Martin I Potter

From The Origin of Place Names in Tompkins County by W. Glenn Norris (1951).

"Booltown.
A local name given to a small area containing a few houses built by Henry Bool for his workmen whom he employed in his large greenhouses. It was located on the Dryden Road east of and adjacent to the present Cornell University apple orchards. The land is now owned by the University, and although the houses remain, the localism Booltown has nearly disappeared."

The 1949 USGS TOPO map {Ithaca East Quadrangle: New York-Tompkins Co. 1949. USGS 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)} shows a group of 4 residential buildings along the south side of Dryden Road just east of Caldwell Rd. Further east is another residential building opposite the McConville Barns. See https://www.fhia.org/historic-maps-of-forest-home/#1949

The 1951 map of Lands Administered by the N.Y. State College of Agriculture shows that the four houses would have been on the Bool Farm, acquired by Cornell in 1912. See https://www.fhia.org/historic-maps-of-forest-home/#1951

Two Cornell Veterans, The Potters, To Retire
The Ithaca Journal, Jun 29, 1972, p. 13. 

'Martin I. Potter, manager of the Cornell University orchard, retires at the end of June after 38 years of service. His wife, Mary, a veteran secretary of 35 vears, is retiring at the same time.
  Both belong to the Department of Pomology at the State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell. Their combined service totals 73 years. Martin's father, Irving. was also the orchard manager before Martin and served for 26 years until his retirement in 1943.
  One thing Martin said he has loved most since his boyhood is fishing. Instead he picked fruit all his life.
  "I'll get caught up on my fishing." Martin declared. Mary nodded approvingly during a joint interview. 'However, I got my share of fish right along." Martin smiled.
  Martin's story goes back to his boyhood days. Since his father was in charge of the orchard management, Martin went to work there as a boy, carrying water for fruit crops. It was a five-cent an hour job.
  "I hated that job, because, you know, any young boy would rather go fishing." Martin recalled.
  He said he remembers that the orchard was established in 1910 and young trees were planted the same year Martin was born in Seneca Castle near Geneva. When he was two years old, his family moved to Ithaca.
  In 1933, when the country was hit by a depression. Martin lost a job as a mason. He found a two-week temporary job in the orchard. It led to a life-long career for him.
  During the next 10 years, he assisted in a research project involving the studies of fruit tree photosynthesis under the direction of the late Prof. Arthur J. Heinicke, who was then head of the pomology department.
  When Martin's father retired in 1943, Martin took over as orchard superintendent. The 90-acre orchard has five regular full-time employees, and the number of temporary workers during busy harvest periods swells to 65 annually.
  Mrs. Potter, meanwhile, got acquainted with the orchard quite early, too. As a girl, she picked fruit for more than a dozen years to earn spending money. As a part-time worker. she later worked in the sales room until 1937, when she was employed as a full-time laboratory technician. In 1942, she became a stenographer and later secretary in the department.
  The Potters plan to stay at their present home at 902 Dryden Rd.'

Note: Seneca Castle is now known as Castleton.

Martin Irving Potter

DoB: 31 Oct 1910
Died: Mar 1983
Buried: Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden, Tompkins County, New York