A. H. TODD & SON AUTO DEALERSHIP PHOTO GALLERY
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An aerial view of the dealership shows how the place looked in the 1970s. It is now occupied by VW Parts.
The Todds sold Fords, a 1924 Model T shown here in the 1963 Middletown Bicentennial parade.
A coal truck on a snowy delivery to Todd’s garage
This was A. H. Todd & Son, Fleischmanns, c. 1958.
This is Augustus Todd, founder of A. H. Todd & Son car dealership and auto repair shop in Fleischmanns in 1921.
This is the ‘son’ in the business, Otis. HIS sons, Oscar and Bob, ran the enterprise for decades after the founders, and Bob’s son Jim kept it going with partner Warren Smith from 1979 to 1989.
Augustus is being brought to life at the Clovesville Living History Cemetery Tour June 29 by his great-grandson, Ward Todd, shown rehearsing with another ancestor, Samuel Todd, played by John Hartner.
The cast is rehearsing and the grounds are being readied for the 2013 Living History Tour of Clovesville Cemetery to be held Saturday evening, June 29.
Advance reservations for this popular event are required. Call 845-586-4736 to reserve a spot in one of seven tour groups who will be led through the picturesque cemetery to meet ten former residents and hear about their intriguing lives.
A 3 p.m. performance for those with mobility issues will be offered in the comfort of the handicapped-accessible hall of the Cornerstone Baptist Church next to the cemetery. Advance reservations are required for that as well.
Rain date is Sunday afternoon, June 30. The cemetery is located just west of Fleischmanns on old Route 28.
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown is staging this event as a fundraiser.
Living History Cemetery Tour Sponsors include the Catskill Mountain News, Ulster County Chamber of Commerce, Phil O’Beirne, Purple Mountain Press, the Elliott Family, Miller’s Drug Store, Spillian, MTC, Riverside Pizza, Sluiter Insurance, NBT, the Flour Patch, the Cheese Barrel, LaCabana Restaurant, Erickson’s Automotive and Community Bank.
You’re invited to join us on Friday, July 12th at 4p.m. at Middletown Town Hall, 42339 State Highway 28, Margaretville, for the unveiling of a commemorative marker in celebration of Middletown’s 250th Anniversary of settlement.
Dr. Bill Birns will be speaking as well as Town Historian Len Utter. Let’s hope the weather cooperates in making this a moment to remember!
Stroll three blocks of Margaretville’s Main Street and SEE what you’ve been missing . . . Click on this link, print it out and take an awesome visual scavenger hunt. It’s fun, challenging and could win you a ticket to our Labor Day concert and community picnic! Thanks to Sharon Suess, Ros Welchman, Larraine Dunham, Becky Hubbell and our own HSM Trustee Anne Sanford for putting this together.
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) will host a Vintage Post Card and Ephemera Show and Sale Sat., June 8 from 10 to 3 at the HSM hall, 778 Cemetery Road, Margaretville.
Admission for HSM members is $2; all others $4. Light refreshments will be available.
Several vendors will offer old post cards, documents, maps, advertisements, flyers and other paper items. While the focus of the show is on old New York State views, dealers will also have topical, foreign, and holiday cards.
At 1 p.m., the dealers will provide short talks on distinct aspects of post card production and collecting.
The show is coordinated by John Duda of Fleischmanns, Secretary of the Kaaterskill Post Card Club.
“Barns of Middletown” an exhibit documenting the remaining barns in the town, will be on view, a last opportunity to see it before a new exhibition on Middletown in the Civil War opens July 4.
The public is welcome to spend a pleasant Saturday browsing among historic post cards, and strolling around the beautiful pond and grounds.