending Robert Packer Hospital school of Nursing. Brad just happened to be doing odd jobs for my father, Richard Morris,  who owned the estate at that time. Brad often wishes he could go back in time and ask Charlotte questions and ask about the history of her family and former home. Back then, Brad didn't know who she was, that she was Samuel Slaughter's granddaughter, who was born and raised on the estate, and he definitely didn't think that we would someday own the estate.
On Feb. 7, 1985 Miss Charlotte Slaughter Knapp died in Bell, Los Angeles, California, 69 years of age.
Apartment 1 East or 1, Janet Dodge; 
Apartment 1 West or 2, M. R. Phelps;
Apartment 2 East or 3, William “Bill” Dimmock III ;
Apartment 2 West, or 4,  JoAnn Condame ;
Apartment 3 East or 5, Brad and Amy Zehr; 
Apartment 3 West or 6,  John R. Damian Jr.

1986 directory - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1, Janet Dodge; 
Apartment 1 West or 2, M. R. Phelps;
Apartment 2 East or 3, William “Bill” Dimmock III ;
Apartment 2 West, or 4,  JoAnn Condame ;
Apartment 3 East or 5, Brad and Amy Zehr; 
Apartment 3 West or 6,  John R. Damian Jr.

1987 directory - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1, Janet Dodge; 
Apartment 1 West or 2, Greg and Mary Rita Geneviva;
Apartment 2 East or 3, William “Bill” Dimmock III ;
Apartment 2 West, or 4,  JoAnn Condame ;
Apartment 3 East or 5, Brad and Amy Zehr; 
Apartment 3 West or 6,  Jon Morris and Suzanne Smith Morris (Jon Morris, son or owner of the estate, Richard Morris, and Jon Morris is Amy Zehr’s brother)

(June 18, 1988 Elmira Star Gazette - The marriage of Joann Frances Condame and Dr. Mal Rolland Homan took place Saturday, May 28, in St. John’s Catholic Church, South Waverly. … The bride is the daughter of Anthony and Jane Condame of 129 Erie St., Waverly. The bridegroom is the son of Malvin and Gail Homan of Temple, Pa. … The reception was held at the Sons of Italy, Sayre. The bride graduated from Waverly High School in 1977 and Elmira Business Institute in 1985. She is employed by Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre. The bridegroom graduated from Muhlenberg High School, Temple, in 1977; Pennsylvania State College in 1981 and Hahnemann Medical School, Philadelphia, Pa. in 1985. He is employed by Robert Packer Hospital. The couple took a wedding trip to Minnesota.)
(Joann Condame was listed in the 1984-1987 phone books at 208 Chemung street. She lived in apartment 2 West.)

1988 directory - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1, Janet Dodge; 
Apartment 1 West or 2, 
Apartment 2 East or 3, William “Bill” Dimmock III ;
Apartment 2 West, or 4,  
Apartment 3 East or 5,  
Apartment 3 West or 6,  Jon Morris and Suzanne Smith Morris  part of the year (Jon Morris, son of owner of the estate, Richard Morris, and Jon Morris is Amy Zehr’s brother), then later part of year, Jon Morris and Patti McCutcheon. (Aug. 7, 1990 - Jon Morris and Patti McCutcheon got married. Jon and Patti had two children born while living on this estate.)

Sept. 4, 1988 Elmira Star Gazette - The marriage of Renee Lynn Robbins and Dr. Kris Alan Kinsley took place Saturday, July 16 in the Pennsylvania Avenue United Methodist Church, Pine City. … The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Robbins of 1483 Pennsylvania Ave., Pine City. The bridegroom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Kinsley of 451 Park Ave., Waverly. … The bride graduated from Southside High School in 1982; Corning Community College in 1984 and the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1986. She is employed as a certified public accountant by Louis J. Nessle Jr., CPA, P. C. The bridegroom graduated from Waverly High School in 1981; Corning Community College in 1983 and National College of Chiropractic, Chicago, Ill. in 1986. He is a Doctor of Chiropractic with an office in Waverly. The couple lives at 208 Chemung Strett (apartment 1 West), Waverly, after returning from a trip to Cape Cod. (Renee Robbins is related to Richard Morris, owner of the estate at this time.)

May 13, 1989 Elmira Star Gazette - Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre - A daughter, Thursday, May 11, 1989, to Kristy Haight of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly.

Sept. 6, 1990 Elmira Star Gazette - A daughter, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 1990, to David and Melissa Cheney Dekay of 208 Chemung Street, Waverly.

1991 - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1, Janet Dodge (internet says here until 1995)
Apartment 1 West or 2, Angel Luis Venegas 3rd (internet says 1991 - 1993)
Apartment 2 East or 3, William “Bill” Dimmock III ;
Apartment 2 West, or 4,  Jon and Patti McCutcheon Morris
Apartment 3 East or 5,  David R. DeKay
Apartment 3 West or 6, 

On January 18, 1992, Mary I. Fralick died, she had owned the estate from 1945 til 1958.
Mary I. Fralick, 95, of Hialeah, FL, died Saturday, January 18, 1992 in Florida. Born in Bradford County on February 15, 1896, she was the daughter of Perry and Mary Huff Elsbree. She was a 1912 graduate of East Smithfield High School. She and her first husband, Loron Pierce, operated the Marilorn Motel in Waverly for several years. She moved to Florida in 1962 with her second husband, Ralph Fralick. He also predeceased her. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the United Methodist Church. Surviving are several nieces and nephews including: Hilda Barrett, Flagler Beach, FL; Charles Elsbree, Columbia Cross Roads; George Elsbree, Troy; Esther Everts, Troy; Dorothy Hickok, Tamarac, FL; Gene Pierce, Waverly; William Elsbree, Vestal; Gail Haskell, Owego. Funeral services were held at the Lowery Funeral Home in Athens on January 22 (2 pm) with the Rev. James W. Barrett officiating and burial to be in the Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens.
Jan. 21, 1992 - Elmira Star Gazette - Mary I. Pierce Fralick, ex-hotel operator. Hialeah, Florida - Mary I. Pierce Fralick, 95, of 5300 W. 16th Ave., Hialeah, Fla., died Saturday, Jan. 18, 1992, in Florida. Mrs. Fralick and her first husband, Loron Pierce, operated the Marilorn Motel in Waverly for several years. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star and the United Methodist Church. Lowery Funeral Home, Athens, is handling the arrangements. (Owner of the 208 Chemung street property from 1945 - 1958.)

1992 - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1, Janet Dodge (internet says here until 1995)
Apartment 1 West or 2, Angel Luis Venegas 3rd (internet says 1991 - 1993)
Apartment 2 East or 3,  William Dimmock III
Apartment 2 West, or 4,  Jon and Patti McCutcheon Morris
Apartment 3 East or 5,  David R. DeKay
Apartment 3 West or 6, 

1993 - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1, Janet Dodge (internet says here until 1995, but internet has Christine Brown in apartment 1 in October of 1993)
Apartment 1 West or 2, Angel Luis Venegas 3rd (internet says 1991 - 1993)
Apartment 2 East or 3,  William Dimmock III
Apartment 2 West, or 4,  Jon and Patti McCutcheon Morris
Apartment 3 East or 5,  Kristy Kaigan, internet says 1993 to 2005 in Unit #5
Apartment 3 West or 6, 

1994 - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1,  internet has Christine Brown in apartment 1 
Apartment 1 West or 2, 
Apartment 2 East or 3, William Dimmock III
Apartment 2 West, or 4,   Jon and Patti McCutcheon Morris and family lived here until Sept. 2003.
Apartment 3 East or 5,  Kristy Kaigan, internet says 1993 to 2005 in Unit #5
Apartment 3 West or 6,

1995 - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1,  internet has Christine Brown in apartment 1 
Apartment 1 West or 2, 
Apartment 2 East or 3, William Dimmock III
Apartment 2 West, or 4,   Jon and Patti McCutcheon Morris and family lived here until Sept. 2003.
Apartment 3 East or 5,  Kristy Kaigan, internet says 1993 to 2005 in Unit #5
Apartment 3 West or 6,

On September 15, 1995, Vera Callison Coveney died. (b. March 10, 1900) Vera Callison, along with her first husband, Robert Callison, had owned the 208 Chemung street apartment complex from 1958 - 1970.
Sept. 16, 1995 Elmira Star Gazette - Vera Callison Coveney Age 95 of 133 North Elmira Street, Athens, passed away Friday, September 15, 1995 at the Robert Packer Hospital. Born in Smithfield Township, March 10, 1900 the daughter of William E. and Olive Keeler Carpenter, she is survived by her husband, Paul, at home; her sons and daughters-in-law, William and Rita Callison of Laguna Beach, CA, Gordon and Sandra Callison of Baltimore, MD; two grandsons; her step daughters and step sons-in-law, Patricia and Nester Sozanski of Mansfield, OH, Rita and Robert Pudenz of Pasadena, CA; and a step daughter, Anna R. Coveney of Columbus, OH; three step grandchildren; several nieces including Viola Birney; and several cousins. Friends may call the Lowery Funeral Home, 225 South Main St., Athens, Sunday from 7:00-9:00 PM. The Order of the Eastern Star will hold a service there at 7:30 PM Funeral and committal services will be held at the funeral home Monday at 10:00 AM with her pastor, Rev. Curtis Carter, officiating. Burial will be in the Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens. Memorial donations may be made to the Christian Life Church, Broad and Clark Streets, Waverly, NY 14892 or the Order of the Eastern Star, c/o Patricia Gurney, RD #1, Sayre, PA 18840. (Robert and Vera Callison owned the 208 Chemung street property from 1958 - 1970. The Callison’s continued living in their apartment after they sold the property to Richard Morris. Robert Callison died in 1973. Vera Callison remained in her apartment, 1 East, until around 1976. Vera married her second husband, Paul Coveney on Sept. 2, 1976. Vera Coveney passed away at the age of 95 on Sept. 15 1995.)

1996 - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1,  Brian Brown  
Apartment 1 West or 2, 
Apartment 2 East or 3, William Dimmock III
Apartment 2 West, or 4,   Jon and Patti McCutcheon Morris and family lived here until Sept. 2003.
Apartment 3 East or 5,  Kristy Kaigan, internet says 1993 to 2005 in Unit #5
Apartment 3 West or 6,

1997 - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1,  Brian Brown, Christine Brown, internet says til Feb. 2001  
Apartment 1 West or 2, Saurina Moore Venegas part year, then Kathy Millage-Boehm til 2010
Apartment 2 East or 3, William Dimmock III
Apartment 2 West, or 4,   Jon and Patti McCutcheon Morris and family lived here until Sept. 2003.
Apartment 3 East or 5,  Kristy Kaigan, internet says 1993 to 2005 in Unit #5
Apartment 3 West or 6,

1998 - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1,  Brian Brown, Christine Brown, internet says til Feb. 2001  
Apartment 1 West or 2,  Kathy Millage-Boehm til 2010
Apartment 2 East or 3,  William Dimmock III
Apartment 2 West, or 4,   Jon and Patti McCutcheon Morris and family lived here until Sept. 2003.
Apartment 3 East or 5,  Jeremiah J. Smith
Apartment 3 West or 6,

1999 - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1,  Brian Brown  
Apartment 1 West or 2,  Kathy Millage-Boehm til 2010
Apartment 2 East or 3,  William Dimmock III
Apartment 2 West, or 4,   Jon and Patti McCutcheon Morris and family lived here until Sept. 2003.
Apartment 3 East or 5,  Jeremiah J. Smith
Apartment 3 West or 6, Daisy Platt

2000 - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1,  Brian Brown  
Apartment 1 West or 2,  Kathy Millage-Boehm til 2010
Apartment 2 East or 3,  William Dimmock III
Apartment 2 West, or 4,   Jon and Patti McCutcheon Morris and family lived here until Sept. 2003.
Apartment 3 East or 5, Sherry Blow, ? internet also has James Peck, internet mentions Kristy Kaigan
Apartment 3 West or 6, Shianne Blow

2001 - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1,  Georgianna Talada (Sept. 2001 - June 2004) 
Apartment 1 West or 2,  Kathy Millage-Boehm til 2010
Apartment 2 East or 3,  William Dimmock III
Apartment 2 West, or 4,   Jon and Patti McCutcheon Morris and family lived here until Sept. 2003.
Apartment 3 East or 5,  James Peck
Apartment 3 West or 6, Jesse Conner, who was previously at 208 and a half Chemung street, garage apartment on this estate

2002 - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1,  Georgianna Talada (Sept. 2001 - June 2004) 
Apartment 1 West or 2,  Kathy Millage-Boehm til 2010
Apartment 2 East or 3,  William Dimmock III
Apartment 2 West, or 4,   Jon and Patti McCutcheon Morris and family lived here until Sept. 2003.
Apartment 3 East or 5,  James Peck
Apartment 3 West or 6, Jesse Conner, who was previously at 208 and a half Chemung street, garage apartment on this estate

Sept. 2003 Jon and Patti Morris move out of apartment 2 West at 208 Chemung street and Bellva Chapman moved in.  Later, Rose Soper moved in to apartment 2 West until 2010. Jon and Patti Morris lived on this estate in two different apartments in the main house for about 15 years.

2004 - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1,  Peter Vanderhoof 
Apartment 1 West or 2,  Kathy Millage-Boehm til 2010
Apartment 2 East or 3,  William Dimmock III
Apartment 2 West, or 4,  Belva Chapman
Apartment 3 East or 5,  
Apartment 3 West or 6, 
Greg Baker listed here as well as Jelene Rodgers, but doesn’t say which apartments.

2007 - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1,  Peter Vanderhoof, then Anna Morningstar Oct. 2007 to Sept. 2009
Apartment 1 West or 2,  Kathy Millage-Boehm til 2010
Apartment 2 East or 3,  William Dimmock III ?
Apartment 2 West, or 4,  Belva Chapman according to internet
Apartment 3 East or 5,  
Apartment 3 West or 6,  David Lowery according to internet 

2008 - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1,  Anna Morningstar Oct. 2007 to Sept. 2009
Apartment 1 West or 2,  Kathy Millage-Boehm til 2010
Apartment 2 East or 3,  William Dimmock III. William Dimmock lived in apartment 2 East for about 24 years.
Apartment 2 West, or 4,  Belva Chapman, internet search has
Apartment 3 East or 5,  
Apartment 3 West or 6, James D. Gann Jr. internet has, then April L. Campbell internet has from 2008 to 2010.  Internet also lists Melissa P. Ladue in 2008.

2009 - 208 Chemung street - owned by Richard and Ruth Morris of 256 North Elmira street Sayre PA (today addressed as 1424 Elmira street)  - 
Apartment 1 East or 1,  Anna Morningstar Oct. 2007 to Sept. 2009
Apartment 1 West or 2,  Kathy Millage-Boehm til 2010
Apartment 2 East or 3,  Nicole Zehr and David Singer (Nicole Zehr is Amy and Brad Zehr’s daughter)
Apartment 2 West, or 4, Rose Soper
Apartment 3 East or 5,  Ken Soper Sr.
Apartment 3 West or 6,  April L. Campbell internet has from 2008 to 2010. But this apartment was vacant in 2009, then two families moved in and left in 2010.

On February 1, 2010, We, Amy and Brad Zehr, took over the 208 Chemung street property (including 208 and a half Chemung street and 9 Athens street), per verbal agreement with Richard H. Morris,  Amy’s father, while waiting for the official signing.
March 17, 2010, The Closing! We officially own the 208 Chemung street property, which included  208 and a half Chemung Street known as the garage apartment at that time and  9 Athens Street, known as the former carriage house.  We named it the "Zehr Estate.”
Apartment 1 East or 1,  vacant
Apartment 1 West or 2,  Kathy Millage-Boehm part year
Apartment 2 East or 3,  Nicole Zehr and David Singer (Nicole Zehr is Amy and Brad Zehr’s daughter), part year
Apartment 2 West, or 4, Rose Soper, part year
Apartment 3 East or 5,  Ken Soper Sr., part year
Apartment 3 West or 6,  vacant

There have been no tenants at Zehr Estate since July of 2010.
(July 1, 2016 from the Luckner Funeral Home website - Kenneth Edgar Soper, SR. Of Waverly. Kenneth Edgar Soper, 70, of Waverly passed away Friday July 1, 2016 at his home. Ken was born September 13, 1945, in Sayre PA. He was a retiree of Ingersoll Rand where he worked as a Machinist for 25 years. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He loved his canine companions as well. He was predeceased by his mother Ruth, his father William Soper SR., his sister, Shirley Hunsinger and brother William Soper Jr. Surviving Ken are his wife Rosie Maloney Soper, his children Ken (Lori) Soper, Deanna Mincer, Edwin Soper & Cathy Soper Corneby, his step-children: Lori Burleigh, Angel Morris, Sherry Rought & Chuck Wandell III. He is also survived by his grandchildren; Devin Soper, Kaylin Soper, Kelly Soper, Marissa Ribarsky, Cassie & Faith Svoboda, Scott & Sierra Mincer, Edwin Soper Jr. Jessica Corneby; several great grandchildren, his siblings Edna Fiske, Yolanda Soper, Betty & Bill Wolcott, Doris & Kenneth Nichols, Mark Soper & Dale Soper, as well as several nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service to celebrate his life will be held Friday July 8th, 2016 at 6:00 pm at the Luckner Funeral Home 449 Park Avenue, Waverly NY. Please visit TheLucknerFuneralHome.Com to offer your condolences.) (Ken Soper was a former tenant at 208 Chemung street who had lived in apartment 3 East.)

For more history on Zehr Estate, you can check out our website, ZehrEstate.com and our youtube channel “Victorian Estate.” If anyone has any pictures or stories they would like to share with us, you can email them to amy@zehr.net.