Gloversville High School Class of 1984

07/30/2022

Hey Class of 84.....please consider donating $50 to Parkhurst Field and have the chance to win 4 Season Tickets to a NY Yankee game in August. Limited number of tickets are being sold! Thank you.

Only 200 Tickets will be sold for this $1100 set of FOUR SEATS to YANKEE STADIUM! For every $50 donation, you will be entered one time to win these great tickets! Picture on the page is from the same section 121B.... https://donorbox.org/parkhurst-field-yankee-stadium-mvp-box-seat-set-raffle

06/14/2021

Please help Rocco out if possible. Maybe there are a few contractors who can assist him, too?

This is a devastating blow to me. I lost everything in my cellar. I've lo… Rocco Brienza needs your support for My name is Rocco and I'm a flash floods victim

02/25/2020

Gloversville and Parkhurst Field in the News - https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/news/2020/02/25/gloversville-little-league-fields-to-be-revitalized--preserving-history #

Phase one is underway.

02/18/2019

Please share this information..it's a nifty idea😊

The Fulton County Express - newspaper of the Fulton County Region and your best source for local news and information.

09/10/2017

Bill and I will be participating in the MADD walk for Amy Stock this upcoming Saturday September 16th with her sister Maureen Moore. If anyone would like to make a donation to the event please contact me before Friday September 15th. I will be more than happy to pick it up. Or if you would like to mail out a check please pm me and I will send you my address.

Lets show Amy's family that they have the support of her classmates!

04/02/2017

Thanks to Old Time Baseball Photos for sharing our story to baseball enthusiasts around the country. Please SHARE so we can get more involved in this great project for our town.

From Legends to Little League – the story of Parkhurst Field

This upstate New York ballpark opened up on June 1906 and went by the name A., J.&G Baseball Park. Over its illustrious history it hosted great legendary players like Honus Wagner and Cy Young. It also hosted a little known player by the name of Moonlight Graham, later made famous from the Kevin Costner feature film Field of Dreams. Andtoday it stands as Little League field. Its rich history was just recently discovered by David Karpinski, past president of the Gloversville Little League and now the Executive Director of the Parkhurst Field Foundation.

The ballpark was originally built for the professional New York State League’s JAGS (Johnstown-Amersterdam-Gloversville) in 1906. It was really a ballpark in the planning stretching as far back as of July 1890. The first game played was on July 12th of that year with a grandstand that could hold 1500 cranks (fans). Sam Lucas, a Gloversville native, built the actual baseball diamond and later was asked to take charge of the NY Giants’ Polo Grounds. He also built the grounds at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh in 1909.

Over time many notable teams and players would stop off and play exhibition games. On July 5, 1907, the Boston Americans, today’s Red Sox, swung by with player/manager Cy Young and played a game in route to Detroit. Less than three weeks later it was the great Honus Wagner brandishing his Hall of Fame skills for the locals on June 24th.

Over the next decade the ballpark became home to the Danforth Baseball Association’s semi-pro team and continued to host exhibition games featuring premier teams. These included famous Negro League teams like the Cuban Giants, Brooklyn Royal Giants and Philadelphia Colored Giants. And it wasn’t just men that were restricted to playing there, as the all woman’s team, the New York Bloomer Girls, demonstrated the game was not just for one gender.

On October 13, 1913, two days after winning the World Series as a starting pitcher with the Philadelphia Athletics, Hall of Fame pitcher Chief Bender also played on this field.

At one point in time as many as five leagues were playing on the field, including the Negro Leagues, Industrial Leagues and American Legion. Not to mention the countless Semi-Pro games as well as exhibition games.

Over the years the ballpark grounds remained active for many other famous ballplayers and teams. In 1955 the owners of the park turned the field over to the newly-formed Gloversville Little League and its history took a pause and disappeared for a time being. But thanks to Karpinski and others’ efforts and extensive research, they brought back the rich background and also came to believe that:

-It is older than Fenway Park and Wrigley Field. Cy Young’s playing career pre-dates Fenway Park, yet he played on these grounds.

-Other than Wrigley and possibly Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Parkhurst Field is one of the few remaining grounds in existence on which Honus Wagner played.

-They believe it is the only field left in America that the immortalized “Moonlight” Doc Graham played on….making Parkhurst Field the original Field of Dreams.

In the comments section there will be additional photos and info on the history of one of the oldest, if not oldest, Little League ballparks and just ballpark in general. Also feel free to visit their website: http://parkhurstfield.org/ and like their page: https://www.facebook.com/ParkhurstField/ to keep up with this incredible uncovered history.

-RB

Photo Source and Colorization - Don Stokes Don Stokes Old-Time Baseball Colorizations
Info Sources - excepts taken fromhttp://parkhurstfield.org/ and http://www.cityofgloversville.com/index.php/parkhurst-field/

08/03/2016

Deborah Hermance sister went to see the good Lord above on Sunday morning. Please keep the family in your prayers.




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Dianne Hermance Kissinger Obituary


Kissinger, Dianne Hermance ALBANY Dianne Hermance Kissinger, 47, passed away at Albany Medical Center on July 31, 2016, with her family at her side. She was born on September 5, 1968 in Amsterdam. She is the daughter of Harold and Kathryn Huff Hermance. Survivors include her father and mother of Amsterdam; one sister, Deborah Hermance (Mark) of Northville. She is also survived by her companion, Scott Brennan of Halfmoon; an uncle, Edward Hermance (Donna) of Carlisle, Pa.; an aunt, Margaret Concini (Ernest) of Mechanicsburg, Pa., several cousins; and beloved dogs, Timber and Olive. Dianne was of the Catholic faith and a lifetime resident of the area. She was a graduate of Gloversville High School and received a nursing degree from Maria College in Albany. Dianne was employed as a registered nurse and educator at Albany Medical Center. Friends may call on Wednesday, August 3, from 4 to7 p.m. at the Gloversville Funeral Service, Inc., 4 Second Avenue, Gloversville, N.Y. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Amsterdam, on Thursday, August 4, at 11:15 a.m., with Father L' Arch as celebrant. Memorial contributions may be made to the ASPCA, or the American Cancer Society . Burial will be held at the convenience of the family. Condolences may be made to the family at gloversvillefuneralservice.com .
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Dianne Hermance Kissinger Obituary


Kissinger, Dianne Hermance ALBANY Dianne Hermance Kissinger, 47, passed away at Albany Medical Center on July 31, 2016, with her family at her side. She was born on September 5, 1968 in Amsterdam. She is the daughter of Harold and Kathryn Huff Hermance. Survivors include her father and mother of Amsterdam; one sister, Deborah Hermance (Mark) of Northville. She is also survived by her companion, Scott Brennan of Halfmoon; an uncle, Edward Hermance (Donna) of Carlisle, Pa.; an aunt, Margaret Concini (Ernest) of Mechanicsburg, Pa., several cousins; and beloved dogs, Timber and Olive. Dianne was of the Catholic faith and a lifetime resident of the area. She was a graduate of Gloversville High School and received a nursing degree from Maria College in Albany. Dianne was employed as a registered nurse and educator at Albany Medical Center. Friends may call on Wednesday, August 3, from 4 to7 p.m. at the Gloversville Funeral Service, Inc., 4 Second Avenue, Gloversville, N.Y. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Amsterdam, on Thursday, August 4, at 11:15 a.m., with Father L' Arch as celebrant. Memorial contributions may be made to the ASPCA, or the American Cancer Society . Burial will be held at the convenience of the family. Condolences may be made to the family at gloversvillefuneralservice.com .
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08/03/2016

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Dianne Hermance Kissinger Obituary

Kissinger, Dianne Hermance ALBANY Dianne Hermance Kissinger, 47, passed away at Albany Medical Center on July 31, 2016, with her family at her side. She was born on September 5, 1968 in Amsterdam. She is the daughter of Harold and Kathryn Huff Hermance. Survivors include her father and mother of Amsterdam; one sister, Deborah Hermance (Mark) of Northville. She is also survived by her companion, Scott Brennan of Halfmoon; an uncle, Edward Hermance (Donna) of Carlisle, Pa.; an aunt, Margaret Concini (Ernest) of Mechanicsburg, Pa., several cousins; and beloved dogs, Timber and Olive. Dianne was of the Catholic faith and a lifetime resident of the area. She was a graduate of Gloversville High School and received a nursing degree from Maria College in Albany. Dianne was employed as a registered nurse and educator at Albany Medical Center. Friends may call on Wednesday, August 3, from 4 to7 p.m. at the Gloversville Funeral Service, Inc., 4 Second Avenue, Gloversville, N.Y. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Amsterdam, on Thursday, August 4, at 11:15 a.m., with Father L' Arch as celebrant. Memorial contributions may be made to the ASPCA, or the American Cancer Society . Burial will be held at the convenience of the family. Condolences may be made to the family at gloversvillefuneralservice.com .
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07/20/2015

Saratoga's mayor says the woman killed in a car crash on Henry Johnson Boulevard this weekend has been identified. Mayor Joanne Yepsen says the...

03/30/2014

The committee is excited to announce that our reunion will be held at Lanzis on the Lake. The cost will be $50.00 per person. More information to follow after our next meeting on April 13 at 11 am at Esther's house. Thank you!

03/29/2014

Reminder!!! Tomorrow, 3/30/14 there is a meeting at Esther's house at 11:30 AM. Please message her for directions to her home. Hope to see you there!