The Daily Press, Monday 30 November 1969
Master Carver's Tiny Work Demonstrates Large Talent
Cold Brook--From making man-size pack baskets to tiny, miniature furniture, Chester Clark of Northwood, in the Town of Russia, is a master carver and builder in his own right.
Clark at 71 is a retired employe of the Town of Russia Highway Department where he worked for more than 20 years. He has made countless novelties and useful items out of wood, including jewelry boxes, milking stools, inlaid vases, whatnots, rolling pins, oil drilling rigs, semi-automatic farmer match dispensers, letter and napkin holder, inlaid wood checker boards, fish baskets, snowshoes, picture frames, dressers and magazine and paper racks.
"Years ago, my father made snowshoes and pack baskets and it was from him I learned the trade. I cut my own logs, either black or white ash for the baskets," he added. "I peel off the bark and then proceed to pound the log with an eight-pound sledge hammer, which takes nearly all day on an average log. Pounding separates the years' layer and this is removed to be cut into small long strips for weaving." The different woods Clark works with include, besides ash, black cherry, mahogany, maple, birch, aromatic cedar and bass.
Clark, who was born in Wheelertown, has been a resident of the area all his life. His father, William Clark, was employed by William T. Finch, who operated an acid and charcoal mill on Knehern Brook, which flows into West Canada Creek, now Hinckley Lake. He remembers his father selling cords of 52-inch hardwood for 75c and $1 per cord. Today the same wood would sell for $40 per cord, Clark said.
Clark, an expert hunter, remembers when he could step of his back porch to shoot a deer. But not today. Too many are killing off the female deer, he said.
"REMSEN — Chester H. Clark, 76, of Wheelertown Road, a master wood carver and craftsman, died Dec. 24 in Faxton Hospital. Mr. Clark crafted numerous wood items including miniature wooden furniture, pack baskets, snowshoes and novelty objects.
"Years ago, my father made snowshoes and pack baskets,". Mr. Clark said to a reporter several years ago. "It came from him that I learned the trade."
Mr. Clark's products have been sold over a wide area of the U.S. He was a retired employee of the Town of Russia Highway Department, where he had worked more than 20 years, retiring in 1967.
He was born in Wheelertown. He was a life resident of the area. He married Bertha Kilb in 1924. He also was an expert hunter.
Mr. Clark leaves his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Maralee) Upright of Remsen and Mrs. Beatrice Buhite of Utica; a son, Robert Clark of Remsen and two sisters, Mrs. Irving Kelsey of Trenton Falls and Mrs. Leonidas Savevre of Hinckley.
The funeral was at 1:30 Sunday at the Ackley Funeral Home. Burial was in Fairchild Cemetery.
"Boonville Herald, Dec. 30, 1975."
Note: "They listed the sister as Mrs. Leonidas
Savevre(sic) her name is actually, Mrs. Leonidas LeFevre."
contributed by Diane Turner #46622280
Master Carver's Tiny Work Demonstrates Large Talent
Cold Brook--From making man-size pack baskets to tiny, miniature furniture, Chester Clark of Northwood, in the Town of Russia, is a master carver and builder in his own right.
Clark at 71 is a retired employe of the Town of Russia Highway Department where he worked for more than 20 years. He has made countless novelties and useful items out of wood, including jewelry boxes, milking stools, inlaid vases, whatnots, rolling pins, oil drilling rigs, semi-automatic farmer match dispensers, letter and napkin holder, inlaid wood checker boards, fish baskets, snowshoes, picture frames, dressers and magazine and paper racks.
"Years ago, my father made snowshoes and pack baskets and it was from him I learned the trade. I cut my own logs, either black or white ash for the baskets," he added. "I peel off the bark and then proceed to pound the log with an eight-pound sledge hammer, which takes nearly all day on an average log. Pounding separates the years' layer and this is removed to be cut into small long strips for weaving." The different woods Clark works with include, besides ash, black cherry, mahogany, maple, birch, aromatic cedar and bass.
Clark, who was born in Wheelertown, has been a resident of the area all his life. His father, William Clark, was employed by William T. Finch, who operated an acid and charcoal mill on Knehern Brook, which flows into West Canada Creek, now Hinckley Lake. He remembers his father selling cords of 52-inch hardwood for 75c and $1 per cord. Today the same wood would sell for $40 per cord, Clark said.
Clark, an expert hunter, remembers when he could step of his back porch to shoot a deer. But not today. Too many are killing off the female deer, he said.
"REMSEN — Chester H. Clark, 76, of Wheelertown Road, a master wood carver and craftsman, died Dec. 24 in Faxton Hospital. Mr. Clark crafted numerous wood items including miniature wooden furniture, pack baskets, snowshoes and novelty objects.
"Years ago, my father made snowshoes and pack baskets,". Mr. Clark said to a reporter several years ago. "It came from him that I learned the trade."
Mr. Clark's products have been sold over a wide area of the U.S. He was a retired employee of the Town of Russia Highway Department, where he had worked more than 20 years, retiring in 1967.
He was born in Wheelertown. He was a life resident of the area. He married Bertha Kilb in 1924. He also was an expert hunter.
Mr. Clark leaves his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Maralee) Upright of Remsen and Mrs. Beatrice Buhite of Utica; a son, Robert Clark of Remsen and two sisters, Mrs. Irving Kelsey of Trenton Falls and Mrs. Leonidas Savevre of Hinckley.
The funeral was at 1:30 Sunday at the Ackley Funeral Home. Burial was in Fairchild Cemetery.
"Boonville Herald, Dec. 30, 1975."
Note: "They listed the sister as Mrs. Leonidas
Savevre(sic) her name is actually, Mrs. Leonidas LeFevre."
contributed by Diane Turner #46622280
The Daily Press, Monday 30 November 1969
Master Carver's Tiny Work Demonstrates Large Talent
Cold Brook--From making man-size pack baskets to tiny, miniature furniture, Chester Clark of Northwood, in the Town of Russia, is a master carver and builder in his own right.
Clark at 71 is a retired employe of the Town of Russia Highway Department where he worked for more than 20 years. He has made countless novelties and useful items out of wood, including jewelry boxes, milking stools, inlaid vases, whatnots, rolling pins, oil drilling rigs, semi-automatic farmer match dispensers, letter and napkin holder, inlaid wood checker boards, fish baskets, snowshoes, picture frames, dressers and magazine and paper racks.
"Years ago, my father made snowshoes and pack baskets and it was from him I learned the trade. I cut my own logs, either black or white ash for the baskets," he added. "I peel off the bark and then proceed to pound the log with an eight-pound sledge hammer, which takes nearly all day on an average log. Pounding separates the years' layer and this is removed to be cut into small long strips for weaving." The different woods Clark works with include, besides ash, black cherry, mahogany, maple, birch, aromatic cedar and bass.
Clark, who was born in Wheelertown, has been a resident of the area all his life. His father, William Clark, was employed by William T. Finch, who operated an acid and charcoal mill on Knehern Brook, which flows into West Canada Creek, now Hinckley Lake. He remembers his father selling cords of 52-inch hardwood for 75c and $1 per cord. Today the same wood would sell for $40 per cord, Clark said.
Clark, an expert hunter, remembers when he could step of his back porch to shoot a deer. But not today. Too many are killing off the female deer, he said.
"REMSEN — Chester H. Clark, 76, of Wheelertown Road, a master wood carver and craftsman, died Dec. 24 in Faxton Hospital. Mr. Clark crafted numerous wood items including miniature wooden furniture, pack baskets, snowshoes and novelty objects.
"Years ago, my father made snowshoes and pack baskets,". Mr. Clark said to a reporter several years ago. "It came from him that I learned the trade."
Mr. Clark's products have been sold over a wide area of the U.S. He was a retired employee of the Town of Russia Highway Department, where he had worked more than 20 years, retiring in 1967.
He was born in Wheelertown. He was a life resident of the area. He married Bertha Kilb in 1924. He also was an expert hunter.
Mr. Clark leaves his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Maralee) Upright of Remsen and Mrs. Beatrice Buhite of Utica; a son, Robert Clark of Remsen and two sisters, Mrs. Irving Kelsey of Trenton Falls and Mrs. Leonidas Savevre of Hinckley.
The funeral was at 1:30 Sunday at the Ackley Funeral Home. Burial was in Fairchild Cemetery.
"Boonville Herald, Dec. 30, 1975."
Note: "They listed the sister as Mrs. Leonidas
Savevre(sic) her name is actually, Mrs. Leonidas LeFevre."
contributed by Diane Turner #46622280
Master Carver's Tiny Work Demonstrates Large Talent
Cold Brook--From making man-size pack baskets to tiny, miniature furniture, Chester Clark of Northwood, in the Town of Russia, is a master carver and builder in his own right.
Clark at 71 is a retired employe of the Town of Russia Highway Department where he worked for more than 20 years. He has made countless novelties and useful items out of wood, including jewelry boxes, milking stools, inlaid vases, whatnots, rolling pins, oil drilling rigs, semi-automatic farmer match dispensers, letter and napkin holder, inlaid wood checker boards, fish baskets, snowshoes, picture frames, dressers and magazine and paper racks.
"Years ago, my father made snowshoes and pack baskets and it was from him I learned the trade. I cut my own logs, either black or white ash for the baskets," he added. "I peel off the bark and then proceed to pound the log with an eight-pound sledge hammer, which takes nearly all day on an average log. Pounding separates the years' layer and this is removed to be cut into small long strips for weaving." The different woods Clark works with include, besides ash, black cherry, mahogany, maple, birch, aromatic cedar and bass.
Clark, who was born in Wheelertown, has been a resident of the area all his life. His father, William Clark, was employed by William T. Finch, who operated an acid and charcoal mill on Knehern Brook, which flows into West Canada Creek, now Hinckley Lake. He remembers his father selling cords of 52-inch hardwood for 75c and $1 per cord. Today the same wood would sell for $40 per cord, Clark said.
Clark, an expert hunter, remembers when he could step of his back porch to shoot a deer. But not today. Too many are killing off the female deer, he said.
"REMSEN — Chester H. Clark, 76, of Wheelertown Road, a master wood carver and craftsman, died Dec. 24 in Faxton Hospital. Mr. Clark crafted numerous wood items including miniature wooden furniture, pack baskets, snowshoes and novelty objects.
"Years ago, my father made snowshoes and pack baskets,". Mr. Clark said to a reporter several years ago. "It came from him that I learned the trade."
Mr. Clark's products have been sold over a wide area of the U.S. He was a retired employee of the Town of Russia Highway Department, where he had worked more than 20 years, retiring in 1967.
He was born in Wheelertown. He was a life resident of the area. He married Bertha Kilb in 1924. He also was an expert hunter.
Mr. Clark leaves his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Maralee) Upright of Remsen and Mrs. Beatrice Buhite of Utica; a son, Robert Clark of Remsen and two sisters, Mrs. Irving Kelsey of Trenton Falls and Mrs. Leonidas Savevre of Hinckley.
The funeral was at 1:30 Sunday at the Ackley Funeral Home. Burial was in Fairchild Cemetery.
"Boonville Herald, Dec. 30, 1975."
Note: "They listed the sister as Mrs. Leonidas
Savevre(sic) her name is actually, Mrs. Leonidas LeFevre."
contributed by Diane Turner #46622280
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