Klindt's Garage, the Morris Locker Plant, and other businesses

This Kodak photo loaned by Mary Valentine was printed in October 1962. It looks like the Memorial Day Parade for that year.

The Morris Locker Plant later became the Morris Firehouse. The site of the McNitt home on the left is now the firehouse parking lot.

Stationery from Klindt's Garage about 1927.

Copy above and comment courtesy of Rene Elliott.

The 1925 ad, when he was still behind the bank, in the building which burnt before 1950?

Purol Gasolene
Tiolene Motor Oil

You don't see them everyday anymore.

Neal Williams This is from my Mom's (Judy Williams) scrapbook of articles she had published in the Oneonta Star. I got to spend a lot of late nights hanging out at the Star waiting on her to complete her work. I roamed about for hours and got to see up close the makings of the local area paper.
April 9, 2013 at 9:16pm

Sandie Alger Neal Williams isn't that the welding shop(now) across from Decker's horse farm on Elm Grove?
April 9, 2013 at 9:17pm

Neal Williams Sandie, this picture was taken of the lot where the current Firehouse is located on Main St. Prior to this, everything was housed across the street in what I think is the town hall. (correct me here if i am wrong)
April 9, 2013 at 9:21pm

Sandie Alger ok wasn't sure, but it did kinda look like the welding shop
April 9, 2013 at 9:22pm

Neal Williams Sandie, my Mom was good about getting the published date included with her pictures. I'm going to go out on a limb and say this was before you were born? :)
April 9, 2013 at 9:26pm

Paul Valentine I remember this !! My Dad used to go to the locker plant.
April 9, 2013 at 9:26pm

Sandie Alger I think you might be wrong I will be 51 next wk lol
April 9, 2013 at 9:27pm

Neal Williams LOL maybe too young to remember then!
April 9, 2013 at 9:28pm

Sandie Alger yep that one is right
April 9, 2013 at 9:29pm

Frank Rock Mrs. Klindt (VERA) Robert (Bob) Klindt's Mother and also Andy Klindt's Grandmother used to "man " the locker plant. The way it worked is you rented freezer space to store your food. This was before most people had residential freezers. My Mom and Dad had a space there in the early 50's. Mrs. Klindt was also the Librarian for the Kenyon Free Library which at that time was located right next to the Village Coffee Shop ( back then it was known as "Harveys") . The library building was purchased by John Whitman and donated for use as The Butternut Valley Arts and Craft Center. The library was then moved to the stone house (at that time the Dyer house -Re: Bessie Dyer) right next to Pig Tail Alley and also next to the house where Donald (D.J.) Camfield grew up. (I also lived there for a short time).
April 9, 2013 at 9:38pm

Frank Rock Also, as you look at the picture on the left and kind of out back where the park is today was the McNitt yard. Jim Mcnitt and his son used to collect junk and scrap and had a place there..
April 9, 2013 at 9:40pm

Tom Shampnois I remember going there with my folks to pull out some meat from the freezers that we had stored there. My folks later purchased the McNitt house that came with that land in back. They cleaned up all the junk that was there and it was quite a job. They later gave the land to the town for some back fill to make a place to build a workshop for my Dad that he later turned into a small house for themselves on Church Street.
April 9, 2013 at 9:47pm

BarryElaine Frederick Long before collecting junk and scrap, Jim McNitt drove the milk truck that collected milk from all the local farmers - back when it was transported to the milk plant in milk cans! He was our milkman for many years.
April 9, 2013 at 10:03pm

Andrea Giles Frank- thank you so much for that info, I never have been told about my great grandmother Klindt & the locker plant. That is so very interesting to learn.
April 9, 2013 at 11:31pm

Debbie Anderson My first job was walking Mr McNitt to the coffee shop,I was 10,I loved him,he would give me a dime,he would put it in my hand then close my hand around it,he would call our house and as soon as I would hear my mom say his name I was out the door,cross the creek and right at his back door,,often he was still on the phone to mother! Sure was nice when Daddy built the snowmobile bridge,I could get there alot faster!
April 10, 2013 at 9:34pm

Sandie Alger yea Debbje I think we all helped Mr.McNitt at one time or other, sweet old guy
April 11, 2013 at 4:15am