middletown Times Herald Record Aug. 10, 1938 Local History the theme choosen for the monthly farm and home hour brought to light many items of interest to members of Otisville Grange at their meeting Friday. Seven farms in his locality which have been in possession of some member of the immeddiate family fifty years or more were recorded. Those of Lewis H. Mapes , Irwin K. Hawkins, Mrs. Edna VanEtten, Harold Corwin, Orrin Pierson, August Raap and Reeves seeley, several have been in the possession of the family more than 100 years entitling them to the distinction of being called Century Farms. The History of the Mount Hope Presbyterian Church, later sold to the Otisville Grange, was given by Mrs. Florence Writer. Next was the essay, composed and delivered in the Otisvile High School at the 1935 graduation by Donald Patterson and repeated friday night by him-Leaves of History from the pages of Orange County disclosing many a rare bits of past doings in this section. Among these were the findings of the huge mastodon on the MITCELL-DODD farm and the purchasing of the same by Yale College. This specimen of Orange County is standing in the Peabody Museum in New Haven. Another incident was finding the earthen pot of counterfeit coins, an imitation of Spanish coins, brought to light by the late Charles LOOMIS, When ploughing near what is now the home of Mrs. Mary GREENLEAF. end of para, more to come Joanne