The state
of New York was building the new four lane highway, Route
17, and in the process would be razing The Roscoe House and
a few dozen other properties as well, so Ray decided to make
his part-time dabbling in Real Estate a full-time career.
The combination of Bill and Ray proved very successful, they
were both extremely well known in the county -one a Republican,
the other "Mr. Democrat". It seemed they could do
no wrong in the Real Estate business. In the early 70's they
had branch offices in Callicoon, Hancock, Walton, Liberty
and Windsor among others. Bill spent his time on the road
between the branch offices and Ray took care of all the in-house
paper work and the books. Bill and Ray were also committed
to the Board of Realtors and were active in forming a Multiple
Listing Service for Sullivan County. After a few years as
a multi-office firm, it was decided to cut back. Bill's health
was failing and some of the associates in the branch offices
wanted to go off on their own.
William
S. Elliott passed away in 1977, and ownership of the company
was now in the hands of Raymond N. Pomeroy. In 1978, Ray asked
his daughter-in-law, Patricia Scanlon Pomeroy to help out
temorarily while she looked for a teaching job. She never
left. She received her salesman's license in February 1978
and her brokers license in 1979, and became a stock holder
in Elliott and Pomeroy in 1983. She assumed the presidency
of the corporation in 1986. During the early 80's, Pat took
many Real Estate courses, started the Continuing Education
Courses at Sullivan County Community College and began teaching
the licensing courses for salesmen and brokers at Sullivan
County Community College in 1984. She has been very active
in the Board of Realtors, and was one of the initiators of
the current Multiple Listing Service, as well as serving as
their first president. She is a past president of the Sullivan
County Board of Realtors and former chairman of the Board
of Directors for M.L.S. Pat was also honored as Realtor of
the Year in 1995.
In February
1990, ownership of Elliott and Pomeroy passed to Patricia
Pomeroy. Ray Pomeroy remained a part of the company he founded
until his death at age 85 in December 2002. He is missed.
He was loved.
Recognizing
a need in the newly re-energized business district in Livingston
Manor, the company established a branch office in 2003 on
Main Street next to the new MediCap pharmacy. The pharmacy’s
need to enlarge is the driving force behind a move (some time
by the end of 2006) across the street to a new and larger
location for our office.
In 2004, Associate Broker Carole Barotti, became a stockholder
in Elliott & Pomeroy and has started assuming duties as
she moves to full partnership and eventual full ownership.